ROB HUGHES
Do
you want to know what’s happened since I first began to teach?
I’ll
dig down in my memory bank to see what I can reach.
It
all started in Bombala back in 1965,
Many
pleasant schools came after that to keep the dream alive.
Mt
Druitt was a highlight, that was where I met my wife,
Who
for more than forty years has been a beacon in my life.
Lakemba,
Penshurst West, on to Padstow Park, and then
A
big step up the ladder at Panania North School Dem.
Three
years as a consultant in the Region at St George,
That
took a lot of effort as ahead I strove to forge.
New
English was my subject as I struggled in the midst
Of
syllabus revival, and it was there I won Third List.
DP
out at Ingleburn, Sackville Street’s the name,
Then
sixteen years at Peakhurst as a leader in the game.
List
Four, P1 at Holsworthy, eleven hundred kids,
And
a staff all made in heaven – wouldn’t have missed that school for
quids.
Alongside
Education, I’ve had a thrilling ride
As
professional musician, earning income on the side.
A
muso’s life’s exciting, playing dives and places grand,
This
for me began in Wagga in the ‘Lucas Old Time Band’.
Retirement
is a lot of fun; I’ll not be a white elephant,
Eight
years as outback touring guide; right now, a civil celebrant.
Who
knows what’s in the future? You may guess but you can’t know it,
I’m
testing out my mettle now. A budding new bush poet?
We
have four happy grandchildren, who keep us wide awake,
When
they join us for sleepovers when their parents take a break.
For
our further entertainment, when there’s time for more exertion,
We
enjoy some time away on a brief van or boat excursion.
As
I look back over my career of more than fifty years,
I
recall so many happy times, and not too many tears.
You
dare to hope in younger days, “Will all my dreams come true?”
2 comments:
Congratulations, Rob, on your huge poetic talent. It is a gift to be published with some of your others that we have heard, and more still to come, possibly on topical issues such as ageing to name one.
Keep it up.
Good luck in the poetry competition.
Janice and Bernie
Great bio, Rob! Good luck in Binalong in September.
cheers
Sue
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