Mastodawn

"Waltzing Matilda" is a song developed in the Australian style of poetry and folk music called a #bushBallad. It has been described as the country's "unofficial national anthem". The title was Australian slang for travelling on foot, by walking (waltzing) with one's belongings in a "matilda" (swag) slung over one's back, a slang expression that may have originally been repurposed from a work of #lightVerse by #CharlesGodfreyLeland.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjYEskzWt6I

The Seekers - I Am Australian, Georgy Girl & Waltzing Matilda* Live, 1994 - New HQ upload

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Madeleine Begun Kane Mar 26

A bootlicking fellow named Ross
Worked in footwear and fawned on his boss.
Many co-workers mocked him.
One gal even socked him.
He's boss now ... and she's on the sauce.

#HaikuChallenge #Fawn #Workplace #Jobs #Limerick #Limericks #Rhyme #Humor #Humour #Poetry #MicroPoetry #LightVerse #Verse #Poems

Madeleine Begun Kane Mar 13

Though it's Friday the 13th today,
Please don't buy its "unlucky" cliché:
It's an unfounded notion
That rates no devotion...
Oh My God! A black cat's in my way!

#FridayTheThirteenth #FridayThe13th #Limerick #Limericks #Humor #Humour #Poetry #MicroPoetry #LightVerse #Verse #Poems #Superstition

http://www.madkane.com/humor_blog/2026/03/13/happy-friday-the-13th-limerick/

Madeleine Begun Kane Feb 23

New York City's been under attack:
We've been hit by a blizzardy whack
And are buried in snow;
Twenty inches, and so
Can't dodge shov'ling with "Oy vey, my back!"

#NYC #Blizzard #Snow #Winter #Weather #Limerick #Humor #Limericks #Humour #Poetry #MicroPoetry #LightVerse #Verse #Poems #Writing

http://www.madkane.com/humor_blog/2026/02/23/blizzard-blues-limerick/

Madeleine Begun Kane Feb 15

My Unnoteworthy Skills (Limerick)
http://www.madkane.com/humor_blog/2026/02/15/wine-tasting-humor/

I’m not skilled at detecting “wine notes,”
Be they cedar, vanilla, or oats.
I will NEVER know whether
A wine tastes like leather…
But I DO know which wines get my votes.
#DailyHaikuPrompt #Note #Wine #LimerickSunday #Limerick #Limericks #Humor #Humour #Poetry #MicroPoetry #LightVerse #Poems

Stephen Brooke Feb 14

Got Up and Went

My get-up-and-go
all got up and went
and now I’m old
and tired and bent.
Some days I don’t
feel worth a cent —
I used to be
such a dashing gent!
But so it goes
when your get-up-and-go
is all used up,
when you reap what you sow.
There comes that day
and now I know
I’ve seen the last
of my get-up-and-go.

Stephen Brooke ©2026
#poetry #lightverse

Music News Feb 5

Iron & Wine announces 2026 North American tour following new album "Hen’s Teeth" - #hensteeth #ironandwine @ironandwine #YouNeverKnow #LightVerse #SubPop
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