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Robyn Cairns

beyond our back fence the greys of empty warehouses inside our yard garden pollinators throw spring parties dismal day — container yards block the sun as asbestos fragments float across an agapanthus parking lot Tottenham station — I play the…

Christine Burrows

paper daisies bloomprofuse under ironbarksrooted in mullocktough as desecrated grounda goldrush everlasting — Kennington Reserve/Reservoir,     Dja Dja Wurrung country, Bendigo, VIC  

Gavin Austin

after the march the scent of rosemary blends with beer . . . ‘come in spinner’ shouts from the two-up circle another red dawn bleeds across eastern sky . . . the old grazier escapes sweat-damp sheets in his search…

Wanda Amos

Milky Way stretching the length of the long paddock the drover’s dog stirring to a lone dingo’s howl climbing through the Tarkine … reaching out the sensuality of mossy limbs cicadas scream as summer sun infuses eucalypts, a call and…