Poem Category: Australian

bus stop shade
the old man flings
his apple core out.

her birthday book
unfolds to its first page
a unicorn.

A mountain trek
on the downhill side
two butterflies leading.

Farm drought
one naked eucalypt so dry
it weeps.

After the storm
in leaves
wattle birds making rain.

River picnic
soaking our blanket
with yesterday’s rain.

Remnants
of the harbour storm
wrestling boats.

Dawn spreads
a cowbell tinkles
to the milk shed.

Finding a shadow
the platypus frightened
by another canoe.

Gate in the wind
to stop the noise
the neighbour’s barking dog.