July 2009 ~ Helen Hagemann

Egret, Herdsman Lake

Cat's Paws, Yanchep WA

Purple Swamphen, Herdsman Lake

Kangaroos, Yanchep WA

Miss Havisham's Garden

Hey, I was here first!

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Poem for the Day - a haiku

Tibetan temple a worn rattan mat welcomes the bleeding sand...

Poem for the Day - The Intruder

The IntruderThe heads of the flowers are purple. Even the scattered wood pile is aromatic. Shrubs explode into green splinters and the air is super-heated. Dwellingup in January, and you sense by noon a tactile touchdown on floral sheets. Your compassionate friend has given you her house, a page of notes: the way the light falls, how the heat works its way through the house. I've made up the front room, please eat all the food! In the table centre...