Tall, thick trunked yet
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!
Wonderful description of a rural life, and you lived it Tineke. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteld
So full of light, shape, colours, atmosphere - mustering done, home to the comforts of warmth, food, drinks, bed! What a perfect poem. Really and the lovely photo of a blue gum at sunset?
ReplyDeleteBeautiful.