Dawn Fraser Poem by Francis Duggan

Dawn Fraser the champion swimmer she is looking old
In the swimming pool a three times winner of Olympic Gold
One of the World's greatest swimmers when she was in her prime
But that is going back many decades in time

A World swimming legend of the fifties and sixties and a legend today
Dawn Fraser is aging in a graceful way
She does not wear makeup her hair it is gray
And that she is not conceited of her it would seem fair to say

Australia's greatest swimmer one might say arguably
In three Olympic one hundred meters freestyle finals she swam to victory
The Amazing Dawn created her own history
A renowned Olympian as most would agree

Though time on her it is beginning to tell
For one of her years she is looking quite well
A sporting icon of Australia and renowned Worldwide
True greatness of her it cannot be denied.