The wildlife down under
Includes the Wallabies
But if truth be known
they’re
Just Kangaroo
Wannabies
Tuesday, 1 February 2022
THE WILDLIFE DOWN UNDER
THE CHERRY BLOSSOM
The cherry blossom
Filled the tree
A brief spectacle
Of perfect beauty
Until the petals fell
Like pink snowflakes
And in the breeze
Danced like confetti
Outside the church
On our wedding day
THE STORM RAGED
The storm raged
Thunder roared
And lightning flashed
As rain fell, unrestrained
From leaden skies
Like liquid knives
Dropping into the
sodden land
Night came early
Beneath the slate grey
Until a tear in the
fabric
Of the unremitting
deluge
A perfect patch of blue
Showing through the
heavy sky
Brought tranquillity
With a glimpse of
heaven
Through the darkness
A beam of heavens
light
Shone down upon the
land
A beacon from above
To let us know
We are not forsaken
THE RICH FED GROUSE THRIVE ON THE MOOR
The rich fed grouse thrive on the moor
The golden hare lives
on the valley floor
In the meadow you’ll
find rabbits there
While the fox sits
patiently in his lair
THROUGH GREEN-WOODS AND MEADOWS
Through green-woods and meadows
The happy travellers
wend
Along the meandering
river
Until they reached
journeys end
TALES OF THE RIVERBANK
A bee sipping nectar from a flower
A sparrow sipping dew
from a leaf
A butterfly on his way
to somewhere
Pays us a visit but it
was only brief
A duck quacks out on
the water
And we hear a
Kingfisher splash
An elegant swan glides
effortlessly by
And the dragonfly
makes a dash
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