Hi'ya Mel g'day n such.' i tip me Akubra mate; you've achieved so bloody much.!
An I'm looking at Hoody; at the legend that he's forged.'
Along with 'our Jhonny'
They've fought battles right across the board.' Or should
That be bored??
Just a nod to the polo's that lil blip.. In me text.' Yet lets drop
Those normies.'
For whats up next! A feature its beckoning.' A movie of
Real men.'
Well wada'ya reckon Gibbo.? I'd say its just all about when?
Categories:
akubra, appreciation, courage, endurance,
Form: Rhyme
For far shires beyond the western red sun
I’m leaving the Land of the Long White Cloud -
to journey across the far horizon
where cockatoos in bloodwoods sing aloud.
Trading in my black singlet and swanndri
for a swag and a croc tooth akubra,
so hoo-roo Long Bay and gidday Bondi
where blokes drink Bundy Rum, not Coruba!
Leaving a world where reality bites
for the Dreamtime People’s great southern land -
outback bushies and cork hat urbanites
in the convict Land of the Long White Sand.
Now the Sunshine Coast is the life for me
in palisades and canals by the sea.
Written: July 1997
Categories:
akubra, journey, leaving,
Form: Sonnet