Olympics 2012 Poem by Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide

Olympics 2012



Flu Theory of Failure
In the Olympics year of twenty twelve
Flu took gold in Australia.
With gold on the chest of the flu,
Silver was the best we could do-
Thus Silver's Gold, not A Failure.

Boo Hoo Hoo
Peculiar to
Australia,
The sulphur-crested cockatoo.
Other white Australians,
The lot of them are aliens,
Silver is their hue,
Will be Sally's too.
With gold on the chest of the flu,
Silver's the best she can do-
Her silver is gold, not a failure.

Castaway
I learnt in the Laser Class race
What function at the coal face
You could possibly qualify for
By sailing an ironing board.
Say Tom Hanks had been able to do it:
he'd have been off the isle in a minute,
His wife wouldn't have gotten so bored,
And we'd've been spared an hour or four.

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
2012's winter was indeed a bad one for flu in Australia.

My prediction is silver for Sally Pearson in the 100 hurdles.

Tom Slingsby sailed his board to victory in the Laser Class.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Michael Walker 20 June 2017

A very topical poem now that New Zealand is well-placed to win back the America's Cup in Bermuda. It makes me feel patriotic just as your telling poem does.

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Douglas Scotney

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Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide
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