Christmas 2022: Driving through the long avenues of huge gums in the early evening, amongst shafts of light as if in the nave of a huge cathedral, reminding me that life has been a journey through tree lined avenues, and will no doubt continue to be so. And this avenue has no end! (on Beach … Continue reading Life as a Tree-lined Avenue
Category: Poems
a poem, newly crafted or from before
early sunlight greeting
first thing one mid-August morning ... one of the lovely things about living in a forest clearing, as we do, is to be greeted each morning by the earliest rays of sun’s daily journey striking tree trunks and bouncing off leaves, from the low angle at which its light enters our day, adding a unique … Continue reading early sunlight greeting
a new year greeting
on Seven Mile Beach, early, 1 January 2022 Sitting on the beach in dawn light On this spinning planet, eyes toward horizon Earth rotates into a new day, a new year Clouds transform its arrival into spectacle An extended sunrise for another year Shared with friends who have also dropped by Grateful for this gift … Continue reading a new year greeting
Winter morning
Winter morning, early. To the east, the sun shines low through the forest transformed by last night’s rain droplets on leaves A thousand prisms glinting, sparkling, twinkling welcoming me Into this day
Jottings, Reflections and Ponderings 