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Two Poems from our Sports Poetry Collection
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| MELBOURNE CUP 2007 |
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Lee Emmett
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clouds float silent as heavenly silver goslings
on a calm azure lake, sun’s fire penetrates car
window open at the top for a whistle of wind
straggly cars and bikes and pedestrians make
their way to Melbourne Cup gatherings in
suburban back yards where last minute
sweeps are being drawn from top hats
watched by glamour of all ages in silks,
feathers and snatches of Spring flowers
and swirls of colour in local fashion stakes
at Flemington, at the real track, champagne stilettos
squeeze beside beer-swillers in queues at the
bookies waiting to place their bets, every last dollar
swept along in the city's premier race event -
it may be the final flutter for ephemeral social
butterflies on their 'one day a year' plunge
on the other side of the track, in corporate marquees
sipping cointreau, and turning their noses up at caviar
and quails’ eggs, elegance parades in ostrich feather
and alligator leather, millions in diamonds carelessly
dripping off pampered work-shy fingers and flimsy
whimsy necks, and are waited on by those who can’t
afford the day off to mix it with their mates sandwiched
near the finishing post, drunk with excitement, an
overabundance of roses and sweet, cheap rose
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| POOL |
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Lee Emmett
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POOL |
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fifty years later pool dignitaries RSL and Shire and local committees celebrate achievement community amenity whole area uses it a wonderful facility kids once swam from creek’s clay banks with red fin and leech in Yarriambiack breast stroke and back stroke mums and dads show crawl and dog paddle yabby biting toe Warracknabeal resurgent after World War 11 families growing up there wanted better pool new everyone fund-raised in innovative ways raffles and dances and comic cabarets Anzac memorial park considered best place to locate Olympic pool brightened every face trades people helped and volunteers too service clubs involved banded as building crew women’s auxiliaries also played their part local groups and schools gave project kick-start film footage of pool opening shows whole town turn out vital town asset enjoyed by all about
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