Junior Almanac – Footy Days (“My Country” added verse)

August 14, 2015 by 5 Comments

Footy days (Dorothea Mackellar’s “My Country” with added verse)

 

by Abby Lennon (Aged 10)

 

 

I love a sunburnt country,

A land of sweeping plains,

Of ragged mountain ranges,

Of droughts and flooding rains.

I love her far horizons,

I love her jewel-sea, Her beauty and her terror – The wide brown land for me!

 

I love the roaring crowds,

As the Aussies score some goals.

Sliding through the mud,

As the ball bounces off the poles.

I love my footy days,

I love the way we try.

Teamwork and co-operation,

Exhausted, we say goodbye.

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Comments

  1. Sasha says
    August 14, 2015 at 12:39 pm

    Classic! Well done Abby!

  2. Frances Lennon says
    August 14, 2015 at 4:33 pm

    Well done Abby!
    Another poet in the family. :-)
    A great verse, and so Australian too.

    Hugs, Gran. xoxoxo

  3. Lisa Lennon says
    August 14, 2015 at 5:15 pm

    Awesome work Abs. Xx

  4. Cat from the Country says
    August 15, 2015 at 11:11 pm

    Keep writing poetry Abby. You have talent

  5. Yvette Wroby says
    August 16, 2015 at 9:35 am

    Well done, fabulous poetry

    Yvette

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