Poem Category: Australian

New moon
the crunch of a white frost
along country roads.

Our affair
coming out
in coffee lounges.

Laundry door
the children’s height
faintly pencilled.

The pelican’s descent
follows the outpourings
of the sea.

When love was easy
grandmother’s lunch
over her lace table.

Gulls fleeing
the bruised sky
of the winter storm.

Pub closed
the sailor against the fence
with these waves about.

In it comes
two rainbow lorikeets
following the scent of hail.

Road trip …
tedious
and his harmonica came too.

The old couple …
flames from their raked leaves
fading now.