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Little Koala: A Poem by Anja

    Wild Koala Day Poetry Competition 2024

    Little Koala

    A young Eddie is shown in a tree, holding onto a vertical branch, facing right. As he looks over his right shoulder to camera, his large fluffy ears can be seen. His eyes are open and young face looks alert. Immediately below him in the tree is mum Ellie, she is also facing right and sitting on a narrow horizontal branch with her right arm stretched out in front of her. Her eyes are slightly open but she does not appear focused as she looks straight ahead. She is not looking towards her joey.
    Ellie and her first joey Eddie

    Little koala swinging in the breeze
    Hold on tight!
    But I know you are the king of the trees
    Strong and beautiful with silver brown fur
    You live alone in the tree tops high
    The most wonderful sight for sure

    Elmo is holding on to mum Ellie's back ad they sit in the fork of a tree. Ellie's features are obscured by a branch. Elmo is looking over his right shoulder, his eyes are open and his young face looks alert
    Ellie and her second joey Elmo

    But behold – there are two!
    Joey and mum and my heart leaps with joy.
    How can we save these precious creatures?
    Dangers are many and rare becomes their presence.
    Let’s protect their and our trees!
    Koalas wild and free is what I most love to see.

    A close up of Ellie’s face looking to camera. She is in a tree and the tree trunk is shown on the left hand side of the photograph. Ellie’s eyes are open and she looks alert. Her dark nose and white chin contrast with her grey fur. Her large, fluffy ears are also in view.

    The featured koala is Ellie, a koala close to author Anja’s heart. Ellie and her joeys Eddie and Elmo each have their own biographies detailing their lives at Koala Gardens

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    Facing right with her head turned to camera, Ellie koala is shown in a tree holding onto a narrow, pale grey, vertical branch in front of her. The light highlights her grey fur. Obscured only by two branches in the top left corner of the picture, her full face can be seen as can her very large ears. Her eyes are partially open.

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