Best Roos Poems

Coming from Texas, I knew he’d be loud
And soon I discovered that two is a crowd
Is that the privy? he asked of my house
When he saw my dog he said you’ve got a mouse!

We heard on the news that a bush kangaroo
It might have been...

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On an outback plain where big Roos were few
A gang went riding their Harley’s
Their plan was to stop at the pub for a brew
So they headed at top speed for Charley’s

It wasn’t too long as they sped along
that a Big Red hopped out of nowhere
that...

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The Long Drought

A raging drought is running, causing pain
Beneath the scorching sun, the barren plain
The river’s gone, she’s ceased her mighty flow
And bushland trees no longer thrive nor grow

The dams are low and dry, it pains my heart
Our town will slowly die and friends depart
No...

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Life will always be full of mysteries
If you are an inquisitive person
Forever searching for information
Everything referring to life and death
Science, history and biology

Murder, mayhem, magic, music and myth
You, me, them, those and other mysteries
Sun, moon, stars, satellites, sputniks and space
Typhoons, tornados, thunder and lightning
Everything in...

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TOOTHLESS in 1927
Toothles her tail began to switch,
Tuppy said “you’re too old, just stay a bit,”
Tuppy rode away to where,
A knocking stick a Roo would snare,
Roo hides pegged upon the ground,
Pounds shillings and pence, to be found,
From whence.
She galloped down the boundary fence ,
Clubbed a...

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"Road to Lovejoy - Piano for the Self Taught" (Part 1)



Liberation
of a sort
head out the car window
hair blowin’ in the breeze
I can hear the Crickets chirping
in the chilly winter freeze
I’m smiling 
it’s good to be alive 
until the old man shouts
“Hoi!
pull your head in a...

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I believed that I was rural … that I lived in country style,
where the city was close handy … that big distance was a mile.
Trains and buses ferried daily; a freeway ran close by …
comforts of the modern world easily reached with hand or eye.

All...

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From England's dark blackout
We came to these shores
I and my siblings
In refuge from war.
How enchanted we were
With all we saw.

First Sydney's fine harbour
And her bridge of one span
Then the azure blue sea
The long beaches of sand
The beautiful city lit up at night
To our youthful eyes...

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Can-do Roo is a kangaroo;
A kangaroo that's blue!
A blue kangaroo called Can-do Roo
That surely can't be true?
There are lots of things that Roos can do;
Let's see what Can-do Roo can do:

Hop and jump can Can-do Roo.
Let's see if you can too?

Spin round fast can Can-do...

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Crikey mates, I don't know what to make?
I'm pretty sure this platty; has a tummy ache
Puddin begged his friends for relief and aid;
Perhaps it was the worm stew; or shrimp cocktail he had made?
No matter what it was; in his belly, the price was being...

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deur Theresa Rossouw
 
Liefde is n roos wat bloedrooi blom, bloos. N wolk vol water dig wat groei, en blink. 'n Reënboog,vol kleur wat alle bande van negatief en donker skeur. 

Liefde, n rivier vol en wyd, buig dit die onbuigbare, laat die mooi ontpop...

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I saw some baby kangaroos
when last I visited the zoo's
Australian centered avenues
and they were awfully cute.

They frolicked without any care
for those who had the time to stare
and thus were largely unaware
of cameras in pursuit.

Though there was one that I did not
see playing with the younger...

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The Atlantic ocean...,an unrelenting mistress

More'n ten thousand leagues under the sea
next to an octopus's garden in the shade.

OceanGate manufacturer
of the Titan Submersible,
which vessel that set out to reach
Titanic shipwreck with five passengers
officials believe the suffered
a “catastrophic implosion”
apt analogy to mein kampf.

Major tsuris, the loss of...

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no sur,
eyez cant reed
massa sez we do hem harm 
ifin we coold reed

eyez jus wana sos dem roos
on da whal wood maik sens
eyez turd fo getin whoopd
not nowin y

theyz ses thur b slayvs risin
gainst theyz massas
don sees how reedin is t blaym
massa mus b ryt...

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remember the days of one cent candy
didnt that used to come in handy


what about going to dollar movies
looking hot and getting groovy


i used to like cabbage patch kids
whoever says they didnt well they did


barbie and ken were my favorite toy
who knew that plastic could bring...

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