Marco's Poetry — Live Performance
Please enjoy these offerings from Marco’s extensive repertoire. These poems were chosen for their wide appeal. Not included are many of Marco’s comedy hits and poems suitable for adults. If you would to hear them, book Marco now!
Christmas Day Cup Race Call
Irreverent and comical look at a family Christmas Day celebration. They try hard, eat and drink a little too much and make mistakes. Marco fits right in here. He also loves a day at the Race Track which becomes rather obvious. Not recommended for younger children.
Categories: Christmas, Comedy, Concert, Live Performance, Poems for Recital
Granny and the Snake
I don’t kill any animals if I can help it, but grew up at a time when the following rule was applied, ‘The only good snake was a dead one’. My Granny, Ivy Afflick, having been brought up in deadly Taipan Country on the Atherton Table Lands, was the toughest old bird I knew. The real lesson - leave them alone!
Categories: Australian Bush Verse, Download the Poem, Live Performance, Performance Poetry, Poems for Kids, Poems for Recital, Snakes, Wildlife
Mozzie Attack
The North Gregory Hotel Winton is a great pub, but stupid me left the doors open at the Outback Festival all night and woke up scratching. I wrote this poem for the Breakfast Show that day.
Categories: Australian Bush Verse, Comedy, Concert, Download the Poem, Live Performance, Performance Poetry, Poems for Recital, Wildlife
Pay Day
Marco served almost a decade in the Queensland Police Force, attaining the rank of Detective Senior Constable before leaving. He was a naïve country lad, and begins this performance with a brief story of how he became a copper. Marco then performs 'Pay Day' a serious true crime story/poem in memory of a murder victim Earnest Norton Barnard 87 years of age, murdered in Innisfail, North Queensland.
Categories: Australian Bush Verse, Concert, Crime Story, Download the Poem, In Memory, Live Performance, Performance Poetry, Poems for Recital
The Floater
For my mate Dave, a great dad, amazing shearer, and after this encounter, one of the bravest men I know...
Categories: Australian Bush Verse, Comedy, Concert, Download the Poem, Live Performance, Performance, Performance Poetry, Poems for Recital, School Visits
The Million Star Motel
I remember seeing my Dad, an Italian migrant who worked too hard and died too young, in the back yard of our small town avenue house, one night, staring up at the stars and obviously contemplating life. There is no better place to do it than in Australia, nestled in the arms of Mother Nature and tucked under the blanket of the Southern Cross; what a wonderful place to dream. Help preserve it, and take the time to experience her spirit.
Categories: Aussie Bush, Australian Bush Verse, Download the Poem, Live Performance, Nature, Performance Poetry, Poems for Recital, Stars, Visual Narration
Volunteers
The greatest Army mankind has ever created is our legion of volunteers that appear in times of despair. This is Marco's ode to Volunteers.
Categories: Aussie Bush, Australian Bush Verse, Download the Poem, Live Performance, Ode, Performance, Performance Poetry, Poems for Recital, Visual Narration