And the wildflowers are Mother Nature’s way of giving back to the ones who stayed *photo the Hilux dash loaded with wildflowers we were collecting happily from the paddock. It’s been a very rough decade long drought for those in far south west Queensland. It takes resilience and faith to stick out the dry periods. […]
To be angry And defensive Is to cut a moat Set sail solo in a boat Into the middle of a storm tossed ocean To be angry at the world Is to machine gun strife Everyone alive That is trying to help you To be angry at the world Is to take an axe To […]
Tonight The wind came out of nowhere One minute it was still and quiet Humid Drawn in close and heavy And the next The wind roared in causing the chairs on the deck To bang Things were flapping about And the rain Came pouring down The weather mood shifted and tossed Eventually settling into a […]
Sitting in a park avoiding People Sinking my feet in the grass Even as I wiggle about Wondering Is it the people? Or the reflections they bring That I try and sort out Mirrors That I don’t wish to peer in right now I’ll go back to the world in a minute But just for […]
It spins Like a roulette wheel Like a compass seeking North Like a random Chopping knife Dicing close across the board Move your fingers Slide surreptitiously deep Hide them in pockets Where the mind cannot reach And know Whatever comes You’ll be fine You’ll be fine It’s just life It slides this way and that […]
Writing is solitary And whenever we make it less than that We dilute ourselves Yet we have to go out in the world to gather stories Gather fuel Food for the writing It always shakes me up I’ve been travelling So Routine falters Concentration wanders And the word birds fly to other fields This morning […]
A tree grows from bottom to top Roots all around stretching into the distance to hold her up. When half are cut leaving her leaning, balance can never be achieved The long post explanation of the poem is written on the Patreon blog ($5 per month – less than a coffee a day! Check […]
It is good to return Without the filters And masks To breathe and just be grateful For all that was Is And ever will be To not carry things under my skin Where they dig in Like burrs Sharp stones To not mourn what is gone But instead see all that remains unchanged Interminable through […]
I have flowers beneath my skin Paper petals The memory of touch Sinking in Long ago The aroma of earth Is lodged in my nose It travels to my brain Recalling me again and again To a childhood of bare feet Red dirt And the crackle of leaves Dodging burrs It’s September And the wildflowers […]
Ego Is me In front of me Blocking me Preventing me From seeing Anything else When I look at you I see me When I look around A thousand meeeeeees Spring up A forest Of trees Falling For the sake of me And I’ve had enough Buddha said if you see your beloved on the […]
