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Poetry Competition


yoda

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

 

A) The university graduate.

B) An old aboriginal man.

 

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 on this occasion 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 man 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 was two

So I bucked one, and Timbuktu ..

 

The aboriginal man won.

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