Peter Frederick is a published book author including 'Life on The Road' and 'On The Road Again'. Peter Frederick can say out loud that he has lived an entertaining and extraordinary life.
Showing posts with label verse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label verse. Show all posts
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Friday, January 25, 2013
Friday, November 30, 2012
Monday, September 24, 2012
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
A FAN MAIL FROM FAR AWAY…..
Monday, August 27, 2012
Sunday, April 29, 2012
TREAT POLITICIANS….
Labels:
Australian humour,
Australian poetry,
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limerick,
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poem,
poet,
politicians,
politics,
rhyme,
smelly rhyme,
verse,
writer,
writing
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Sunday, March 25, 2012
A LOW-LIFE !
NOTHING EVER IS SO LOW
WHEN, OVERPAID, A C.E.O.
SACKS HIS WORKERS, TOILING HARD
FOR LITTLE, AND WITH NO REGARD,
RE-LOCATES THE FACTORY
TO OVERSEAS WHERE SEEMINGLY
CHEAPER WORKERS SLAVE ANEW
WITHOUT ANY RIGHTS TO SUE.
HIS PAY IS CALLED ‘PERFORMANCE-BASED’
AS THIS TOTAL HUMAN WASTE
MOVES IN ROOMS SO CLIMATISED,
HAS BUSINESS LUNCHES, OVER-SIZED,
EXPENSIVE DRINKS WITH CLOSEST MATES
FROM THE BOARD, THAT HIGHLY RATES
HIS PERFORMANCE AND WITH WEALTH
THEY REWARD HIM, USING STEALTH.
BY TRAMPLING OVER HUMAN BEINGS,
LOYALTY AND WORKERS’ FEELINGS,
POSSESSED WITH DRIVE OF EGOTISM
AND PRACTISING PARASITISM,
HE RE-LOCATES HIS COMPANY.
MY FRIEND, I GIVE YOU ONE ADVICE:
WHEN YOU HEAR THESE NEWS OR LEAKAGE,
HAVE NO CONTACT WITH THIS SEEPAGE!
Saturday, March 10, 2012
ABSCHIED………. (in German)
Die grossen Wolken ziehen weit
und nehmen meine Jugendzeit
mit sich dahin – ich bleib zurueck.
Im Sinn verwirrt,
ich fuehle kalt -
jetzt bin ich alt!
Wie ich einst lebte, froh, erfuellt,
ich bleibe hier, verwirrt, enthuellt,
und sehe hilflos himmelwaerts.
Mein Herz so friert,
allein ich bleib,
im grossen Leid.
Wenn wohl mein Leben dann vorbei,
erschoepft und muede alles sei,
schliess’ ich mich den Wolken an.
Sie ziehen ewig fort
und mit frohen Sinnen
reise ich von hinnen!
und nehmen meine Jugendzeit
mit sich dahin – ich bleib zurueck.
Im Sinn verwirrt,
ich fuehle kalt -
jetzt bin ich alt!
Wie ich einst lebte, froh, erfuellt,
ich bleibe hier, verwirrt, enthuellt,
und sehe hilflos himmelwaerts.
Mein Herz so friert,
allein ich bleib,
im grossen Leid.
Wenn wohl mein Leben dann vorbei,
erschoepft und muede alles sei,
schliess’ ich mich den Wolken an.
Sie ziehen ewig fort
und mit frohen Sinnen
reise ich von hinnen!
Labels:
author,
authoring,
composing,
German lyrics,
German poem,
German rhyme,
lyric,
pensive poem,
poem,
rhyme,
sad poem sad verse,
verse,
writing
Thursday, March 8, 2012
MESSAGE ON A TOMBSTONE
YOU CAME TO ME BUT I HAVE GONE
O FRIEND FROM LONG AGO
I’VE LIVED A LIFE AWAY FROM YOU
IN HOMESICKNESS AND WOE.
I’VE BEEN WITH YOU, SO FAR AWAY,
IN THOUGHTS, SO FULL OF PAIN
AND IN MY DREAMS I HEARD YOU SAY
‘DON’T LIVE YOUR LIFE IN VAIN.’
TIME WILL COME, MY DEAREST FRIEND,
WHO CAME ACROSS THE SEA
WHEN FINALLY WE’LL MEET AGAIN
IN ETERNAL COMPANY!
O FRIEND FROM LONG AGO
I’VE LIVED A LIFE AWAY FROM YOU
IN HOMESICKNESS AND WOE.
I’VE BEEN WITH YOU, SO FAR AWAY,
IN THOUGHTS, SO FULL OF PAIN
AND IN MY DREAMS I HEARD YOU SAY
‘DON’T LIVE YOUR LIFE IN VAIN.’
TIME WILL COME, MY DEAREST FRIEND,
WHO CAME ACROSS THE SEA
WHEN FINALLY WE’LL MEET AGAIN
IN ETERNAL COMPANY!
Labels:
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composing,
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lyric,
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pensive verse,
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rhyme,
sad message,
sad poem,
sad verse,
thoughtful poem,
verse
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Thursday, July 7, 2011
EXAGGERATIONS…..
Outside, there blows a freezing wind
and brings the South pole closer home.
I fancy polar creatures roam
at intersections, public places,
where people rush with frosty faces
past penguins and seals in masses
who stare at them with frozen asses
as they pursue their daily chore,
so frozen deep down to their core.
Labels:
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authoring,
authoring a rhyme,
composing a poem,
funny verse,
poem,
rhyme,
verse,
verses,
writing,
writing a poem
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