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The Gecko

Nature is a wondrous thing For every creature there’s a space And that includes the human race.   Butterflies and birds and bees Are happiest in flowers and trees, B... Read More

Glory of the World

The glory of your world, Lord, leaves me spellbound The velvet blackness of the sky at night With crescent moon and evening star bright blazing Before the silent coming of the light. &... Read More

Prayer for me

I’m not much good at praying In words I’ve learnt by rote For angels, saints and heaven Seem, so far and so remote. When I need inspiration No matter what the hour ... Read More

Kawana Sunset

The evening sky is brushed by angels’ wings In strokes of palest pink and deepest grey The setting sun dips down Releasing fiery shafts That tip the feathered clouds With bur... Read More

Rainbow Birds

Lorikeets are chattering in my golden tree Scattering the opposition Diving dizzily into cups of nectar Performing feats of acrobatic brilliance On dangerous swaying branches. Just... Read More

Frangipani

Naked and twisted she stretches out, cupped hands Imploring a boon from the uncaring blue She has been all the winter adoring. Dreaming through sharp nights of cold Of a mantle of glor... Read More

Dreamy

Oh it is restful here to lie amidst the meadow grass And watch the white and fleecy clouds as overhead they pass A butterfly of gorgeous wing flits shyly past my head Dear little dove flies to the ... Read More

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