Best Mateship Poems

I’ve always been a cash man, so when me cash was blown,
I might be sitting back all stony broke and pleading for a loan,
at least I know that if a mate, throws up a couple of pound,
that I can pay him back the debt when...

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The Only Topic 
Every Morning I get up and the very first thing I do,
Is switch on the Teli, to find out the latest Hullabaloo.
Well it might be Carl, Sam or Kochy/Kochie on 7, 9, SBS or the ABC. 
They won`t be talking about murder,...

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Close 'round the crackling fire we three,
with sweet acacia in the air - 
tell stories of Gallipoli
and digger's bond of friendship there.

We laughed and shared like family
with roof and walls of stars our home - 
tracker Wiley, Henry and me
on highland edge of bushland dome.

But...

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I have considered at some length, the incronvertible
Evidence of malignant intent also conspiracy to end
Lives of those oblivious to, and devoid of any ill intent to others (murder by any other term)
I am enraged..Which beleive me does not cover the
Depth and levels of my revulsion,...

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an angel stands under a lonely pine
    showing the way to the lost souls 
                           the...

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I saw students placing flags on the resting places of our honoured dead……

Remembrance Day 2024

The flags flutter from grave to grave
Marking the lying place of our honoured brave
The magpies warble on the breeze
And the smell of eucalyptus permeates the trees 

The brass plaques tell a...

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