summer heat
the bush turkey pauses
in my shadow
kirsten cliff  
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dairy farm –
in the dry paddock
two cars for sale
myron lysenko 
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two years of drought
another pause
in the conversation
greg piko 
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red dust road
a cattle truck reaches
the vanishing point
lorin ford 
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forty in the shade
the rainwater tank
rings hollow
joanna preston 
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water restrictions —
sharing the shower
with ants
lorraine haig  
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lingering drought
         cracks in the walls
         widening
vanessa proctor 
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rippling over
the stony creek bed ~
heat waves
bob jones 
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parched paddock
a butcherbird clasps
the barbed wire
quendryth young 
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drought
the last bullet
shines
jan iwaszkiewicz 
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