A Smile Wasted

I find my smile radiates
Outback
It draws adventurous comment
A smile plus a smile is a bond
In my country
My outback
And laughter follows amid my kind
My black kind
A white woman looked at me
I smiled
I cried
She acknowledged not one single part of me
A smile wasted

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“A Smile Wasted”
Written and Published by Paul Buttigieg

Published:: April 19th, 2006

Category:: Aboriginal Poems

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Nice May 13th, 2006 @ 11am

Nice Work..
Lizard May 16th, 2006 @ 6am

nicley put, mate. im doing a project on this poem actually in english class.
shini ♥♥ August 6th, 2006 @ 7pm

…me too… its hawt…
Georgia August 11th, 2006 @ 4pm

hi just wondering if you could give me some background information on Paul Buttigieg and email it to me. It would be a big help, I need it for an assignment. Thankyou.
Lucy August 12th, 2006 @ 12pm

can you pls give me the authors name
anonomous August 12th, 2006 @ 2pm

hi im doing an assignment on aboriginal poetry at the moment and i was wondering if you could email me a some background information on paolo. this would help me so much.
thank you very much.
nick August 20th, 2006 @ 4pm

Hi i was wounder Who the author is of this poem
cheers Nick
nick August 20th, 2006 @ 4pm

Hi i was woundering Who the author is of this poem
cheers Nick
Libby Hathorn January 24th, 2007 @ 3pm

I am an Australian children’s author putting together a collection of poetry for the ABC. I’d like to include some Aboriginal poems and would appreciate sourcing some poems suitable for 9 to 12 year olds. Could you email me some further information on permission to use one of these poems and any others that you think might be suitable?
Regards, LH

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About the Poet

Paolo’s Poems is the outpouring of verse and prose from Paul Buttigieg, an Australian published Poet worldwide and Member of the ISP., covering a myriad of personal topics.

Many of Paolos poems are used in Student School Studies with the permission of the Author.

Please do not reproduce poetry without permission.

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