People’s things are left
behind on suburban streets
Detachment at last?
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Monday, January 30, 2012
999 Verandakus: #553 from Veranda Life
A raindrop falling
can flood a small insect’s home
Quietly short lives
Sunday, January 29, 2012
999 Verandakus: #552 from Veranda Life
Wet leaves on the path
Flattened by rain and footsteps
Wait for sun and wind
Saturday, January 28, 2012
999 Verandakus: #551 from Veranda Life
Crumpled gaffer tape
looks like a small, crushed sparrow
lying on the path
Friday, January 27, 2012
999 Verandakus: #550 from Veranda Life
Hints of rain to come
travel on the wind in drops
that smell of jasmine
Thursday, January 26, 2012
999 Verandakus: #549 from Veranda Life
Water-logged magpies
flee from the storm and wait for
feather-friendly skies
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
999 Verandakus: #548 from Veranda Life
Umbrellas open
when Spring rain arrives early
Winter can drip dry
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
999 Verandakus: #547 from Veranda Life
A hazard of walks
in suburban streets is poo
Dog, cat, possum – poo
Monday, January 23, 2012
999 Verandakus: #546 from Veranda Life
Past the barking dog
the magpie and the lizard
Interesting walk
Sunday, January 22, 2012
999 Verandakus: #545 from Veranda Life
Wind gusts help the leaves
to shake off falling raindrops
Save some for the sun
Saturday, January 21, 2012
999 Verandakus: #544 from Veranda Life
My cat changes spots
Today it’s the veranda
Its view of magpies
Friday, January 20, 2012
999 Verandakus: #543 from Veranda Life
Clouds muster themselves
and cross the sky together
The wind knows better
Thursday, January 19, 2012
999 Verandakus: #542 from Veranda Life
On today’s footpath
a man’s necktie – long, looped, lost
A striped snake’s skin, shed
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
999 Verandakus: #541 from Veranda Life
Distant clustered leaves
look like sleeping teddy bears
waiting for their kids
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
999 Verandakus: #540 from Veranda Life
A little rain falls
then stops, hesitant, as though
it fears the drop
Monday, January 16, 2012
999 Verandakus: #539 from Veranda Life
Cicadas sing dusk
to its sleep and welcome stars
to the nightlife buzz
Sunday, January 15, 2012
999 Verandakus: #538 from Veranda Life
Kids dare the ocean
Running in and back, laughing
at immensity
Saturday, January 14, 2012
999 Verandakus: #537 from Veranda Life
Spider silhouette
brings a dawn into focus
The day’s web designed
Friday, January 13, 2012
999 Verandakus: #536 from Veranda Life
The luck of flowers
growing in well-fed gardens
Rain and sun showered
Thursday, January 12, 2012
999 Verandakus: #535 from Veranda Life
A praying mantis
pointing as though another
is calling the shots
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
999 Verandakus: #534 from Veranda Life
Fred and Ginger’s bird
slides a light fantastic claw
along rougher floors
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
999 Verandakus: #533 from Veranda Life
The singing bowl sings
beyond its twirling mallet
Rhythms divining
Monday, January 9, 2012
999 Verandakus: #532 from Veranda Life
Lost at the corner
last night’s one-day tiara
Princesses sleeping
Sunday, January 8, 2012
999 Verandakus: #531 from Veranda Life
Gumnuts beyond bloom
resemble party streamers
after dawn’s cool slap
Saturday, January 7, 2012
999 Verandakus: #530 from Veranda Life
A butterfly’s wings
Wrinkles and folds copy leaves
The colour resists
Friday, January 6, 2012
999 Verandakus: #529 from Veranda Life
Ants are tenacious
when all things are considered
Precious lives to lead
Thursday, January 5, 2012
999 Verandakus: #528 from Veranda Life
Spiders’ defences
are spiky, scary, scratchy
A fragile beauty
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
999 Verandakus: #527 from Veranda Life
A rest-a-while bench
invites horizon surfing
The promise of waves
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
999 Verandakus: #526 from Veranda Life
The straight and narrow
beckons with solid promise
until the last step
Monday, January 2, 2012
999 Verandakus: #525 from Veranda Life
A seabird’s footprints
on softening tidal sand
Temporary scars
Sunday, January 1, 2012
999 Verandakus: #524 from Veranda Life
On sunshone beaches
almost everyone hides
from the light they love
Happy New Year, Grasshoppers. Be kind to one another.
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