Gavin Austin lives in Sydney, Australia and writes fiction, free verse and Japanese form poetry. His work has been published in many Australian journals and anthologies, been broadcast on Australian Community Radio, and has been successful in numerous writing competitions. Gavin's writing has also appeared in literary publications in NZ, the USA and the UK. Gavin was the featured poet in the January 2016 edition of cattails. His poetry collection (short and long poetry) titled Shadow Play was published in 2010.
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Very nice, Gavin. The boundary fence is at once a recognisable Australian image for me, but it also carries global implications. This poem has multiple layers of meaning for me.
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boundary fence
the sunrise snags
on barbed wire
—GAVIN AUSTIN
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Ah, the sunlight glinting off barbed wire, whether for humans or other types of animals. Boundary fence could also mean a neighbour that is not necessarily considerate, but you hope things might change.
Love the image of a snagging based-wire fence~~~
mallard sips
the pond shadows
at dawn
Thank you for your response, Mike.
All good wishes.
Gavin Austin
Very nice, Gavin. The boundary fence is at once a recognisable Australian image for me, but it also carries global implications. This poem has multiple layers of meaning for me.
Thanks for your comments, Leanne. I appreciate them very much.
All good things.
Gavin
Great ku. Go Aussie!
Yay!
Thanks, Tash.
Cheers.
Gavin
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boundary fence
the sunrise snags
on barbed wire
—GAVIN AUSTIN
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Ah, the sunlight glinting off barbed wire, whether for humans or other types of animals. Boundary fence could also mean a neighbour that is not necessarily considerate, but you hope things might change.
warm regards,
Alan
Thanks for the comment, Alan.
Warm wishes,
Gavin