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
Australian Haiku
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
beachcombing
mother’s wrinkled hands
in a wave
Nathan Sidney
a rhythmic slow
graceful flight
herons into the sky
Maree Myhill
rainlight
silver gulls cluster
on a grey swell
Lyn Reeves
seagulls gather
on the abandoned trawler
drifting clouds
Regina Piroska
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
a weeping birch churns the breeze distant school bell
Madhuri Pillai