Poems - ANZACs

These are new poems inspired by ANZAC day, our remembrance day. They are irreverent statements about the stupidity and horrors of war, written in Australian vernacular. Many are based upon my experiences of helping War Veterans and hearing their stories.
I don't believe in the ANZAC myth or tradition or anything that glorifies war. When a people are under threat they do forget their differences and rally together, and we Aussies do that often because of the number of natural disasters that happen around our country.
ANZAC didn't forge the Australian character, the nature of Australia did that and continues to do so!