LYN REEVES

Until the day breaks...

You were the last person I expected
to meet on this journey ⁠— yet you are here
travelling with me, thousands of miles from home.
I glimpse you in the cobblestone lanes, 
beside fields of grass where white horses 
graze on flowering weeds. You are present 
in the mottled shadows cast by vines
that overarch the winding byways.
I see your face on strangers ⁠— old men
whiling away the hours in village squares,
smoking and laughing. You are at ease,
my father, and at ease ⁠— at last ⁠— with me.

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Lyn Reeves is a poet, fiction writer, editor and mentor. Her most recent collection, field of stars: haiku & senryu (Walleah Press) was launched in September. Among her several collections are Small Worlds, a limited edition fine print collaboration with painter, Luke Wagner and  Designs on the Body (Interactive Press) which won the IP Picks Poetry Award in 2010. Lyn has a Masters of Creative Writing from University of Canberra. She is currently the Vice President of the Australian Haiku Society and coeditor of Echidna Tracks: Australian Haiku.