In the Steps of the Pioneers : 7 stanzas each of 4 lines about the hard times in the Channel Country of Australia.
The dry dust blows like golden smoke
Across the station yard
The outhouse creaks like old men’s bones
As the gusts of wind strike hard.
It’s been four long years since any rain
Has fallen on this land
The stock are dying,the grass is gone
While the soil has turned to sand.