Worth Words exhibition
A thick sea, Valla Beach
My gadget shadows time, catches waves in the act,
sees the transitory for what it’s not, a calligraphy of shaving foam.
The viewfinder shines and rhymes but every time something
extraordinary happens off screen - an osprey on the high-wire,
a pod of whales exhaling bursts of spindrift breath, By-the-wind
Sailors (Velella velella) the armada foundering in blue wrack.
Mangrove roots, Nambucca River
Seeds take root, their green shells dislocate in sections,
leaves unfold, arch and expand precarious tidelines,
the light dances but that’s never quite enough.
Paperbark world, Black Rock, Nambucca
Colour is leached, swamped by the thickness of the water
and lack of excitement. The severe detail engraves scant sense
of usual business in this carbon-sink nursery for fish.