Poem Category: Australian

Short dress
the long whistles
follow.

Dust eddies
under the bridge
raising the drought.

Fog thickens
a crow caws louder
from the neighbour’s fence.

Passing a flame tree
onto the hearse
autumn adds a leaf.

The boy’s scooped in
cicada shrills
from his marmalade jar.

Doctor’s rooms
a tank of goldfish
taking their turns.

Immersing fog
the caws of magpies
around me again.

Ripe cornfield
discovering at the centre
a scarecrow’s clothes.

Winter’s about
following me around
with white breaths.

In her stones
the old stream trickles
another thaw.