Waves wash up the beachTickling toesTinkling sand follows their wake Sitting on the sand legs are splashedRivulets drawingGazing at the sheet of water retreating Follow the wave in as it flows under the nextFrothy bubblesWater dances happily around arms, legs, and body Deeper water, larger waves, float on the surfaceCaressing bubblesDive under the next wave,Continue reading “Submerging”
Category Archives: Poetry
Surrender
drop downlike a stonein aponddropsinksail downinto thedarkness fall throughthe waterthrough thedepths andlet the pressure build lose sight of the worldabovelet goof the peopleyou know forget who youusedto be andseejustand simplywho you are let goof the worldyou knowandflow downuntilyou touchtheground
Love Again
Pain is the shell of understanding.
Remembrance
What’s that thingcoming toward me?murky edgesclawing its way forward Moaninggroaningseems so distantyet so closeIt knows me! Frozenlegs won’t movethroat stuck closedmind frizzed in staticIt comes! ButI know itI sense itI feel it yearning to be with me…again? Closer it strugglesa hand reaches for mein the darknessI cannotnot respond. This thing I knowit is connected to meIContinue reading “Remembrance”
The City
1968 footage of Melbourne Colour refreshed and details enhancedTrams and American carsThrumming with peopleA police officer takes off his pith helmetWipes his brow No children, only adultsWhite men and womenDashing about their dayA couple take a cruise on the YarraAll of them dead nowAll those cars gone, too I guess some of those trams were preservedSomeContinue reading “The City”
Place
A flower surprises from the stoneworkmossgrows on a wall ‘How do we live in ruins?’ Rootsentwine and tangle upa vineclambers through a roof ‘A magical place.’ A treesoars up from the loungebirdsflit through the rafters ‘Retain heritage.’ A brookburbling by the windowsa breezetumbles through the trees ‘It’s a dance.’ Treesrotten and old fallsunlightinvades and burnsContinue reading “Place”
Basic Mathematics
1 + 1 = 2Me plus youThis is nothing newWe knew But something’s missingFor you to forceThe issueWhat’s true? You don’t love meWhen I don’t let youHave your way You hate meWhen IHave my say By the way, I’ve been thinkingOf what happenedYesterday I was downDrowningCrying and frowning Never lashed outOrCast you in doubt ButContinue reading “Basic Mathematics”
Contempt
While I wasn’t lookingI learned a new word todayIt popped up in a most unexpected way Still trying to discern the originOf such an unpleasant toneUnawares since I was a child it’s grown ‘We cannot know before we know’I often taught my studentsAnd I now I have the sense Of contemptBrutalColdDetached ContemptMaternalFamilialSocial Still puzzled atContinue reading “Contempt”
Whiteout at Te Papa Tongarewa
‘He protected the settlers from the Maori’SettlersInvading Maori landsShowing no respectKeeping no wordBreaking loreBetraying all ‘You see your new homeland for the first time’Which is someone else’s homeWhich you were not invited to visitWhich your government took with lies and violenceYou step ashore ecstatic to be aliveIgnorant of who stepped ashore before ‘The inter-tribal fightingContinue reading “Whiteout at Te Papa Tongarewa”
City
The towers are short and somewhat stubbyThey haven’t the money to build like JapanTowers fingering at the cloudsClouds flowing about the tips of buildings Look out the window!Not gray concrete and icy windowsGreen parks wet with rainAnd the clouds – the sky! – flows by close by. Mount the bike and peddle up the hillWhat’sContinue reading “City”
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