summer showers
folding and unfolding
the umbrella
Author: Dawn Bruce
Dawn Bruce, somersetpoets at ozemail.com.au
Dawn Bruce is a widely published Australian poet, winner of numerous free verse and haiku awards. Dawn was the coordinator of Somerset Poets for five years and is now leader of two creative writing groups in Sydney. Her second book, 'Tangible Shadows', will be published late 2005.
garden statue
of Peter Pan…
lichen-grey
exhibition
she wears sunglasses
to view Picasso
Spring
under the palm tree
broken eggshells
after his death
the peace lily
blooms again
calm lake
even the canoeist
is still
the world disappears
except for the sunlight
through lace curtains
in a city lane
caught in puddle
the moon
the mint bush
transplanted once too often
droops