The Poetry of Brian Langley
In 2006, the then Premier of Western Australia, Alan Carpenter, announced that there would be a 3 year trial period to introduce Daylight Saving into Western Australia. In past years, the WA people have already voted NO on three occasions, but business lobbyists seem to think that it is necessary - I wrote this poem in 2007, after the start of the second summer of Daylight saving.
Footnote - In the subsequent referendum, Daylight saving was again given the thumbs down, by an even bigger margin than in the past referenda
Daylight Saving
The Carpenter has pinched our summer mornings
He’s given us some afternoons instead
At five A M when daylight should be dawning
The clock’s bin moved, it’s dark, we’re still in bed
We folks who liked the cool still pre-work mornings
To jog or walk, whichever is our way
To have a swim or maybe catch some fishes
We’ve lost a precious hour of each day
Some of us used to do some early surfing
When waves were clean with breezes from the east
And some would walk the dog around the parklands
For many of these folk, such times have ceased
Read the remaining 6 verses in my booklet, "Driving in the Outback"
© Brian Langley Nov 2, 2007
