Pilgrim
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I Measure My Life
I measure my life by the days on the calendar
I measure my life by the years since 1960
I measure my life by the esteem of my colleagues
By the wealth which I hold
By the love of my childre… -
My Suitcase
My suitcase will be empty when I reach my journey’s end <br>
Definitely it will not contain clothes, or houses, dollars or shares<br>
Awards, honour and esteem wont make it to the end<br> -
Peter and the Tree
Heavy rains finally broke the drought
A large eucalypt, perhaps 5 feet across, came down
Falling across a fence, it needed to be cleared away -
I Shot a Wombat
He sat still, willing the end
A single shot (I am pleased I had practiced) -
Hunting with Aboriginals
Last year Aboriginals took me to find a boomerang. Eventually, after hundreds of rejected trees, one was found buried deep within the correct bend in a mulga. Tiny tomahawk in hand the old man,…
