Homework w/e 21.8.17 - EKKA 2017

[Maureen K Clifford]

EKKA 2017 ... Maureen Clifford © The #ScribblyBark Poet


"Roll up! Roll up! - Hey country boy- you look like you'd be game
to go a round or two up here - your five seconds of fame
if you can last the distance. There's a winning purse at stake.
Enough to buy a beer or two - a Queensland thirst to slake."

"Roll up! Roll up my fine young man and enter here - within
are sights that you have never seen, I really can't begin
to explain what's on offer - nought illegal or shady.
Just pay your coin and enter - inside's a bearded lady.

The sideshow alley spruikers in fine fettle and fine voice
were touting their attractions and punters were spoilt for choice,
with carousels and dodgem cars , hot dogs and sausage rolls
and coloured candy floss galore, hamburgers and rissoles.

Large ice cream cones with strawberries glowing like ruby jewels.
A shell game which soon separated good money from fools.
The ferris wheel was jampacked and it gave just the best view
of the central arena plus a sheepdog trial or two.

Four hundred thousand people are expected through the gates
One hundred forty shows they've run - and each year Queensland waits
in great anticipation - for this jewel in our crown.
The best of Queensland gathers as the country comes to town.

[Shelley Hansen]

Definitely captured the atmosphere, Maureen! Funny how we all feature the strawberry icecreams!!

Cheers
Shelley

[David Campbell]

Ah Maureen, that brings back memories of childhood and the magic of funfairs. The one thing I always associate with them is those moving clown heads into which you dropped a table-tennis ball in a vain attempt to win a prize. Never did, as far as I can remember!

Cheers
David

[Maureen K Clifford]

Me either - though I have tried at many country shows as well as the Ekka, and even at Luna Park in Sydney. Always went home empty handed