Bruce Dawe wrote so well about the everyday man. He wrote (and still does write) so well in a laconic style that reflects and celebrates the ordinaryness of everyday existance.Vic Jefferies wrote:
I love Bruce Dawe's work and though he wrote in rhyme and free verse I doubt he would acknowledge this as a poem!
His writing takes the natural tones of life and passes them, through his poetry, with a unique empathy to the reader that stops them in their tracks.
Okay . . so this poem doesn't rhyme. But most of Dawe's greatest work doesn't - just get over that and enjoy it for what it is.
Far from driving people away from poetry, I think this offering is as beautiful and succinct as a piece of writing can be, in capturing a moment in time.
I'm hearing you, Neville Briggs and agree with what you said.
Marty