SHEEP


frosty shadows—
a shorn sheep clatters
down the ramp
john bird

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dry lichen
on scattered rocks —
dusty sheep
allison millcock

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late spring
lambs play
in the slaughter yard
graham nunn

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   cutting out the cheque—
the publican's smile wide
   as a holding pen
john bird  

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thunder
lambs press against
their mothers’ bellies
sue stanford  

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a dingo howls—
the orphaned lamb's
rough tongue
alma e bird  

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dawn sky
steam   from the lamb's
                  throat
graham nunn 

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wool a pound a pound –
he removes the back seat
from his chevvy
cynthia ludlow

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sheep country –
passing clouds graze
the hilltop
lorin ford

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abandoned farm—
tufts of wool snagged
on barbed wire
john bird  

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