Poem Category: Australian

Down … and feathered
from the parrot’s nest
our neighbour’s cat.

Licking his whiskers
touched by them …
the cat’s sardines.

Swirls of snow
the mountain road tilts
with passing cars.

Apricot sky
sand dunes following
the afternoon wind.

Grandmother’s eyes …
the months of her mantelpiece’s
un-wiped dust.

Wearing out
rain puddles
the brightness of suns.

A garden shed noise
it was then I saw
the dead spider’s eyes.

Forest winds
only the painter’s easel
standing still.

Being summer
jelly-fish melting
above the tides.

Fumbling with keys
fumbling with locks
the child home from school.