Kuipto Forest Poem by Paul Warren

We started the task on a wet afternoon
Being dropped 10 kilometres away about noon
And I was left with a map and compass alone
The trek in the Adelaide Hills with the afternoon gone

Using the map and the compass through the Kuipto Forest
I walked the dark wet Forest through the afternoon without rest
Late in the afternoon the kangaroos were around
Bounding through the forest covering the ground

Until at last I came across the bush track road
Walking up the last hill the task complete without a goad
I reported back in the middle of the pack
Then a shower and a meal being glad to be back.

© Paul Warren Poetry