.. You are the music while the music lasts. T.S. Eliot
Mood Indigo, This is a collaboration of poetry by Pip Griffin and Colleen Keating,
A Picaro Poets chapbook, it is published under the umbrella of Ginninderra Press. It is composed of 24 succinct and lyrical poems which are perfect for the reader wanting to retreat into a pocket-sized poetry book with an inner covenant of peace.
Colleen and Pip’s poetry, an eclectic collection of lyrical poetry
transports the reader
to Alice Springs
The land’s a vast Kngwarreye
black, brown, green, ochre, painted on infinity.
to Lake Ainsworth
ducks’ wave-rippling wakes
break the spell
pleads for an end to war
what if we all bow low
to quench our parched throats
and what if we drink
from the same waterhole
and finds renewed hope
in the return of a single red wattle bird
I thought you had deserted us
but your presence
this spring morning
gives me hope.
Chapbook. $5 Order your copy online from www.ginninderrapress.com.au
Thanks to Brenda Eldridge Series editor: from Gininnderra Press.
and John Griffin for cover image
Leura Gardens
While travelling by train to this place we visited so often
a reservoir of tears presses against my ribs
i do not want this pain to fill
the hollow of your absence
images of our time together explode behind my eyes
‘The Lark Ascending’ plays to my inner ear
cherry trees in blossom line the streets
like flower girls at a wedding
the gardens flaunt their colours
i wear the striped jumper we bought here
under the spent wisteria at the Waldorf Gardens Resort
a jazz group plays ‘Mood Indigo’.
©Pip Griffin 4/10/18
my Tao poem
when you find the Tao
others will find you
they will hear the still silence
in your voice
see the peacefulness
shine from your eyes
sense the path in your movement
feel the all is well hope in your being recognise you
by laughter and tears danced in your soul and they will be near you
to find their way home
Colleen Keating
You are the music while the music lasts. T.S. Eliot
Pip and I enjoying Christmas celebration luncheon
at the Society of Women Writers, December 2019