Affirmation criticised by the poet who wrote it

By Peter Munro
January 25 2013 - 3:00am
Poet ... Les Murray.
Poet ... Les Murray.

AS PLEDGES go it is not exactly poetry, with its clunking dedication to democracy, rights, liberties and laws. Even the bard who conceived the words some 30,000 Australian citizens will proudly recite to their country on Saturday likens them to ''farting with sincerity''.

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