Haha, excellent poem! As an Australian I find this very nostalgic, particularity the "fictional hand puppet dummy" line. I also find the style, even your description of the relationship between the Wild Roo Bunny and the tortoise, very similar to Aboriginal Australian storytelling (I'm not entirely sure if I am allow to say that, as I'm not Indigenous), but this is a really great piece of writing! When you mentioned the 'hot and sunny' I actually starting laughing to myself, as the poor Wild Roo Bunny would not like Australia very much this winter (I know it's not obscenely cold, but I don't often venture outside if it is below 15 degrees Celsius)!
E'Gads! That's right! The seasons are reversed from up here. I should have remembered that... well a.. read moreE'Gads! That's right! The seasons are reversed from up here. I should have remembered that... well as long as it's not freezing down there I reckon it's all okay. Other wise it might have turned out to be RooBun Soup in Shell of Tortoise makes one warm underneith a white snow storm. lol I'm glad you enjoyed it.
11 Years Ago
Haha that's true, and Australians definitely do not appear apprehensive when it comes to cooking up .. read moreHaha that's true, and Australians definitely do not appear apprehensive when it comes to cooking up our national animal! No problem at all, I'm becoming such a fan of your writing!
Haha, excellent poem! As an Australian I find this very nostalgic, particularity the "fictional hand puppet dummy" line. I also find the style, even your description of the relationship between the Wild Roo Bunny and the tortoise, very similar to Aboriginal Australian storytelling (I'm not entirely sure if I am allow to say that, as I'm not Indigenous), but this is a really great piece of writing! When you mentioned the 'hot and sunny' I actually starting laughing to myself, as the poor Wild Roo Bunny would not like Australia very much this winter (I know it's not obscenely cold, but I don't often venture outside if it is below 15 degrees Celsius)!
E'Gads! That's right! The seasons are reversed from up here. I should have remembered that... well a.. read moreE'Gads! That's right! The seasons are reversed from up here. I should have remembered that... well as long as it's not freezing down there I reckon it's all okay. Other wise it might have turned out to be RooBun Soup in Shell of Tortoise makes one warm underneith a white snow storm. lol I'm glad you enjoyed it.
11 Years Ago
Haha that's true, and Australians definitely do not appear apprehensive when it comes to cooking up .. read moreHaha that's true, and Australians definitely do not appear apprehensive when it comes to cooking up our national animal! No problem at all, I'm becoming such a fan of your writing!