March 2019
Selectors: Coral Carter, Rose van Son & Gary De Piazzi
Submissions Manager: Jaya Penelope
Contributors:
Gavin Austin
Nathalie Buckland
Pitt Büerken
Kanchan Chatterjee
Lysa Collins
Basanta Kumar Das
Gary Colombo De Piazzi
Radostina Dragostinova
Goran Gatalica
Candy Gordon
Louise Hopewell
Geraldine Ingram
Lakshmi Iyer
Bee Jay
David J Kelly
Nicholas Klacsanzky
Myron Lysenko
Dean Kevin Meredith
Leanne Mumford
Guliz Mutlu
Julian O’Dea
E. Martin Pedersen
Minh-Triêt Pham
Duncan Richardson
Cynthia Rowe
Barry Sanbrook
Maureen Sexton
Sandra Simpson
Christina Sng
Debbie Strange
Rachel Sutcliffe
Barbara A. Taylor
Hilary Turner
Kelly Van Nelson
Rose van Son
first light
gum branches
tangle the mist
Gavin Austin
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‘friends 4 life’
graffiti almost claimed
by rust
moving house
dawn light through
a new window
torrential rain
the frogs
out of sync
Nathalie Buckland
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falling star
his silence says
it all
the lake
the silence
me
Pitt Büerken
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end of festival
the dog sniffs
an empty bin
‘Diwali’—
among the wine bottles
a laughing Buddha
Kanchan Chatterjee
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wavering candle light
the words
I didn’t hear
Lysa Collins
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cloudy winter day
my shadow gets thinner
last sunset
in front of my eyes
the year fades
Basanta Kumar Das
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two hens
pecking old scraps
in a new yard
the moon
an eclipse
in her eyes
kitchen knife
an edge to your words
I cannot dull
Gary Colombo De Piazzi
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full moon
wild plum petal
among the beggar’s coins
Radostina Dragostinova
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war memories—
a sequence of smoke rings
above my father’s face
Goran Gatalica
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preparing for bushfire
I wrap my mother’s paintbrushes
old kimono unstitched
another woman’s life
taken apart
Candy Gordon
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country cemetery
the last shop in town
boarded up
warning: disused
mine shafts in this area
wombat hole
dog beach
the in and out
of fetch sticks
Louise Hopewell
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kale shoots
eaten down to earth
possum prints
in the attic
family secrets
remain
Marilyn Humbert
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The bamboo flute
A haunting tune
Takes my breath
Geraldine Ingram
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flying kites—
loosening knots
in my mind
Lakshmi Iyer
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the chick
with a broken wing
cupped palms
a huntsman
above the single bed
a cross
floating dandelion
all the locked windows
at the hospital
cracked earth
in the paddocks—
Give Way sign
lost shoe
dead end streets
all around me
Bee Jay
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fierce heat
the muted shades
of blue gum
David J Kelly
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selfie—
a fly lands
on my cheek
palm reading—
wind passes over
my lifeline
traveling across
the empty playground —
a whitethroat’s song
Nicholas Klacsanzky
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short back and sides—
his grand daughter’s
wild hair
thistles thrive
around the fallen barn
a dry creek bed
weekly visit
I enjoy being a son
at last
Myron Lysenko
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ampersand – single
looking for words & good times
with view to marriage
Dean Kevin Meredith
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misty rain
the ginkgo’s leaves
so green
Leanne Mumford
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dark hour
if not the snowman
a beggar
spring walk
we both know
our recipes
Guliz Mutlu
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shades
of lipstick
saying so much
Julian O’Dea
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my happiest day
you pick a fight
E. Martin Pedersen
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summer evening—
a butterfly landing on
her flower tattoo
Minh-Triêt Pham
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fitting room mirrors
so many selves
recede
Duncan Richardson
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rainforest café—
the ranger taps to reggae
on the radio
minute’s silence—
the way pop’s medals
gleam
wax flowers and weeds—
I kneel at grandfather’s
grave
bushman’s rope
the curled taipan
rears its head
Cynthia Rowe
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pregnant waitress
her tummy
precedes tapas
three ducks from the wall
Barry Sanbrook
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the sway
of seabed grasses
beach concert
travel diary
a dragonfly perches
on the stem
wedding day
a white butterfly settles
on her veil
Maureen Sexton
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end of summer—
the hurdy-gurdy cries
of gannets
Sandra Simpson
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mowed lawn
my son’s new
buzz cut
a giggle
in the darkness
baby dreams
Christina Sng
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windblown seeds
refugees try to cross
the border
neon lights
a cardboard roof
sags with snow
Debbie Strange
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mourners
buried in it
cemetery fog
busy subway
the stillness
of a beggar
Rachel Sutcliffe
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outside the tent
the ringmaster blows
a perfect smoke ring
Barbara A Taylor
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signs of children—
for every fence-top
a seashell
Hilary Turner
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first date
gone wrong
shaken not stirred
Kelly Van Nelson
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string workshop
crafters weave nests
for birds
Rose van Son
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