Long Wattled Poems

SONG OF THE EVENING

In a lullaby song of the evening.
In the background a cricket sings, 
corellas fly past, to their resting tree
high upon silhouette wings.

Red sky widens and covers the west
with half sun glowing and...

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I researched the earth's endangered species list and this is what I found.
There's everything on the list from A to Z - rare species just abound!
I'll highlight some of the more interesting varieties just to...

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They wanted the eagle as national bird.
He opted for the turkey,
plentiful in his day and an easy meal.

He had a point, of course.

The eagle was a predator, however;
a killer, a flesh-eater, a warrior.
Yet it was...

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Your light shines through this wattled heart of mine ...
It seeps through the cracks unwoven in a twine.... 

And though my soul is filled with thistles and thorns ..... 
The light you evoke is what...

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From a very little age, I have loved birdatching. before we go on a trip, we used refer some books and write down a list of birds to check on. we actually gave up this...

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It’s not sweet as the Asian koel’s song. 
The red-wattled lapwing voices its irrecoverable loss. 
The bird’s sorrow scalds the night.

It was brooding in the serene scrape nest. 
The black blotchy eggs camouflaged with the...

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It's time for Tom to lose his wattled head.
He's designated martyr for the feast.
We pluck him naked and stuff him with bread
Then roast his hapless carcass whole or pieced.
We carve, dismember, separate his flesh
and pile...

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The trumpet fails to blast
not for lack of wind;
      but a wear.

An old cockerel crows at dawn,
not to herald the day
but to hint the world:
     ...

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