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AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS & WRITERS FOR PEACE
KANGAROOS INSIDE THE CITY by Myron Lysenko

[Above] Photo of Myron Lysenko by photographer unknown, 2000.

Myron Lysenko

KANGAROOS INSIDE THE CITY

12:2.12.02

The kangaroos are inside the city
Sheltering in shadows
A paddock of kangaroos

Standing around eating grass from pouches
Heads in the air looking at skyscrapers
The kangaroos are inside the city

Not waiting for the lights to change them
They move down the road
A mob of kangaroos

Marching to the beat of hip hop
Stopping traffic outside the market
The kangaroos are inside the city

Waving flags & placards for peace
Chanting something we can't understand
A moratorium of kangaroos

Police block off the C.B.D.
People escape into the suburbs
The kangaroos are inside the city
A mild mob of kangaroos

Published in SideWalk (Australia).

About the Poet Myron Lysenko

Myron Lysenko became a professional poet in 1989. Co-founded & co-edited (with Kevin Brophy) independent literary journal Going Down Swinging from 1980-94. He has had over 222 poems published in anthologies, litmags & other journals. His poetry has been featured on television & radio. Has read his poetry in public over 2,000 times over the last 21 years & has conducted over 3,000 poetry workshops throughout the east coast of Australia. His poetry has been described as wry, amusing, sad, surprising, innovative & cheekily irreverent. He is known in some circles as Melbourne’s happy pessimist. Earns his living by doing poetry in universities, TAFE colleges, schools & at poetry venues & festivals. Myron had a fear of poetry for the first 30 years of his life, but after he was converted by contemporary Australian poets, he has adopted poetry as a lifestyle.
   [Above] Photo of Myron Lysenko by photographer unknown, 2000.

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