Poem Category: Australian

sudden red light
our car’s soft rear
crumbling

little garden helper
the splinter withdrawn
and kissed by Mum

rustlings in autumn
the naked surprise
of a white Eucalypt

cabin door
tea mug warm in my hands–
warm going down

ebb tide…
the seas and skies
of the rock pools

a frog plopped…
taking its sound
to deep water

late night party–
our neighbour today
shy on the stairs

just gone noon–
our unpacked picnic
on the gingham cloth

just above the slime–
a gentle breeze
lifts the gold leaf

along this track
in the tight wire fence
a half moon