Love is in the air

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Love is in the air...

I dragged my Beloved

out of bed

early one morning this week

on the pretext of finding whales

the sun was battling

with the clouds

for supremacy

in the 6am sky

 

but the mood was mellow

there were very few people about

and

the day was warm

it was great to be up

and looking over

the mighty Pacific

which is called the Tasman Sea

between Australia

and New Zealand

 

it was a whale free morning

but love was in the air

on the sand

and in the skies

the next day

was also whale free

 

but a little boat

bobbed on the swell

 

the ocean frothed

and foamed

onto the rocks

 

and a small magpie lark

called a Peewee

watched the sea

 

and then watched me

He is a male peewee

the female has a white face

 

 and he lives in a mud and grass nest

on a horizontal branch

near or over the water

Love is in the air

on the sand

and in the skies...

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