Such is life,
Such a phrase
Reminds me of Ben Cousins.
And death over prison
The old libertarian mission.
Closely we all must listen
Or one day we will find
Ourselves all outlaws
Of the honorable kind!
Author notes
The recorded history of Ned Kelly does indicate that he was an intelligent honourable man. Dead or alive is better than dead whilst alive!
A contest entry
- Such is Life by just mercedes.
4000 points, ended December 3, 2008, 37 entries
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Comments
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Very nice response to the prompt. It's when a man's honour is stronger than that shown to him by his country that problems arise. Thank you for this entry.
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i like what you did with the prompt, and used actual historical facts to inspire it rather than just the quote, fantastic work, best of luck in the contest
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Certainly Ned was intelligent. A lot wouldn't agree with the honourable part. But I would! Well done, poet!
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