Abecedarius (November)

They’ve blown, the acacias. Backyards burgeon bougainvillea and correa, cream under green. The dainty daisies go bush-like. Eucalypts and rain-sprayed everlastings, fennel, fuchsias, forget-me-nots. Grevilleas grasp the air; heavenly hardenbergia and pastel bearded irises. Any day now jacaranda purple will blow into sky-lakes. Lemon blossoms suck bees; magnolia, morning glory, and all through November orchids extend a hand. Packet seeds turn into poppies quietly then quit. Roses rage, ripple, regale. Sage finds second life. Ti-tree do their thing, likewise understated understoreys and violets after storms. Words blow for each, X where buried, yours in this language, zoomed-in where sight strays.

Abecedarius (November)

They’ve blown, the acacias.

Backyards burgeon bougainvillea

And correa, cream under green.

The dainty daisies go bush-like.

Eucalypts and rain-sprayed everlastings,

Fennel, fuchsias, forget-me-nots.

Grevilleas grasp the air;

Heavenly hardenbergia

And pastel bearded irises.

Any day now jacaranda purple

Will blow into sky-lakes.

Lemon blossoms suck bees;

Magnolia, morning glory,

And all through November

Orchids extend a hand.

Packet seeds turn into poppies

Quietly then quit.

Roses rage, ripple, regale.

Sage finds second life.

Ti-tree do their thing,

Likewise understated understoreys

And violets after storms.

Words blow for each,

X where buried,

Yours in this language,

Zoomed-in where sight strays.