Cotter dam extension
20 times volume The man said Walking the riverbank
Beatrix Potter land
soft greens Bubbling water
moist Earth wombat
D roppings square
in natural design
Placid glade by the stream
What an idyllic scene
soon the Dozer tears
its Heart open tears fall
as drizzle moistening
that which had been
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Author:
Pearcemelville 卯升 (Pseudonym) (
Offline) - Published: May 28th, 2022 00:16
- Comment from author about the poem: Australian Capital Territory Brindabella
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Being a Yank I had to google Cotter Dam Extension to find out about it. I see where this poem is coming from, and the terrible offset of nature with the needs of the population for water due to drought conditions. Climate change is after all, real. Wonderful write!
I worked as a labourer and dogman on the building of the viewing platform, my first job on return to Australia from Japan, 2010.
We destroyed an idyllic stream.
Wombat faeces are square so as not to roll.😍
I enjoyed how you use classic concepts with a casual form of modern rhetoric. Thank you for sharing. 🙂
Scat! More right angled than that of the eastern greys. If we only had more Beatrix Potters in Oz, we'd probably have more green space. Farewell, Scatabout Creek.
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