Mel Hadjicostas : Writing

60 Seconds--

60 Seconds--

A Poem by Mel Hadjicostas


Think I'll visit Mary todayRemind me to takeBottled waterFor my best friend's daughterShe grew up pretty fastAnd I'll never plait her hair againAnd so..
Regrets To Announce--

Regrets To Announce--

A Poem by Mel Hadjicostas


Regrets to announce, that’s what the War Ministry said This young boy before me must have been only fifteen And not a single brass button But sc..
Accidental--

Accidental--

A Poem by Mel Hadjicostas


I'd love to be acquaintedBut who's going to explain itWhen we're goneHow we loved and lost and played the bluesMade it up as we went along as weStart ..
Pretty Polly--

Pretty Polly--

A Poem by Mel Hadjicostas


It's too early in the morning for those smoky eyesAren't they from last night?Don't you look a sight?And he puts a hand on your shouldersAnd that send..
Better In Time--

Better In Time--

A Poem by Mel Hadjicostas


They say it will be better in timeIn time I will not stand in line In a same-old coffee storeFeeling like a boreUnfeeling, I'm a whoreTo stare unseein..
Clumsy--

Clumsy--

A Poem by Mel Hadjicostas


These words fall tumble clumsyThoughtless fill the silenceA day out with my NanMoney worries, dinner plansEstate agents, every little cornerEverything..
26 Sunflowers--

26 Sunflowers--

A Poem by Mel Hadjicostas


I will watch the skies changeFrom Parker ink to darker greysAnd back again in a secretlyUnremarkable placeAs youWill rest your sleeping head, my booBe..
Mocking Bird--

Mocking Bird--

A Poem by Mel Hadjicostas


Hush little baby, don't say a wordBecause I'll find you a mockingbirdAnd if I was a rich girlI'd buy diamond ringsBut instead I say to youPlease take ..
City Sicker--

City Sicker--

A Poem by Mel Hadjicostas


I wish I had an answer for this sicknessThat’s growing in my soul Or at the very least a name 'coz it frustrates me that I can't tell you what i..
Unsung Songs--

Unsung Songs--

A Poem by Mel Hadjicostas


The unsung songs lie strewn on unplayed pianosAs the unswung swing rocks gentle on the breezeAnd the ripples in the river weren't our tentative finger..

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