Racing Very Grand

[Duncan Williams.]

RACING VERY GRAND.


In the racing field of Thoroughbreds,
Of trainers track and sand,
The stables, J.B.Cummings,
And where racing, Very Grand.
This kindly dark bay filly,
Has tested trials - now raced,
A defeating win at Canterbury,
And often she has placed.

Newcastle track has placed there,
At Kembla Grange as well,
Ran tops for Sydney jockeys,
N.Rawiller and M.Bell.
And another start at Rosehill,
With, J.Bowman's style at hand,
She's trained by J.B.Cummings,
And where racing, Very Grand.

The stables based at Randwick,
Where the horsemen take their part,
Strapping riders, swimming, walking,
At three thirty am start.
And the horses are there waiting,
So keep your reins in hand,
Their trained by J.B.Cummings,
And where racing, Very Grand.

For, J.B.Cummings is now eighty,
A cup winner from years back,
Has trained his share of horses,
His a master of the track.
Very Grand, is ready waiting,
For the jockeys whip in hand,
Well trained by J.B.Cummings,
And where racing, Very Grand.



(c) Duncan Williams. 2008.

[Danté]

Hi Duncan

Not really my kind of thing this, although I can appreciate the form. It's a little like me reading a whole page of text about a peice of cigarette ash. Like they say, one man's wine is another's poison.
The form is very nicely executed, I would like to see something else of yours that covers a different subject.

By the way, whats with the (c) at the bottom of the page? Are you serious?

Danté

[David]

Well I really liked this. Very Robert Service, yes? I liked the use of proper names as well.

Cheers Dunc - you're a bit like Halley's Comet, aren't you? Maybe not that bright (that's not supposed to be as insulting as it sounds) but an infrequent visitor.

David

[Oskar]

Duncan

I like reading your poems. There's something quite reassuring about them - it's a little like the feeling I get when flicking through a Boy's Own annual, or looking at old family photographs. You're obviously a proud Australian, and a bloody-minded one at that. Good on you mate! You take a fair bit of flak, yet you come back for more. On balance, I think you are to be admired, even if you do appear to be locked into a set way of doing things.

Good luck to you.