June 2022
Selectors: Coral Carter, Rose van Son, Barry Sanbrook and Gary De Piazzi
Contributors:
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golden elm
more on the lawn
than the branches
Gavin Austin
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back to school
excited chatter
past the window
mantra
in the middle of nowhere
a nodding donkey
neglected plot
the elegance
of flowering leeks
Ingrid Baluchi
Ohrid, North Macedonia
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aspen wind —
I still shiver
at his touch
knotted rosary all my muddled wishes
Mona Bedi
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writing in silence…
‘ mother-in law’s tongue’
outgrowing its pot
steady rain
she talks about
dementia
Nathalie Buckland
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dirty weather
in the fragrance lamp
eucalyptus oil
Pitt Büerken
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the chill
of winter forest—
frozen food aisle
young violinist
his mullet
reveals a good ear
Rohan Buettel
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turning the collar
on the threadbare shirt
a long winter
between weather and sports the daily death toll
Alanna C. Burke, USA
Santa Fe, New Mexico
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a butterfly sketches
the gardener’s rearend
late summer
a grass stem—
sucking out the last
of summer
Sondra J. Byrnes
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rain showers
turn the mirage
to water
opening rains
the farmer’s hat
off the hook
Coral Carter
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hairpin bend—
the sun goes
behind my back
drum beat
reaching crescendo-
heavy monsoon rains
Ram Chandran
Madurai, Tamil Nadu. India
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strange echoes—
the slot canyon
devoid of all but sky
outback—
long nights
bring long stories
Lysa Collins
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dead gum
twice a ghost
Natalie Cooke
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heritage building
I too long to be
restored
plucking each petal
of the rose until
he loves me
anger management my father’s broken pencils
Alvin B. Cruz,
Philippines
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Origami
folding
in and out of love
pigs rolling
around in mud
election fever
Lorelyn De la Cruz Arevalo
Bombon, Philippines
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outside
the bush is quiet—
green motel walls
the comfort
of her scent
day old clothes
Gary Colombo De Piazzi
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war memorial
curve of granite wall
child runs from Gallipoli
to Borneo
Candy Gordon
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early morn—
a shopping trolley
sits at the bus stop
open air painting—
a willy-willy
knocks over the easel
Sheryl Hemphill
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beach walk
splashing through
my shadow
Louise Hopewell
Melbourne
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high noon
a goanna hotfoots
across the sand
Marilyn Humbert
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end of day
firewood spits out
answers
Zina Ioannou
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cocoon…
for the first time
she becomes a mum
Samo Kreutz
Ljubljana, Slovenia
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digging out weeds
lost in thought-wheels grey heron
calls me back
Peter Lach-Newinsky
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my breathing
the stillness
of the owl
blowing kisses…
the screen
between us
Earl Livings
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grey light—
a white ibis lifts across
the face of the storm
John Low
NSW
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day of mourning
the cloudless sky above
yellow fields
visiting Ukraine
by day and night…
online news
Myron Lysenko
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rubbish collection
nextdoors’ bottles
louder than mine
garage sale
mum’s vase…
brought back inside
Jenny Macaulay
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low tide
pulls back the seaweed
her mother slips away
wind gusts
a green palette
of swaying trees
Helen McDonald
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stub of a rainbow
so many plans
unfinished
sea anemones
closed for the season
neap tide
Marietta McGregor
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FIFO worker…
for another missed birthday
another phone call
dawn chorus…
a kookaburra answers
magpies carolling
stray cat…
man at a bus stop
shares half a hot dog
Rob McKinnon
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wildlife sign …
pinpoints of light through
the bullet holes
Mark Miller
Shoalhaven Heads, NSW
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racing down
the canyon wall
raven’s shadow
Nika
Calgary, AB, Canada
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in his pocket
keys to things
a continent away
David Oates
Athens, Georgia,USA
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on the couch
nothing
needs doing
Gregory Piko
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washing basket
a pile of clothes
in the toy box
Zaidee Pisani-Lysenko (11 years old)
Back to Top
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Mother’s Day—
for mama’s old photo
a new frame
Milan Rajkumar
Imphal, India
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not understanding
cherry blossoms
… until Kyoto
Lyn Reeves
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Piggybacking
the tree orchid
holds on tight
bird feeder
word travels fast
by bush telegraph
Carol Reynolds
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my dog Nero’s
tenth seizure
white lilies bloom
Clara Rizzi
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new hearing aids
frogs beneath
gran’s window
Cynthia Rowe
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a grasshopper
out jumps the frog
misses the pond
olives
eaten by cockatoos
its the pits
Barry Sanbrook
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zen garden…
Buddha’s silence louder than
the traffic noise
water bowl
a squirrel smiles at
a squirrel
Minal Sarosh
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
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sultry night
the gecko still stuck
to the wall
low tide—
an old man walks along
the wrinkled shore
Rob Scott
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a spider dances
to the slow turning
of the fan
Maureen Sexton
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good Friday
the elevator lifts
my mood
Manoj Sharma
Kathmandu, Nepal
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avian playground
a crow slides the tin roof
again and again
time travelling
gran’s old handbag
is chic again
Tom Staudt
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new playlist
the rhyming songs
of humpbacks
roadkill
our first glimpse
of a bald eagle
Debbie Strange
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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morning frost
white flowers
on her grave
taking his arm
the way his son would
gentle rain
Tony Williams
Scotland, UK
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she stays
longer at my place
rain sweet rain
refrigerator
saving the life of
a snowflake
Chen Xiaoou,
Kunming, China.
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1000 wingbeats
a dragonfly static
over the pool
Quendryth Young
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