My World of Poetry

By Nicole Rustin

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris AU
• Release date: Mar 9, 2020
• ISBN: 9781479760855

Nicole Rustin

I began writing poetry when I was aged 10 years and developed into writing sophisticated poetry at the age of 13 years. I used poetry as an outlet to my feelings at a young age having lost my great grandmother and eventually my father at 16 years of age. My father died on his 50th birthday. My father was my softball coach. I was an elite athlete at age 13 years through to age 21 years. I represented my state, NSW, at open women’s level and my country Australia at youth level. I was a softball pitcher. When my father died I was struck with grief. Hence the poem “A Letter to Heaven”. This poem was printed on his funeral eulogy. I then gave birth to Ashliegh Rustin when I was aged 17 years. I brought Ashleigh up as a sole parent and she was the inspiration for my poem “My Beautiful Ashleigh”. I then studied law and obtaining an honours degree. I now operate my own legal firm and have continued to write poetry periodically throughout my life.

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My World of Poetry

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NICOLE RUSTIN

Copyright © 2020 by Nicole Rustin.

ISBN:      Softcover      978-1-4797-6084-8

               eBook          978-1-4797-6085-5

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Rev. date: 03/09/2020

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CONTENTS

  CHAPTER ONE

Poetry About Loved Ones

My Beautiful Ashleigh

A Letter to Heaven

Calling An Angel

Dear Dad

Tomorrow

The Reflection

Family

The Age of Two

Billy Duggan

Home

  CHAPTER TWO

Hypothetical Relationships

Victims

Falling Dreams

Leaving You

Back To Where We Started

Until the Teardrop Dries

The Man With the

Mysterious Eyes

  CHAPTER THREE

Philosophical Poetry

My Wise Poverty

Self Portrait

One Word

My Illusion

Vicious Circle

My Reason

Everything

Is Anyone Home?

The Love of Hate

Tears

Lazy Sunday Morning

True Hero

The Grape

The Rich

Old Age

The Dream

Love

The Stage of Life

The Park Bench

My Diary

Appearing

Two Roads

Little White Lie

Teaching Myself

The Body

Miss Advice

My Philosophy

Opinion

What Is His Name?

I’ll Be There

Experience

War of Roses

The Broken Few

The Ghost of Miss Pretend

The Individual

The Eyes of Difference

My Struggle to Fame

My Dangerous Knowledge

The Jigsaw

The Gift of Love

Success

Words

Getting Nowhere

The Affair

My Alibi

CHAPTER FOUR

Poetry About Nature

New Time and Place

Australia’s Physical Beauty

Encompassing Sensations

Criticism

Human Slaying

CHAPTER FIVE

Poetry About Loved Ones

Ashleigh Rennae Rustin

My Amazing Daughter

The Young

Natural Love

Claudia Schiffer & Ashleigh Rustin

True Perfection Is Ashleigh Rustin

Grant Carrick

The Best Man in the World

Your Kind Eyes

Apart But Together

Can You

Kisses For Life

Ultimately

Expressions of Love

Speaking of Speechlessness

Evermore

The Meaning of Perfection

of You

Your Attributes of Beauty

Translation and Clarification

A Poem of Appreciation

Your Influence

Grant—My Man—It

Hey There Romeo

A Love Poem

A Real Dream

You are Made with Gold and You

Sparkle Like a Diamond

The Caliber of Truly Beautiful

Kirstie Pamela Tyson

Stephanie Page Tyson

Joshua Lance Tyson

Taylah Michelle Herbert

Jack Thomas Herbert

Kane Brookman Herbert

Oliver William Rustin

Marli May Rustin

Dear Mum

A Philosophical Poem

To My Mother

My Eldest Sister

My Sister Kylie

My Only Brother

Neville the Ledgend

Cronulla Beach and Cecil Rustin

and Others

Ruby Rustin

(I Never Knew You)

Good and Bad Things

  CHAPTER SIX

Philosophical Poetry

Roaming

Niceness and Richness

Mind Over Matter

Knowledge Of Facts

Elongated Outcomes

Practice What You Preach

Ideas

Perseverance

Positive Possibility

Logicality In Philosophy

A Photographic Memory

The Stance

Overreactions and Under Reactions

Certainty and Uncertainty

Creative Communication Curtailed

but Concluding in Convolutions

The Writing of Thought

Philosophising Obscurity

The Light That Beams

Second Best

The Sportsman

Ordinary

Brilliance

When It’s in Your Blood

Trust

W

What’s Life?

Glamorous

Internal Enterprise

A World of Gratification

The Result

Endlessly Dancing

Hope Please!

Senses, Physicality and the Mind

Personifying Words and Numbers

Beautiful Souls

The Incarnation

of Necessary Skill

The Challenges of Election

Confidence Meeting Satisfaction

A Holy World

The World In Control of Itself

Succinct Solutions

The Fabled Fairytale

and Pantomime

Impulsivity and Intuition

Revolution

Overcoming Adversity

Circumstances Resolved Internally

and with Education

Dreams

Life with the Human Brain

World Success

No Boundary

Interim Circumstance Seemingly

Convoluted But Conscripted

Precedent and Poetry

Torn Relations

The Revival

Origins Laced With Optimism

Survival

Gifted

The Task

Liberty of the Litigant

Poverty to Riches

Perfection of Philosophy

War of Wealth

Eccentricity

The Calling

Poetry and Pitching

Elimination of Intoxication

and the Protectors

Design and Destination

Fictional and Factual Poetry

Philosphical Dialog

Serendipity

Cantankerous

Fire and Sport

Testimony of Truth Told

Poetry In Pageant

Finalising Faith

Elements of Acting in

Poetry Being Enacted

Written Works

Profanities—Time and Place

Begin Win Regain and End

A Safe and Sound

Sought Solution

Formerly and Forevermore

Who Cares?

Internally Solving a Problem

Pandemonium

The Writing of Thought

The first four chapters of this book feature poetry written by

Nicole Rustin when she was aged 13 years

to 18 years respectfully

CHAPTER ONE

Poetry About Loved Ones

My Beautiful Ashleigh

I don’t have much to give you

My beautiful baby girl

But we only have one life to live

Let’s make it in this world

With money we are short at times

Grief often strikes within

But you and me is all we need

To amend any sin

You’re an angel sent from paradise

And a saint sent for this birth

You changed my life the day that

You set foot upon this earth

Your beauty captures eyes around

Your perfumed skin so sweet

Your gentle warmth of tenderness

Raptures everyone you greet

Thank you for granting all my prayers

From God you came to me

You’re loyal and true, and precious too

My beautiful Ashleigh

A Letter to Heaven

The chance to tell you drifted past

The curtains drew the light

The mist surrounding all our dreams

Soon faded in the night

The silent tears of unspoken words

Lie beneath our weary eyes

The sorrow, pain and memories

Are captured in our cries

Your face so tender, your eyes so kind

Your love was so unique

The only gift that God could give

Is the memories that we seek

Our hearts cry out, our prayers are yours

Our flame is burning tears

Father you are in our hearts

And thank you for the years

The fifty candles on your birthday cake

Will forever burn inside

Your 25 years of faithfulness

Are remembered by your bride

Your honesty and carefree ways

Still echo through the wall

Please always know we love you so

And your love will keep us tall

Perfect is the only word

For your wondrous pride and might

You’ll always be treasured in our hearts

For you are our guiding light

May God take you into his open arms

And please look down at us weep

For every tear shed from our eyes

Is a tear we wish to keep

Calling An Angel

The shades of the past stay with her

But in the shadow she only sees him

And the silence speaks one thousand words

For the mirror reflects his grin

No flowers for the lonely one

To comfort her tonight

No kiss to keep her warm in bed

No candle for the light

Vanishing pictures of his visage

Flash throughout her mind

But the memories of her corsage

She reaches deep to find

The little one he kept alive

She holds onto that belief

Her children will be by her side

Through the tears, the pain and grief

In her heart she knows all’s well

For he is