Demetrius to Elizabeth
The donkeys of Hydra
are sure-footed, reliable
taking goods from the harbour
up steep cliffs to town
Kangaroos in Australia
will not carry loads
their convenient pockets
hold nothing but babies
These unlikely animals
at unbeatable speed
leap yards at a bound
but only on flats
Without animals to harness
or bear our loads
how can we farm?
We’ll get rich with children!
We’ll get rich with gold!
Virginia Lowe
Australian Children’s Poetry Website 
Nice one Virginia.
Thanks â clever to find the photo, Jeanie! Did you know both Alix Phelan and Toni Newell come via my U3A Creative Writing Group? Theyâre such a talented group, and of course theyâre all there because they want to be â and they do their homework. As we all know, you learn to write by writing⦠Keep up the good work. Hope youâve had a lovely time away. Warm regards, Virginia Dr Virginia Lowe Create a Kids’ Book createakidsbook.com.au PO Box 2, Ormond Victoria 3204 ph: 03 9578 5689 mob: 0400 488 100 Stories, Pictures and Reality: Two children tell (Routledge 2007) Lines Between Virginia and John Lowe (Melbourne Poets Union 2018) Description: Lines Between front cover
That’s wonderful keep sending the U3As this way. You are doing a great job.
Jeanie x