Well spotted, folks ...
Stephen actually wrote this poem after Catherine made a comment while we were having fun with poems based on descriptive place names in Australia ... see earlier posts from a week or two ago (Dunedoo, Nevertire, Blowhard, etc ... )
She mentioned it would be hard to top this particular NZ place name ... and of course, Stephen couldn’t resist
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I enjoy reading word plays. I think that poetry is, to a great extent about word plays.
There is, of course, no such New Zealand town as Waikikamukau. It is a generic name similar to the Australian remote place of Woop Woop or the famous Black Stump.
There is, of course, no such New Zealand town as Waikikamukau. It is a generic name similar to the Australian remote place of Woop Woop or the famous Black Stump.
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Thanks, Jeff.
Is that right, Neville? I wondered about that.
Is that right, Neville? I wondered about that.
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That's it Stephen. Jim Haynes uses the Australian version of the pun bush town name ; Weelabarabak .
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" Prose is description, poetry is presence " Les Murray.
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