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i had a dream the future was burning, it was going up in flames while i was looking at the stars, a silent observer from a faraway place, i remember wondering whose house was on fire, at the end of the dream i had a conversation with Rutger Hauer, he was wearing Orion’s lost belt, he offered me a drink & told me to wake up —and when i did, all i could think about was how sad i felt, so i closed my eyes again but it was too late —i had already overslept Rhymingtherapy - August 2019 (my gif) Starlitprompts - Orion’s Lost Belt

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a wildflower heart

uncarefully tended

buries itself below ground

awaiting the resonance

of a more luminous season

a deeper connection

to the source

seeding the earth

with the language of flowers

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KDW@naturallylilting—March 2026 (my photo of the floral clock at Kings Park, Western Australia—Oct 25)

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Ode to The Starry Night

He captured Nature’s ideal through iron bars,

interpreted her desires with the ecstatic passion of an infatuated lover,

transformed her darkness with whorls of windswept light,

bathed her in billowing waves of solitary devotion.

Bejeweled in garlands of moonlight & swooning stars,

stroke by stroke, a timeworn sky succumbed to the rebellious genius of his touch.

All he had was then,

to express the aesthetic fusion of a transcendental soul & troubled mind.

All he had was ten

years to fulfil the obsession of a lifetime.

All we have is now.

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RhymingTherapy—Jan 2022 (my photo taken Van Gogh Alive experience Jan 2022) poem inspired by @writerscreed challenge “all we have is now” & Van Gogh’s painting “The Starry Night”

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an ode to yesterdays

near and far

familiar places

were i there to dwell

criss-crossed paths

wandered once

& with extravagance

in passing—

profoundly missed

constellations grown

from miniscule

specks of light

a universe—expanded

in recall

HAPPY NEW YEAR DEAR FRIENDS ✨💖🌟

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KDW@naturallylilting—Jan 2026 (my photo 6 Dec)

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I’m daydreaming of December’s delight

on shores where the land becomes covered in white

where the air is cold & full of chill

& frozen waters

are deathly still.

The summer heat I don’t appreciate

so to colder climes I would migrate

despite the harsh wind’s icy blast

to experience winter

in contrast.

When longing for a summer vacation

I’ll go there in my imagination

& hope the sweat lathering head to toe

will cool with my fervent

dreams of snow.

Rhymingtherapy ~ December 2017

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My photos from a recent visit to Jewel Cave in Western Australia and an early poem lamenting the heat of the Australian Summer, which started in December.

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together we’ll weather

the harrowing onslaught

of November . . .

one way or another

“this too shall pass”

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KDW@naturallylilting—Nov 2025 (my photo and edit)

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Your heart’s light is like

a spray of sunshine,

absorbed by infinitesimal

drops of aqua, scattered

by a sparkling fountain

in an effervescent

cascade of nature.

Every day I spend with you

is a floating lotus flower

opened by your rays.

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RhymingTherapy—November 2021 (my animation of own photo) poem inspired by @writerscreed challenge “every day is a holiday with you”

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i’ve always wanted to visit

the Pink Lake, but it seems

like such a long way to go

with never enough time

so the universe led me

to a different place . . .

& i’ll always be grateful

that fate showed me the way

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KDW@naturallylilting—October 2025 (my photo North Lakes Australia)

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Most of us are

learning as we go,

because that’s how

it was always meant to be,

despondency & hope

counterbalanced

in the hollow spaces

of our hearts,

like a voluminous moon

periodically overflowing

from a fervent sky,

a recurring sign

that everything & nothing

are powerful

but transitory phases

—opposing forces

designed to spark

continual evolution

in the enlightenment

of our transcendental minds.

RhymingTherapy—Sept 2021 (my photo) poem inspired by @ Writerscreed challenge “all or nothing”

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through our closeness—

a blush falls at twilight,

above & beyond

the profusion of chaos

that grows in Autumn,

when blue skies wear

thin & the moon is full,

we fill our lungs with

breathless moon-spill

—nature’s cold fire,

revealing more

than burnished gold

beneath a hint of red,

the overflow of her soul

—an efferent glow only

exposed as daylight fades

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KDW@naturallylilting—September 2025 (my photo Manly Boat Harbour Australia) Poem inspired by @smittenbypoetry “All that grows in Autumn”

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My City in the Sky

graffiti walls love

precarious architecture

demolished daily

by the ache

of insufficiency

the source of a million

chaotic revelations

wretchedly untold

diffused energy

rises above the crush

a labyrinth

of nonconformity

vapour aligned with dust

floating on air

hovering windswept

aimless yet aloft.

RhymingTherapy—March 2021 (my photo Brisbane Australia) poem inspired by @Writerscreed Challenge “me as an inanimate object”

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August is fading fast another mournful month calling home with wailing sighs restraint withering as uncertainty germinates propagating seeds of fear, for the first time in years pining for a change of season. Yet my optimism endures through abiding blooms that flourish from the roots of benevolence, that joyfully play their part in the harsh cycle of destruction & replenishment, by ensuring Mother Nature’s urn is perennially filled.

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RhymingTherapy—August 2021 (my photo) poem inspired by @ writerscreed challenge “calling home for the first time in years”

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some people believe that

butterflies are a symbol of hope

a gift from the universe

in times of need

a sign of transformation,

renewal or new beginnings

good luck, or a catalyst

for positive change

& if they don’t appear naturally

—sometimes i even create my own

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KDW@naturallylilting—August 2025 (digital artwork from a blend of my original photos)

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Everyone holds a multitude of different worlds inside them, that no one but them is able to see or hear; worlds that are only glimpsed through the external life/or lives they choose to share. The one thing that differs between you & me, is how often & with whom—we go there.

RhymingTherapy—Feb 2021 (a photo of one of my favourite worlds) poem inspired by my Tumblr friends. Thank you for sharing your worlds with me.

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slow mornings & golden days

carefree & camouflaged

among the gum trees

maintaining the delicate

balance of nature in a

disappearing landscape

even the pliant & unassuming

have an important role to play

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KDW@NaturallyLilting—July 2025 (my gif)

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it’s 5 a.m. outside my window

kookaburras laugh with

sharp cracking bursts of sound,

the crazy calls of a cackling chorus

reverberating all over town,

cacophony explodes then dies away

i imagine them telling funny stories

a few of my feathered good luck charms

regurgitating scenes of yesterday,

because raucous hilarity is always

a welcome way to start the day.

RhymingTherapy—March 2021 (my video & audio) poem inspired by @Writerscreed Challenge “my good luck charm”

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loss leaves June

her sanctuary

where wings

from the past alight

like butterfly kisses

on the tree of life

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KDW@Naturallylilting—June 2025 (My photo of male and female Cairns Birdwing Butterflies. The following sign was nearby).