riparian life
casuarina’s fragile hold
the stork and the styx
Many streams and rivers in Australia only flow during the wet season – in between seasons the casuarina seeds washed down in the last flood take root and grow. The lucky ones survive next years flood. The river gives life and just as easily takes it away.
Poetry is my aeroplane 
I believe you have described the harshness of Australia’s climate most eloquently.
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What a wonderful play on words to describe a natural phenomenon! Loved the haiku, but the tragic fate of the Casuarina trees made me sad.
This is a perfect example of Darwin’s Survival of the fittest theory!
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Yes! Australia’s environment certainly puts life to the test at times 🙂
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