Yes, Rosie was a devoted daughter right up until the end. The boys had a
different father, but still loved him I'm sure. Tomorrow is his cremation
but I can't get, sadly.
Andrew
On 15 September 2016 at 01:24, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Thanks a lot, Andrew. I met Merv once when he and the legendary Dorothy
> Hewett
>
> passed through Melbourne, and John Barnes invited people round.
>
> I’ve forwarded your lively touching lines to JB himself.
>
> Also I find on youtube various ML and DH items,
>
> e.g. from Varuna the writer’s centre in the Blue Mountains,
>
> with a daughter in charge. And a son. And music.
>
> Max
>
> On Sep 14, 2016, at 8:19, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Catches the core of the man, & keeps the fire going, Andrew.
> >
> > Doug
> >> On Sep 13, 2016, at 6:03 PM, Andrew Burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >>
> >> *IN MEMORY OF MERV*
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Merv’s riding down
> >>
> >> for his cremation. He wouldn’t
> >>
> >> miss it for all the sugar cane
> >>
> >> in Queensland. All the family
> >>
> >> will be there and people
> >>
> >> he only half recognises. Will
> >>
> >> the undertaker ladies have
> >>
> >> a hitching rail and safe storage
> >>
> >> for his saddle-bags? They’re new,
> >>
> >> you know. They were on
> >>
> >> Merv’s last shopping list: *'I need *
> >>
> >> *pack saddle with a couple of splitbags – *
> >>
> >> *also a .22 rifle to shoot whatever...**'*
> >>
> >> All the cane fires of Queensland
> >>
> >> couldn’t burn Merv’s rage out
> >>
> >> but now all his energy goes
> >>
> >> up in smoke in one last blaze.
> >>
> >> Don’t call the wallopers or
> >>
> >> the fireys. Merv’s just going out
> >> in one last blaze of glory.
> >>
> >> * Merv Lilley was a cane-cutting big man and a well-known poet and
> writer.
> >> He died just days ago at the age of 96. He suffered from dementia in his
> >> final years, and left a long list of poems and folk ballads. His two
> >> daughters are both poets and very clever ladies.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Andrew
> >> http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
> >> Books available through Walleah Press
> >> http://walleahpress.com.au
> >
> > Douglas Barbour
> > [log in to unmask]
> > https://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/
> >
> > Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations &
> Continuations 2 (UofAPress).
> > Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
> >
> > Four or five couplets trying to dance
> > into Persia. Who dances in Persia now?
> >
> > A magic carpet, a prayer mat, red.
> > A knocked off head of somebody on her broken knees.
> >
> > Phyllis Webb
>
--
Andrew
http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
Books available through Walleah Press
http://walleahpress.com.au
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