Kookaburra
raucously laughs
at the setting sun
as the blanket of summer heat
lays heavily on the earth.
I listen.
Archive for January 12th, 2009
Summer twilight
Posted in Poetry on January 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Heat; reposted from 28 April 2008 JS Salvage
Posted in JS Salvage, Poetry on January 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Heat licks and curls
Around the afternoon
Around us.
White linen
Billowy frame
Of water views.
Salt tang
Hints and hangs
Around you
Heat writhes
Heating the skin
Inside my wrist.
Liquid heat.
Where are you -
Right now?
1. Sheets that smell of sunshine and captured fresh air, newly laid on the
mattress just before bedtime – not a single wrinkle to be found – anywhere.
2. A book – so [...]
Looking into this week
Posted in Life on January 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sunday grew into the laziest of days where even the little things I planned just didn’t seem to happen.
I had cupcakes left over from the evening before as breakfast. Tony made some mumbled comment about how THAT looked against my stated health kick. I suggested everyone needed a breakout once a week and this was [...]