States of Poetry - Poems
'Midwinter Sketch' by Jules Leigh Koch | States of Poetry SA - Series Two
by Jules Leigh Koch •
1.
the barbed-wire sounds
of crows
has fetched out the sun
from behind
the ridge
daybreak
has saddles up
the sky
2.
along the river
the mist is chain
smoking
otherwise the only
bright moments
are the small hoof prints
of sunlight
treading
over paddocks
3.
a river
untethered
at one end
its muscular frame
is narrowing out
and browning
as it stretches across
the plain
a rubber band
4.
a herd of caravans
are grazing
waterside
from a camp site
a fishing line
has been cast out
holding the river
in place
like an anchor