A BU( LL ) SH POEM
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A BU( LL ) SH POEM
The contemporary poet, John Whitworth reckons we should occasionally write something really bad to silence the parrot critic on our shoulder. so.....
A BU(LL)SH POEM
How I love to be
A bush poet of this country
Where kangaroos are bounding
And kookaburras they are sounding
The gum trees stand tall
So beautiful where coo-ees call
I'll tell you of the blue mountains
And how the rivers run like fountains
This is the land of mates
They will always help you open gates
They'll stop to have a yarn
Even when they have work in the barn
And sit down to share a couple of beers
If you don't mind how they bash your ears
I think I will win an award
If the rhyming I work toward
And tell of Australia in Aussie bush verse
Those other places are really much worse
So let us raise our cup o' Billy Tea
To Aussie poets' capability.
........................ what ????
A BU(LL)SH POEM
How I love to be
A bush poet of this country
Where kangaroos are bounding
And kookaburras they are sounding
The gum trees stand tall
So beautiful where coo-ees call
I'll tell you of the blue mountains
And how the rivers run like fountains
This is the land of mates
They will always help you open gates
They'll stop to have a yarn
Even when they have work in the barn
And sit down to share a couple of beers
If you don't mind how they bash your ears
I think I will win an award
If the rhyming I work toward
And tell of Australia in Aussie bush verse
Those other places are really much worse
So let us raise our cup o' Billy Tea
To Aussie poets' capability.
........................ what ????
Neville
" Prose is description, poetry is presence " Les Murray.
" Prose is description, poetry is presence " Les Murray.
Re: A BU( LL ) SH POEM
Well done Nev. That's a fair-dinkum shocker . . "fair-dinkum shocker, mate" (that's the parrot)
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Re: A BU( LL ) SH POEM
....I'm not too sure about you Neville.....did you get a dose of your own pepper spray?..... don't tell me your taser went off and got you in the ....unmetionables!.... .....something just doesn't seem right here.
Ross
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Re: A BU( LL ) SH POEM
Marty, the parrot says " get it right, get it right, get it right " Every now and again it helps to just sound off without constantly torturing yourself with the struggle to get it right.
Its a reminder to yourself that poetry is about enjoyment.
Got to get up early to get past you Matt
If I was up north Ross I could claim to have gone troppo.
Quite right Heather. Actually I like the rhyme
cup o' Billy Tea
capability.
I should use that again.
Neville
Its a reminder to yourself that poetry is about enjoyment.
Got to get up early to get past you Matt
If I was up north Ross I could claim to have gone troppo.
Quite right Heather. Actually I like the rhyme
cup o' Billy Tea
capability.
I should use that again.
Neville
Neville
" Prose is description, poetry is presence " Les Murray.
" Prose is description, poetry is presence " Les Murray.
Re: A BU( LL ) SH POEM
It does have a fun ring to it Neville. Or would that be because the stresses fall on the bill and ...... just kiddin' ya..
Heather
Heather
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Re: A BU( LL ) SH POEM
You're right Heather that's the stress
cup..o...billy...tea
cap..a...bil.i....ty
works for me
cup..o...billy...tea
cap..a...bil.i....ty
works for me
Neville
" Prose is description, poetry is presence " Les Murray.
" Prose is description, poetry is presence " Les Murray.
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Re: A BU( LL ) SH POEM
Neville goodonya
Heather and all the rest of you lot I like the poem very much, could I be so far out???
I have to tell ya since joining this forum my intake of Panadol has gone up to a full pack a week; I may even have to take up smoking.
TTFN
Heather and all the rest of you lot I like the poem very much, could I be so far out???
I have to tell ya since joining this forum my intake of Panadol has gone up to a full pack a week; I may even have to take up smoking.
TTFN
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