Australian Sentences
(after Ginsberg)
From a train window, washing strung like bunting festoons the council flats.
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Summertime jacaranda confetti litters backyard swimming pools.
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Above my head a trail of stars like so many alien camp fires.
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Colour pops from maple trees fairly shimmer in the cool of morning.
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At the curry house, you came in barefoot, a band-aid on your big toe.
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Hazard reduction smoke haze taints the day with asthmatic amber hues.
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Like a swarm of v. angry wasps the chainsaw gang are at it again.
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Clambering fragrant little stars, sweet jasmine, you brighten my morning.
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Feel free to write your own Australian sentences - just make sure they are only 17 syllables long. It's fun and strangely addictive.
ReplyDeleteThat is beautiful Jac - what a lovely idea.
ReplyDeleteThanks Mary, can't wait to read some contributions. And obviously not only Australian sentences.
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