Poem Category: Australian

naked Oak
one leaf unbothered
before spring

garden cactus
popping her balloon
the birthday one

farmhouse lights
the smoke of Pine trees
laying above

beach party
Laurel
across the camp fire

needing teeth
with the cracked shells
she returns to a tree

dusk being mauve
the varicose veins
of the winter trees

summer twilight
what perfumed sprays
are the hosed roses

each new pupil
in the ink stains
of others

campfire doused
the Universe’s
blanket of stars.

bonsai in a pot
at the front door
the soft light of winter.