Poems: transfiguration & in the bush
Books & Poetry
Sally Hunter’s interest in the environment is expressed in these two poems which cast light on the still beauty of nature and the bush.
transfiguration
pear-shaped autumn tree
grades soft discs from pale to flame
as it grows high
sideways afternoon light
diffuses the lower parts
penetrating
and illuminating from within
like simply stated stillness
in the bush
white powder
of flat bark
on white tree
stickiness sparkles
on sundews
gathered in tightly
as if with drawstring
melaleuca flower softness sits still
green leaves wrap the ground
leading up to jewelled ecosystem
where light catches corners
a leaf
a twig
a flower
tiny orchids salute
Sally Hunter has published a collection of poetry The Structure of Light and a biography You Can’t Keep A Good Man Down: From Parkinson’s to a New Life With Deep Brain Stimulation. She has her BSc in Biology and MSc in Environmental Studies and has prepared papers for the environment movement.
Readers’ original and unpublished poems up to 30 lines can be emailed, with postal address, to poetscorner@solsticemedia.com.au. A poetry book will be awarded to each contributor.
transfiguration
pear-shaped autumn tree
grades soft discs from pale to flame
as it grows high
sideways afternoon light
diffuses the lower parts
penetrating
and illuminating from within
like simply stated stillness
in the bush
white powder
of flat bark
on white tree
stickiness sparkles
on sundews
gathered in tightly
as if with drawstring
melaleuca flower softness sits still
green leaves wrap the ground
leading up to jewelled ecosystem
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where light catches corners
a leaf
a twig
a flower
tiny orchids salute
Sally Hunter has published a collection of poetry “The Structure of Light” and a biography “You Can’t Keep A Good Man Down: From Parkinson’s To A New Life With Deep Brain Stimulation.” She has her BSc in Biology and MSc in Environmental Studies and has prepared papers for the environment movement.
Readers’ original and unpublished poems up to 30 lines can be emailed, with postal address, to poetscorner@solsticemedia.com.au. A poetry book will be awarded to each contributor.
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