A Wet August Day In Koroit Poem by Francis Duggan

The sky overcast looking gloomy and gray
It is cool, windy and raining in Koroit today
A forecast high of seven and a low of zero degrees
And water dripping off of the branches of the Parkland trees

The calendar Spring just a fortnight away
But Spring does not start on the first of September as some like to say
September can often be windy, wet and cool
On the coastal lands of Koroit and Warrnambool

But the Spring fast approaching as August ticks on
And the worst of the Winter by now surely gone
It is the magpies nesting time of the year
And all through the night their flute like notes i do hear

The magpies are collecting sticks for their nest
On a wet August day in Koroit in Victoria's South West
And though the water is dripping off of gum and wattle tree
How pleasant to hear the song of the pee wee.