Dawn is a felt-board tableauA climbing black line of silhouetted hillsideon a board of deep bluewith a crescent of waning Moonpasted above a dark riseScattered starry pinpricks higher uplike distant relations of the light pointsthat pepper the silhouetted ridgeand a blue gum climbing black against the blue But there are frequent telltale signsthat this board may be an … [Read more...] about One Felt Dawn, By: Grant Shimmin
Joy, By: Grant Shimmin
The sound of joy is a chorusNot sung by a choir, sheet music in handconductor-controlled,slick entries, crisp exitstight harmoniesThough that does make joy risein the singing, the hearingMakes tears spring in eyes’ cornersand shivers scale spines The sound of joy is a chorusplayed by the gradually unveiling dawnFull-throated songs lifted by the arriving sunSolos, … [Read more...] about Joy, By: Grant Shimmin
Green, By: Grant Shimmin
There’s a green called Springand there should beHalfway between cyan and just plain old greenon the colour wheelsays the web that contains the worldBut Spring’s not a shadeon a swatchin a paint shopIt’s a mood, a vibe, a senseof something returned, revived, renewedIt’s shades, and it’s lightthat shines them into your eyesIt’s rich scents in your nostrilsblended with the … [Read more...] about Green, By: Grant Shimmin
A Cabin By The Sea, By: Grant Shimmin
Framed in the cabin’s small corner windowThe mares graze in the morning’s soft glowOblivious to all but the short green grass and each otherWithout sound they stay close, turning together Last night’s southerly no longer buffets the cabbage treeIn this cropped corner of a seaside paddock patchworkStood slimly strong, it guards the dregsOf the small pond shrunk by months of … [Read more...] about A Cabin By The Sea, By: Grant Shimmin
Forgive Me, By: Grant Shimmin
Forgive me … … I totally messed that upI let you downI don’t know what I was thinkingPerhaps the truth is that I wasn’tIt was busy but I should have … Thank you, I’m so grateful for your kindness I felt the walls closing in at the moment ofrealization You have been so gracious the self-doubt, the recriminationsFelt my mind on that familiar journeyto the … [Read more...] about Forgive Me, By: Grant Shimmin