airport gate
for the length of a smile
single again
Jane Williams
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a country church
alone in a field
silent prayers
Maeve Archibald
the velvet of moss
her name fills
with morning rain
Gavin Austin
return to country
Grandma’s grave
now has a headstone
Laurel Astle
memorial . . .
a hundred Bathurst blokes
die for Empire
Gerry Jacobson
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chameleon rose
Mother’s hair sparkles
in half light
Rose van Son
her fingers wrapped
around mine
our mother’s hands
Julia Wakefield
nursing home
we hold hands
for the first time
Julia Wakefield
mother’s passing
the crumbling mortar
of our family home
Maureen Sexton
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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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garage sale . . .
new memories
from old knick-knacks
Earl Livings
old garments
the comforting drift
of a handmade shawl
Beverley George
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