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THE LORIKEETS
The sun is setting this afternoon Moreton Bay is in full view From my veranda by the sea
The view of the ocean and the smell in the breeze
The Casuarina tree across the road
Belongs to Doc my neighbour you know
The trees on his block are a haven you see
For the birds and animals as well as the bees
Bright green red and yellow with a touch of blue
Lorikeets feeding against the sea view
The screech of their voice takes your attention
As they dance spin and hang with great suspension
They fight and bicker over the very best seeds
Some fly to the grounds and walk you see
Then in a moments notice they will take off
The flock is majestic against the sky and his block
Now the Galahs have arrived and start pushing their weight
The Lorikeets are back for their dinner plate
White Cockatoos fly in from the park
Its 5 pm and getting dark
Suddenly they have had their fill
Take off and the seeds spill
Onto the bitumen and the grass
The Lorikeets wing dance way above the park
Sharmayne Kurtz
THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER
Rest – rest in peace – the shades are drawn all earthly sounds have ceased; as you lay beneath the lawn – there is no tumult near, nor is there day or night for you to shed a tear or heed your plight.
No harsher sound is there than the waters of the brook babbling on its bed, to share within this quiet nook.
Rest – rest in peace beneath these azure skies, whilst upon the nearby leas a gentle breeze goes by.
Far from that fateful day you heeded freedoms calls, now eternally you lay confined within these walls to listen to the silence fall as if on padded feet – no more to hear the bugles call amidst a battles heat.
Rest – rest in peace – your earthly toil is o’er, rest beneath these shady trees and dream those dreams once more; dream in that eternal hush to which the brave ascend, for ended is that mortal rush which those now left contend.
In peace you’ll ne’er grow older, safe beneath the sod” Rest – unknown soldier – unknown to all – save God.
Harold Meston
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