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• Once there were Sheep
  by adgray

  Once there were sheep / Millions upon millions / in flocks strong and deep

  Poetry inspired by the shot of Darren Stones of the sheep yards at Parwan / When once this country rode on the sheep’s back now we are in danger of not having any. What will we do when all the flocks have gone?

• Along the Henry Lawson Way
  by Darren Stones

  Many people in rural Australia are killing themselves because they’ve lost hope. It’s rare to hear about the heart-wrenching stories here…

  Click banner to enter my web site. Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance member. Thank you to Rebecca Ingram from Cobar, New South Wales, Australia for relating some shocking stories to me during my journey into rural and outback New South Wales in August-September 2007. © Darren Stones 2007.

• Boilingdown Creek
  by pinkelephant

  Dead kangaroos lined the road, lumped like discarded costumes after a masquerade.

• Bush Fire
  by Estelle O'Brien

  Sap bleeding hues..

  Please also see sweetscent62 ’s beautiful “Bushfire” painting which this poem is proud to accompany. I live in rough mountianous terrian in one of the most bushfire prone areas in the world. With summer temperatures often in the mid 40s and strong winds – watching the sky for smoke is a constant subconscious summertime habit. However, bushfire is a natural phenomenon and some gum tree seeds do not germinate unless they are burnt by fire. We are surrounded by thousands of beautiful eucalypts of many varieties…I have seen them devastated by fire only to return stronger than ever the next year or two. We have also just come through a seven years drought and although gum trees are so hardy, a few didn’t make it.

• ~ Waiting Out the Dry ~
  by adgray

  When the rains do come as they surely will / Will the feed return? Are the seeds good still?

  My good friend Jan is posting a trilogy of photos about how the great Australian drought has effected land in her area when I saw this one about the worst of the drought I was shocked and this poem came forth. If you want to know why Australia only has 20 odd million people – this is why! Most of the country looks like this of late! sure come on over and grab a plot of land – there is no water to truck in and none falls from the sky – Good Luck Mate! / We must stop wasting water WORLD WIDE or the earth will stay like this!

• No swimming
  by adgray

  Darren’s picture draws this cry from me / perhaps we will learn to be water wise eventually!

  Darren’s picture draws this cry from me / perhaps we will learn to be water wise eventually! / Chookas! ♥

• Benwerrin Road
  by Rainmemory

  At Benwerrin Road, the air is still and humid. A few of a million raindrops have fallen. If you could see inside the homes of Benwerrin…

  Short story

• ~ all forlorn ~
  by adgray

  What it’s like to be lonely

  This picture This is What it’s like to be Lonely caught my eye and words filled my mind / Thank you Mindy your art is awesome! ☼ Each time we turn on a tap perhaps we should stop a second and think! / Thank you! ♥

• Two Kings (revised version)
  by David Haviland

  Two kings held court by the river wide, / Within their kingdoms of green. / As time did pass, man tainted the land, / Water covered as far a…

  A revised version of Two Kings, with many thanks to lightsmith and toxeth o’grady for their feedback on the earlier version. Any further feedback on how to improve would be much appreciated. Poem is a take on the Hume Weir and the dead trees that poke up when the levels get down as in current drought.

• Oh My Darling
  by Darren Stones

  Don’t leave me this way.

  Spirit Of The Bush – Lee Kernaghan, Adam Brand & Steve Forde © Darren Stones 2008.

• Parwan is parched
  by Darren Stones

  Lack of rain and dam water is now causing farmers to move stock

  Parwan is being ravaged by drought. More photos here

• The Longest Drought
  by NautilusBlue

  We walked the long paddock day after day / Praying to God to send some water our way

  A poem telling it as it is for those on the land and those in the city during the recent drought

• The Drought
  by Deon de Waal

  The vast nothingness, the harsh, beating sun, / The silence of an Earth, breaking all around,

• Drought
  by lolowe

  Set askew this moment’s frail encounter / Brushed off like spider web across the face / Dangling against the jaw / Wisps of something soft a…

• with apologies to drought areas
  by Inishiata

  raining, / still raining, / still bloody raining….........

• Life on the Land
  by Sarah Donoghue

  ...Cloudless sky / Blue as far as the eye can see….

• Pluvialis horribilis
  by retepk

  “It has been bucketing down here. Flooding everywhere. Roof leaking like you wouldn’t believe”.

• Farmers Drought Stress!
  by photoj

  The Farmers Drought Stress can be potenually greater than the Drought itself.

  Farmers Drought Stress

• The Incredibly Angry Yardwoman
  by linda lowry

  Mosquito spray renders a strange mood…

• Remember
  by MissA

  “Remember,” said the girl. / “Remember,” said the boy.

  For a comp called “Like we did Last Summer”

• Drought Haiku 16-06-08
  by shiro

  Blue sky, baking sun. / Two pidgeons stand forlornly, / In a dried up puddle.

• Evaporate
  by Jodi Franzke

  Then a rumble & crack brings a moment’s relief / Yet lone drops are…

• This is the brown land
  by benvolio

  our throats flooding with drought

• The Egrets Call
  by Angela Legge

  As a child you knew when a storm was coming, / In the distance a lone bird would call in the south, / More desperate as the days have drawn…

  Spring of 2007.Egrets – SE Queensland marsh birds with haunting call.