museum cabinet
all the songbirds
stitched silent
Marietta McGregor
mostly March
if only plum season
would never end
Rose van Son
backyard blues
the dog and a magpie
keep their distance
Madhuri Pillai
leaf by leaf
the Japanese maple
becomes autumn
Irene McGuire
tidal mudflats —
the river fills
my footprints
Norma Watts
lazy Sunday
the busy melodies
in a magpie’s song
Marisa Fazio
Echidna Tracks 