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Poet\'s Bush Call


Will you come and journey with the author,
traversing time and space, imagination -
of things real or conjured in the mind


when the wattle blossoms dance in the wind,


the birdcalls and the dingo\'s howling....
in that hour of phrases catching, we shall
see the wonder of life itself unfolding...

Through the hush of dawn’s slow breathing, 
 we tread the worn paths of longing, 
 where the earth hums beneath bare feet- 


 stories layered leaf upon fallen leaf, 


 whispering of forgotten hands 
that shaped the contours of this land 
before names were written down.

Beyond the bend where shadows linger, 
 where water carves its quiet etching, 
 the air thickens with memories unclaimed- 


voices once carried along by wind, 


 folded into the murmuring gum trees, 
waiting for new tongues to set them free:
voices launched into time’s unraveling thread.