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Wild June daywhales put onwide vista performance.Travellers watch.In closemother with calf by her sidebreaks the water.A huge whale follows.Way out to seaanother blows spume of waterrolls.His fluke goes upthen a gigantic s p l a s h.
Head of the Bight by Meryl Brown Tobin
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I approach.It waits then draws me in,sparkling and splashing a wave or two my way.I hesitate.I dip a toe, gasp, then on I go.Soothed, cooled, caressed by a million watery minerals.I stay.Afloat and winking at the sun smiling on me.What is below me? I don’t know.I just want to enjoy this moment.I don’t want to leave.I’d like to take this home with me.A plop.A shadow of somethi...
Lily’s in the garden, Lily Lady Bird. It must be true, she’s much to do! Flitting here and there, up along a stem. ’Round around she goes, resting now and then.
Roses give us joy, Lily Lady Bird. All beds were laid in sun, not shade. Colours warm and bright; their scent fills the air. Blooms bask in beauty for everyone to share.
Lovely lemon trees, Lily La...
Dynamic birds in black and white with flapping wings zoom by. Darting, diving, chasing prey … can penguins really fly?
Their thin small wings are more like fins. Their bodies, large and plump have webby toes and stubby legs. Poor penguins barely jump!
Their sturdy bones can help them dive. Their plumpness keeps them warm. Eight hundred times as dense as ai...
Let’s pick up all the trash,
all the soft drink cans,
all the empty packets
left behind by lazy hands.
There’s garbage in the bush,
and rubbish by the road,
and on every beach
there’s more trash by the load.
What kind of careless people
leave all their mess behind?
I think I’d ...