Olde Charlie Part Two
...OLDE CHARLIE part two
A simple g’day and not much more,
A man of simple tastes and trends,
Mostly seen most days
Three days growth on chin,
Olde Charlie,
Came from the olde school,
Of the w...
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Categories:
cockie, perspective,
Form: Free verse
Old Charlie
...OLD CHARLIE
Old Charlie
he’s a Cockie from a bygone age,
has not departed
from his old-time ways,
and his way of doing things,
tonight, with the billy on the boil,
and by the campfire brigh...
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Categories:
cockie, animal, conflict, dog,
Form: Free verse
A Nasty Bugger Be
...A NASTY BUGGER BE
We had this parrot once,
A real nasty piece of works,
A cunning sort of a bugger,
Who went by the handle of “Jock,”
There was only one in the family
who could pat or even g...
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Categories:
cockie, remember,
Form: Free verse
Jan Allison
...With humorous mind
Plucks spunky courage
To write poop verses
Poems not abridge
To a complete gaffe
Loves stiff cockie pudding
A gentle soft soul
Nutty and charming
11/25/2019
Po...
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Categories:
cockie, friend,
Form: McWhirtle
Graduation Dessert Dilemma
...Reading my son’s graduation dinner menu
It filled me with consternation
Will I make a foolish choice …
I’m full of trepidation
My favourite dessert is on the list
It’s stiffie cock...
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Categories:
cockie, fear, food, graduation, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
The Solution To the Sticky Toffee Pudding Dilemma - For Cecilia
...Cecilia has set me a challenge – to order my favourite pud
If I can say sticky toffee pudding it would be oh so good
But I may make another error and it could come out so bad
If I said s...
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Categories:
cockie, food, humorous,
Form: Couplet
In Response To My First Poem For Contest
...Original Poem Just Desserts
I was at my favourite restaurant and had a lovely meal
If I finished all my food then a pudding was the deal
I’d relished every morsel and was pleased as a Ch...
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Categories:
cockie, food, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Just Desserts
...I was at my favorite restaurant and I'd had a lovely meal,
if I finished all my food then a pudding was the deal
I’d relished every morsel and was pleased as a Cheshire cat,
the dessert menu was o...
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Categories:
cockie, food, funny, humorous, rude,
Form: Rhyme
The Cockies' Lament
...The Cockies are in trouble, they can’t live off the land
Mortgaged out of existence with the need to expand
Hope like the land eroding, luck just giving out
Bushies fighting continually, fire, floods...
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Categories:
cockie, life,
Form: Rhyme
The Drama Queens Downunder
...Mate I reckin’ I get some real ding bats visiting me
I’m fed up to the teeth and pissed off as can be
Streuth I swear that last one was one big big drama Queen
Her Type you’ll meet in the outback ...
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Categories:
cockie, satire,
Form: Rhyme