Hold dear thoughts closely

Hold dear thoughts closely

force them into small poems

start a secret blog

Driving hills at night

Driving hills at night

headlights reveal the landscape

suddenly a yacht

From broad spear-shaped leaves

From broad spear-shaped leaves

they grow to form coarse grey trunks

that can become shields

The world spins backward

The world spins backward

we’re living in tomorrow

— antipodeans

When the music hits

When the music hits 

colliding with emotions 

 — crying in the car

Hot winds are revealed

Hot winds are revealed

playing on a busy road

— blossom drift patterns 

They came with fire wood

They came with fire wood

a side order of green ants

tasted delicious

They found their hollow

They found their hollow
grass parrots now make a nest
— excited chatter

Stellar sea cow tanka

Perucetus Colossus
Bigger than Blue Whales

dense bones they’ve now discovered

a stellar sea cow

but not the Steller Sea Cow

Perucetus Colossus

Wattlebirds fly in

Wattlebirds fly in

among blooming foliage

sparrows quick exit

Three states of water

Sunlight off brown ponds

rocks that vibrate under streams

droplets with rainbows 

Dull wattlebird call

Dull wattlebird call

sign of appreciation

grevillea bloom

Fighting sparrows

Fighting sparrows

as crows gather sticks for nests

and magpies swooping 

Fans purr in orchards

Fans purr in orchards

factories accompany

I can hear the fog 

Angry crescendo

Angry crescendo

chirping and swooping attacks

window reflection

The frogs have all croaked

The frogs have all croaked

as birds fly fast to fight and fuck

lawnmowers cut through 

Seeking winter meals

Seeking winter meals

the white-plumed honeyeater

followed by blackbird 

Diesel joins a cloud

Diesel joins a cloud

as streetlights fade into day

rumbles never stop

Out in the darkness

Out in the darkness

melodies with hairpin turns

blackbird songs return