Enoggera

Inspired by a trail run.

On the run to Enoggera

today

I saw the hills first.

The first line, hulking dark green

out of the dessicated eucalypt forest, but

the second line,

straddling the horizon,

were a misty blue;

air hazy with suspended

eucalypt oil.

 

When I got to the reservoir,

I had to stop and stare.

Blue on blue sky,

and steep dark hills, reflected

in shimmering waters-

green-rimmed with lush grasses and

expanses of lillies all over.

And the birds!-Everywhere.

All along that reservoir trail

cockatoos screeched like demented things,

or hungry velociraptors,

prowling a Jurassic jungle,

just out of sight.

 

Reviews

[Firebird]

I love that! Thanks. I've never been to Oz but I can imagine it now.

[Zugzwang]

Well, it's a pretty magical place. But lots of countries have beautiful natural areas. I guess you love the area of your birth.

[Firebird]

Liverpool? Haha! Not really. But parts of England are beautiful.

[Stan Lee]

Aussie bush - can't beat it! Amazing imagery and great poem. Thanks for sharing. :)

[Zugzwang]

Ahhhh...The Aussie bush. There's nothing like it. Everyone loves the nature in their home country, it's in your DNA! Thanks for the review!

[Satan]

Brisbane lad? Trail's clearly worth a wander if it compelled you to write about it...

[Zugzwang]

My profile photo's a selfie I took on the trail! Start at the Gap Creek carpark and it's a pretty good long run. But it's pretty brutal, I busted a sock on it!

[Satan]

Yeh sounds mad, might suss out. Should have just barefooted it like the first aussies bro.

[Zugzwang]

I reckon I'll stick with the sneakers mate!!

[WerTherBeDragons]

A vivid picture you've painted; so descriptive, I can see it in my minds' eye. Also, I imagine, there are 'raptors just beyond ones' gaze...Lurking at the fringes of both our land & mind... Rrrrargg.... �™ (TeeHee!)

[Zugzwang]

Oooohhh, man that was so cool. Rrrrargg™ hahaha, the comedy applications are endless. Anyway, you got it. Hearing the cockatoos on the trail that day just triggered some kind of association that was striking in the moment. Trying to capture these moments is what my poetry is all about.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

kind of reflects how behind everything of beauty, there could be danger...not just on the actual trail, but on the trail of life....and love.

we can be so serene one minute, and the next...those velociraptors attack.

[Zugzwang]

Oho! The transient nature of happiness, love and mortality! These are topics that are never far from my mind. Not to sound negative, the miracle of life is that it can exist at all, just think about it! (it blows my mind). I went for a run today and mused on how amazing the human body is and, by extension, life in general.
Oh, and I live with velociraptors in my head. Nasty things, don't you know?