Valerie Murray: Gold
Gold No knees-up, post staph. Will this grey thread see me out, or this blue one, or the …
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John Whitworth: Three Poems
Banished Banished to his desert island For a thousand thousand aeons (Trust me guys, he had it coming), Lex …
Russell Erwin: Two Poems
Because, like the weather Because, like the weather it colours this place you do not notice. Maybe, …
Jamie Grant: Two Poems
The Written Word The spoken word can sometimes be forgotten, but phrases carefully set out in hard clear …
Gabriel Fitzmaurice: Three Poems
“Save the Last Dance for Me” Ballybunion. Summer nights. We danced ourselves away To simple, sentimental songs Soh, soh, …
Rod Usher: Two Poems
Badajoz Tuesday Market On flat land between a power station and the Guadiana river dark-skinned lean men …
Ivan Head: Fest
Fest I cannot miss the dead Possum by the hedgerow. Its sharp acridity has a 50 metre …
Ivan Head: Ballet at the Sydney Opera House
Ballet at the Sydney Opera House: Thinking about Slessor At Interval we take our bubbly outside …
Andrew Lansdown: Bird Haiku
Bird Haiku i The overhead wire— a pair of welcome swallows singing in the sag. ii Willy wagtail— subsiding for a second into …
Philton: Button and Bolts
Button and Bolts Mother’s button jar is nine inches high on the shelf above the wood stove …
Les Murray: Two Poems
accused of history many decide not to know any Les Murray Balz’s Fosterling Sliding into bed as into a holster, Balz, …
Nana Ollerenshaw: Confession of a Volunteer
Confession of a Volunteer Children of the Wind scud to the door stop short and file in …
John Whitworth: North
North Take me somewhere north of Watford where the hearts are warm and big, Life is hard …
Barbara Fisher: Three Poems
Dear Reader Yesterday I picked up the book I’d given you for your birthday, your last birthday as …
Peter Jeffrey: Homage
Homage As David Hockney wears odd socks I had thought that I would too; Sort of an homage …
Gisela Sophia Nittel: 14/2
14/2 I almost managed it this year almost forgot it was not quite thirty years ago we married in …
Jennifer Compton: Two Poems
The One Day of the Year 'The One Day of the Year' is an Australian play …
Gary Hotham: Nine Haiku
Nine Haiku graveside vacancies in the air for rain for the rain not my word my grandson’s stars too far to be part the …
Joe Dolce: Two Poems
Possomnia Short, rattling, guttural, territorial vibrato, incongruous with that furry babyface. Torch light cones a child’s soft toy clinging to …
Dan Guenther: Two Poems
Humpbacks Heading Seaward into Deeper Water A squall drives in over Botany Bay, and a pod of …