Generated by All in One SEO v5.0.0.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Marty's Books Marty Langenberg - Author ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://martysbooks.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Blog](https://martysbooks.com/blog/) - [Bellarine Banter](https://martysbooks.com/03/06/2025/mpl482004/) ## Pages - [Welcome to Marty's Books](https://martysbooks.com/) - Click HERE to Order Your E-Copy of Sister Louise's War Do you prefer a paperback? Click HERE to order your copy. Sister Louise's War is my latest book. Before the war, life is easy for Irish-born Louise O’Brien. She is part of a small family of nuns, happily working together and living in the grand - [Marty's Book List](https://martysbooks.com/book-list-new/) - Click HERE to Order Your E-Copy of Faraday's Folly AU$2.99 Click HERE to order your Paperback copy direct to your door from Amazon. Faraday’s Folly The first book of The Scottsferne Chronicles My name is Annette. Rex is my gorgeous German Shepherd. After we find a skeleton in the barn of the property I've just - [Contact me](https://martysbooks.com/about-me/) - Please use the form below to ask a question or send a message Your Name Please enter your first name Your Email Please enter your email Message Please write your question or message SEND - [Cinderella revisited](https://martysbooks.com/cinderella-revisited/) - ‘Twas in a land, far, far away,A girl with hair of gold,Lived happily with mum and dadA fairy tale, I’m told. She played with friends and cats and dogsHad picnics every weekHer seventh birthday was a smashHer life was quite unique. But then a dreadful accidentHer mum and dad both killedOur golden girl, an orphan - [Although she has gone](https://martysbooks.com/she-has-gone/) - The sadness has filled all your heart, all your mind.You try to contain it, to keep it confined.You don’t cry in public: it’s not what men do!You have to stand tall, and somehow, just get through. Your life was for two, you were never apart.You have to go on, but just where will you start?Your - [Give the Bird to Life's Extremes](https://martysbooks.com/give-the-bird-to-lifes-extremes/) - In this poem about life’s extremes, I was inspired by two Australian Bush Poets – The first was Pat Hartigan, an Australian priest who died in 1952. Using the pen name of John O’Brien, he wrote Bush Poetry. Perhaps his most famous poem was ‘Said Hanrahan’ In this poem, Hanrahan predicts 'We'll all be rooned', - [Winning the lottery](https://martysbooks.com/and-the-winner-is/) - A win in Tattslotto's a dream for us all.The odds are enormous, the chances are small.Just pick out six numbers, no need to dig deep,It seems just so simple and really quite cheap. This week there's a Jackpot, I think it's a signA few dollars more and that pot will be mine.I'm gonna be careful - [Justice - Incarcerated cheer](https://martysbooks.com/justice-incarcerated-cheer/) - A sometimes sad reflection of the time I spent working as a teacher and administrator in a maximum security prison. As he looks 'round his room once more,he wonders what he’s living for.His recent life has little cheer.He asks himself: Why am I here?Each day’s the same, from early morn.He thinks again: Why was I - [Pelican Jokers](https://martysbooks.com/pelican-jokers/) - I wrote this back in 2013, not long after we first came to Pelican Shores Estate. It reflects our card group at that time. Today's long time regulars will recognize the names of some who are no longer with us. The group remains active and all at Pelican Shores are welcome to participate. Our game - [The Wanting](https://martysbooks.com/the-wanting/) - I want you first thing in the morningI want you the last thing at nightIt seems I just can't get enough ofYour beauty, your perfume, your light! I’ll take you right here on the tableOr even down there on the floorOr standing, right next to the window,Or just coming in through the door. Just driving - [About me](https://martysbooks.com/about-martys-books/) - I am Marty Langenberg. After more than thirty years in teaching and administration, I retired due to ill-health. After a slow recovery, I began writing with the aim of perhaps, someday, becoming an author. I had already dabbled with Bush Poetry before I retired. You can check out some of my poetry on this site. - [Faraday's Folly](https://martysbooks.com/faradays-folly-2/) - My name is Annette. Rex is a gorgeous German Shepherd. After we find a skeleton in the barn of a property I’ve just inherited from my father, a neighbor tells me there are rumors of a mineral spring somewhere on the land. I am determined to discover the truth about the skeleton. Was my own - [Other Writing](https://martysbooks.com/other-writing/) - [Poetry List](https://martysbooks.com/poetry-list/) - ["I Licked the Big C"](https://martysbooks.com/i-licked-the-big-c/) - I recently read that aftersuccessful cancer surgery in 1964,John Wayne said he had licked the big C.I then decided to write this poem. You have led all your life, as a life should be led.When you put on a pound, a few kilos you’d shed.You treated your body, as a temple, a shrine.Never over indulged. - [The Shame of our Culture](https://martysbooks.com/the-shame-of-our-culture/) - There’s a shame that’s a part of our culture,it’s kept hidden away out of sight.Some insist that it’s vital for mateship,so they back up their friends, wrong or right. It’s a shadow that darkens our culturethough ‘twas forged in the trauma of war.When to stand by your mates was essentialSide by side. Back-to-back. Evermore. It’s - [Spiders](https://martysbooks.com/spiders/) - I've never been fond of A-rach-nidsThough some are not scary at all.But when I am thinking 'bout spidersThere's one I will always recall. It isn't the Funnel Web SpiderOr Huntsman when e'er it comes nearIt isn't the Trapdoor or White TailOr Daddy Long Legs that I fear. There's only one spider sends tremorsDown through me - [Proudly Australian](https://martysbooks.com/proudly-australian/) - Australians all let us give voiceto truths that we hold dear,like, every single one of us,can speak up, without fear,against the violence on our streets,the anger without base,the fear that bullies try to sowbringin’ shame to all our race. Aus-tra-lians have fought and wonin wars around the world,the freedom and the rights that keepAustralia’s flag - [Jack's Kite](https://martysbooks.com/jacks-kite/) - It happened once upon a timeUp north of GundagaiThe drought was long, and times were toughThe crops had long since died. The women knelt inside the churchAnd prayed that rain would comeWhile men stood round and kicked the dirtBeneath a lonely gum. No man or woman boy or girlWas able to explainHow one boy’s trust - [In Dreams](https://martysbooks.com/in-dreams/) - Last night I dreamt that you and Iwere dancing ‘neath a starlit sky.The sil’vry sands reached out meetthe gentle waves that cooled our feet.The moon rose from its watery bed,through smoggy skies, an orb of red.Its lonely climb, this special night,with fire-red glow lit our delight. The music we were dancing tocame from within, from - [He Gave Us Enough](https://martysbooks.com/he-gave-us-enough/) - The life of a vet gives him stories to tell.Some days are routine, and some days are like hell.But then there are those he will never forgetthat make it worth living the life of a vet. When Rex first came in, he lived up to his name.He stood like a king, full of life, always - [Special Occasions](https://martysbooks.com/special-occasions/) - I was once told a story I’ll never forget,for it made me examine my life with regret.‘twas a tale that was shared by a sorrowful friend,who was mourning a death he could not comprehend. For his wife had just died after twenty-four years,as he laid out her clothes, his eyes filled up with tears.He just - [Buy: Sister Louise's War](https://martysbooks.com/buy-sister-louises-war/) - Please Note: I use the PAYHIP company to handle my digital files. They provide me with a safe place to store my files and transfer them into your inbox. This does not add anything to your costs. Your payment (if any) will be processed through PayPal. Click HERE to Order Your E-Copy of Sister Louise's - [Buy: Learning - By Degrees](https://martysbooks.com/buy-learning-by-degrees/) - Please Note: I use the PAYHIP company to handle my digital files. 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