Poem Category: Australian

garden shadows
Aquarius sprinkled
on the gold-fish pond.

swinging
in a moon glow
the swing and I.

Stacked fire-wood
to defend her nest
the funnel-web’s fangs.

Sand castle
letting the children learn
how the sea takes.

Tea brews
among the patio ferns
grandmother’s talk.

Rainbow bee-eater
how fast the buzz grows
among the wildflowers.

Winter wind
the beach artist washing
his hands in the surf.

Echoing
lime-stone caves
another tiny drip.

Harvester starts
the first cloud of diesel
into the wheat field.

Probing novelties
from the mud bay shallows
the old men Ibis.