Wollondilly sequence

a tanka string

another spring rain
dandelions vibrating between
kikuyu and clover —
the jerry can sits empty
my teacup full on the counter

• A kitchen, Picton, NSW

purple topped thistle
beside a crushed gravel path
in late afternoon breeze —
stockinged legs from a parked car
her skirt is waving then not

• A driveway, Orangeville, NSW

a second phone call
while the washing is unhung
and steaming itself
in the sunburnt laundry…
a masked lapwing cackles

• A laundry, Picton, NSW

on the verandah
a cockatoo eyes the snake
made of brown rubber —
his friends are flapping to him
from the black power line

• A verandah, Picton, NSW