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Devonport TAS 7310
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Poems - English Writing 3C Students - Summiting A Hill On My Friend’s Farm

 

Summiting a hill on my friend’s farm

 

Late afternoon warmth on our backs

as sheep scatter through the shallow river.

Lexi pads at our heels

as thousands of beetles 

swarm the tall golden grass,

like a murmuration of coffee grounds

waltzing in the wind.

 

A screech from behind the old shed

like the sound from the back of a butcher’s;

a pair of devils squabbling.

Lexi noses at the crooked slats of the shed walls.

We call her away and she falls in line

as we wander back home

and the sun sinks behind the hill.

A chill soaks into our skin

encouraging a faster descent

down the shadowed sloping farmscape.

 

Malaika Kigotho