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Living on the island state of Tasmania, Australia. Narrating life through poetry and photography.

If you feel too much

A lightness, a dance
Is all that romance
An evening discourse
If you happen to chance

The swaying of trees
Is all that is needed
Just floating in air
For us to be pleased

Ne'er break nor bruise
But growing from roots
Don't save for a vase
Or petals removed

No pruning shears
Large hands severe
To repot or sprout
Our tender shoots out

Grow wild on our plain
Only sun, moon and rain
To cover us over
For love will remain

Chiloglottis triceratops, native orchids of Tasmania.

End and Begin

Can't turn round
Nor go back
Burke and Wills track
Pride takes us on

Spreading sun
Wind and rain
Spreading seeds
Some in vain

Quiet resting place
Long nourished
Always known
Local natives
Wildlife grown

Is such a place
For a wild exotic
Blown in
From afar

Do you know where you are?