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Two Poems from our Nature Poetry Collection
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| ESTUARY AT BALNARRING |
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Lee Emmett
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late afternoon at estuary
sitting on deck chair
duck swims out of sight
light wind licks hair
sound of small plane
heard before seen
just above banksias
on other side of stream
murky scum stagnates
on this near bank
if put foot in it
very sure would stink
main flow of creek
clean and tidal
reeds on both shores
native birds’ hide-all
many insects live
in water and grass
plenty food for birdlife
which alongside pass
duck preens under-feathers
disappears below
about ten feet away
mate waits in water-flow
ripples breaking azure
reflection of clear sky
blue wren rests in shrub
before flying on by
smooth bark eucalypt
profuse pale lemon flowers
attracts birds and insects
nature’s magic powers
orange butterfly
flits here and is gone
ant size of pin-head
crawls and moves on
now white butterfly
wings edged in black
within a few seconds
covers fifty-metre track
grating call of wattle bird
up in closest tree
another one flies over
to keep it company
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| TWO DUCKS |
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| Author: |
Lee Emmett
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TWO DUCKS |
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two ducks behind grass rest speckles brown tan chests dark backs and beaks occasional quacks and squeaks dive under disappearing find meal resurface cheering
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