Poem Category: Australian

Waterlilies …
no canoe glides
only mayflies hide and seek.

Another autumn leaf
becoming litter …
the cawing of a crow.

Breathless summer night
the ice-cube jug sweats out
on the verandah.

Rushed breakfast
the cat’s gentle tapping
on my shoe.

Dawn rises
the wings of the sea eagle
re-shaping their light.

Verandah
the Kelpie’s dust scratched
into a sunbeam.

Old boxed letters
someone longing
in my mother’s voice.

Wheat field
the urge to meander
in the waves of the wind.

Country road
crossing in the moonshine
a flash flood.

Campfire ceiling
no spaces found yet
for any new stars.