The Mango Tree

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Neville Briggs
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Re: The Mango Tree

Post by Neville Briggs » Fri Jul 13, 2012 5:58 pm

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.
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Re: The Mango Tree

Post by warooa » Fri Jul 13, 2012 6:36 pm

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

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

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Re: The Mango Tree

Post by Neville Briggs » Sat Jul 14, 2012 11:47 am

That's it Marty, :lol: :lol: 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.
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