Thursday, January 28, 2010


a boy strays
into the scrub
banksia men


Banksia men are the frightening villains of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie, a popular series of childrens books by Australian author May Gibbs, first published in 1918.

7 comments:

  1. Bill1/29/2010

    Having once been a boy (if I remember correctly), I identify very strongly with this, even though I needed to have the refererence explained.

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  2. Dianne1/29/2010

    Thank you for clarifying this. I Love your blog and the helpful links.

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  3. Magyar1/29/2010

    lost...
    inventing in this weedland
    my own saga

    Loveit, Emma! _m

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  4. comrade harps1/29/2010

    Ah, another great Australian theme: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCW1PVBSX4U

    Skillfully understated and scary for that.

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  5. Gillena Cox1/30/2010

    absolutely exqusite; love this piece so much

    much love
    gillena

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  6. Emma Dalloway2/02/2010

    yeah harps, its certainly a theme running through Australian folklore

    Bill, Im sure it felt like yesterday

    cheers all!

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  7. Peter Stone2/13/2010

    Snugglepot and Cuddlepie, wow, I remember reading those books when I was a kid.
    Great haiku, kind of unsettling.

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