Small stones on the minutiae of life

Anzac Day 2014

2014-04-25T09:46:00.001+10:00

We pause to remember

Anzac Cove

and beyond

to the bloodied, muddied stages

of theatres of war

where lost links

of our family line

lie forever

with those who

will never grow old

Lest we forget.

Calmer waters

2013-03-29T15:55:00.001+11:00

The sky explodes

2013-01-03T12:42:00.001+11:00

Shadows

2012-11-14T14:31:00.004+11:00

In the chill
of loneliness
I wrap myself
in the shadow
of his once being
warmed by the scent
that lingers
on the breath
of memory.

Monet

2012-11-14T14:27:00.003+11:00

The eye of the cloud

2012-09-12T08:48:00.003+10:00

The eye of the cloud

brushes the valley

with silken lashes

twin souls

2012-08-10T11:19:00.001+10:00

between the pages

twin souls bound by

shared passion for words

2012-07-27T12:48:00.001+10:00

in an urban sanctuary

shadows of a drug deal

fall upon blades of grass

~ Merlene Fawdry

2012-07-26T14:20:00.005+10:00

a border of litter

in weed seeded garden

judge not the broken

~ Merlene Fawdry

2012-07-20T11:15:00.002+10:00

between the pavers,
born of careless spore
a mushroom triumphs

rising above weeds
it stands tall, in a
world of small things

~ Merlene Fawdry

2012-07-19T12:59:00.004+10:00

suspended in time, his pen

poised over words - unwritten

creativity interred with his muse

2012-07-14T10:54:00.000+10:00

I'm a third year student, he boasted

stating his position

in the two year course

2012-07-13T11:59:00.000+10:00

The power of her smile

illuminated the room,

where the old man lay dying

and she, only one year old

2012-06-24T14:47:00.003+10:00

The passing

my mother’s slippers

watch over her passing

in the way of old friends

her glasses, lonely

for the smile in her eyes

gaze from empty windows

behind the door

her pinny, missing her warmth

hugs her empty shape

until, after the wake

the final separation of

what is, from what was

the ritual burning

consumes shared lives

as a chapter closes

~ Merlene Fawdry

2012-06-10T11:35:00.000+10:00

a few doors down, youths
sprinkle glass confetti
in drunken expression

the following day
children, navigate their way
through shards of defiance

2012-05-29T11:01:00.003+10:00

俳画

April 2012

2012-04-09T15:37:00.000+10:00

Friends

2012-03-28T17:03:00.001+11:00

in the darkest hour

typewriter and candlelight

a double blessing

wind whispers

2012-01-31T09:33:00.002+11:00

wind whispers
through open windows
a gentle sough

passing months

2012-01-30T18:56:00.000+11:00

January winds down
as February's key
begins a slow turn

an epitaph

2012-01-29T10:38:00.000+11:00

clouds striate
an epitaph for the day
inscribed on a darkening sky

writer's meditation

2012-01-28T11:15:00.003+11:00

from doodles on my page
a mandala emerges
a writer's meditation

ants labour

2012-01-27T16:48:00.000+11:00

ants labour, to create
a subterranean compound
hills grow overnight

passion spent

2012-01-26T08:30:00.002+11:00

a feather floats
discarded garment
after passion spent

a waxing moon

2012-01-25T11:53:00.000+11:00

a moon on the rise
taps against the window
in invitation