Poem Category: Australian

Our home for sale
sparrows peck the lawn
near auction’s end.

Buoy bells
in the fishermen’s thrown heads
a chorus of gulls.

Ant-black trail
returning to the garden bed
butterfly wings.

In meadow frost
the way the brumbies’ necks
cross each other.

At the mountain spring
her kissing lips
on the mouth.

Waterfalls crash
a plum afternoon
rainbows in the mist.

Weekend shed …
new smells shaved
from the old furniture.

The storm moves on …
passionfruits
black dots on the green lawn.

Cutting their school lunches …
the tea-kettle
whistles to itself.

Ferris-wheel lights
her pirouettes and pirouettes
in the queue.