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Great odes...

 
 
astrojax69
04:57 / 14.06.05
not mine, but a recent conversation brought it back the other day and i have to share it - from one of my best friends, sadly now in oxford (while i am not!)

a great australian tribute - can there be a more nationalistic ode in all lterature?:


ode to my ute

o, ute!
you are so beaut
i cruise in you
to pull a root.


[sob... tears to my eye every time i hear it. so beautiful...]

thanks tgl!


(i recall, fondly, a three hour [!!] dinner conversation with four lit grads, a lawyer and a mental health advocate dissecting this gem - o the essay we should have written!)
 
 
Lord Morgue
15:43 / 13.07.05
This here's the wattle
the emblem of our land
you can stick it in a bottle
or you can hold it in your hand.

There was a great Bicentennial anthem by the D-Generation called "Australia's Got A Big One", I'll post the lyrics if I can find my copy of "The Bumper Book of Aussie Heroes".
 
 
Jack Denfeld
14:42 / 14.07.05
America, we are so great,
we'll make you lots of lots of steak
 
  
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