I remember smoke <br />On the wind, always warning <br />Of approaching fire <br /> <br />Out with the long handled shovel <br />And beat beat beat all night <br /> <br />~~~~~~~~~~~~ <br /> <br />I have always said <br />You get one fire, you get more <br />There's always some fool <br /> <br />With more matches than sense <br />More paraffin than brain cells <br /> <br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <br /> <br />The fire is beaten <br />And we see the damage done <br />All the loss of life <br /> <br />What better time to remember <br />Those friends that touched our hearts <br /> <br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <br /> <br />Copyright © Res JFB 8th December 2009<br /><br />Res John Burman<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/bush-fire-tanka/
