Poem Category: Australian

A scatter of clouds,
silver-edged
fruit bats across the moon.

A bright sunbeam
in the eucalypt
where the butterflies mate.

Paddling up river …
a horse ponders
and returns to drink.

Jogging slower
under the flowering Gums
that sing with cicadas.

Apple tree budding …
last year
hair to pull a comb through.

Dawn opens
another magpie tenor
underneath the lead.

Flood-lights
the lake and sky
the same full moon. .

Piebald cat
caught slinking past
our games in the pool.

Summer wind chimes
the fireflies spinning
around the night air.

Sudden frost
so rigid to touch
a frill-necked lizard.