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Posted in FrancesMacForde, FrancesMForde, nature, Poetry, Readings of my Poems, Sounds, WA Writers, Writers, Writing, tagged @FrancesMForde, FrancesMacForde, nature, Ocean, POEM:CoralBay, poetry, ReadingPoems, SoundPoems, WAPoet, WAWriter on December 12, 2015| 2 Comments »
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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| 5 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| 1 Comment »
Posted in nature, Poetry, Poetry Postcards, Wordless Wednesday, Writing, tagged Daffodils, Flowers, FrancesMacaulayForde, nature, PoetryPostcards, PP:ACrowd on December 3, 2014| Leave a Comment »
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
Posted in Animals, Love, nature, Romance, WA Writers, Writing, tagged Australian birds, Carnaby's Black Cockatoos, Fauna, Frances Macaulay Forde, nature, new month, new moon, Perth Daily Photo, Poem, poetry in Western Australia, Western Australia, wishing, words, writer, writing on April 2, 2014| 2 Comments »
A pair (female on right) of Carnaby’s Black Cockatoos in my Jacaranda. Frances Macaulay Forde © 2007.
New Moon
Last night, a sliver of silver low on the horizon, above the sea;
The moon visible through the clear sliding door of my patio
but couldn’t wish on it, not through glass – bad luck!
So eyes-down I opened the door, stepped out bare-feet on concrete
past the patio setting, minding the balls Sonja has strewn
and stood, out in the cool (now Autumn) air and wished.
Can’t tell you what I wished for or it won’t come true – it’s not for me.
I am lucky in love. My family are healthy and happy, I have you.
All that I need. So how could I possibly ask for more, for me?
Frances Macaulay Forde © 2014
If you’ve got time, read more about these magnificent Carnaby’s but also, have a look at the best photos I’ve ever seen of them, up close, taken by Grace and posted on Perth Daily Photo today.
Posted in Animals, Music, nature, WA Writers, tagged Boxing Kangaroos, Fauna, FordeDOTPaddy, Frances Macaulay Forde, G.Forde, Joondalup, kangaroos, nature, Perth Daily Photo, Yellagonga, Yellagonga Regional Park on March 31, 2014| 3 Comments »
My very clever brother has written some more music to his videos of Kangaroos Boxing in the early morning, taken at a nearby park and blogged on Perth Daily Photo.
Western Australia has preserved ‘green belts’ so kangaroos (and other fauna) can roam from one feeding ground to another.
Those areas usually include a lake, providing natural habitats for our native flora and fauna – particularly in my region near Yellagonga Regional Park. (Also the subject of a Picture Book I’m working on.)
We’re used to seeing kangaroos around but know not to go near as they are deceptively cute and can be very dangerous.
Those strong back legs are used to rip open the stomach of their opponent while they rest on that ‘third leg’ – their extremely strong tail!
Driving from the city, just before turning off the freeway for home at sunset, we often see a ‘mob’ feeding near the access tracks on the left.
While studying at University I sometimes attended lectures at our local ECU campus here in Joondalup which also was regularly visited by a local ‘mob’.
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