Australian Dream

• Alyce Franklin, Grade 8, Australind Senior
• Poetry
• 2000

3rd in the 'Watch Out! 2000' competition

The colours of rainbow
The sweeping birds that fly
The clouds the drift beyond us
And the twinkles in your eye

The sun that shines behind us
The leaves that sparkle green
The caterpillars crawling
And the nightingale that sings

The wombat crawling peacefully
The kangaroo that junps
The kookaburras laughing
And the camel with its humps

These things exist in a dream of mine
A dream that could be true
All I want to say to you
Our country is real true blue