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THE MUSE OF TERRA AUSTRALIS RIVERINA

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**Painting River of Life by Anne Frandi-Coory’s brother Bruce McKenzie, who was adopted out at birth. 100cm x 80cm oil on canvas**

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I saw you, a darkened sea

your waters alive and shimmering

yes you, Murray Darling and your

greatest friend, Murrumbidgee

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snaking and meandering along

anabranches multitudinous

nature’s grasses anchored deep

gathering around a billabong

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Summer At Lollipop Creek

March 8, 2015

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SUMMER AT LOLLIPOP CREEK

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Painting Summer At Lollipop Creek 76cm x 61cm acrylic on canvas

***(This painting has been sold)

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A ribbon of lushness

meanders here and there

dark green of banks

water pure and spare

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Ancient river red gums

exquisite to my eye

sun drenched ivory limbs

twisting low and high

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Oh you majestic beauties

rising up before stooping

your dark eucalypt leaves

long to caress, drooping

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Under blue cloudless skies

your full canopy lures

not just myriad birds

all manner of creatures

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Songs permeate the air

some strident, some sweet

wings flapping, beaks snapping

still, a peaceful retreat

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Softly splashing, happy ducks

heads bobbing to and fro

complete a picture so divine

only Nature could make it so

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I have donated this painting to Little River Primary School which was auctioned at its

Country Fair fund raiser Sunday 15 March 2015

Batgirl Down Under

February 21, 2015

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BATGIRL DOWN UNDER

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Painting and Poem Batgirl Down Under Copyright To Anne Frandi-Coory

Painting: Acrylic on canvas 76 cm x 60 cm

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In a famous sunny city Down Under

there played a pretty little girl, one

Princess Amber in bows of frilly pink

blonde pigtails and more than one curl

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Amber proudly wore her crown of gems

with her wand she rescued feathered friends

from that dastardly tabby feline, lurking to

pounce, her thoughts on their sticky ends

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Then her rowdy brother and his mates

overran the yard, super hero excitement aflame

carrying weapons aloft and yelling, “you are

a girl, we don’t want you in our game!”

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Read more of my poem *Batgirl Down Under*

Dedicated to Amber

here in DRAGONS DESERTS and DREAMS

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Jack Skyrider And His Dragon

December 21, 2014

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Painting and Poem Jack Skyrider And His Dragon Copyright To Anne Frandi-Coory

Painting Jack Skyrider And His Dragon 1.017 x .510 Acrylic on canvas

(This painting has been sold)

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Dedicated to Jack Cathro

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Toward The Cross They Walk – In Memoriam

October 20, 2014

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TOWARD THE CROSS THEY WALK

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Toward the cross they walk

children of the damned

tell me, whatever did they do?

They were born, that is all!

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Their mothers were unwed

Oh! shame Oh! horror

quickly, hide them away

work them to the bone

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Pictures of Virgin Mary

paragon of motherly virtue

displayed on workhouse walls

reminders to the decadent

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Poem and Painting Toward The Cross They Walk Copyright To Anne Frandi-Coory –

Painting by Anne Frandi-Coory: Acrylic on canvas 90cm x 60cm

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In memory of those long lost and forgotten children in Catholic orphanages and other institutions, and mothers who had their babies taken from them, including my mother, Doreen Frandi.

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Italian Villa With Virgin

May 20, 2014

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Italian Villa With Virgin

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Poem and Painting Italian Villa With Virgin

Painting (Acrylic on canvas 90cm x 90cm)

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Beautiful Italy

her fertility on show

vineyards, olive groves

virgins galore

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not only fruits

ripe for the picking

every womb

a-waiting a seed

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those pretty girls

in terracotta villas

knew their day would come

every womb forced to bear

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Dedicated to my great grandmothers: Annunziata Giustina Fabbrucci Frandi and Raffaela Marisi Mansi Greco (Grego)

During research into my Italian family tree I met Italian genealogists and historians who believed that the two great Italian mass migrations were mistakes that left Italy the poorer.

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Save Hate For Hatred Itself

July 14, 2013

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SAVE HATE FOR HATRED ITSELF

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Artwork by afcoory – pastels on Canston pastel paper

SAVE HATE FOR HATRED ITSELF Copyright To Anne Frandi-Coory

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Hate is such an adaptable word

It clings to any person, object or thing

Free to roost anywhere like a bird

Attaching itself to a whim or a prayer

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No matter what race, gender, creed

No matter that we all began in one place

The slightest taunt can plant a seed

To kill, maim, torture or subjugate

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now available in Kindle e book & paperback

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Reach For The Stars, Little Girl

January 2, 2013

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Reach For The Stars, Little Girl

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Painting and Poem Reach For The Stars, Little Girl Copyright To Anne Frandi-Coory

Painting by afcoory: acrylic on board

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Read my poem *Reach For The Stars, Little Girl *

Dedicated to Amber Cathro

here in DRAGONS DESERTS and DREAMS

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That Day

April 16, 2012

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THAT DAY

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Was it those intense blue eyes

with the power to hypnotise?

Perhaps it was the gentleness

of your manner, the fineness of your hands?

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The caresses that soothed

the spirit we created

around us for all to see

the moment our eyes first met

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I think we both knew that day

the future was ours to take

If we but had the courage

to embark on a perilous journey

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The passion consumed us

and we were willing to succumb

who knew how it would end

up where we belonged

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Many obstacles were thrown our way

our love withstood them all

just to be together, was all we asked

no need for others’ company

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I had wings to fly with your love

the wind beneath

you willingly supplied

I could soar with you by my side

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Painting River of Life by Anne Frandi-Coory’s brother Bruce McKenzie, who was adopted out at birth. 100cm x 80cm oil on canvas

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