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About 12457adlib

I'm a Chaplain at Townsville's hospitals and also teach Calm Abiding Meditation to any one who's interested. I have facilitated Calm Abiding Meditation for soldiers with post traumatic stress disorder and find this an amazing experience. I work part time as an usher at Townsville's Civic Theatre and get to see some great plays and musicals, as well as some not so great, school speech nights! (Unbelievably, this theatre has the highest seat occupancy rate of any theatre in Australia.) I also work as an invigilator at the local Uni. (bet that's got you looking for your dictionaries!) A group of writers ('My Crazy Artist Friends') gives me live fed back on my poems. They are the survivors of Writers in Townsville Society (WITS) of which I was president /secretary for over ten years. I enjoy writing poetry and am grateful to my grade 12 English teacher, Mrs Grimmer for coaxing the dead poets off the page and into the class room. Hope you enjoy reading my work. Stay happy, keep reading, Phil Heang.

WHAT GOD ONLY KNOWS

Posted on April 14, 2023 by 12457adlib

WHAT GOD ONLY KNOWS 03/04/03 (Krausie’s Place, whie Jus having guitar lesson.) We gathered our folks to talk about,  talk about, God knows what. And we went  away having said what God knows  and we know better  than frangipani petals … Continue reading →

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BIRTHDAY PASSING THOUGHTS

Posted on September 2, 2022 by 12457adlib

BIRTHDAY PSSING THOUGHTS 030913 What a birthday this day foretells. Promise full.  01/09/22 But I hope my death is not too sad for those around. Funny to think of on such a day. But bears thinking to take away some … Continue reading →

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HIPPIE

Posted on July 21, 2022 by 12457adlib

HIPPIE 13/06/22                                                                                                    P1                                                                                                                   I was too young to be a hippie. Free! Free of what? To be free of me, of longing. I would have made music, made love. but, ‘Too young to really be in love.’ What … Continue reading →

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FINDING STARS

Posted on July 21, 2022 by 12457adlib

10/01/13 I can find south  from the Cross. At this time of year  it’s strange to even see stars. But what does it prove for one in the city to see south? To see stars? In still, quiet of morn. … Continue reading →

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HANGING AROUND

Posted on July 21, 2022 by 12457adlib

HANGING AROUND 18/02/22 Igloos are gone now, Igloos in the tropics, could you explain that? Or tales of treasure buried in their shadow. There they were, haunting my childhood. Like pyramids of old they stood testament to a time, a … Continue reading →

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WASTELAND

Posted on February 3, 2022 by 12457adlib

WASTELAND (Apologies to T.S.) 03/02/22 Having read in the poet’s own voice, having travelled wastelands of regret, he laughs. What is the purpose of these musings, these lives, ghosts of thought. Having travelled the wasteland of regret he recalls lost … Continue reading →

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29/12/21   3:23 am

Posted on January 16, 2022 by 12457adlib

SILENCE RECALLED  I wish we’d talked,  so much to say ‘bout so little. Life is little bit of this, little bit of that. So much to say ‘bout so little and still I wished we’d talked. So much to say … Continue reading →

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BACKSTAGE

Posted on January 13, 2022 by 12457adlib

Backstage, Black, Quiet. Nods and hand signals. Ropes, Black figures, Actors. Anticipation, Nerves strained to remember. Backstage dark. 20/02/20 Back mind   follows in concert the  action, real or not. What is reality? This fabrication unfolding  more real than reality. Each … Continue reading →

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I WANT TO GO TO THE MOUNTAIN

Posted on January 13, 2022 by 12457adlib

But this is not the time, but still you call. You know this is not the time inclement times persist but still you call. What is your caper? Insanity in your whisper. I want to go to you like a … Continue reading →

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UNSEEN

Posted on November 2, 2021 by 12457adlib

281021 The world needs righting. It has strayed from it’s course. Who knows where it will end. Who will save us from this,  from our selves mostly. The answer roars loud as thunder,  lightning like signs illuminate sky. But we … Continue reading →

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