Author: James Arthur Warren AKA Thundercloud Repairian
Supplanter, Artist, Poet, Writer, Singer, Songwriter, Environmental Scientist, Cunning Linguist, Adventurer, Social Activist and Politician.
Big Kev the Kookaburra
This morning when I got up there were a lot of birds hanging about the spilt compost bin. There were four bush turkeys, three magpies, a pied currawong and this kookaburra of which I managed to get a few good photos. I like to listen to the messages from the animals and when I am attuned in and calm then the messages flow.
One of the things I have noticed living in the bush and also being an early riser, is that the kookaburras are often the first birds to wake and anounce their presence in the very first light of the day. I was born in the Chinese year of the “cock” and love the birds. I often wondered what the kookaburras were saying each morning but now I think they are just yelling out “Yip yip yip yipeee its awesome to be alive in this awesomely beautiful world and I am awake to celebrate it, yiiiiippppppeeeeeeee”
This morning’s message comes from Big Kev the Kookaburra
Big Kev the Kookaburra had a lot of need
Big Kev the Kookaburra had a lot of greed
Big Kev the Kookaburra was always swooping down
Picking snakes and lizards up sunning on the ground
Kev Kookaburra wasn’t always a big fella
It started when magpie called him Yella
Kev Kookaburra Yelled “I’m not afraid”
The magpie had meant the noise he made
Kev Kookaburra yelled’ “I’ve got what it takes
I eat lizards and I eat snakes
I’m not scared and I won’t die
I eat snakes, I’m one tough guy.
Kev Kookaburra gave a loud shout
Swooped down and ate a water dragon laying about
Swallowed it into his tummy
Said to the magpie, “that was yummy
I’m going looking for more to eat
There’s plenty of lizards and snakes to eat
He flew above the dusty track
Snakes sunning themselves in the outback
Kev Kookaburra found so much feed
He couldn’t control his pride and greed
When Kev Kookaburra came back
His stubbies wouldn’t cover his bum crack
Kev was heavy and weighed down
His belly stopped him flying around
He sat around, could fly no more
Watched TV sitting on the floor
“I showed you magpie, I’m not afraid
See the empire I have made
There’s so much more than I need
Could not fulfil my pride and greed
Got so much stuff in my life
I can’t fly now I’ve lost my wife”
Kev Kookaburra was now a real heav
The magpie renamed him Big Kev
Big Kev the Kookaburra the magpie said
You can’t fly now you will be dead
If one of those snakes comes along
You’ll never sing your happy song
Big Kev Kookaburra will be snake food now
Big Kev can’t get off the ground
Big Kev the Kookaburra said, “I don’t want to die”
I really enjoyed to swoop and fly
I want to be like I was before
Not big and fat sitting on the floor
Big Kev yelled, “I’ve had enough”
Pride and greed are not that tough
“I’ve seen the error of my way”
Only eat what I need to fly each day
He gave up beer and cream cakes
Now only eats occasional snakes
He’s fit and healthy now you see
Wakes up with the sun and sits in a tree
Each morning Kev gives a great big shout
“Eat well Is what life is all about”
He laughs about the error of his ways
How he’s happy and healthy always these days
Big Kev Kookaburra flies once more
Swoops and flies and he can soar
Big Kev the Kookaburra laughs about it now
How once he was fat like a cow
But now he’s free to fly and soar
Big Kev the Kookaburra is a fit fella sure.
Supplanting: Working from the roots up
To supplant: verb, meaning to replace and bring about higher knowledge through subversive means, working from the roots up to plant seeds and nurture the conditions for growth and change into higher life forms.
Thunderclouds bring rains that sprout the planted seeds
Thunderclouds bring rains that grow the trees for free.
For me it is important I nurture thee with food.
Loving words to inspire you encourage you to good.
I wrote the following piece so you might plant a tree
Because you can grow a forest just like me.
Supplanting Trees
A tree was standing beside the road, the next day I came along.
The tree that once was growing was cut down and was gone.
I asked a Woman standing there what happened to the tree?
they cut it down to build a road and suburbs answered she.
A forest grew beside a lake to the north of the city
They cut it down now you can buy land at North Forest Lake cheaply
Roos love open forest but Farmers use a chain
to clear all the scrub and round up they are spraying
A place that once grew trees is now dry and bare
A field, a road, a roof, a fence no trees to clean the air
There was a man who planted seeds and trees in the ground
A lush green forest grows there now it’s no longer Dusty Brown
You can plant a seed and grow a forest too
Repair the Earth, grow homes for birds and beautify the view
if we cut down all the forest there will be no falling rain
but when we plant trees and seeds lusciousness grows again
Thundercloud Repairian AKA James Arthur Warren is a Nimbin based educator, poet, artist and writer. His first book The Flea and the Dinosaur is a children’s book fully written and illustrated by Thundercloud is available to Buy Now at lulu.com
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The floogal of Bligalish
Nimbin, August 2018 and the following words begin to come into my mind, “In the floogal of bligalish the greolopker krusht” I quickly grab a pen and begin to transcribe the “words” that are flowing out. I have one verse and make a meme and publish. Over the next week or two I begin to add a few more verses with the intention of making this piece my entry for the Lismore Poetry Cup.
By mid September I have finished, rehearsed and ready for the Lismore 2018 Poetry Cup. My performance is polished and outstanding. I didn’t win but that’s not what’s important. The important thing is that I have written the following poem which lends itself to all kinds of interpretation.
In the floogal of bligalish the Greolopker krusht.
Warkeling slifishly zer klebimed the drulch.
Graablee ended zem hophingly zock.
Hollack hast broidenid Twadchickas plock.
Twadchicka conspought ze plock avec Krishsus.
Zey brosht and clept whilst drustopping flistus
But Greolopker notest umd klebimed ze plock.
Avec ze broidenid, slifishly broidenid hock.
Krishsus busht a kakaphone of wifkak umd quuck
Whilst Greolopker doknifid umd shut ze kakaphone up.
Slifishly warkled zem triphingly hustock
As the floogal of bligalish wength reglifmok.
Krishsus poongth brack umd Twadchicka replockid
Greolopker reklebimed zey instapoet djokid.
Avec ze moglehid boogratcher sluup.
Zifuk fa kryan utelad pluckity zup.
Flistus hast koppt zey clepting and brooshting
Summonsid Hollack umd Greolopker slifishly hooshting.
Tall ended slifishly triphingly hustock.
Doknifid nemronivne lagphar till thwock
Plock twas ended from Graablee umd strogingly frew
Days umd dark over gone awebrishly through.
In the floogal of bligalish the Greolopker krusht.
Warkeling slifishly zer klebimed the drulch.
Graablee ended zem hophingly zock.
Hollack hast broidenid Twadchickas plock.
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Ticked off
In martial arts, the way of the peaceful warrior reigns supreme and small with loving intention can defeat large with destructive intentions.
The first thing I learnt about self defence was how to block.
Then I learnt to step aside and avoid the attack.
Next I learnt how the momentum of the attacker can be used to disable the attacker.
Finally I learnt how to heal.
Let’s take something tiny like a tick. Ticks are
Small but can carry disabling bacteria and parasites in their bite.
First it’s important to block the tick with Rose geranium, rosemary and tea tree .
oil. Then keep an eye out for them crawling little buggers and get them off before they bite into you. If a tick bites, and you find it, don’t scratch it and apply some tea tree oil or tiger balm to make it back out and die. Then using tick pullers or tweezers grab it and twist anti clockwise while pulling.
To heal. Put the tick between your teeth and crush it up, then spit it out.
If you have access to homeopathic ixodes, take a dose.
Do not scratch the tick bite or area about the bite. Instead boil water and wet a tea towel, wring it out being careful not to burn yourself and apply the Tea towel and hot as you can stand . Repeat when necessary or have really hot showers in the affected area. Just don’t burn yourself and this should relieve the itching for a couple of hours or more. Because tick bites are full of pathogens it’s important to alkalise yourself through diet, breathing and vitamin c.
Drink distilled water with lemon juice in the and super oxygenate your blood using the wim hof technique twice a day and also intensify your meditation yoga, stretching in order to promote lymphatic movement and stimulate your immune system into overdrive.
Become the tick.
There is also a native australian treatment of spotted gum, bloodwood and gum tree resin which is used to treat tick typhus.
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