Wham-o’s old Pluto Platter,
gets a brand-new name.
Fred and Ethel say farewell,
Dick Clarke gets his fame.
The Cat in the Hat is born,
Bogie has moved on.
Hurricane Audrey rages,
while Paul meets with John.
Sputnik said that space is now,
the brand new frontier.
Russia’s I. C. B. M makes,
their intentions clear.
Four hundred officials killed,
by Vietcong hands.
Elvis starts his life behind,
the walls of Graceland.
Seventy thousand more lives,
lost to Asian flu.
We were losing the space race,
as Vanguard dies too.
In Arkansas the guard blocks,
the Little Rock Nine.
Eisenhower sends his troops,
to settle the times.
McGovern points a finger,
says they're Commie Reds.
Soviets test the H Bomb,
brings ultimate dread.
Laika makes it into space,
U.S. is grounded.
Great Britain test their bomb and,
alarms are sounded.
Great innovations in births,
and technology.
Electric watch, Edsel,
Jayne Torvill and me.
Byron McGovern (true story 1900)
At Denowan near Goodooga,
lived Mc Govern so they say,
At a Church of England mission,
Aubrey lived there anyway,
now Byron McGovern got arrested,
Black Trackers they said sure,
in jail he was invested,
his tracks came to the door,
the murderer was cunning,
tiptoed to Byrons' camp,
pulled on Byrons' muddy boots,
tiptoe running, in his dance,
Frog Morton he had no chance,
foul murder it was done,
axed to death, the Emus wept,
bad signatures on the cheque book, one,
Byron sidestepped the gallows,
no death for murder him,
the forgers face was sallow,
slip knot got tight and grim,
and the corpse did swing a swing,
and justice came ashore,
some stupid bloody ding a ling ,
got his karma bloody sure....
Don Johnson
Dirranbandi Aggie
Agnes was a local lady, slight,
who had a different view,
Didn’t trust no lectric light,
might just burn her eyeballs too,
fat lamp a bubbling.
yes she lived in a ole brown house,
built yes for her, by her soldier husband,
2 pommy ladies offered to paint her roof, (english)
Silver frost paint on the iron did land,
Yes McGovern. (old Aubrey, me mate)
So she asked about the walls,
Cheapest was the silver frost,
Shining in the blazing sun,
Knock ya eyeballs flat, the cost,
Burnt eyeball loving?
Sheep head soup, was on the menu,
Eyeballs swimming in the soup,
In the rainwater tanks were a sleeping,
Chooks n rellies, in a group, (relatives)
They was stubborn. (coots)
corrugated igloos held galoots,
eggs sometimes found an lost,
long as the rooster got the boot,
bit fowl if he was crossed,
cook him in the old wood stove oven…
Don Johnson
As I walked through the garden alone
I pondered the flowers I saw
Though their names to me were unknown
Their beauty left me in awe
I was amazed at all the colors there
For all the world to see
But one that I saw was beyond all to compare
No other had called out to me
A lone blue rose with petals spread wide
It put all others to shame
And though others may have tried
Their beauty just wasn’t the same
It mimicked the sky in tint
And smelled sweeter than a garden in may
With just a hint of mint
It created quite a display
It left me feeling awestruck
I stopped and stared for a while
I wondered absently if I’d get bad luck
If I picked it, it might be worthwhile
But instead I stood and admired it
Till me feet ached from standing
It entranced me more than I’d like to admit
And left me without understanding
How could a mere Blue Rose
Change things deep within me
How much a change, nobody knows
Just the Blue Rose and Me
~6th Place in the "The Blue Rose" Contest by Mac McGovern~
Ahhh- blue
the color rose I give to you.
Harken and listen to the meaning,
before you begin
joyously careening.
It is a cool color,
universally meant to calm.
Helps with blessings, grace,
charm and intuition-
With a sublime embrace
and exalted fruition-
This blue rose I give to you
with love as my mission.
Won 8th place in the "The Blue Rose" contest by Mac McGovern
A. Green
Pulling energy
Fervor from Heaven above
Impaired by her thorns
Faint memories of her past-
Forgiveness is all Rose asks.
Honorable Mention in the "Description Made Easy" contest by Mac McGovern.
A. Green