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Short Australian Poems

Short Australian Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Australian by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Australian by length and keyword.


Premium Member Bushland Celebrity
free-roaming feral
Australian mob of brumbies-
Snowy River man...

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© Mark Toney  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: australian, celebrity, film, horse, world,
Form: Haiku



Premium Member Clerihew Nolan
Australian Sydney Nolan
of whom many were a fan
Such a distinctive style
desert landscape mile upon mile...

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Categories: australian, art, people, poetry,
Form: Clerihew
My Australian Story
Noah's Ark
floundered at Mount Arapiles
laboured through Horsham,
Stawell and Ararat
run aground at Mount Ararat....

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Categories: australian, dream,
Form: Free verse
Morality
ROBERT SHERRIFF - AUSTRALIAN - POET -AUTHOR - SINGER - ACTOR - AMERICAN HISTORIAN – PHOTOGRAPHER

Morality keeps a child pure
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Categories: australian, beauty, bible, child, christian, god, heaven, jesus,
Form: Spoken Word
Down Under Does Something
Ukrainian soldiers will fight
The Russians by day and by night
They don't need sleep
Because they keep
Chewing Australian Vegemite...

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Categories: australian, food,
Form: Limerick



Premium Member tour guide
an australian tour guides slang

when confronted by a gang

better not be bold

and get home when told

or mate you get boomerang.
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Categories: australian, abuse, anti bullying, bullying, giggle, holiday, humor,
Form: Limerick
The Australian Kiss
Have you heard of a brand new bliss
An Australian Kiss is the wonder
It's just exactly like a French kiss
Except for the fact it's "down under"...

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© Pat Adams  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: australian, funny love, games, kiss,
Form: Rhyme
Rug B
The All Blacks played Australian Rules
Maori men against young fools
Butt a stroke of luck
In a muddy ruck
Quite promptly diminished their tools...

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Categories: australian, sports, word play,
Form: Limerick
No Title
Gym exercise
 burnt calories
 Tim Tams reward


Tim Tams are an Australian favorite chocolate covered cookie, with all different creamy centers....

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Categories: australian, chocolate,
Form: Haiku
crocodile
ROBERT SHERRIFF - AUSTRALIAN - POET -AUTHOR - SINGER - ACTOR - AMERICAN HISTORIAN – PHOTOGRAPHER

He who feeds the crocodile will always get eaten last
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Categories: australian, child, education, friendship love, gothic, humanity, identity,
Form: Burlesque
Beyond Mad Max
Beyond Mad Max

Australian actor Mel
Phoned his wife to give her hell.
Unknown to Gibson she recorded his rant
And we all got to hear his unholy chant....

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Categories: australian, anger, celebrity, marriage,
Form: Clerihew
Absence
Love sometimes remains 
Like a fierce pain in a limb
 Severed long ago



Published in the 2012 - Spring Issue of " Paper Wasp"- An Australian journal of Haiku....

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Categories: australian, angst, depression, loss, lost love, love, nostalgia,
Form: Haiku
ROBERT SHERRIFF - Lennon
ROBERT SHERRIFF - AUSTRALIAN - POET -AUTHOR - SINGER - ACTOR - AMERICAN HISTORIAN – PHOTOGRAPHER

Lennon

9/11 happened because of Lennon

RLS 4/10/2024
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Categories: australian, america, death, evil, funeral, god, grave,
Form: Elegy
Australian Tour
On my bike, fifteen gears by derailleur
I set off on my trip round Australia
But the weather was hot 
Blisters grew on my bot
So the journey became quite a failure...

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© John Fenn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: australian, funny
Form: Limerick
The Australian Seasons
Blessed are the Seasons that come and go
Summer days of rapture on hot burning sand
Blessed is Mother Nature as passions flow
Warmed by the sun pulsating savage land...

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Categories: australian, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Peace
ROBERT SHERRIFF - AUSTRALIAN - POET -AUTHOR - SINGER - ACTOR - AMERICAN HISTORIAN – PHOTOGRAPHER

Peace

I have made my peace with God
But not mankind

RLS 4/10/2024
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Categories: australian, age, beautiful, blessing, care, character, christian, god,
Form: Shape
Aussie Men
Sometimes I think that I know all there is 
But there’s some things that just make me wonder
If Australian men are so brash over here
Are they really that cocky down under?...

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© John Fenn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: australian, funny
Form: Light Verse
Australian Opal
Ruby’s red
Sapphire’s blue
Emerald’s green
October’s birthstone flashes all



Huberta van Akkeren
Thursday, 10 April 2014
Nette Onclaud’s competition:  Just ten words...

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Categories: australian, nature,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member They Speak Australian In Heaven
There I was standing at the Pearly Gates
I was so excited to learn my fate
   First, they sat me down
   On my head a crown
Then the question ~ What are your pronouns, mate?!...

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Categories: australian, fate, gender, heaven, humor, identity, language,
Form: Limerick
Australian Mysteries -Haiku-
There are mysteries on the island down under very intriguing. Copyright © Cynthia Jones July.26/2007 I have a few mysteries to tell you about Australia.
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Categories: australian, imagery, inspiration, july, mystery, poetry,
Form: Haiku
Robert Sherriff care
Robert Sherriff-Australian - Actor-Model-Poet- Author-Singer- Historian -Photographer 

care

God does not distinguish based on country or language; we are all His children. Amen.”
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Categories: australian, god,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Stinky Koalas
Koalas called Joeys are marsupials Was told they sure don't smell like petunias An Australian lady Said they smell like feces Will take her word for it, though dubious
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Categories: australian, animal,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member An Australian Pug
An Australian pug so loves prawn
she could munch it from evening ‘till dawn
It’s called shrimp, silly Aussie
yaps a Yank borzoi quite bossy
But being good mates, their anger’s long gone...

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Categories: australian, humor,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member These Animals Are Wild
Dingo hunter met Santa in the Australian outback
They discussed a possible new career path for him
Reindeer were nervous around dingo hunter’s horse
These animals are wild! Whispered Dancer....

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Categories: australian, 10th grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, 6th
Form: Light Verse
Stage
ROBERT SHERRIFF - AUSTRALIAN - POET -AUTHOR - SINGER - ACTOR - AMERICAN HISTORIAN – PHOTOGRAPHER

Stage

Life is true
Life is brave
Death is but a stage
So break a leg

RLS 4/10/2024
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Categories: australian, beauty, blessing, butterfly, care, caregiving, god, love,
Form: Clerihew

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