Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Monday, January 30, 2012

Sunday, January 29, 2012

an epitaph

clouds striate
an epitaph for the day
inscribed on a darkening sky

Saturday, January 28, 2012

Friday, January 27, 2012

ants labour

ants labour, to create
a subterranean compound
hills grow overnight

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Monday, January 23, 2012

Lost

Lost:
the creative spark
that drives my keyboard
return appreciated

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Friday, January 20, 2012

Thursday, January 19, 2012

at the mall

at the mall, a grandmother bends
to kiss a child
forgetting for a moment
the creaks of age,
an exchange that sees her
stand, with a smile
that straightens her back

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Pretenders

literary pretenders
trawl social networks
promoting skills they have yet to learn

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Grandsons' visit

my house is littered
by the footprints of my grandsons’ visit
baseball caps, discarded socks, ipod cords
and sundry other boy things
but I know, after they’ve gone
the neatness will be an untidy silence 

Monday, January 16, 2012

Roots

leaves bend
toward the soil, like people
seeking their roots

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Depression

depression; a thousand sorrows
beyond depth of tears
unutterable,
it covers his life in a shroud of blue

Saturday, January 14, 2012

garage sales

suburban hunters
line up at the gate
jostling for position
ready to barter
the treasures of another

Friday, January 13, 2012

mothers and daughters

in my daughters I see
in each, an altered version
of a younger me

do they see in me
the mirror of their future

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

introduction to psychedelia


the doona brushing my chin
becomes the jacquard eiderdown of my childhood;
a brush with psychedelia

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Contagion

his monologue quickens
to match his obsession
I stand back from contagion

Monday, January 9, 2012

In the depth of night

in the depth of night
a dripping tap becomes
the heartbeat of the house

Sunday, January 8, 2012

tap birds

cockatoos in Blundstones
slow march across the roof
tap birds on tin

Saturday, January 7, 2012

Slippery when wet

slippery when wet sign
abandoned on dry walk-way
human sheep detour, conditioned

Friday, January 6, 2012

scrambled thoughts on toast

up-market breakfast cafe offers
off-menu item of screaming children;
scrambled thoughts push eggs aside

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Monday, January 2, 2012

Sunday, January 1, 2012