National Poetry Week - Part 3

i.
Lovefield airspace
the baby cries no louder
than its mother

ii.
meeting my birth mum
the cabbie talks about
spring equinoxes

iii.
baby photographs
I find another cool spot
in the pillow

iv.
cider and beer
we talk about us again
as brother and sister

v.
coming into land
so many sunrises
over rooftops

vi.
Brisbane airport
the quarantine dog handler's
brief jealously

vii.
Perth grasslands
rainbow lorikeets block my walk
with squabbles

viii.
death of a friend
now I wonder how long
with my birth mum

Alan Summers

National Poetry Week - Part 2

i.
when poets are loved
as much as footballers are
they won't need "a week"

Cathy Dineen

ii.
New beginnings sprung
Homely impatience gives way
Next stop Seminyak

Jason Rostant

iii.
Hey there birthday boy
Cusp of a new age bracket
Wait for me

Ian Row

iv.
Birthday yum cha
So this is your family
You already made sense

Ian Row

National Poetry Week - Part 1

i.
A neighbour’s garden
Covet the bright magnolias
Grow pink with envy

Ian Row

ii. Ah, Spring
Post prandial walk
The jasmine’s scent envelops me
With her gentle kiss

Natalie Au

iii.
Spring’s morning rays
Charlie bakes on the deck
Love Boat pussycat

Ian Row

iv.
Like aliens from the sky
Spring blossoms twinkle, twinkle
Spin earth around

Karen McVean

v.
Over here it’s spring
Time to stop hating me
Over there… monsoon

Ian Row

Silicone ear plugs
The quiet is addictive
You're nothing to me

Ian Row

Never ending heat
Knowledge, experience, fun
The bell tolls loudly.

Megan Maley

Those layers I shed
Lie scattered here at my feet
Thank God that's over.

Cathy Dineen

"Clean Fridge Friday"
Expiry date and your name!
Jane: forever

Ian Row

Case Reference: ah/66380

'gesture of goodwill'
Metro: two dailys, just this once
Admission of nothing

Ian Row

Jung’s Shadow

Some gifts are wanted
And some gifts are unwanted
My gift is madness

Natalie Au

Tour de Force

Cadel Evans you’re
my hero. Such a great smile
easy on the eye

Natalie Au

Words with friends
I smell a word generator
Silence with friends

Ian Row

For Bear*

May the grass be sweet
And the riders not too fat
In horsey heaven

Cathy Dineen

*my favourite riding school horse, died at the ripe old age of 27.
Fearless but caring, he will be missed.

reach for my empty
pocket like a phantom limb
a wallet thieved

Ian Row

preface to mission
at some point I'd like pie
calibrate my needs

Ian Row

beneath saffron robes
a nipple peekabooed
flash enlightenment

Dawn Mok

American, saying goodbye to a friend after joint trip to Hawai'i

airport shuttle bus
early plane flies back to Aus.
Aloha, dear friend.

Carol Ruth Kimmel

on her nipple
a drip of yellow paint
sunday afternoon

Violette Rose-Jones

Ice cream disaster
An oil spill of French Vanilla
No complaints from cat

Ian Row

Friday Carlton rush
Kenton seeks island refuge
Nearly run over

Jason Rostant

Saturday inspects
Windows to domestic bliss
Will my bid suffice?

Jason Rostant