I have been following Frank Prem’s unique poetry for a while and quite recently read his ‘Devil In The Wind – voices from the 2009 black Saturday bushfires’ , little realising that a worse nightmare was unfolding in Australia. It’s already Saturday in Australia and as we sleep tonight Frank speaks for many towns and people facing fearsome fires.
today is the day
(for the moment
at least)
that they say
might bring the creature
to our doorsteps
it will start out cool
then boil up
later on
into searing
looking out the window
the smoky haze
is not too bad
today
though I can still taste
yesterday’s plastic
in the air
and the stench
of burning rubber
mostly
what I notice
making the ground
seem like
a carpet that has come alive
is the flits
and the flights
of a cloud
of small blue butterflies
and we will stay
it has been decided
that
is our plan
stay
in the township
though
we will not seek
to defend
at our door
there are places
to run
to be as safe
as anywhere else is
and we will do our best
to survive
along
with all our neighbours
I will go
to my workplace
in the afternoon
to undertake…
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Janet, thank you for your support.
At time of writing we are ok, but the next couple of hours and through the night will be the test.
Hopefully, will be all good tomorrow.
We shall see.
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Fine by me, ditdot. cheers. Thanks for the support.
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I was also shocked and horrified by the current fires in Australia, Janet. I am reading a lot about them at the moment. Very scary.
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I appreciate the support very much, Robbie.
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Yes from what we see it looks like the whole country is on fire, a real apocalypse.
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It is, Janet. Quite biblical in its severity.
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