#AustralianWriters
I. WASHING DAY The little gipsy vi’lits, they wus… As she come walkin’ in the grass,… The sun shone on the sassafras, wh… —The 'ope an’ worry uv our lives w…
If, some day, you should find me,… If you should stumble o’er my life… In some still thoroughfare or publ… And sadly say: ‘Alack, and had he lived, as like…
I don’t know what’s come to the su… In these dull and decadent years; But a fellow grows glummer and glu… As promise of autumn appears; For there’s not been a sign of a w…
Women is strange. You take my ti… I know enough to know I’ll never… The 'uman female mind, or wot su’p… They 'as in store to bring yer boa… They keep yeh guessin’ wot they’re…
‘Why do they do it? I dunno,’ Sez Digger Smith. ‘Yeh got me be… Some uv the yarns yeh ’ear is true… An’ some is rather umptydoo, An’ some is - indiscreet.
I’ve crawled; I’ve eaten dirt; I’… I’ve dodged the cops an’ led a dou… I’ve readied up wild tales to tell… W’ich afterwards I’ve 'ad to take… Red raw. Aw, I been goin’ it to b…
This is the listening week of the… Listening-in. A-cock and alert is the national e… Listening-in. All over the land in the country t…
Today I met a happy man Greeting the glad new year. About his face the sunbeams ran And danced, as straightaway he beg… To laugh with right good cheer.
Betty Yack, of Mittyack, charming… But Betty Yack of Mittyack, had… And she married her one Otto who… To submit to the upbraiding of his… Betty Yack of Mittyack, joined, w…
When Leonardo was a lad there was… Who snubbed him most outrageously… He wasn’t in the fashion, so he wa… Before his death he was too new, a… Because his art was new to them th…
Discerning Mr. Murphy sees The dangers of the foolish plan Of giving frailty its fees, And taxing weak, misguided man. Reluctantly, and red with shame,
Dear friends, I’m Deakin.... No; no mistake, You’re wide awake. It’s ALF that’s speakin’... I wish to make
When I rode with young Sid Kidma… In that year the Long Drought end… As we took the old Tarcowie track… His keen eye scanned the country,… Mal Murray and Jim Spicer, of Ja…
The Glugs abide in a far, far lan… That is partly pebbles and stones… But mainly earth of a chocolate hu… When it isn’t purple or slightly b… And the Glugs live there with the…
A civic lady, peerly proud Of excellences that here crowd About her trim, well-ordered stree… The visitor she warmly greets E’er with a bland and kindly smile…