Based upon an Australian documentary on Charles Bean that I watched.
At Gallipoli 1915 , a gusty , man , or plain
Unaware he was being shot at , he'd clime ,
Out of the Diggers trench , just so he could take ,
A better pitcher , or as he did jump out to grabe a wounded ,
Digger , take him back to his mates , he were shot , cared the bullet ,
To his dieing day , covered the war in France too ,
But all that's bye the bye ,
While at Gallipoli , a young digger preset paper in Charles Beans hand ,
'' Could give it a read if you don't , mate '' , then he was gone ,
Charles Bean '' sure I will '' , but the digger had gone ,
Later , Charles Bean , remembered the piece of paper he'd been given ,
What he found was a roughly written poem , barely legible , speling reil bad ,
Hand writing so hard too read , the Digger had had very little schooling ,
Charles Bean experienced the revolution of and in poetry ,
A revolver that freed poetry and gave it back to the common man and
Woman , and children ,
Charles Bean , never found out the name of the Digger , never saw him a live
Again ,
Saw his body , laid with other Diggers , Charles Bean ask a Digger ,
'' Whats his name , any one know?'' , '' Na , he was with that crowed '',
Pointing too six body's laid out with the unknown poet Digger among them ,
'' They all mated up in Egypt '' , '' Don't recon , they know each other before ,
''Egypt''' , '' They never did anything unless it were together '' ,
''' Well now they now will lay with each other hear in blasted , fooking ,
Bastead , Gallipoli '' ,
Charles Beans , reread the poem of the unknown Digger
Ken D Williams
The Dyslexia Poet
Poetry by ken d williams
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THE ''DIGGER'' POET WITH OUT A NAME
Charles Beans Australian corespondent ,At Gallipoli 1915 , a gusty , man , or plain
Unaware he was being shot at , he'd clime ,
Out of the Diggers trench , just so he could take ,
A better pitcher , or as he did jump out to grabe a wounded ,
Digger , take him back to his mates , he were shot , cared the bullet ,
To his dieing day , covered the war in France too ,
But all that's bye the bye ,
While at Gallipoli , a young digger preset paper in Charles Beans hand ,
'' Could give it a read if you don't , mate '' , then he was gone ,
Charles Bean '' sure I will '' , but the digger had gone ,
Later , Charles Bean , remembered the piece of paper he'd been given ,
What he found was a roughly written poem , barely legible , speling reil bad ,
Hand writing so hard too read , the Digger had had very little schooling ,
Charles Bean experienced the revolution of and in poetry ,
A revolver that freed poetry and gave it back to the common man and
Woman , and children ,
Charles Bean , never found out the name of the Digger , never saw him a live
Again ,
Saw his body , laid with other Diggers , Charles Bean ask a Digger ,
'' Whats his name , any one know?'' , '' Na , he was with that crowed '',
Pointing too six body's laid out with the unknown poet Digger among them ,
'' They all mated up in Egypt '' , '' Don't recon , they know each other before ,
''Egypt''' , '' They never did anything unless it were together '' ,
''' Well now they now will lay with each other hear in blasted , fooking ,
Bastead , Gallipoli '' ,
Charles Beans , reread the poem of the unknown Digger
Ken D Williams
The Dyslexia Poet
Poetry by ken d williams
Read 532 times
Written on 2011-03-12 at 14:58
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