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A complete index of all poems published on this blog, arranged by first line:

A carnival of freaks and missing limbs

A cracked mirror won’t look the same again

A door many have already stepped through

A sky of clearest blue. No cloud in sight

A soft touch that sends shivers down my spine

A storm broke out on the darkest of nights

A sunset’s been painted across the sky

A waft of strawberries entered the room

A war is being waged: one without rest

A whole page has been torn out of her book

Abandon the cradle that is the Earth

Across the ocean a heart beats for me

All of my friends are happily married

All the angels in heaven are weeping

All the ravens flock to her soft white skin

All the white snow melted in the morning

And I have led an interesting life

And if the mountains should crumble and fall

And so I am left out there in the cold

And suddenly it’s clear and it’s all true

Another day but still nothing’s changing

Another day without her is painful

Another step taken upon this road

Anuptaphobics fear being single

Are you doing what you said you would do?

As I walk down this road to a new day

At dawn we raised our banner up real high

Being led on by promises empty

Both the parents left to go to dinner.

Breaking down boundaries of exploration

Can this year hurry up and end? Like now?

Challenging establishment. Taking heat

Check this out: I am the one man army

Christmas 1998 - Been and gone

Circle of people, numbered thirty nine

Close the door and let in all the shadows

Co-existence is just impossible

Come and see, See beneath the blue green sea

Come gather ‘round children, it’s time you learned

Come join the Horde! Yeah I’m talking to you!

Come live with me and I’ll protect you

Come through the door and step into the sun

Countless petals of pure white roses fall

Crippled and battered I lay on my bed

Crippled and dumped in front of the TV

Cyclone looming: Now’s not the time to run

Dark trees in a darkened word. Candle flame

Dear Taylor – how are you going today?

Debating which anime girls we like

Don’t you know you owe me you little prick?

Ever found a friend who makes you happy

Everyone else happily in a circle sat

Everything is clear. There are no mistakes

Favorite game? Ico. On the PS2

Fighting to say the words you want to hear

Five years ago, a kid came to this spot

For years I stumbled around in the dark

Flash a smile that brings to me to my knees

Four old men were working in an office

From here on, I leaving you right now

Geez, if I see her face ever again

Getting ready to step up from the ground

Gone are the happy times I remember

Goodnight body – The greatest thing ever

Got a lot to tell you. Where to begin?

Got something to say? Say it to my face

Hand in hand, gazing at the evening sun

He is dark - nothing but a tortured soul

He sure knows how to turn the ladies on

He wants to win the election you know

Hearing timbers creak from a ruined ship

Her feet carried her down an empty street.

Her impact on me was quite humoungous

Here I continue struggling on my way

Here’s an idea: Let’s fight our wars in space!

Hey kids, why don’t you write me a letter?

Hey mister. I will give you ten dollars

Hi George. Nice to see you. We need to talk

Holding your hand to make mine warm

Hours are getting shorter with each day

“How do you keep a moron in suspense?”

I am a member of humanity

I am alone. I have been left to die

I am here simply because I want to

I am in love with a woman so fair

I am myself, you are many and one

I am so glad that you are my best friend

I am the angel who comes from above

I am the most hideous man on this planet

I believe I can get through this life

I can get up whenever I want to

I can pick up a sword ‘cos I can fight

I can’t move because I’m tied to a chair

I could help you with your dud social skills

I could write a better story then you!

I decided to cheer up yesterday

I don’t believe in doing what genes say

I don’t care if you flock to certain brands

I don’t care what anyone else may think

I don’t want friends. I just don’t care at all

I don’t want to hear of nights spent alone

I feel great but you don’t like that at all

I had a plan – one which I thought would work

I hate those who want to prosecute me

I have a dream lover – oh yes I do

I have a goal and I will reach for it

I have a mouth but no voice to speak with

I have a problem but I have a cure

I have been called many things in my time

I have to have a job and a fast car

I help my mother with the week’s shopping

I know it’s important to be one’s self

I live with three humans who are quite kind

I love life, the beauty of this planet

I love you and no one else besides you

I may not grasp situations social

I met a man who knew my name on sight

I met her in a most unlikely place

I met my old friend Mike the other day

I really love you but you curse my face

I remember those days spent together

I ride this freeway with a friend in need

I saw you standing there out in the rain

I should have your hand being held in mine

I treat all women I meet with respect

I want to be Taylor Swift’s boyfriend – true

I want to enter an eternal rest

I want you to come and live here with me

I want you to see I’m the one you need

I want you to tell me when you are sad

I was blinded by frustration and rage

I was walking but then I found that track

I was walking in a rainy twilight

I went into bush the other day

I went to the countryside with my wife

I will be the lovely voice that tells you

I will be the prince that you’re looking for

I will come for you in the midnight hour 

I will devote myself to helping others

I will not forget what you’ve done and said

I will tell you how things work in this life

I will tolerate your philosophies 

I wish I had a job. Full time. Good pay

I won't listen to my parents anymore

I would like to raise my glass to a toast

I write down these words for your eyes to see

I write excellent romance poetry

I’ll forgive you if you do something wrong

I’m a coupla beers short of six pack

I’m a freak who has no right to exist

I’m from a nation founded by Britons

I'm here to tell you of thinking critical

I’m the one who walked with Link on his journey

I’m the reason people become atheists

I’m through with drowning in my misery

I've been having some bizarre thoughts today

I’ve been useless, a monster, a crim too

I’ve decided! I will be miserable!

I’ve got to get up and take on the world

I’ve just been handed a new assignment

I’ve seen oceans turn into desert sand

If it’s against the law, I will break it!

If you plunge into the depths of despair

In a barren desert stands a city

In a place so far away, in a room

In a town, fifty miles from nowhere

In a winter forest I heard a song

In the beginning there was an idea

In the Sixties, the Beatles changed the face of pop music

In this time in the cover of darkness

It came driven by curiosity

It came in the middle of the coldest night

It happened by the light of a full moon

It happened on the worst day of my life

It has begun: the world has stopped turning

It resides within a darkened corner

It starts happening in the dead of night

It was all over when the morning came

It was on this day that the dream did die

It was the worse day I had ever had

Its a new morning and the house is empty

It’s all over – Nothing to do or say

It’s been one year into retirement

It’s never stopped raining since yesterday

It’s the warmth that radiates within you

It’s true: everything’s going down the drain

It’s true: I am just no good any more

It’s true: She won’t talk to me any more

It’s with little surprise that it’s raining

Jacqueline was a typical teenager

Lady Destiny has a plan for me

Last night, I had a visit so profound

Last night the skies screamed, rumbled and roared

Legs have been crippled. Bones have broken.

Let me tell you a wonderful story

Light of the morning creeps into my room

Living in a world of dark and shadow

Locked away, from the world, in a sleep

Look at him: he’s trying to get a wife

Lord, I hope you’re hearing me tonight

Lost in the hustle of the Buck Street mall

Lost long in time for forty thousand years

Making real money for the first time

“Many women want to make love to me

Marching firmly across a rock so pure

Maybe you don’t know me but I know you

Meeting at the station in Flinders Street

Mother, everyone says bad things to me

Muscles, long hair, unshaven - Male folly

My bank account has swelled greatly today

My brother is but a plane trip away

My brother isn’t as strong as I am

My ex called me up last night just to say

My friend has made a terrible mistake

My girlfriend doesn’t want me any more

My girlfriend walked out on me yesterday

My girlfriend’s better than Paris Hilton

My love, you will always be beautiful

My lover came knocking on my front door

My one and only option is success

My rocket-powered squirrel just blew up

My wife is my most constant companion

Needles of rain hammer down from up high

No amount of punches will keep me down

No I do not seek a soul mate anymore

No one wants any romance around here

Nobody likes anything heroic

Nobody understands a word I say

Nothing will ever again be the same

O Holy night, Twenty-fourth of December

Of constant rain falling outside. The drone

Oh how I wish that she was here today

Okay, as of now, let’s do things my way

On a bench in the park sits an aged man

On a night of blood and fire I came back

Once I met a creature of a nightmare

Once, I sent Elvis Presley an e-mail

Once upon a time foundations were set

One for the image they told me to reach

Paranoia keeps the red blood flowing

People say they lead a miserable life

People say they love my romance poems

Please come back to Earth Mahatma Gandhi

Please stay with me, I need you here today

Raise the alarm. Today it has begun

Remember when you said you loved me?

Right beside you with every step taken

Same need. Same plan. Same thoughts of temptation

Science is your friend! It loves you so much!

See that nob kicking that hippy over there?

See the one face you have seen every day

Seeing the same four walls from yesterday

Shall we speak today or speak tomorrow?

She brings the sunshine when I’m feeling low

She came from the depths of hell just for me

She came into my life when I was blue

She comes, like a beacon from the darkness

She cosplayed as Yuna from FFX

She rings up to tell of a new boyfriend

She tore me apart and left me for dead

She went and walked out on me yesterday

Sitting in a car in the hot summer

Sitting on park bench, watching the people

So can anyone tell me why dobbers die?

So have you worked out why I’m still your friend?

So I took both your hands into my own

So it’s come to this. This is where it ends

So many doors but only one offers hope

So tell me: Are you still thinking of me?

So, who’s going to mourn me when I’m dead?

So why, in this world, is there ignorance?

So, you want to start a revolution?

So you’re in a relationship. Well done

Soft, smooth, cream skin just waiting for my touch

Some nights ago I turned on my TV

Some say sonnet writing is tough to complete

Some say we follow a plan someone’s made

Standing tall and pale against the black sky

Step into my room, step into my world

Step outside. Look up at the sky so blue

Stepping off the bus and into the rain

Stroking, through hair golden, the finest skin

Stuck in single life. A wretched prison

Stumbling home on a Saturday night

Surrendering her lovely red satin

Surround sound coming from every angle

Take my hand- we will go walk this city

Take you religious beliefs and go home

Tell you what: I will be your Romeo

That flag on that pole is waving half mast

That patriot said: “I love my country!

That's it! Everything has all led to this

The day has ended, the sun has fallen

The day is coming when I will grow old

The flames in my heart are burning red hot

The grocery bags are in the hallway

The hands crave human touch but there is none

The happy pills drive away the abyss

The hour’s drawing near. A man’s gotta do.

The human heart went into hospital

The island we call home’s a foreign shore

The letterbox’s empty cos’ there’s no mail

The morning came with the clearest of blue sky

The night matures as the hours tick by

The power to exclude: the sweetest thing

The pure white snow tumbles down from the sky

The rain comes downward onto my window

The rain thunders down, the wind keeps blowing

The rules I play by are the one’s I make

The smell of meat cooking on the Barbie

The songbird sings the loveliest of tunes

The street I live; there’s a house upon

The sun comes slowly from behind the hills

The sun’s been burning for eternity

The teenager yelled this at his mother:

The white fabric has failed as a sheathe

Then the teachers talking sent me to sleep

There’s a glorious full moon out tonight

There’s a place called the Poet’s Sanctuary

There’s another world lying over there

There’s no use in trying to find the words

There’s nothing like that pleasurable feeling

There’s nothing wrong with my boy, you hear me?

These tools I call hands have again fumbled

These words are for that deplorable creep

They say there’s a great inland sea ‘round here

This day is beautiful beyond belief

This is a writer's class. All is not well

This is how I envision your future

This morning demands I get out of bed

This morning the sky was gone: Just clouds grey

Those fucking Orcs are trashing my city

Today I played guitar with Dave Mustaine

Today we arrived at Gallipoli

Todays the day the dream cracked wide open

Two houses both alike in dignity

Two lovers are fucking up above me

Two students. Late teens. Clean cut. Nicely dressed

Vandalised walls that once looked so trusting

Wait up for me – I’ve got something to say

Waiting at a bus stop in pouring rain

Walking home under the same umbrella

Want to know how to win an argument?

Was my bedroom floor comfy to sleep on?

We all have our wings but some don’t use them

We meet up on a regular basis

We watch our TV with the sound turned down

Wearing a battered suit and shoes jaded

Welcome to a place where it never rains

Welcome to my car. Welcome to my turf

Welcome to the world: Here we all hate you

Well aren’t I Miss Popular. I’m a hit!

Well here we go again, into the breach

Well it’s happened yet again: Disaster

Well strike me dead, I can’t believe my luck

What a miserable life it’s been: born lame

What is left me is only a shell

What'd I do to deserve this wretched fate?

When I think of you it makes me happy

When I was sick you helped me get better

When it happened, you asked me to forget

When the war is over what will you do?

When you’re sad, I’ll take you to get you drunk

Wherever he may walk, everything burns

With roaring engines and screeching of tyres

With the thunderbolts still at beck and call

Within the eyes love unconditional

Woke up at 4am but she did not

Working hard at school: rolling with the blows

Yes, you may voice your opinions on God

You are a hentai - perverted and proud

You can look at us, yes. But you can’t touch

You have a secret smile – just for me

You know what? I want to lead this country

You may have glasses and a twisted nose

You want someone to love? I don't think so

You were my strength when I was at my weakest

You will marry my brother? Is this true?

You’ve got the most beautiful voice I’ve heard