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Australian poem 2008 series #20: Middleton's Rouseabout -- Henry Lawson (1896)
Here is a poem my father and mother both delighted in quoting on occasions. It is very much part of its time, isn’t it? You could say it rather contradicts the idea of the “clever country… more →
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Australian poem 2008 series #20: Middleton's Rouseabout -- Henry Lawson (1896)
Neil wrote 2 days ago: Here is a poem my father and mother both delighted in quoting on occasions. It is very much part of … more →
Australian poem 2008 series #19: You Don't Get Me -- Lachlan Irvine
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Neil wrote 3 weeks ago: You won’t find Lachlan Irvine’s poems in the anthologies or in, so far as I know, the us … more →
Australian poem 2008 series #18: YouTube - Poetry Clip: Robert Gray
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Neil wrote 1 month ago: Robert Gray is one of my favourite contemporary Australian poets. A BOWL OF PEARS Swarthy as oilcl … more →
Australian poem 2008 series #17: "Australia" -- A D Hope
Neil wrote 2 months ago: Your “Friday poem” arrives early this week, partly because I obscurely alluded to it in … more →
Australian poem 2008 series #13 -- Roland Robinson (1912-1992)
Neil wrote 4 months ago: There is the following brief but fascinating account of this poet in an unexpected place — wel … more →
Australian poem 2008 series #12 -- Judith Wright recycled for Anzac Day
Neil wrote 4 months ago: Judith Wright (1915-2000) is one of my favourite poets. “The Company of Lovers” was written du … more →
Australian poem 2008 series #11 -- George Essex Evans
Neil wrote 4 months ago: To a Bigot George Essex Evans (1863-1909) HERE am I sent a wanderer like to thee,And here a moment e … more →
Australian poem 2008 series #10: Peter Skrzynecki "Summer in the Country" (2005)
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Neil wrote 5 months ago: Jim Belshaw has made my choice of Australian poem today a foregone conclusion, though I would call S … more →
Australian Poem: 2008 series #6 -- Henry Kendall
Neil wrote 7 months ago: Now here is a poem I learned in primary school around 55 years ago! The Last of His Tribe HE crouch … more →
Australian poem: 2008 series: #2 — Kenneth Slessor (1901-1971) "Snowdrops"
Neil wrote 7 months ago: Image from the excellent OzLit blog Matilda. There is a good online collection of Slessor’s … more →
Friday Australian poem #19: Vance Palmer (1885-1959)
Neil wrote 8 months ago: The Farmer Remembers the Somme Will they never fade or pass!The mud, and the misty figures endlessly … more →
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