after the deluge
my garden
a bel canto of frogs
Pip Griffin
twilight—
curled kindling hangs
from a manna gum
Jo McInerney
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she waves with
a fruit basket on her head
Saibai Island breeze
Wakako Miya Rollinger
arid summer . . .
lurking under the fence
mother-in-law’s tongue
Samantha Sirimanne Hyde
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giddying my mind swirl of summer swifts
Glenys Ferguson
Bunnings sunday
a different dog
down every aisle
Robyn Cairns
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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
native seed pods
carpet the earth
a birthing forest
Jennifer Zimmer-Wilson
native garden
poetry written
outside the lines
Fiona H Evans
hummingbird moths
around native foxgloves
the sea’s soft murmur
Marietta McGregor
sheltered reef—
she speaks of a friend
taken beyond
Warwick Rope
held in a mist
of white butterflies
the scent of lavender
John Low
controlled burning
in Spring stillness
hazy horizons
Carol Reynolds
leaving time behind
as he goes into care
all dad’s clocks
Bill Wootton
rippled sandstone
lapping an ancient shore
an ancient moon
Simon Hanson
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