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Australia Day Poem.
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Australia Day Poem. |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia 
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If yer life is bleak and hard Yer feelin like a failure Grab yer tinny and green card And head down to O-stray-ya We love beer and bar-b-q's We are the lucky country For some sport we'll shoot some 'roos And show off our best dunny tree Don't let the bushfires scare yer orf Or deadly critters trail yer We'll treat yer like the king's own toff Down under in O-stray-a Fat like a lizard on those logs Yer'll find this place relaxin Yer can swim if yer have togs And nothin's ever taxin We have the blue ringed octopus And jellyfish in boxes And spider bites upon your tush With dosh for tails of foxes "No worries mate," is what we'll say And "she'll be right I tellya" Although the mossies come to play Yer are not drongo fellas We want to have all yer yanks here Yer know there is a reason Australia day and VB beer Will signal 'tourist season'. lexicon: tinny ? a can with beer in it, an empty can is called a deadun roos - kangaroos, local pests dunny - toilet togs - bathing suit tush - backside dosh - money, farmers get $10 for every foxes tail. mossies - mosquitoes, and we grow them barn sized down under drongos - derogatory term , usually meaning stupid. And blue ringed octopus, boxed jellyfish and redback spiders are all deadly. Australia is the home of the venomous and unwanted, but at least we can laugh about it. Kethry Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind. Unknown [This message has been edited by Kethry (01-26-2003 02:15 PM).] |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
This is absolutely wonderful, Kethry... I wish I could take you up on the visit. My niece is coming to study for a year - Does that count???...  |
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regards2you Member Elite
since 2002-10-01
Posts 3940California |
A delightful read, Kethry...enjoyed. Pat ..without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.. |
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garysgirl  
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
Kethry, I love this. I could almost hear you reading it. I love the way Australians talk. I guess I notice others accent's because I have such a Southern drawl.....HaHa!! BTW, my Gary and I would love to go visit there. Maybe one day we can.....  "Love makes the world go around" |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Put another shrimp on the barbie, I think we'll all join you!  Cute poem. |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
I enjoyed your thoughts here Keth, and having known another Australian Poet I bought a book years ago on the English translations..isn't that funny..therefore I understood it all  hugss M |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia |
Nan, if your niece is coming to Victoria tell her to look me up. regards2you, thanks. I'm glad you were delighted. I had a delightful time writing it. garysgirl, 'sfunny yer know. When I was in Florida with me Pommie mates no one noticed me accent,until I'd say somethin outrageous, like "don't just sit there like a shag on a rock" and then they'd look at me funny. I hope you can visit sometime it would be fun. Don't forget to look me up if you are coming. PoetDeVine, you are welcome to join me but we actually call them prawns - shrimp is the American term. It was changed in the Paul Hogan ads. (there you go, another piece of trivia out of my head and onto paper.) Maureen, ripper Rita! Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind. Unknown |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass |
LOL -- makes me wish I were there, right now! You've a nice touch. |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
This was fun to read...did you see the movie "Kangaroo Jack". James |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
Bonzer poem totally bonzer!!! With writing like this Bob's yer uncle! Love all those delightful expressions.....You can tell me more when we go on our picnic Eric |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
I don't feel like a tourist any longer! |
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paladin
since 2001-08-05
Posts 930Pensacola,Fl. |
You do know your population got a big boost when we won our independence from England.They need some where else to dump their undesirables.BTW do they still hang the picture of the queen upside down in the pubs. paladin |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
It is one of my dearest dreams (not up there with being around Toe, mind you, but still close to my heart LOL) to visit Australia... Maybe one day? *S* I loved this, Keth... and greatly appreciate the chuckles. *G* Of course, those chuckles increased when I read your comment about Florida... how well I remember chatting away with you, thinking I was talking to Marsha... and you KNEW it! LOL Thank heavens I have only good to say about you or I could have been in BIG trouble! LOL |
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Marsha
since 2000-07-10
Posts 7423Maidstone Kent England |
Keth beloved one, you haven’t got an accent darling heart, unless you are talking to the chap in the petrol station who recognised you were an Aussie. YOU know I love this utterly utterly utterly, could anything be better, no I think not. I could talk for hours about this but I won't, it really is something special, just like its author rolling:   Love you always And forever Slushy  Tomorrow is another day I don't know what it holds |
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Mistletoe Angel
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
 (smiles) Yay! Aw crikey, how does Steve Irwin live so long with the venomous? (giggles) I love Australia and want to go visit there sometime! (kiss on cheek) Happy Australia Day, sweet friend, yay, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Kethry, thank you for sharing! May love and light always shine upon you! Love, Noah Eaton "Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..." |
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