Saturday, 28 December 2024

Keep your Eyes Peeled!

Shark attack off Brisbane Coast*!

Which swimmers often fear the most;

It doesn’t happen every day

But always ruins a holiday!

 

Lost in seas of deepest blue

The oceans tempt but frighten too

Each golden beach a paradise

But offshore, what lurks isn’t nice!

 

Vast open spaces, empty roads

Behold the arid Antipodes

Where Europeans made their home

Its strangeness soon became their own …

 

A pot pourri, a melting pot

Where sports of all kinds hit the spot

Here Life is mostly lived outdoors

Too hot for fur-trimmed Santa Claus!

 

Its other worldliness delights;

Its star-filled heavens seen at night

Away from urban conurbations

Remind us life has limitations ...


(c) Poet in the woods 2024


* A 41 year old man killed by a shark off Keppel Islands, Queensland



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