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Posted in 1968 Notebook, Africa, Animals, nature, Poetry, tagged 1968Notebook, Africa My Home, AfricaSunsets, Elephants, nature, Poem, POEM:AfricanSky, poetry, Sunsets on August 24, 2015| 1 Comment »
© Sean Austin posted this photo on Facebook today, with these words:
“The sky broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire…”
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Posted in Exploring Possibilities, Hidden Capacity, Love, nature, Poetry, Poetry Postcards, Romance, tagged Australian Poetry, Flowers, FMF:PoetryPostcards, FrancesMacaulayForde, Love, nature, poetry, poetry in Western Australia, PoetryPostcards, Postcards, romance on August 21, 2015| Leave a Comment »
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Posted in COMMUNITY, nature, Poetry, Writers, Writing, tagged FrancesMacaulayForde, LynneLeonhardt, nature, PerthWriters, POEM:TheWhiteGate, poetry on January 19, 2015| 4 Comments »
The White Gate
The path is Agapanthus strewn
freedom for women colours;
green and purple heads bob
in the Freo Doctor, interrupted
by blossoms which match the gate.
Hung upon squat solid upright stone,
it swings inwards, inviting entry
to this secret garden, lusted with
love, Christmas feasts, familial
fecundity, rapturously shared.
Reluctantly closed until next year…
Frances Macaulay Forde © 2015
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Posted in nature, Poetry, Poetry Postcards, Writing, tagged FrancesMacaulayForde, nature, PoetryPostcards, PP:Rain on December 11, 2014| Leave a Comment »
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Posted in Africa, Animals, Books, nature, Poetry, Writing, tagged animals, extinction, Frances Macaulay Forde, Harry Owen, nature, poems, Rhinos, South Africa on April 27, 2014| 3 Comments »
Busy doing my tax return and came across an unsaved (!) poem I wrote and submitted (some time ago) to be included in an anthology to raise funds for the preservation of Rhinos.
Harry Owen the inaugural Poet Laureate for Cheshire (UK) in 2003, moved to South Africa’s Eastern Cape in January 2008, was the editor and now the book is published I shall put my order in.
Even though they didn’t use my poem I certainly want to support their very worthy cause.
Thandi
Imagine slow, deep heart beats
echoing inside a massive hide.
Slumberous half-blind grazing.
Open veld rare rhino protected.
Unaware evil stalks with intent.
Crack! Stinging rifle shot thrums.
Laboring body lumbers to escape.
Laid low, as deadly saw crudely
works on pointed bone bleeding
on Africa’s Skin. Enough death,
illegal trade. This is no noble
harvest to feed the starving poor…
Frances Macaulay Forde © 2012
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