It's late, it's late,
I look at the contrivance upon my wrist.
Nothing stands still, nothing is bliss,
The leaves have fallen...

*To view the entire poem, please visit the Oz Poetic Society website and follow the links to the Weekly Poem.

If only my eyes could see
That far over the world
I'd write of the rare beauty
And how it changed my world...

*To view the entire poem, please visit the Oz Poetic Society website and follow the links to the Weekly Poem.

It seems like yesterday,
I fell for you, my lovely Valentine's Day
In your love my heart falls ever deeply...

*To view the entire poem, please visit the Oz Poetic Society website and follow the links to the Weekly Poem.

Thick grey clouds
paint the sky
Swirls of light and dark
watercolour on canvas...

*To view the entire poem, please visit the Oz Poetic Society website and follow the links to the Weekly Poem.

TCR's Cover Search Project will allow artists and photographers alike to share their talent. Submissions are currently open with the winning image to be displayed on the cover of edition #29 "Autumn Edition" slated for release late February 2011.

Submissions must feature the theme set by the Curious Record. Additional details regarding requirements can be found by following the feed link

* Further information can be found by following the links to Cover Search on the Curious Record website.

Submissions are currently being reviewed for the upcoming “Spring Edition” due for release during the second half of October 2010.

Take this opportunity to compile your work for submission. Remember, you can submit poetry, prose, creative writing, art, digital art and photography. Don't forget to review the submission guidelines or email with your submission question.

The Curious Record in Review podcast is avialble from iTunes. You can subscribe here.

- Editor-in-chief
The Curious Record - ‘Dare 2 Share?’
http://www.ozpoeticsociety.com/curiousrecord/

I've just got nothing to say
Nothing to say
I've got no moments to spare
No money to lend...

*To view the entire poem, please visit the Oz Poetic Society website and follow the links to the Weekly Poem.

If food like wisdom
We should buy,
Then all from starvation
Would surely die...

*To view the entire poem, please visit the Oz Poetic Society website and follow the links to the Weekly Poem.

To read in further detail of their successes, visit our blog and follow the links. The OPS blog can be found by either visiting the OPS website or via the link provided in the title of this feed.

I travel swiftly and silently
Through the black satin expanse
Intricate pin pricks of light
Surround my orbiting neighbours...

*To view the entire poem, please visit the Oz Poetic Society website and follow the links to the Weekly Poem.

You can find an excerpt of the poem in question by visiting our blog. If you know of the poet and/or the title of the poem, please do not hesitate to contact us with the information.

* Our blog can be accessed via our website or via the link provided in the title of this feed.

there was a time
when thoughts
were pencilled in
by flashlight or nightlight...

*To view the entire poem, please visit the Oz Poetic Society website and follow the links to the Weekly Poem.

And who would have
Thought that (a)
Misplaced letter...

*To view the entire poem, please visit the Oz Poetic Society website and follow the links to the Weekly Poem.

Due to technical issues which can be read in detail on our blog, we recommend you re-submit your submission.

We do apologise for the inconvenience.

* Details can be found via our blog which can be accessed via our website or via the link provided in the title of this feed.

squashed cabbage leaves,
crushed petals, broken stems
strewn along grey slush...

*To view the entire poem, please visit the Oz Poetic Society website and follow the links to the Weekly Poem.

History speaks it loud and clear
"You will not liver forever here"
The land is wrestled
from the hand...

*To view the entire poem, please visit the Oz Poetic Society website and follow the links to the Weekly Poem.

O KALI! sissy, you are pert,
You dance on my chest alert,
Sordid dance, make me tizzy,
Whining shouting, her drawl...

*To view the entire poem, please visit the Oz Poetic Society website and follow the links to the Weekly Poem.

As trees bend and forced winds scatter,
brown leaves form patterns of lifeless ends.
Beyond tomorrow lies yesterday's scent,
lest we forget what really mends the trends...

*To view the entire poem, please visit the Oz Poetic Society website and follow the links to the Weekly Poem.

To read in further detail of their successes, visit our blog and follow the links. The OPS blog can be found by either visiting the OPS website or via the link provided in the title of this feed.

The river in shallows, murmured and chattered,
In deep pools, sighing, swishing and swirling.
The sun blazing down on great patches of gold,
The Gorse bushes popping, their seed pods exploding...

*To view the entire poem, please visit the Oz Poetic Society website and follow the links to the Weekly Poem.

I must run the race
I must run!
I must not stay behind;
I have a goal in mind...

*To view the entire poem, please visit the Oz Poetic Society website and follow the links to the Weekly Poem.

See here my tears
They're falling free
In song I have found
My soul now does bleed...

*To view the entire poem, please visit the Oz Poetic Society website and follow the links to the Weekly Poem.

Sat upon the lowest bough
with a black and midnight eye.
A banshee in the moonlight,
she now whistles forth my doom...

*To view the entire poem, please visit the Oz Poetic Society website and follow the links to the Weekly Poem.

Drop dead lying on the floor
She was dead and nothing more
She was dead her heart had stopped
He had stopped he dropped down...

*To view the entire poem, please visit the Oz Poetic Society website and follow the links to the Weekly Poem.

No voice - no choice -
Our staggered births
Cocoon and tune our way -
Inside a frame with aged edge...

*To view the entire poem, please visit the Oz Poetic Society website and follow the links to the Weekly Poem.

It's really strange
the pain I feel
when suddenly
your space dissolves...

*To view the entire poem, please visit the Oz Poetic Society website and follow the links to the Weekly Poem.

Natural sculptures
Replete on shoreline...

*To view the entire poem, please visit the Oz Poetic Society website and follow the links to the Weekly Poem.

The Curious Record website has undergone a substantial update.

The site is currently live and we recommend that every visitor to the site should take the time to casually browse through the site and absorb the new changes.

You can read the blog post by clicking on the title of this feed.

Yes - I know
I do not know
What is above -
Around - below...

*To view the entire poem, please visit the Oz Poetic Society website and follow the links to the Weekly Poem.

Edition #26 “Autumn Edition” has officially been released as of February 2010 and is available to view online.

Inside the Autumn Edition #26
Featured Poets:

• Melissa Mercado Kama
• Jan Oskar Hansen 
• Sukanto Bhattacharya
• Teri Louise Kelly 
• Lawrence Albert
• Eric Ganda
• S. W. 

Submissions are currently being accepted and reviewed for the upcoming “Winter Edition” scheduled for release in the second half of June 2010.

Start submitting your poetry, creative writing, artwork, digital artwork and photography. Remember to review the submission guidelines prior to submission.

If you have any questions regarding submissions or subscriptions, please do not hesitate to send us an email. Details can be found on our website.

Take the opportunity to subscribe to our podcast on iTunes; The Curious Record in Review.

- Editor-in-chief
The Curious Record - ‘Dare 2 Share?’
http://www.ozpoeticsociety.com/curiousrecord/

Whilst I resound with poetry
and your applause I am lapping...

*To view the entire poem, please visit the Oz Poetic Society website and follow the links to the Weekly Poem.

I sat on the steps of the Cathedral
To catch a moments breath
When I saw homeless humans sitting two abreast
I watched them lift their bottles...

*To view the entire poem, please visit the Oz Poetic Society website and follow the links to the Weekly Poem.

Further information can be found on our blog: http://bit.ly/5V1iho

The dark crescendo of my heart
Bursts upon my day
Forced open by a string of disappointments
Woven by those of low energy...

*To view the entire poem, please visit the Oz Poetic Society website and follow the links to the Weekly Poem.

If only I Could say we melted away - for
Candie wax lovers earn the liberties
To burn glorious and alone in memories
But when you'd find me...

*To view the entire poem, please visit the Oz Poetic Society website and follow the links to the Weekly Poem.

The paint on the ceiling
is peeling
curling down
appealing...

*To view the entire poem, please visit the Oz Poetic Society website and follow the links to the Weekly Poem.

Speculation can be made from the murmurs heard, regarding additional changes...

**To read the entire blog, click on the link in the title.

Grasping gut
Ravenous hole...

*To view the entire poem, please visit the Oz Poetic Society website and follow the links to the Weekly Poem.

He sits there in his hidey dole
Watching the world go by
And picks his victims carefully
As they go trotting by
They must have lots of contacts
So the darkness of him spreads
Like a cloud of poisonous gases
Inside of everyone's heads...

*To view the entire poem, please visit the Oz Poetic Society website and follow the links to the Weekly Poem.

The Oz Poetic Society will only be operating with a Weekly Poem until further notice. For all of you who had submitted your work as a Daily Poem late last year, your submissions will be promoted to Weekly Poem status, thus appearing as a Weekly Poem in 2010.

**To visit our blog, simply click on the title.

Tuesday 29th December 2009: The Oz Poetic Society is in the early developmental stages of applying some minor changes to the website. We can reveal that future Weekly Poem submissions will be made more accessible.

**To visit our blog, simply click on the title.

**To read the entire blog, click on the link in the title.

Edition #25 “Summer Edition” was officially released late October 2009. Since the release, the electronic version has also been released to the public.

Inside the Summer Edition #25
Featured Poets:

• Mary Ocher
• Melissa Mercado 
• Lawrence Albert 
• Sharon Rothenfluch Cooper 
• Julie Potts 
• S. W. 

Submissions are currently being reviewed for the upcoming “Autumn Edition” due for release in the last half of February 2010. Start submitting your poetry, creative writing, artwork, digital artwork and photography. Remember to review the submission guidelines prior to submitting. The guidelines can be found inside the front cover of the print edition or on the Curious Record website and following the links.

If you have any questions regarding submissions or subscriptions, please do not hesitate to send us an email. Details can be found on our website.

- Editor-in-chief
The Curious Record - ‘Dare 2 Share?’
http://www.ozpoeticsociety.com/curiousrecord/

Submissions are currently being reviewed for the upcoming “Winter Edition” due for release in the last half of February 2010. Start submitting your poetry, creative writing, artwork, digital artwork and photography. Remember to review the submission guidelines prior to submitting. The guidelines can be found inside the front cover of the print edition or on the Curious Record website and following the links.

If you have any questions regarding submissions or subscriptions, please do not hesitate to send us an email. Details can be found on our website.

- Editor-in-chief
The Curious Record - ‘Dare 2 Share?’
http://www.ozpoeticsociety.com/curiousrecord/