Poem Category: Australian

First thaw
not the same brook crossing
as this morning.

One tyre
cracks the full moon …
a frozen puddle.

Foaming
around the bend
river boulders.

Crow caws
deepening
the city’s fog.

Platform heat
the winds of summer
and express trains.

Migrating south
between our boats , between our joys
more whales this year.

City fog
office girls
coming through the park.

Catching a lift
from the wheat field’s heat
a wedge-tail eagle.

One willow
sweeping the river
of its reflection.

The old couple …
flames from their raked leaves
fading now.