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 DAN
SHEAHAN’S “SONGS OF THE CANEFIELDS” REVISITED
GOD
BLESS OUR POET DAN SHEAHAN THE “SONGS OF THE CANEFIELDS” I’VE GOT
DID
BRING ME SUCH JOY IN READING IT – OVER AGAIN AND A
LOT
BRINGING
IT BACK TO INGHAM LIBRARY – I DAMN NEARLY FORGOT
I
WOULD READ ME A VERSE OR TWO – BESIDE MY BED IT WOULD STAY
IT
BOUGHT ME GREAT PLEASURE IMMENSELY ITS HISTORY SHOWING ME THE WAY
‘TWAS
A RARE FIND LIKE NO OTHER BOOK THAT I HAVE EVER FOUND
HISTORY
OF OUR PIONEERING DAYS ENCASED WITH HUMOUR ABOUND
‘TWAS
A PLEASURE TO READ AND LEARN IN POETRY OUR HISTORY
NOW
LOOKING BACK AND LOOKING FORWARD FOR ALL OF US TO SEE
OUR
RAGING RIVERS ON OUR ROADS STILL FLOODING AND COMING IN SO FAST
‘TIS
A CENTURY LATER THAT THEY ARE PROMISING NOW TO FIX OUR ROADS AT LAST
HERE
IN
QUEENSLAND
WE ARE ALWAYS LACKING FOR US NOTHING EVER THEY DID
AGAIN
THE SPIRIT OF THE BUSH CAME IN ELECTION LOOMING NOW PROMISING TO BRING
OUT THE QUID
THEY’RE
ALL HERE VYING FOR OUR VOTES – THAT NEVER BEFORE DID COUNT
THROUGH
CYCLONES AND DEVASTATIONS THROUGH RAGING RIVERS AND DROUGHT
HERE
ON THE LAND WE’RE FARMING OUR POETIC HISTORY A CENTURY CYCLE DID TURN
THERE
IN HIS BOOK FOR EVERYONE TO READ – OUR FATE FROM IT’S CONTENTS I DID
DISCERN
SO
THANK YOU DAN SHEAHAN YOUR BOOK IS WORTH MORE THAN THE PUREST GOLD
YOUR
VERSES ABOUT OUR FLOODING ROADS WERE ALREADY NOTED AND TOLD
SO
RAISE YOUR GLASSES TO OUR DAN SHAEAHAN WITH A HIP HIP HOORAY
HIS
POETRY HAS INSPIRED ME TO TURN AROUND OUR HISTORY AND BRING THIS TO THE
LIGHT OF DAY
NOW
POETIC JUSTICE IS LOOMING IT’S COME FROM BEHIND TO THE FORE
OUR
POETRY AND OUR JUSTICE HAS AGAIN COME TO THE OPEN DOOR
MAY
OUR POETRY AND HOUR HISTORY LAST THROUGH MANY A
QUEENSLAND
’S ROAR
SHOWING
THAT THE POETIC PEN IS STRONGER THAN THE SWORD.
©HELENA
PIOTROWSKI, INGHAM, AUSTRALIA
30/09/2007
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