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James Devaney.(work of Australian poet considered)

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| September 01, 2001 | Catalano, Gary | COPYRIGHT 2001 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

ENID MOODIE HEDDLE'S Boomerang Book of Australian Poetry, one of the better and more enjoyable anthologies of its time, begins with a poem that many contemporary readers are unlikely to be familiar with:

 
   Dirrawan went into the bush to spear waat, But he forgot about waat the red 
   wallaby. He thought about dirridirri the small bird and deereeree the 
   wagtail, He thought about wonning the lightning and tumberumba the thunder, 
   He did not spear anything at all. 
 
   Dirrawan went down to the Long Brown Water to catch makora. He thought 
   about balleballea the silence of the night, He thought about ballanda the 
   long time ago. He did not catch any fish, he ...

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Source: HighBeam Research, James Devaney.(work of Australian poet considered)