Poem discovery for Marty Boyce

Neville Briggs · Post by **Neville Briggs** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 2:00 pm

I was looking through a book of Les Murray's poems and I was interested to find he had written a poem called " Laggan Cemetery "
It's only six lines. I guess that's about all that could be found to write about Laggan.

( just, teasing Marty

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Yes, it is "free verse ".. try to suspend prejudice.

Bob Pacey · Post by **Bob Pacey** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 4:16 pm

So where is it ???

Bob

Neville Briggs · Post by **Neville Briggs** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 4:48 pm

It's copyright so you'll have to look it up in the book.

Bob Pacey · Post by **Bob Pacey** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 6:13 pm

Nah just goggle it !

Did not do much for me

Bob

Neville Briggs · Post by **Neville Briggs** » Thu Apr 18, 2013 8:30 am

It's not a great literary work perhaps, Bob, but interesting if you read it very carefully and think about what he is trying to convey in just a few lines.

Neville Briggs · Post by **Neville Briggs** » Thu Apr 18, 2013 10:29 am

I think Marty what comes to me is perhaps a hint of sadness of a once larger community which has faded somewhat so that the monuments to those who are gone is more noticeable than the places of those who are still there. A situation that could relate to many small towns in the sheep country, maybe ?

ABPA - Australian Bush Poets Association

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