Forget the bushfires and fierce heat
Australia’s Top
End has wet feet
As storms and
floods on map are shown
With the Red Centre
– a damp zone!
On ANZAC day - at
dawn - crowds wait:
The Last Post
sounds on silent state
Where volunteers
for distant king*
Knew patriotism
was the thing.
Not all returned
from overseas …
A whole generation grieves;
Yet ghosts of
veterans live on
Accompanying post-COVID
throng…
In a reflective
mood, with friend
A pleasant
two-hour walk I spend
By scenic,
tranquil Minno Creek
Where bold
white gums form arched retreat.
Here cars are
few in rural lanes:
Blue skies, no
clouds, no passing planes
The outback beckons
on parched land
Leaf-litter decorates
dirt sand …
Warm autumn sun
shines on my plate
In inner
courtyard, tea and cake!
I pause a moment,
lost in wonder
At the
laid-back lifestyle of “Down Under”!
(c) Poet in the woods 2022
* King George V.
Minno Creek near Belair Park, South Australia
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