laying wreaths
a paper poppy plucked
by the breeze
Helen Ogden
autumn trees
how still each mourner
and their shadow
Rob Scott
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mares’ tails
loping down the road
holding my hat
Robyn Braithwaite
a layer of dust on the old gelding’s bridle sun-bleached pastures
Jennifer Sutherland
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night hunt
a dingo’s howl
calling in Orion
wanda amos
picnic lunch . . .
a feast of bird song
in a forest glade
Elaine Riddell
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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
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