ABPA - Australian Bush Poets Association

My Mother Said

She said "Never worry worry until worry worries you".
My mother used to tell us there is not much you can do.
These things are sent to try us and it will only make you strong
Have a chat with someone the way to a friends house is never long.

Don't mistake the shadow for the substance it will only cause more grief
Leave well enough alone and the pain will be so brief.
The longest night still has a morning and the daylight comes again.
No good crying over split milk or going off your brain.

Take the good times with the bad times and karma will prevail
you can go a long way southward with a good wind in ya sail.
So make the best of what you have and give all you can give
you only get one shot at life and it is yours alone to live.

Bob Pacey

Well said Bob - and a good use of the prompts as well - you're sharp this morning

Here comes Quick Draw McGraw.
The high-falutin'est,
Fastest shooin'est,
Poet that you ever saw.
That's our Bob - Quick Draw McGraw.

Thanks Mausie I had five minutes spare before work this morning .


Cheers Bob

Got it all in one go Bob. Good going.
Wazza

Ok what's the next lot of prompts Mausie ? Done those.

Come on you lot Maureen puts a lot of time in to get your juices flowing

HAVE A GO !


Bob

Good poem Bob - and so quickly done too!

Not this lot I didn't Bob but thank you Another of our erstwhile poets made this suggestion

I can recall my grandmothers favourite sayings.

when asked why she was doing something

" For fun and fancy to please old Nancy "

and

when asked where something was

" It is up in Nannies room behind the clock "


Bob

Good one Bob - looks like it really rolled off the pen!!

My favourite piece of "grandma's wisdom" came when someone had dropped their bottom lip: "Well, we've got the sulky, now all we need is the horse."

And in these days of single layer clothing, would any young girl recognise this ... "Don't look now dear, but it's snowing down south"??

Good prompts, Maureen - gets the grey cells clunking

Cheers, Shelley