Poem 76 of 230: LAND RIGHTS
It’s that most peoples learnt
To conquer lands no more.
In Africa, Asia,
And the Pacific, too:
Post-war independence -
Steps only bigots rue.
But, for some indigenes
(Outnumbered much-too-much),
It has all come too late
For liberty, as such.
So ‘tis in Australia
And America’s sites,
Where the best now, I think,
Is to respect land rights.
(C) David Franks 2003
If there is a good thing,
From the Second World War,It’s that most peoples learnt
To conquer lands no more.
In Africa, Asia,
And the Pacific, too:
Post-war independence -
Steps only bigots rue.
But, for some indigenes
(Outnumbered much-too-much),
It has all come too late
For liberty, as such.
So ‘tis in Australia
And America’s sites,
Where the best now, I think,
Is to respect land rights.
(C) David Franks 2003
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| Captain Cook's Landing Place; Spring 2011 |
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| Bass Point Reserve, N.S.W.; 27/11/2018 |
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| Art Gallery of N.S.W.; 3/12/2018 |
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| Art Gallery of N.S.W.; 03/12/18 |
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| F2F at Sydney's Central Station; 3/12/2018 |
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| New Aboriginal art in Caringbah; 14/11/19 |
