A selection from the 1998 issues of paper wasp
beneath the jacaranda purple wind scattered
Janice M. Bostok
lovemaking mother's chiming clock counting the strokes
Janice M. Bostok
indian temple saffron flutters from adjacent petrol station
Janice M. Bostok
cat carries his tail high to the feed dish
Janice M. Bostok
dripping towards
pond's surface reflection
welcome swallow
flits away as I from
my own mirrored image
Janice M. Bostok
Old People's Home
holding the hands
that used to make my clothes
Carla Sari
The cat's blue eyes
follow the butterfly
lazily...
Cecily Stanton
Are you in love, snail?
You move in such a hurry
this moonlit night. (for Issa)
Cecily Stanton
Through the darkness
an ancient energy throbs
didgeridoo
Cecily Stanton
catching
the sun
lemons
Patricia Prime
reading your letter
and morning coffee
warms my hands
john knight
three buttons down
white softness
of her breasts
john knight
blood draining
from a grey sky into
this red sea
john knight
This moon
dragging the clouds
and my shadow
john knight
brushing leaves
from the inscription
the old man pauses
Jean Rasey
orange mouth agape
a frilled lizard guards my gate
no mail today
Jean Rasey
homing pigeon
in my hands
the warmth the heartbeat
Jean Rasey
all the way
down the hill cicadas
tuning up
Jacqui Murray
between earth and sky
one bird and the curve
of the horizon
Jacqui Murray
winter sun
trees and cat
at full stretch
Jacqui Murray
one leaf
on the forest floor
reflecting the moon
Jacqui Murray
on this beach
sunwindwater touch
your breasts
Ross Clark
jacaranda blossom
falls on fresh
dog turd
Ross Clark
woman & rose inhaling each other
Ross Clark
before I bite
a sticker to tell me
apple
Ross Clark
early summer
women's legs
still white
katherine samuelowicz
in the check-out
with her hand on his bum
she claims possession
katherine samuelowicz
dog walks away
in his bowl
moon dances
katherine samuelowicz
waiting for you
on the path
leaf shadows lengthen
katherine samuelowicz
early spring rain
around the corner
a sunset
Joan Davis
tall mirror frame
not quite square
I lean
Joan Davis
just a bluetongue
basking in the sun
still adrenalin
Cornelis Vleeskens
on the front porch
three different radios
and the birds
Cornelis Vleeskens
a gentle swelling
under the potter's hands -
her new creation
Sue Mill
in flight
wings opening and closing -
a child's clapping hands
Catherine Mair
one poem -
beyond the darkening garden
a swamp hen calls
Catherine Mair
the stalker
outside my garden gate -
grey heron
Gloria B. Yates
upside down
on the sofa
reading chaos theory
Gloria B. Yates
a raindrop splashing
... the soft calligraphy
of circles
Giovanni Malito
Glebe terraces -
from under a frangipani
the stench of cats
Susan Stanford
speeding clouds
on the clothesline
no breath of air
Ernest J. Berry
distant chimney
the first wisp
of winter
Ernest J. Berry
in the clean water only their shadows - jellyfish
Lyn Reeves
Braving the cold
a lone smoker's cigarette
braids the air
Estelle Randall
even the full moon
hangs lopsided
over my world
Vi Mathieson
faint shadow
of the candle's flame -
full moon
Jim Kacian
Industrial dusk.
A building-site crane
hoists the full moon
Alan Wells
home from hospital
on my bed a truce
between cat and dog
Margaret Manson
After the loving
still
confetti in her hair
Sue Wilson
I kiss my husband goodbye
A toad
Watches from the driveway
Sue Wilson
listening for your car
above the howling wind
sleep comes first
Jane Williams