A love like this

Posted on October 16, 2022 by aperture

Even after
All this time
The sun
Never says
To the earth
"You owe me"
Look what happens
With a love
Like that.
It lights
The whole sky.

~ From The Gift:
Poems by Hafiz, 1999.
By Daniel Ladinsky

Deep calls to deep

Posted on October 14, 2022 by aperture

String me along

Posted on October 10, 2022 by aperture

Love like

Posted on September 5, 2022 by aperture

A ship out of water

Sunrise eyes

Posted on July 28, 2022 by aperture

Hiding in the shadow
Golden yellow halo
Curls and waves fall
Frame her face
Fixed on me
Two sapphire gems
So blindingly bright 
I take pictures
With my mind
Side-glances
While capturing
All the beauty 
Earth and sea
In between
Rocky shore
Where still waters
Lap at oyster shells
Wings open to glide
Over river mirror
Reflections everywhere
Stories shared
Held carefully
Between clasped hands

*Seaside Wrest Point, Sandy Bay, lutruwita / Tasmania*

Love like

Posted on July 3, 2022 by aperture

A body of water
Still reflecting sky
Seemingly inanimate 
Yet underneath
Life abounds 
In tepid pools
Embankments bare
Except for wintering
Trees naked as we came
Trickling down 
Not reaching for 
Anywhere or anything 
All flows in 
Saying Come to me
I am here

Sweet treats

Posted on June 25, 2022 by aperture

She bought me bubble tea
Sweet treats in the middle
Of the day
Mine a chocolate butterfly
With a caramel centre
Wrapped in pink foil
Delightful

Found poetry

Embrace

Posted on June 18, 2022 by aperture

Stone cold metropolis
Gruelling southern front
Shades of grey surround
How many colours blue
Can one feel
Without you?
Of utmost importance 
To gravitate towards
Such a warm affectionate 
Lover kissing skin pink
By evening 
Sting but turns earthy
Tones as memory of her
Softens

*Sunrise at 8am, Sandy Bay, lutruwita / Tasmania.*

Ode to the day

Posted on March 30, 2022 by aperture

One clear day
When sky lids
Close half over
Weep gently

Pull on seal
Skin over
Locking in
Blood warmth

Cacophony of
Pleasure
Metered out
In spades

Splash of cymbals
Crash of waves
Roll of tides
Wash round headland

Where Antarctic
And Eastern
Currents meet
Across my face

Wakening
Tingles up
Spine lest
Wonder

Tick and slip
Shells and silk
Fronds of green
Stick to shore

Long to cover
Over me
Once more round
Mind wander

Thinking space
Underneath glassy
Mirror of sky
Face hides

Quiet applause
Of claws
Mussels galore
Conquest of sorts

Long length
Of the bay

*Adventure Bay, Bruny Island lutruwita / Tasmania*

Poised for posterity

Posted on March 28, 2022 by aperture

Single woman cast into
The outback to attend to
Learning of young ones
Bright eyes blinking
Out the windows
To the river leading
To the open sea
Thoughts drifting
Past sand bars
Shore birds nesting
Raising young
Where ancestors raised
A barrel to the sky
For sport or feathered
Game on dinner table
Singular woman
Opens the door
To conserve a future
For the world
Where the lives of
The smallest voiceless
Are preserved