[Editor: Extracts from the “Talk of the town” column, published in The Mail (Adelaide), 6 June 1942.] Talk of the town * Sharpening Blades The shortage of safety razor blades, which has put many men on a one-razor-blade-a-week basis, has led many to experiment with various sharpening devices. There is nothing new in the idea […]
To a Sea Curlew [poem by John Shaw Neilson, 1942]
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[Editor: A poem by John Shaw Neilson. Published in the Jindyworobak Anthology, 1942.] To a Sea Curlew Unwanted, uninvited, supercilious — Such impudence I have not heard before. Your constant invitation to be bilious Insults me to the core. Luckily your cowardice is not contagious, I have heard such from immigrants before. Our own birds […]
The Sundowner [poem by John Shaw Neilson]
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[Editor: A poem by John Shaw Neilson. Published in Beauty Imposes: Some Recent Verse (1938) and the Jindyworobak Anthology, 1942.] John Shaw Neilson The Sundowner I know not when this tiresome man With his shrewd, sable billy-can And his unwashed democracy His boomed-up pilgrimage began. Sometimes he wandered far outback On a precarious tucker track; […]
Anzacs [poem, 28 April 1942]
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Anzacs When you look back through the ages, Turning over history’s pages, You’ll find brave deeds of men In every war; But no breed of man looms bigger, Than the rough and ready Digger — My hat’s off to the Anzacs, It’s those guys I’m speaking for. The above poem was written by a corporal […]
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