The Outside Dunny
In the fifties
it was the suburban icon
that survived the start
of the renovation phase
and still graced the backyards
of most houses in the neighborhood,
the ubiquitous Australian
outside dunny.
Ours was a corrugated iron
oven that cooked you in the summer
and would freeze even the most proud
member down to a modest size
in winter. Daddy long leg spiders
would
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Categories:
dunny, childhood, dad, fear, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse
Pooh Dunny It - a Bowel Shatt-Ering Senryu
loo paper and turd
remain in the toilet bowl ~
who forgot to flush?
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Categories:
dunny, humorous,
Form: Senryu
The Dunny Brush
THE DUNNY BRUSH
It has been here since modern sewerage was begun
and each water closet usually has at least one.
But to get a participant to use it, can really be a chore.
Most folk will use the paper but sadly for some, the Dunny brush ignore.
We have warned, scolded and abused them about their stain,
To grab the
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Categories:
dunny, education, humanity, humor, motivation,
Form: Free verse
My Smiling Dunny
My Smiling Dunny
My job is the lowest of the low
Cleaning rooms where people have to go
I have seen so much
Most would make you cry for me
But I have to handle it all
When I get the chance
I try and change my corner of the world
My spirit flies when I am not too serious
So, if you need
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Categories:
dunny, funny, humorous,
Form: Free verse
The Dunny Out the Back.
When I was a lad, we had a dunny out the back,
just a hundred feet away from the house,
down a little narrow track.
I never paid a call, as often as I should,
because upon opening the door,
the smell, boy, was it good.
Once inside, it was cold, dark, and clammy,
sitting there with my parts all bared,
sent
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Categories:
dunny, childhood, funny, me,
Form: Blank verse