I was so overjoyed

Poetry by Dr. Terrell Neuage © 2025 Adelaide, Australia

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I was so overjoyed

to receive your card today

that I ran off

to tell a seagull

that was sunning himself

on the beach

that my love did write

joy joy joy

But he just looked

at me

in a puzzled way

like a rose does when a minstrel

Is wooing it

In front of the queen

Terrell summer 1972 Montauk Point Long Island New York

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About Dr. Terrell Neuage

Dr. Terrell Neuage, (dual citizen USA/Australia) is a South Australian poet, writer, and digital artist known for his evocative poetry and extensive research on conversational analysis in chatrooms. His best-selling autobiographies, Leaving America (Before the After) & Leaving Australia – exploring life as a hippie, brother in a California Cult (Holy Order of MANS) as Brother Terrell Adsit, Astrolger (40-years) to non-believer, and adventurers in Australia, single parent, tofu manufacturer/street artist, China, the USA & fifty+ other countries. From high school drop out at age 16, back to school at age 44 to PhD at 58.

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