Poem Category: Miscellaneous

Fallen nest
a sudden sadness
to the stooping child.

Sepia photographs
each boy’s war comes
with a different pose.

annual leave
my slow warm love
of the afternoons.

Beware jelly-fish
we know you quietly hunt us
with clear poisoned barbs.

meteor
back to my childhood
the earth is a star.

house auction
the bidding begins
under bougainvillaea.

man-made lake
the flicker of fireflies
stars.

grandpa’s windscreen
the build-up of salt
from the sea spray.

the scarecrow whirls
nearly in the corn
a summer wind.

autumn turns
a leaf abandoned
to the windy web.