Seren

Aug 31, 2009 ⭐ View statistics (Premium feature)

Whispering Mysteries

Australian Stars are shining
in a southern night,
beating with a heart
streaming with no fright

Visions in a land
that first made up the dream,
all that you can see
is not what it may seem

Mysteries in a place
where no white men pass,
walking in a wilderness
seeping with years past

Emus range along
loping with a stride
kangaroos are bouncing
head held up in pride

Crocodiles our dinosaurs
lurking in the murk
don't you go a swimming
so you don't get hurt

Whispers in the rocks
making blood ice cold,
shivers in a night
shaking legs do hold

Eerie are the plains
echoed life imports,
bits of mystical memory
flowing through they sort

Religions of all colours
and faces of all hues,
meeting hand to hand
they fly across the blue

Filling up with culture
from many different lands,
mixing into magic
with the joining of our hands

Filling to the brim
pride does steel our backs,
but helping other lands
our army changes tack

Dancing with the stars
or singing to the moon,
we will always strive
but singing our own tune

— Seren, Aug 31, 2009

About This Poem

About the Author

Region, Country: Beyond the Black Stump..Australia, AUS

Favorite Poets: Pablo Neruda, P.K.Page, W.H.Auden, to many and various to include them all ...

Critiques

Bosscombat

16 years 9 months ago

:)

Oooooooooo baby *sings badly out of tune* I really like it Damn those eerie country towns <3 again with the 5 star poems Keep showin me up and ill have to bring you down :p ♣ Pea ess. U know the deal with votes and the like

Seren

16 years 9 months ago

Dear Matty

Yup only gotta drive a few hours west and your in another land all together ... another time zone too depending on where you go LOL thanks for the read and the stars Pea Ess ? peaess ? is that like someone who pisses on your longue lmfao :P oi you started it :) he he love ya brother Jayne x x x x "We did not change as we grew older; we just became more clearly ourselves. Lynn Hall" ...

Steele Massey

16 years 9 months ago

Never been to Australia,

Never been to Australia, always wanted to though. Feels almost other worldly and flows wonderfully.

Seren

16 years 9 months ago

Dear Steele

There is another world feeling in parts of Australia and you can travel only a few hours from the coast and its like another place, another time ... glad you enjoyed my view of home .. love Jayne x x "We did not change as we grew older; we just became more clearly ourselves. Lynn Hall" ...

Kailashana

16 years 9 months ago

Darling Seren, I would love

Darling Seren, I would love to see this poem...illustrated in a young person's book. It would be awesome for both native Aussies and we who have fallen in love with the country. I recently watched *Australia* and though I enjoyed it, I thought it didn't quite go far enough. Love, Anna p.s. Happy 5(?) days before your birthday.

Seren

16 years 9 months ago

Dear Anna

Thank you so much for your comment, I have watched australia as well, I loved it, though like you it could have gone a little further with the history that was shown, a light brush was held in the painting of some scenes ... and I felt that in some ways it didnt show the true plight of the aborgines back then, but I wont go into that its a whole other poem , our lost generation, I have a friend who is part of the lost generation so I do feel strongly about it .... yeah its 4 days till my birthday big 40 lol ... thank you so much Anna I am glad you liked this one ... much love and hugz Jayne x x "We did not change as we grew older; we just became more clearly ourselves. Lynn Hall" ...

Candlewitch

16 years 9 months ago

Dearest Jayne

I love your poems about Australia... they are so vivid and beautiful. You make me want to see it first hand... I wish I had money to burn, lol. Favorite lines: Religions of all colours and faces of all hues, meeting hand to hand they fly across the blue Filling up with culture from many different lands, mixing into magic with the joining of our hands Filling to the brim pride does steel our backs, but helping other lands our army changes tack Dancing with the stars or singing to the moon, we will always strive but singing our own tune Love, Cat

Seren

16 years 9 months ago

Dearest Cat

I look back at our history and there are many Australian poets (men)who wrote Ballads but few women soooo I have decided to write as many ballads about home as I can LOL ... think of ... I had hoped you would like this one its another look our big burnt country ... thank you so much as always I look for you , you always let me know when I hit my mark or I am off , thanks for everything hun much love and hugz Jayne x x x "We did not change as we grew older; we just became more clearly ourselves. Lynn Hall" ...

lyz

16 years 9 months ago

Dear Seren

I love putting your writing name, it is for a great writer, so I am glad you are back and this one came from a tired girls heart. Can not wait to see what you write when you have energized. I felt this one,with summer coming on, it actually made me warm. And hey, you forgot your snake and one for the arachnaphobes, the dreaded funnel web,lol. Just kidding. We are lucky, and I feel lucky to be one of those faces in your beautiful poem and it reminds me of the Alice, Darwin and all that still need to be discovered in this place. You described it well, and if I didn't live here I would want to visit. My fave now. Well done, looooooooovvvvvvvveeeeeeedd it.NOMINATE, NOMINATE.10 stars. Great vision, Jayne. Love Lyz.x.

Seren

16 years 9 months ago

Dear Lyz

My real name is Jayne-Chloe lol but Serendipity was the screen name I chose but I couldnt have it,then shorten it to Seren and then found out Seren in Welsh means star off one of the other poets LOL ... SO GLAD YOU loved it ! I always say if my own coutrymen and woman dont like something ive writen about home ? I hant done a good enough job I had started this one a couple of weeks ago and was sitting on matts longue last night and the rest camt flowing out lol ... Big smile thankies Lyz means a lot that other Aussies like this one .. much love and hugz Jayne x x x "We did not change as we grew older; we just became more clearly ourselves. Lynn Hall" ...

lyz

16 years 9 months ago

Serendipity

Love the above, but by shortening it, Gives an air of mystique and a wanting to know the origin behind it, which I know now.Lol.And one day I may see" The works of Seren" on a cover and I will have to buy it, And hey, I know your name, every time Jade visits you and comes home,Jayne,Jayne,Jayne. She has a lot of respect for you as I have, for taking her under your wing, so to speak.I suppose she has told you I am very protective of her, too much really, but when u lose a child, the pain stays forever and I don't want go thru the pain of losing any more children, they are my existence.I lost a grandchild recently, the third, through miscarriages, but the pain is still the same. So my lovely girl, you have wrote a beauty in this one, can't specify that enough and in our, Jades and my eyes, a star. Believe. Love Lyz.x.

Seren

16 years 9 months ago

Dear Lyz

Its funny I like Seren as well now I am used to it lol And I am such a Star gazer that it suits me to a T ... lol I know you know my name Jade speaks of you all the time when shes at my house, And I think the world of her , shes a good girl your Jade , you should be proud, she has great morals and respects herself , that alone makes me love her so many young women these days dont have the pride they should have in themselves but Jadey Babe does ... I am nothing special I get shitty I get moody but thats just life I am human like everyone else BUT I do Love Jade and whilever shes round my house Snake and I treat her as one of the family , I have lost children too hun I know that pain but I am blessed to have the ones I do but I am like you i worry toooo much LOL ... I just got home from the hospital and they did the needle thing ... felt like saying gimmee a go we shall see how you handle the pain LMAO !! I am going home tomorrow I am too sore to go tonight .... I am thinking of channeling all this pain into a poem ?? lol maybe?? he he Take care talk to you laters huni love and big hugz Jayne x x x We did not change as we grew older; we just became more clearly ourselves. Lynn Hall ...

mantiscepter

16 years 9 months ago

Bits of mystical

Bits of mystical memory flowing through they sort. Love this line... Rich,almost story line. could have been longer for me. was very nice. I am a fan of Australia, Crocodile Dundee,and the Dingo. and of course you.. Mantiscepter

Seren

16 years 9 months ago

Dear Mantis !!

Thank you soooo much !! I loved your comment .. LOL I just got home from hospital and I was sitting here not feeling too great and got your comment I am smiling thank you hun ;) love and hugz Jayne x x x "We did not change as we grew older; we just became more clearly ourselves. Lynn Hall" ...

believe

16 years 9 months ago

didnt think there was room form my comment! wow

when did u post it! great poem, love Australian poetry, so much material to work with, keep up the great work!! Ray

Seren

16 years 9 months ago

Dear Believe

Thank for the read I posted this one last night just after midnight some time , glad you enjoyed it I have another poem on here called austral dreaming :) glad you enjoyed the aussie flavour take care regards Jayne x x "We did not change as we grew older; we just became more clearly ourselves. Lynn Hall" ...

Kailashana

16 years 9 months ago

We are very rich here on

We are very rich here on Neopoet. Blessings to all. Deep love & Respect. ~A p.s. I am however, a bit jealous, how wonderful that some poets here get to know one another on a more personal level. Or did you know one another before coming to Neopoet?

Seren

16 years 9 months ago

Dear Anna

I introduced Matty(BossCombat(friend), BJ(Silent Whisper of a weeping Shadow(nephew),Snake(CyberSpace(partner),(Rachel(Rattacular(another friend),(Justin(Justice(another friend) and Lyz Is the mother of Jade whos a friend of my nephew(Bj) who always visits me when she visits up home lol All people I knew before I came to the site sooo I guess I was the pied piper that lead my friends and family here , I found such joy that I thought to share it with the people I love the most and its only enriched the experience, and they tell me when my stuff stinks , honest friends best kind to have :P ...Love and hugz Jayne x x "We did not change as we grew older; we just became more clearly ourselves. Lynn Hall" ...