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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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
Continue readingshe 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
Continue readingcreaming sugar
into butter
long summer days
Lynette Arden
only her cat now
shares their high-rise apartment . . .
double-glazed sunset
Rodney Williams
Continue readinggiddying my mind swirl of summer swifts
Glenys Ferguson
Bunnings sunday
a different dog
down every aisle
Robyn Cairns
Continue readingnight hunt
a dingo’s howl
calling in Orion
wanda amos
picnic lunch . . .
a feast of bird song
in a forest glade
Elaine Riddell
Continue readinga 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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