White lilies underneath the moon
White lilies underneath the moon. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Twenty white-hot blooms before the privet dark of hedge and house. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ...
       Almond trees
Almond trees-        out of this black        and iron-wood winter.        August fences the long block        on numb cracked...
      Back from the old shoulder of a road
Back from the old shoulder of a road        and the ephemeral silence of the grass        huge barrelled rolls of hay        have...
     The grapefruit tree
The grapefruit tree        on a damp side of the house        where mortar frets        stink of fallen fruit        the nose cannot...
   A gum tree in the rain
A gum tree in the rain.        Volatile vapours        from countless crescent leaves,        small hung moons of transpiration...
   The gum trees are stripping.
The gum trees are stripping.        Long braids of thin ochre shadows        not peeling but waving.        Flagging this yearly...
Consider this gum leaf
Consider this gum leaf:        here is the reed        that plays        in the dry throat        of a hot northerly,        ...
    Hold perfect rose*
Hold perfect rose*        growing out of twilight        intense        upon the redolent air        I think of you now        ...
Winter light is best
Winter light is best        it sets itself        against dark backgrounds.        The rainbow knows its own degrees        but in...
     Thistles at sunset
Thistles at sunset.        Big boll heads of straw        and spur        strong sway        above old red gum posts.        Raise...
