Published 1 April 20091 April 2009 · Main Posts a Lofo poem Jeff Sparrow The cartoonist Lofo has illustrated Overland for yonks. He also writes verse, as below: Why I like Melbourne:A very old-fashioned poem You’ll find no shark In Noble Park, It’s too far from the sea. Snakes do not kill In Yarraville (another place to be). And if you fear The grizzly bear, The tiger and the lion, You safely go To Ivanhoe And find a bed to lie on. Or you may dread the octopus, The rhino or the nozerus, The red-hot flowing lava, The elephant, The fire-ant – You’re safe in Balaclava. No killer whale In Armadale, No giant anaconda, No poisonous frogs, Nor falling logs, You’re good in Moonee Ponda. No giant beast In Richmond East, No ape and no hyena, No killer bee In Ripponlea. Sleep tight in Murrumbeena. And when your favorite aunt is dead, ‘Cause giant bats have killed her, You can be reasonably sure It wasn’t in St. Kilda. Jeff Sparrow Jeff Sparrow is a Walkley Award-winning writer, broadcaster and former editor of Overland. More by Jeff Sparrow › Overland is a not-for-profit magazine with a proud history of supporting writers, and publishing ideas and voices often excluded from other places. If you like this piece, or support Overland’s work in general, please subscribe or donate. Related articles & Essays 28 March 20249 April 2024 · Main Posts Why we should value not only lived experience, but also lived expertise Sukhmani Khorana In the wake of this year’s International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, I want to extend the central idea of El Gibbs’s 2022 essay on 'lived expertise' and argue that in media accounts of racism, analytical expertise and lived experience ought to be valued together and even in the same body. 5 March 2024 · Main Posts Andrew Charlton’s school assignment Alex McKinnon Australia's Pivot to India exists for three reasons: so that when Andrew Charlton is interviewed on the radio or introduced on Q+A, his bio includes the phrase "he has written a book about Indian-Australian relations"; to fend off accusations that he is another Kristina Keneally engaging in electoral colonialism in western Sydney; and to help the Albanese government strengthen economic and military ties with Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party.