I stretch
semblance
foliage tips
surfing, crouch
balance pinged
on carpet board
curlicue toes
misdirected view
untraceable beak
within coppice leaves
sabotaging the silence
exercise curtailed
unidentified
spy
turn, turn in wishful whist
player of two eyes
perplexed
its view, fields of
scattered omelettes
third stretch position, arms
triangle, pull down
spring-muscular frame
tension of tide
foreign interference
pause-button
bravado
sassy New Holland honeyeater
lively lipping, badgering
Kookaburra
Mohawk, beak on
steroids
unperturbed
Kingfisher
rhymes my mirth
plummet-up leg,
hold, kangaroo-hop, release
embroider of limbs, amongst
tapestry bird scenes
Author Bio:
Melinda Jane is the author of the children’s book ‘The Currawong and the Owl’ and poetry book ‘Nature's Nuptials’. She was nominated for Best of the Net 2019 and has fifty written works published in international anthologies and literature journals including Mekong Review, Rattle, Poets Reading the News, Brushfire, Dime Show Review, cahoodaloodaling, The Paragon Press, Hawai‘i Review, The Anti-Languorous Project, The Felt, The Criterion, Rambutan Literary, and Ginninderra Press. She is a lyricist and spoken word artist with sixty live performances.