Listening to birds

Listening to birds
Their cheerful chirps and chirrups
The roosters crowing

Like folded clothing

Like folded clothing

but on closer inspection

a flattened magpie

I am the lizard

I am the lizard
making short abrupt movements
basking in the sun

Got swooped by magpies

Got swooped by magpies
Spring nears while canola blooms
Hayfever follows

Westend Richland Shiraz 2012

Blackberry prune juice
menthol from windowcleaner
a forest of oak

Aubrey Wilkinson 2012 Tempranillo

Tried Tempranillo
tasted like terracotta
cooked mint tomato

1000 or so kilometres later

I've seen the sun rise
Today I've seen it set too
From behind this wheel

Lazily playing

Lazily playing
on the guitar on my bed
while the phone chirrups

Why?

"Bigots have a right"

"Bigots have a right"
says our Attorney General
yet there's no free speech?

Seppelt 2006 Sparkling Shiraz

The pop and the fizz
illustrate detonating
deeply tanned berries

Hollandia

A hops explosion
clears my palette like a bomb
Then leaves without taste

Celebration Ale

They were not kidding
when they wrote of finest hops
aroma and malt

d'Arenberg Footbolt shiraz 2002

Come in my old friend
drop that tobacco depth charge
and light firecrackers

Blackcurrant gives way

Blackcurrant gives way
to plummier tasting notes
when properly stored

Lawnmowing

Fuel fumes, job well done
Green smell with stained white footwear
Vibrating hands

Planting a seedling

Planting a seedling
earth fragrant with chocolate
reminds me of love

Walking in the park

Walking in the park
My footsteps grow uneven
I've stepped in dog shit

A visit to Valla Beach

Evolving landscape
of rock and sand and ocean
brings daily surprise



Stories of seaside
lines like topographic maps
sediment stanzas



Ancient medium
shown miniature to scale
my alien home

Red gum roost at dusk

Red gum roost at dusk
Galah couples approach first
Noisy kids follow

I love satellites

I love satellites
Today I dodged two downpours
commuting by bike