Public poems
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Palestine
By Jahin Tanvir
Acknowledgement is a crutch,
that helps us stand up for a second, -
Disappearing Act
I was going to be a role model.
A real model I thought,
So I changed into every colour for I’d give you a slice in every direction. You pick my latest
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The gate swung wide
By Bruce Waddell
Deep in the valley misty pastures
thrive on the swirling tide. -
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Sydney Town Hall Tree
By Steve Denham
In my teens, Sydney’s flora
brushed the inner city and CBD -
Whole (if it is all one thing)
By Kate Liston-Mills
Whole (if it is all one thing).
Synchronicity flickers every step – -
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Flower Meditation
By Daniel R. Tardona
Aromas take me to memories,
petals penetrate my attitude, -
Disservice to the environment
By Jahin Tanvir
The smoke signal swept towards the sky,
like solemn stars swimming in a lifeless lustre. -
It's just a butterfly
By Elizabeth Rogan
A prolific bougainvillea
in High Street pink -
Dazed, Clone and Cape Beach Daisies
By Marie Dustmann
Dazed
Half-dazed by winter sun -
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Ficus carica
By Damien Becker
~Ficus carica~
takes the back corner
shoulders resting on two fences -
Tree Loppers
By Kristen Roberts
The council come to prune the pears they planted
beneath the power lines, two trucks -
Syncarpia glomulifera (Turpentine Tree)
By Dimitra Harvey
You’ve grown straight up out of stone
on this slope of forest, this ledge
of what’s left. In spring, the climbing sun
