Chairman Dan

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Australian poet, Chairman Dan, Dan Andrews links to Communist China, Dan Andrews Premier of Victoria, limerick, Limerick poem, Limerick poetry, poem, poetry, Victoriastan

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐃𝐚𝐧

Here’s a tribute to brave Chairman Dan;
He’s the pride of Victoriastan.
Call him: “Boof Head! Jug Ears!” —
He’s immune to all smears!
He’s our leader! Our hero! Our man!

— D.N. O’Brien

The Viral Solution

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Australian poet, bats, Covid19 crisis, limerick, Limerick poem, Limerick poetry, poem, poetry, Viruses, WuFlu crisis

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

They are basically aerial rats,
And they plaster the world with their scats.
They are full of disease,
And they do as they please.
I suggest we exterminate bats.

— D.N. O’Brien

Made in China

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Australian poet, Australian slingshot, poem, poetry, Rhyming couplets, Shanghai, shanghai slingshot

𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚

I bought a shanghai from Shanghai.
It backfired and took out my eye!

— D.N. O’Brien

Don Trump

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Australian poet, Corona Virus, G.K. Chesterton, Hubei China, Lepanto, poem, poetry, Wuhan China, Wuhan Virus

𝐃𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩

{With apologies to G.K. Chesterton}

Dull day dawning in the markets of Hubei.
The word is out that they have closed;
The word is but a lie.
The cages hold the civet cats, the snakes spit with forked tongues,
And in the soup are floating bats with microbes in their lungs.
The mice for mince, the rabid rats, the feral frogs ferment;
The viruses invisible, they coat the wet cement.
And they’ve been warned and they’ve been warned, and they’ve been warned before,
And Don Trump of over-there is tired of blood and gore.
A threat to all the kingdom, and a threat he can’t ignore,
And Don Trump of over-there is settling a score.
They’re poisoning the innocent — they’re poisoning the poor,
And Don Trump of over-there is marching off to war.

— D.N. O’Brien

My Unwanted (Straight) Rainbow

A WordPress Straight Rainbow Header

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Australian poet, limerick, Limerick poem, Limerick poetry, poem, poetry, Wordpress rainbow header strip

My site has a colourful strip
At the top, and it gives me the pip.
I didn’t ask for it,
And frankly deplore it;
I wish I could give it the snip.

{Is this on all WordPress sites?}

Another Logical Log

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Australian poet, Congress log-jam, Donald Trump, limerick, Limerick poem, Obstructionist Democrats, poem, poetry, U.S. Immigration reform

He’s trying to clean up the mess.
He’s got to keep trying I guess.
At least he can dream;
He’ll send it downstream,
Where it will get jammed by Congress.

U.S. Immigration reform

Canada Calling

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Australian poet, limerick, Limerick poem, Limerick poetry, poem, poetry

I’m off to the great land of snow;
Of Barenaked Ladies – Trudeau.
Of Mounties, ice-hockey;
Of peaks high and rocky,
Where moose bellow, and blizzards blow.

Where people freeze most of the year,
But are, so they say, of good cheer.
Where beavers are hairy
And grizzly bears scary.
(It’s mainly the beavers I fear.)

I’ll fit in quite well – so I’m told.
It’s much like Australia but cold.
The folk are no fatter;
Our mountains are flatter;
They’ve more maple syrup – less gold.

Yes, Canada’s calling to me,
Like that old Nelson Eddy movie.
It’s a love song I’m hearing;
Soon I will be peering
At Canada’s fine scenery.

{back in a few weeks}

First

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Australian poet, Australian traditional poetry, poem, poetry

Go forth brother and clear the way,
As you did for me when we both were young.
On your final journey you leave this day,
As the prayers are said and the bells are rung.

Long ago at the front you led,
And made as we trekked, here and there a mark,
To guide us back to a leafy bed:
A chevron white, on a tree’s brown bark.

Blaze a trail to the great unknown,
And on each trunk carve an arrowhead;
So if by then it be overgrown,
I will see the scars, and your path I’ll tread.

{In memory of Danny Allen O’Brien Warrant Officer class 1 27/04/1947 – 29/05/2016 R.I.P.}

Ye Banks and Braes – Aidan O’Brien

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Australian guitarist, Celtic Music, finger-style guitar, Guitar music, Music, Ye Banks and Braes - Aidan O'Brien