Firelight Man by Mike Walsh

Hey you fella, Gotta smoke for me. I Aborigine. You bring blanket, Flour and tea. You come along Sit with me. All'a my children Come from my earth. Belong back again To the rocks and plains. Every my child A star in the sky, You look You never never see. Come along Sit with me.

daver austin

Date: 4/17/2013 12:59:00 PM

A hymn to the earth is what I get. Alike the aboriginal Hymn to the Sun. I may not have nailed the meaning, but I love the challenge of your thinking. daver

Mike Walsh Date: 4/17/2013 4:20:00 PM

Traditional Australian Aboriginal culture is tied closely to nature, the sky, the sea, the land. Complex. Thanks for reading, you're on the right track...cheers... Mike

Charles Henderson

Date: 6/11/2012 12:29:00 AM

Enjoyed stopping by today to read. Welcome to the soup.

Mike Walsh Date: 6/11/2012 8:32:00 AM

thanks Charles.. mike

Doris Culverhouse

Date: 6/9/2012 8:20:00 PM

very nice work!! enjooyed reading today!!

Mike Walsh Date: 6/11/2012 8:32:00 AM

thanks Doris..mike

Keith Bickerstaffe

Date: 6/9/2012 6:55:00 AM

We should all have this uncompromising respect for our planet, this simplicity, this grace. BRAVO Mike! Best wishes, Keith

Mike Walsh Date: 6/21/2012 11:10:00 PM

Keith, a humbling 30 years, living in a wide land perhaps summed up in a few lines, only glimpsed the edges of the culture of it's caretakers. Our own traditional views might categorise it as an "uncompromising respect"...but i am sure that it is more "pure and absolute respect"...primal, and raw. The secret must lie in the blend. Your review leans a long way into the blend..thanks..mike

Date: 6/9/2012 7:57:00 AM

Keith, in retrospect I have had a very humbling 30 years, living in a wide land perhaps summed up in a few lines, only glimpsed the edges of the near unfathonable culture of it's traditional caretakers. Our own traditional views might categorise it as an "uncompromising respect"...but i am sure that it is more a "pure and absolute respect"...primal, and raw. The secret must lie in the blend. Your review leans a long way into the blend..thanks..mike

Richard Palmer

Date: 6/8/2012 9:37:00 AM

ok Mike making my self at home,lol,nice write

Mike Walsh Date: 6/9/2012 7:19:00 AM

pull up a rock Richard, get y'self comfy...(grins)...ty mike

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