wilde
an eagle
in her youth
oscar inherited
his mother’s facility
to swoop
and unnerve with
the swiftest wit
an expert on
ear and eye
his father too
was troubled by
a court case
but oscar had
much more to lose
Terry lives in Brisbane, Australia when not travelling. He worked in the public service for decades and was inspired to write after seeing Michael Dransfield poems in The Australian newspaper when a teenager. He has been published in Australia and abroad since retiring.