Boxing Day
a patchwork of coloured sails
on the harbour
Keitha Keyes
Merri Merri Creek
unrolling his prayer mat
under a river red gum
Louise Hopewell
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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
Samantha Sirimanne Hyde
sand dune
the she-oak
digs deep
Cynthia Rowe
the perfect sphere
of a dandelion clock
earth day
Vanessa Proctor
edge of headlights
an owl’s flight
stirring darkness
Carole Harrison
the moon blazes
over stubbled paddocks
a curlew’s cry
Katherine Gallagher
Murrumbidgee moon . . .
in my story
her story flows on
Carole Harrison
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a month later . . .
her corsage still blooming
in the fridge
Vanessa Proctor
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