LIFE SNORKELLING

Every day
is a special place,
the satin underbellies of waves
smoothing the marked sand
of our hearts.

_______4.1.99 Byron Bay, NSW_______

VEET'S DRUMMING CLASS

The Master sits
at his cloven-footed drum,
the gold-haired Student
adjusts his chair.
"Treat it like a woman!"
commands the Master,
and the Student sits before his drum,
head down in trepidation.

_______4.1.99 Byron Bay Apex Park, NSW_______

REQUIEM FOR EARTH'S CHILDREN

Crash Bang Bash Blast
gecha thrillsn gettum fast
nyukes acommin weel be ded
coz we woodum yoos our hed.

_______12.5.98_______

TOURIST VIDEOS

We record every step of our world's demise
at our deadly hands with our greedy eyes.
Will we proudly show our grandchildren what we saw
or hide it away because there is no more?

_______6.9.97 Fox Glacier, NZ_______

My lovers fuel my fires
and strengthen my wings.

_______8.6.97_______

MEDITATION IN GOA

I am the ocean
and the woman on the beach
I am the sky
and the bird flying through the blue
I am the cave
and the cave explorer
I am the great stillness
and all the movement within
I am everything
and I am nothing at all.

_______27.1.97 Colva Beach, Goa, India_______

RESCUE

On my left foot
scars from the rescue of the horse.
On my right hand
wounds from the rescue of the cormorant.
I have no scars
from the rescue of the lamb,
but many wounds
from the rescue of the people.

_______11.8.96 Christies Beach, South Australia_______

TIDES AND LIGHT

Ripe half moon
sparkles on the golden beach mirror.
The moon and the waves
talk like lovers on the phone:
so far apart
yet so deeply intimate.

_______26.7.96 Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef_______

THE ISLAND OF TRANSFORMATION

In the darkness
you seek the light
in your own soul.
The call of the noddy terns
the rustle of the pisonia leaves
a sense of the path between the trees
become all there is.
You soften
the Earth softens
and receives you home,
home to your own deep self.

_______26.7.96 Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef_______