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old town hall
silence glides over
the empty dance floor


marshmallows melt
over the campfire
ghost stories


motionless
in the river, and then
the log blinks

Martina Taeker


companion call
of mystery bird —
my squeaky pack


miles flow under the runner’s shadow

Andrew Reeves


morning frost -
a ball of tawny feathers
wtih two tails


backyard pool -
the ripple of shadows
under the eaves


mardi gras
a crested pigeon
fans its tail

Quendryth Young


spring squall
bright ties snap
from dark suits


we shelter
beneath our sunhats
spring rain

Jo McInerney


winter grass
the wheeling kestrel’s
russet back


midday hush
sound of the cow
breathing


bush track
my puppy runs towards
a lyre bird’s whistle


roosting doves
the goanna’s claws sunk
into the bark

Nathalie Buckland


full moon
the sideshow alley clowns
open-mouthed


polite ‘good mornings’
from a building crew
… autumn


rehab courtyard
a dry leaf shuffles
in circles

Lorin Ford


Easter Moon

easter moon
flowers dying on
a roadside cross

holiday cubby
kids nail boards
to a tree

alfresco
candlelight flickers
on fish

stained glass
sunlight through haloes
on the altar boy’s head

easter moon
the collection plate
overflows

carving easter lamb
the smell of incense
and rosemary

easter egg hunt
tents scattered
under the trees

monday
hot cross buns cold
in the garbage

Quendryth Young