Poem Category: Australian

Midday walk
up the steep hill
a dragon fly clicking past.

Ceased rowing
Laurel’s hand swirls the leaves
around us.

Mason
waiting around his yard
headstones in moonlight.

Bell birds
piano practice leaves
the little girl’s hands.

Country hotel
the currawong calls
come free with breakfast.

Covering the pillow
the dawn colours in
her long loose hair.

garden furniture
the weight that autumn
leaves behind.

garden pond
Aquarius moves over
the gleam of water.

bar maid
covering his change
with a wet cloth.

Labrador and I
waiting for the moon rise
to whiten the snow.