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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in the back-and-forth
of folding sheets – mother
all to herself
Karen Blaylock
family history
examining them
in my mirror
Quendryth Young
in the fridge
acorns from his
childhood home
Laurel Astle
family album
behind the smiling faces
Ballina’s Big Prawn
Tuyet Van Do
one-horse town
the barista wears
a gaucho hat
Sabrina Blom
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spiral globe
with a faint green glow
can’t you sleep either
Alex McKeown
blood moon
last time we watched it rise
together
Lyn Reeves
a friend’s shoulder
where your tears rest
meteor shower
Bett Angel-Stawarz
moon fog
the call of the duck
on the wild river
Ross Coward
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