December 2017
Selectors: Coral Carter, Rose van Son and Gary De Piazzi
Submissions Manager: Gary De Piazzi
Contributors:
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biting wind –
the warmth of coffee
in my hands
Diarmuid Fitzgerald. Dublin, Ireland
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Brandenburg Gate –
leaving the past
at the door
prison –
on the barbed wire
a love lock
Minh-Triêt PHAM. Paris, France
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long day
different colours
of the horizon
tir-truck
in the driver’s cabin
child’s toys
Vessislava Savova, Bulgaria
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flocks of blackbirds
heading south
a winding highway
knitting a cozy afghan
winter comes too soon
Ann Christine Tabaka. Hockessin, DE, USA
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bubble wrap
raindrops on glass
kids spit grape pips summer
Jan Napier. Perth W. Australia
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with strangers
waiting for a train –
chilly wind
Marilyn Humbert. Australia
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pink dawn
a flock of galahs
takes flight
it’s over –
forget-me-nots
stick to my socks
Louise Hopewell. Melbourne, Australia.
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cold
viewing the moon –
three kangaroos
the wind
in the waves –
in her hair
Julian O’Dea. Canberra, Australia
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low tide
the clouds
in a fishing net
old swing
a boy holds the book
from my childhood
heavy traffic
the swallows nests
under the bridge
Nikolay Grankin. Krasnodar, Russia
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evening walk –
the snapping of twig breaks
into my thoughts
unhinged
one by one I undo
my buttons
lopsided
five o’clock shadow
on his chin
Vandana Parashar. Chandimandir Cantt, India
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our banter
grows quiet –
moonlit grass
father’s day –
the card I put back
on the shelf
thanksgiving –
how mother quietly knits
us together
Ashish Narain, Delhi, India
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paper wasp
busy at the
Writers’ Centre
Mardi May. Perth, Western Australia
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autumn rain
drumming through the roof –
Grandpa sighs
David He. Zhuanglang No. 1 High School Gansu Province China
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the sound of rain
falling in a downpipe
slow sunday
Kakadu billabong –
a crocodile swims
through the sunset
Leanne Mumford, Sydney, Australia
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fireflies
the idea
of him
monsoon
the ant
on the showerhead
Jennifer Hambrick. Columbus, Ohio, USA
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cup of oolong –
my questions
gradually fewer
feather by feather
swans on the lake
become sunset
Andrea Cecon
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lantern festival
we come together
in the dark
dark days
we learn to sing
in the key of rain
bone density –
the broken stems
of sunflowers
spin cycle –
newspapers cartwheel
down the street
charred trees
the horizon wider
today
Debbie Strange. Winnipeg, Canada
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crime scene contamination where the truth lies
IV drip
looking again
at the back of your hand
minor key change
the maker hands his guitar
to a musician
David J. Kelly. Dublin, Ireland
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folk club
even the women
have beards
park sign
just wide enough
to rest my pen
early night
how slow
the moon
Duncan Richardson
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graveyard
the stone angel’s
broken shadow
her pearls
morning rain
on the clothesline
Gavin Austin. Sydney, Australia
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cemetery
searching for roots
in the stones
Rachel Sutcliffe. England
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first day of summer
among the leaves
an empty nest
Margaret Ferrell. Australia
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world news
the newsreader gasps
for breath
Pitt Büerken. Muenster, Germany
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beach holiday –
watching a team of ants
heft one crumb
sale time
the shopkeeper
practises tai chi
Cynthia Rowe. Australia
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morning after –
my feet
on balls
circling
a wedge of tail
eagle
Gary Colombo De Piazzi. Australia
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daughter’s plait
how I went missing
in the labyrinth
Aparna Pathak. India
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family album
on every page
a fading smile
winter song
mother calls me
by her mother’s name
Geetashree Chatterjee
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new home
sunlight fills in
the empty frames
foreign film
without subtitles
winter fog
dating again
the widow’s
half-smile
father’s day
on dad’s shoulders
I become a bird
Debbi Antebi
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coffee break
a magpie meets
and greets
Rose van Son. Perth, Australia
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lotus stalk
tracing the line
through her navel
Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy
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a blank sheet-
the child scribbles
his first alphabet
maternity wing –
she smiles
as her baby cries
little ballerina
on her dress –
stars
Aanchal Broca Kumar
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they part ways
under the mistletoe –
ghost gums
scattered showers
I run for the train
wearing odd shoes
she watches
hot air balloons –
pregnant woman
Myron Lysenko. Australia
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