giddying my mind swirl of summer swifts
Glenys Ferguson
Bunnings sunday
a different dog
down every aisle
Robyn Cairns
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a 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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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
windblown sky
a contrail threads
the clouds together
Robyn Braithwaite
forked lightning . . .
the cockatoos’
sudden silence
Elaine Riddell
blackberry thorns
her mother
finally at peace
Helen McDonald
closed blinds
the weight of dust
on mum’s jewellery
Penny Szentkuti
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
tidal bore—
the rough wash
of his words
Lysa Collins
wedding ring
where you left it
before you left
Kash Thomson
a twist of guilt
crimes of the past
heavy this load
Maeve Archibald
fall out
with a friend—
the comfort of waves
Lyn Reeves
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