June 2024
Selectors: Coral Carter, Rose van Son, Barry Sanbrook, Gary De Piazzi
Contributors:
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tube station
minding the gap
she cradles her dachshund
winter’s retreat …
the hot water bottle
springs a leak
Ingrid Baluchi
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moving house …
a cast off snake skin
in the barn
rainbow—
a sliver of sunshine
through leadlight
bush walk
struggling up the steep slope
… kookaburras laugh
Gwen Bitti
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fire track
a black snake slides
into bracken
Sabrina Blom
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a regal presence
at the garden party—
King parrots
shorter days—
the sun reaches further
into the living room
Rohan Buettel
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poetry notebook
the blank pages
stay blank
Alanna C. Burke
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symphony—
the spring rain
with a cuckoo’s song
after
night long rain
the morning birdsongs
floating
towards light
… the life of a moth
Ram Chandran
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spring morning
in the church garden
praying mantis
words left unsaid …
I fold the letter
into a paper boat
Alvin B. Cruz
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young girl
more leg
than shorts
harrowed
the land waits for rain—
farmer’s brow sweats
days
when hours are sand
falling
Gary Colombo De Piazzi
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worm hunting
magpie gobbles down
elastic bands
Kathleen Dzubiel
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public pool
diving deep
the scent of chlorine
funeral home
the carpark exit sign says
come back soon
he says
let’s get high
Alpine Street
Louise Hopewell
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winter rain
the blazing logs
a chorus
moon’s penumbra
gold band
on my finger
Helga Jermy
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cross connection
the neighbor joins
our conversation
old wall
a monarch
adding colors
winter dawn
an earthmover moving
the fog
Govind Joshi
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animal shelter—
the weight
of an empty kennel
election campaign—
every claim
an asterisk
Chris Langer
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cobblestones …
the narrow street echoes
with church bells
the silver leaves
of coastal banksia …
whitecaps
Leanne Mumford
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Sirens …
the wind, too
pushes through the blinds
Charred eucalyptus—
momento
mori
Leading me on
from sapling to sapling—
bluebirds
M. R. Pelletier
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sooty tern
the bob of a cork
on the sea
park bench
a sprinkle of rain
on my sushi
Gregory Piko
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canopy
another tree
felled
huddle
an office
smoke out
puddles
reflect
the next storm
playground
no children
just birds
Barry Sanbrook
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hospital window …
a long day ends
with no sunshine
meeting ex-wife
her gaze rests
on the old calendar
Manoj Sharma
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cloud panorama
one child tells another
a secret
Joshua St. Claire
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burrowing owl
some days can be
like that
waterfall
the bones in my ears
begin to vibrate
Debbie Strange
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seals surfing at sunset undulating greys
Ann Sullivan
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highway home—
the moon follows me
down the oat field
bioluminescence—
the stars kissing
my feet
Steliana Cristina Voicu
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