Boxing Day
a patchwork of coloured sails
on the harbour
Keitha Keyes
Merri Merri Creek
unrolling his prayer mat
under a river red gum
Louise Hopewell
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the red faces
of Sturt’s desert pea
Uluru sunset
Lorraine Haig
red rain sunset
waterfalls on Uluru
pouring with light
Ron C. Moss
resort day six
frangipani blacken
in the stone bowl
Maurice Nevile
a cabbage tree shadow
swallowed
by the hillside shadow
Carole Harrison
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
harbour ferry
the language
of the colours blue
Robyn Cairns
coastal rosemary
a crimson rosella
winging bluish light
Mira Walker
beachside village
eager dogs lead their owners
pavement to sand
Beverley George
wet fiddlehead
in my palm
the rescue pup’s nose
Desi Cochrane
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
song of faith
the lean of a headstone
towards the sun
Jennifer Sutherland
goldrush town . . .
her finger runs down the list
of unmarked graves
Sandra Simpson
empty church
the organist plays
jazz blues
Catherine Smith
Sunday walk
through the pine wood
a carpeted church
Ewan Rourke
Echidna Tracks 