regardless of where
each bush track leads to a heart
that also is home
A mystery of the Australian Bush
Tag Archives: spirituality
On crying
there are tears of love
some unnecessary tears
and tears that must be
Inspired by reading
The Shadows of War
The mid-autumn light
leaves are falling
yet autumn sunshine restores
paradise inside
Autumn amble
perambulation
u v dose with green and blue
adjusts life’s outlook
Cry, the beleaguered country
I cry mustafa
impertinent refugee
wanting just hope
Another verse inspired by a client, this one a refugee kept in Limbo for ten years by successive Australian governments. I won’t relate the circ’s – don’t want you to cry.
Mustafa: Origin: Arabic. Meaning:
The chosen one.
Vale Father Bob
thank god for a ‘crank’
lever on complacency
compassion at large
Farewell Jacquie
there are tears harsh tears
then there are braw bagpipe tears
that tend the sore heart
A question of density
all old plants destroyed
crushed by a reign of small homes
rubbish gardens raised
Solidarity with Jeff
Torque, by Jeff Cann:-
Tough torque, by DD
pity, be damned
ridicule, kick to the curb
discharge the bullies
Himeji garden – video
a moving haiku
honouring beautiful garden
for all to enjoy
Himeji garden
stillness of camera
nature's essence in image
brings mind to focus
Living hills
near invisible
humans live among gumtrees
quiet yet vital
Equinox
procrastination –
feels like evermore’s ahead;
quoth autumn, ‘Really?’
It’s the Autumn Equinox in the Southern Hemisphere
the idylls of march
march holiday
marching on this holiday
ideally get fit
Z likes to have a purpose, not just a vacation. So this Autumn it’s going to be a marching holiday.
We’re off to the Adelaide Hills.
Spring (for those in the Northern Hemisphere)
a gift of haiku
to view nature with fresh eyes
to see life as new
Enlightened
lightness of body
being eased by autumn’s balm
the soft tread of fall
Autumn is my favourite time of year in Melbourne Au.
A gentle light
autumn brings soft light
a way to see good enough
during darker days
Assignment of rights
giving gist of brain
to A I who knows me best
ensuring future
Scenes from life’s parade
some paths best bypassed
others to wind through and pause
many to walk yet
wind through and pause:
New South Wales micro-forest,
Keysborough Victoria Au
Riffing off Kerouac
walking down the road
by myself with fiery thoughts
they're my burning bush
~
driving down the road
with number two son charlie
a ginsberg of sorts
~
marching down the road
with number one son alex
generous granite track
Fall for A I
I started a dialogue with ChatGPT about a haiku for a picture with the morning sun streaming through a stand of gumtrees. But a system error occurred, and when we re-engaged, the following unfamiliar verse was offered instead of what we had been working on.
I’ve changed the first line (which was a bland ‘The autumn leaves fall’) to link the rustle of leaves to ‘whispering’, which opens line two. I added a title, removed unnecessary punctuation and changed any Caps to lower case. It’s quite a pleasing haiku. I don’t know who ChatGPT was doing it for, but here it is
autumn leaves rustle
whispering secrets of change
nature’s artistry
This unrelated photo of gumtrees is included for fun.
Forward ho!
gumtrees stand in line
with clear light blue sky above
the perfect frontier
Charles Harpur, Australian author of ‘Forward ho!’, may have inadvertently encouraged the gung ho destruction of indigenous land and culture with his c1865 poem, despite its theme of fighting for liberty and fraternity. When prompted, ChatGPT3 suggested that its message of persistence might be relevant to those seeking to redress remaining inequities and injustices today.
https://www.poeticous.com/charles-harpur/forward-ho?locale=es
It’s a rainy day, Jimi
images, from clouds
seen, here in my coffee cup
there, when drawn in
Maybe ChatGPT has opinions
I asked ChatGPT for a Haiku lampooning Rupert Murdoch with an alt_truth theme. Maybe it has good lawyers as well as opinions.
Fox in a suit, deceit
Alt-truth, his empire's feat
Minds he bends with might
Free transport to another state
bush is flung my way
a bit of Queensland in Vic
obverse odyssey
Thank you City of Greater Dandenong
Culture cliff notes:
The word ‘transport’ is an historical reference to the transportation of criminals to Australia that laid a foundation for colonising the country. For me, that places a question mark over how we impose our will on the natural world.
The words ‘another state’ are used to imply the physical and metaphysical, and these remnant bushlands move me, speak to my spirit. A conflict? Nevermind.
Vic is short for Victoria, which is in the South and is temperate; Queensland is in the North and tropical/ sub-tropical.
davidwdon 
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