Lines from Oz
The Poetry of Brian Langley
I've been a bit slack and my Latest additions is way back in Dec 2003
These pages contain some of my poetry. From time to time, as inspiration moves me to write a bit more I will add them.
I have arranged them in alphabetic order
Meanwhile, Let me know what you think of them.
Oh! And by the way, you will notice that I am very much a traditionalist as far as my poetry goes, No blank verse stuff for me, I like a poem to have both rhyme and rhythm.
Please take a moment to read my copyright notice before moving down the page to the list of poems
Copyright Notice:
All of the poetry on these pages is the original work of Brian Langley, Perth, Western Australia
You may freely copy and use these poems for private non profit use only.
Any other use, copying or performance of these poems without the written consent of the copyright holder is strictly forbidden.
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A Thousand Miles (the saga of a dream)
After Midnight (an ode to "netties")
Betsy (lines on the death of a faithful servant)
Bitey Things (Why I wont go camping)
Breakfast Sitting Down
(a change of lifestyle)
Brussel Sprouts (a little ditty that needs no explanation)
Dangerous Place (Why I dont swim in the sea)
Desert Sunrise (No explanation necessary)
Dreaming (fantasies of an older man)
Fairies (why I dont like them)
Fish Tales (more nautical nonsense)
Fishing Trip (Out after the big ones)
Flying (thoughts on being in aeroplanes)
Forty years (a Ruby Wedding Anniversary Poem)
Glory (a few words about heroes)
Guilderton (Part 1) (Why I live where I live)
Guilderton (Part 2) (the future)
Justice (it all depends on who you are)
Lost Lines (another very short ditty)
Mornings (my second sonnet)
Morning Noises (woken early - again)
Nautical Nonsense (a few short bits of trivia)
Nautical Nonsense - Crabs (still more nautical nonsense)
New Year Resolutions (We all make them, don't we)
Pimple and New Bathers (2 more little ditties)
Pondering (on being in a pensive mood)
Rhymes ( lines on finding the right word)
Shipwreck (the perils of going to sea)
Summer Days (a weekend with the family)
Sunset (together - towards twilight)
The Memory Box (a gift of love)
The Old Farm (only memories remain)
The Tree Man (lines about waiting for him)
Where lives my God (my first sonnet)
Words (acronyms galore)
Still to come
Cyclone Vance (Still under re-construction - I've had a computer crash and lost it so chances are it will never get re-built)
Emergency (
It happened quite a while ago now but the words just don't want to come together)And a few others that drift in and out of my head and never seem to get beyond a verse or two
I'll be putting a few links here in a while, but in the meantime, there's just two, one points to my other site (which I've not touched for yonks) which has some links to things West Australian, also a bit about me and my family. Its also got a bit about Machine embroidery, a passion of my wife's
The second link points to the official website for the West Australian Bush Poets & Yarn Spinners Assn, of which I am a member and participating poet (I also happen to be the webmaster of that site)
So Click Here to go to DeeBee's Freebies
Click Here to go to the WA Bush Poets
Click here to E-Mail me if you liked my poetry (or even if you didn't)
