ABPA - Australian Bush Poets Association

I hope all your dreams come true Heather.

Terry

Really lovely poem Heather, and I like the positive way it ends.

Very evocative, Heather. Nostalgia and hope combined.

Cheers
David

Well done Heather. Just the right rhythm and melody for the subject.

You could have included, I won't miss fixing the fences

Me too Terry

Thanks Catherine and David. I always try to see the positive in every situation -otherwise life could be pretty depressing at times. An enormous kangaroo recently hit my car - it could have been worse and gone through the window or windscreen. End result, both the roo and I survived although the car needs a little surgery and I think roo would have had some nasty bruises.

Neville, there was a stanza started about not missing bushfires, snakes, fences, grass and wood to cut, trees on fences, fences falling over, but I kept thinking of all the things I will miss about my property, not the reasons I have to leave it.

This poem started out with a rhyme in the second line as well but it was hard to tell my story using rhymes and I decided that they wouldn't be missed. This is one poem where I think the meter and the rhythm from the varying line lengths actually carries the poem and you could do without rhymes altogether. I've played around with this three line, 8 , 7 and 11 syllables a bit in different ways. I like the sound it gives.

Heather

Heather
I like it too
Val W

Beautiful words, Heather.

What is the new chapter, may I ask?

The new chapter is adventure and wild romance

Just settle for happiness Heather, then everything else will just fall into place.

Cheers Terry