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
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
forest sanctuary a bellbird summons me to prayer
Jennifer Sutherland
her entrance fragrance of jasmine
Subhashini Jayatilake
flickering sunshine . . .
a sparrow glides through
the café’s door
Lynette Arden
spring morning
a fork-tailed swift
river dipping
Jo McInerney
bonsai house—
drawing the paperback
in thin strokes
Alison Rogers
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slow tracking
through the fire break
cicada summer
Wanda Amos
bushland fog
drifting through bluegums
the ghost of Ned Kelly
Jennifer Sutherland
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