by Gary De Piazzi
Last Saturday I was joined by Rose Van Son, Meryl Manoy and Liz Nicholls for a Mari Warabiny Haiku Group ginko in Supreme Court Gardens. Perth is blessed to have had city planners with the foresight to include botanical gardens as part of the cityscape. Supreme Court Gardens, despite humble beginnings as a paddock, holds many secrets that reveal themselves to those with eyes to see and minds to capture:
dead birds
strelitzia blooms decay
white dove
silent sundial marks time
bells peal
sea breeze
stirs limp flags
gulls fly
palm grove
city skyline
backdrop
foliage stirs
refreshing breeze
tempers heat
Meryl Manoy
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garlic flowers
between striped leaves
lush weeds
coloured flags
bike race
the wind picks up
city explorer
her turn to ring the bells
Rose van Son (c) 2010
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above the trees
bank buildings rise
tallest
cars flash
past gaps in the trees
bells toll
red post pointing north
sundial under cloudy sky
people walk aimless
seagulls
squatting on the grass
boats on the river
gcdepiazzi
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garlic plants
in neat rows
stir- fry for dinner
vibrant red
blossoms on thorned stems
witches hats
under cloudy skies
a broken sundial
on long stems
white flowers wilt -
first summer heat
Liz Nicholls
