Last waters of 2012...

Last waters of 2012
May the ancient dove
Find a fresh leaf

Holidays...

Holidays
Like slowing racing breath 
Unplug

Glittering...

Glittering 
Shards of ice 
Pierce 
A wind-scuffed 
Night sky

Meditation daily...

Meditation daily...
A month of
Committed
Small stones...
May the novelty become
A cleanser
A need...
Living with
Pauses in
Time...

Post summer holidays...

Post summer holidays...
New students in a new year...
A teacher begins again...
A few nerves and
Questions
Connect
For now...
May the answers
Strengthen
The bond...

Summer heat...

Summer heat...
When walking the minutes is
Weighted with
Hours...

I hear of floods...

I hear of floods...
Towns in northern New South Wales
Cut
Isolated by
Flood waters...
While on my southern peninsula
I see
Crisp blue skies
Humming with heat...
Holidaymakers flood the beaches...

Strange
We share the same summer...

Swirling winds of morning...

Swirling winds of morning...
Like a hungry
Petulant young bird
Demanding food of
A sleepy mother...

Australia Day Reflections

Australia Day reflections...

A Southern Cross flag of red, white and blue...
Colours drifting in from far lands...

Indigenous flag...
Black for the first people
Red for the earth and the spirit within
Yellow for the sun nurturing life...

Quietly fly
Together...

Wooden verandah...

Wooden verandah...
Summer midday heat...
Wicked mischief
Waits to ignite
Unwary bare feet into
An impromptu
Creative
Cha cha samba tango...

Sleepy summer morning...

Sleepy summer morning...
Many broken night shifts of humid sleep...
Like awakening
Locked
In dawn's shadow...

Rumbunctious winds...

Rumbunctious winds...
Flinging a melee of
Wild tango dances...
Simultaneously...

Summer sea winds...

Summer sea winds...
Healing for clammy tired skin...
Ethereal spring water for
The heated soul...

TV chatter...

TV chatter...
Just background noise...
My soul is busy
Riding the winds
Outside...

Stubborn twisting tendrils...

Stubborn twisting tendrils...
Always on a mission
To grow...
Prune them back today
But tomorrow
The wild spirit smiles
Again...

Moths on a night window...

Moths on a night window...
Like summer dust
On a dark adventure...

From the shadows of summer...

From the shadows of summer...
I dream on the sparkling light of
Summer waves...

Late...late on a summer's night...

Late...late on a summer's night...
In the stillness of the midnight hour
The body may seem weary
But the mind
Ticks on...

Fan blades whirring...

Fan blades whirring...
Casting a blessing of artificial
Cool
Fresh
Air...

Blessed by sunlight...

Blessed by sunlight...
Carresed by waves of warmth
Bathing in summer...

Sea in the rain...

Wild water ballet
Musical strings of rain
Feeling the spirit of the sky

Neighbourly verandahs...

Neighbourly verandahs...
Chatting across a garden space
No fences...

Cockatoo squad...

Cockatoo squad...
Majestic white beauty
To see
Disquieting shrill
To hear...

My cat Shadow...

My cat Shadow...
Just a touch will keep me purring...

Entrance archway of white roses...

Entrance archway of white roses...
Like white angels
Welcoming
Home...

Climbing ivy...

Climbing ivy...
Firm foundations before building...

Flittering butterfly...

Flittering butterfly...
Like a tiny
Magical white
Handkerchief...
Waving...

New Year spring clean...

New Year spring clean...
Like a smiling gush of
Warming cool winds...

Egyptian cat figurine...

Egyptian cat figurine...
Hypnotic dance with legends
...

Blemished silver tea set...

Blemished silver tea set...
Too much living to do...

CD's crammed on a rack...

CD's crammed on a rack...
Music layered in a WinZip file...

Rosella trills of morning...

Rosella trills of morning...
Pan pipes singing on the winds...

Shadowy walkway...

Shadowy walkway...
Questions cloaked in secret challenges...

Summer Sea Mists...

Summer sea mists of morning...
Powdered mind leads a sleepy soul...

In a blackbird's day...

In a blackbird's day...
Life is all about light
Shadows and
Insects...
Survival is a scuffling game of
Opportunity in
Fallen leaves...

Beginnings...

Beginnings are shivery things...
Hesitant questions about
Foreign lands...
The mind feels a little afraid...
But the soul tosses
A mischievous
Wink...