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The Valley
Noisy Miner
Kookaburra
Grey Herons
Flies
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The Valley #2
The Valley #2
The valley cries green,
Steaming tea joins misty hills.
Here, I am wealthy.
Notes
The Valley [2024] was written in two versions. Originally as a sijo and then edited as a haiku.
It was an experiment to figure out how I can express the same image with different constraints.
It was inspired by the valley my grandparents live in west of Sydney, between Wollomi and Yengo National Park.
It was an experiment to figure out how I can express the same image with different constraints.
It was inspired by the valley my grandparents live in west of Sydney, between Wollomi and Yengo National Park.
The Valley [2024] was written in two versions.
Originally as a sijo and then edited as a haiku. It was an experiment to figure out how I can express the same image with different constraints. It was inspired by the valley my grandparents live in west of Sydney, between Wollomi and Yengo National Park.
Originally as a sijo and then edited as a haiku. It was an experiment to figure out how I can express the same image with different constraints. It was inspired by the valley my grandparents live in west of Sydney, between Wollomi and Yengo National Park.
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Excerpt from Mary Oliver's 'Invitation'
"Oh do you have time
to linger
for just a little while
out of your busy
and very important day...
...It could mean something.
It could mean everything.
It could be what Rilke meant, when he wrote:
You must change your life."
Excerpt from Mary Oliver's 'Invitation'
"Oh do you have time
to linger
for just a little while
out of your busy
and very important day...
...It could mean something.
It could mean everything.
It could be what Rilke meant, when he wrote:
You must change your life."