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The Last of the Wattle

By Melinda J. Irvine
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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

© 2017 Melinda J. Irvine

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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.

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