31 December 2011

Silent


Silent heart-
This wall clock
Of the New Year.


30 December 2011

Grevillea



Grevillea-
First flower,
First bird.



28 December 2011

powder


Stars tonight,
Ground to powder-
The Smokey Way!



27 December 2011

25 December 2011

Lights! Camera! Christmas!

Christmas


Seems a shame
To clean spider webs
On Christmas day.


24 December 2011

hide


For some reason
When the sea breeze rolls in
The magpies hide.



23 December 2011

Mahler


At the gas pump
Mahler, too...
Cries for love.



22 December 2011

Christmas


Christmas parties-
You're right to close up tonight
Dandelions.



scotch!

20 December 2011

Kookaburra


Young Kookaburra-
Same cry
Different tree.



19 December 2011

Blue


Twittering trees-
Blue butterflies
Released.



thunderbolt, again!

18 December 2011

christmas treat!

rain



There are mornings
When I look forward
To rain.



17 December 2011

dragons


Beautiful mornings-
There are so many
Made of dragons.



that season

16 December 2011

graze



Over weeks
Dandelions 
Come to graze.



15 December 2011

field


Just so! Summer field-
Black cows to the left
White to the right.



13 December 2011

sand


Twilight beach-
Come, let's shuffle
Among sand crabs.



11 December 2011

dreaming



Half asleep-
What are your dreams
Waterlilies? 



breath

10 December 2011

bouquet



bouquet of weeds-
An offering
Tonight.



Harry

09 December 2011

big



Connecting
Trees to clouds
The moon was that big.



Rescue!

08 December 2011

turkey



Bush turkey-
You don't know my name,
Nor I, yours.



et, oui!

07 December 2011

salt


Rainy season-
From the salt shaker,
Tears flood!



06 December 2011

Christmas


On the palm tree-
Christmas lights, already
Display sadness.


05 December 2011

pray


Either side
Of the garbage bin
Magpies seem to pray.



04 December 2011

Evelyn Evelyn!

Poinciana


While looking at
The poinciana tree, 
I forgot the sunset.


03 December 2011

clouds


Evaporation-
Look at the purple clouds
And friendships ended!



02 December 2011

diapers



Wearing diapers
Is what I hear.
Morning crows.



cheese!

01 December 2011

breakfast



Chicken shit-
That's all you get for breakfast
Tomato plant!



30 November 2011

29 November 2011

waves



Impossible-
Counting small fish
Under the waves. 



28 November 2011

bookends


Green bookends-
Outside my window
A pair of frogs.



Norfolk



Norfolk pine-
I knew that tree 
When it was just a boy.



26 November 2011

confetti


Pasted to the sky-
Confetti
Of cranes.



25 November 2011

song


Tonight-
From the drainpipe
A frog's song.

24 November 2011

sea

cranes




There are times 
When I too, would fly
With distant cranes.



22 November 2011

jacaranda


Jacaranda-
Even just your name,
A thrill!



21 November 2011

tasty


Tasty worms
I wouldn't know-
Morning magpies.



20 November 2011

brooms


Arrival gate-
A dozen dark women
With brooms. 



19 November 2011

snake


Watch out
I say to my bare feet-
There's black snake!



18 November 2011

spider


'Big as my fist'!
I want to tell my friends-
The hairy spider.


16 November 2011

15 November 2011

Help!


To a new place-
Help! My old ideas
Came too.



13 November 2011

up


Looking up
For no reason-
Koala!



12 November 2011

sea


This desert,
My skin;
A sea of wrinkles.


10 November 2011

moon


Twilight cloud-
Jealous
Of the full moon.


murmuration!

09 November 2011

whales


Offshore
Whales breaching
In silence.



08 November 2011

hairdo



New hairdo!
The Camphor Laurel
Cut down last year.


07 November 2011

06 November 2011

blue



Shaded field-
White flowers
Appear blue.



04 November 2011

sleep



Preparing for sleep-
Even a spider 
Shifts and turns.



03 November 2011

shout



Koala!
Too lazy to shout:
Welcome back!