Good one Jim another one, a good one, a definite won.     

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(6 replies, posted in Bands and artists)

For some strange reason he brought back memories to me of Don Partridge. I.m wonder what ever happened to him?     

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(1 replies, posted in Poems)

Clever and you got a unique style of writing EB.     

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Piri that is an absolute brilliant piece of writing.     

I like the Way Tim Easton writes and plays his songs live.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1outts0eiXA 

Hope people like this song. Two voices two instruments all done real good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksuxDvsTah4 

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Thank you Jan , Piri and Jim I loved the way how Arthur Stace using one word Eternity has inspired many people including me. His life story is an interesting one also.

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TIGLJK wrote:

Awesome Peatle !

You and Phill have developed into poets that are the eyes of the world.
Quite enjoyable to read both of your works - masters at it for sure.

EasyBeat - thanks for stimulating everyone -    we would have missed out on some great stuff without your challenge.

What would be great is if some others joined in .

Thank you Jim thanks to EB he has got a lot of good things going on here.  Phill has also been a brilliant, good fun talent to swap ideas with.

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Jandle wrote:

Good bit of writing there Peatle.

Thank you Jan     

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(6 replies, posted in Poems)

Phill Williams wrote:

A great comeback for my comeback to mothers son poem you wrote. Good fun this ain't it?

Thank you Piri  bouncing of your poetry ideas has been real good fun.

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(4 replies, posted in Bands and artists)

EB I didn't expect that sort of vibe but I did find it interesting.

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(2 replies, posted in Poems)

Another good poem exploding onto the page here EB.     

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(2 replies, posted in Bands and artists)

Interesting song and musical arrangement EB.     

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Good one Jim.
Jan you got the right voice to sing in all sorts of styles.     

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Mojo your sounding good. Wishing you all the best on your open mic nights.     

Good one EB your a legend for giving it a shot with a good song.     

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Arthur Stace, AKA Mr Eternity. Also considered by many street artists worldwide as the father of street art and tagging. As his tags were made of chalk they washed away or disappeared quickly after a few days he wasn’t a vandal.

He worked as a cleaner early in the morning to make a living and lived in a humble cottage with his wife which is now a tourist attraction. For over thirty-five years from 1930 to 1967 the people of Sydney woke up to the word Eternity handwritten in yellow chalk on walls, footpaths and train platforms in Sydney. It attracted the ire of Sydney City Council. Even though he was illiterate and could hardly write his own name, he could write the word Eternity legibly in beautiful copperplate script with his chalk on hard surfaces. He managed to keep his Identity secret until he was caught one morning in 1956. He carried on doing it though right up until his death in 1967. He narrowly escaped arrest 20 times with his defense every time “ I had permission from a higher source”. Anyway reading about  Arthur Stace inspired me to write this which I attempted to put to guitar unsuccessfully in a sort of a way that maybe Johnny Cash and the Carter family would perform it as a poem. Arthur wrote the word Eternity everywhere in Sydney as a result of his Christian belief. His script inspired atheists and believers worldwide of all religions to think about eternity in various ways.  The successful Eternity theatre in Sydney a thoroughly modernized old building was originally a church with a different name that Arthur attended. His script is their logo. For a man born out of incest in 1895 and put into an orphanage as a kid and working in a coal mine at 12, he would be surprised at his notoriety now. He also experienced the horrors of the First World War as a soldier on the frontline and the world wide depression afterwards. Up until 1930 he spent a lot of time in and out jail until he completely changed his life in 1930.


              Mr Eternity I Want The People To See.

I want the people to see.

No matter what would be.

There must be something  good waiting in eternity.

For those who do good things.

I’m thankful for the man who gave me a helping hand.

I didn’t know when I was younger what to believe.

Then touched by the spirit a hidden hand.

I felt that I was part of the plan.

That doesn’t mean it is  just me.

It could be you who just calls on him.

To give you a helping hand.

Millions who love the man.

Who laid his life down for human kind.

Gave his blood on the cross at Calvary.

He rose from the dead.

So you and I can have a blessed eternity.

That simple word eternity is made for you and me.

All you got to do is reach out to the lord.

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I was inspired to put this poem up here on chordie, I wrote a while back after reading Phill Williams brilliant poem “Ah Morning”.


As If Morning Spoke

If my poems were as obvious as a photograph.

It would give no one a space to think.

If the grass on the hill stayed a dark green all year.

Everything would be the same old.

At high tide the ocean kisses the coastline.

Then retreats to admire her beauty.

Party dogs aimlessly howling at the full moon on a dark still night annoy the quiet.

Warm morning arrives sun touches the windowpane before the curtains are drawn.

Party dogs hide under blankets while the busy bees of life rise and head out.

The loved feel warmth as the frog on a leaf hopes for a transforming kiss.

The good news of the day arrives like a solid rock sending ripples all over the pond.

With a new found faith in a higher power believers walk through a loud silence.

Leaving nothing behind not even fear.

The great spirit in the sky pushes away all the dark clouds.

While somewhere else.

Someone else.

Works through their pain.

A caring parent makes the day rise brightly.

As if there were no more pain. 

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Piri, this poem everything in it that makes it an exceptional piece of writing.     

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Thank you Jim I love the fact that a working-class character like Arthur Stace humble cottage he lived in is now a tourist attraction. A place where people go to from all over the world to write on the footpath outside in chalk the word eternity. All these years after his death in 1967 people still remember him.     

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(7 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

A goose that is getting its neck strangled.     

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(5 replies, posted in Poems)

Good one EB I often wonder what the fashionable elite mean by being suitably late is great. If you and I did that they would change our fate.     

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(5 replies, posted in Songwriting)

I call them guys on talkback Heknows. good one EB     

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(4 replies, posted in Poems)

EB this poem should be in your next kid's book.     

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(9 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

Easybeat 4 days in and you're doing brilliant.  Your an inspiration.