Poem Category: Australian

eucalyptus bones–
the zigzag cracks
in the river mud

dust storm
stealing the farm’s top soil
out of our hands

hoarfrost–
through the hanging icicles
a magpie… sings

blue-skies drought
waiting in the Gum trees
buds under their bark

I row … they paddle …
our countries shared
with migrating geese

honey bees
in the red flowering Gums
the air hums with scent

letter box__
finding on the wire fence
sunlight through the dewdrops

dairy machines
the cows low to
the sound of the suckles

the boy’s stick pokes__
rushing the ant hill
out of itself

summer winds
the inflated scarecrow
stranger to the crows