Poem Category: Australian

Road trip …
tedious
and his harmonica came too.

In it comes
two rainbow lorikeets
following the scent of hail.

Pub closed
the sailor against the fence
with these waves about.

Gulls fleeing
the bruised sky
of the winter storm.

When love was easy
grandmother’s lunch
over her lace table.

The pelican’s descent
follows the outpourings
of the sea.

Laundry door
the children’s height
faintly pencilled.

Sequin dress
the entire dance floor
to herself.

Camp-fire moon
talking alone
to lunacy.

Mangrove
between tangled roots
its stinking sticky mud.