Winter's Night
Golden moon in full bloom
Above a crisp winter's night
Lays a shimmering scarf
On the dark expanse of water.
A mantle of frost draped
Over the floodlit landscape
Covers the shivering trees
With a glistening overcoat.
The sea lovingly wraps a white shawl
Around the shoulders of the beach
As it snuggles ever closer
To the protection of the cliffs.
From within the winter bushland
The call of a lonely morepork,
Advertising itself to the night,
Shatters the icy stillness.
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