Don’t be seduced by the worst Don’t get lagging Just because ur sore The best in you rises above it Don’t be seduced by the worst Published & Malachi Doyle 2025.
When a verse is a curse A verse is a curse A horse is of course When it forgets to love Remembering only lovelessness Published & Copyright Malachi Doyle 2025.
Bullroarer Beau & Tomahawk Tov é (For my beloved nephew & niece) Bullroarer Beau & Tomahawk Tov é Had gathered quite a crowd Because their ancient songs Drew in people from all around Some were green Some were red Some were hungry Some had bread But all here marvelled At their starry ‘willy-willy’ Which blew to the West from the East “Time” they sang, “Is two” & two can be multiplied Like Mal’s yellow kazoo Mal had 4 mouths & somehow 87 ears Most were to the front of him Cept one was to the rear But he wasn’t mad at ya He’d lost his chip down the sink Now the sink is blocked But his heart is clear Published & Copyright Malachi Doyle 2025.
I believe Kev Carmody’s body of work to be the greatest living depiction of ‘the Australian experience.’ Equal to that of Patrick White, our only Nobel Prize Winner for Literature, therefore equally worthy of the prize. Published & Copyright Malachi Doyle 2025.