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Article 7
Australian rhyming poetry or as it is commonly known Bush Poetry goes back to the time of the first fleet and is a way of telling stories both true and false so as to hold the listeners...
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The Ultimate Luxury
Anybody who has spent time in the bush can sympathise with this poem. Written purely for a laugh but has more than a grain of fact in it. When I first started in the stock camp toilet...
View ArticleTuesday 1st May Dawn Patrol Poem
This mornings ABC Dawn Patrol poem was inspired by a story told to me by someone from Tennessee.......Thanks Alicia and hopefully Tom from Delaware will send the audio through and I'll have learned...
View ArticleBlack Caviar #21
Well the mighty mare did it under a strangle hold win number 21 and group one number 11 ........ now if all goes well it is off to England to race before Her Majesty the Queen. BLACK...
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The Jackeroos New Whip
.This poem is based on an event that happened at Moola Bulla some years ago.THE JACKEROOS NEW WHIPThe noise rang around the station and echoed through the creek,When you were having a yarn you couldn’t...
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Innocence Stolen
If you have been following this blog please don't give up on it because of this one poem. I have put it up in the sincere hope that it will help someone else who has been through a similar ordeal....
View ArticleMusic and sound effects
Much of the music and sound effects for my poems in this blog came from:Royalty Free Music.com offers a comprehensive music library of production music for your various royalty free music needs...
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Cowboy's
The introduction to this poem is probably longer than the actual verse but is basically necessary for anyone who listens from overseas and does not know what some of the terms used mean. We...
View ArticleAn Ode to Two Pioneers
This poem was written with respect for two pioneers of the North at the request of their daughter Anna. I sincerely hope this clip passes inspection. An ODE to TWO PIONEERS-Pat &Peg...
View ArticleThe Cup 2013
This was this mornings radio poem as I told the announcer I generally name the winner and bugger me if I didn't name Fiorente the winner. Sadly Verema broke a leg and had to be put down and really...
View ArticleThe Skimpy Barmaid
This poem is based on a true story but was written for a laugh THE SKIMPY BARMAIDWord got out to Noreena, that there was a Skimpy in Nullagine,Daryl and the lads are rushing to the shower they’re...
View ArticleAre You Blokes Doing Your Bit
This poem drew a poetic reply from Julie Percy of Yalleen station to which I replied ........... to which Julie replied and so on ......... the five poems that stemmed from Greg Pearce's innocent...
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The Quilty Memorial Campdraft
Twenty one running's and still going strong Saturday 23rd of November 2013 will see the twenty second episode of this now Prestigious Campdraft. THE QUILTY MEMORIAL OPEN CAMP DRAFT...
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The Quilty Memorial Campdraft 2013
The QUILTY 2013In twenty-thirteen we would witness real epic Quilty battle,As nigh on forty horses tried to tame the Coolup cattle.As the camp work began in earnest, the sun drifted...
View ArticleA Tribute to an Old Drover - Ron Cody
A TRIBUTE to an OLD DROVERAustralia lost some more of her bush history, just the other day,When an old outback drover named Ron Cody, sadly passed away.A stranger to me, although...
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For Chip Chip`` a Mate
FOR ‘CHIP-CHIP’ A MATENo more the bronco harness, or the collar and the hames,Now we have a cradle and a crush, nothing stays the same.What are these monstrosities, where...
View ArticleOld Jim (Jimmy Gardiner)
Jimmy Gardiner was a man I worked with for a while at Camden Park Menangle south of Sydney in the late 60's .... I have another poem that I wrote about Jim called Òld Jim and the Moon Landing` which I...
View ArticleMerry Christmas and a Happy New Year
HERE WE GO AGAIN CHRISTMAS 2013You know for some unknown reason I really dislike this time of year,And I find it awfully false when everyone is full of Christmas cheer.The retail shops just...
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The Great Australian Freedom
The GREAT AUSTRALIAN FREEDOMOur forebears came to this country many in convict ships and chains,And backs showed the scars where the cat-o-nine tails had reined.Australian culture has developed since...
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Charity Should Begin at Home
CHARITY SHOULD BEGIN AT HOMEClearly Charity and Drought are two words that don’t seem to fit together,Especially here, where the government doesn’t seem to care about the weather.But Typhoon...
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