Echidna Tracks: Issue 5: Open Theme (June 2020 - September 2020)
These poems were all based on experiences of life in Australia, and were originally published, one a day, on Echidna Tracks Australian Haiku website: https://echidnatracks.com as Echidna Tracks: Issue 5: Open Theme from June 2020 to September 2020. The full edition including imagery may be found on the Echidna Tracks website.
Editorial: Lyn Reeves, Simon Hanson, Lynette ArdenCover Art: Simon Hanson (front), Andrew Reeves (back)Book and website design: Lynette ArdenEchidna Tracks Australian Haiku website: https://echidnatracks.com
Copyright All written and graphic work appearing in Echidna Tracks: Issue 4: Recrea-tion and Leisure is protected under Copyright Laws and may not be repro-duced, reprinted or re-transmitted or altered in any form without express written consent from the authors.
Haiku Authors
Maeve ArchibaldLynette ArdenLaurel AstleGavin AustinIngrid BaluchiTony BeyerNathalie BucklandOwen BullockRobyn CairnsRoss CowardStella DamarjatiGary Colombo de PiazziJan DobbMarisa FazioGlenys FergusonLorin FordKatherine GallagherBeverley GeorgeLorraine HaigHazel HallSimon HansonLouise HopewellMarilyn HumbertSamantha Sirimanne HydeLeanne JaegerJudith E.P. JohnsonKeitha KeyesKristen LangJohn LowMyron LysenkoMarietta McGregorIrene McGuirePeter MacrowMargaret Mahoney
K.V. MartinsMark MillerRon C. MossLeanne MumfordPaul MurrayJan NapierElizabeth NichollsMadhuri PillaiVanessa ProctorKatherine RaineIvan RandallLyn ReevesCarol ReynoldsDuncan RichardsonKent RobinsonPhilip SchofieldRob ScottMaureen SextonNathan SidneySandra SimpsonSheila SondikTom StaudtJennifer SutherlandBarbara TateBarbara A. TaylorJulie ThorndykeJahan TysonRose van SonMira WalkerJane WilliamsQuendryth Young
7
first lighta day shapedby clouds
Gary Colombo De Piazzi
driveway vigils —a nine-year-old blows trumpetto herald Anzac dawn
Beverley George
dawn drivewaythe last bugle notes floatthrough birdsong
Myron Lysenko
Good Friday . . .in some distant backyarda rooster crows
Jan Dobb
8
twenty-twentya new memberof the cloud-watching club
Robyn Cairns
facesin the clouds . . .missing you
Margaret Mahony
self-isolationI take more timeto look within
Samantha Sirimanne Hyde
global pandemicmy Peace Lilyin full bloom . . .
Leanne Jaeger
9
leaf by leafthe Japanese maplebecomes autumn
Irene McGuire
self-isolationin the leaf-strewn yarda bare hills hoist
Myron Lysenko
backyard bluesthe dog and a magpiekeep their distance
Madhuri Pillai
how bluethe Autumn sky todaycanary song
Kent Robinson
10
city courtyardmy neighbour sharesthe Sunday morning opera
Lynette Arden
Hungarian Rhapsodyswirling through the houseautumn leaves
Leanne Jaeger
after the downpoura puddle of maple leaves
Irene McGuire
autumn sunstill warm on my faceher last breath
Maeve Archibald
11
mostly Marchif only plum seasonwould never end
Rose van Son
farmer’s marketa basket of appleswaiting to be picked
Irene McGuire
iso life —backyard blackbirda new best friend
Robyn Cairns
rainbow lorikeetsthe wheeling flockchanges colour
Quendryth Young
12
into the nightgoes the last bus homemoon in the trees
John Low
lockdown —each dusk a coo-ee reassuresdon’t worry we are here
Beverley George
april night leaves resting their colours
Robyn Cairns
intruderthe midnight clackof the dog door
Barbara Tate
13
a brush-tail possumscolds another brush-tail possum. . . longest night
Lorin Ford
old chest of drawersnewspaper liners declarethe war is over
Glenys Ferguson
old wedding ringbottom drawerbehind the socks
Paul Murray
autumn sadnessa tram passesempty
Peter Macrow
14
replacement busthe widower smilesat the widow
Myron Lysenko
new daya cloud slidesoff the sun
Leanne Jaeger
kindy classrooma first legon the tadpole
Glenys Ferguson
water disha frog swims the lengthof a pear leaf
Mira Walker
15
galloping ponies the length of the paddock
Jennifer Sutherland
winter moonthe black colt bluein drifting mist
Gavin Austin
in early frostthe brumbies huddle . . .I miss your hugs
Tom Staudt
through the wingsof the blue tigerthe blue sky
Laurel Astle
16
plasticinein father’s big handstiny dinosaurs
Judith E.P. Johnson
museum cabinetall the songbirdsstitched silent
Marietta McGregor
still watching usyear after yearaquarium fish
Simon Hanson
two pelicans drifting moonlit shadows
Leanne Mumford
17
sycamoremirrored in morning lightsilent river
Margaret Mahony
the riverlost in my childhoodI hear its song
Gavin Austin
morning song —a kookaburra chorusshakes the river
Katherine Gallagher
vibrant lightthrough the curtainsthe wattle’s shadow
Hazel Hall
18
the waythe pears sit upin the bowl
Owen Bullock
afternoon shadows —just the oneripple on the pool
Julie Thorndyke
deep covera pademelon’swatchful eyes
Lorraine Haig
cold skyloping ahead of the rainblack cockatoos
John Low
19
cold rainfence post and frogmouth
theonegrey
Lorin Ford
with such gracethe black cockatoos arrivesnow on the mountain
Kent Robinson
cold windfrom the black seathe crescent moon
Peter Macrow
winter deepens the love call of a lone tree frog
Marisa Fazio
20
blackbird songsunrise seepsthrough bare branches
Gavin Austin
salt lake . . .the time it takesthe flies to find me
Sandra Simpson
cooinda mista river snake curls arounda jabiru’s beak
Vanessa Proctor
river cruisefirst sunsetthen fireflies & stars
Ivan Randall
21
big wetstarting with a whisperthe flowering heartwaters
Nathan Sidney
Countrylosing myself in the dotson her canvas
Marisa Fazio
musk-coloured skythe ancient pencil pinebrushed with twilight
Ron C. Moss
planting moonthe mountain’s own namesfor its flowers
Nathan Sidney
22
sundown glow on cave walls ochre-limned palm prints
Mark Miller
deportationhugs and crying underthe welcome sign
Maureen Sexton
an Australian flagflutters in the windmy home?
Stella Damarjati
carparkthe lingering aromaof crushed gumnuts
Quendryth Young
23
Brunswick hotelghost smellof roll yr owns
Tony Beyer
Murrumbidgeea trickle of brown waterpast the old brewery
Vanessa Proctor
Goorooyarroowe walk upto the sky
Owen Bullock
skydive cancelled in its place his letting-go breath
Jane Williams
24
breakingour silencethe winning goal
Rob Scott
mid-summer heatmum’s cotton wool blobson the Christmas tree
Ingrid Baluchi
southerly buster —our best laid plansin disarray
Keitha Keyes
late summer sunsetpink bellied galahsrise in a cloud
Jennifer Sutherland
25
disappearing languagescribbly gumsat twilight
Sandra Simpson
sweltering heatanother smoky nightwith the scarlet moon
Barbara A. Taylor
ashremnants of bushwindblown
Maeve Archibald
the Fire Chiefgives the widow a medal —her foetus kicks
Philip Schofield
26
breaking droughta magpie opens wingsto the rain
Quendryth Young
ancient middensperiwinkle shellsthreaded with light
Ron C. Moss
shallow tarnwhich is reedwhich is shadow
Ross Coward
ochre sunsetthe sky comes alivewith flying foxes
Vanessa Proctor
27
dusk stillnessjust my breathand pobblebonk song
Elizabeth Nicholls
gathering darkthe wind sings mea deeper song
Marietta McGregor
biting southerlythe missing cornerof the moon
Louise Hopewell
leavesflutter the quietrain
Gary Colombo De Piazzi
28
breath of winda leaf about to falllifts a little
Jan Dobb
afterthe chainsawstoo much sky
Elizabeth Nicholls
talking climate change —temperatures risein the living room
Rob Scott
on the clotheslineshirts slapped by a hot wind . . .she’s leaving
K.V. Martins
29
family riftclouds drift acrossa full moon
Carol Reynolds
a possumon her black branch —moon crossing
Kristen Lang
family secretsthe twisted vinesof wisteria
Marilyn Humbert
milky wayscattered on a summer nighttiny frog-chirps
Katherine Raine
30
jewel boxgreat grandmother’sprecious stories
Judith E.P. Johnson
my daughters’private lives —Wollemi pines
Sheila Sondik
closed curtainsthe expansive narrativeof night rain
Madhuri Pillai
scanning old snapsmy family tree fillswith unknown faces
Marietta McGregor
starry skyall grown up stilljoining the dots
Jane Williams
worn stoneletting goof dreams
Jahan Tyson
street caféthe sign on the wall saysI’m loved
Lynette Arden
deserted streetthe wonga pigeon callsagain and again . . .
Nathalie Buckland
32
coastal breezeabove the line of sand dunesthe sea eagle
Ross Coward
blue-ringed octopusbeauty to take your breath away
Simon Hanson
beachside smile —in my albumyou remain perfect
Gavin Austin
a walk with my exbelow the cascade’s swasha deep still pool
Katherine Raine
33
stormy dayincoming tide swallowsthe cloud shadows
Maureen Sexton
marooned dinghyits bow pointedtowards the waves
Lyn Reeves
sundownalong the wharf fishing linesglow orange
Tom Staudt
smoke hazethe valley I return toin my dreams
Lorin Ford
34
the looping tracksof meandering rivers —scribbly gum
Sheila Sondik
this waythat waywagtail
Tony Beyer
mud mapall roads lead tochildhood
Jane Williams
the old wellis still giving waterin my mother’s garden
Katherine Gallagher
35
deep gullythe tumble of waterinto shadows
Lorraine Haig
the rattlein a boy’s pockettwo white pebbles
Marilyn Humbert
manicured parkthe child seeks outits untamed edges
Lyn Reeves
chill wind . . .empty swingstwitch in the breeze
Nathalie Buckland
36
school ovalswept clear of kids— one plover
Duncan Richardson
school’s out all summer cicadas droning
Ingrid Baluchi
origamia butterfly unfoldsits wings
Jan Napier
washing daya little pied cormoranthangs out his wings
Jennifer Sutherland
37
scent of lomandraa great egret stalksthe shallows
Leanne Mumford
last of the dayacross the plain ... hillsshaping the light
Katherine Raine
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