Brolga

by | Feb 20, 2025 | Poetry

Brolga   Standing tall regal in silver-grey wings outstretched to embrace the sky Brolga and his mate perform a joyful pas-de-deux leaping, pausing twirling, trumpeting weaving a spell dance gracefully to and fro… age-old routine ballet in the wetlands   (c)...

Ode to a butter fly kite

by | May 9, 2020 | Poetry

Pink and blue with a touch of purple And sparkles on the wing Joy you give and joy you take As your silent song you sing   You struggle to raise your head Upwards, ever upwards Against the winds that so strongly blow Tossing you downwards, ever downwards.   But still...

Lifes’ Twilight

by | May 25, 2019 | Poetry

How quickly it comes … life’s twilight. Youth has waned, it seems in just a blink. Whilst youth is yours you think not of twilight. Life is endless. “Old” is far away. Not your concern. Now questions stalk your secret moments… What light remains? When will night come?...