Into the Ultramarine
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"Into the Ultramarine"
barefoot along the path down to the beach
the memories follow me like seagulls
either side the honour guard of scarlet coastal banksia
and the s...
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Categories:
banksia, muse,
Form: Free verse
Pressed Flowers
...You come back
with your mind
full of treasures.
Today, there was a leaf
plucked from a tree still coated
in whispers, a shard of sunlight
and a bird call you managed
to extricate from the sti...
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Categories:
banksia, moon, poetry,
Form: Free verse
The Will To Survive
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"The Will to Survive"
It was a peaceful time
back then in the dreams
that were once
our prepossessing future.
sands of time
dragged under our bare feet
while the ...
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Categories:
banksia, muse, mystery,
Form: Narrative
Being Your Eyes For Swell
...Being Your Eyes for Swell 2007
Swell: Currumbin Sculpture Festival
For Fred
Picture us arm in arm, strolling,
the crunch of sand underfoot,
the scent of sea air, the touch of sea wind
on our...
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Categories:
banksia, appreciation, art, beauty, care,
Form: Free verse
Bunyip Forest Revisited
...Along the road called forestry, the silver ash weeps over me
as I meander 'round the dell and glade.
Pass scars of sand pits long disused, where gullies, washes speak ‘abused!’
Reclamation offers ...
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Categories:
banksia, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Passing Through
...The sun is rising at my back;
across the land’s a lemon glow,
to brighten up my backdrop,
where pristine vegetation grow.
I’m sitting down upon my porch,
with coffee cup held in my hand;
a sl...
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Categories:
banksia, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Ode To Banksia Floribunda
...What is this flower perched like bird on stem
With tiny feathery florets in pews
Aligned along rows on cylinder heads?
Tis Banksia, native of Australia.
Named after botanist Sir Joseph Banks,
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Categories:
banksia, flower,
Form: Ode
Ceux Qui Celebrent '88 - Translation of Kevin Gilbert's Celebrators '88 By T Wignesan
...Ceux qui célèbrent ‘88 – Translation of Kevin Gilbert’s « Celebrators ‘88 »» by T. Wignesan
(This poem mocks the bicentenary celebrations of the founding or « settling » of the Australian cont...
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Categories:
banksia, bereavement, celebration, corruption, independence
Form: Free verse
My City
...From Banksia Grove to Alfred Cove
There are lovely sights to see
Sorrento Quay is on the way
To where my children love to play
Elizabeth Quay is a brand new place
That puts a smile upon my face
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Categories:
banksia, love, my children, travel,
Form: Rhyme
Bushfire Above Labertouche
...Thunder rolls in the distance, lightning jags across the sky,
all around the heavens are angry … a fiery strike becomes the eye.
With little rain, and tinder forest, flame reaches out for what i...
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Categories:
banksia, fire, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Lyrebird
...I passed by Old Man Banksia, a wonderfully gnarled tree,
While trekking through the Jamison, a bushland pedigree,
I saw the broad leaf of the Geebung, with its yelow frill,
The distant sounds of K...
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Categories:
banksia, beauty, nature,
Form: Rhyme