WOLLUMBIN    3-2007    



  blessing the fleet—
a shag on the seawall
dries its wings
           jb


















pre-dawn light
a currawong dissolves
into fog
           qy


















spring garden
blue flicker
of the snake’s tongue
           nb


















mosquito
a stranger’s blood
on my hand
           qy


















I fill a hole
in the Pacific Ocean
white clouds
           jb


















alone
watching this wave
crash
           qy


















two tugs
on my trousers—
a ladybird
           jb


















winter lullaby
the baby reaches
for her breath
           nb


















dragonfly
again and again
to this rock
           qy

















 









parched grass
the bird pulls a worm
from its shadow
           nb


















a bellbird sings
— the winter mountain
still unmoved
           jb


















a silken thread
from tree to tree
southbound plane
           qy


















watercolour—
how to finish it
now the egret’s gone
           jb


















moored yacht…
a young cormorant’s
unsteady flight
           nb


















tourist bus
a dropped watermelon
spatters the road
           nb


















sick neighbour
the bare branches
of her magnolia
           qy


















shiny hearse
a swirl of leaves
in its wake
           jb


















summer solstice
the pregnant belly dancer
shimmies
           nb


nb:  nathalie buckland                jb:  john bird                qy:  quendryth young



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