Poem Category: Australian

Into dusk
the hitchhiker turns
his collars up.

Her one-eyed doll
avoiding its stare
the neighbour’s cat.

Mountain frost
dribbling from both our noses
the sniffles.

Paint brush
watercolouring
the mountain.

Breathless heat
the night hangs
in the scent of jasmine.

First gin and tonic – –
after some rain
the chorus among magpies.

winter breaths
on the bird-bath ice
pecks of a magpie.

driving without haste
the shapes of a scarecrow
alone in the fog.

open window
the tracks of my jazz vinyl
in the wildflower scent.

out of silence
magpies sing to dawn
of their cracking eggs.