another thing
living here -
tiny spider

political debate -
the washing-machine
clicks on to spin

spring sun, spring rain -
thin slices cut
from a tomato

complimented
by the checkout girl on my choice
of toilet brush

a yellowed map
in the secondhand bookshop -
marked with an X

spring wind
across the park - the small dog
runs in circles

lights turn red but it doesn't stop the rain

Yellow Moon

The excellent Australian journal Yellow Moon has a website where they publish some of the articles that have been in the print journal. Recently they've been kind enough to add one of mine.

Prussian blue -
the sky over
the art department

flat pack morning
but at least
it's only wingnuts

Valentine's Day -
a pile of post for someone
who has gone away

winter's end -
the last helping
of beef and onion stew

Something new for spring 2006

This

fine cold rain
an empty bag run over
over and over

down the road -
storm light
over the city

something unexpected
in the city
silence

in the chill section
someone has left
a Cliff calendar

just to the left
of my window - a small tree
coming into bud

shut out
and not allowed inside -
the winter gloom

the legal contract
says I have a right to it -
quiet enjoyment

packing up to move -
how could anybody need
five bags of clothes?

the pale scar
where a branch was cut off -
chill wind in the park