a frog’s rain song before the rain
Judith E. P. Johnson
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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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weekday morning—
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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Ukrainian news
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
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a 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
Continue readingEchidna Tracks Haiga Submissions
Submissions are now open for the Echidna Tracks Haiga collection.
We invite artists/poets living in Australia and Australians now living abroad to participate. Collaborations between an artist and poet are also welcome.
- A maximum of two single submissions per entrant, two collaborations, or one single entry and one collaboration.
For full conditions of entry, click on this link.
Please submit your entries to echidnatrackshaiga@gmail.com. The deadline is midnight on October 31.
Creators whose haiga are selected will be notified before the end of November.
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