ABPA - Australian Bush Poets Association

Hey this rhymes


Are you dinky di true blue
An Aussie through and through
Walked the steps of the Opera House
The roof of Parliament House

Seen the Todd a raging river
Watched the mighty Rain Lover
Saw Uluru when it was a rock
Wore Bonds jocks and socks

Saw the dust fly at Birdsville
Heard tales of Mulga Bill
Watched Poseidon shares soar
Consulted the Fremantle Doctor

Complained about Melbourne rain
Crossed the Nullabor Plain
Went to Tassie on the Princess
Drank warm milk at recess

Said Holden was better than ford
To the response of "Oh lord"
Ridden a Malvern Star
Seen many a pink galah

Listened to a didgeridoo
Called a red head Blue
Thought Malcolm Fraser was a toff
Listened to the rhetoric of Gough

Claimed the Southern Cross
Watched Chappelli win the toss
Read a copy of Go Set
Thorpie was the loudest yet

Changed from pennies to cents
The public bar was just for gents
Called an umpy a white maggot
Bragged about Australia a lot

Ridden the Spirit of Progress
Saw Jean Shrimpton's dress
Been in awe of a kangaroo
Eaten a pie or two

Always admired our Dawn
Hills Hoist on the lawn
Saw Normie go to 'nam
Cottees made cordial and jam

Enjoyed vegemite on toast
Stuffed after a Sunday roast
Brewed your own ginger beer
On Bondi admired a rear

Be a sheila or a bloke
Stopped work for a smoke
If you are ridgy didge
Or just fair dinkum

Where ever you are
Travelling near and far
Home is a wide brown land
Girt by sea filled with sand

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Yeah warm milk at recess. Loved it as we had a cow and I thought milk in a bottle was special. My how ya change when ya grow up. I also thought the poor people ate prawns, crabs and fish like we did as my Dad was a great fisherman. When I had to buy my own it was a different story. I have a poem about that somewhere. I must dig it out!
Enjoyed this one too!
Cheers Dolly

Ozy there's some great thoughts and visions there. Milk at recess I cleary remember at school - only it was cold milk. You've summed a lot of Australiana up in your poem. Great effort with the rhyming too. We might let you stay..

Heather

Now If i had posted that you would have said go and have another rum Pacey ya metre is all over the place like a chook scratchin !!!!



Yeah

Bob

Steady on Bob, let him get the hand of rhyme first before we confuse him with metre!

You're right Bob, we would

But as Heather said, it's a fair first up effort.

Marty

G'day Ozy,

Welcome again to the site. It is really great to have a couple of new (well, new to us) poets posting poems.
Now I don't want to sound like a school teacher (which I am not) but, the lack of punctuation in your poem bothers me.
Where is Glenny? poor 'mother hen' will get hives when she reads this.

I must add, the sentiment makes up for it and I love any excuse to reminisce. Thanks for sharing and I look forward to reading more of your poems.