March 2024
Selectors: Rose van Son, Coral Carter, Barry Sanbrook & Gary De Piazzi
Contributors
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lotus stalk
the weight of a single
red dragonfly
flying foxes
against the twilight
ink blots
Gwen Bitti
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gentle humor
hides between
these lines
Pitt Büerken
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blue gaiters
the prickles fail
to catch a ride
Rohan Buettel
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soft centers
the box of chocolates
and me
three-o-three a.m.
the consolation
of an orange moon
Alanna C. Burke
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maestro’s nod—
the polish
of those patent shoes
bamboo flute—
the andante
of tall grasses
Lysa Collins
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fuschia bells—
blushing bridesmaids
in pink
steam rises
from the urns—
parish gossip
Anne Curran
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paperbark
the calligraphy
of insects
autumn clouds
onset of winter
in my bones
Gary Colombo De Piazzi
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playground—
getting in the swing
my shadow
Ana Drobot
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missing you—
the layers of scent
in a single rose
Goran Gatalica
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butchering the butcherbird’s song lyrebird
Louise Hopewell
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persimmons
on bare branches …
the day becomes colder
Helga Jermy
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dressing table
a toddler playing
with his reflection
Govind Joshi
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across the road
the rolling waves
of summer heat
Chris Langer
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empty farmhouse
abandoned even
by its ghosts
sideways glance—
the moving coil
of a black snake
John Low
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three couples walk past
the space beside me
Mardi May
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mackerel sky
beyond the break
diving seals
Marietta McGregor
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bedtime story
the Gruffalo in the woods
lulls him to sleep
lost jigsaw pieces
blue man forever one-eyed
without his smile
Rob McKinnon
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redbacks
on the roller door
laser dots
Jan Napier
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cancer
learning
a new language
Julian O’Dea
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long hospital stay
her cat decides her brother
is its person
David Oates
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Dark clouds—
a dirt road disappears
into rounded hills
M. R. Pelletier
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red-handed
stealing my neighbour’s mulberries
Jaya Penelope
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harbor side
an old man lunches alone
with his mandolin
Miriam Sagan
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flute player
audience
blown away
heat wave
the fan
loses its bearings
on the corner
a hat
no coins
Barry Sanbrook
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early autumn breeze
the earthy aroma
of rosehip tea
cafe lunch …
ibis and crow
squabble over scraps
Maureen Sexton
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evening rain
looking for shelter
a moth enters
Manoj Sharma
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out-breath
a child catches it
in her mittens
frosted tent
our socks stand up
by themselves
ice storm
the rose hips preserved
for another day
Debbie Strange
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