April – May 2014

 

 

flowering

sky

and soil

 

sunlight

resting on

a flower

 

seagull –

poised

 

sky –

through lines of

trees

 

our words –

long

shadows

 

long shadows –

what has been

 

towering

trees

and sky

 

how sad –

to be sovereign of

the world

 

long shadows –

a world

about to end

 

starless –

only light

of cars

 

breath –

briefly

mine

 

a line of

coal ships –

horizon

 

slowly

it

spins

 

dust –

settled

 

autumn

sun – transfigured

trees

 

witnesses –

the stars

 

crossed –

the horizon

of dawn

 

scattering

shadows –

cockatoos

 

once –

a forest

 

life –

more than

we thought

 

the earth

is pulled

apart

 

without

invitation –

wind comes in

 

lost –

far from

home

 

sun and stars –

shift workers

 

face

lamp

 

my heart –

remains

of me

 

mountains

of pure white –

un-rooted

 

sky –

never full

 

life

silences

other voices

 

no words –

for all

of this

 

white mountains –

never

touching the ground

 

blue

overhead

 

birdsong

through

the leaves

 

upright chairs –

gathered

round a table

 

morning light

lightens

mourning

 

time passing –

on a wall

 

breaking

wave

of light

 

in turn –

sunlight greets

each leaf

 

sunlight –

falling from

a great height

 

to many

I do not

exist

 

sky –

noisy

this morning

 

wealth grows –

with poverty

 

silence –

open sea

 

black mountain –

a coal ship’s berth

 

the other end

of the phone – sounds

of currawongs

 

coal ships –

slowly falling off

the edge

 

content –

this tree

 

wind

passing

 

the turtle dove –

one call

for every season

 

souls search –

like roots

of trees

 

my window

frames

a living tree

 

each moves

in the wind –

even we

 

a shadow

of

myself

 

silence

helps – as

speaking

 

a pine

cone –

bereft

 

time to leave –

millions

of seeds

 

settled

on water –

sunshine

 

everywhere

sky

is blue

 

in

the

light

 

meaningless –

one less

than infinity

 

among the

billions –

one

 

counting the

uncountable

 

night –

inner and

outer

 

night’s

rhythm –

crickets

 

earth turns –

to view

the stars

 

a mirror –

the moon’s

return

 

night and day –

deep and

shallow water

 

lightning –

prelude of

thunder

 

thunder –

an

echo

 

light

in night’s

window

 

simpler

than it

seems

 

sky and

spirit –

metaphors

 

no birds –

only sleep

 

mystery

all

 

each night –

oblivion

 

a thief –

stolen

temporality

 

west –

the grave of

days

 

salmon –

seeking the

beginning

 

potatoes –

grounded

 

the sun –

alive

 

a tree falls –

unseen

unseen

 

dead

whale –

sinking

 

night –

no high clouds

now

 

day is

pierced – light

drains

 

darkness –

equalizer

 

some places

never

see light

 

after cruelty –

earth

is gentle

 

silence

of stars

 

long

before –

they are

 

before

and after –

so much

 

written

in

sand

 

marks

on prison

walls

 

life –

more

or less

 

so tiny –

to grasp

eternity

 

in and not

in

a puddle

 

life’s

bloom –

love

 

loved –

we love

 

skin –

deep

 

with age –

rings around

a tree

 

moon –

full

 

moon –

full

of night

 

life

floating

 

lonely

in a crowd –

each star

 

morning

mist

 

still

I see

 

closer to

our end

 

I saw you –

in your

eyes

 

after –

a little less

mysterious

 

I am –

I am

too

 

night –

deep enough

 

life

passing on

 

being

human

being

 

nowhere

to go

nowhere

 

water –

falling

from the sky

 

watching

falling leaves –

compassionless

 

stars

rarely

fall

 

garlic on a

windowsill –

roots of meals

 

past and future

pierced –

hands

 

a martyr

dies

before

 

no world

above – falling

snow

 

the span of

darkness –

half the earth

 

currawongs –

distant

thunder

 

a break

in the clouds –

silver water

 

mist rising –

once

rain

 

a golden

crown –

soon night

 

this time of day

the sun

enters the room

 

the world

darkens –

day by day

 

everything

has its

price

 

deeper –

sink roots

of capital

 

earth

turns its face

from us

 

unstoppable

tides

turns

 

earth’s

secret

empathy

 

principalities

and powers –

dark world

 

mouths

to feed

our mouths

 

our silence –

lambs

 

primary

production

primary

 

wasted

lives laid

waste

 

longing

to stop

longing

 

each day –

it darkens

 

now

now

 

last star –

extinguished

by light

 

music –

soon

gone

 

music

remains –

within

 

a coarse

sieve –

memory

 

stars of

differing brightness –

memory

 

dawn’s

rehearsals –

millions

 

revelation

coming –

night

 

pine cones

falling –

and rain

 

the earth

always

the earth

 

bee path

into

a flower

 

trees

full of

song

 

deep green

life

after rain

 

inhabitants

of sky

 

cities –

not only

human beings

 

earth

supports – sky

frees

 

time –

suspended

 

prayer

disappears

 

honesty –

beautiful

and raw

 

brolga –

constellations’

birth

 

land bird –

in

the sky

 

heaven

to earth –

rain

 

clouds leave

without

our noticing

 

sky –

higher than

earth

 

dawn rain –

without light

 

birdsong –

even now

 

life moves

on –

we stay

 

growing –

freshly cut

grass

 

furthest

away –

the sun

 

a soul

sinks –

sleep

 

rain –

left

here

 

grey sky –

bird

passing

 

light

everywhere

 

wrinkles

on fingers –

years

 

as many as

stars –

breaths

 

time

has

come

 

oblivion –

past

 

familiar

and strange –

today

 

each bird

heard

before

 

life

has

edges

 

they pass

us –

always

 

rocks

wait

 

creation

creates

 

is

 

a bell

a bird

 

into

distance

 

rooted

in time

 

fading

 

sky

home

 

in females

life begins

 

in sight

of sky

 

trees

know to

bend

 

you

and

I

 

a

 

negation

reveals

 

impressionable –

a heart

 

day

dips

 

a world

in tune

 

day wakes

and sings

 

identity –

immersed

in change

 

sleep

ends and

renews

 

days –

among the

numberless

 

a broken

man – a man

unbroken

 

reward –

another

 

glass towers –

plundering

a world

 

sky’s end

 

farewells –

long

and short

 

eyes

that knew

 

he

lived – and

lives

 

stars

do not

see

 

in some eyes –

we’re food

 

no escape –

from darkness

 

priceless –

sold

for a price

 

we squeeze

the life

from life

 

approximate –

words

 

a long way to the end

 

see

remember

hope

 

I am

am I

 

I am

a moment

 

the past

disappears –

little trace

 

the

sinking

sun

 

the sun

departs –

all know

 

children

and children’s

children

 

sending

roots

ahead

 

hard

to be

hard

 

life’s

echo

 

what if

they

never are

 

the future’s

weight

 

a fight

for what is

distant

 

much

should not

be

 

never

alone –

thoughts

 

they are

gone – will

they be

 

what to do

with

what will be

 

now

must

change

 

words

trying

to say

 

sunlight

at

doors

 

we –

killers

 

ignorance –

covering

knowledge

 

people –

rise for

people

 

cease –

or they

cease

 

stars

are not the

future

 

faces

to be

faced

 

if they

are not

should we

 

what price –

the present

 

an offering

for

 

to love

the unseen

 

soon

they

will be

 

hearts

move the

immovable

 

future’s

ambassadors

 

plough

the present

 

here and there –

peace

and suffering

 

strange –

a body of

water

 

bush pool

speckled

with rain

 

singing

in the rain –

birds

 

a raindrop –

suspended

on a leaf

 

blind stars

 

world –

demanding

answers

 

crossroad –

life

and death

 

evil’s

brother –

ignorance

 

capital

crimes

 

sparks

of

sun

 

consciousness

returns

 

time

travellers

 

children –

a mystery

 

the earth –

half light

and darkness

 

mournful –

a crow call

unheard

 

it all

takes

time

 

bubbles

burst

by rain

 

an hour –

rain

fell

 

everyone

is a human

 

my wife –

creating

stars

 

humanity

crosses

borders

 

over our

horizon –

other life

 

three thousand

years –

thinking of you

 

the earth –

disappearing beneath

the waves

 

light shines

where it has

always shined

 

what is

more natural

than God

 

leftovers –

everywhere

great sewer –

the ocean

 

water –

for sale

 

blankets

added

to the sky

 

few

own

creation

 

evil

blinds

 

fearless –

the sun

returns

 

long ago –

hope’s

birth

 

Sabbath –

timelessness

between

 

heavy rain –

a roof over

my head

 

darkness –

sky

weeps

 

life

brought us

here

 

a train –

passing through

a station

 

the marks

of rain

on water

 

painful –

what might

have been

 

left

 

news –

a man who stopped

a train

 

days

weeks years –

lifetimes

 

rain hits –

without

taking aim

 

who –

as dark

as night

 

hearts

bend

 

rain –

twin of

light

 

marks

of time –

birds

 

history –

writing

wrongs

 

rare

and common –

life

 

death –

horizon

 

day ends

before us

 

existence

poised –

nothing

 

disappearing

on the

horizon

 

darkness –

before

and after

 

clouds –

hesitating

 

night then day –

the first

and the last

 

life

begins

within

 

light

amongst

grey

 

slow clouds –

timeless

blue

 

ever-changing

day

 

white

sky

 

words

settle – or are

caught

 

hearts

open

slowly

 

we have

words

in common

 

life

in

flight

 

in time –

rocks

take wings

 

incomprehensible –

the

world

 

they fly

to where

I cannot go

 

their leaves –

given

to the wind

 

crows –

calling to

the sky

 

what have we

done

to the world

 

the wind –

abreast of

everything

 

light and

shadow –

content

 

a year ago –

a year before

 

mind –

a mirror

of the world

 

shared

memory –

language

 

so far

from here –

what was

 

and now –

and now

 

full moon –

drinking

absence

 

forgetful –

the moon

 

light –

before

I wake

 

who follows –

night

or day

 

now –

the edge

of time

 

trees

hanging from

clouds

 

I cannot

and yet

I am

 

stars

falling from

eternity

 

light

passes

 

untouchable –

ever present

air

 

clouds travel

above –

lonely road

 

this hill –

the sun’s

end

 

light

advancing

 

dragonfly –

hovering

on time

 

sunlit –

dust from

nowhere

 

day

remembered –

night

 

faraway

day

 

they matter –

it doesn’t

 

tonight –

travelling to

tomorrow

 

moon –

empty

sky

 

stars

far

near

 

autumn –

driven

indoors

 

sparkling

sky

 

late bird –

in darkness

 

seen

or unseen –

stars

 

sun

drenched

leaves

 

a tree

welcoming

day

 

nowhere

else –

I

 

we –

everywhere

 

sky –

no

landmarks

 

spirit –

nowhere

everywhere

 

a tree

naked in the

wind

 

horizon –

burning

 

afterglow

and stars

 

human lights –

beneath

the stars

 

eternity –

a human

face

 

enclosed

and open –

night

 

empty

dawn –

death

 

sunlight –

unforgiving

 

sunlight –

resting on

a pillow

 

evil

grows

 

it’s good

to be –

and bad

 

cruelty –

between

our teeth

 

this culture

takes –

seldom gives

 

to kill

was not

his command

 

anger

needs

direction

 

opinions

cannot

purify

 

the moon –

eclipsed

 

earth

turns

away

 

eyes

everywhere – to see

within

 

kindness –

easy among

the kind

 

reflecting

as it

melts

 

a heart

examined – and

a world

 

the world

cannot

be stopped

 

one

at a time –

one

 

privileged

by time

and place

 

seeing –

no more

or less

 

little

sins – and

large

 

the plundered –

weighed down

with plunder

 

evil –

eyes

 

the repair

of the world –

where to start

 

miles

and miles –

grass

 

line

of mist – river

halo

 

black trees –

night

 

sightless –

things

simplify

 

time

travels

 

a day

without

the sun

 

shadow

of a

bird

 

two

people –

alone

 

sunlit

thread of

air

 

in between

 

hope

follows us

 

pure

sky

 

each

morning

light begins

 

mountains

pointing

 

the earth

retreats

 

wealthy

night

 

a billion souls

of animals

 

a new world –

don’t forget

the old one

 

a generation

or two –

our horizon

 

hear –

the movement

of air

 

thinking

feels towards

to do

 

lifetime

 

the greatest

is the servant

of all

 

god

bowing – at our

feet

 

falling

sparrows – his

concern

 

muddied

paradise

 

misplaced

identity

 

deeper

than we

thought

 

animal

being

 

darkness –

touching

the ground

 

near

nowhere

 

night –

digesting

day

 

surf –

from a timeless

time

 

stars –

visiting

again

 

a trillion –

looking

 

distant train –

night

swallowed

 

blindspot –

unseen

 

disappeared

inclined

to death

 

creation –

again

and again

 

life

flows and

ebbs

 

hear

the feather

land

 

water

falls and

leaps

 

words –

circling

 

known

and unknown –

the sun

 

bright

fruit – dark

tree

 

hearts

are difficult

to share

 

darkening

day

 

betrayal –

a mirror

 

time

passing

everything

 

nowhere near

near

 

a line

of raindrops –

waiting

 

sunset

horizon –

Rothko

 

writing lines

on water –

small boats

 

trees –

always

at attention

 

bird

balanced

by a flower

 

reaching

towards the sun –

green life

 

ripples –

origin

to end

 

between

zero and

infinity

 

life –

spiraling

 

today –

weight

of sky

 

watching

dawn –

one star

 

life

disappears from

view

 

compassion

is blind

 

bird

call – immersed

in time

 

clouded

morning

 

why –

such a

world

 

twinkling

of the

eye

 

perfection –

always

above

 

going on –

and on

 

sea

horizon

sea

 

our story

written

on trees

 

a life –

moments

 

love falters

at a

distance

 

in conversation –

clouds outside

 

so little

so much

 

the world

we leave

behind

 

time

wears and

unites

 

all

in

orbit

 

how many

people

did you say

 

each –

only a little

space

 

children

and joy

 

lonely

autumn

sky

 

evening –

birds flying

to their homes

 

west of

here –

light still

 

dawn –

rising from the

earth

 

now

night has

its way

 

slowly –

the world is

changing

 

returning –

before the earth

is ready

 

poison –

seeping from

our lives

 

enough –

one life

given

 

coral

reef of

multitudes

 

the earth

isn’t what it

used to be

 

life –

falling

silent

 

what

is left

to say

 

a day

older

 

the unknown

universe

 

seen

with these

eyes

 

say

goodbye – it won’t

remain

 

life

closes

in

 

impoverished –

yet

beautiful

 

sky –

the same

sky

 

earth –

a place to rest our

head

 

the more

we look

we see

 

free flowing

water –

privatized

 

birds

this morning

know

 

a

hidden

sky

 

chaos

returning

 

life’s

beacon

 

few

years – to master

life

 

the world

upside down –

in our eye

 

where

we are from –

we go

 

a lion’s

largess

 

line

of horizon –

unending

 

stars

circling – wandering

earth

 

man

falling – into

earth

 

clouds

suspended –

sea

 

the moon –

watching

us

 

we have

no heart –

for this

 

broken

beauty

 

each

revolution – more

is lost

 

the human

sea –

encroaching

 

collateral

damage

 

the death

of innocents

 

light –

before the

thunder

 

up there

the stars

do not decrease

 

night –

content

 

the

living

sea

 

time

and again –

eternity

 

darkness

and light – elemental

rhythm

 

the return

of the sea

 

gulls –

which is

home

 

the rise

and fall

of a heart

 

time –

seizing

control

 

newest

and most

ancient

 

dogs –

speaking to

night

 

to know

our season

 

muscles –

gripping

the shore

 

wisdom

of

what is

 

changed

we change

 

held

to this

earth

 

even birds

return

 

white –

to the north

and the south

 

familiar

majesty

 

great

void –

mind

 

blue

budgerigar – sky

in a cage

 

clear

for a time –

dream

 

stars –

where stars are

found

 

being

with

 

the

other side of

progress

 

time

has no

banks

 

second

place

to death

 

as far

away

as morning

 

stars

fade in

song

 

light waits

on my

doorstep

 

transfigured

morning

 

human

sunset

 

well

being

well

 

being

transparent

 

today –

seen

through

 

rain –

from another

place

 

what kind

of world –

a kind one

 

clouds

in

windows

 

rock’s

cold

beauty

 

cloud

silence

 

many stars –

little light

 

death –

no face

to face

 

sleep –

soil

of life

 

a little more –

a little less

than yesterday

 

always

the same – looking

at me

 

eyes

closed

I hear

 

rain

falling

rain

 

open

sky –

rain

 

no more –

no more

of this

 

disappearing

nature –

our tragedy

 

rain –

settled

in

 

little things –

to speak of

what is great

 

nature needs

words – before

it is forgotten

 

without –

we are

nothing

 

shining

leaves –

autumn

 

unseasonable –

each

season now

 

restless –

today’s

wind

 

hold

a mirror

to us

 

cross –

bound to this

world

 

God is

closer than

stars

 

not right

at the

moment

 

this earth

 

to share

 

possession –

inappropriate

 

turned

white –

my hair

 

wind –

driven us

inside

 

hearts

hard to

understand

 

writing –

a window

behind

 

reflection

on a screen –

afternoon

 

light’s

movement – in

leaves

 

slowly

destroying

slowly

 

a billion

fed by

ten billion

 

my

brother’s keeper –

I

 

heaven –

coming

soon

 

nine

circles of hell –

mined

 

my hand –

aging

as earth

 

plovers

outside –

on duty

 

earth

turns to the

stars

 

time’s

passage to another

time

 

life –

open for

business

 

kingdom

of the

kind

 

sun

reaches

us

 

to begin

and end

 

time

gets

away

 

the sun –

set in

the hills

 

night’s

eclipse

 

no wonder

we wonder

 

across

seas –

unseen

 

endless

journey – around

the sun

 

yellow

leaves – blue

beyond

 

disappointment

disappoints

 

common

words – earth

and sky

 

here

not

there

 

a broken

tree –

cold sky

 

a tunnel

with

no light

 

heresy –

what we

believe

 

a season

turns into another

season

 

waves

loose their

grip

 

after all

what can

we say

 

moon

and one star –

cockatoos

 

words

speak

 

light

within

light

 

the days

of a life

 

complicit –

each one

in the city

 

life

goes on

and on

 

a coating

of cloud

 

when I listen

the birds

sing

 

speech

before

thought

 

one by one

they

disappear

 

beneath –

the roots

of things

 

light

welcomes

us

 

mirrors –

seldom

windows

 

windows

veiled

mirrors

 

words –

noisy

thoughts

 

swift

stillness

 

a wake –

after

we’re dead

 

life fades

into the

distance

 

alone

in the sky –

evening

 

revealing –

a face

 

bleak

beauty

 

singing

leaves

 

our time

on earth

 

above

and before

 

a finger –

hard

to lift

 

soon –

the end

 

clouds

passing – the same

world

 

this –

is what

we are

 

one

reminding us

one

 

my body –

out of

season

 

it dawns

on me

 

grass

between the

tracks

 

nowhere

near

 

sun

drenched

earth

 

leaves –

leaving

 

blue

reflecting

blue

 

water –

below

clouds

 

half

shadow and

light

 

sleep –

afternoon

shadows

 

borders –

of the

unseen

 

only

one

earth

 

land –

further than

we see

 

a trove

of

memory

 

each land

has its

winds

 

yesterday –

what might

have been

 

far –

from

care

 

billions –

of

threads

 

my

centre

fades

 

what

day is it

tomorrow

 

after

all

 

rarely

we know

what we do

 

a voice

on a sea

 

aimless

clouds

 

beautiful –

before

and after

 

slowly

the sun

wearies

 

a monument

to man

 

arms

across

a cross

 

a moving

show – from station

to station

 

stationary –

feet on the

ground

 

a better

world – we

better

 

I

am

I

 

I

holed

 

walk

out of

life

 

life

mirrors

life

 

icy

water

still

 

words

cannot

see

 

man

retiring

 

a bay

of islands

 

mostly

unnoticed

 

it

is

 

no

wonder

 

earth

looses its

fingers

 

real –

a

dream

 

invisible –

a loaf

of bread

 

aging

face

renewed

 

a toxic

atmosphere

 

rain –

sinking

 

night –

thousands of

signs

 

a face

alone

 

where

I

come from

 

open

or closed –

light

 

hearts –

life

guards

 

weighed –

the giving and

taking

 

the trouble

I’ve seen

 

now I am

what I have been

 

stale

day

 

dew –

night

remains

 

the earth

gives us

 

earth

tender

 

homeland

of rain

 

unseeing –

seen

 

blue

desert

 

the

other side

of the world

 

we

left

each other

 

paths

between

 

the cross –

a flower

 

not far –

another

 

void

avoid

 

mirror –

I

to I

 

landscapes

above

landscapes

 

a tree

in loss

 

sun

standing

still

 

day

full of

day

 

harvest –

heads

held high

 

moon

glance

 

speak

into

being

 

lost

meanings

 

impotent

as we

fall

 

coal

train

activism

 

eyes

closed – seeing

death

 

little

did I

know

 

slow

apocalypse

 

black

pages –

storm

 

sunset –

a line of

trees

 

sea

seed

 

the eyes

have it

 

honour –

in

arrears

 

time’s

sculpture –

a face

 

dark

but not

night

 

days –

in time

with clocks

 

a handful

of words

 

evil

grows in

this soil

 

sunset –

sold

 

derivatives

of deserts

 

enclosed

land

and dreams

 

beheaded

mountains

 

poisoned

womb

 

emptiness

cargo

 

the

have nots –

had

 

wealth

of the poor –

cattle feed

 

a finch –

forever

unborn

 

unsustainable

power

 

fire

trees

 

dark

lines in the

sky

 

no end

for them –

no end

 

sky darkens –

another

is born

 

age

destroying

age

 

future –

plunder

 

silver –

in thirty

pieces

 

speaking

gold

 

poor

enough –

enough

 

implicit

in great

crimes

 

a bird

enters

the sky

 

nature –

remembered

on screen

 

clear felled –

a million

years

 

our spirit

in the air

 

ice to

water – cities

sea

 

shoots –

at the base of

trees

life’s

sphere

 

a weight –

what might

have been

 

sky marks –

engraved

light

 

too

soon

 

sleep –

it can

wait

 

water –

passing by

trees

 

now –

river’s

end

 

last

breath –

forever

 

the earth –

touching

my toes

 

landfall –

an

albatross

 

a mountain

moves

in shadows

 

dark side

of

eternity

 

mourning

beauty

 

my

freedom –

yours

 

I have

you

have not

 

a price

on

us

 

liberty –

a statue

 

who

pays

 

the earth

beneath

our feet

 

birds –

going

for a song

 

the web

of life –

unraveled

 

careful –

few

care

 

before

too

late

 

hovering –

formless

and void

 

before

and after –

us

 

over

our dead

bodies

 

progress –

long

descent

 

soul

cling to

dust

 

images –

light

as air

 

palaces

of glass – no

mirrors

 

sparkling

web

 

ships

laden with

desire

 

indentured

lives

 

the earth –

our

ransom

 

a tree

falls

silent

 

out

on two

limbs

 

where

and

why

 

father

farther

 

the sea

returns

 

we speak –

you spoke

long ago

 

be still

and

know

 

tree

under

sky

 

sun

shined

leaf

 

far

clouds – lifted

by air

wasps –

circumnavigating

leaves

 

fallen

shadows –

weightless

 

at

face

value

 

reflection

of a word

 

ordinance

of the

ordinary

 

dreams –

supported by

a chair

 

the earth

translated

within

 

life’s shells

on the

ground

 

a part

departs

 

man’s

measure –

measured

 

al lie

fallen

in the sun

 

bright fruit

to feast

on

 

a day

I cannot

be

 

light –

victory and

defeat

 

placed

in the

sun

 

lizard –

ancient

flashes

 

the diner –

dinner

 

I am

still

 

sea

inside

 

I’ll

be

 

barely –

do I

understand

 

the

warming

sky

 

bare tree –

surrounded by

its leaves

 

forest –

supporting

the sky

 

sunlit

steps

 

shadows –

fleeing

sunset

 

east

to west –

to east

 

spinning

clocks

 

a face

effaced

 

the freedom

of a grain

of sand

 

viewing

mountains –

another culture

 

oblivion –

a fortress

 

history’s

sparks

 

time –

tidal

 

books

in shadow

 

tell me

what we

need to be

 

voiceless

heart

 

he sat

down

to preach

 

hear –

the sky

 

the day

cools

 

last –

the

least

 

danger –

a wave

crest

 

sky-shy

 

upon us –

time-signs

 

too bad –

never

too good

 

our canopy –

it cannot be

 

flowering

hours

 

wonderful

time

 

unspoken –

roots of the

spoken

 

what is

shouldn’t

be

 

humanity –

co-inhabitants

of a plateau

 

flight –

arcs linking

trees

 

life’s

business

underground

 

roots

cling to

water

 

fear

finds us

ill-prepared

 

house

lights in

darkness

 

unborn –

soon

born

 

blood –

beginnings

and ends

 

life

tunes to

love

 

farewells –

short and long

journeys

 

behold –

the

world

 

adrift –

on the labour

of other hands

 

still

life

 

I

want

to see

 

restoration –

more

than houses

 

drought –

capital’s

reign

 

little

left

 

unarmed –

the arm

of goodness

 

dependent –

roots

and shoots

 

the tide

returns –

we sleep

 

doors shut –

outside

the poor

 

outworn

our welcome

 

music

of this

sphere

 

death

identifies

 

frail

blanket

of leaves

 

I fight

the world

inside

 

solitree

 

homeless

clouds

 

each

landscape has its

witnesses

 

the

world

whirls

 

passes

knowing

 

sunlit

dust

 

wheeling

and dealing –

and feeling

 

tears

tear

 

the

fatherless

sun

 

alone

with my

mind

 

earth-poison –

dug up

 

value

added –

poetry

 

mined

minds

 

have a

crack at being

human

 

golden

leaves – circle

unbroken

 

soon –

no longer

 

sea

scene

 

what

have

I

 

silence

on the

water

 

we

fail to

see

 

child

slaves – stars

shine

 

waste

not

want

 

see

beneath

seen

 

stars –

too far away to

help

 

wind

in trees

forgotten

 

fished

out of

water

 

a beautiful

face –

the earth

 

each little

bit

destroys us

 

disaster –

financed

 

betting

on

misery

 

evil –

with

style

 

stop –

before

 

gone to

their heads

 

it can’t

be

borne

 

winter

summers

 

broken

perfection

 

delicacy –

unraveled

 

sky –

memories

of rain

 

who

who

who

 

flooded

future

 

it

could be

worse

 

don’t

mention

it

 

life

in the

balance

 

intergenerational

pain

 

scouring

the earth

 

take it

from me

 

out dressed

by

lilies

 

birds

who only live in

stories

 

following

us

 

end

without

end

 

dated –

this

climate

 

mindful

of

time

 

fragments

of

home

 

stand

up to

them

 

two

by

two

 

intractable –

a human

maze

 

horizon

of faces

 

each

star –

named

 

what if

 

empty

sky

 

nowhere

to

live

 

rehearsal

of

apocalypse

 

we

let them

rule

 

careful

not

to care

 

adoration

of the

majority

 

streets

lines with

crosses

 

pale

sky – late

hope

 

autumn –

passing through

trees

 

iron

causality

 

a miracle –

most of

the time

 

fixed –

in a

void

 

inconceivable –

the

universe

 

mind –

time

travelling

 

feet

here

everywhere

 

I go

where you have

been