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Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide

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A neighbour finds a crane noble
who neither warns nor boasts.
Ripples, hindrance to scheme,
trigger the neighbour's dream
of visiting a lake, as needed,
but living in the sky
where nobility's required:
'An albatross, you know,
would flop around down here;
should always only fly.
I disdain the ripples.
I keep my thought on high.'

Douglas Scotney

Sunday, September 16, 2012

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after 'The Crane is My Neighbour'. John Shaw Neilson.

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Michael Walker 27 May 2015

I know that poem by Neilson. Good contrast between the albatross around someone's neck, and' I keep my thought on high'. I try to do that. Michael Walker.

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Danny Draper 17 September 2012

no neck brace to strain to zenith.

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