Paul Warren Poems

In a country town the word gets around
What is the latest word to be found?
He was a shabby one starting to push past forty
From the bush he wasn’t that smart or hoity-toity
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We were cadets who as part of the training went
To the Adelaide Hills in hiking and compass sent
Dropped from Echunga to find our way back
The groups of four were walking by map a fact
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What makes courage for all to see?
Is it doing something against the odds that be
When what ever happens chances are
You would not survive or get very far
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It didn’t seem to be different on that night
When the scientists thought it would be right
To add another second to the end of the day
So that night and day would align to stay
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Did you hear the news?
As everyone gave their views
Do you know what happened?
It was his son who used the weapon
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What a funny word where Australian is said
When thinking that the truth may be only half read
And it is not really true but maybe you'll see
So when it is put together it could possibly be
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The truth is what happened for all to see
Then the lawyers get to it and work it to be
The rules made it into the facts to be followed
And see what's admissible for the court to be swallowed
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So I finally decided to read the instructions on the page
It seemed that you needed to be a Star Wars sage
The wording was done by Master Yoda to say
An example was ‘On the floor the parts to lay'
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I wonder if fate is the hunter for us all
Should we just wait and see what’s the call?
If the fates will control where each of us end
And we all have matters for us to contend
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The Anzac was known in the Great War
As a fierce warrior who knew the score
By 1918 at the end of the war as a seasoned soldier
Whose attacking moves were always much bolder
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