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by REGINA (GINA) leaning against a rock my toes dig into the sand a deserted beach barefoot, years ago I stumbled as we danced the magpie postures on a sheep’s back in tall wheat grass the discarded red remains of…

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 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 WANDA AMOS gulf rainsslowly flowing south—packing their pouchesscoops of pelicansrelocate through the mistechoing from skyscrapersa coxswain’s calland the slap of oars…Yarra sunrise dark desert skiesprojecting millions of starsthe thrill of sleepingbeneaththe Southern Cross     in the dust   …

by RODNEY WILLIAMS Flowers on graves a tanka string in mourning for beloved women  in shaded mulch violets bloom yet again… six decades before under such a green arch mum wielding her burnished spade with love for my late mother…

by SAMANTHA SIRIMANNE HYDE Travelling Back a tanka string from Colombo, Sri Lanka monsoon rain… faltering at the temple with a lotus bloom I’m back with grandma at her ancestral shrine the tuk tuk stops at our childhood gate to…

by TUYET VAN DO early March the lingering heat of summer remains in the garden cornstalks fraying uninvited Cyclone Alfred slashes the city floating in the yard lifeless worms watching waning crescent behind the drifting clouds my heart aches missing…