SHEEP


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

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solitary gum –
a hundred merinos
crowd each other's shade
katherine gallagher

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one lane bridge
a stray sheep
has right of way
tony beyer

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late spring
lambs play
in the slaughter yard
graham nunn

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shearer at work
the sheep's world
upside down
carla sari  

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a woolly back
clamped between long legs
        – click go the cameras
carla sari  

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rough floorboards
resting shearers share
their silence
carla sari  

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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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sue stanford

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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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