skittering
the lawn with fairy feet
wrens
Kirsten Johnston
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crowded tram
I focus on my bit
of sky
Owen Bullock
raindrops pleating winter days
Gwen Bitti
winter blue the horizon throws a fleece
Mira Walker
purple streets jacaranda carpet
Ron Chato
plate leftovers
no longer set aside
no tail-wag-stare
Ron Chato
starlings at dusk
in the palm trees . . .
happy hour
Michael Thorley
fruit platter and Barossa red still life
phil saunders
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the usual dogs barking
at their loneliness
John Low
neighbours
rumbling in the dark
bin night
Jahan Tyson
strutting around
the mall entrance
pigeons and teens
Maurice Nevile
drizzling rain on the hospital steps the girl with the teardrop tattoo
Mark Miller
the labyrinth
at the children’s hospital—
life’s twists and turns
Sheila Sondik
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my dead father orders me
to pay attention
Myron Lysenko
once a hunter
my father rescues
drowning bees
Jahan Tyson
sitting on a bench
the silence
of passing time
Franҫoise Maurice
Zoom starts recording . . .
the presenter’s cat
presents
Michael J. Leach
lazy Sunday
Sasha on the sofa
grooms one paw
Lynette Arden
Continue readinga country church
alone in a field
silent prayers
Maeve Archibald
the velvet of moss
her name fills
with morning rain
Gavin Austin
return to country
Grandma’s grave
now has a headstone
Laurel Astle
memorial . . .
a hundred Bathurst blokes
die for Empire
Gerry Jacobson
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