Emu Dreaming Poem by Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide

Emu Dreaming

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To build up my esteem,
be admired,
envied,
I thought I'd put all my talent for:

Observation
Practice
Understanding
Dreaming

into a painting
and a clue inspired by it...

...with a bit of bloody humour.

As it turned out,
I didn't need the first three.

An emu ran across my page
and left the pointed bloody clue:
where the hell you're bloody from
you're going bloody to.

Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: philosophy
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
An emu makes a footprint that is like an arrow pointing in the direction from which it came.
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Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide
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