lyrical – Page 2 – Wordflower poetry

view of mainly blue sky with light cloud and a slim slice of ocean at the bottom. There is a bronze sculpture of a woman at the right hand side, looming large

At the local swimming pool — the only one with unbarbered legs and no towel, chocolates dragging me down — but the sky is blue 17 January 20266 July 2026

page of a notebook showing writing and drawings. the drawings are of a life-size cockroach and an enlarged tardigrade or moss piglet. the notes relate to the poem and include its title

Sunset on the human race / A tardigrade could do better / Traditions get mangled, entangled, star-spangled / Genocide as a form of tourism: A slam poetry-esque Longette Lite* from the deviser 14 January 202614 August 2026

Crafty Witchery 12 January 2026

Rainbow lorikeet in a pink flowering gum

dendrosphere dreams 6 January 20266 January 2026

black and white image of people waiting outside in a very long queue, in a Latin country

I’ve Been Standing in Line for Five Days at the Motor Vehicles Department to Renew My License While My Husband Started Divorce Proceedings and Sold the House 4 January 202610 February 2026

Reading the cups 2 January 20262 January 2026

This Earth Keeps the Memory of Gadigal Footsteps Through Fire, Silence, Survival, and Unbroken Song Across Two Centuries of Dispossession and Resistance – 27th December 2025 31 December 202524 February 2026

Talkatora Gardens, 22nd May: A Prayer 29 December 202510 February 2026

The most beloved 28 December 202512 June 2026

Flowery Ripples and Jewels 25 December 202525 December 2025