Diamond Firetail
...Tiny finch you land with a beakful
of nesting material spinning
a pretty crimson tail
I am motionless, considerate of
any mishap that might interrupt
or cause you to reject my presence
I wa...
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Categories:
firetail, beauty, bird, hope,
Form: Free verse
Beautiful Firetail Finch
...Looking through the three-eighth gauge, at zebra's, stars and plumhead.
Listening to the expert in the trade and take in what he said.
I went home and scanned through pages of books and magazine,
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Categories:
firetail, bird, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Captured By the Creek
...Like a drug of dependence, this will keep me coming back
out along the Sardine Creek, walking on a wombat track.
I should know every cranny and hurdle in the way,
But secrets of the bush keep aris...
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Categories:
firetail, nature, water, drug,
Form: Rhyme