One of my favourite Les Murray poems
Category: australian
Madness of men
The madness of men, Is seldom acknowledged, And rarely appreciated.
How McDougal Topped The Score
IMGP0913 maher 200 love 100 Originally uploaded by RaeA. A peaceful spot is Pipers Flat….
The Last Leap
All is over! fleet career, Dash of greyhound slipping thongs, Flight of falcon, bound of…
On the Night Train
Have you seen the bush by moonlight, from the train, go running by? Blackened log…
Faces In The Street
They lie, the men who tell us in a loud decisive tone That want is…
Andy’s Gone With Cattle
Our Andy’s gone to battle now ‘Gainst Drought, the red marauder; Our Andy’s gone with…
Five Bells
Time that is moved by little fidget wheels Is not my time, the flood that…
My Country by Dorothea Mackellar
The love of field and coppice Of green and shaded lanes Of ordered woods and…
A Bush Christening – A.B. Paterson
On the outer Barcoo where the churches are few, And men of religion are scanty,…