The Wednesday Poem

One With the Land​

The promise of light
Peeps through the spinifex
On the crest of the hill
The heart beat of the country
Is palpable
The pre dawn silence
Interrupted only
By the birds –
The wind chimes of the desert
The bare feet of early risers
Enveloped in the red dirt
Feel the vibration
Of the voices of the people
Who’ve been before
Those who left their presence
On the rocks
At the foot of the hill
Or in the caves
Where the life blood of country
Still seeps
Offering connection to those
Who hear their song

Aileen Hawkes

Aileen Hawkes is an Education Consultant from Queensland where she developed her love for the written word by sitting under the she-oaks at the beach listening to an aunt reading such things as ‘Wind in the Willows’ and the Winnie the Pooh stories. She takes great joy in helping children express themselves through prose and poetry.

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