Eastern koel
January companion in the vertical air Brown thornbill March folds away its songs while sap falls Southern boobook May returns and the house is empty Powerful owl July cradled like a pine branch scored by talons Fan-tailed cuckoo September softens the hardest memory Grey butcherbird November warning before the sky darkens |
Sulphur-crested cockatoo
February rises like a burning mantle Grey goshawk April farewell to a dying tree Glossy black-cockatoo June cracks open as continents drift Yellow-faced honeyeater August cascading over ruined limbs Wonga pigeon October clock steadying sorrow Sacred kingfisher December fledgling by a dry creek |