Dieback Poem by Frances Macaulay Forde

between Pinjarra
and Waroona
jarrahs and tuarts
evening dressed
fluff their leaf skirts
expose naked arms
reaching up
appealing
to the endless sky
for a cure


(Published P65 - Sept 06 -Poets Union Inc. Anthology 2006)


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