Splendid Blue

By Frances Macaulay Forde

Mon, 26 Jan 2026
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Fairy Wrens are my favourite little birds, found in the South West of Western Australia. They really are that colour! (Art: FMF©2025)



Splendid Blue

 

In breeding plumage

his world knows no guns,

only the garden sprays

killing his insect food.

 

Still, he flits and flirts,

happy in his life work.

Seeking shades of brown

and grey among the twigs.

 

There, a most superb mate

waits, quietly seed-feeding

to proliferate their kind.

A species not in danger – yet.



Frances Macaulay Forde © 2015



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Certificate 18
Poem
Written in Australia
Nature

Comments

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

I've never heard of this bird before Frances, such a beauty and your poem is just fine.

Jenny.

 

Submitted by Frances Macaula... on

I do so appreciate your comments and reading, Jenny.  As I said, my favourite little birds.  First seen in the forrest down south.  It's bright blue standing out even in the shadows...

Best,

Frances.

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