Faulconbridge+-+Norman+Lindsay

Norman Lindsay was an artist and writer in Faulconbridge in the Blue Mountains. He wrote one of my favourite books, The Magic Pudding.

I visited his house where lots of his work is on display. I didn't realise that he did so many things! I was very interested in his ship models.

In ** The Magic Pudding **, there is a poem about penguins. Here it is:

To see the penguin out at sea, And watch how he behaves, Would prove that penguins cannot be And never shall be slaves. You haven’t got a notion How penguins brave the ocean  And laugh with scorn at waves.  To see the penguin at his ease  Performing fearful larks With stingarees of all degrees.  As well as whales and sharks; The sight would quickly let you know The great contempt that penguins show  For stingarees and sharks.  O see the penguin as he goes  A-turning Catherine wheels, Without repose upon the nose <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Of walruses and seals. <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">But bless your heart a penguin feels <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Supreme contempt for foolish seals, <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> While he never fails, where’er he goes, <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> To turn back-flaps on a walrus nose.

This got me thinking about poems and so I wrote one about Faulconbridge: <span style="color: #00b2ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Faulconbridge Upon the ridge That the modern highway follows.

Explorers came Along the same Mountaintops and hollows.

There will be more but I need to go away for a bit :)