December 2013
Selectors: Meryl Manoy, Rose van Son & Gary De Piazzi
Contributors:
_ fallen leaves
cruising down river
___ canoes
Faye Teale – Clavi
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spring noon …
a butterfly shadow
fades into the sun
abandoned home –
the smell of jasmine
across the fence
thick mist …
the smell of wood-fire
in her embrace
full moon –
all his eccentricities
on the screen
overnight rain …
all the leaves carry
an impression
Jayashree Maniyil
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autumn leaves
brittle bones
the falling dream
a kiwi feather
caught in fern fronds
on the track
Jan Napier
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night brightens
distant thunder
church bells –
the pale leaves
not ready to let go
Tyler Pruett
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the department store
is now selling
deportment
the migratory bird
pulls his chest away
from his heart
no one has seen
the grey hands
of the millipede
Judith Huang
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rays of light
through trees
rake sand
water
the clarity of bells
tumbling over rocks
cooling
last night’s curry
in the fridge
Gary Colombo De Piazzi
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Italian biscuits
nonna’s apron
folds
previously published in Paper Wasp 19(3) Spring 2013
paper weight –
a butterfly pins
tax return
________ previously published in Paper Wasp 19(3) Spring 2013
Rose van Son
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a bright pitcher
on the kitchen table …
our summer thirst
on the mantel
his retirement watch
eightieth birthday
morning dew
an ornate tea cup
between pot plants
his voice
on the answerphone
– winter drizzle
electric blue –
a teenager in lycra
star jumps
Anne Curran
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scattered tulips
in the abandoned cornfield
her fresh footprints
freckles on her face
continue to appear –
starry sky
cumulus clouds –
the toddler turns her nose up
at cauliflower
the butterfly
lands on a dandelion –
birthday candle
Jade Pisani
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whirlpool
an ant
drowning in circles
by tank light all the tiny seahorses
cohabitation
the brown half
of the avocado
wind change
in the click
of a mouse
b f p
e e a
t n l
w c i
e e n
e g
n s
the other side
of you appears
Jennifer Sutherland
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petrol pumps
lilies stand tall
in nearby patch
Christmas decorations
twelve corellas
on Norfolk pine
Margaret Ferrell
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beetle in distress
one flip and he’s off again
never looking back
Hazel Pruyn
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butcher shop-
the tremble of the goat
before and after
cold wave-
the news reader’s sneeze
goes uncut
winter solstice-
the dog shifts the puppies
one by one
super mall-
even the mannequin kid
taller than me
cracked earth-
the scarecrow too
is jobless
monsoon lull-
dragonflies fill the empty
clothesline
anniversary-
her lips taste
sweeter
Kashinath Karmakar
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commuter train
laptops catching
rhomboid skies
five years since
my last visit – dentist
I have sinned
numb from the dentist
buying cakes with
a lopsided grin
clean sand
________ stepping in
__________________ my daughter’s footprints
Duncan Richardson
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morning fog
on my brother’s grave
a frozen wreath
stumbling toward
my 60th birthday
cool change
empty mailbox
a red magnolia falls
at my feet
angry words
a small maple leaf follows
us inside
building a room
he writes poetry
on a slab of wood
three of my family
in another state
partial eclipse
Myron Lysenko
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nature walk –
tying grass
onto my shoelace
too high
and too low –
the spiderweb
slowly
over the spiral notebook
a caterpillar
four a.m
a dog barks
five times
divorced –
the weather
is fine
Matt Hetherington
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sunset through cherry blossom
news of my mother’s death
Valentine’s Day –
on her doorstep
the Yellow Pages
summer equinox
the view through eyes
just opened
sunshine through clouds –
a petal floating
in the puddle
Tash Adams
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storm clouds
eclipse the sun
daisies fold
heat wave-
she stirs another jelly
set in her ways
azelia blossoms
open to bees – a visitor
knocks on my door
morning embrace
sunkissed daisies
unfold
vapour trails
over my steaming
cup of tea
Meryl Manoy
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grass tree spears
heavy with blossom
the dugite stirs
seagulls rest
among silver tipped rocks
full moon
mothers gold band
heavy on my finger
scent of rosemary
Liz Nicholls
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smoky mountain blue
cicadas, a chorus
dreaming
equine flesh
fascinating heels
$ ker-ching $
Lynne Talmont
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my boots doze
by the back door
boneless dogs
Frances Faith
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