June 2010
Selection/Editing/Administration Team: Rose Van Son, Dean Meredith, Maureen Sexton
Contributors::
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autumn gingko
her notebook full
of stick figures
piled sticks
the waterhen lowers
its white belly
our older dog
beside the unlit fire –
hint of winter
Blue Mountains
a king parrot dives
into the mist
a friend dying
another circuit
of the garden
hovering
over the garden gnome –
a butterfly
memorial park
another frangipani
joins the fallen
cold buffet
the salads greener
on others plates
John Bird
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after the fire
green fronds
on blackened bark
Liana Christensen
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books side by side
soldiers in formation
each holds a story
Gary Colombo De Piazzi
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black cockatoos
the distant rumble
of Harleys
——- previously published in Heron’s Nest
still water
mosquioes hover
over silent frogs
Maureen Sexton
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late afternoon
sun through eyelids
losing North
Kevin Gillam
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moths hover
over the drinks dispenser –
sultry night
ikebana
a cobweb links man
to heaven
round table
various sons discuss
her empty house
the teal
preens wet feathers –
a streak of blue
Quendryth Young
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farewell …
on the train window
a smiley face
sushi restaurant –
the while-faced heron
settles on mudflats
passing train –
magnolia petals
litter the churchyard
heatwave
he feeds his fish
ice cubes
Asian food market
a confusion
of spicy smells
Cynthia Rowe
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pear blossoms open
fairies dressed for the ball
not quite virgin white
Katey Nixon
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windswept hair
—-children watching
—-waves on rocks
butterfly
—-sipping nectar
—-caterpillar feeds
Meryl Manoy
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outdoor concert
during the Bach
frogs are silent
sole witness
to the accident
a garden gnome
——–Previously published in Paper Wasp
reverie
quiet snip of scissors
in the barber shop
——–Previously published in Presence
Nicholas Barwell
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picking blackberries
red-haired speckled girl
winter sun
Tatjana Debeljacki
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Autumnal dusk
a fading light
in his workshop
late Autumn
a lone elm leaf
hanging on
a corn field
ripening gold
Autumn begins
Mark Lonergan
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