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The Child of an Ancient Poet
And so the girl child sat / knitting melodies beside / the great river of words.
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An Australian Summer Sonnet.
I pray thee sun thou should set, / or take thy leave better yet, / wouldst at last my thirst be gone,
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The Ancient Poet.
The old man sat on a boulder, / overlooking the river of words. / The great stream that flows
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So You're Back Than!
The boy sat beneath the grey gum, / listening to the magpie crooning, / somewhere far above his head.
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The Voice.
I heard you calling quietly, / the voice in the night, / like a siren, just there,
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Did The Poet Speak?
Did you see the poet? / Did he pass this way? / Did the poet speak to you?,
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A Brightly Coloured Parrot.
A Corpse amongst the corpses / in this God forsaken place. / No love to come and hold me,
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Twilight
The old man sat somewhere twix bemused and bewildered, / Staring out at the mist that lay upon the puse horizon of twilight. / Horace, the brown and white dog with the shaggy coat,
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Dear Death.
Dear Death, / I'm sorry I could not meet you yesterday, / I was busy, things got in the way.
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Eternally Reborn
The butterfly and the bee pollinate, / the unknown flower of memory, / then fly off through the gaps,
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