The Mango Tree

[Neville Briggs]

That's quite a good go at a parody. I suppose I should have recognised it, I was assuming that the argument about bats was the main point and I missed the reference, that argument is a big issue in our town.

John Clarke alias Fred Dagg does some superb parodies of famous poems. My favourite is A Child's Christmas at Warrnambool by Dylan Thompson.

[warooa]

Dylan Thompson . . . quote "Martyr to the turps, he frequently woke in unfamiliar circumstances and attempted to catch the speech rhythms of the sea" unquote.

Coming around the letterbox to an attacking field on Christmas Day in Warrnambool I reckon beats Wales anyday, Nev.

Marty

ps. enjoyed your poem, Dennis

[Neville Briggs]

That's it Marty, if you know Dylan Thomas's A Child's Christmas In Wales then Clarke's parody is hilarious and very skillfully done, since the original is a complex free form poem.