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In this first collection of James Aitchison's poetry, the reader will venture from parody and satire to an examination of grief and isolation. Aitchison's Australian sketches evoke our landscapes. Finally, his healing, philosophical poetry has been described as "sublime".
Aitchison's poetry is frequently published in Australia, the UK, and the USA.
Aitchison's poetry is frequently published in Australia, the UK, and the USA.
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On Boat People and other poems - James Aitchison
On boat people
Omar and his family went to sea
In a beautiful pea green boat.
They paid their fare to a man, it is said,
Who promised them it would float.
They all looked up at the stars above
And sang to a small sitar,
"Oh Australia! Oh Australia!
What a beautiful country you are,
What a beautiful country you are."
When their boat ran afoul in the ocean vast
They radioed their distress,
Along came the Navy and delivered them
To a rather strange address.
They were locked away for a year and a day
In the land where the Abbott tree grows,
Until in a wood a Gillard stood
With bright red hair and a nose,
With bright red hair and a nose.
I’m sending you to Malaysia,
she
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