Poem Category: Australian

Railway cross-road
the quiet grazing
of the stockman’s cattle.

Sudden noise in the wind
the start of a dream
I’ll never see finished.

Pond reeds
through the half slanting sun
a dragonfly race.

Naked flame-trees
the park’s ankle-deep leaves
rustle and gather.

Earth birth
the dewy lawn thrusts
her mushrooms out.

Goldfish tank
their lips move in and out
of the ceiling.

Park sunshine
in the shrinking rain puddle
an empty swing.

Auctioneer
so soon under his hammer
our family home.

Going … coming … going
driftwood tossed
along the empty beach.

Interstate bus
near term she is settled
into both back seats.