Poem Category: Miscellaneous

School holidays
spitting on her daughter
to wipe the rouge away.

Midnight turns
a cricket in the walls
of wake and sleep.

pottery kiln
the cracked vase
showing my mistake.

dairy drought
milkweed sap
suckling the wind.

Autumn chill
after her funeral
finishing my aunt’s crochet.

Exercise gym
all his hard work
stretching tattoos.

Christmas dinner
the lime ice-cream finding
grandfather’s new shirt.

Sea cave
felt in one touch
like an dark eel moving.

Removalist
all our years packed
in this single trip.

Job interview
returning home
in and out of shadows.