Poem Category: Australian

Aquarius stars

out of endless space
no comfort to my birthday

after the drought
that first mirror
myself in a puddle

their tweets–
through the pack of sparrows
the bird-bath…fights

alone and along…
a beach ball
heading the wind

the ice drips and drips–
through dawn the singers
out of their plumes

cracking the pond ice–
a stallion alone
breathes out the frost

our rowing boat
caught in the reeds
a kookaburra laughs

the farm brook pushing
its sticks and stones—
first April showers

re-filling the radiator
kangaroos hop past—
one stares…as if such a thing!

the old man among the tides
takes off as a pelican–
as light as air