Eons ago it seems One night, two phones Like bricks, dropped On the grass Beside the swings Siren in me called To the depths of soul Blackest ink of night On accused innocent shore Marieville esplanade Yachts silent witness Lights in trees Pulled back to reality Grounded me with roots Hundred years deep A semblance of friendship No matter how keen Held the dear life Within me
Dip toes tentatively Until foam tickles Ankles, laps at thighs Squeal and sigh Brisk embrace of icey Fingers caress each curve Cool comfort clings Loss of sensation Tingling Pure elation
So opposed to prose poetry Nonetheless, worthy of attention Shall I mention? Many moments of recollection A single scarlet bloom Growing unseasonally cool Garden bed Across the way, down vale Over ridge Nestled in sweet Cove Treasures behold Peppermint gums overhead Cacophony of parrots inhabit Colonial-aged gums Too wide to embrace Nigh on fifteen years Since the first bloom begun A mere bud Swaying to the tune of her own song Now grown, pruned, renewed How wonderful to recall Glimpses of past seasons Of years between us Now the breadth of which Becomes relatively small What say you to celebrating One more year gone? Until our blooming is done Rose hip tea, anyone?
A planetary parade Gives reason to Pulmonary ache First day of season Bathe in frigid waters Simply beaming At possibility Passersby might Look for me too Dipping friends Wonder why my eyes Search the shore Not the thin grey line Where ocean meets sky Treading water forever Till we grow cold Fire lit inside
Moon mimics CSIRO lights at Salamanca Wharf, Tasmania
Upon waking I realise I am not ready for The way the world Presses in on me From all sides Until I spy The spiral motion Of living things All around I feel safe At home Taking my shell Of security Everywhere With me Curl once more Adding up the numbers Wins multiply behind me Cast myself off From the shore merrily To begin another adventure Between the tides
A cornucopia of shell finds cast ashore at Taroona Tasmania