Poem Category: Australian

Rushed breakfast

the cat’s gentle tapping

on my shoe.

The summer day sets …

an eagle is shaping itself

on a far fiery cloud.

Sun-bright blue

the jacaranda’s carpet

on the swimming pool.

Cemetery

dried wreaths becoming

the crow’s new nest.

A moray eel’s cave …

in circles with itself

while we swim past.

Sunset beach

waves at the children’s castle

coming and going.

Lush carrot heads

I find the horse nibbling

what its lips came after.

Full udder …

scratching her day’s itch

on the old barn door.

Aunt’s visit

her hat feather’s bob-bobbing

in our conversation.

Verandah

the Kelpie’s dust scratched

into a sunbeam.