I write poetry in between paintings. It is the muse that inspires my next canvas.
I can barely believe it It’s midsummer again. The fountain in the birdbath Bubbles away, Powered by the sun, Measuring time With irregular beat, And form, That is never the same. Then without warning, Although, in hindsight, I knew, with regular timing, This time of...
Alhambra, red and crimson palace, your towering walls press sated into the La Sabica Hills. Silver by starlight and golden by sunlight. Fortress of conquerors, and palace of sultans and kings, Zirites, Nasrites, and Christians all love you. Their mark...
You hide rich dark secrets Burning and shining In the dense cool water You shimmer and shape shift Breaking and crashing The juicy mirror Connecting the song lines With lore and creation stories. Mysterious nymph Sweet winged creature Ancient spirit of the river Out...
Cape Kerauden The salt plains meet the cauldron, Pitted rocks near the mangroves at Cape Kerauden. End of No 1 Rabbit Proof Fence. The colonists hideous attempt to control the land, And shamefully , reduce and restrict first people rights, Oops, and the rabbits...
The wind blows through the blackwood’ Speaking in canticles. The pipes resound amid the ancient creek bed. Pardalotes and Bee eaters, moths and butterflies, Busy themselves. Each communing with the ancient songline. The long and winding bed of rich granitic sand...
Through spinifex I roam Over ancient earth, To Will find my healing. Bronze winged pigeon, Wings clang of iron, Empty fullness sweet. Red gravel maze open, Vast, enclose, In desert country. Earth and sky fusion, Silver spinning grass, Rock ruin past and now. ...
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