forest wind
across the track
shadows rumba
Marilyn Humbert
hanging low
among the fruit
boab moon
Maurice Nevile
seniors’ night
the last cicada
clears his throat
Desi Cochrane
red centre
all the colours
of Namatjira
Jennifer Sutherland
shifting camps
in endless war
sibling rivalry
Jahan Tyson
Kyneton café
a little girl serves
empty teacups
Wendy Purcell
all year
my favourite flower
china tea set
Judith E.P. Johnson
Metamorphosis—
from molten glass
an angel flies
Pip Griffin
windblown sky
a contrail threads
the clouds together
Robyn Braithwaite
forked lightning . . .
the cockatoos’
sudden silence
Elaine Riddell
blackberry thorns
her mother
finally at peace
Helen McDonald
closed blinds
the weight of dust
on mum’s jewellery
Penny Szentkuti
grandpa’s plum tree
in its shade his grandson
savours the sweetness
Vanessa Proctor
soft drumbeats
as the service ends
a boy’s glance upward
Jo McInerney
reading the ode—
a rising sun glitters
on his slouch hat
Colleen Keating
luminous skies . . .
the wilting wildflowers
on a soldier’s grave
Samantha Sirimanne Hyde
doctors’ rooms . . .
knowing the test results
I stare at the hills
Rob McKinnon
first rain
new shoots pierce
lawn’s brown lattice
Kirsten Johnston
bracelet making
the rain beading
on the window
Sophie Emma Taylor
change of season
I swirl tea leaves
to a fresh pattern
Lynette Arden
tidal bore—
the rough wash
of his words
Lysa Collins
wedding ring
where you left it
before you left
Kash Thomson
a twist of guilt
crimes of the past
heavy this load
Maeve Archibald
fall out
with a friend—
the comfort of waves
Lyn Reeves
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