A certain old maid at Port Victor
had many strange pets to afflict her,
her Kangaroos fought
with the emu’s she caught
and when she protested, they kicked her
(John Shaw Neilson)
More Poetry from John Shaw Neilson:
- Ownerless (John Shaw Neilson Poems)
- Old Granny Sullivan (John Shaw Neilson Poems)
- The Land Where I Was Born (John Shaw Neilson Poems)
- The Gentle Water Bird (for Mary Gilmore) (John Shaw Neilson Poems)
- The Loving Tree (John Shaw Neilson Poems)
- The Orange Tree (John Shaw Neilson Poems)