March 2022
Selectors: Coral Carter, Rose van Son, Barry Sanbrook and Gary De Piazzi
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Contributors:
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late autumn wind
from the empty birdbath
a cricket’s chirp
midlife crisis—
a raindrop sways
on the leaf blade
midnight sun
not enough light
to see my shadow
Hifsa Ashraf
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shadows scrawl
across tagged walls
urban portrait
darkening glade
the ghosting
of gums
Gavin Austin
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clay quarry brambles
the best berries
over the edge
Aussie souvenir
above the dishwasher
the framed tea towel
lockdown blues kookaburra in fits
Ingrid Baluchi
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blue sky day
in my garden
only a butterfly
80th birthday
the flowers
shed their petals
bus shelter
a rusting trolley and I
share the shade
Nathalie Buckland
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born to the purple—
the Swamphen’s
iridescent sheen
tower cranes
on the casino site—
building the jackpot
Rohan Buettel
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pine needles
cross-stitch the moon
summer nights
childhood ghosts—
i straighten a picture
on the wall
Sondra Byrnes
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Outside—forty-two degrees
Inside—I paint my nails
Antarctic White
Coral Carter
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winter fog
path extends
step by step
Ram Chandram
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thistle fluff
spins in the wake—
wallaroos
stormy night—
the ins and outs
of stars
Lysa Collins
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lending their wings
to my dreams
paper cranes
mother’s old album
the blank pages
of her last days
anniversary date
there is no wasabi
for my sushi
Alvin B. Cruz
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sunrise—
one sleepy eye
opening
morning dew
on her lashes
a tear
Gary Colombo De Piazzi
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my future blurry
the palm-reader puts on
stronger glasses
deserted beach
my sunbath interrupted
by a cloud
John J. Dunphy
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spring rain
I take off my airpods
to listen
Małgorzata Formanowska
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I.C.U. machines
pulse and beep
we fear silence
Candida Gordon
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red wine
on her best dress
first impression
Sherry Grant
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desert
constellations crowd
my eyes
Zina Ioannou
Sydney, Australia
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doing time
counting minutes shaving seconds
prison barber
Roberta Beach Jacobson
Indianola, Iowa, USA
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flat champagne…
on midnight he kisses
her photo
again he falls
for a woman in pain
partial eclipse
Bee Jay
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unfolding
a colourful day
origami class
Arvinder Kaur
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summer clouds—
moss tuckpoints
the patio
La Niña sky –
our telescope
finds no stars
Karen May
Canberra
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the plunge into the ocean I become
sipping vodka
on the rocks
a lightning strike
John Newson
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liquorice allsorts
all the colours
taste like comfort
Nika
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afterward
her geraniums
distributed
Gregory Piko
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muddy village road—
I take off my shoes to feel
those childhood days
Milan Rajkumar
Imphal, India
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timed shower
a magpie in the bird bath
exceeds the limit
Carol Reynolds
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fire-blackened trees
the new growth
waves us on
Cynthia Rowe
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enlightened
she continues
to meditate
beach umbrella
shade rolling
in sand dune
Barry Sanbrook
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Aussie outback
inverting the umbrella
to catch rain
Maureen Sexton
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country road
the evenness
of paddy fields
Manoj Sharma
Kathmandu, Nepal
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isolation…
sunlight makes
dust motes dance
homecoming…
wide open arms
of the silk-cotton tree
Neena Singh
Chandigarh, India
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after the rain
twilight dangling
from a leaf
S Srinivas
Rishi Valley, India
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rain again—
the petunias spill
over the pot
Tom Staudt
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Woolworths trollies
skinny-dipping
in the creek
you Mr Mozzie—
perhaps deserve one taste
before my applause
crack of the morning
tradie
ties his boot
Kaelin Stemmler
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trumpeter swans
we hear them before
we see them
heated debate
even the fence
is barbed
Debbie Strange
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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defying
the algorithm—
a butterfly
Stargazer lily
heads turn
then turn again
Tony Williams
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my morning jog
along the beach
a Siberian godwit
virus
a protective net around
the see-saw
Quendryth Young
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