watch
him watch
his daughter
watch
her small son
suck
the first
passionfruit
from their new vine
in Oakleigh
About this poem
This poem was partly written out of a lovely conversation with an elderly Oakleigh resident who was born in Italy.
About Sue Stanford
I have been writing for a long time and have published two books of poetry: “Opal” and “The Neon City”. I have been president of Melbourne Poets Union and still work on the committee and edit the feature poet column in their newsletter “POAM”. I am presently editing an anthology of poems from all over Australia about tea, wine and coffee. I am also involved in writing a PhD at Monash about the ground-breaking Haiku poet, Sugita Hisajo.
