Today we have a poem, ‘Harmony‘ from Ali Cobby Eckermann‘s award winning novel ‘Ruby Moonlight‘  

Harmony

in warm afternoon light
a family group rove the plains
murmur delight as
landscape becomes familiar

parrots surge their welcome
at the old meeting place
a young woman gathers
wild fruit and berries

her husband the spear maker
admires her supple body
dancing a parody of love
his older brother teases his idolism

his own wife is still lithe
an aged Law holder
the young woman
her only child

in the shade of gum trees
the old woman sings clan songs
as the cooking fires begin
a wombat gifts his soul

sated now the women
dissolve down a cryptic path
under the moons glow
gratitude and joy are danced

Ali Cobby Eckermann
Ruby Moonlight
Magdala 2012