POP- UP-WATER-FEATURE
A dull sky, heralds a storm
Atmospheric signs, rapidly born
Springs an outcome, to shake
A flood-plain, as sterile lake
Isolated-barren, gradually fills
As heavens water, downward spills
Zig-zag lightening, links the two
Turns earth-sky, dull grey on cue
Bird life, drops in to share
Pop-Up-water-feature, with care
Rain-fall ends, soak away begins
Return-to-flood-plain, removes din
Happy birds, a short time dipped
Lush bottomed water-bed, beaks nipped
Tasty morsels, trapped in wait
Nature's smorgasbord, for quick break
Short-term-feast, memories will make
As a human favourite, treats and cake.
Returning sun, brings rainbow perfection
Normality resolved, at nature's direction
Life so precious, balanced unique
Visual scene change, genuine treat
For humans and wildlife, who share
Earth given lifestyle, for all who care
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Posted: Aug 2016
About this poem:
those lowlands, that fill in heavy rain.....attracting bird-life....
Comments (8)
Like an island, this hill rose on a flood plain, with an ancient homestead as a look out, between a highway one side and the railway the other.
Rural, the goats would walk the railway line, and the passing trains, two a day, would honk to warn me they'd gone walk-about, but when it rained, all the ducks and geese disappeared to the 'Lake,' which I would watch from the homestead........
23 years living rural with nature, till I returned to the outskirts of the city.....but a very special time.....
I think that nature in NZ is mainly raw, especially in the isolated areas like Northland, and Southland that has a look of Scotland.
Thank you for your comment......and admit, nature is something I can never get enough of.......Kathy xx
one day my Lord will allow me to witness this beauty you speak of Kathy
Kathy