Best Waterbirds Poems

I hear that it’s raining in Washington State,
In London there's snow coming down
as I look out across a wide dusty plain,
where everything’s pastel or brown.

I...

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thermometer reads zero, a chilly breeze blows
  apple cores thrown, the blackbirds feed
  my multi-layered partner dons her wooly hat
  impatiently, she...

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A Violent Storm


It starts with dying leaves that litter lawns
All tumbled over in remorseless wind 
Until at last, defeated, they collect
Behind the garden wall in...

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The plunging line was?
going deeper, cutting close to
the bone. I was preparing 
myself to be martyred
alive.

Prod me viciously, my
love, I want to die in your...

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Kakadu Wetlands is home to three million waterbirds
From May to October it houses the comb-crested jacana
Jabirk, egrets and brolga also take their respite here
Macquarie Marshes...

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