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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.8.4 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:05:54 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Poets Corner</title><subtitle>Poets Corner</subtitle><id>http://swampnews.squarespace.com/poets-corner/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://swampnews.squarespace.com/poets-corner/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://swampnews.squarespace.com/poets-corner/atom.xml"/><updated>2007-05-20T01:02:33Z</updated><generator uri="http://www.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace Site Server v5.8.4 (http://www.squarespace.com/)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>Amalgamation</title><id>http://swampnews.squarespace.com/poets-corner/2007/5/20/amalgamation.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://swampnews.squarespace.com/poets-corner/2007/5/20/amalgamation.html"/><author><name>Darren E</name></author><published>2007-05-20T01:01:01Z</published><updated>2007-05-20T01:01:01Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-AU"><![CDATA[YOU need to stop and listen, and YOU need to work it through,
When you seek amalgamation do NOT make another blue –
We are the ones who suffer. Do YOU understand our plight?
We the people of the country employ YOU to get it right.
]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Wildlife Warriors: It's time</title><id>http://swampnews.squarespace.com/poets-corner/2006/11/28/wildlife-warriors-its-time.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://swampnews.squarespace.com/poets-corner/2006/11/28/wildlife-warriors-its-time.html"/><author><name>stevem</name></author><published>2006-11-28T00:21:10Z</published><updated>2006-11-28T00:21:10Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-AU"><![CDATA[Yeah, it&#8217;s time to stop the slaughter of our native land
No more telling lies, drawing lines in the sand
Maybe we didn&#8217;t know but surely now it&#8217;s underhand
No more crocodile tears, did he die in vain
Did he make us cry, did he suffer all his pain
So we could knock it down again and again and again
]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Recollections of the Mary River</title><id>http://swampnews.squarespace.com/poets-corner/2006/9/29/recollections-of-the-mary-river.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://swampnews.squarespace.com/poets-corner/2006/9/29/recollections-of-the-mary-river.html"/><author><name>stevem</name></author><published>2006-09-29T03:19:03Z</published><updated>2006-09-29T03:19:03Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-AU"><![CDATA[&#8220;I saw dry lightning storms start a big fire at Cooran Mountain which spread to Cooroy and then re-burnt the whole area in four days supported by a swift south east wind. I also saw extensive flooding of the Mary River and Six Mile Creek. This caused so much mud in the river that it killed all the Cod Fish-enough of them to line the bridge in Cooran on both sides from end to end, followed again by more droughts,&#8221; said Vern.
]]></summary></entry><entry><title>The Crocodiles are Crying</title><id>http://swampnews.squarespace.com/poets-corner/2006/9/22/the-crocodiles-are-crying.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://swampnews.squarespace.com/poets-corner/2006/9/22/the-crocodiles-are-crying.html"/><author><name>stevem</name></author><published>2006-09-21T21:32:23Z</published><updated>2006-09-21T21:32:23Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-AU"><![CDATA[Rupert McCall's Tribute to Steve Irwin]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Dammed Beavers</title><category term="Dam related songs"/><id>http://swampnews.squarespace.com/poets-corner/2006/9/17/dammed-beavers.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://swampnews.squarespace.com/poets-corner/2006/9/17/dammed-beavers.html"/><author><name>stevem</name></author><published>2006-09-17T06:56:30Z</published><updated>2006-09-17T06:56:30Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-AU"><![CDATA[The state of Michigan threatened local beavers with a $10,000 per day fine for failing to remove their dam.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>These Uncertain Times</title><category term="Dam related songs"/><id>http://swampnews.squarespace.com/poets-corner/2006/9/17/these-uncertain-times.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://swampnews.squarespace.com/poets-corner/2006/9/17/these-uncertain-times.html"/><author><name>stevem</name></author><published>2006-09-17T00:06:51Z</published><updated>2006-09-17T00:06:51Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-AU"><![CDATA[They called a public meeting down the shire hall
Something the local member wants to tell us all
Seems the government has come up with a rescue plan
He wants to show us their proposal for a great big dam
And where we are now will be fifty feet below
Ah wouldn’t you know these uncertain times]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Dirty Dams, Done Dirt Cheap</title><category term="Darren's poems"/><id>http://swampnews.squarespace.com/poets-corner/2006/9/16/dirty-dams-done-dirt-cheap.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://swampnews.squarespace.com/poets-corner/2006/9/16/dirty-dams-done-dirt-cheap.html"/><author><name>stevem</name></author><published>2006-09-15T22:13:00Z</published><updated>2006-09-15T22:13:00Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-AU"><![CDATA[If you're havin' trouble with Queensland Health,
It's givin' you the blues
You wanna switch focus to somethin' else,
And get it off the News.
Just Propose a Dam, even if it's a sham,
Up Mary Valley way,
No-one's gonna care what they think,
They don't vote Labour anyway!

REFRAIN
Dirty dams - Done Dirt Cheap!
Dirty dams - Done Dirt Cheap!
Dirty dams - Done Dirt Cheap!
(Dirty dams and they're done dirt cheap)
(Dirty dams and they're done dirt cheap)]]></summary></entry><entry><title>We Will Stop You</title><category term="Darren's poems"/><id>http://swampnews.squarespace.com/poets-corner/2006/9/16/we-will-stop-you.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://swampnews.squarespace.com/poets-corner/2006/9/16/we-will-stop-you.html"/><author><name>stevem</name></author><published>2006-09-15T22:09:36Z</published><updated>2006-09-15T22:09:36Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-AU"><![CDATA[We Will Stop You
[Stomp Stomp Clap!]
[Stomp Stomp Clap!]
[Stomp Stomp Clap!]

Beattie you were a boy, makin big noise
Playin in the back bench, be a big man some day
You got a Mo&#8217; onya face
You big disgrace
Kickin your can all over the place

WE WILL WE WILL STOP YOU!
[Stomp Stomp Clap!]
WE WILL WE WILL STOP YOU!
[Stomp Stomp Clap!]
]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Save the Mary River</title><category term="Krystie Morrison"/><id>http://swampnews.squarespace.com/poets-corner/2006/9/16/save-the-mary-river.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://swampnews.squarespace.com/poets-corner/2006/9/16/save-the-mary-river.html"/><author><name>stevem</name></author><published>2006-09-15T22:01:06Z</published><updated>2006-09-15T22:01:06Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-AU"><![CDATA[What good is a dam, if there's no rain?
What good is a track, if there's no train?
What good's a balloon, if there's no hot air?
What good are our leaders, if they just don't care?]]></summary></entry><entry><title>The Platypus</title><category term="Rev Watt"/><id>http://swampnews.squarespace.com/poets-corner/2006/9/16/the-platypus.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://swampnews.squarespace.com/poets-corner/2006/9/16/the-platypus.html"/><author><name>stevem</name></author><published>2006-09-15T21:58:13Z</published><updated>2006-09-15T21:58:13Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-AU"><![CDATA[I saw a platypus this morning.
I have seen them before but never so late, it was nearly lunch.
Gliding in canoe, I spy the creatures glistening brown and black.
In a fresh world of beauty she lies, the fish and turtles below.
Iridescently flashing a kingfisher deducts one fish,
All busy feeding in a valley, blue and green.

O God its so gorgeous, so full of life.]]></summary></entry></feed>