Poem Category: Miscellaneous

Ship rails
to the far green ocean
falling for a moment.

Day winds down
through the stretched canvas
the sunset she is painting.

Art class
a lace curtain blowing
around their nude.

Neighbour’s dog
barking at shadows
until they come home.

Letter-box empty
the magpie fight
has crossed the wet lawn.

Perspiration
spots darken the wood
in the spinning lathe.

Lead-light windows
only the dawn
crowding our church.

Neighbour’s terrier
half inside the rat hole
for its young.

Snow at dusk
the shape of the dog’s blanket
he drags inside.

Games of solitaire
through her open window
Saturday night.