March 2026
Selectors: Coral Carter, Rose van Son, Barry Sanbrook, Gary De Piazzi
Contributors:
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house for sale—
a pair of magpies
inspect the lawn
Gwen Bitti
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tangled wire …
the farmer pulls
at his beard
toast …
she wipes away
his crumbs
Sabrina Blom
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eerie presence
in bright moonlight—
ghost gum
locust plague
across the countryside—
cloud shadow
Rohan Buettel
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overnight rain
a wakeup call
of woodpeckers
death poem
house
room
box
Alanna C. Burke
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kangaroo mob
the electric fence
Is just a hop
Ivan Cole
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graduation day—
my cap twirls
…… mid-air
I refresh my list
of resolutions—
a sip of champagne
Anne Curran
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raindrops
in the downpipe
drum beat
her dancing—
wind’s gentle push
on reeds
Gary Colombo De Piazzi
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spring clouds—
the faces of everyone
I have ever loved
Goran Gatalica
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Bushrangers Bay
our hiking party
ambushed by flies
Louise Hopewell
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spring breeze
jasmine blooms
in the bird bath
young man’s Sunday
the crossword
then the front page
Govind Joshi
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sprinkled in morning dew
the pink
of a galah’s feather
C.F.A.* memorial …
another leaf falls
in lingering heat
*Country Fire Authority
Thomas Landgraf
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east wind
has ironed the sea flat
sun on my wrinkles
Mardi May
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still wondering …
her atomiser’s
trace of Joy
car boot sale
a little more baggage
unloaded
Marietta McGregor
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the squawk of magpie fledglings
no longer mass produced
Shae O’Reilly
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city streets
the sirens from everywhere
and nowhere
Joshua St. Claire
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beekeeping
the racetrack between
my ears
first cold day
the birds and I fluff up
our down
Debbie Strange
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at the gate
of an old friend …
a new rose variety
Mother’s Day—
experimenting new fillings
for eclairs
Steliana Cristina Voicu
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