June 2014
Selectors: Rose van Son, Meryl Manoy & Gary De Piazzi
Contributors:
child’s hair… perpetual mountain range
sickle –
a body lies
in a field
Jesus Chameleon
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full moon –
remembering the steps
of Neil Armstrong
first cry –
a teenage mother
turns her head
Robert Kania
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out of work
astronomers
moonlighting
Jan Napier
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wind
tracing a finger
across water
between gusts
a sigh
chiffon and lace
no one dare move
tears
the day the son
won’t rise
Gary Colombo De Piazzi
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changing weather –
from the snowman’s eyes
drops of tears
snow melt –
instead of the snowman
a puddle
Vasile Moldovan
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morning sun
through torn lace curtains
a drift of birdsong
red specks
across the evening harbour
ferries in the fog
Julie Thorndyke
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lingering –
the busker’s hat fills
with cherry blossoms
autumn leaves –
all the flavours
in my popsicle
Jayashree Maniyil
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afternoon thunder
twins
in your ultrasound
winter sunset
friends come
to spread your ashes
Nancy May
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mackerel sky
fish and chips
at the wharf
Margaret Ferrell
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promises
you never kept –
junk in my mind
Max Babi
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half-moon –
just the glow-worms and me
fiery skies –
the silence between us
deepens
waxing gibbous –
I tiptoe towards
my shadow
road trip
a spring rainbow
trails behind
dusky skies –
somewhere a daisy
closes in
summer night –
a shaft of moonlight
my bedfellow
night drive –
my shifting thoughts
at every turn
Shloka Shankar
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blowing out the candle
______ moonlight fills the room
tidal moon another slow waltz
visiting
the ancient ruins
a new moon
around the silos
a rat’s preference
for shadows
porcelain figurines
in the store window
sunset glazed
Simon Hanson
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distant hill
a river carrying
the spring
peak hour
a flock of sparrows pass
the evening moon
autumn sky
patches of twilight
in the falling leaf
Ramesh Anand
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baby’s smile –
bridging their hearts
once again
yellowed leaf –
how far it blows
from home
scarlet dawn –
reluctant to break away
from his embrace
hopscotch –
with each jump the bounce
of her curls
Yesha Shah Surat
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mountain path –
at every turn
a new moon
old sycamore –
the heart between our names
larger now
sleepless night –
a slice of moonlight
in between us
rain brings us
under the same umbrella –
quarrelling
hula hooping –
a gypsy girl’s hips
sway my mind
Kashinath Karmakar
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rain forecast
pink and greys
on the line
burnt wheat stubble
farmer’s five o’clock shadow
Natasha Adams
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old photo album
we as kids our kids –
spring again
Poppy Day –
some buttons missing
on his old trench coat
midnight run
the canoe slices
the moon
Samar Ghose
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octogenarian
a shortcut through the park
Rose van Son
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at cliff’s edge
darkness divides the moon’s glow
sunrise
a flutter of lorikeets
above us
ballet in the park
among the azaleas
we sip wine
amber light
a dragonfly lands
on my windscreen
Maureen Sexton
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shadow of the grapevine trails
through the pool fence
Coral Carter
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snow clouds –
she carries a bouquet
of baby’s breath
summer sunset –
we wait for the bling
to come on
full moon –
the stretch of her dress
at the baby bump
Geethanjali Rajan
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wintry gale
golden wattle blossoms
in the post box
rear paddocks
stained purple –
with Paterson’s curse
her bridal veil
too moth-eaten
to recognise
Samantha Sirimanne Hyde
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dawn song
child in bed
practising her alphabet
Earl Livings
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the camouflage
of stick insects – a twig
leaps out of my hands
soft
the underside of sage leaves
your lips upon mine
blood moon
I search for my mother
amongst the stars
Marisa Fazio
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cone shell
spiral
caught in whirlpool
Meryl Manoy
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misty night
all her signals
misread
the mousetrap
yet again the shrew
plays Houdini
gust of wind
I wrap my hands round
the oil lamp
Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy
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night jasmine –
walking the long driveway
cutting a boiled egg
the weave of the white
tablecloth
another birthday
my toddler is a dinosaur
Ruby Michael
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rainy day –
the kids reverse their caps
to collect water
Dr. Kumarendra Mallick
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