Eucalytpus Haze

BLUE MONDAY

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EUCALYPTUS HAZE

The gum tree has painted Australia

In shades of glorious blue.

Wherever the eucalyptus grows

The colour of the sky breaks through.

This is the Hunter Valley,

Which is very near where I live.

It's an area of natural beauty,

But with something more to give.

Under these spreading vineyards,

In sight of the gum-tree blue,

Coal-mines spread their fingers

Sometimes spoiling the view.

Newcastle, my home city

Exports much more coal

Than any other port on earth,

But, of course, it takes its toll,

Not only on our countryside

But on the Earth at large;

We're adding to Global Warming....

That's the oft-heard charge.

I long for the day when Energy

Is something we can renew,

And the Hunter Valley is only known

For its vines and its gum-tree blue.

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                   Margaret Gosden 

AWASH.

The red sun sinks as the white moon rises.

I stand ankle-deep in the silvered water

That washes over the paling-pierced sand.

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