Collector’s items

Queen Victoria market, Melbourne

Colourful, shiny;
a possession to posses—
material things

Imprints

Bamboo trees at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Sydney — Bamboo trees, Royal Botanical Gardens, Sydney

Scrawled in history,
engraved into memory,
the human footprint.

Master of all

Melbourne

Looks down from above,
smiles at lake below—contained;
from above, smile clouds.

Unappreciated

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Victoria

Turn away my friend—
the world’s selectively blind;
ignore ignorance.

Escapade

Old airplane on display at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra — National Museum of Australia, Canberra

Into roaring sky—
as a fly, fly away friend,
free yourself from ties.