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Pelicans

[at The Entrance, New South Wales]

 

Pelicans with clipped wings fan the sand
that bars an entrance to the bay,
their deep bills tasting flight upon crumbs
that graze the air.

A ferris-wheel dips with children circling
counter to pelican time.
A pedal boat frets new furrows
through the water's finest silt.

The flock sits waiting
for a shallow-breasted wave to crest.

 

 

 

First published in Camouflage (Bloodaxe Books/Dufour Editions, 1998).
'Pelicans' was The Independent (UK) Daily Poem 3 April 1998.
http://home.iprimus.com.au/hussar/BevBraune/Selected_Works.htm