the landscape
speckled with gold
mulga country
Samantha Sirimanne Hyde
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crowded tram
I focus on my bit
of sky
Owen Bullock
raindrops pleating winter days
Gwen Bitti
winter blue the horizon throws a fleece
Mira Walker
purple streets jacaranda carpet
Ron Chato
plate leftovers
no longer set aside
no tail-wag-stare
Ron Chato
starlings at dusk
in the palm trees . . .
happy hour
Michael Thorley
fruit platter and Barossa red still life
phil saunders
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my dead father orders me
to pay attention
Myron Lysenko
once a hunter
my father rescues
drowning bees
Jahan Tyson
sitting on a bench
the silence
of passing time
Franҫoise Maurice
Zoom starts recording . . .
the presenter’s cat
presents
Michael J. Leach
lazy Sunday
Sasha on the sofa
grooms one paw
Lynette Arden
Continue readinga 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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