A prize-winning bush poet takes the stage at a country festival ball, where long …
Keeping The Verse Alive
Keeping The Verse Alive
Keeping The Verse Alive is Country Campfire's bush poetry preservation project, giving Australian bush poetry a permanent home online. Poems remain the work and property of their original authors and are shared with permission.
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A pricey Brahman bull, a mysterious potion and a farmyard cat make for a …
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From the quiet of a truck cab, Scott Farquhar reflects on the black dog, …
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Old Bluey has spent a lifetime in the shearing sheds—or so he tells a …
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A routine trip to the milking shed becomes a bruising battle of wills between …
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Red dust, aching bones and the call of the Outback shape this reflective poem …
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Geoff Bagman takes us from childhood dreams of space and the spell of Woodstock …
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From drought and dusty farms to rain-filled waterways and wildflowers, David J Delaney celebrates …
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A lonely gate, a pitch-black Top End night and fifty-three metres that feel much …
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A reflective poem about loving the Australian bush from afar, imagining its sounds, wildlife …
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A sharp, humorous portrait of a station loafer whose thirst, opinions and talent for …
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Geoff Bagman takes us from a forgotten box of goon at the back of …
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A solemn bush poem about Aboriginal Australian trackers sent to the Boer War, the …
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Three swaggering larrikins go looking for trouble on Fitzroy Street — and discover one …
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Narelle Stoll’s bush poem “Number 24” honours Norwegian resistance hero Gunnar Sønsteby and the …
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A warm, humorous true story of railway-yard larrikins, rum barrels and a secret club …
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An old farmer’s new AI potato picker turns one paddock into a whirlwind of …
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A backyard still, a pair of guzzunders and one stormy night turn a grubby …
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A city slicker walks into the Lake Boga Hotel with fifteen hundred dollars and …
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A rooster with endless energy, a laid-back bull and a colourful mob of country …
