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Danceswithwords

Caloundra, Queensland, AUSTRALIA


Joined January 21st 2008

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I Hate Rowers

August 9th 2011 04:00


A Roman gladiator gatekeeper
Waits in the doorframe shadows
In the front doorway of a Ponsonby Flat
The sole reason for the queue
Some real characters danced in the pathway that waited up the stairs
I was Captain America!
Complete with stretched tight swimming cap
With black Nikko Block letter kick-ass capital ‘A’
Blue Gumboots on special, red fishnet leggings and underpants over the top
Just like Superman in drag
My flowing cape was a full sized American flag
Lou Reed and I surveyed the problem with precision
I raised an arm and I flew past Bob Dylan towards the door
I hovered for a moment then raised a question to the dark, balanced on one foot
To that thing blocking out the interior lights and the sun
He rose from the shadows of Grey Lynn
Nuzzled at his side was this nurse in stockings
If she was crafted from alabaster then he was surely bronzed
I looked all the way up to his mighty face
Head of rowing at my old school and stroked himself into the Olympics
He reached out and just effortlessly plucked me into mid air
Eye level. Mano eh Mano.
He smiled the largest dental bill I’d ever seen
The nurse was gushing perhaps ready to give me the thumbs down
In the mighty hands of a Gladiator I raised my bathing cap
He instantly recognised me
You may pass me side on even though it will be quite the squeeze
I was so glad Roman gladiators didn’t have telepathic powers like I did
Cause if he’d of known how much the whole time I was thinking
That “I hate rowers” and his little crack in the plaster
He’d have sent me to my maker instantly
The Avengers would have appeared from inside
To fancy dress his arse off my expired comic book hero
Long live Captain America and God bless
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Sam I Am

June 6th 2010 14:03
Sam I Am


Sam I Am

Sam I am
In Australia I began
Hitting balls forehand forehand
Run around Italian backhand

Giant killer fool number one
Red clay kick serve prove the one
Nothing pass my left side
Run around it so nothing to hide

Final come put da shades on
Show the power and the "come on!"
But I'm not pumping all the air
It's all Schiavone with nothing to care

She fill the crowd with impossible shirts
Muscle rippling thighs below her skirt
Finding the range and unclogging her shoes
Playing the shots and making the news

I just saw Margaret Court blush
Thirty odd years since the grand slam flush
Try stopping Latinos with tails up high
Who are you now, Sam am I?

Grace befall the downsized prize
You played your best in Aussie eyes
Your day will come grass, clay or sand
When you learn Federer's amazing backhand

Sam... you can ;o)


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Messy

April 11th 2010 06:17
Groover
The End


‘Messy’

Wide eyes glowing
Gets me thinking
Without ever knowing
Why my jaw keeps chewing
Debt keeps accruing
Feels good at the time
It’s tomorrow I’m ruing
Here goes the bang
Think it’s all kicking in
It’s all a bit too much
When having fun is your sin
Feeling the warm fire
That Colombian heat
Magic mushies expand the mind
Hallucinogenic cheat
Another state of mind
Takes me here to there
I hear the rain falling
With really frizzy hair
Messy



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Tina Tuna

February 17th 2010 01:55
Tina Tuna
Tina Tuna


"Tina Tuna


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Taking Photos of a Supermodel

February 15th 2010 09:43
Supermodel


“Supermodel


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In Search Of Perfection

February 9th 2010 00:18
Perfect


Seek perfection in everything


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Eve Of Information systems

January 27th 2010 05:03
Eve


The Eve of Information Systems


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Forensic of a Xmas Cracker!

January 13th 2010 08:51
Xmas Cracker!


Forensic of a Xmas Cracker


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Victory

December 17th 2009 06:13
Victory!!!


"One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness


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A Line of Time

December 13th 2008 01:01


A line


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Comment by Danceswithwords
on Gypsy Girl

March 3rd 2010 07:32


Poetic Sedition
Inspiration
Thanks Megs,

I'm glad you enjoyed it.

;o)

Dances

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Comment by Danceswithwords
on Will Writing Exist in 100 years?

January 27th 2010 05:44


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I had to read this post a few times.

I'm laughing and perhaps uncontrollably at "writing" disappearing, and hopefully "reading" would shortly follow. Maybe they are inexplicably linked like chickens and eggs... Well at first glance anyway. Handwriting more specifically could definitely go, as we continue to evolve...

My analogy would be that we all used to be really hairy. Both men and women. All over. We now spend millions of dollars exfoliating using technology. Future generations will continue to evolve with less hair, because it lacks a function. Smooth aliens will agree with handwriting being unnecessary. Well except for that film where that guy writes all over his lover with a calligraphy pen... No not Caligula ;o(

Ironically, it's thanks to technology (texting) according to a couple of unnamed geneticists... that we will no longer lose the use of our thumbs. Thumbs up to that!!!

It's great to ponder, to ask now of what the future may hold... What may seem completely crazy and outrageous to most and get them to put down their opinions in the face of what will read like we are morons in hundreds of years... like the duck and cover strategy in the 50's to avoid nuclear attack... albeit this is now being read aloud in a sexy computerised voice with the now non-existent forms of writing or reading... I'm guessing we will still be able to talk? (Yes it's rhetorical)

My head is spinning, so for now I'd recommend we wait for the going back time machine to take us back to the point in time where we posed this question in the first place and answer it succinctly.

Am I back yet?




Dances

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Comment by Danceswithwords
on Top 40 Films of the Last Decade (2000-2009)

January 13th 2010 09:07


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Hey Morgan,

Been awhile since I read one of your posts ;o) I loved some of the films you listed too!

I was kind of hoping that your post would say at least "why?" you like these films ;o)

Like I tried to hate Step Brothers... I really did. Like another movie rolling off the press with Will Farrell and that vehicle he calls comedy... But there was something.. DUMB about that film that grabs you and how pathetic their quarreling became.. anyone with brothers and sisters would know this well. And the scene where he plays his brother's drum kit?

Often the reason we like (or hate) an entire film can be the most simplistic yet beautiful of things ;o)

Love to read your one liners for each film as to why you chose those films ;o)

Hope this finds you smiling


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Comment by Danceswithwords
on Introduction

October 14th 2009 23:26


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Dear Mr Elliot,

Thanks for your wonderful reply. You make many assumptions about someone you know nothing about.

I am not trying to make you look bad. The question I asked came from one of my students, not myself.

Maybe I needed to expand their question or rather define it to tell us what that stanza means to you? It makes absolutely no sense to the person who asked the question. Maybe you have no intention to help other people understand what you write, because you are more intelligent than them? To answer this question is to allow this student to experience your truth.

"And in regard to Truth, if, to be sure, through the attainment of a truth we are led to perceive a harmony where none was apparent before, we experience at once the true poetical effect" - Edgar Allan Poe.

I liked your Brecht quote, for if one replaces the word mistake with the word problem, (interchangeable in your thinking) an intelligent person (according to the quote) would then seek a solution. Maybe we could do that Brandon?

This blog doesn't have to be the sum of our quarrel nor something we both truly regret. I am entitled to write in here and make commentary as you are to respond. I am truly here, and not lurking as you suggest. Lurking does sound fun though.

There is an opportunity for us both to learn something Brandon. There is an opportunity to write respectfully to one another. There is an opportunity for many great things.

All you need to do is make a choice.

Respectfully yours



Dances

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Comment by Danceswithwords
on Introduction

October 14th 2009 14:13


Poetic Sedition
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The burnt ashes of a tear remain
as water drips
from the silhouette
of the lone tree

"If you'd like to point out one problem in my poetry, I'd be enthralled as well."

I think one must get up before they go to bed. I never wrote "problem" Brandon - you did.

Can you explain, what this stanza you wrote means or represents?

Thanks in advance


Dances


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Comment by Danceswithwords
on Introduction

October 13th 2009 05:02


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Dear chance casual observer that has no interest in poety...

In no way would I use ANY of Brandon's poetry without his explicit permission, and in no way would the purpose (of teaching students how to write) be showing his work in a derogatory manner or light. We all make mistakes.

Constructive criticism takes many forms, and if Brandon makes common mistakes with his writing then a larger group can make great learning from it. Its a very positive thing on all accounts.

If I come across as a bully, or a child throwing a tantrum then I'll accept your comments and level them with the expertise and experience in which they were provided... from a chance casual observer that has no interest in poetry.

I went to your blog "A word from the wise" which only personifies the stupidity of your introduction and comments in here.

Stick to what you're good at - breathing and paying your internet account.


Dances.


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Comment by Danceswithwords
on Introduction

October 8th 2009 09:02


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Hi Brandon,

Its fine. I'm ok that you keep what I started. It works much better that you hold onto it, and yes of course if I have to wait a very long time then the better.

I apologize for getting your attention, and I also apologize if you take offense by criticism to the poetry you write. We already have started something fantastic, so please continue to write and I will keep my commentary to myself and my students to protect your feelings.

I am a professor of English and teach poetry at QUT here in sunny Queensland Australia. Your writing provides such great example of how not to write poetry that my students are enthralled and learning from it.

I copy your poems and post them to my class and get them to critique, analyze and basically correct them. It's working well. I don't direct any students to your site, because I wouldn't want to provide you with a false sense of interest nor that traffic equals quality of ones prose.

We are all waiting for your next installment. Keep up the great work!


Dances

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Comment by Danceswithwords
on Proof That Man Landed On The Moon

October 8th 2009 08:39


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Gee Could be...

The holes or shadows (appearing in the opposite direction) are craters. The light goes over them (darkness) and reflects off the far rim - like think of a sunset over a very big hole - the dark appears to the left with the light source on the right? If you could be bothered you could simulate this with a single light source, a piece of white paper with holes in it and something to represent the LM on top.

The lunar module is on the surface so hence the direction of its shadow goes in the opposite direction.

If anyone has missed anything, its you.


Dances

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Comment by Danceswithwords
on Introduction

October 1st 2009 05:47


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Oh great,

Someone who can't read. ;o)



Dances

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Comment by Danceswithwords
on Proof That Man Landed On The Moon

September 30th 2009 06:21


Poetic Sedition
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Fascinating, except I have been dealing with moon sceptics for over 30 years.

The most overwhelming evidence of the moon landings isn't found on the moon. I have got very good eyesight but those photos could be pointing at - well anything!

The evidence that man landed on the moon, is the ROCKS they brought back. Not a single geologist on planet Earth has ever disputed their origin.

My brother and I used to play a game whereby we'd dive to the bottom of a deep river hole. There were river pebbles on the bottom. To prove that you'd been to the bottom you'd have to surface with a handful of pebbles. The moon landings were no different.

Photos can be doctored, and disputed, as most of the moon landing photos have been over the years. The rocks they brought back ARE the evidence.

The moon rocks!

Dances

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