Poem Category: Miscellaneous

Neighbour’s terrier
half inside the rat hole
for its young.

Lead-light windows
only the dawn
crowding our church.

Perspiration
spots darken the wood
in the spinning lathe.

Letter-box empty
the magpie fight
has crossed the wet lawn.

Neighbour’s dog
barking at shadows
until they come home.

Art class
a lace curtain blowing
around their nude.

Day winds down
through the stretched canvas
the sunset she is painting.

Card night
your laughs move our peanut shells
across the plastic table.

Ship rails
to the far green ocean
falling for a moment.

Currawongs call
in the meadow dew
the birth and rise of mushrooms.