Jack Sorensen

Jack Sorensen who was born in Kalgoorlie was a boxer, shearer, soldier and a poet
And he was one who truly lived his verses and deserve to be one of great literary note
But in his prime years in the early twentieth century blank verse the literary critics did promote
And dismissed every rhymer as a mere poetaster and rhyme as a form of poetry did demote
In World War 2 he fought in bloody battles of his home Country Australia far away
But he came home a mentally diminished person a price of war that most soldiers have to pay
In nineteen forty nine he committed suicide on a ship that from Sydney to Perth was bound
He did not make it back home again for to grow old on his homeground

He had been in war and was mentally scarred by where many of his brave young comrades fell
The war experience on him greatly impacted and like many ex war soldiers he became mentally unwell
Jack Sorensen wrote some quite amazing poetry his verse in beauty and inspiration does not lack
The great Western Australia poetess Mary Durack was one who did admire the poems of Jack
One who lived a nomadic and a rough existence and life to him it was not very fair
He had survived war but in his forties he lost out to the black moods of despair
The talented Jack Sorensen was an amazing person with rhyming words he loved to play
One of the great rhyming poets he was quite underrated and this does seem a sad thing to say
He choose to die young in his early forties and did not live on to grow old and frail and gray
For those who are fans of good rhyming poetry his verses can be read online today.