rainbow

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else

They spoke of the rain,

Everything else, too painful-

The sunset lovers.

rain

Afternoon storm,
A man with an overcoat-
The birds wearing rain. 

thieves

Empty saucers-
Small thieves
These finches. 

home

Between trees
Where spiders
Call home.

air

cone

Autumn moonlight-
Is that an owl
Or a pine cone?

Anzac

The war dead call us-
These fields overgrown
With empty beer cans.

Easter

Me, and a wallaby
Watching the chickens-
Easter sunday.

buttercups

Midnight dew
Rinsing 
The buttercups.

dew

Autumn dew-
Sleeping on wet bed-
The kangaroo.

since

Slicing breakfast-
Wearing passionfruit fingers
Since morning!

long

Going on a long trip-

How to say goodbye

To the magpies?

coffin

An old bucket-
Plastic coffin 
For pair of lizards.

pink

A pink umbrella

With legs

All the way to school.

owl

In my headlights,
Illumination-
A white owl. 

pyramid

The avocados-
Stacked in a pyramid
For days now.

laugh

Try not to forget-
The first time we heard a
Kookaburra laugh.

Kites!

kite festival from cloudsandsea on Vimeo.

mood

Even bad mood

Watches twilight clouds-

Blue carnival!

empty

Tsunami victim-
At first I was sad,
Now I was empty.

metal

Stomping 
On the metal roof-
An autumn rain

Old

No reverence for
Corner cemetery- 
Old spider web.

l'air de rien #116 (Queensland Museum of Modern Art #5

Queensland museum part 5 from cloudsandsea on Vimeo.

wounds

Joy of forgetting
The childhood wounds-
Here comes the new moon!

sorrow

Planting irises

Between hibiscus

And sorrow.

laugh

Tonight, a thin moon
Comes to laugh
In the woods.

gladden

Which news show
Can gladden my heart
This evening?

screen

The autumn wind-

A moth gives birth

On a screen door.

Drunk

Slipping on the grass-
Even the magpies
Drunk with autumn rain.

way

Teetotaling poet-
No wine, no women-
Just the milky way.

birth

Drain pipe
Gives birth to palm tree-
Say the green frogs

sing

Only small birds know
That rainy mornings
Really sing.

stars

Poking head from window-
Almost banged it 
On the stars.

linen

This autumn evening-

Hoped for colossal smiles

In new linen shirt.

queensland museum part 4

queensland museum part 4 from cloudsandsea on Vimeo.

bull

May I photographe
The egret standing
Atop your head, black bull?

Queensland Museum part 3

Queensland museum part 3 (Michael Jackson forever) from cloudsandsea on Vimeo.

kites

A gentle sky

Welcomes dragon kites

And squealing children.

Queensland museum part 2

queensland museum part 2 from cloudsandsea on Vimeo.

skype

Cherry blossoms!

A friend sends me Springtime 
Through skype.

small

In the headlights-
Be careful
Of the small green frog.

Queensland museum Brisbane

queensland museum part 1 from cloudsandsea on Vimeo.

bury

Planting trees,

Wondering how to 

Bury problems too.

entombed

Sealed into pages

A golden spider entombed.

Book of old poems.

supper

Summer's end.
Field of forget-me-nots,
Kangaroo supper.

Brisbane river 21 March 2011

brisbane river from cloudsandsea on Vimeo.

patient

Awaiting the moon
The patient cloud,
The twilight lover.

full

How sad!
The full moon
Hides all evening.

fox

Wearing only moonlight,
A fox on the road
Prepares for death.

only

If only the magpie 
Could speak to me 
Of other things.

Wood!

l'air de rien #71 (Brunswick Heads) from cloudsandsea on Vimeo.

brown

Nuzzling rain;
The afternoon bull
And the white egret.

alas

Alas...

Such tragedy,

Such beauty.

song

Of clouds and rain
The morning magpies,
Song for my dreams.

weather report

weather report from cloudsandsea on Vimeo.

flowers

Tsunami spring,
So many flowers
But few gardens.

empty

Riding the wind
The spider web,
Empty.

l'air de rien #73 Le Maitre Abdallami in Pöet Laval Mont Rachas

l'air de rien #73 from cloudsandsea on Vimeo.

hedge

Afternoon surprise,
The red bougainvillea 
Jumps from a hedge!

l'air de rien #44

l'air de rien #44 (red suitcase) from cloudsandsea on Vimeo.

girl

A young girl on the beach
Waving to an airplane
From a wheelchair.

hurt

Don't worry big dog!
These headlights
Won't hurt you.