Poem Category: Australian

Remaining leaves
the old oak more gold
in the setting sun.

Strange fruit in the mango tree
the dog guards
the cat’s escape.

Lingering
under the waterfall
a brace of lovers.

Summer is fleeting
another cicada
at the end of its shrills.

Blinding heat
bright lizard eyes
from the just-raked leaves.

Turtledove meat …
how tenderly the eagle
feeds her young.

Leaning all over father
replacing a wheel
on her doll’s pram.

Spring rain
cacti shaping leaves
to the same needles.

After the storm
our marmalade cat
tiptoes the lawn.

On the moon
only the river red Gums
reflecting.