'Wattle Trees' by Denis Kevans
Photo: © Paul Cosgrave Photography
Canberra-born Denis Kevans (1939–2005) was a poet, songwriter and performer.
Wattle Trees
The wattle trees are brandishing their many shades of gold
The blizzards of the mountains crack the granite, with their cold,
They roar across the mountains, like a wave across the sea
And the yellow-foaming wattle keeps the love alight in me.
Denis Kevans