Friday, July 23, 2010

Spirit

Twenty-Oh-Four; the year of change
In June the sea wind blows my hair
Pale frost-flakes ride on air through salty
Spray and stinging sea-tang

The ocean scent of Bass Strait
Fills my land-bound nostrils, set
From Melborne's port to southern land,
To Devonport, Tasmania.

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