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Summer in the Country.(Poem)

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| January 01, 2006 | Skryznecki, Peter | COPYRIGHT 2006 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

 
SUMMER IN THE COUNTRY 
 
   Summer in the country 
   was brushing away 
   flies from your face 
   and wiping sweat from your eyes-- 
   watching grasses and grains 
   shimmer in paddocks 
   or sheep and cattle 
   grazing beyond a windbreak of pines. 
 
   Galahs clanged over the homestead. 
   A windmill turned 
   when a breeze sprung up. 
   Cockatoos screeched from the pepper tree. 
 
   Only crows frightened me 
   with their sorrowful cries 
   and the way they flew slowly 
   like ...

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