children’s playground
the bird’s song
climbs a tree
About this Rooku
While watching my children at a playground a bird retreated to a nearby tree and proceeded to sing. The moment said something to me of the relationship between nature and humans. Once the bird felt safe it was able to add it’s voice to the chorus of children playing.
Email: hungrypoet1963@yahoo.com.au
About Michael de Valle
Michael de Valle writes haiku and short stories and lives in the Dandenong Ranges. His first collection of stories, Take a Breath & Hold It, was shortlisted in the 2006 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards. A second collection of stories, Going Home, was published by Mockingbird/Ginninderra Press in 2006.
