More animal poetry is on the way when I listen to what the animals say
I’ve finished writing “Seahorse Medicine for future humans” and my next step is to illustrate, edit and format for print but that takes time and money both of which are stretched thin at the moment. However, I do keep on writing and now have enough poetry for a second book of children’s animal poetry (Seahorse Medicine Too Grow) as well as begining on a third collection called “Seahorse Medicine Three: Animals speak through me.”
The following poems will be included in the third book
The Bush Turkey
The Bush turkey is a nurturing man
Hatches the eggs because he can
In the forest
Scratch around
Pile the leaves
Bush turkey mound
Raises the kids
For his wife
Father nurtures
New young life
Feels the temperature
Neck of yellow
Patient waiting
Until chicks cheep, “hello”
“Daddy, daddy we love you”
For all the nurturing
You do”
Bush turkey
With a head of red
Yellow necklace
Powerful legs
Wings of Black
Lustre Shine
You nurture life
You are
Divine
Brother Bush turkey
Came toward me
His three sisters hid away
He’d come over as a decoy
To protect his sisters
What a boy
There was dad
Working hard
Big yellow neck
Scratching hard
With powerful legs
Adjust the temperature
Incubating eggs
Gentle men
Care and protect
Nurture family
And respect life
Just like a Bush turkey
Soldier Crabs 1
Sensitive and strong
With armour of blue
Left right left right
How do you
Not trip over
With so many legs
Running all together
And not tangle your legs?
Tiny Birds
Little tiny birds fly towards the light
To escape the darkness and when they’re closed inside
Up towards the heaven where the sun lights up the sky
Little birds swoop and soar towards the light up high
Fairy Wren
Fairy Wren with a head of blue
You only ever sing words true
Fairy Wren you are correct
Because you know cause and effect
And if you ever tell a lie
A part inside of you will die
Honest little Fairy Wren
I trust you my blue head friend
Fairy wren said, “Please Stop Striving
Against each other, fussing and fighting
We’re all in this together
Let’s work for peace forever
All beings can live in love
Not only the peace dove
It’s time that you decide
To cooperate and stop to strive
Fairy Wren with a head of blue
I’ve taken on your words as true
Ensure my words are true and correct
My cause correct, the right effect
Throat chakra shining brilliant blues
Only singing loving truths
Honest little Fairy Wren
You show the way my truthful friend
Thundercloud Repairian 