Ghostly melody

Ghostly melody
follows me into my day
fragment of a dream

Calling for a mate

Calling for a mate
from a drain facing the park
the frog croaks loudly

Identical old blokes

Identical old blokes
tending to suburban lawns
white beards and track pants

Dried wattle blossom

Dried wattle blossom
sprinkled on my drying clothes
yellow polka dots

Woken too early

Woken too early
foggy brain won’t accept sleep
day becomes a dream

To suffer for art?

To suffer for art?
Spiny burr v spineless bum.
Ends with wimped out bum.

Paddocks dressed yellow

Paddocks dressed yellow
populated by gum trees
Riverina spring

Buried in pine trunk

Buried in pine trunk
shy echidna hides their snout
needles pointing out

This sponge in the sun

This sponge in the sun
moss growing on arid soil
cryptogamic crust

Flying toward sun

Flying toward sun
glossy feathers reflect light
turning black to white

Dreamed I found a boy

Dreamed I found a boy
after the end of the world
we hid together

Awoke feeling scared

Awoke feeling scared
Dream of ghosts that make us sad
in haunted houses

Some salt will go far

Some salt will go far
making a thick pizza dough
a solid result

The garden hisses

The garden hisses
cool air seeps from the shadows
the sprinkler's left on

Australian flags

Australian flags
flutter in the dusty breeze
above Narrandera

In a haze of pink

In a haze of pink
spun sugar wisps in her hair
making fairy floss

Another purple

Another purple
currently blooming about
Native Indigo

Hardenbergia

Hardenbergia
climbing up the gums and shrubs
crowning them purple

A Superb Parrot

A Superb Parrot
considered vulnerable
Threatened Species Day

Skeletal remains

Skeletal remains
witness to another age
Koonadan sandhill

Wind shifts to the south

Wind shifts to the south
as cloud smother increases
this week will be cold

Taking night photos

Taking night photos
confronted by a neighbour
carrying a stick

Gift for Fathers Day

Gift for Fathers Day
made at school by cheeky son
says "Your atrocious"

Weird symbolism

Weird symbolism
I dream I'm in an airport
attacked by spiders

Inner voice I hear

Inner voice I hear
the conscious of my conscience
my intuition

Melancholy call

Melancholy call
against rising traffic noise
Butcher Bird returns