Mouth guard
Nightly reminder
Imperfection
Ian Row
Homeless in the road
rainy skies... what can I give...
two wet dollar bills
Carol Ruth Kimmel
Figaro's Countess
wore a tight white bright pantsuit
modern dress Mozart
Carol Ruth Kimmel
Army dream
Wake up to find his mind
still conscripted
Ian Row
silence mortar scrape
night and day again between
my wall and your wall
Robert Frede Kenter
@freder_kenter
Working on essay
on Sunday; inside dying
word by word by word
Dimitri Razos & Ian Row
See through umbrella
Port hole to Winter's beauty
Smiles on a grey day
Mark and Katrina Hetherington
Lift leaves without him
Short brown legs skip and fly, catch the
eight twenty six
Ian Row
echinacea
how long will it take
to heal
Niamh Flowers
@RobinsPerch
With a cowboy hat
pulled low over my eyebrows
migraine for breakfast
Carol Ruth Kimmel
Small umbrella share
Means saturated one side
Annoyed other.
Ellen C McBarnette
Monday night car crash
Drawn to death, like a magnet
relieved we're alive
Ian Row
Grammars sphincters weak
She onomatopoeia'd
on the kitchen floor
Bruce A McCausland
In praise of Cheeses
A voice cries out, my lord!
Show us the whey lord!
Bruce A McCausland
Old poets don't die
With pen-in-hand they expire
Then just decompose
Bruce A McCausland
Errors in the test...
why did I not notice them
long before today?
Carol Ruth Kimmel
listening to Joni
I drank a case of you, and
I'm still on my feet
Dawn Mok
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Erudite talk, here
Swirls and dips in volume
But tone stays low brow
Ellen C McBarnette
Those racist losers
internally deficient
can only see faults
Chris Girl
Our wifi is slow
Your Netflix isn't working
I can't work like this
Charlie
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It felt right when she
dance with me, held me close to
positivity
Teague Soderman
The palpitations
The source of anxiety
Third cup of coffee
Ian Row
Remote goes missing
and you assume that it's me.
You know what, that hurts.
Charlie
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The street lamps
more than a match for the moon
But Jupiter shines.
Ian Row
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i.
Tree-lined Winter path
sky through bare branches above
roofless corridor
Chris Gill
ii.
fall choreography
seduction of all senses
as trees strip and tease
Dawn Mok
iii.
Black and white Autumn
Life draw from its dying leaves
Death is deceiving
Ian Row
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All you can do it
Listen, be there and love them
And hope that's enough.
Kenton Penley Miller
Bavarian buskers
The home bound South Morang line
Legal aliens
Ian Row
Walking in the rain
poor man holds over his head
broken umbrella
Carol Ruth Kimmel
A duck in the creek
preening itself; you never
know who will show up
Ian Row
#AboutHumanLife
#GratefulforBernieSanders
#StealieBernforPrez!
Teague Soderman
Dry hands on skirt.
Wipe face on sleep. Pat hair.
Straighten apron. Smile.
Ellen C. McBarnette
I'll have two pancakes
Latte in a mug, in bed
And some chicken necks
Charlie
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Gentle morning rain
Like a crackling fire
Nights fades into day
Ian Row
leaving in the spring
birds cry out... tears in their eyes
even fish are sad
Translation by Carol Ruth Kimmel
of a haiku by Basho
RACV man
Rescue remedy saves us
From eating each other
Ian Row
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The cat, not a word
In the kitchen, empty bowl
Forgiveness
Ian Row
Terrorism ads
Exuding fear and mistrust
Don't 'love they neighbour'.
Kenton Penley Miller
