Homework w/e 19.03.12 - Have you heard?

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Homework w/e 19.03.12 - Have you heard?

Post by Maureen K Clifford » Mon Mar 05, 2012 5:01 pm

Just a bit of fun but you should get the idea - lets see who can be the most innovative -




Have you heard of the place Yackandandah
where the flies are so big that they brand yer?
There’s a caravan park
that they say hits the mark
and to most tastes they try hard to pander.

Have you been up to see Uluru?
It's a bloody great rock this is true.
But there’s dingoes galore
so don’t camp on the floor
of your tent - just in case they get you.

There was a bloke from Dirranbandi
who thought a Maccas would be handy
he quite fancied fries
but not seasoned with flies
and he only drank Vok Cherry Brandy


No doubt you know Glenny has gone
up to Theodore – crocs tagged along.
Now in the moonlight
they sit posting at night
‘cause they miss the old bush poets throng.




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Re: Homework w/e 19.03.12 - Have you heard?

Post by Neville Briggs » Thu Mar 08, 2012 11:04 am

:lol: :lol: :lol: I like those Maureen.

Zondrae's effort has inspired an idea for a homework suggestion.

What about a poem of two or three or more stanzas in which each stanza is in limerick form. The challenge is to make all the stanzas relate into a coherent whole. It's a difficult one I think, but could be worth the effort.
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Re: Homework w/e 19.03.12 - Have you heard?

Post by Bob Pacey » Thu Mar 08, 2012 12:41 pm

Yeah Sure Ted !!!!


Too much time on ya hands Nev :lol: :lol: :lol:


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Re: Homework w/e 19.03.12 - Have you heard?

Post by Maureen K Clifford » Thu Mar 08, 2012 2:17 pm

You getting into my head Neville - I had thought the next challenge would be to put together some of these individual limericks from this fortnights poetry into a cohesive grouping and then the challenge was to convert it into a piece of bush verse. Zondrae;s poem sparked that idea.

Your idea is duly noted - thanks Neville

Cheers

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