Cider, beer, kimchi

Cider, beer, kimchi
sauerkraut and kombucha
ferments on my mind

Can you meet with me?

Can you meet with me?
Hopefully we’ll meet halfway
and halfway undressed

Showers blow through town

Showers blow through town
dissected by a light beam
as sunrise begins

Reaching deep in drought

Reaching deep in drought
holding soil while river floods
gentle sentinel

Irrigation counts

Irrigation counts
how many Sydney Harbours
inland on rivers

Those reddening leaves

Those reddening leaves
sparkling with a golden glow
in the sunrise breeze

Explore random noise

Explore random noise
field recordings are fertile
constraints make music

Aeolian harp



Aeolian harp
music from the passing breeze
like these arriving words

If you're wild at heart

If you're wild at heart
you won't turn away from love
let your heart run wild

Early morning walks

Early morning walks
admiring the Milky Way
keeping perspective

Building momentum

Building momentum
pulling your hips toward mine
sighing together

Turn the other cheek

Turn the other cheek
stirring animosity
posting Jesus memes

The day starts early

The day starts early
drinking hot tea in cold air
my insomnia

Ambiguity

Ambiguity
context changes everything
meaning is not clear

Mute criticism

Mute criticism
look for the lights growing love
sing with their voices

I watch her smile form

I watch her smile form
an enthusiastic yes
our pleasure follows

Letters on a board

Letters on a board
waiting to be assembled
awaiting meaning

Silent foreboding

Silent foreboding
the eternal mysteries
Can I hope to know?

Revealing movements

Revealing movements
dancing on the air currents
rising perfumed scent

Gifted a bottle

Gifted a bottle
It will improve over time
Alica's Bitter

She lightens my face

She lightens my face
focus shifts in the landscape
watching the moon rise

She's finding her voice

She's finding her voice
making it break musically
making my heart ache

Feeling short-tempered

Feeling short-tempered
craving social distractions
Facebook withdrawal

Lactobacillus

Lactobacillus
I call on you to ferment
Red apple sauerkraut

Unfathomable

Unfathomable
deep waters of sparkling blue
her eyes hold oceans

Like a ship captain
I try to predict weather
as tides shift each day

These depths nourish me
I fish for thoughts with my lines
measuring each catch

I dive in calm seas
exploring dark mysteries
among hidden reefs

Navigating wrecks
where lesser pilots have crashed
sunken histories

On waves I’ll depart
voyage to see other lands
explore other seas

Catching other fish
charting unmapped shores again
as homesickness grows

Time to clear the decks
I’m ready to drop anchor
her harbour awaits

Now stirred from slumber

Now stirred from slumber
in sensual dissonance
sensing dreaming scents

A weekend away

A weekend away
mapping our intersection
told in six haiku

Natural retreat
animal spirits refreshed
washed by the river

Chirping among trees
our thoughts flew like birds at dawn
in all directions

Your warmth like the sun
fish jumped from those mottled eyes
your smiles seemed like bait

Challenging questions
a gentle vivisection
my heart feels exposed

We built a campfire
flames danced on questions of would
embers like your cheeks

Now filled with new words
after our time together
your cat missed my tongue

Along the Murray

Along the Murray
beaten through River Red Gums
paths of fine grey dust