Renku
a junicho
written via email between January to March 2009
by Barbara
A. Taylor, AU and Moira Richards, South Africa
fried-egg
moon
year of the ox—
first day of trading
in the bear market
complaints to my neighbour
his cows moo too loud
a million babies
sucking melamine
from their bottles
wilting wombok
the cold water tap runs hot
global warming?
just another greenie myth
he said
you might cure that hangover
with a greasy breakfast
a fried-egg moon
stuck fast on a black skillet sky
waits the dawn
sunlight streams onto
leaf-littered avenues
can I spare
tears enough to gamble
on this attraction to you?
tails says yes heads
a winter of discontent
snowdrops
daisies, daffodils, freesias
and fragrant jasmine
a valley awakening
startled by the first cuckoo
