Playful Moon Poem by Keith Shorrocks Johnson

A bright hot clear day
On the bank at the Basin
Watching slow cricket

Southee is working
At dislodging Angelo
Matthews with bouncers

The oval below
Is flecked with white figures
The crowd is festive

Some young guys come up
And camp out under the shade
Of my tree - jostling.

Earrings, tattoos, beer
Good mates, good times under the
Pohutakawa

Look says one: "the moon -
I love the moon in daylight
A smudge on a lens"

Listening gently:
Poetry is everywhere -
It's my round next.