Child and Bird
...Imagine perching in that huge gum tree;
I would fly and see for miles,
just like that currawong that slides
between the misty air and dewy grass.
I wonder if that currawong,
inside his bony-bi...
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Categories:
currawong, 2nd grade, bird, child,
Form: Rhyme
Deceiving Bird Calls
...For as long as I remember I’ve had this avicultural fad;
keeping birds in planted aviaries from the day I was a lad.
Caging prolific zebra finches to the pretty Whydah bird.
Bred Strawberries an...
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Categories:
currawong, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Deceiving Bird Calls
...For as long as I remember I’ve had this avicultural fad;
keeping birds in planted aviaries from the day I was a lad.
Caging prolific zebra finches to the pretty Whydah bird.
Bred Strawberries an...
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Categories:
currawong, humor,
Form: Rhyme
A Paradise
...On moss covered log I sit to rest; a yellow robin shows no fear,
there's continual rippling water, a ground thrush feeding near.
Maidenhair droops down the weathered bank; a currawong mournfully cr...
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Categories:
currawong, environment, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Five Senses In Spring
...The wood smoke is rising,
there’s a chill in the air,
the valley’s in shadow,
with the pear tree still bare,
but I know by morning,
what the new day will bring...
It’s the last day of winter;
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Categories:
currawong, farm, senses, , cute,
Form: Rhyme
The Birdbath
...The first is like an imaginary vision;
a tiny apparition, in three quick flashes.
The landing, one sip, then disappearing,
sweet fairy wren.
Then, there is the brazen, full, plop of the Currawong;
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Categories:
currawong, allegory, bird, garden,
Form: Free verse