Lily

Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA


Joined October 17th 2006

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i waited for a river and a teardrop arrived

About Me
update: June09

Bio Creative spirit/writer/ poet/expressionist, i can be shy and reclusive or exuberant and bright , depending on which way the light bends

also at twitter @lilyofoz and (for poetry) @myarspoetica


(light bulb) this is me in my scattered, brushing off embers, ashy kind of state... you know the one

things i am looking for;
grace
joy
wonder

this one i want back
innocence

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June 27th 2009 13:51
what i've learned about poetry
is that its ok to open your heart
and bleed or purr or maybe
even construct text, i've learned
that poets are quite mad and that
this is our perfect right to speak
up and out and inside out
because the sea is polluted
and we live under a harsh sun
where souls are hurting and death
is armed and roams the streets
where lives are pushed to the edge
as pain hides in the shadows
where you'll never find a pearl
unless it was dropped by a
little old lady without her glasses
we can write til the day we die
if we don't look at the audience
and believe they can see
into our souls..................


~lily



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~quick on the flutter/by~

I have come back to reclaim my blog from the abyss that i let it fall into. I humbly apologize and promise to nurse you back to health, my poor ((myarspoetica))

Oi i'm back, and this is a drama free zone!!. Please don't litter here.

Old Orblers i would love to see here again, are Lilla, Ash, Dusk Devi, Dean, Wendi, Tracy, Kleo, Adrian, Norm and that girl who wrote the blog Traveling Patchwork (forgive if i got that wrong, its been a while)

Anywayz, i plan to share some tweets from twitter, and the clouds that surrounds them. For those who don't know me, i am a restless soul, drifting in and out of complete silence & singing of life, in and out of wonderland & the reality of coming home.

New entry coming soon, maybe a poem, maybe just some twirly whirly thoughts.

Meanwhile, here's a small collection of random twitterings (where are you Dean, always eighteen?)


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crows in the gum tree / rarking the same old story / monotone

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sometime i imagine Spongebob with ROUND pants

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read this: the black sheep in the family is there for a reason, to show the family that there is something wrong, with THEM

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mood: chartreuse

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If love is the answer, what is the question? I don't care about the question, we have an answer!!!

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sometimes my mind says ''p'haps you should stop reading for a while, give me a break'

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break in transmission.random thought roundup

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Mood: woodknot

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i liked what she had to say, but then she got too PUSHY

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she told me the hoodwinkers were everywhere, around every corner, don't go the alley way she said, stick to the main road where the light is

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the shadows, they follow us everywhere, our own shadows merges with theirs when they come near

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mood: spun dry tshirt

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if you desecrate the earth, she will turn her back on you, lets love our earth that gifts so much to us, asking nothing in return

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who hates waking before the alarm? ME

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peace out worblers,

~lily
@lilyofoz
@myarspoetica

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Hello People of the World,


I've been twittering twitpoems for National Poetry Month.
140 character limit, tricky but we get there in the end


Here are the first 11; i will update every few days or so...
update: 27Apr09 (three to go) thanks for reading
update: 1May09 (NaPoMo fin - a day late, what happens now? is that a fail?)



twitpoems


30
last day of april / autumn musing / NaPoMo fun

29
sky of deep azure /waves dance their rhythm in & out/to & fro/creatures of the deep blue/surface/keeping their eye on you/ sky of deep azure

28
the apples dressed up, fairy and cat, we love wonderland

27
a basket of / green apples / one pink lady

26
nothing is permanent / even our worries / take it easy on yourself

25
the night she beckons my head / my mind a boat on a stormy sea / up-ended / i swim toward the cove

24
when the boxkite got stuck in the power lines / the whole neighbourhood came out / you released it / you were a box kite hero

23
when you see the end of the line / keep walking / a new road begins at the end of this one

22
don't walk with drifting mists / stay where you are / the fog will lift

21
damn the velvet glove / feels like home / cold when i peel it off / and scars revealed

20
give until it hurts / then give more / then give and give again / creates a bigger heart / make room for love

19
we fall into / the same old grooves / too naturally

18
she dances for me / a performance like when she was little / she's taking up ballet

17
when the rain / traps you in / listen to her song

16
i've had 4 hours sleep / am i in an episode of the twilight zone? / the tv is sulking in white noise land / and ima laying my head

15
moon is hiding / birds are nesting / neighbourhood dogs howl / someone yells shut up

14
sore legs / refreshed eyes / walk in the park

13
big bright pearl / above the mountain / peeking through the trees

12
my heart / is open / only to you

11
infinite chatter / the world is a big place / feel it coming in from all sides / take an aerial view

10
i like cats / don't like bats / koalas make me smile

9
it's all been said before / there's nothing new / under the sun

8
i remember you / taking my hand / walking to the Ferris wheel

7
we write to give voice / to the silence we fear / prepare the way

6
raining / soul time / listening

5
she liked evenings best / it covered her insecurities / a blanket of dreams

4
we cannot justify what we have done / only feel guilt and shame / hang our heads and pray

3
far far from primal instincts / we throw another log on the fire / and can't get by without slippers

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every time i write a poem / i ditch it in the bin / tip it all out

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starshine / crickets chirping / trees in silhouette



~lily

@lilyofoz
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poor poor blog

March 14th 2009 04:35
my poor poor ars
poetica, neglected
sobbing in a corner


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Understanding

January 31st 2009 05:56
We held spiced wine conversations
Yes they sometimes even breathed

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Beyond rock piling deeds, I open my eyes, find myself in the city of sighs, exhaling the stars I had imprisoned, and I am spirited to reverie. I have strayed into the theatre of your touch; your kisses vibrate with encore. Cherry lips sublime, with sword of soul, you draw out my mute tongue! Bless the visionary map, the brave passage, traveling with the line of birds; regarding with wonder the entwine of ivy and honeysuckle. All over again, craving the ambrosia fashioned in the press of our fragrant blends. When we appear at the Well of Lightning, the unarranged harmonies shall claim us. Listen, listen to the sailor songs of the Milky Way, feel the caress of breezes, and like the Moon, know that I adore you.

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file please

October 4th 2008 04:49
i guess i'll slip that
into a dusty crater
on the dark side of the moon


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writing in the orble box

September 28th 2008 11:34
violin sets the mood
mood honey 'slow like honey'
fiona apple knows
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Licorice Allsorts Esplanade

September 16th 2008 04:17
You covered your eyes
I couldn't see you
Commas in the sky


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we gave over the key

August 6th 2008 06:49

do we saturate our minds with information to the point where we don't notice that the things we need are slipping through the cracks and we slump about in boredom when there are so many things to do we just don't want to do the things that we need to do so we can stop our bitching and moaning and longing for happiness we choose to sit in these prisons to rot and we holler and scream about being in this god forsaken place we gave ourselves up to the jailer by not saying anything.....we gave over the key.....and asked for tv we kept it all inside and everyone goes wow when they hear our primal screaming when we couldn't take it no more and it bursts wild out from us like lava how often do I have to tell you that you cannot swing sway me into believing that you are so god-damned special and apart from the rest of us in this human race the world is on overload wearing crowns of shady wishes but we all each and everyone of us has to swallow that big fat shush everything will be ok pill to partake in the big lie when we soul know it isn't ok and for fucks sake stop moving around like you're on your own planet like you're not seeing people and trying to walk right through them you're walking smack into them and setting their houses off balance let us dine on the past no don't tell me anything new not even the truth my mind is a snake tonight and I cannot resolve myself to believing anything

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Recent Comments

Comment by Lily
on Reclaiming; with a dash of twitter

June 8th 2009 03:09
hi Tracy!!

Good to see you girl, sorry it's taken a few days to get back here, i've been slapped with a bit of bronchitis. So i'm typing this from the luxury of bed!

I hear you're having a baby WOW <smile> very late congrats from me. Now don't listen to a word anyone says, your experience will be unique because you, are you. had to laugh at what your mum said *gasp* lol poor you, how embarassment!!

I'll be watching out for the orble birth notices Tracy, my unasked for advice is: rest as much as you can before baby comes


warmth,
~lily





Comment by Lily
on Reclaiming; with a dash of twitter

June 3rd 2009 04:10
heylooooooo {{{{{{ Lilla }}}}}}

dearheart, you've never been a drama queen Lilla, no worries there.. so glad to hear your mood.. that has made my day!! <3

on the hop, will be back later to recline among the trees and tell of what i see...

~lily

Comment by Lily
on Reclaiming; with a dash of twitter

June 3rd 2009 02:40
good to see you too Kleo cool to see you're blogging still. I will check it out when i have a bitty more time. I've been in and out of wonderland and the shadowed worlds. See you round the Orblesphere Kleo <3

~lily



Comment by Lily
on Do you prefer the ocean, the mountains or ... ?

June 1st 2009 05:51
haha perfect!!!
i'm looking for new digs

Comment by Lily
on Do you prefer the ocean, the mountains or ... ?

June 1st 2009 05:36
born by the seaside
live in the valley beside a beautiful mountain
how does one choose? i can't





Comment by Lily
on Do you prefer the ocean, the mountains or ... ?

June 1st 2009 05:17
i'm torn

Comment by Lily
on Orble Password Reset

May 16th 2009 04:54
oh
my
goodness

Tracy, that's awful, i hope they give it back to you, or that would totally suck!

i hope they don't give my blog away, better check

ps. please don't give my blog away orble, i would like to keep it

*waving to Tracy and Lilla*

~lily

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Comment by Lily
on Plastic Happy People

May 6th 2009 12:47
hey thanks samaritan; appreciate

Comment by Lily
on Plastic Happy People

May 6th 2009 12:40
i come from a church background, you have no idea how much that poem rings true...

i'd love to read the whole poem samaritan, if you ever come across the full version, feel free to send it along

Comment by Lily
on Plastic Happy People

May 6th 2009 12:37
you're right, they aren't going to knock on my door and say 'here i am' i know that lol -- but it's more simple and complicated than that S.L. Social anxiety disorders are CRIPPLING.

This is about taking off masks, this is the me underneath all the poetry i write. Hard to believe that there are people like me alone in houses in our society, but we are everywhere. The internet has shown me that.

I don't know when i will learn the lessons God is trying to teach me, but in the meantime, i pray hard and often.