she waves with
a fruit basket on her head
Saibai Island breeze
Wakako Miya Rollinger
arid summer . . .
lurking under the fence
mother-in-law’s tongue
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grandpa’s plum tree
in its shade his grandson
savours the sweetness
Vanessa Proctor
soft drumbeats
as the service ends
a boy’s glance upward
Jo McInerney
reading the ode—
a rising sun glitters
on his slouch hat
Colleen Keating
luminous skies . . .
the wilting wildflowers
on a soldier’s grave
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frail crescent
held in the dewy twigs
pale light
Padmasiri Jayathilaka
sharing poetry
moonrise
through the trees
Ohnmar John
pine needle
to pine needle
spider silk
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prayer flags—
a sheet of paperbark flutters
in the morning breeze
Coral Carter
sacred lotus the pink of her flushed cheeks
Stella Damarjati
ancient riverbed spirituality awakens
Janet Campbell
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hospice window . . .
the only consolation
a day moon
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