Poem Category: Australian

At midnight

shrieking bats shrieking

from the cave’s stone mouth.

Lukewarm

sunshine reaching

the lily-pad’s roots.

Old snake skin

in last year’s rings

along the track.

At drought’s end

the earth sweet smell

of the cattle’s breath

In the hills

the last train whistled

the town’s goodbye.

From the earth’s bowels

the smell of a drought

digesting the rain.

In forest

a cat’s tail swishing

around the fog.

Brushing past

the dog’s stick

into the river.

Interstate station

the train’s steam embracing

their hurried kiss.

Lover’s lane

windscreens fogging

their silence.