Terra Australis:

Glimpses Of Thy Clear Magnificence  

I  
O Southern Land,  
So hypothetically  
Continent,  
Art thou not grand,  
Even amidst the world’s  
Incontinence!  
And canst thou, great  
Terra Australis, fathom  
Western cries  
That salivate  
For glimpses of thy clear  
Magnificence?  
 
II  
New Holland rock,  
Where Abel Tasmann left his  
Gallant mark;  
Of equal stock,  
Explorer Matthew Flinders  
Pleased the ear:  
Australia,  
Embracing more great portions  
Of the earth;  
Regalia,  
And pomp and pageantry  
Down Under there,  
 
III  
Where swift Namoi  
Inclandestinely to  
His Darling flows  
To reservoir  
Along northwestern coasts  
At golden sun!  
Koala bears  
Provide no swig for drunken  
Revelers;  
Flora so rare  
And megafauna only  
Here homespun  
 
IV  
Breed kangaroos,  
Marsupial lions, Gaonnas,  
And horse-sized ducks.  
And could I choose  
The vast Great Barrier Reef  
To be my home,  
Matilda’s waltz  
And swagman jumbucks in  
My tucker bag  
Are ancient faults  
To sweeten my proverbial  
Honeycomb.  
 
V  
Three-ocean land,  
Titanic isle and tiny  
Continent,  
Your full command  
Mt Disappointment struggles  
To reveal.  
But when I come  
To marvel at your Dream Time  
Elegance,  
My new shalom  
No other place on earth  
Shall e’er repeal.  
 
© Copyright 2019 April 29  
by Clyve A. Bowen♫  
 
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