Haiku Dreaming Australia - Hard Yards - fire

record heat
a soon-to-be-mum
backs into a wave

total fire ban
a rat's nest
in the unlit bonfire

Christmas barbecue
the smell of bushland
burning

a splash of yellow
standing
against the firestorm

red moon
the calligraphy
of charred trees

bushfire ash
the naked shapes
of rock

out of black silence
the wobble
of a burnt lamb

days later –
still the smell
of burnt things

tent-city ...
a girl's smile from inside
the fireman's jacket