Fightin' Writin'
Whether you write of the bush or the city
No need for your verse to be proper and pretty;
Ya know it’s a fact in this game there’s no money
So be disrespectful and bawdy and funny.
See that is the beauty of writin’ in verse,
For money will stifle, yeah money’s a curse;
Ya see on your writin’ sweet bugger all’s ridin’
So say what ya like - give the righteous a hidin’.
© Dennis N. O'Brien, 2012
Fightin' Writin'
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- Stephen Whiteside
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Re: Fightin' Writin'
Guy Clark wrote a song called 'Cold Dog Soup'.
The chorus begins like this:
"Ain't no money in poetry,
That's what keeps the poets free...
But I've had all the freedom I can stand."
Love it.
The chorus begins like this:
"Ain't no money in poetry,
That's what keeps the poets free...
But I've had all the freedom I can stand."
Love it.
Stephen Whiteside, Australian Poet and Writer
http://www.stephenwhiteside.com.au
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Re: Fightin' Writin'
and throwing off the restraints of political correctness aka stupidity in many instances is remarkable liberating.
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Check out The Scribbly Bark Poets blog site here -
http://scribblybarkpoetry.blogspot.com.au/
I may not always succeed in making a difference, but I will go to my grave knowing I at least tried.
http://scribblybarkpoetry.blogspot.com.au/
I may not always succeed in making a difference, but I will go to my grave knowing I at least tried.
Re: Fightin' Writin'
Thanks Ross, Stephen and Maureen.
Please come and visit me in the gulag.
P.S. bring pens and paper.![Cool 8-)](./images/smilies/icon_cool.gif)
Please come and visit me in the gulag.
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P.S. bring pens and paper.
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