These Things Wait
poem
THESE THINGS WAIT
Pinks in thc garden, yuccas on thc hill»
Ground mist and sunshine merging to
a still
Haze-haloed fragrance, brewed of sage
and lime,
Rose breath and honeysuckle, lavender
and thyme!
Scrub oak and broom-yellow hung on
canyon edge,
Blood-red bougainvillaea gouted over
hedge,
Sun-lighted water spray rainbowing on
lawn,
Owl in the evening, bobwhite at dawn!
Tarweed through lupines, hooded white
and blue,
Breeze-bent eucalyptus finger-hung
with dew,
Hill trail and highway, garden path
and gate,
Home, on thc heart journey, these
things wait!
-- Kate Rennie Archer
The cited information was sourced from Electronic Document (email, file) published by Trove, National Library of Australia in Australia on September 21st, 1943 and edited by The Advocate, Tasmania <https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/68825076?searchTerm=%22kate+rennie+archer%22> (Ref: p. 2) The author/originator was Kate Rennie Archer. This citation is considered to be direct and primary evidence used, or by dominance of the evidence.Pinks in thc garden, yuccas on thc hill»
Ground mist and sunshine merging to
a still
Haze-haloed fragrance, brewed of sage
and lime,
Rose breath and honeysuckle, lavender
and thyme!
Scrub oak and broom-yellow hung on
canyon edge,
Blood-red bougainvillaea gouted over
hedge,
Sun-lighted water spray rainbowing on
lawn,
Owl in the evening, bobwhite at dawn!
Tarweed through lupines, hooded white
and blue,
Breeze-bent eucalyptus finger-hung
with dew,
Hill trail and highway, garden path
and gate,
Home, on thc heart journey, these
things wait!
-- Kate Rennie Archer
- Source/Citation References (1)
- Individual: Catherine Rennie Aitken