The Great Poet Of The Mallee Poem by Francis Duggan

The Great Poet Of The Mallee



John Shaw Neilson the great Poet of the Mallee he was in a class of his own
Though long dead his poems are more popular a legend around him has grown
A child of the Goddess of Poesy true poets like him are born not made
A person born with natural writing talents and a credit to the Wordsmith trade.

Born in Penola in South Australia he lived in Nhill in Victoria as a boy
His poems have a beauty about them the poems lovers of poetry enjoy
Most of his poems eaten by mice in a Mallee mice plague that really does seem a great shame
He lived his last days in Melbourne the poet who had earned his fame.

His work has a beauty about it With Australia's finest he does rate
In his poems people, love, life and nature were things that he did celebrate
Amongst the writers of the Mallee with him there is none to compare
A great poet of rural Australia the John Shaw Neilson's of this World are rare.

His poem of The Native Companions and his great poem of The Orange Tree
He died as unmarried and childless a person who knew poverty
He was the great poet of the Mallee that would feel fair of him to say
Neilson does live on in his verses his poems read by many today.

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