North south east west
a tanka string – for Meg
termite mounds
facing north and south
in line up here
where the sun is warmest
my compass in your smile
Kakadu National Park, NT
alpine hydro surge
downstream to liquid sunset
the Snowy River –
above its lowest reaches
sea eagles with power
Marlo, East Gippsland, VIC
orca photographed
flanking a harpooned baleen
to be fed whale lips
by men with lances & oars…
skeleton’s teeth worn by ropes
Eden Killer Whale Museum, NSW
fire lookout trees
with metal pegs up trunks
in karri forest –
to forsake fear for such views
we’d have breath taken too
Pemberton, Down South, WA