The “Black Dog”
is the symbol
of depression.
The “Brown Snake”
should be the
symbol of
anxiety.
Tag: gardens
Eyes wide closed
Having an online
map of bushfires
in this state,
constantly
updated,
is good because
it keeps you
informed about
what is burning.
It is bad
because it keeps
you informed about
what is burning.
The drumbeat of hooves
Every morning
I awake wondering
if this is the day
a million red
horses of the
apocalypse
will come galloping
over the western hills.
Or beetles
I don’t tread
on ants
carelessly, or
thoughtlessly, or
recklessly, or
deliberately, in
fact I don’t tread
on ants at all.
Sumer is icumen in
Watching Spring
end and Summer
begin is like
saying goodbye
to visiting friends
and seeing an
enemy coming
up the street.
Also climate change
Cancer and
bushfires have
this in common –
the earlier you
can catch them
the better the
chance of a cure.
Stay safe, my friends
Don’t give me
a home among
the gum trees
when it is
bushfire
season.
Cockatoo dreaming
To White
Cockatoos, Black
Cockatoos must
seem the stuff
of nightmares.
To Black Cockatoos,
White Cockatoos
must seem the
ghosts of ancestors.
Lighter than air
The magpies in
my garden love
a windy day –
it takes them
up up and back,
turns their games
into three dimensional
chess, makes them
sing with happiness
when they land
on the gate, a
difficult landing, in
the wind, performed
perfectly.
But I can’t fly
and I hate wind.
Still, I am happy
for them.
And don’t come back
Some days
it can almost be
a full time job,
carefully
removing
spiders,
insects,
centipedes,
and the
occasional
small lizard
from the house
they have somehow
entered and
then been unable
to escape, like
tiny burglars
trapped by
a deadlock.
