Poem Category: Australian

the sudden shadow
of a hawk to the tree
we crouch down under

red leaves
tumbled to the lake
sinking with others

cracked
for a chirp
magpie egg

another bud
on the climbing rose
back fence this evening

grandmother’s
on her leather lounge
my feet touching the carpet

drawn up
for retirement
a road trip

daily walk
some Frangipani
stopped in… breathed in

school auction
buying the desk
with my initials

sun bright pond
a carpet-snake
flat out to drink

gold rush town
broken shadows
perfectly still