His roots originally Irish yet
He wrought havoc in Australia,
He never will be forgotten,
There's paraphernalia in every store
What a life he must have led,
Worshipped by some, despised by others,
Adored by his mother and brothers,
He was a person, not a sheep to follow the flock
As he was led to be hanged,
I believe he was imagining his life,
He'd had lots of time to think in which,
He reflected on the past
I think that he'd decided
He'd had one hell of a time,
Now it was time to pay the price,
The time had come, thus 'Such is life'
A contest entry
- Such is Life by just mercedes.
4000 points, ended December 3, 2008, 37 entries
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A nice encapsulation of Ned's life. I like the double meaning in 'one hell of a time'. Thank you for this entry.
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this is really great, i am reading a bunch of the entries in this contest, and i love what people are doing with the prompt it's so fantastic, i loved this piece too, best of luck in the contest
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(shane writing under georgies account atm as georgie refuses to get off till my computer is set up lol) i have changed the first line to express it better. i did mean by heritage but it read the wrong way.
thanks,
shane -
Well written! My only quibble is that Ned was born in Australia not Ireland (first line). He was born in 1855 at Beveridge in Victoria. Nice poem!
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BLAMEITONTHEKELLYS
an excellent ode to person whom should have been a hero but folks have been in denial fo many years ...ya should read the Gerilderry Letters(probably spelt wrong ) these letters however spoke of the tyranny and persecution the rich land owners placed on poor ex conv settlers ...
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Interesting
Lifes choices can lead to bad endings. But to leave so many memories. Honestly how many do become famous?
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