September 2018
Selectors: Coral Carter, Amanda Joy, Nina Lewis & Gary De Piazzi
Contributors:
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a kestrel hunts
the life savers boat
below
whooping cranes
a fog horn
on the wharf
Barry Sanbrook. Perth, W. Australia
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dappled sunshine
the willow
weeps
Rachel Sutcliffe. England
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late afternoon
HB
shade of pickets
Kevin Gillam. Perth, W. Australia
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gloomy day
the traffic light
frozen on yellow
Radostina Dragostinova, Sofia, Bulgaria.
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new snow
on a bare branch
owlets
a ladybird
exposed on a leaf
plays possum
Marilyn Humbert. Australia
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magpies seek and call
on the cleared block
heaped trees
Jan Napier. Perth, W. Australia
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after our breakup
seeing you
on a dating site
bookshop
their only haiku books
in the humour section
Gabriel Bates. Pittsburg, Kansas USA
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summer heat–
the mottled snake
shows its tongue
lighthouse signal–
glint of pilchards
behind a reef
ecology summit–
dead frogs float
across the pond
Goran Gatalica. Croatia
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red centre
the blue gobstopper
an hour later
David J. Kelly. Dublin, Ireland
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autumn leaves
not everyone leaves
with a goodbye
Vandana Parashar. Chandimandir, India
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deserted island
a line of plastic bottles
on the high tide mark
Louise Hopewell. Melbourne, Australia
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dream catcher
in the spider web
a feather
Gary Colombo De Piazzi. Perth, W. Australia
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hot glances
my lemon ice cream
melting
Pitt Büerken, Münster, Germany
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farewell drinks
I rush to catch
the last train home
Myron Lysenko. Australia
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dove
the grey dawn
on bare twigs
Gavin Austin. Sydney, Australia
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fluttering
on the table
origami ducks
Kanchan Chatterjee. Jamshedpur, India.
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house fire
the crackle of our antique
lacquered cabinet
Cynthia Rowe. Australia
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dove feathers
the shadow
of a hawk
Alanna C. Burke. Santa Fe, New Mexico. USA
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her name
the bruise
I don’t deserve
Mary Stone
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wild winter storm
a leaf
flies
Rose van Son. Perth, Western Australia
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ancient stones
the orange moons
of lichen
Debbie Strange. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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summer breeze
ducklings ride
the ripples
Debbi Antebi. London, UK
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cross-roads
the same quarrel
as last time
Marietta McGregor. Stirling, A.C.T.
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