Cotton Tree
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All is bright, and I betwixt God and you,
the kookaburra is in the willow,
and honeyeaters in the honeydew
flitter as I lay your breast and pillow.
You are my morning and evening star,
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Categories:
honeyeaters, blessing, fate, love,
Form: Sonnet
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:
honeyeaters, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Pulmonary
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"Pulmonary"
Revelations burn pulmonary
when all the bees no longer roar
life drowns in blue-green
Clairvoyants dance in time
with prophets...
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Categories:
honeyeaters, animal, bird, fish, humanity,
Form: Free verse
Birdsville Sanctuary
...My neighbour
wondered where all the birds were going to
"to my yard,"
I replied
the Cockatoos for the green almonds
Blackbirds and Mynas for ground cover insects
Crows bark-scavenging for borer...
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Categories:
honeyeaters, nature,
Form: Free verse
While the Red Gums Bloom
...While the red gums bloom
the honeyeaters
quarantine my garden
from other bird species
even my best mate
the little blackbird
hides behind garden pots
terrified
when he visits....
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Categories:
honeyeaters, nature,
Form: Free verse
Haiku,Flowers and Hummingbirds
...Haiku-flowers and hummingbirds
Dripping with nectar
Baskets rampant with fushia
Honeyeaters feast
Margaret Foster. April 2012...
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Categories:
honeyeaters, nature,
Form: Haiku