a nice shift of perspectives. the description borders on dull
pointing-out but pulls through because of some good pacing.
greetings from Barcelona all; lots of snaps (& a poem or two) are on the way.
Sagrada Família was a spiritual experience, & I haven't even stepped in yet.
KS
On 21/02/07, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Crops
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> February's the month
> when heat-waves settle in for days
> relieved by passing storms.
> These moisten some lucky acres
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> then vanish leaving clammy
> mornings and irritable noons.
> Just now we watched above
> the lake our lone pelican
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> circle harassed by eighty
> or so white cockatoos.
> The big bird lets down long
> sinewy paddles to settle
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> near the island where fish
> lunch unaware of that beak.
> The loud cockies, querulous
> as if blaming the heat
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> on the pelican, veer away
> and throng a hillside
> already in shade, pecking
> the stubble for hors d'oeuvres.
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> Can February fatten any of us?
> Berries on these straggly bushes
> are reddening pleasingly
> but no-one's nibbling.
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> Before our very eyes
> rainbow lorikeets raped
> the unripe crabapples
> on our tiny front patch.
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> The two oak trees have shed
> leafy twigs and acorns.
> Whichever birds these suit
> is OK by me. I pocket
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> just two acorns, and two
> baby pine-cones, for the dish
> on the cool hall-stand beside
> the feather collection.
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> Is there anything in the fridge?
> I take my time looking,
> letting the draught flow
> round me, resting my hand
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> first on the bottles' chill,
> then on the bowl with leftover
> apple puree - yes - last
> of our haul from Harcourt,
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> apple capital of Victoria,
> with ice cream from the freezer.
> The pelican in my mind's eye
> is cropping one fish after another.
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> Wednesday 21 February 2007
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> Max Richards
> Doncaster, Victoria
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