The Colours of Nature: Zimbabwe

We have recently been for a beautiful and memorable camping trip with special friends to Gonarezhou National Park in the East of Zimbabwe, meaning “Place of the Elephants.”

During the long drive through the incredible countryside and then into the true wilderness, I absorbed the amazing array of Spring colours. I started to write.

The Colours Of Nature
      Zimbabwe

Green is the colour
Of unfurling buds
And tender stems
Of sweet new life 

Blue is the colour
Of winter skies
Of hope eternal
And radiant joy

White is the colour
Of fresh blown clouds
Of cotton in fields
And cloth on girls

Bronze is the colour
Of winter leaves 
Which cling to life
Then twist and fall

Grey is the colour
Of balancing rocks
Of branches bent
In August winds

Pink is the colour
Of the Sabi Star
A miracle of life
In dusty brown

Gold is the colour
Of the setting sun
Reflecting on water
As fish eagles cry

Red is the colour
Of moon through haze
As lions roar 
And elephants drink 

Black is the colour
Of the vast night sky
An inky orb
With sparkling stars

A myriad of colours:
The African Palette
Is now and forever
Etched in my soul.

 

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