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๐†๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐“๐ก๐š๐ง๐ค๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐„๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ญ

12 Friday May 2023

Posted by Dennis N. O'Brien in War

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Australian poet, limerick, poem, poetry

๐†๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ย ๐“๐ก๐š๐ง๐ค๐ฌ ย ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐“๐ก๐ž ย ๐„๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง ย ๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ญ

Who tied up the Nazis in knots?

Who fired, and who took the most shots?

Who smashed the most tanks?

(It wasnโ€™t the Yanks)

No, it was the Russians you clots!

โ€” D.N. Oโ€™Brien

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐Œ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐“๐š๐ง๐ค

12 Friday May 2023

Posted by Dennis N. O'Brien in War

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Australian poet, Formal poetry, limerick, poem, poetry

๐“๐ก๐ž ย ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ ย ๐Œ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ย ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ย ๐“๐š๐ง๐ค

Our tank, it did not have a flaw,

But we donโ€™t have to think any more,

About whom we will fight,

What is wrong, what is right;

We just follow the Yanks into war.

โ€” D.N. Oโ€™Brien

๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ญ

26 Wednesday Apr 2023

Posted by Dennis N. O'Brien in Observation, War

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AUKUS alliance, Australian poet, Formal poetry, Neutral Australia, poem, poetry

๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ญ

Forget them all โ€” theyโ€™ve gone to Hell.

Old cherished friends? Theyโ€™ve gone as well.

Forget alliances with fools

Whoโ€™ve broken all the golden rules.

Forget old comrades, they are dead.

Forget the past, and all they said.

Cut off the chains โ€” lest pull us down

These pirates when their galleys drown.

Yes, free us from the deathly grip

Of foreign armour, plane, and ship.

Weโ€™ve paid the price for their mistakes;

Cast off these phonies โ€” they are fakes!

They are not what they were before:

They talk of peace, but whisper: โ€œwarโ€.

Trust not in liars โ€” trust our sea;

Prepare for our neutrality.

โ€” D.N. Oโ€™Brien

๐€๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐†๐ข๐š๐ซ๐š๐›๐ฎ๐›

26 Wednesday Apr 2023

Posted by Dennis N. O'Brien in War

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Australian poet, Formal poetry, poem, poetry

๐€๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐†๐ข๐š๐ซ๐š๐›๐ฎ๐›

Over silent sons blows the desert dust.
Over guns long stilled โ€” over riflesโ€™ rust.
To a sacred God the Sirocco moans
Of the sacrifice โ€” of the shared bleached bones,
Where the Roman raised a defiant hand,
And is buried deep, neath a shroud of sand.

Was a victory โ€” a first glimpse of Hell,
As a battle won โ€” as a fortress fell
By an emerald grove and a sapphire jewel
In the great Sahara โ€” a precious pool.

And the ones who fought and the ones who died
They have met perhaps on the other side โ€”
The Australian boys from across the sea;
The reluctant soldiers of Italy.

โ€” D.N. Oโ€™Brien

(Photo is of the Australians of 18th Brigade 7th Div 2nd AIF raising their colours over the fortress of Giarabub March 1941.)

๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ

17 Monday Apr 2023

Posted by Dennis N. O'Brien in General, Observation

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Australian poet, First Nations, Formal poetry, poem, poetry, Triolet

๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ย ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ

First Nations? So how were these states defined?

By boundaries, by government, by laws?

By hordes and bands and tribes all intertwined?

First Nations? So how were these states defined?

By armies forcefully? By treaties signed?

By victories hard-won in bloody wars?

 First Nations? So how were these states defined?

By boundaries, by government, by laws?

โ€” D.N. Oโ€™Brien

๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ

11 Tuesday Apr 2023

Posted by Dennis N. O'Brien in Observation

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Australian poet, Formal poetry, poem, poetry, Soviet Union

๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ

The Soviets destroyed nobility.

The savages rose up to take control โ€”

Harnessed the rest to serve futility;

And twenty million was the final toll.

โ€” D.N. Oโ€™Brien

๐“๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ž ๐’๐ฎ๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ซ

11 Tuesday Apr 2023

Posted by Dennis N. O'Brien in Uncategorized

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Australian poet, Dalai Lama, Formal poetry, limerick, Limerick poem, Limerick poetry, poem, poetry

๐“๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ž ย ๐’๐ฎ๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ซ

Some Lama is now in the news.

It seems that he has some loose screws.

He did what? I see!

Well sonny if he

Says โ€œSuck on my tongue!โ€ Just refuse.

โ€” D.N. Oโ€™Brien

๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ-๐——๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป! ๐—ข๐—ฟ?

10 Monday Apr 2023

Posted by Dennis N. O'Brien in Satire, Sonnet

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Australian poet, poem, poetry, sonnet, Spenserian sonnet

๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ-๐——๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป! ๐—ข๐—ฟ?

Lock-down! Raise up the drawbridge, bolt the doors!

A tiny army marches from the East!

Weโ€™re in for the most virulent of wars โ€”

A million billion casualties at least!

This microscopic foe expects to feast

Upon the huddled masses of the West.

But we will stay locked-down till he has ceased

His dirty depredations โ€” till this pest

Has gone back to the oriental nest

Whence he did spring. Behind our walls weโ€™ll hide,

A great and noble sacrifice! A test!

A dreadful siege, an enemy defied!

Alternatively, live โ€” ignore distortions;

Remembering to take all due precautions.

โ€” D.N. Oโ€™Brien

๐Œ๐š๐๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ง๐š

09 Sunday Apr 2023

Posted by Dennis N. O'Brien in Humour

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Australian poet, Formal poetry, limerick, poem, poetry, Shanghai

๐Œ๐š๐๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ง๐š

I bought a shanghai from Shanghai.

It backfired and took out my eye!

(Shanghai โ€” Australian sling-shot)

โ€” D.N. Oโ€™Brien

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ญ ๐“๐š๐ค๐ž๐ฌ

08 Saturday Apr 2023

Posted by Dennis N. O'Brien in War

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Australian poet, Bucha Ukraine, Formal poetry, poem, poetry, Russo /Ukraine war, War crimes

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ญ ๐“๐š๐ค๐ž๐ฌ

Who benefits from crimes of war?

Well not the Russians โ€” thatโ€™s for sure.

Who profits from civilians slain?

I wouldnโ€™t dare suggest……Ukraine?

โ€” D.N. Oโ€™Brien

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