James Martin Devaney Place Poems
- 1. A Dedication
Because I went the lone ways
Among the tall trees,
Because I loved the blue days,
The bird melodies,
... - 2. The Bunyip
Oh, came you up by the place of dread
(west red, and the moon low down)
where no winds blow and the birds have fled
and the gum stands dead and its arms gleam white,
... - 3. The Frog Pool
Week after week it shrank and shrank
as the fierce drought fiend drank and drank,
till on the bone-dry bed revealed
the mud peeled;
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