Poem Category: Australian

underground trains
the airs’ to and fro
around their blouses

a humming bird hovers
her stamina
each sip brings

swinging us out
and into the river
the lean of the eucalypt

her greetings
fly out to the car
home for Easter

night class
planning each small snip
of the bonsai

a leg bone knitting…
an afternoon nap
takes up time

so quietly it floats
the lemon Gum tree that lent
to the river

sudden red light
our car’s soft rear
crumbling

little garden helper
the splinter withdrawn
and kissed by Mum

rustling in autumn
the naked surprise
of a white Gum