For the Birbs (Jim Hooke)
Another fantastic poem from Mel! 😀😃😄😁THE BALLAD OF BIRBSVILLECockatoos have conversations About wild birbifications Sitting here, squawking there And spreading seed everywhere...Beaks that pierce shells and pits,Crests where sunshine never wilts, Feathers that are made of cloud, And a screeching that is loud.Lovely birbs -- perfect mayhem Cover the Man who knows them: On his shoulder and by his ear, They are happy when he's near.On the ground, doing their job, Bush turkeys prance and hobnob: Wattles dangling, hunger new, They are the wild clean-up crew.Other beauties often stop Where JimBirb has set up shop: Lorikeets and sweet corellas Bring the rain but no umbrellas.And so is life in Australia, Where discovery knows no failure: Creatures of fear and of grace Exist in no other place.Mel Stiller"The Stories I Tell"@melstiller8561
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For the Birbs (Jim Hooke)
Another fantastic poem from Mel! 😀😃😄😁
THE BALLAD OF BIRBSVILLE
Cockatoos have conversations
About wild birbifications
Sitting here, squawking there
And spreading seed everywhere...
Beaks that pierce shells and pits,
Crests where sunshine never wilts,
Feathers that are made of cloud,
And a screeching that is loud.
Lovely birbs -- perfect mayhem
Cover the Man who knows them:
On his shoulder and by his ear,
They are happy when he's near.
On the ground, doing their job,
Bush turkeys prance and hobnob:
Wattles dangling, hunger new,
They are the wild clean-up crew.
Other beauties often stop
Where JimBirb has set up shop:
Lorikeets and sweet corellas
Bring the rain but no umbrellas.
And so is life in Australia,
Where discovery knows no failure:
Creatures of fear and of grace
Exist in no other place.
Mel Stiller
"The Stories I Tell"
@melstiller8561
1 week ago | [YT] | 62