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to not know what we think we know
to see the wisdom of the tree
which lives fully empowered
by the earth its roots silently
nourishing not only itself
but its neighbors also
giving shelter freely to birds
shading big and little creatures
in its collected compost
so ancient a recycling
of its discarded and released leaves
of exhausted helpfulness
to absorb its silence
is to be content......
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in the wild winds joining
their leaves and branches
in exuberant forgetfulness
that their limbs may be torn
thrown to the ground
their bark in such colourful
profusion on the earth below
making shelter for the little
creatures scuffling underneath
the silence and the mystery of it all......
elegantly limbed Blue gums
Golden on the side of the setting sun
their shadows giving deep resonance
to space and line
Weaving through, a Stockman
on a lightly stepping Golden horse
red Kelpie at heel, sheep mustered
homeward bound for a shower
Brandy and Dry , mutton dinner
cooked on a wood stove, wine
Perhaps a sweet jam roly
with Mrs Edwards fresh cream.....
Bed!
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The Horse is watching the kangaroos in the evening light. Don't you dare come into my paddock he thinks, this is my paddock the bossman told me. He sowed it with fresh pasture seed and it will be feed for me this coming summer.
The Horse knows kangaroos have big feet which will flatten the crop if they get in and loll around in it.
I have hard feet thinks the Horse and have metal shoes on which the farrier comes and takes off every six weeks. He trims my hooves thinks the Horse and nails the iron shoes back on. Sometimes when the farrier does this I turn my head and nuzzle the straps of his leather apron or his head if it is near enough.
The sun is low on the horizon thinks the Horse and my feed will surely be put into the feed bin hanging on the wall of my shelter shed. Chaff and bran and applecider vinegar mixed with warm water if the night is going to be cold. I will push my muzzle in right up to my nostrils, it is so good....
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winds sculpt fantastic images
no noise calm silence
