March 2025
Selectors: Coral Carter, Rose van Son, Gary De Piazzi
Contributors:
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unfinished poem
the pause
in a wren’s song
lonely summer
only the rain
speaks to me
the beggar’s cup
almost empty
winter sky
sleepless night
a feather falls
from the dreamcatcher
Cruz Alvin
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Framing
a burst of sky
jacaranda bloom
Tarmac …
the slow descent
of an ibis
Gwen Bitti
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Ranunculi
a different pastel
in each vase
Sabrina Blom
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bicycle
on a balcony
city apartment
go, stop, go
the rabbit runs across
a roundabout
Rohan Buettel
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slow recovery
watching a morning glory
climb the fence
house sitting
the dog and cat
keep me under surveillance
why I cannot accept
your kind invitation
slow-rising moon
Alanna C. Burke
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cherry blossom—
her skirt flirts
with the spring breeze
Anne Curran
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sanding
through layers of paint
Dad’s workbench
no rain
only one Donkey Orchid
this year
spring flowers
in an old vase—
visiting grandma
Gary Colombo De Piazzi
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wattle bird
daily afternoon bath
cleansing ritual
Kathleen Dzubiel
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elusive cat
in the night—
stray thought
Fiona H Evans
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porch dinner
when the sea turns
from silver to gold
Goran Gatalica
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heads down
heat-stressed blossoms
we all wilt
Candy Gordon
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out of a cloud
a tree appears
little beetle
what you seek
is not on this page
Matt Hetherington
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glacial valley
time slows to the tok tok tok
of a moss frog
dry riverbed
a kingfisher perches
on a flood marker
mountain ash
a toddler gazes
up and up and up
Louise Hopewell
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forecastle deck
the sea spray
leaves it’s taste
Govind Joshi
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mountain ash …
old lover’s swing
covered in webs
her distant gaze
in the moonlight …
she just wants to be friends
moon …
red leaves brighten and dim
with passing clouds
black cockatoo …
the cry of a child
in the playground
echanics hall …
the poets assemble
their words
Thomas Landgraf
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wet cement—
following the footsteps
of a stray cat
thunderstorm—
even the birds
take shelter
Chris Langer
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working from home …
that bouncing basketball
all day long
Earl Livings
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arguing
in the family car
Give Way sign
trying to find
my parents’ grave
morning fog
town hall
the Melbourne flag
under cloud
Flinders Street rally…
an activist’s speech halted
by cathedral bells
Myron Lysenko
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first stars …
a tawny frogmouth
beak ajar
Jo McInerney
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Pride parade
cheering for my son
with the rainbow flag
Rob McKinnon
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cobwebs—
one yellowing letter
in the mailbox
boozy lunch—
toilet door
opens, shuts, opens
ozymandias
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giant’s ribcage
dark oesophagus
metro groans in
Matthew Platakos
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blue moon
the ups and downs
of our conjunction
Manoj Sharma
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Harlem night
a streetlight hums
with the sax
between dreams
the orchid I forgot
blooms again
Nalini Shetty
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snail passes
sleeping man
Michael J Spark
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hospice window
a four-year-old gazes
at falling flowers
grandpa’s city …
the lighthouse still
a landmark
fog
the horizon
hijacked
Srini
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many worlds
the parallel stems
of daylilies
Joshua St. Claire
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water spider
it was too cold to swim
anyway
dandelions
a mower interrupts
the dance of bees
Debbie Strange
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