The Last of the Wattle

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Below eucalypts,
butcherbird plucks out a hymn.
Bush cemetery.

The wattle lingered
late, that August year you left.
Winter’s long goodnight.

sheath of wattle on an old book
bannockburn cemetery
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Melinda J. Irvine

Melinda J. Irvine is a freelance writer, blogger and creative. She writes for business clients and online publications all over the world. When she’s not writing about holistic health and ways to become a more effective writer, Mel is practicing tai chi and supporting the emotional wellbeing of marginalised kids in the Philippines. Sometimes she even has time to cross stitch.

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