New Years Eve
lets hope
the burst of colour and sound
scares off the old spirits
to welcome 2022
I think it will bring flowers
because I am planting them!
Welcome 2022
Dawn came with
chortle of magpies in the deodar
outside our bedroom window
morning greeted with
dawning light golden
atop the trees
the butcher birds shy ring
for them a greeting of another day
– for us a new year.
Our birds began arriving
doves lorikeets cockatoos
magpies and native minors.
It was a startling blue day.
An early walk as the heat was coming.
Coops Creek forest was shady and cool.
Michael pointed out – a natural sculpture –
a very old uprooted tree
rains and winds over the years
washing it clean like bone.
Then we saw sculpures everywhere
This could be our very own Sculpture Park
with stunning shapes
albeit of nature alone.
Trees, upturned roots, caves, fallen rocks
and plants all lend themselves
from some bigger than us
to the fragile, small, sometimes
hidden things, one needs to tiptoe
quietly not to miss
(Angophora Costata Sydney Red Gum or Smooth Bark Apple Gum)
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