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
shifting camps
in endless war
sibling rivalry
Jahan Tyson
Kyneton café
a little girl serves
empty teacups
Wendy Purcell
all year
my favourite flower
china tea set
Judith E.P. Johnson
Metamorphosis—
from molten glass
an angel flies
Pip Griffin
doctors’ rooms . . .
knowing the test results
I stare at the hills
Rob McKinnon
first rain
new shoots pierce
lawn’s brown lattice
Kirsten Johnston
bracelet making
the rain beading
on the window
Sophie Emma Taylor
change of season
I swirl tea leaves
to a fresh pattern
Lynette Arden
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
blossom
above and below
spring in my step
Quendryth Young
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