Andrew--I think it wants to rhyme...
Candice.
--- andrew burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Gibb River Station
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> In tropical heat, multilingual birds sing
> in high branches, dry leaves rattle on
> a sunburnt land. Brahmin bulls dust-up
> as thirst and hunger bite deep. Red cloud
> rises but the stockmen are in town to drink.
> Home alone, old law lady lies abed,
> Dreamtime stories and language in her head.
> I leave my desk to exercise and think.
>
> The Kimberley broadcasts its text in sun
> and shadow-puppet play, outcrop and gorge,
> red dirt polyglossia of crow claw,
> goanna print, roo paw and grader wheels.
> On the track, Benjamin heightens my tongue:
> _translation marks their stage of continued life._
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> All criticisms welcome. It is a draft and I expect
> to change it. I
> would therefore like some feedback >g< I meant to
> write a hip,
> urbane, smooth-talking contemporary sonnet - but the
> surroundings got
> the better of me. I certainly didn't intend to
> rhyme, or at best,
> half-rhyme, but me and my Muse don't always see
> eye-to-eye.
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>
>
> Andrew
> http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/aburke/
>
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