many doors have closed
some faerie have withdrawn —
they left with the woods
Found in Enchantment of the Faerie Realm byTed Andrews
tawny tiger —
my cat in the dark
with eyes of light
Found in my own 12-line poem Feline, published in the collaborative collection She Too, CXD, 2014 (also to be found on an earlier blog, if you click the link).
the scuffing
of schoolboy shoes on gravel
breaking the silence
Article on the town of Mt Pleasant in The Australian Women’s Weekly February 2024.
first day of school —
one child after another
setting off
From the ‘Family Matters’ column by Pat McDermott in The Australian Women’s Weekly February 2024.