Australian Poetry

[wbreitman]

An Australian Poetry Competition held in the Sydney Opera House had come down to two finalists;

A) A university graduate.
B) An old aboriginal.

They were given a word, and then allowed two minutes to study the word and come up with a short four line poem that contained the word.

The word they were given was 'TIMBUKTU.'

First to recite his poem was the university graduate. He stepped to the microphone and said:

Slowly across the desert sand,
Trekked a lonely caravan
Men on camels, two by two
Destination - Timbuktu

The crowd went crazy! No way could the old aboriginal top that, they thought.

The old aboriginal calmly made his way to the microphone and recited:

Me and Tim a huntin' went
Met three whores in a pop up tent
They were three, and we were two
So I bucked one, and Timbuktu ..

The aboriginal won.