ABPA - Australian Bush Poets Association

Hello all,
Towards a show being devised for the January 2016 Sydney Festival, Warren Fahey AM (Cultural Historian, Writer and Performer) has asked for a list of poems "...that mention favourably or unfavourably Sydney town."

Can we start a list here of both classical and modern poems that do this so that I can then pass on to Warren?

Thanks for your help
Hal

Got some good State Of Origins ?


Bob

Les Murray - Sydney and the Bush is a good one and Henry Kendall's Sydney Harbour although it is a bit pompous in tone IMO. Mark O'Connor did a series of poems for the Olympic Games in Sydney but I can't recall the titles - there was one for Ian Thorpe - don't know if they would be any good to you.

Five Bells. Kenneth Slessor ( Sydney Harbour.)

Dusk in the Domain. Dorothea Mackellar.

The Man from Ironbark. Banjo Paterson.

Botany Bay. Anon circa 1880.

Faces in the Street. Henry Lawson.

Liverpool. Carol Hull.

In Town for the March. Clive James.

The Captain of the Push. Henry Lawson.

The Fishermen at South Head. Les Murray.

The Duke of Buccleuch. J.A. Philp.

That's great thank you so much Maureen and Neville.
Hal

How about this one ?


Sidney stood on the burning deck
his a... against the mast
he vowed he'd never leave that spot
till Oscar pinched his a...

But Oscar was a cunning boy
he threw the lad a plum
and when he went to pick it up
he pinched him on the B..

Anon

Not Sidney, it's Sydney that is wanted, get it right.

Well it sounds the same Nev

They should be more specific.



Bob