Monday, May 31, 2010

rapid creek northern territory

while i sleep
fruit bats
scream in
palms
green ants
weave
leaf nests
geckos practice
skirmishes
full blown war
rape
something barks
as
coconuts
fall
fall
fall
through
blue
black
black
night
and
stars trail
streams
of pale light
across the sky

Friday, May 28, 2010

sand

sand
a page the snake belly writes upon
embraces my naked foot
flows blood hot
travels with the wind
binds the spinifex circle
heart beat red at dawn
sun blanched by noon
silvered red in moonlight
this sand will take me in
this sand will hold me.

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

regatta bistro

in the torrens
a fountain sprays
the waiter cannot explain
the ingredients of the sauce
sparrows bounce bounce
and whirr
in crumb battles
ice water tumbler
with black straw
is still life
my scarf
a pile of woven blue
my phone
connects to the absent
a perfect beer is poured
sediment does the larva lamp float
jet streams make geometry on the sky
sprouted beetroot
sprouted coriander
are heart shapes
in the salad.
last night
i dreamed in poetry
debeaked owls
paper cut out kisses
tea cup storms
lists of the blooded
my name among them
down by the torrens
a fountain sprays
the waiter cannot explain

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

at your house


1.
baked beans on toast
new born song
cups of tea
lovers right
lovers wrong
the dying tree
catching tears
at your house

2.
licorice tea
feta cheese
quince jelly
wild garden
grows green
festival bees
flying dog
forgive me flowers
at your house

3.
under a shedding tree
leftovers
dry dam
black rock pool
wet sand
duck tracks
brown eggs
roses bloom
at your house


Sunday, May 9, 2010