Wednesday's Verse - Buaya, Buaya
This week’s verse moves from a poem about the jets celebrating Australia Day, to a multi-language verse based on an Indonesian folktale. It is taken from 366 Days of Poetry , a collection of mixed-genre poetry released in 2016. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Buaya, Buaya Buaya! Buaya! Monyet, you climb higher. We can see the crocodile come swimming to the tree. Monyet, monkey, climbing up the mango tree, says he left his innards hanging in the leaves. Crocodile, buaya, let the monkey go. Now, the monkey he climbs higher, and he dances to and fro. Buaya! Buaya! laughs the monyet in the tree. I always have my innards. My innards are in me! Buaya, buaya, away he slowly swims. He goes home, no monkey to feed his wife or kin. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...