So very Aussie, to those of us slowly falling into, well, Fall.
Just afraid that those winds will fan fires…
But, yes, catches the upbeat…
Doug
On Aug 18, 2015, at 3:36 PM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Here it comes ...
> the very ground thrums
> as if ready to burst
> from below.
>
> Dormancy retreats
> as grass blades pulse,
> ready to assert
> dominance over clay.
>
> Winds fan
> rather than chill.
> Bees lurk,
> petals provide.
>
> Wattle frizz overfills
> branches' stretching.
> Everything now ...
> romp-ready.
>
> bw
Douglas Barbour
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Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuation 2 (UofAPress).
Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
Done in by creation itself.
I mean the gods. Not us. Well us too.
The gods moved into books. Who wrote the books?
We wrote the books. In whose dream, then are we dreaming?
Robert Kroetsch.
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