A Blustery Day

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It's a blustery day
out there today...

The outgoing tide
rushes along
in choppy waves

the cormorant gum tree
is completely empty
only an occasional bird cry
rises over the wind

the golden canes
thrash and lash
at the wooden siding
of the kitchen wall

my washing is dancing
and leaping on the lines
strung between
the verandah posts
reaching out
to the bougainvillea
trying to get snagged
on her thorns









Now and then the sun
finds a slash
in the racing clouds
and glances through








the kitchen herbs
green in a row
hug in the shelter
of the wall









My baby tomato plants
now flowering,
toss their heads
at the wind
in defiance









Inside...
the Turkish coffee pot
is bubbling with glee,
the aroma my opiate,
the soy milk is warmed
and waiting to joins it's elixir


And I am in my nest - warm
and warmed
by Mary Oliver...




Oh Happy days

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