The smell of mown grass
lingers into evening
warming midnight air
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Friday, April 29, 2011
999 Verandakus: #277 from Veranda Life
Listening to drums
my heartbeat joins the rhythm
Silence deafens me
Thursday, April 28, 2011
999 Verandakus: #276 from Veranda Life
Sitting beneath the
shadiest tree, clouds arrive
to help me stay cool
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
999 Verandakus: #275 from Veranda Life
Traffic sounds like the
sea again – must be time for
a visit with waves
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
999 Verandakus: #274 from Veranda Life
A planter-box swan
Filled with greenery and sun
Its flight path perfect
Monday, April 25, 2011
999 Verandakus: #273 from Veranda Life
A very large chook,
red, plastic, floats above rooves
Take-away food sign
Sunday, April 24, 2011
999 Verandakus: #272 from Veranda Life
My cat follows dust
motes invisible to me
I watch her instead
Saturday, April 23, 2011
999 Verandakus: #271 from Veranda Life
While youth supports you
Enjoy each equal moment
They all count for now
Friday, April 22, 2011
999 Verandakus: #270 from Veranda Life
News wrapped in plastic
Coiled and ready for eye strikes
Uncurling drama
Thursday, April 21, 2011
999 Verandakus: #269 from Veranda Life
Runners in lock-step
Sharing the streets’ vibrations
Adding their rhythm
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
999 Verandakus: #268 from Veranda Life
Discarded wrapping
lies on dewy morning grass
A surprising night
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
999 Verandakus: #267 from Veranda Life
On hotter Spring days
cardigans are worn by the
elderly and drunks
Monday, April 18, 2011
999 Verandakus: #266 from Veranda Life
At the library
Seeking the right book’s comfort
Only one will do
Sunday, April 17, 2011
999 Verandakus: #265 from Veranda Life
Grass on the footpath
longing for the other side
No greener at all
Saturday, April 16, 2011
999 Verandakus: #264 from Veranda Life
Dead television
faces the street and the sun
Midday movie dreams
Friday, April 15, 2011
999 Verandakus: #263 from Veranda Life
Quivering flowers
reach up from their soily roots
Risky plant business
Thursday, April 14, 2011
999 Verandakus: #262 from Veranda Life
Lost leaves on footpaths
lie flat beside lost branches
Low profiles for now
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
999 Verandakus: #261 from Veranda Life
Moth on a window
Basking in watercolours
Transparent still life
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
999 Verandakus: #260 from Veranda Life
Cats imagine food
when they’re sleeping and playing
Don’t you think it’s so?
Monday, April 11, 2011
999 Verandakus: #259 from Veranda Life
The paperbark tree
opens its leaves to the street
History lesson
Sunday, April 10, 2011
999 Verandakus: #258 from Veranda Life
A pineapple slice
lies wilting on the footpath
Spiky defiance
Saturday, April 9, 2011
999 Verandakus: #257 from Veranda Life
Gaggle of magpies
Beaks dipping, wings neatly tucked
Grounded for breakfast
Friday, April 8, 2011
999 Verandakus: #256 from Veranda Life
Lemon-scented gum
offers balm to passersby
Childhood in a breath
Thursday, April 7, 2011
999 Verandakus: #255 from Veranda Life
Clouds and wind conspire
to steal and reveal the sun
Mystery logic
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
999 Verandakus: #254 from Veranda Life
A scent of jasmine
drifts through diesel noise and fumes
Natural comfort
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
999 Verandakus: #253 from Veranda Life
A snail at full stretch
works its way across a leaf
Home relocation
Monday, April 4, 2011
Sunday, April 3, 2011
999 Verandakus: #251 from Veranda Life
The cat settles down
to watch her garden working
Lizards hurry past
Saturday, April 2, 2011
999 Verandakus: #250 from Veranda Life
Gardening chickens
peck the tastiest morsels
Their freedom short-lived
Friday, April 1, 2011
999 Verandakus: #249 from Veranda Life
Steps to nowhere can
tell stories of somewhere if
the right one passes
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