Sunday, September 13, 2009

Reflections of a Poet.

The raging river flows from left to right,

Seasonal reflections run on the wet street-

Sadem Hussain,.....is dead.

Young hotel maid is repositionong the blossom jar

While the sound of new born rain,

before, it leaves the cloud....

Saturday, August 22, 2009

Summer in the Bush.

A dingo circles the homestead,
by the dusty cattle yard -
as dusk rapidly approaches,...

While my old overhead fan
actively circulates tired air,
and,terrorises the mosquitoes,...

Since its so humid at night
and the kookaburras cry
as the tourists energise their flashlights,....

Monday, August 10, 2009

The Family.

The big family
with lots of noise
high on energy -

Ah, the pecking order
not enough chairs
pressure on space,

struggling to keep ones sanity
daily routine sorely tested

Home-work not completed
who"s turn for the ....remote,

what about the garbage,
while night-time falls....

Friday, August 7, 2009

Rain.

The steady rain seeps into my gutters,
while pigeons screech in the dusty bush,

as doves feed at the crumbling edge -
of the path down to the lake....

The rain drops collide with the surface
of the water, as ripples radiate towards its banks.

The warmth of the sun is now gone,
as my mobile is calling me long -distance,

while the line crackles with low level static
and heavy dark storm clouds suggest....more havic,...?

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Admiration

He was just 16yrs old when I first met him down at the soccer club, with jet black eyes , and curly hair to match , and with an infectious smile that could light up any room. A quiet but pleasant boy, who enjoyed his sport as much as all the other boys. Until that day when, out of the blue, while at training he just fell over. At first no one took any notice, but when he got up and started to run again his back was bent over slightly .Over the next few months the bend in his back became more pronounced, and his left leg started to become Paralysised. After several doctors visits it was discovered that he had contracted low level MS. No one knows how he got it, but he"s made the most of it, and now as a 20yr old, he watches every game, from the comfort of his motorised wheelchair.