Sample of poems from Spinifex: haiku

train tunnel-
the sudden intimacy
of mirrored faces

lengthening shadow-
above her eggs the hen's heart
beats against my arm

lightning strike
the uncertainty
of everything

first light
each cattle egret
selects its cow

barely morning
the slither of children
into grandma's bed

widow's cottage-
rosemary edges closer
to the door

her small son struggles
with the cemetery tap...
summer grass

© Beverley George 2006