‘Pall’ and ‘White Woman’s Waterhole’ by Josephine Allen

Primarily a visual artist who has been exhibiting since 1984, Josephine has also facilitated community art projects, run a studio gallery and completed freelance illustration work. When Josephine can’t draw or paint, she writes! ( So far, poems, short stories, two novellas and two plays.)   www.islandinfluence.com.au

Pall                                                                                                         

It’s a cloak.

Heavy, dark with soft hues.

Holding my contours and drawing me in.

At night I hold my own hand.

White Woman’s Waterhole

The waterhole is empty,

green circles

the middles’ muddy moisture.

Blanched logs arch

a story underneath.

Long-time deep.

Forests reflects.

Scotch thistles scratch,

blur edges

amongst the yellow stalks

of bulrushes.

Littered debris on cracked mud.

Ambush

for a figurehead!