Hip Hopper
Welcome to a brand new entry to our Mark Steyn Club anthology of video poetry. Because, as I always say, video poetry is where the big bucks are. After this weekend's Passing Parade episode on Tupac, we're proud to present a hip hopper of an entirely different kind: Kangaroo, Kangaroo! Thou Spirit of Australia, That redeems from utter failure... "The Kangaroo" was the first poem ever published in Australia. And, if you think Australian poetry is a barren field, it was in fact a Barron Field. That's the name of the fellow who wrote it: He was the judge of the Supreme Court of Civil Judicature in New South Wales. It was published by George Howe, whom one of Mr Justice Field's fellow jurists back in London had sentenced to life in the penal ... |
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