Best Poems Written by Brian Donnelly

But not the mountains

But Not The Mountains

There is no sound from the mountains
Unlike that of  the Magpie
The kereru or the Bell birds
Or the tractors rumbling across the paddocks

There is no sound from the mountains
Like the Nor Wester racing through the trees
The bleating of the sheep, the lowing of the cattle 
the bark of the working dog

There is no sound from the mountains
As the Southerly snow whips them unmercifully
Save the sound from the waterfalls 
as they race towards some unknown destination

There is no sound from the mountains
As the braided rivers wend their way to the sea
As the big jet planes fly hither and yon
There is no sound from the mountains
Save that of peace and tranquillity 

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