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y separately published work icon Wattle and Tall Eucalypts: A Quantum of Verse selected work   poetry   satire   humour  
Issue Details: First known date: 1990... 1990 Wattle and Tall Eucalypts: A Quantum of Verse
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Aspley, Aspley - Zillmere - Carseldine area, Brisbane - North East, Brisbane, Queensland,:Arthur Green , 1990 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Those Shouts are Rather Graphici""I wish you'd let me drive please, Dad", Arthur Green , single work poetry humour (p. 29)
Alicia in the Morningi"Come - time to wake up, sleepyhead,", Arthur Green , single work poetry humour (p. 30)
Cornflakes Don't Require Two Handsi"Come on Alicia, out of bed,", Arthur Green , single work poetry humour (p. 31)
The Invisible Snakei"Our silky bailed a snake up once,", Arthur Green , single work poetry humour (p. 32)
Red for In-Betweeeni"My dad is always missing out", Arthur Green , single work poetry (p. 33)
That's Him, that's Taffy's Fatheri""You really think they'll read that stuff?"", Arthur Green , single work poetry humour (p. 34)
Supercannotbewithoutessentialannuation (with Apologies to Mary Poppins)i"Once upon a long ago, back when I was young,", Arthur Green , single work poetry satire (p. 36)
"Big Don" The Tomi"Small pools of lamplight, in streets after midnight,", Arthur Green , single work poetry (p. 37)
Innocencei""Daddy -", Arthur Green , single work poetry (p. 38)
Eighty Years Youngi"How do you value a lifetime of love?", Arthur Green , single work poetry (p. 39)
Memoriesi"Sometimes when I'm sitting", Arthur Green , single work poetry (p. 40)
My Soni"You contain all our hopes for the future,", Arthur Green , single work poetry (p. 41)
Our Daughteri"Widely accepted, a fact few would challenge,", Arthur Green , single work poetry (p. 42)
Inspirationi"Poetry's like a jigsaw puzzle,", Arthur Green , single work poetry (p. 43-44)
Bullai"I think I was four", Arthur Green , single work poetry (p. 45-46)
The First Day of Schooli"Are you one of those", Arthur Green , single work poetry (p. 47)
The Twins' Twenty-Firsti"I've been handed the chore,", Arthur Green , single work poetry (p. 48-49)
Dougiei""Dougie is dead" - and the room fades away,", Arthur Green , single work poetry (p. 50)
Too Late for Returningi"Just a sun-weathered shack by the foreshore,", Arthur Green , single work poetry (p. 51)
Wendyi"There's a scent of salt air clinging", Arthur Green , single work poetry (p. 52)
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