Best Swagman Poems
Below are the all-time best Swagman poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of swagman poems written by PoetrySoup members
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...
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Categories:
swagman, lonely,
Form:
Rhyme
The Australian Swagman
The Australian Swagman
...
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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...
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Categories:
swagman, life, autumn, water, silver, water,
Form:
Light Verse
Waltzing ShearerWaltzing Shearer
Out near Dagworth Station during 1894
Where the Waltzing Matilda, Swagman drowned,
Cos he liked them lamb chops nicely browned,
He was only eating the Masters sheep,...
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Categories:
swagman, adventure, death, death,
Form:
Ballade
A Bagman
A Bagman
There he walked an unknown Bagman,
who camped upon the track.
So sad he seemed this Swagman,
his jingling billy burnt and black.
Yes...
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Categories:
swagman, adventure
Form:
Rhyme
A Flathead -Aussie-Talk A flathead once carried in his tuckerbag a grinder
So hungry he sat at a fair dinkum binder
But he won't trust his eyes
When a fellow...
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Categories:
swagman, confusion
Form:
Limerick
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...
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Categories:
swagman, food,
Form:
Free verse