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Rhododendrons

In neat formations rhododendrons guard the half acre order of our mountain block and rush their unreal colour into a landscape just emerging from winter's cold. They seem out of place in the green - brown encirclements of native bush where beneath towering eucalypts only an odd acacia accents the understory shade in tiny globules of palest yellow. Soon summer will bleach colour from a drying world. Borders will wilt as the bush draws closer. Here, coiled in the shadows of long days, life sinks to a shallow pant. An uneasy quiet is menaced by siren wails and heat.

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Date: 12/12/2022 11:40:00 PM
My daughter gave me one last year. Hopefully it will compliment all the other beautiful things in our garden before too long. Australia has a proud tradition in the field of poetry and you may one day be part of that with your ability to soften what can be harsh yet paint a picture that is true to life. Though no Ausie has ever done justice to what is our side of the ditch. All the best David in NZ
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Paul Willason
Date: 12/14/2022 2:56:00 AM
My grandfather was from NZ so maybe I inherited from him a way of seeing things in the more muted and kindly light as experienced across the Tasman. Although I must confess when I wss there I suffered from too much green...longed for the brown vistas of a dry landscape. Thanks David for yr comments, very much appreciated.

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