Poem Category: Australian

cracked
for a chirp
magpie egg

red leaves
tumbled to the lake
sinking with others

the sudden shadow
of a hawk to the tree
we crouch down under

raising the bucket
a black eel swims
in bright well water

the summer sunrise
as it heats, is a mirror
on the wide flat sea

on a swaying branch
the crow’s arrival
meets my eyes with hers

school exams
skywriting on the window
a bi-plane

selling jars of honey
gifts
given to friends

a year passed…
father says
mum’s herb garden needs work

on the window shelf
dried to fill
ten honey jars