Poem Category: Australian

sad
the almost new long red coat
of the scarecrow

winter morning web
a spider’s face
hangs with the dew

magpies sing
through the streaks of dawn
the first bus comes

where magpies nest
the gurgle a mother gives
to their rest

showering–
roses from Laurel’s soap
fills the mist

riverbed
listening
where the drought runs

silent night
to the moon on the pond
a bat swooping to sip

close swooping eagle–
the young rabbit just now
bolts and scampers

garage door
the stray’s litter
slinks from our headlights

eucalyptus bones–
the zigzag cracks
in the river mud