March 2011
Selectors: Maureen Sexton and Rose van Son
Managing Editor: Sally Clarke
WebMaster: Chris Arnold
Contributors:
taking my pulse
the clock ticks
and I breathe
waiting for the train
I watch a baby magpie
leave the nest
what good is dust?
we flick it off daily
ah! a reminder
lost at the crossroads
I hear a kookaburra
laughing
a flap of wings
the cat waits
under shrubs
collecting firewood
I find an empty bird’s nest
Maureen Sexton
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bough unshaken
the pear slowly ripened
touched, drops to my hand
Helen Oxnam
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hot wind off dry land
makes Nordic blonde on beach sand
breeze past and raise heat
formal attire
black tails with preened white feather
penguin ball tonight
Elio Novello
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tendrils wave
as a cool breeze
brushes my hair
gliding pelicans
wings flung wide
ski to a halt
John McMullan
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hot shower
reflection misty
morning after
spring cleaning
spider evicted
from corner
children
jumping waves
gulls screech
full moon
shimmering lake
fireflies
Meryl Manoy
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only the sound
of sneakers scrunching leaves…
bush walk
ginko
on the lookout
for brown snakes
garden seat
the rough trunk
of a white beech
dappled glade
a single frond arches
with the breeze
blackbutt
a blue plaque
on the brown stump
shredded bark…
yellow water swirling
around the pylon
Cynthia Rowe
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jasmine flowers
perfume the night
starry sky
Australia day
above the river
chrysanthemums
explode
Liz Nicholls
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ANZAC Day
marchers get younger
medals grow heavier
religiously
I park outside the church
one day I’ll go in
Dean Meredith
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old secrets stored in
the calligraphy of stone
traced by my fingers
purple lavender
slowly warming in the sun
the smell of her hair
white rose petals
fold around themselves
rumpled tissue
Gary Colombo De Piazzi
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