giddying my mind swirl of summer swifts
Glenys Ferguson
Bunnings sunday
a different dog
down every aisle
Robyn Cairns
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night hunt
a dingo’s howl
calling in Orion
wanda amos
picnic lunch . . .
a feast of bird song
in a forest glade
Elaine Riddell
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a first glimmer
through aged lead light—
new dawn
Kent Robinson
old pin oak
draped in ivy . . .
a raven’s call
Madhuri Pillai
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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
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
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