Someone’s sweet perfume
drifts in early morning streets
Aftershave competes
Monday, February 28, 2011
Sunday, February 27, 2011
999 Verandakus: #216 from Veranda Life
On shady footpaths
timber waits to stand again
How lively this time?
Saturday, February 26, 2011
999 Verandakus: #215 from Veranda Life
The wind blows leaves up
from the road and down from trees
Unity in death
Friday, February 25, 2011
999 Verandakus: #214 from Veranda Life
Magpies sing the trees
Teaching their fledglings the tunes
that will save their lives
Thursday, February 24, 2011
999 Verandakus: #213 from Veranda Life
When the burn-offs start
the air chill begins to wane
Summer in the smoke
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
999 Verandakus: #212 from Veranda Life
An abandoned van
Free of parking rules at last
Askew from the curb
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
999 Verandakus: #211 from Veranda Life
Empty streets at dawn
are memories of absence
when peak hour rushes
Monday, February 21, 2011
999 Verandakus: #210 from Veranda Life
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Leaves pressed in concrete
creating modern fossils
Instant history
Sunday, February 20, 2011
999 Verandakus: #209 from Veranda Life
Summer twilight moon
lights a last half-hour of play
between work and dreams
Saturday, February 19, 2011
999 Verandakus: #208 from Veranda Life
A rising jet trail
fights currents and gravity
On the way to – air?
Friday, February 18, 2011
999 Verandakus: #207 from Veranda Life
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A hot air balloon
advertises real estate
The sky bought and sold?
Thursday, February 17, 2011
999 Verandakus: #206 from Veranda Life
Valentine’s Day is
also my father’s birthday
Love spills beyond dates
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
999 Verandakus: #204 from Veranda Life
Mushrooms grow at night
and surprise our morning walk
past the neighbour’s lawn
Monday, February 14, 2011
999 Verandakus: #203 from Veranda Life
Early morning ride
Cyclists pursue each other
Seeking extra breath
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Saturday, February 12, 2011
999 Verandakus: #201 from Veranda Life
Cicada resting
on the hand that saved it from
a footpath of feet
Friday, February 11, 2011
999 Verandakus: #200 from Veranda Life
Under Spring moonlight
A drunk fighting gravity
My father comes home
Thursday, February 10, 2011
999 Verandakus: #199 from Veranda Life
Early morning dew
sits on grass in shining drops
Bejewelled by sun
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
999 Verandakus: #198 from Veranda Life
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A cockatoo flies
through white sky towards the sun
and disappears
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
999 Verandakus: #197 from Veranda Life
Water is finding
its level everywhere -
Spring rains come early
Monday, February 7, 2011
999 Verandakus: #196 from Veranda Life
Sunset sea-breezes
spring from nowhere and surprise
our day’s end dreaming
Sunday, February 6, 2011
999 Verandakus: #195 from Veranda Life
The scent of jasmine
fills the darkest night with the
sweet lure of comfort
Saturday, February 5, 2011
999 Verandakus: #194 from Veranda Life
After the weekend
Footpaths and yards cut and cropped
Spring morning delights
Friday, February 4, 2011
999 Verandakus: #193 from Veranda Life
Two brown ducks glide in
Grounding themselves in stillness
before their park lunch
Thursday, February 3, 2011
999 Verandakus: #192 from Veranda Life
You smell iron first
Then feel a drop, hear it
drumming up the street
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
999 Verandakus: #191 from Veranda Life
My clothesline turning
sounds like a sad, one-note flute,
determined to play
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
999 Verandakus: #190 from Veranda Life
Friday’s blooming tree
has lost every petal
by Monday – Spring speeds
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