Oasis

WEEKEND IN BLACK AND WHITE

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OASIS

This could be your average shopping-street

But they've turned it into a glade,

Where people can stroll or sit and rest

In the generous green-leaved shade.

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SILVER AND BLUE

The silver birches sang to me

As I was walking by.

Their branches etched, with elegance,

Against the light blue sky.

And suddenly ....I can't explain....

I absolutely knew

That the background to my life would be

Silver and blue.

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The birches of that Northern home

Were delicate and slim,

And sometimes, in that light blue sky,

The sun shone pale and dim,

But, even so..... I can't explain....

I felt that it was true

That the background to my life would be

Silver and blue.

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The gum-trees of my Southern home

Are birches in disguise.

They flash their silver bark against

Delirious blue skies.

But they prove that it has happened

As I guessed that it would do.

For the background to my life is still

Silver and blue.

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And when I see the eucalypts

With their lovely silver sheen,

I think back to that other land

And trees of a different green.

And I feel a certain homesick pang

For the land where birches grew.

Though the background to my life is still

Silver and blue.

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P.S.

A week ago it looked as though Julia Gillard hadn't got a hope of retaining her Prime Ministerial position, but she gave a great TV performance the other night and she's crept up the polls.

I had a great day yesterday. I performed my poetry for another club inthe morning and had lunch with their charming members, and I taught Max and Harry in the afternoon. But I forgot to take any photos!