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Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide

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Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide

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For that Australians are girt by sea,

I call them Brine

and Briony:

the latter, the female,

the fine;

the former, the coarse,

the masculine.

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without Brine

and Briony,

we'd be girt by lake.

Douglas Scotney

Thursday, August 30, 2018

Topic(s) of this poem: female,lake,name,rhyme,sea

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'girt by sea': well known phrase in Australia's national anthem, 'Advance Australia Fair'.

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Kumarmani Mahakul 31 August 2018

The fine fame is is Briony. An amazing information is given for wonderful words here. This is really an interesting sharing...10

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