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Sometimes I recall a poem I've particularly enjoyed, as a set of
imprinted images. These haiku-like snapshots often come
directly from the poem. At other times they present as extensions,
tangents or variations of the poem. I share the examples below. |
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winter blue- a man stands weeping for all of us post office façade- a pidgeon defects to the bank |
scurry of litter- the coffee shop spills black suits the crying stage- a left-handed child draws him in chalk |
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summer dawn- the grit of yesterdays in his eyes auction sign- jacaranda branches sub-divide the foreshore |
roof iron clangs on the locked garage- a drift of sand heat build-up the stream of tourist cars flickers in windows |
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spring morning the lovers' long kiss by the kurrajong wedding photos- the bride's veil gleams in plum tree shade |
fading footsteps- mist holds moonlight in the orange tree distant thunder- a black-shawled woman under the mulberry |
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spring sky- a flash of satin-blue among grevillea blue salvia dances in the sunset- our open window |
peeling bark- the rasp of a bowerbird on its runway tangled sheets- the veins of her wrist by moonlight |
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dangling fag a clutch of greyhounds in each hand whirrrr of rabbit- the stretch and hump of the six dog |
misty dawn- the click-click of hounds crossing the street evening star an old dog settles by the deck chair |
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mud flats at dusk- a hunch-shouldered ibis spears a crab from water-skim the lift to roosting-trees- streaked sunset |
white birds homing thru shades of winter blue last squabbles hushed by nightfall- lapping of the river |
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giraffes arch their necks into twilight our hands touch animal stocktake- the clang of steel doors stills the peacocks |
night rounds- glint of a bear's eyes in limestone shadow city twilight- high-rise cells light up one by one |
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