first light

first light
the woodpecker’s
drum roll

Third prize in the THF Kukai, January 2021

Here the writer is more obviously in the picture. We can easily imagine someone who is still in bed, waking to this familiar (and thereby reassuring) but perennially thrilling sound. The experience as conveyed has an energy that could well inspire optimism.

Commentary by Dee Evetts.

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