<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>Paolo&#039;s Poems</title> <atom:link href="http://www.paolospoems.com/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.paolospoems.com</link> <description>poetry in emotion</description> <lastBuildDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:43:22 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <xhtml:meta xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" name="robots" content="noindex" /> <item><title>That Awful Boy</title><link>http://www.paolospoems.com/family/that-awful-boy/</link> 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<dc:creator>Paolo</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Aboriginal Poems]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.paolospoems.com/?p=826</guid> <description><![CDATA[The dogs are barking And It&#8217;s what happens when you allow leash free areas It&#8217;s just one too many mornings Of black discontent Ownership was always a white man&#8217;s dread His own laws may very well be His own demise A tent embassy A disaster A black place in a white place A white place [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.paolospoems.com/aboriginal-poems/aboriginal-tent-embassy/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>When I&#8217;m Gone</title><link>http://www.paolospoems.com/death/when-im-gone/</link> <comments>http://www.paolospoems.com/death/when-im-gone/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:24:18 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Paolo</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Death]]></category><guid 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Leaving no trace For Forty thousand years We never got lost A Whiteman&#8217;s feet carve trails The Earliest graffiti on Black land To a Blackmans eye We find you dead or alive The signs are all there We are Blacktrackers misnamed We are white trackers [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.paolospoems.com/aboriginal-poems/aboriginal-blacktracker/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Aboriginal Land Part 2</title><link>http://www.paolospoems.com/aboriginal-poems/aboriginal-land-part-2/</link> <comments>http://www.paolospoems.com/aboriginal-poems/aboriginal-land-part-2/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 06:34:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Paolo</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Aboriginal Poems]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.paolospoems.com/?p=806</guid> <description><![CDATA[There are no black cities in Australia Only towns where blacks lived and died unnoticed Aboriginal street names A poor attempt at appeasement for white theft In big city land grabs Our black hearts ask Why? Do we have fewer rights than boat people? Circular Quay The Rocks Once our great places Our meeting places [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.paolospoems.com/aboriginal-poems/aboriginal-land-part-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Aboriginal Injustice</title><link>http://www.paolospoems.com/aboriginal-poems/aboriginal-injustice/</link> <comments>http://www.paolospoems.com/aboriginal-poems/aboriginal-injustice/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 08:17:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Paolo</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Aboriginal Poems]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.paolospoems.com/?p=800</guid> <description><![CDATA[I am still fighting for my black friends My good friends Those dark skinned You call Abos Those you call hopeless Useless And drainers of the public purse Those you see in the dole queue Those you see constantly drunk Those you see filling our jails Those who cannot get a job In a white [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.paolospoems.com/aboriginal-poems/aboriginal-injustice/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>My Nerine</title><link>http://www.paolospoems.com/nerine/my-nerine/</link> <comments>http://www.paolospoems.com/nerine/my-nerine/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 05:03:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Paolo</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Nerine]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.paolospoems.com/?p=796</guid> <description><![CDATA[Through the window I see leaves falling Ever so slowly to the ground And I Ponder a life lived Or a life half lived All I can think of is her And the life she should have lived The part of life she lost Every leaf is like an angel coming down I just wonder [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.paolospoems.com/nerine/my-nerine/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Truth</title><link>http://www.paolospoems.com/general/truth/</link> <comments>http://www.paolospoems.com/general/truth/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 09:59:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Paolo</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.paolospoems.com/?p=792</guid> <description><![CDATA[Truth is a disguise for an opinion And an inability to give it Let&#8217;s all say something to please The listener To save us when our courage has gone Truth is the perfect disguise to my hatred of it When I really wish to speak my mind]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.paolospoems.com/general/truth/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Australian Aborigine</title><link>http://www.paolospoems.com/aboriginal-poems/australian-aborigine/</link> <comments>http://www.paolospoems.com/aboriginal-poems/australian-aborigine/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 05:54:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Paolo</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Aboriginal Poems]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.paolospoems.com/?p=786</guid> <description><![CDATA[Yes we struggle It&#8217;s hard to look forward when our land is gone I used to sit with my mate On the waters edge Now it&#8217;s an opera house A place of white man learning And Blackman not forgetting Our culture under white attack And foreigners making rules in our country Without entitlement It makes [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.paolospoems.com/aboriginal-poems/australian-aborigine/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Did You hear me</title><link>http://www.paolospoems.com/nerine/did-you-hear-me/</link> <comments>http://www.paolospoems.com/nerine/did-you-hear-me/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 05:01:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Paolo</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Nerine]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.paolospoems.com/?p=782</guid> <description><![CDATA[I held your hand that day My darling girl That awful day when your eyes closed I hugged you to my chest and prayed so hard I gave you my best first aid training darling I did not bring you back but I tried so hard As did others I worked with you through a [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.paolospoems.com/nerine/did-you-hear-me/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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