third day

along woodland swales

sheltered by rain speckled dunes

sou’easterly drifts

bloodwood

blanketed by stars
cushioned by the cold south wind
desert bloodwood dreams

coolibah

coolibah woodland

along the creek line between

luminescent dunes

country

worn crescent ranges

ancient deep dusty ochre

shadows lengthening

starry starry nights

midnight desert’s dark

emu trails half moon west with

tendrils of cool change

dispersal

north wind shifts, lifting

silken threads to float, twirl and

dance the spider dream

magic carpet

a magic carpet
countless heads nod to the sun
south wind lifts behind

between stone and sky

restless ever wandering

hovers the spirit

bloodwood camp

beneath the bloodwood

leaves dance with the cold south wind

singing stars above

dawn light camel bells

dawn light camel bells

sun warm soft red desert sand

south winter wind dusk

 

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waning moon hangs low

still clear frost eastern sky gleams
camel bells tolling

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ephemeral rains
dusty ochre blue above
from the south east wind

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gidgee forest edge
serried dunes sit either side
turn into the wind

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crescent moon ascends
jupiter venus below
spring equinox nigh

 

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stories in the sand

dissolving into country

light colour wind space

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jingle foot steps clink
sou’easterly caresses
soft camel rhythms

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south east wind lifts sand
covers tracks black beetle runs
gently brushes mind

 

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dune top sands shifting
this body breathes walks eyes tear
spirit released soars

 

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no time land all time
journeys footprints spirit flies
sand sun sky wind space

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breathe in touching skin

cool grindstone coolibah cool

wind lifts spirits high