Category Archives: Australia and the epic journeys

Zoo’s are not good news

Posted on April 21, 2018 by Rex Tyler

Zoo’s provide exhibits Their failure is of CARE And Of proper supervision Of the animals held there FUZHOU ZOO Is an example No cameras around The Self seeking and the self-indulgent With no keepers on the ground Kangaroos are wild, … Continue reading →

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Kangaroo’s v The Meat Trade

Posted on April 20, 2018 by Rex Tyler

Wild animals are essential To this planet They contribute so much And need to be Honoured for the work they do In actuality Front line having substance Essentially By their very nature They are able To maintain the balance That … Continue reading →

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Banjo Paterson

Posted on April 17, 2018 by Rex Tyler

Born in Binalong New South Wales In 1864 Turned out to be a bush poet His poetry was raw The outback saw his stories The swagman and his lot Took the name of Banjo From a horse A horse he’d … Continue reading →

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The unswerving aboriginie

Posted on April 17, 2018 by Rex Tyler

Heartlessness ruthlessness Who would bless The relentlessness Centuries of wisdom cometh Down the ages to where we See such unfeeling And how its stealing All heartfelt thought From you and me They erect signboards “No alcohol” “No pornography” Sadistically they … Continue reading →

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NAURU not NORWAY

Posted on April 16, 2018 by Rex Tyler

For someone else to mother you When we were stolen away We ended up in NAURU Not as we thought Norway Far across the sea Where enchanted mountains Rose Beautifully into the sky Hoping they would pose Freedom from oppression … Continue reading →

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The forgotten ones

Posted on April 15, 2018 by Rex Tyler

Forgotten children Forgotten by who Forgotten by us Or forgotten by you They came in the daylight My daughter they took Because she was brown With a whitish look SHe was only a baby Tossed into their truck That is … Continue reading →

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Phillistines

Posted on April 14, 2018 by Rex Tyler

We have phillistines in government Who turn their blindest eyes Bowing down to the meat trade mob Despite the nations cries Bleating and cattle mooing Still ship truck loads by sea On hell ships to the Middle East Where they … Continue reading →

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forgotten people

Posted on April 13, 2018 by Rex Tyler

To be forgotten as we are Lost souls in a soup Of outback mediaocrity Kept out of the loop No communication Left to rot and die Each of us has one vote But someone tell me why I would put … Continue reading →

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Aborigine

Posted on April 13, 2018 by Rex Tyler

Their music Their art It all comes from the heart Its apparent to me It is, how they see The earth at their feet Its vibrant upbeat The wind in their hair Comes from everywhere The breath demonstrates The yidaki … Continue reading →

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Never write us off

Posted on April 11, 2018 by Rex Tyler

Bang them sticks sing our hearts out Light the fire And watch the Roo’s Art work in tradition That has to be good news The northern psrt of Australia Is where we make our home How we are the people … Continue reading →

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Australia’s forgotten people

Posted on April 11, 2018 by Rex Tyler

The drone of the didge And the clap of the sticks Where the termites exist The goanna licks His lips giving thanks For the bird he has eaten The people have power But they have been beaten Down by the … Continue reading →

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Dreamtime and the thinking of the great mother

Posted on April 10, 2018 by Rex Tyler

Sixty thousands years Historicity An undeniable epoch Which fundamentally Took in so much dreamtime Absolute were we Grounded in our country Where we shall always be We came into our being We saw the light of day Undying and immortal … Continue reading →

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Live exports from Australia

Posted on April 10, 2018 by Rex Tyler

Animal welfare is key so I read To the great MIA but do they succeed In giving the public the confidence to Agree that Live Exports Is all the way through To the destination Wherever that be Is all above … Continue reading →

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Exporting live sheep to The Middle East

Posted on April 8, 2018 by Rex Tyler

Who are we really To imagine that we Have the right now to punish Sheep constantly Chastise them and persecute Them as we do With total abandonment For me it won’t do We must unfrock the liars This has to … Continue reading →

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An Aboriginie

Posted on April 8, 2018 by Rex Tyler

Invisible only To those who won’t feel Those guardians Who have been ever so real Creators of truth In a land dry and old Where the music is drawn From the stories untold Their culture was vast Their totems were … Continue reading →

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Aunty Ro

Posted on April 7, 2018 by Rex Tyler

The right of the underdogs in this world In the massive arena where each is hurled There are warrior angels who do their thing And safeguard the voiceless and try to bring Some sanity back instinctively Use understanding and try … Continue reading →

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Paradise for the taking

Posted on April 3, 2018 by Rex Tyler

You have Paradise to play with Yet with arrogance your choice Is to take tourists out whale watching Whilst in essence giving voice To the dolphin killing monsters That frequent old Taiji To the dolphin enslaving profiteers Who exert such … Continue reading →

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Personal note to the councillors of BROOME in WA

Posted on April 2, 2018 by Rex Tyler

Paradise is yours I hear Beaches and seas And skies all clear Wildlife yours To ofcourse adore Whale watching The tourist flock For sure Cetacean spirits And energy Part and parcel Of a balanced sea Of life itself in all … Continue reading →

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Dreamtime spirits

Posted on March 28, 2018 by Rex Tyler

Born and enduring the spirits of old Well grounded and physical Solidly sold Look into faces And what can you see Thousands of years And how it could be We live on the land With its dust in our soul … Continue reading →

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Hamelin Bay whale strandings

Posted on March 25, 2018 by Rex Tyler

Among the cetaceans that frequent the sea Are the dolphins and pilot whales And some agree Areas affecting their sonar abide Bio-accoustically stressing the tide Hamelin bay near Augusta is one Known as a whale trap The shallows can run … Continue reading →

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Scumbag shooters

Posted on March 21, 2018 by Rex Tyler

In the remotest of areas In the dead of night Where kangaroo’s graze All in plain sight Warm gentle souls All socially bound Nursing their offspring Who comes around? With their trucks and their guns The scumbags yes who Set … Continue reading →

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Australia’s arrogance

Posted on March 18, 2018 by Rex Tyler

Lets look back Back to when Nature she Set out her palette And reality was born In those moments The enduring core Solid and tangible Within the law We came into being The aboriginie Wild and conversant With life, we … Continue reading →

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When We place too much emphasis on science and making profit

Posted on February 14, 2018 by Rex Tyler

An irreverence for Nature A stony indifference to What was infact imagination And Science taking the view A Matter of course Perhaps disbelief But so Felt that arrogant streak The mothers of all mothers taken for granted She Responded by … Continue reading →

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The piglet that sang and all the chickens joined in

Posted on February 13, 2018 by Rex Tyler

Will they ever forgive us The question is now on our lips Will we get a free pardon When we move from porkchops onto chips Should we now beg their indulgence Will they indulge us with grace Will we get … Continue reading →

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Aboriginies

Posted on February 12, 2018 by Rex Tyler

We dance in the rocks of our civilization Our consciousness streams are everywhere Our ancestors matter in our hearts they chatter Dreamtime creation its how we all share Since time began we have sat under the sun With our didgereedoo’s … Continue reading →

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Identities

Posted on February 12, 2018 by Rex Tyler

We steal peoples identitities We homogenize their senses Indistinguishability their huge power snd their magick For the whites it appeared To be beyond their understanding Redundantly they feared The culture of the ancients The genius of their might The absorbtion … Continue reading →

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The Knowledge

Posted on February 9, 2018 by Rex Tyler

There was Knowledge and enlightenment An order in a time gone by When consciousness was relevant And acquaintanceship was high Lore and wisdom had been acquired By experience most true It was all hands on and mindful Its what they … Continue reading →

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Australian Bush Meat

Posted on February 8, 2018 by Rex Tyler

Meretriciousness a nice long word To start the poem going Falseness guile and artfulness The wheeler dealers showing Collusion with the grey suits With their brand of skulduggery In the dirty business the veneer And The illusory Treacherous and spurious … Continue reading →

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Kanga banger

Posted on February 6, 2018 by Rex Tyler

The forecast it appears to me Is the meat trade thinks it holds the key To better burgers and sauages too With Roo’s around they are going to do More business and more profits for The shooters hark they stand … Continue reading →

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Wild birds of Australia

Posted on February 3, 2018 by Rex Tyler

Great swatches of colour Lighten each day With so much intensity And lustrous display The greatest of artists The world ever knew Has created feathers Of every hue Meteor flashes, flickering lights PolorIzation and all at the heights Of imagination … Continue reading →

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