Anzac Day - Lone Pine

        Tall enough*

        and at

        the fullness

        of the season

        for ripe

        green cones

        to open

        in the wind-timed

        clockwork

        of dark branches

        and release

        a myriad seed

        small winged ghosts

        scattered

        in the battle

        and at

        the mercy

        of the day.

        * Lone Pine - Seeded from the original tree at Anzac Cove

           Faith Lutheran Secondary School - Tanunda.

 These poems are from my new collection IN THE APRICOT DARKNESS (view the cover and contents below in my recent posts). They are now being published individually, daily under 'recent posts' on my blog and will be available shortly as an eBook that can be read online or downloaded for free.