The fog moves on...

The fog moves on...
Carl Sandburg
To understand any living thing, you must, so to say, creep within and feel the beating of its heart.
~ William (W.) MacNeile Dixon
from The Human Situation: The Gifford lectures delivered in the University of Glasgow, 1935-1937 (1937).

Saturday, December 31, 2011

Shafts of Coloured Fires...

Shafts of coloured fires
Splinter the dark skies
For a moment of wonder
But smiles
Linger into
The New Year

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

I have learnt today...

I have learnt today...
Respect the scaffolding of life
But never be afraid
To test your wings
Once in a while...

Sunday, November 6, 2011

Saturday, November 5, 2011

The wake...

The wake of misty grey Winter veils seems so long...
Still dreaming of
The lyrics of Spring...

Sunday, July 31, 2011

The last stone...

The last stone in the July river
A stone of achievement
Marking a month of discoveries...
But the quest continues
There are always stones
Earth gems
Waiting in
The Big River...

Saturday, July 30, 2011

Instead of ...

Instead of wasting energy
Wondering and worrying about tomorrow's unfilled spaces
I am teaching myself to just deal with
Any ugly features today
And then
Close the door
Tomorrow

Friday, July 29, 2011

Hospitals...

Hospitals are unstable places
A place of questions and fears
But today
A friendly breeze greeted me
No waiting for
My X-Ray appointment...

Thursday, July 28, 2011

It felt like Spring today...

It felt like Spring today...
I felt the bravery of tiny white blossoms peeking
I felt the dance of new feathered life
I felt the zing of a warm wind
It felt like Spring today...
For a little while...

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Sands...

Wave logged sands soak footprints
The weights of a journey
And then
Wash them
Away...

Boats at Blairgowrie...

Boats at Blairgowrie...
Hulls quivering with
The dance of watery light
My Little Tax Toy
Watches
Bemused
From the sands...

NOTE: My Little Tax Toy was the name of a yacht resting on the sands

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

A tower...

A tower of layered beauty...
Like a rich, succulent
Cake...
A soft
Kaleidoscope of
Colours
Like an avant garde
Work of art...
Do I really want to destroy
My creative
Personal opus of
Ironing...

Monday, July 25, 2011

Mourning dove...

Mourning dove...
Feathers laden with a spell of rain
Still cooing softly
Intent on
A personal quest...

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Saturday, July 23, 2011

While I love the rain...

While I love the rain
For its gift of nurturing the earth
I wouldn't mind
If it enjoyed
A weekend
Break...

Friday, July 22, 2011

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Waiting...

Waiting can be a painful time
Waiting for answers is unsettling
But waiting for someone can
Challenge the spirit...

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Another rain bedazzled windscreen...

Another rain bedazzled windscreen...
Another filtered view of warmth
Another reason to cultivate
Beauty within...

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Sorrento in winter...

Sorrento in winter is a questioning place...
Without the busy bristle and colour of summer holidaymakers
It is easy to see the terracotta pavement
Winding past streams of
Stylish boutiques and cafes
Down to a sunless sea
And yet
There is a feeling that in this space of the chilled season
A friend is missing...

Monday, July 18, 2011

Afternoon shadows...

When rain seems endless...
When grey skies seem to cycle into more grey skies
The surprise chink of
Wintry
Pale
Late afternoon
Sunlit shadow is
Ironically converse to
The thrill of rain after
A long drought

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Rain on the verandah...

Rain on the verandah
Spattering wildly...
Impelled to drown the canvas in a
Dark wash
But one intrepid plant
Overhanging
Playfully intercepted...
Shaping its own
Shadow patch...
A dry oasis

Saturday, July 16, 2011

Point Leo dreaming...

Point Leo...
A small gathering of homes by the sea ...
The summer campers have gone ...
Sharp cliff
Pale sands
Moody sea
Tempt
Committed insanities of surfers and
Winter dreamers...

Friday, July 15, 2011

Rugged up...

Rugged up...
My blog's weather gadget reads
4 degrees centigrade
The ducted heater hums along nicely
While I indulge in
Creamy
Caramel
Fudge
Icecream

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Three dolphins leaping...

Three dolphins leaping ...
Free above the Dromana shopping mall sign
(At Christmas time they wore red Santa hats)
Today
A new sign appeared
And the dolphins were locked in
A sea of
Red

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

He wore his jumper back to front...

He wore his jumper back to front...
Shoulder seams skewed across his chest
V-neck plunged to his shoulder blades
He saw me
Smiled boyishly
My craggy husband still looks cute...

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Monday, July 11, 2011

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Winter is...

Winter is the mistress of small spaces...
A room is an everywhere
But
The mind wanders sunny bushland trails
While
The spirit shadows summer thoughts

Saturday, July 9, 2011

Friday, July 8, 2011

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Passing self-indulgence...

I think I'm allergic to
Routine
Filling out forms
Monday morning alarms ...
So I transform into a doctor
And scribe a poetic script...
Daily...

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Verandah light flings night shadows...

Verandah light flings night shadows on a white wall
Like a ladder leaning on the roof
Like the slats of a child's wooden cot
Rolled down

Sunday, July 3, 2011

Trapped...

Trapped by hours of relentless rain ...
Cocooned by a valid excuse for
Avoiding grocery shopping

Friday, July 1, 2011

Tiny fragile shell...

Tiny fragile shell on winter sands...
Strong enough to be a force in low sun
And cast a shadow

Saturday, June 25, 2011

Sunday, June 12, 2011

Thursday, May 12, 2011

Crawling...

Crawling back from pain is
A long rocky road...
Or seems to be...
But your wings
Carry me
When I need them...

Monday, May 2, 2011

I was just a child...

I was just a child when you melted
From my life
I was too young to really understand
Finality
But whenever I walk in Nature
I walk with you
My father

Sunday, May 1, 2011

Deep emerald green...

Deep emerald green
Nature's gentle massage for tired feet
Especially my feet
I just wish
It didn't need
Regular
Mowing

Saturday, April 30, 2011

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

When a morning frizzles...

When a morning frizzles...

When the coffee spills and
The cereal sogs
When a trip over the cat
Launches a flying clunk with the glass door

Take a quiet walk in Nature with
Proper walking shoes...

Monday, April 25, 2011

Seeking a mantra...

Seeking a mantra in
The chants of Nature

Sheep grazing
Cows drifting to their morning milking
Piccolo rings of rosellas
Classical sighs of winds
Brushing tall yellow grasses

Ohm's in a soft minor chord

Sunday, April 24, 2011

Yesterday...

Yesterday
There were no harps in my midnights
Only a double bass
Plucking...

But that was yesterday...

Friday, April 22, 2011

From winter shoes...

From winter shoes
Liquid shades of vermilion
Stream hungry curls into the winds
The fire
In my soul
Understands

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Tender pink...

Tender pink
Blue and grey
Dawn surf
Crimping to the mountain shoreline
Inked with a shield of
Scavenger wings

Monday, April 18, 2011

Walking...

Walking
Sipping mellow Autumn sunlight
A tiny little old lady
Shirley Temple curls
Passed by
Smiling
And wished me
A wonderful day

Thursday, April 14, 2011

One special tree...

One special tree (with no Latin identity)
Sometimes slow
Sometimes fast growing

Dubious fruit

Prone to
Weather changes
Multi-dimensional
Pests
Natural and
Un-natural
Disasters and
No guarantee of re-growth

The money tree

It's a Cosco...

It's a Cosco kind of day
A bulk deal of rain
May I
And can I
Choose to reject?

It is good to hear...

It is good to hear
The trilling scale of birdsong
Drowning the
Mausoleum
Drone of
The freeway

* Published on A Handful of Stones Tuesday 10th May 2011

Fermenting...

Fermenting
When vintage beauty is a wink of wine
Autumn colours

This dull grey day...

This dull grey day
Needs
Serious
Hair dye treatment

Never let stale...

Never let stale memories fragment you

Saturday, April 9, 2011

The museum of yesterday...

The museum of yesterday
Forgotten
Untouched
A fairy sprinkling
Small
Gold
Dust

Cobweb...

Cobweb
Fine sticky lures
Like your silvered strings

I crave...

I crave a piece of your midnight
To filter the glare of my day

In a corner...

In a corner
At the bottom of the cupboard
Crumpled
Your old
Once loved
Jumper
Turned inside out

In the twilight hours...

In the twilight hours of a restless midnight
Ideas need poetry

Friday, April 8, 2011

Almost Easter...

Almost Easter...

The first school term ended today
I feel my weary body is
Trapped in
An over-active mind
Still living in the teaching
Marking
Recording
Labyrinth of
Paperwork correctness
The befuddling
Scrawled network of
Progressive education

I feel
I AM
Almost Easter...

Thursday, April 7, 2011

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