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
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
island nest
a black swan sips
the moon
Robyn Cairns
moonlight
silvers the estuary
silvers the boatman’s tongue
Lorin Ford
night market
the scent of Belgian waffles
and Aussie ocean
Louise Hopewell
midnight visitor
the moon
tethered to a chimney
Lynette Arden
a sudden cloud
darkens the sea
moonbirds returning
Judith E.P. Johnson
last light
a silver sky swallows
a silver gull
M. Faz
eventide—
a murmur of pigeons
folds the night
Madhuri Pillai
heralding the moon
a soft glow behind the ridge
Simon Hanson
beachcombing
mother’s wrinkled hands
in a wave
Nathan Sidney
a rhythmic slow
graceful flight
herons into the sky
Maree Myhill
rainlight
silver gulls cluster
on a grey swell
Lyn Reeves
seagulls gather
on the abandoned trawler
drifting clouds
Regina Piroska
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