Poem Category: Australian

Sunset burns…
the dive of herring gulls
to the sea.

Camp fire …
poked for my thoughts
with a burnt stick.

An owl hoots—
the stream’s murmur
agog with stones.

Supported as softly
as the lake’s moon
our rubber canoe.

After the storm
tulips brimming
with moonshine.

Wearing out
rain puddles
the brightness of suns.

Grandmother’s eyes …
the months of her mantelpiece’s
un-wiped dust.

Apricot sky
sand dunes following
the afternoon wind.

Swirls of snow
the mountain road tilts
with passing cars.

Licking his whiskers
touched by them …
the cat’s sardines.