Australian summer

Well sunned and salted

My heart beats to 

The rhythm of the sea

The breeze kisses gently

Heavy eyelids give way

Summer siesta’s bliss

These childhood memories

Ingrained in my senses

Australian life by the coastline

Was once wild and free

-Camille Delaquise

This poem appears in RISE, Camille’s second contemporary poetry collection. Australian summer explores memory as a sensory refuge — evoking the warmth, freedom and coastal ease of childhood while quietly holding space for the distance between what was once lived and what can now only be recalled.


This poem is available as a contemporary poetry print on textured recycled card.

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