This Chapter

[Heather]

[Terry]

I hope all your dreams come true Heather.

Terry

[Catherine Lee]

Really lovely poem Heather, and I like the positive way it ends.

[David Campbell]

Very evocative, Heather. Nostalgia and hope combined.

Cheers
David

[Neville Briggs]

Well done Heather. Just the right rhythm and melody for the subject.

You could have included, I won't miss fixing the fences

[Heather]

Me too Terry

Thanks Catherine and David. I always try to see the positive in every situation -otherwise life could be pretty depressing at times. An enormous kangaroo recently hit my car - it could have been worse and gone through the window or windscreen. End result, both the roo and I survived although the car needs a little surgery and I think roo would have had some nasty bruises.

Neville, there was a stanza started about not missing bushfires, snakes, fences, grass and wood to cut, trees on fences, fences falling over, but I kept thinking of all the things I will miss about my property, not the reasons I have to leave it.

This poem started out with a rhyme in the second line as well but it was hard to tell my story using rhymes and I decided that they wouldn't be missed. This is one poem where I think the meter and the rhythm from the varying line lengths actually carries the poem and you could do without rhymes altogether. I've played around with this three line, 8 , 7 and 11 syllables a bit in different ways. I like the sound it gives.

Heather

[vwalla]

Heather
I like it too
Val W

[Cropduster]

Beautiful words, Heather.

What is the new chapter, may I ask?

[Neville Briggs]

The new chapter is adventure and wild romance

[Terry]

Just settle for happiness Heather, then everything else will just fall into place.

Cheers Terry