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Lovely!!!
Thank you Murg 
very nice thanks
Bon soir mon ami. Merci - and I hope you and the lovely mrs Fonske are keeping well...
Hey wanda just came across this clever piece I liked that poetry, you do have a talent, keep them coming or send into g-ups to publish,
chee
rs
What a lovely sound the Tui bird makes you have described it so well in your poem. I have also written a children's poem abour a Tui which I will post. All the best
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I saw a Tui yesterday high in my kowhai tree
I was enchanted by the bell like tones it sang for me
Keeping still I strained my eyes to catch a glimpse of him
Or maybe her, I wasn't sure, the light within was dim
It really is distinctive, the song of this lovely creature
Also known as parson bird, a white throat tuft its' feature
Feathers black but caught in sunlight shots of varied greens
shimmering and shining as it poses, primps and preens
A yellow kowhai blossom slowly drifted to the ground
To join a hundred thousand others scattered all around.
Dropped and scattered by this busy nectar sipping bird.
Fascinated, as I watched, it dropped a little turd;
However wearing birdy poop was worth the price to pay
To see that lovely Tui in my kowhai tree that day
~Wanda~