Bourke Poems - Poems about Bourke

...Out beyond The western plain A mighty river Did once run It was reputed To of started Up Killarney way They say It flowed Accouple of thousand miles South` west Down Adelaide way They say......Read the rest...

... "50 Words for Poe: Sibylline" Hush your mind In ancient Persia Her sands drift through your divination hands Through Her dark mirror......Read the rest...

...He couldn’t find a place to stay So living on the street was his only way Until a Friday in Bourke Street Melbourne town A Terrorist set fire to a utility with gas bottles piled ‘round And an i......Read the rest...

...Gundabooka Sam Old Sam squats at Gundabooka Somewhere out the back of Bourke, He lives in a shanty hut, Doesn't seem to do much work, He wears rope-held trousers And a long-john undershirt, ......Read the rest...

...L’octroi des droits à Jacky – Translation of Mudroroo Narogin’s « They Give Jacky Rights » by T. Wignesan (Note : The first aboriginal writer to have achieved – according to Kevin Gilbert’s I......Read the rest...

...The Tree Frank Halliwell This ancient leafy giant that's endured three hundred years Seems to tremble as the chainsaw. through it's heartwood rips and tears. It stood t......Read the rest...

...Exploring the suburbs at Melbourne Glad are the late nights’ burnt Bustling Bourke Street Mall Epitome of a retail therapy’s call The archaic Flinder’s Station Scheduling warrants attention Cho-ch......Read the rest...

...Uncle Les My step grandfather was uncle Les, Gun shearer of wooly sheep, he was, Travelled the country, yes I says, and at crutching, He was beaut, false teeth of gold his mouth did hold, just......Read the rest...

...[ In the early 1890's, Henry Lawson tramped to Hungerford which inspired him to write a short story on his reflections. In the 1980's I was part of a team connecting Hungerford to the electri......Read the rest...