Long Aussies Poems
Long Aussies Poems. Below are the most popular long Aussies by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Aussies poems by poem length and keyword.
A Study In BronzeI’ve unfurled the Southern Cross tonight and put it
On the wall, and as I gazed the longest while.. I thought I heard the
dingo’s call? It couldn’t be as all
Round me were the sounds of...
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Categories:
aussies, endurance, freedom,
Form:
Rhyme
Australia RisingThere is hope in every nation; for the word is going round
That Australians are sweeping fear away'
They are ardent freedom lovers, who are forged as hammered steel, and thery're gathering supporters
Night and day!
There are honest...
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Categories:
aussies, confidence, conflict, courage, freedom, humanity,
Form:
Rhyme
A MulattoOtto`s life is not
their British
sickular motto
Grue is his banner
left by his
blue-eyed Brit mom
left long by one of
those hated South
African Paki
His guilty pleasures
in Green Street have
no recognition like
many such Aussies in
mulberry bushes
Yet he shovels the
stake of...
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Categories:
aussies, addiction, career, community, conflict, drug,
Form:
Free verse
Five Two One(521 Australian servicemen were killed in
the Vietnam War. Menzies = Australian
leader, septic tanks = "yanks",
Queensberry = fair, as in the rules of
boxing, bonzer = good)
I'm Billy Bohane from Castlemaine -
it's an Irish...
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Categories:
aussies, history,
Form:
Rhyme
Christmas Down UnderNow Christmas in July seems crazy - I’m sure I hear you say
That has got to be plain silly - but this is the Aussie way
Christmas is in December you insist it’s a well-known fact
But...
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Categories:
aussies, celebration, christmas, funny, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
New Guinea Kokoda CampaignNew Guinea Kokoda Campaign
In 1942 the Japs appeared, took all the islands north.
Our troops were mainly school boys and for New Guinea bound.
13,000 Japs landed, climbed up Kokoda and came forth.
As Yanks, Macarthur's...
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Categories:
aussies, adventure, school, men, old, men, old, river,
Form:
Ballade
From the Shire No FearDavid Hurleys run away, he placed a sign just the other day.'
Closed till further notice I've heard.? It's beggars belief upon my word.'
I wonder if his door is round.? Like at bag end? And bolted...
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Categories:
aussies, character, courage, freedom, future,
Form:
Rhyme
Our Big LunchGod Save the King! So echoed round
the village halls, the pubs, the streets
the day our Charlie Prince was crowned.
Homes decked with bunting, cake, and treats.
We celebrated with a rave,
or knees-up, as my...
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Categories:
aussies, celebration,
Form:
Rhyme
A Nations Medical ShameFrank and Nada went together like pina-colada
Each half had dreams and brought laughs
He’d open doors and make real sure
That his Nada; he would truly care for.
He also had family from before
They cared for him. ...
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Categories:
aussies, betrayal, care, for her, for him, friendship,
Form:
Rhyme
Benefactor's NightmareBeing Aussie and a nomad with a wish to travel far,
there comes a time when money’s scarce no matter who you are.
I was in the north of England when the bank declared I’m broke,
so I...
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Categories:
aussies, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
About Time - In King Charles Own WordsAbout time,
I've paid my dues I've crossed the line,
This moment I thought would never come,
Is in my grasp, the deed now done.
Don't get me wrong, I loved my Mum,
But all that passed would surely stun
Even...
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Categories:
aussies, appreciation, celebrity, desire, destiny, endurance, humor, leadership,
Form:
Quatrain
Yarra Was An Old Sloop In 1941YARRA was an old Sloop
Yarra was an old ship in 1941...........about a 10 year old Sloop
She was a small Destroyer with three 4 inch guns...
So she sunk the Babr in an attack in old Iran......it...
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Categories:
aussies, warold, old,
Form:
Rhyme
Foreign Legion StoushIn Syria we fought the French in 1941...
Foreign Legion and the Vichy French an 8 week war was won...
After battle with the slaughter, many bodies where they lay...
Don checked them as he oughta , found...
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Categories:
aussies, adventurepeople, people,
Form:
Rhyme
The Battling Little BilbyA cry came out of Charleville ... "Please help our bilby mate!
Extinction is now on the cards, let's save him from this fate."
This little Aussie battler, folks, is disappearing fast.
Five other species...
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Categories:
aussies, animals, nature, , cute,
Form:
Rhyme
Sunderland N For NutsSunderland N for Nuts 461 Squadron
Sunderland fought alone the Battle Of Biscay in.1943
Big old seaplane Sunderland, fought in the Battle Of Biscay
Had 4 engines, would she float, would German cannon make her pay?
Aussies put in...
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Categories:
aussies, adventure, old, home, home, old,
Form:
Ballad
Shocking BushfiresEvery man, woman and child really admires
\The men and women fighting the bushfires
Some deliberately lit, the worst of all sins
The fires roar fiercely in the strong winds
Hundreds of square miles have...
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Categories:
aussies, depression, evil, fire, life, summer, truth,
Form:
Rhyme
Tobruk SiegeTobruk Siege
Rommel of the Blitzkrieg
had Europe overcome
With the Stukas and dive bombing
And the Tanks that overrun
North Africka would see his tanks
il Duce’s troops were beat
Aussies took 20,000 Italians
At Tobruk in stinking heat
In Europe...
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Categories:
aussies, adventure
Form:
Rhyme
Prime Minister and Party PolicyAll payments to past Prime Ministers shall stop
The Prime Minister, all Ministers, Politicians, Political Aids or Backbenchers whilst in their representative positions shall conduct themselves like Australian Ambassadors twenty four hours a day, seven...
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Categories:
aussies, political,
Form:
I do not know?
Rahul DravidGreat careers are not shaped by hopes,
No one like him to fill easily the loopholes;
The gladiatorial spark which he spread,
Under Tendulkar's shine it got fade;
Mr. Dravid a classical batsmen's epitome,
His generosity here and there roam;
You...
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Categories:
aussies, celebrity,
Form:
Classicism
The Kadaitchi Witch Doctor KnightHARRY WEST
The Kadaitchi (Witch Doctor) Knight
Harry stood alone and sniffed the breeze
a pongy hay smell, Japanese
Harry sheltered there beneath a tree
a gum tree dripping sap
The Black Knight shed his lap lap
joined the...
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Categories:
aussies, angst
Form:
Rhyme
Norm Duel N Johnno.....Norm Duel and Johnno of the Second Twenty Fifth.....
Were in Syria in 1941.....
They were surrounded by the French Foreign legion with....
75mm cannon and machine gun ....
Their mortar position was in a hundred gallon pit.....
They'd plonk...
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Categories:
aussies, adventure
Form:
Rhyme
The Cali's Freedom Stand
The Calidonian Hotel
...
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Categories:
aussies, freedom,
Form:
Verse
Boat PeopleBoat People
by Bob Moore © 2017
We, were the boat people of...
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Categories:
aussies, boat, england,
Form:
Free verse
W Orld E Quivocal F Atuitous; Defeating'My heart has been torn..My mind assulted; Yet the dust it
Is settling, red dirt; black earth; almost grey bulldust.' I am
In my dreaming.' Deep yet alert.' I'm singing in tune, to the
Creak of existence's ancient...
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Categories:
aussies, conflict, courage, devotion, heart, homework, inspiration,
Form:
Verse
Australiaaustralia?
dear figurehead of the empire
whose puppet strings are pulled by the moneyed interests of the
world &
not just one nation,
how transparent can one be,
how audacious,
when demanding that all people across the periphery
submit to...
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Categories:
aussies, life, people, people,
Form:
Free verse