A certain old maid at Port Victor
had many strange pets to afflict her,
her Kangaroos fought
with the emus she caught
and when she protested, they kicked her

(C) John Shaw Neilson
03/21/2017


Best Poems of John Shaw Neilson

• May
• The Crane Is My Neighbour
• The Green Singer
• Song Be Delicate
• Tell Summer That I Died
• A Protest And A Protest
• The Meeting Of Sighs
• O Heart Of Spring
• Schoolgirls Hastening
• The Poor Can Feed The Birds
• The Land Where I Was Born
• The Orange Tree
• You And Yellow Air
• The Smoker Parrot
• Old Granny Sullivan
• The Loving Tree
• Native Companions Dancing
• The Gentle Water Bird (for Mary Gilmore)
• In The Dim Counties
• The Poor, Poor Country