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And talking about multiculturalism?

There's an interesting program on TV this evening_
"Australia in Colour," Chanel 34 (NITV) at 7.30pm
How Modern Australia grew out of a drunken penal colony.
Posted by Foxy, Tuesday, 5 July 2022 10:49:13 AM
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How many of you know about NAIDOC Week.
It started life as National Aboriginal Week.
And has become so much more.
This year its from 3 - 10 of July.

I've re-written parts of the previous poem:

The land down under we are told
Was simply stolen and not sold
It began its life as a white-man's land
When British Crims landed on its sand

The penal colony was really rough
It had to be 'cause life was tough
Its native people had no say
They were meant to die and go away

Then new people came from all the lands
They settled here and made things grand
But to this day there are some who still want to see
A return to the past of futility

A return to the past should never be
Unless we share all of our history
Because our nation's strength is so diverse
Yet to which there's some who are still adverse

There's enough in this land for us all to share
But to make it work we need pollies who care
They need to adopt a whole new view
Which through bad and good times will see us through

If we are to continue to live and prosper
Pride in us all we need to foster
We need to acknowledge our true history
And not shroud the truth in fantasy
Make us the nation that we should be
A prosperous diverse country - girthed by sea!
Posted by Foxy, Tuesday, 5 July 2022 2:55:54 PM
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Foxy,
Just to shew you that I read and appreciate your doggerel;

“A return to the past should never be
Unless we show all our history
Because our nation’s strength is so diverse
Yet to which there are some who are still adverse.”

You really ought to have used “averse” instead of “adverse”.

Not good for one who holds a Master’s to make such a basic mistake in English.
Posted by Is Mise, Thursday, 7 July 2022 7:31:48 PM
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Is Mise,

I purposely did not use the milder term of averse.
which just means a dislike of something. I deliberately
chose the stronger term to indicate that these people were acting
against - and were having a negative and harmful effect -

In any case it was my preference - and my choice.
It should not concern you.
Posted by Foxy, Friday, 8 July 2022 9:44:11 AM
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Is Mise,

I don't think in terms of prose
For me that's a style that's on the nose
I prefer rhymes that jingle
Words that are fun and make folks tingle

So please don't brush it off as doggerel
You seem unaware that it's often mockable
A Shakespeare is not what I'm trying to be
More a Roald Dahl - don't you see?
Posted by Foxy, Friday, 8 July 2022 1:20:29 PM
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Is Mise,

Here we go - I've improved it just for you:

I don't think in terms of prose
For me that's a style that's on the nose
I prefer rhymes that jingle
Words that are fun and make folks tingle

So please don't brush it off as doggerel
Stop behaving like a pesky cockerel
A Shakespeare is not what I'm trying to be
More a Roald Dahl - don't you see?
Posted by Foxy, Friday, 8 July 2022 1:56:46 PM
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