(edited by Phillip Hall)
lured
by haunted
white
space
I fill the page with egret
bloom with flame tree
impart wisdom
in lake's reflection
nature's metaphor
conjures
beauty
for a time
until
hallowed
images
fade
like
birdsong
on
wind
Graham Akhurst studied for a Bachelor of Creative Arts in writing at the University of Queensland and is currently doing his honours. Prior to this he completed an Advanced Diploma of Performing Arts from the Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts where he studied music, and wrote and co-created several performances that were held at QPAC. Graham’s fiction and poetry have appeared in various publications. He is of Aboriginal descent and hails from the Kokomini tribe in Northern Queensland.