Flinders Street clocks
the bagpipe player
takes time out

About this Rooku

Melbournians have arranged to meet under the Flinders Street Station clocks for generations. The bagpipe player who busked there became a nostalgic landmark, too. One day, I noticed he was gone. Just taking a musician’s break? Or perhaps he had a date with time? 

About Lorin Ford

short bio: Lorin Ford left school early, preferring a 'glamorous' career in hairdressing to her correspondence lessons in small, East Gippsland timber town. Later, she received an Honours degree in Eng. Lit. and subsequently taught high school English and ESL . Her first book of haiku will be published in 2008. (49 words)