Mr Cook

Mr Cook
I want you to come back
And
Sail once more Sir
Into Botany Bay
And
I want you to see what you have done
With old English love
And cheap gifts
For my black people
My beautiful black people
And
Then I want you to sail away again
Sadly
To a death by blacks
Albeit Tahiti
Albeit justice

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“Mr Cook”
Written and Published by Paul Buttigieg

Published:: May 25th, 2007

Category:: Aboriginal Poems

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bob mc fakename August 1st, 2007 @ 10am

… You have aided my in my quest to finish my english assignment
chrissie August 10th, 2007 @ 5pm

well to save all the other requests can i please use all your poems and please can u provide the authors

thankyou very much
Bianca August 18th, 2007 @ 12pm

hi
i was just wondering if i could use this for an english assignment and could you please provide the author
thanks a lot :)
Bianca August 18th, 2007 @ 2pm

hi i was wondering if i could get an email asap on Paul Buttigieg for an english assignment that would be great thanks
from Bianca
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Sabrina September 15th, 2007 @ 5pm

hello . . . i like this poem and would be a great help for my english assignment . . . can i please use it and can i please have the authors name asap for my assignment???
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baby September 22nd, 2007 @ 1pm

THANK YOU..i am now one step closer to finishin my english assignment !!
B.Y.G. October 17th, 2007 @ 7pm

i love the poem its nice and im also in yr 7 and im doing an assignment on poems and aboriginal ones and i think that they are great poets and that all they’re poems are based on true stories
hello November 5th, 2008 @ 1pm

This is really nice i like this one! i have visit ur site 5000
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About the Poet

Paolo’s Poems is the outpouring of verse and prose from Paul Buttigieg, an Australian published Poet worldwide and Member of the ISP., covering a myriad of personal topics.

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