Poem Category: Australian

Between breaths
it came swooping from rain clouds
a wedge-tail eagle.

I , an eagle …
heaving out to
the surface of air.

Mushroom search
the shapes of trees dripping
whitened by fog.

Interstate bus
an aunt chatting family
to strangers.

Full udder …
scratching her day’s itch
on the old barn door.

Cicada in the tree
becoming more like us
the child listens.

Fig trees
the night’s thunder shaking
some fruit bats out.

Nursing home
mistake after mistake
their faded tattoos.

Tourist resort
choosing our memories
from the post-card rack.

Tool shed door
so many wood shavings
gathered by the wind.