A LITTLE BUSH FAIRY
A little bush fairy on the Christmas tree!
Tho’ not like the fairies you usually see,
For she wears not a gauzy gossamer gown
but gumnut blossoms drifting down
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And there on top of her pine tree tower
she waves a wand of flannel flower.
Flittering and fluttering her eucalyptus wings
‘Neath a halo of golden wattle rings.
What other fairy would be so blessed
Or be, by nature, flora dressed?
What other fairy would look so sweet
With bottle brushes on her feet?
At Christmas she comes come-what-may
Tho’ not to those lands far away,
For only in Australia will you ever see
A little bush fairy on the Christmas tree!
Raili Tanska
This is the site at which I found this cute Aussie Christmas poem
NOTES –
- Flannel Flower – an Australian bush flower.
- Eucalyptus – the main variety of gum tree
- Golden Wattle – Australia’s floral emblem is the Golden Wattle tree
- Bottle Brush – A plant bearing cylindrical, brush like flowers (usually red or yellow) resembling a traditional bottle brush
Images – Pinterest; Austn native plants; Gardens online
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Adorable Aussie Christmas ornament.
Love Bottle Brush and Mimosa Trees . . . .but like the poem even more ๐
It’s very Aussie ๐
So sweet and awesome poem, simply marvellous to the taste.๐๐๐๐
Glad you enjoyed it. It’s wonderful the things we come across on the net, isn’t it! The author of this little gem is unknown.
Yes absolutely and we like to spread it all amongst our blogger friends too. Thanks.
lovely poem, typically Australian ๐
Good to see you back ๐
well you know what happened, have it rectified now ๐
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