LEAP YEAR
it’s always me
who pops the leading questions —
can’t bear to wait
(1)
I was taught:
try to put yourself
in their shoes
(2)
thinking
how they'd feel turns me
vegan
GRATITUDE
(1)
grateful
for friends who love me
anyway
(2)
memory –
garden after rain
mass birdsong
YANKEE
(1)
Aussie child, I sang
with no clue what it meant
Yankee Doodle
*
always wondered
why he named his pony
after pasta
(2)
here
we call all Americans
Yanks
VICTOR
(1)
to the victor –
a landscape of rubble
hospitals wrecked …
(2)
spoils of war –
surviving children grow
new terrorists
(3)
the victor –
a planet with no more
people
NOVEMBER
(1)
I love being
deep and sensual
Scorpio
(2)
I hear that song
the 12th of never
as my birthday
friendship at first sight –
Michael nicknamed Mick tells me
‘You can call me Mike.’
LIMA
(1)
oh, Lima!
where the locals ate –
such warm smiles
(2)
comes to say g’day –
Aussie nun long in Lima
hears our home accents