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a silver
hair
woven into the nest
winter light
woven into the nest
winter light
slowly,
the earth moves –
snails in love
the earth moves –
snails in love
morning
moon
a spider staggers away
with her egg-case
a spider staggers away
with her egg-case
the
calf’s fur
licked into curls –
woodstove smoke
licked into curls –
woodstove smoke
early
heat –
jacaranda buds burst
into sparrows
jacaranda buds burst
into sparrows
rusted
hinge
the butterfly’s wings
close, open
the butterfly’s wings
close, open
the
blossom wind...
even broad bean flowers
tossing their heads
even broad bean flowers
tossing their heads
longest
day –
dust galaxies slide
through the shutters
dust galaxies slide
through the shutters
fish
story
a cormorant spreads its wings
w i d e r
a cormorant spreads its wings
w i d e r
snapper
run –
his red cigarette tip
bobbing on the bay
his red cigarette tip
bobbing on the bay
scorched garden…
enough water
for the birdbath
enough water
for the birdbath
heat
shimmer
the kingfisher’s wings
answer the river
the kingfisher’s wings
answer the river
snake
country the length of the shortcut
a home
among the gumtrees
among the ashes
among the gumtrees
among the ashes
into
the black—
the drift
of a currawong feather
the drift
of a currawong feather
red
moon
the calligraphy
of charred trees
the calligraphy
of charred trees
seashells –
I sort through
my childhood
I sort through
my childhood
deck
class sparrows claim my ferry seat
harvest
moon
the sideshow alley clowns
open-mouthed
the sideshow alley clowns
open-mouthed
lunar
eclipse
a moth taps circles
on the ceiling
a moth taps circles
on the ceiling
cicada
husk…
also clinging
to a straw
also clinging
to a straw
on a
bare twig rain beads what light there is
pomegranates
the tang of her secret
on my tongue
the tang of her secret
on my tongue
fading
light…
his voice in the crowd
of shadows
his voice in the crowd
of shadows
grey
day
the iridescence
of a housefly
the iridescence
of a housefly
unswept
leaves
my foot brushes
a sparrow
my foot brushes
a sparrow
the
bent nail
where garlic hung…
winter moon
where garlic hung…
winter moon
starlings thicken
between the chimneys
a deeper twilight
between the chimneys
a deeper twilight
Acknowledgments
'a silver hair' : Famous Reporter, June 2009; 'the calf's fur' : Frogpond, Winter
2007; 'morning moon' : Famous Reporter, June 2009; 'the blossom wind' :
Shamrock Haiku Journal, March 2008; ‘rusted hinge’ : Jack Stamm Anthology
1st prize 7th JS; 'early heat' : Paper Wasp, Spring 2008; 'snapper run' : Page
Seventeen, Apr 2006; 'fish story' : Stylus, Apr. 2006; 'longest day' : Ambrosia,
issue #1 Nov 08; 'snake country' : Shamrock Haiku Journal # 9; 'heat shimmer' :
Moonset, May 2006; 'red moon' : Simply Haiku, vol. 4 no.1, 2006; 'turn of the tide'
: Simply Haiku, Sept 2008; 'deck class' : Shamrock Haiku Journal #3; 'seashells'
: The Heron’s Nest, June 08; 'cicada husk' : Stylus, July 2006; 'lunar eclipse' :
Frogpond, Fall, 2007; 'harvest moon' : Famous Reporter, June 2007;
'pomegranates' : Famous Reporter, Dec 2007; 'on a bare twig' : Shamrock Haiku
Journal #3; 'unswept leaves' : Haiku Harvest 29/07/2005; 'grey day' : Stylus, Dec
2005; 'fading light' : The Heron’s Nest, June 2007; 'starlings thicken' : Presence
#37 , Jan. 09; 'the bent nail' : The Heron’s Nest, Dec 2008.
'a silver hair' : Famous Reporter, June 2009; 'the calf's fur' : Frogpond, Winter
2007; 'morning moon' : Famous Reporter, June 2009; 'the blossom wind' :
Shamrock Haiku Journal, March 2008; ‘rusted hinge’ : Jack Stamm Anthology
1st prize 7th JS; 'early heat' : Paper Wasp, Spring 2008; 'snapper run' : Page
Seventeen, Apr 2006; 'fish story' : Stylus, Apr. 2006; 'longest day' : Ambrosia,
issue #1 Nov 08; 'snake country' : Shamrock Haiku Journal # 9; 'heat shimmer' :
Moonset, May 2006; 'red moon' : Simply Haiku, vol. 4 no.1, 2006; 'turn of the tide'
: Simply Haiku, Sept 2008; 'deck class' : Shamrock Haiku Journal #3; 'seashells'
: The Heron’s Nest, June 08; 'cicada husk' : Stylus, July 2006; 'lunar eclipse' :
Frogpond, Fall, 2007; 'harvest moon' : Famous Reporter, June 2007;
'pomegranates' : Famous Reporter, Dec 2007; 'on a bare twig' : Shamrock Haiku
Journal #3; 'unswept leaves' : Haiku Harvest 29/07/2005; 'grey day' : Stylus, Dec
2005; 'fading light' : The Heron’s Nest, June 2007; 'starlings thicken' : Presence
#37 , Jan. 09; 'the bent nail' : The Heron’s Nest, Dec 2008.
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a few notes
from an untuned piano…
autumn rain
from an untuned piano…
autumn rain
turn of the tide…
the sea taking back
its jellyfish
the sea taking back
its jellyfish