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To my sister the poet,
the family bard,
Words rhyme for you so easily, why do I find it
hard?
You put words together quickly that make us laugh
or cry,
When I put pen to paper, words that rhyme are
hard to spy.
We grew up in the country with birdsong among the
trees,
Rabbits, scrub, wildflowers and the buzzing of
bush bees,
Now I live in the city with noisy cars,
trucks
and smog,
While you are in the bush land,
perhaps listening
to a frog.
You can listen to a thrush sing or a magpie's
warbling song,
Here the sparrows chirp and squabble nearly all
day long
The traffic roars past here most of the night and
all the day,
While outside your window, blue wrens and thorn-
bills play.
Our lives are very different in country and in
city,
Now it's time to find the words to finish off
this ditty,
I hope that you have enjoyed my poor attempts at
rhyme,
From now on I'll leave it all to you - you do
better anytime.
THANK YOU, NORREEN!
And now for my answer - - |
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