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  • on Bell Birds by Henry Kendall, on November 27, 2005
    I learned this poem as a child in my Australian school - and I have always loved it. Then, for forty-five years I lived inland, away from the coastal forests where the bellbird lives.

    A year ago I returned to to the coast, and my joy at hearing the bellbirds again was unbounded. It brought this poem back to me, and I have been trying to remember the words.

    Forest clearing and growth of housing around here will gradually force out the bellbirds, and that is a terrible shame. But for now I can still listen to them, very close to the city, and even when I can no longer hear them, I will have this poem to remember them.

    I am so pleased to see Henry Kendall's poem featured on this site.