Poem Category: Australian

The rainbow gift
of a summer storm
arching trees.

Skeletons …
stark in winter light
trees on the hill.

House auction day …
vacuuming
my old bedroom.

Express train
the swell of ruffled blouses
along the platform.

Neighbour’s son
our ripe strawberries
fills his pockets.

Blackberries picked
our hands and smiles
the same purple.

Red flowering Gum
how the cicada has quietened
in the boy’s dirty hand.

The stillness
as days end
of moonlight in water.

Ski fields
a white overcoat
around the mountain.

Muscatel vines
storm clouds
rushing the harvest.