Friday, September 09, 2011

National Poetry Week - Part 3

i.
Lovefield airspace
the baby cries no louder
than its mother

ii.
meeting my birth mum
the cabbie talks about
spring equinoxes

iii.
baby photographs
I find another cool spot
in the pillow

iv.
cider and beer
we talk about us again
as brother and sister

v.
coming into land
so many sunrises
over rooftops

vi.
Brisbane airport
the quarantine dog handler's
brief jealously

vii.
Perth grasslands
rainbow lorikeets block my walk
with squabbles

viii.
death of a friend
now I wonder how long
with my birth mum

Alan Summers

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