Sunset
Sunset fades into darknessedged by violet and green,fuzzed at the horizonin a wisp of fogwaiting to descendand drop prisms of wateron the morning leavesdraped on the sumacthat rings my garden.…
Poetry
We Have Warts
We aren’t perfect,too many cold nights.mozzies and humidity,I suspect.We say “Sorry!”far too often IMHO,though unlike our neighbours,when we say it, we mean it!We don’t treat our First Nationswith the ‘Do…
When It Rains
When it rainsI can smell the grasstall against the salt spray,that clings loving to the logs,tossed on the beachby the southeaster tideflecked white and brown with foambeneath the leaden sky.…
I Remember (revised)
I remember,lying flat in tall grasslooking skyward towards infinity,watching the heavenssail past like cotton wool,in an azure sky. I remember,a fly buzzing as she walkedacross my glasses left to right,a…
When I’m Gone
There will be no misunderstanding,no misgivings,no anger and no pain,no side eyes,no rain. There will be no tomorrows,no yesterdays,no whatifs,or ‘Oh Gees’,no judgements,no trees. There will be no puppy kisses,no…
Hand In Hand
(I like writing poetry but this ‘song’ has been running through my head for weeks so I thought I would put it down – a sort of lyrical poem. –…