painting by Jeanette Prout
wild weather
grey puddles of slush
where the road was—
all our tomorrows
blown out to sea
tanka by Julie Thorndyke
when it all seems
simply too much to bear –
the cool blue ocean
edged with lapis-lazuli,
velvet fingers of white foam
— Julie Thorndyke
Eucalypt Issue 16, 2014