Tag: nature
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After the Storm
A poem set in the afternoon heat, where humidity climbs and the sky darkens. A bank of pewter cloud muscles across the horizon from the south. Wind rises through the square as a man begins strange gestures— a ritual before the coming storm.
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Under the Bridge
The damp comes off the river, seeping into clothing, and the sodium light struggles under the bridge’s arc. When the curlew’s wail rises with the storm, the night strikes its bargain with the river, and silence follows
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Whalesong
A reflective poem about whales suspended in air, memory, and the haunting echo of whalesong in a concrete tunnel.
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Little Hooks
A poem of moons and tides, of memory’s splinters and small betrayals that lodge like hooks, refusing to leave.
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Morning River Notes
Four haiku river poems
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A Tiny Deity
A poem set at the river’s edge in spring, a child lifts fruit into sunlight—an ordinary act that becomes creation, renewal, and wonder.
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Day-Possum
A ringtail possum scurries along the powerline at noon, drawn out of hiding by mango scent — a stillness poem of summer abundance.
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The Oars, Forgotten
An observational poem: rowers adrift mid-river, oars forgotten, a magpie watching in the afternoon stillness.
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Liminal Ground
A quiet observational prose poem: a grassy hollow, fig trees, and magpies in a moment of campus stillness.
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On Saturday
An observational prose poem: early run by the river, ferries, rowers, birds, and the city slowly waking.
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Predawn Rowers
An observational prose poem: ferries, birds, and rowers moving in rhythm with the coming light.