Bushfires Poems - Poems about Bushfires

the poet road

...A Poet Road
Now that it is hot and the sun has turned from
a warm friend to a raging enemy, what did I say
to make it so burning hot?

I`m up early and drive around, stopping and take
pictures ...

Green shootings, harmful; obscene'

...Obscenity in action, with trusted land managment out of
Action..The la la la landers.' With blisterless hands.' Set
Overgrowth conditions.' It could not be worse if planned.'
After bushfires have ...

December Spirits

...
December morning
and already life is withdrawing
into the shade. The air
has the smell of smoke
blowing down from bushfires
burning up north. The sun
wears a red glow. 

The veneer of norma...

VIOLENCE

...Like a swarm of bushfires, violences echoes like a viper slithering within the unknown,like a pack of wolves it lurks into the skies uncontrollable as a tsunami
with a burning flame of howls struck ...

Glory

...I have watched tree-giants 
in deep forest-cathedrals
declare glory, speak of heaven
in sanctuaries where birds rejoice 
between branches 
under leafy-windows  
– green and gold. 
I have seen ...

Angel Eyes

...
"Angel Eyes" 

that dark angel
standing in the corner
observing the shadows of man 
pass him by -

he has angel eyes

that shine high beam
bright bushfires that light ...

My Country

...Heat is soaring
Bushfires are burning
Floods are raging
Covid is concerning

Sharks are attacking
Human controversy 
Self inflicted deaths
Country uncertainty...

2021 Arrives

...The swirl of the pipes
Playing in Hogmanay
In the cold crisp air
On this New Year’s Day

Out with 2020 what a year
We’ve had enough of it now 
Bushfires and COVID 19 
We can cry foul

In th...

Olde Charlie Part Two

...OLDE CHARLIE part two

A simple g’day and not much more,
A man of simple tastes and trends,
Mostly seen most days
Three days growth on chin, 
Olde Charlie,
Came from the olde school,
Of the w...

Once Were

...Once were dinners a'deux, you see,
Was it only a few months, or a century?
Once were schools abuzz with kids,
Teachers agog to see what did they did,
Once were universities, 
Alive with youthful...

Late Summer Rain

...With the heavy rains
after the long drought
and devastating bushfires
the roses are blooming to bursting
with joy....

The Unicorn and the Sticky Asphalt Jungle

...
"The Unicorn and The Sticky Asphalt Jungle"



Bedtime stories
now walk through fog
The Unicorn skips 
on lines of sticky Asphalt

The father w...

Black Molasses

...
"Black Molasses"



Black Molasses 
holds to ransom 
footprints 
sucked into 
Tropic of Capricorn mud
as bushfires bleed
sugar from cane
like...

A Conversation

...I met a check-out chick the other day,
I asked how was her New Year's, okay,
She said she had a dreadful New Year's Day,
Her boyfriend battling bushfires with the CFA,
He had never been so far aw...

Barefoot In the Bushfires of the Vanities

...
"Barefoot in the Bushfires of the Vanities"



Heat rises slowly to rapture flames licking and teasing
Blue Ghostgums to stretch and crack wide open
as Fire spreads molten...

• Short Bushfires Poems
• Famous Bushfires Poems
• Best Bushfires Poems
• Read Bushfires Poems
• Long Bushfires Poems
• Bushfires Quotes