Goanna on Kangaroo Island by Rafaella Del Bourgo A six-foot-long lizard like a log obstructing the rutted road, muscular tail, and claws for shredding, two hundred million years old. His tongue flicks out into the air. As he swings his head toward me and lifts his body, I hurry into my car and slam theContinue reading “Rafaella Del Bourgo, Goanna on Kangaroo Island”
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Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad, Nightfall at Minnamurra
Nightfall at Minnamurra by Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad At the foot of Minnamurra Falls the maples heave in the gale, wind drawing applause rich with sudden confetti whirling bushels of umber, gold, sienna. The trees arch skyward upper reaches shorn as the windstorm shuffles away, balm of autumn night settles eggshell, tranquil, the forests of IllawarraContinue reading “Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad, Nightfall at Minnamurra”
Stone of Dreamtime by Trudy Wendelin
Stone of DreamtimeThe Ochre Pits, Australian Outbackby Trudy Wendelin In raw, ochre realmsAborigines paint the blood of ancestorsFrom deep palette of mineralsOnto desert landscapes… As shadows of siennaFade into glowing windsThrough the ephemeral lightWith burnt whispers of fire, Mining emotions from eternity,Excavating years from eonsOf ancient tears and fleshInto a dense moment in time. MyContinue reading “Stone of Dreamtime by Trudy Wendelin”
Theatre of the Bay by Roger Patulny
Theatre of the Bayby Roger Patulny The amphitheatre of the Derwentbefits the frothy wedge-led streakstacking through at dawnbilges taut with Antarctic water we fold out seats in Lindisfarnebeneath gum trees regenerating high and hairy on the Natone Trailour bubbly propped on convict walls, wecheer and lift cold boots asoff-lead puppies thunder underfoot bushwalkers sight phonesContinue reading “Theatre of the Bay by Roger Patulny”
On the Murrumbidgee River by Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad
On the Murrumbidgee Riverby Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad Through sacred landsthe waters of the Murrumbidgeecourse in crimson sheetsthousand year old River Red Gumsmirrored in its depths. A wedge of magpie geesespear through the skiesbrown bitterns and freckled ducksjostle with white-faced heronswading among schoolsof bream and golden perch. The primordial river glidesin a Dreamtime reveriedusted with ludwigiaContinue reading “On the Murrumbidgee River by Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad”
Karlu Karlu by Marilyn Humbert
Karlu Karlu by Marilyn Humbert The cold, razor wind of July scarves and scars the round red rocks, eucalypt leaves sigh in a modulated minor key. Burnt upright sticks cast slender shadows and untouched silk white boles flash in the ghost light of star fall. He pads soundless, wild and unkempt, dew dipped hair gleamsContinue reading “Karlu Karlu by Marilyn Humbert”
Winter, Lower Longley, Tasmania by Rafaella Del Bourgo
Winter, Lower Longley, Tasmania by Rafaella Del Bourgo with a butter knife I scrape frost off the inside of the kitchen windows and there they are again cow faces with their dark eyes noses breathing steam feet stamping in the snow like the lamb from the farm up the hill and the black cat theyContinue reading “Winter, Lower Longley, Tasmania by Rafaella Del Bourgo”
Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad, Sunset at Bombo
Sunset at Bombo by Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad The cliffs of Bombo Headland burn in a fuchsia sunset crags and ridges awash in a medley of violet and tangerine. In the depths of the Kiama sea columns of igneous rock stamp their ancient weight night thickens and settles mottled with astral glitter — a sprinkling ofContinue reading “Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad, Sunset at Bombo”
Great Barrier by Barbara Kingsolver
Great Barrierby Barbara Kingsolver The cathedral is burning. Absent flame or smoke,stained glass explodes in silence, fractal scalesof angel damsel rainbow parrot. Charred beamsof blackened coral lie in heaps on the sacred floor,white stones fallen from high places, spires collapsedcrushing sainted turtle and gargoyle octopus. Something there is in my kind that cannot lovea reef,Continue reading “Great Barrier by Barbara Kingsolver”
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