Poems
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Puppets to Poems
By John B. Fairfax, AOLeg chains rattle in the Red stone
Eyes blink blindly
With crimes, some
As small as poem titles. -
Boot circle
By Michael GiacomettiSpokes of tendon–wool–
vibram–bone radiate out
to the cardinals
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Étui: a Series
By Maree DawesCarpet needles
outsized sharps for very heavy materials
somewhere in half memory -
Creatures of Habit
By Jane WilliamsA haibun
I check my purse for coins before entering the church, for prayer by pay-as-you-go electric candlelight. I favour real wax and wick, my breath fanning the flames of someone else's prayers. The props and words I've known all my life sill welcome me home though I visit less often.
Outside in the courtyard the garden displays differ… -
Not the Larapinta Trail: a selection of 13 unmarked haiku
By Michael GiacomettiA journey of one thousand miles begins with the first step …
- Laozi, Tao Te Ching
A long hike begins with a heavy pack clipped and a light tread -
Implied
By Michael GiacomettiLandscape of abstract
possibility exists
between lines [of] contour
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Haiku
By Jane Williamsview from the bell tower-
the city escaping
the toll of the bells
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In the moment
By Jane WilliamsA haibun
I climb the spiralling stone steps, the already narrow way seemingly narrower at each curve. One, two, three .. twenty five... I place my trust in my guide ahead of me, in his experience. When the light bulb blows I instinctively begin to feel my own way, hands against the cool rough walls. I position my foot so that my toes tap the botto… -
The initiation
By Michael GiacomettiWelcome said he with a wink and walked on
Not stopping
Nor once looking back they march
Silent but for the snap of twig -
Every Landing is an Emergency
By Omar MusaThe arrival.
The trudge,
the stones and the mud, -
Eastern Bristlebird
By B. R. DionysiusDasyornis brachypterus
Fire cleanses more than memory; a bad
Season will clear out tussock grass without
A backward glance. The charred ‘calling logs’ -
Superb Fairy Wrens
By Marg SheppardA little bird,
Collar of brilliant blue
Head too,
Announcing! -
Here
By Michael GiacomettiThe existence of
here refers to those peaks by
bearing grid backward
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IN PASSING
By Angela GardnerGet lucky, get plucky. Passing
— just passing through — not passing
Buck, or Chaz, or Lou -
Darling Downs Earless Dragon
By B. R. DionysiusTympanocryptis cf. tetraporophora
The arms of his spiral galaxy were not punctured -
Just a quickie...
By Alexandra PinkhamThere once was a young gal called Em,
Who caused heartache for Highbury men,
But good Mr. Knightley
Did make her act rightly -
What Would Jane Do?
By Alexandra PinkhamGrey hair, white hair,
Dyed hair, no hair,
Perms and buns
(Getting old looks fun) -
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Peak-bagging
By Michael GiacomettiTop-out at the trig
or cairn, sign the summit log
The list grows shorter
