Walking In The Bush (A Pantoum - I Think) Poem by Sean Joyce

Is this not beautiful, she said
this colonnade of greenery
Cicadas sing and Bellbirds ring
Above about and in between

This colonnade of greenery
Where Fantails skit and skite
Above about and in between
And water softens every sight

Where Fantails skit and skite
Delighting in our company
And water softens every sight
Yes this is beautiful indeed

Delighting in our company
Our togetherness together
Yes this is beautiful indeed
It may be paradise, she said

Our togetherness together
Cicadas sing and Bellbirds ring
It may be paradise, she said
this colonnade of greenery
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'A Pantoum! From Malayan poetry, a poem of four line stanzas where lines 2 and 4 of each stanza become lines 1 and 3 of the following one. News to me but interesting - try it.'