Poem Category: Australian

bar maid
covering his change
with a wet cloth.

garden pond
Aquarius moves over
the gleam of water.

garden furniture
the weight that autumn
leaves behind.

Covering the pillow
the dawn colours in
her long loose hair.

Country hotel
the currawong calls
come free with breakfast.

Bell birds
piano practice leaves
the little girl’s hands.

Mason
waiting around his yard
headstones in moonlight.

Ceased rowing
Laurel’s hand swirls the leaves
around us.

Midday walk
up the steep hill
a dragon fly clicking past.

Splattering bird-bath
they ignore the woman’s stance
bent to enjoy them.