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by MEGAN CARTWRIGHT stinging nettles trail tendrils to the inlet’s mouth limpets, we climb rocks of weathered honeycomb to scatter ashes below

by PAULINE CLEARY as autumn winds gust the dragonfly darts to ground trapped between seasons – I stand at my gate and watch youth pass, neither child nor adult slumping in doorways cast adrift in city lanes the homeless and…

by PAT SAUNDERS satin splashes across lace-embossed breasts with brollies held high tipsy heels dangling vomit catching toes

by JO McINERNEY Dislocation a tanka string a pale snail clinging to the bricks beside our door as the waters rise we all seek shelter neighbours crowded on a football field thick smoke obscuring what the fire may have left…

by NICOLETTA GLOD steps muffled in roasted orchard darker blues between branches with every leaf departing the final burning crown of glory lighting the sunset

by ROBYN CAIRNS sudden dive of a black shouldered kite the birders view the day moon plane tree leaves pressed wet to Carlton paths we share a bowl of autumn risotto lighthouse romance on the limestone coast a sequence of…

by JULIE CONSTABLE forest temple old stone Buddhas gather beneath the canopy detached head smiles sprouts mossy curls Wat Umong, Thailand in the alps winter slumped snow gum ancient swirling trunk T’ang tri-colour glazed chestnut, green and cream

by MAEVE ARCHIBALD Fowler’s Bay a whale of a show the tail ballet takes an encore to our applause Nullarbor Plain summerhouse the bride poses her wide skirts spread over the steps iron lace and tulle Botanic Gardens, Adelaide

by MARILYN HUMBERT Strangers in strangeland a tanka sequence we wander the cracked surface of narrow byways scooters push past horns beeping strings of tiny bells decorate hawker stalls in Little India we fall under the alchemy of exotic scents…

by JENNIFER FELL strings of tinsel around the camellia… a worker waves the bulldozer toward the emptied house Davies Street, Warragul, VIC today’s murmuration of starlings – specks of mud flit across my windscreen Plantation Lane, Abbeystead, Lancashire, UK