June 2018
Selectors: Coral Carter, Rose van Son and Gary De Piazzi
Submissions Manager: Gary De Piazzi
Contributors:
my home coming
she parts her hair twice
Basanta Kumar Das
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evening rain
driving over the moon
in a pothole
early spring
the snowman shrinks
before my eyes
the long journey
down our path
this snail
Rachel Sutcliffe. England
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silent night
one clock ticks faster
than the other
long hour
my shadow
waits with me
Muskaan Ahuja
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autumn wind
he sits with an
empty pocket
Sravani Singampalli
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thirty years on
still
her blue eyes
taking flowers
out of the ward
her scent
kiss proof lipstick
missing
the point
Julian O’Dea. Canberra. Australia
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windy afternoon –
silence finds sanctuary
in a seashell
total eclipse –
woodpecker finds space
for its new hole
Goran Gatalica, Croatia
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undercover –
russet feathers
among autumn leaves
sunrise
our shadows lost
in mountain shade
one mallard
among many brown ducks –
her bright green scarf
Marilyn Humbert. Australia
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empty house –
the welcome
of red geraniums
Julie Thorndyke. Castle Hill, Australia
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winter’s morning
climbing the station stairs
a red umbrella
in the jellyfish tide a bloated plastic bag
waiting tables
all her dreams
in her tip jar
Mark Miller. Shoalhaven Heads, Australia
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wind chimes that melody I used to know
warm sunlight
my niece smiles
back at me
blue-tailed skink
there are so many
ways to grow
eviction notice
a bagworm falls
from the old tree
Gabriel Bates, USA
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leaves rustle
past midnight I listen
to her breathe
silk sheets
the touch
of her leg
tin roof creaks
all day waiting
for rain
Gary Colombo De Piazzi. Australia
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crossing the bridge
bicycle spokes
cut the sunlight
carnabys
a downward cloud
rain in the air
Jan Napier
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rain storm –
under the veranda
the pot plant wilts
Liv Sant James. Melbourne, Australia
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clear morning –
a bee sips the dewdrop
on a cherry petal
David He， Zhuanglang, China
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three rain moths
on the supermarket wall –
April specials
funeral songs
her son’s voice
breaks
Limosa Zimmerman
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computer rage
the software demands
another upgrade
wind farm
there’ll be gales here
in autumn
David J. Kelly. Dublin, Ireland
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thanksgiving dinner
the fragrance
of oven failure
Alanna C. Burke. Santa Fe, New Mexico
USA
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lightning
nothing but flashes
Graeme Butler. Australia
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movie date –
I pick popcorn
from the wrong side
Aparna Pathak. India
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late June
and still
no rain
Nika
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zebra crossing
an animal lover takes
a detour
Pitt Büerken, Münster, Germany
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stepping again
in a mud puddle
my son’s new boots
Billy Antonio. Laoac, Philippines
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torrential rain
as if I didn’t hear
you
love story
I read last page
first
Sudebi Singha. Kolkata, India
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buttress roots
the myth
of family
dark clouds
over the mountain
purple heath
cerulean sky
the kingfisher
fans his tail
Louise Hopewell, Melbourne, Australia
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rejection letter
accepted by the
paper shredder
Mardi May. Australia
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tea for two
first autumn blush
on the sasanqua
Leanne Mumford
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box trees
grown in boxes
Meryl Manoy. Australia
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first winter rain
running my hands
over her collar
first day of winter
on the veranda
a black dog wakes
crimson sky
overgrown trees obscure
the path I search for
Robbie Coburn. Australia
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traffic drone
the carolling
of a magpie
emu stampede
through the desert
passing train
my daughter
dressed as a princess
the frog jumps
Maureen Sexton
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no flowers
on the writer’s coffin
a pencil
rainbow wedding
the brides’ veils
mingle in the wind
Water Music –
raindrops drum
the rusty pail
Cynthia Rowe. Australia
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days
without a kiss
overripe plums
travel journal
all the steps
that led to here
North Star
my daughter slips
her hand in mine
Tia Haynes
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a dry spring
old stones blossom
in the field
Debbie Strange. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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late harvest
moonlight
on his stubbled chin
the tide
skittering across sand
soldier crabs
her nape hair
the curl
of a question mark
tackle box
a flicker of fins
through waterweed
Gavin Austin. Sydney, Australia
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news
of my daughter’s miscarriage
bent dandelion
aged birch
he tries to check my rook
with his queen
a seagull cries
outside the café
single dad
Myron Lysenko
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the tangle
of grape vines
sparrow nest
Clara Rizzi
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unknotting
the phone cord
mother’s day
Debbi Antebi. London, UK
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