The quintessential Australian actor, Jack Thompson has released a new CD recording of The Poems of C.J. Dennis. It’s the perfect Christmas Day gift for Dad. All the well known favourites from The Sentimental Bloke have been recorded, including Doreen, The Play and Hitched as well as some of Dennis’s bush poetry. The CD is available from major retail outlets from November or online at www.finepoets.com. It sells for $19.95. Jack and CJ Dennis are about as Australian as you can get and such a perfect fit! Why didn’t someone think of it before? Jack Thompson said from his farm near Coffs Harbour today, “I love C. J. Dennis's poems. My favourites are the ones about ordinary Australians : those innocent girls and endearingly awkward blokes embarking on romance and courtship, marriage and making families: these are the big things in life. He was no slouch when it came to poetic artistry either, some of his landscape poems are truly glorious. But I think he was most at home celebrating the character and humour of ordinary Aussies. It’s been a lot of fun getting to know these poems again.”
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