March 2016
Selectors: Gary De Piazzi, Amanda Joy, Meryl Manoy and Rose van Son
Submissions Manager: Gary De Piazzi
Contributors:
dew drops
on the telephone wire –
Gran’s last words
fog rising
on the green mountain –
a rooster crows
David He. Zhuanglang No.1 High School Gansu Province China
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wave on wave
rolls on the beach
castles crumble
one pebble
skims the lake
touching the horizon
Nancy May
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sliced fruitcake
at the church cake stall
a stained glass window
great Australian bite
the missing mouthful
of my lamington
dry thirst
tea stain cracks
inside the cup
airport pick up
breast feeding
at the arrivals gate
Tash Adams
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sunlight through leaves
black lace|
blows in wind
skimming the river
a kingfisher
Jan Napier
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forest trail
a magpie catches up with me
in every hollow
off shore
climbing the fog bank
a hover of crows
snowfall
there is nothing else
to hide
Devin Harrison. Vancouver Island – Canada
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the quiet
of one year slipping
into another
Dawn Bruce
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a lie
much longer than the truth
incoming waves
ferry crossing
she asks me
to jump
cliff face
the waves of the sea
in the girl’s eyes
high tide
a wave makes the limestone
sharper
rock beach
the depression
gets deeper
Myron Lysenko. Woodend, Victoria.
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rabbit eyes
bigger than the moon
in the shooter’s light
downpour –
the rush to cover
your giggle
Gary Colombo De Piazzi
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miscarriage
a film of mist
on the swing set
Jade Pisani. Woodend. Victoria
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a heavy frost
blankets the paddock
shorn sheep
grey clouds
the white underwings
of black swans
scattered rocks
the click-click-click
of grasshoppers
Jan Dobb. Canberra, Australia
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him –
he’s walking too slowly
to be a local
noon
cool breeze
on my sunburnt neck
in the dark
his smile
thinking of her
a fly is trapped somewhere
Matt Hetherington
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short day –
in its cold
leaves curl
Pat Geyer
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full moon –
I must buy
more cheese
sleeping late –
the slug
in the cabbage
summer –
just a squeeze
of lemon
rain –
the visitor
overstays
Julian O’Dea. Canberra
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black rock shelf
sea snails form
______ constellations
nestled together
in the grass
our backpacks
Duncan Richardson
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tight fisted
fronds of tree- fern
withhold spores
wispy clouds
above my garden
white cabbage moths
Meryl Manoy
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entwined branches
their grandparents
holding hands
Jennifer Sutherland. Viewbank, Victoria.
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bright morning–
one last scale peels
from the snake’s eye
fans cheer a six –
outside the ground a busker
takes a bow
Marietta McGregor. Stirling ACT
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reclining Buddha
in the folds of the robe
spider’s silken weave
Madhuri Pillai. Melbourne
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harvest moon –
the warm yellow
of old rice
Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy. Birmingham UK
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soirée
the sea sequinned
with moonlight
Rajandeep Garg
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coyote and I
surprise one another
frozen morning
for richer for poorer –
we reuse
last year’s valentines
Alanna C. Burke. Santa Fe, New Mexico. USA
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snow storm –
my child rediscovering
his toys
early spring –
snowman mingles
with its shadow
Archana Kapoor Nagpal. Bangalore, Karnataka
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unheard melody –
every sea shell
has a song
Kumarendra Mallick. Hyderabad, India
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