Australian Poetry Competition
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 abo won.
