| War and History Poetry posted August 27, 2014 |
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Love of my land - Australia.
Heart Country
by Aussie
White ghost gums reach for azure skies
Red earth - home to green bull-ants Witchetty grubs huddle in tree stumps Women dig for grubs and Kumara. Land of my ancestors - heart country Willy-Willy dances for all to see Ancestors live in Gadawon trees Spirit of Yalunga sleeps soundly. Oldest country on earth today No written language you will see Simple people - first land owners Children leave for big cities. Haunting sounds of didgeridoo - singing Message sticks clicking Campfires burn and to heaven leave Families sit - for their lands, grieve. Animals and bird colours - unique Wombat wobbles towards his burrow Kangaroo thumps his massive tail Kookaburra calls the rains to come. Mother Earth her faced cracked open No Botox here - rain unlocks her fears Love of my land - Australia Unique and beautiful island. Flocks of pink galah fly noisily Budgerigar - small and flashing green White Cockatoo - Sulphur Crested Black Cockatoo - red tie vested. Young people leave their tribal lands No teaching them - cities beckon Of all the nations, we are oldest 60,000 years have seen our progress. Government welfare feeds our people Wine and beer rots our bodies Children sniff petrol cans Beautiful and sacred home lands. |
Free Verse Poetry Contest contest entry
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Freestyle contest entry - painting by Albert Namatjirra - first to be recognised Aboriginal painter - traditional lands. My grandmother was aboriginal - our culture is being lost because of so-called white progress. We can't go back to the Dreamtime and we have no written language. So sad the song.
didgeridoo: hollowed out tree branch, painted, used for musical dances.
Wombat: large, fat, earth dwelling marsupial. Favourite
food.
Boab tree: shaped like a bottle and holds water to drink.
Witchetty grub: a delicacy cooked over a fire or eaten raw.
Yalunga: Rainbow Serpent - said to have created the rivers.
White Sulphur-Crested cockatoo - large bird of parrot family.
Black Cockatoo: Large black bird of parrot family.
Budgerigar: small green/yellow parrot - folks all over the world have them as pets in cages.
Kookaburra: Large white and grey bird - kills snakes and rats for food - has a call that sounds like laughter.
Gadawon tree: many names, most common is Boab - so large, used to hold prisoners. Generally held water.
Willy-Willy: dust dancing driven by winds on the plains.
Kumara: sweet potato.
Pays
one point
and 2 member cents. didgeridoo: hollowed out tree branch, painted, used for musical dances.
Wombat: large, fat, earth dwelling marsupial. Favourite
food.
Boab tree: shaped like a bottle and holds water to drink.
Witchetty grub: a delicacy cooked over a fire or eaten raw.
Yalunga: Rainbow Serpent - said to have created the rivers.
White Sulphur-Crested cockatoo - large bird of parrot family.
Black Cockatoo: Large black bird of parrot family.
Budgerigar: small green/yellow parrot - folks all over the world have them as pets in cages.
Kookaburra: Large white and grey bird - kills snakes and rats for food - has a call that sounds like laughter.
Gadawon tree: many names, most common is Boab - so large, used to hold prisoners. Generally held water.
Willy-Willy: dust dancing driven by winds on the plains.
Kumara: sweet potato.
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