Rocky peaks of Makarora in the summer wear their snow

Through the wide brown country where the brown dust flyWhen the gales are rushing down the southern sky.In the wide brown country woods not there to seeWhere the mighty Murray crawls on towards the seaThrough the bone dry paddocks that are never greenMother Nature in this landscape in her brown only seen.Where the black tribes…

Of every shade of skin colour black, brown and whiteTo breathe in the same air we all have that rightIn a World of many Cultures the Cultures do meetThe evidence for all to see on every StreetCafes and takeaways from all cultures one can’t help but seeFrom India and Turkey, Greece and ItalyFrom China and…

Her singing voice distinctive is so beautiful and clearAnd she is one of those that you’ve heard once that again you want to hear.Her shoulder length brown hair and attractive looks and she seems free of guileAnd she has such a charming way and warmth in her smileA poet and singer songwriter and few as…

Some five years ago his ache of loss from him not goneAnd till the day of his death his grief with him will live on.I do meet him often though not every dayAnd for words to him I always feel stuck to sayHe always talks of his dead wife and the grief that he feelAnd…

They died of thirst since the food their parents brought them was too dryWhilst the warm lamp of Nature glowed brightly in the sky.Blow flies attracted to their nest by the smell of decayAre buzzing around in the heat of the dayTheir parents are building a new nest nearbyAt raising a family again they will…

But between happiness and meLay thousands of miles of sea.Here am I feeling the pinchShovelling bits of rock and earth out of a trenchAmidst the humid heat and smokeAnd the grimy dust that choke.And that worthless gaffer FredShouting down from overheadTelling me to shed more sweatMake my shirt a bit more wet.The jackhammer spitting hateAgainst…