Best Swagman Poems
SwagmanThe flies like molasses clinging firmly to his back,
as aimlessly he ambled along the dry dusty track.
Like a wave of the ocean the flies would swarm to his face,
but were expertly dispatched with his gum branch mace.
A battered farm ute lurches forward to a stop,
"Give...
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Categories:
swagman, lonely,
Form:
Rhyme
Categories:
swagman, history,
Form:
Free verse
The SwagmanThe Swag-man
On the north side of the river
The water tumbles silver slivers
The rocks just peeking out to form a rapid fall
The waters speeding over the top of the new born water fall
The south side of the river
The calm waters waiting there
The flows of silver...
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Categories:
swagman, life, autumn, water, silver,
Form:
Light Verse
A Swagman's BreakfastI wake
With joy
As i am to
Have another
Swagman’s Breakfast
What succulent fair
Awaits me
As i ready
For another day
This meal will see
Me through
Till my next
Feast.
I ready myself
To dig in
My mouth salivates
I stand
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Categories:
swagman, food,
Form:
Free verse