December 2025
Selectors: Coral Carter, Rose van Son and Gary De Piazzi
Contributors:
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quiet morning…
fridge hums
and cistern trickles
dry spell…
the magpie rattles
a peach stone
avenue of honour –
spring petals fall
Sabrina Blom
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summer twilight—
the way voices carry
across the park
summer morning
dragonflies and butterflies
lead the bike ride
Rohan Buettel
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when he’s away
breakfast
with the birds
Alanna C. Burke
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preparing
for the rapture—
paper moon
Sondra J. Byrnes
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rolling dough—
a lover’s name tattooed
on his forearm
the hourly chime
of the grandfather clock—
childhood sleepover
Anne Curran
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old table—
peeling back layers
my father/my grandfather
Gary Colombo De Piazzi
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slowing down
in the garden
early autumn
dandelion
from bloom to bloom
a white butterfly
slow day
the memory
back and forth
Govind Joshi
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under the trees…
a mountain lily
blossom opens
the lavender feel
of French linen…
country cottage
Thomas Landgraf
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Nanna’s burial
my black car
reflects sunlight
Michael Leach
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waiting for a plane
waiting this waiting
a bird’s folded wing
Mardi
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shaft of sunshine
—the yellow beak
of a noisy miner
the seconds when
the eagle’s wings are still
day half-moon
Leanne Mumford
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the distant good-bye
of the ice cream van
Thomas Smith
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forgetting your name
after all these years
sandhills lily
Joshua St. Claire
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washboard road
dust devils on one side
rain on the other
rockfall
a bit of the mountain
in my satchel
Debbie Strange
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