last afternoon light
mirrors her river — sudden
bird songs to quiet
© 2016 Melinda Irvine
This poem appears in Paperbark Wetlands, an eBook filled with multi-media poetry.
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River and Light
Melinda J. Irvine is an Australian writer, poet, and blogger living between the Philippines and Australia. Mel is adopted mum to Jerry, a Filipino boy she met in 2015 while volunteering after Typhoon Yolanda. All the money she earns as a freelance writer and author get her one step closer to legally adopting Jerry — plus helping the other kids from his village go to school.