Poetry is all about noticing things for today’s Poet’s Corner contributor, Adelaide’s Russ Talbot. Here, he looks at clouds and camping out on the Nullarbor.
Camping on the edge of the Nullarbor
During the night
a soft wind rose and covered the plain
like a mourning mother searching for a lost child,
every leaf
whispering
her grief.
Clouds
Today
the sky is littered
with crumpled tissues
Earlier with wisps
of shed cat fur
Yesterday
a jet stream made
highways in the sky
and a waterfall
The sky is better
with clouds
than flawless blue.
Imperfections make things
more interesting.
Russ Talbot was an original Poet’s Corner’s contributor in its Independent Weekly print days. Russ discovered the pleasure of writing after suffering an ABI as the result of a brain tumour. In a previous life, he obtained degrees in computing and management, and has studied Creative Communication in this one. He knows poetry can enrich people’s lives, and so believes in poetry for the masses, not just for other poets. He has never received a better compliment than: “I don’t like poetry, but I like yours”.
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