was one long act

of praise

a bit like

my telling students

to allow themselves

astonishments

and then

articulate them

yes I know

about Buddha's

Flower Sermon

and haiku only needing

the recognition of a smile

I know too

William Carlos Williams’

I wanted to write a poem

that you would understand

for what good is it tome

if you don't understand it

but you've got to try hard

you believed that God

wrote beautiful poetry

and Nature was his poem

certainly here in Tasmania

you could say he was

at his most Baroque

what with Eucalyptus Regnans

flame robins, blue wrens

wombats and the rest

you loved the flowers most

articulated them

for all to contemplate

consider plate 5's

simple prayer

Blue Gum

and Comesperma Volubile

also known as Love