THE OUTBACK


thirty-year flood –
    a flotilla of pelicans
    on Lake Eyre
lesley dewar

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saltpan
the deep creases
round his eyes
Jo McInerney 

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desert heat –
the blue-tongue lizard
sheds a skin
ron moss 

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red earth
in an old shower cap ~
Uluru sunset
jodie hawthorne 

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gidgea trees on gibber plains
    where the dead men lie
 
john bird 

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hillside flash
of sun on a tin roof–
gold rush ghost town
sue stanford 

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Nullabor sunrise...
ravens devouring last night's
road kill
Jyotimitra 

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heat haze
the miles
of boundary fence
lorin ford 

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horned moon—
the fence rider stays
on his side
john bird 

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stargazing . . .
the camp oven
glows red
ron moss 

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desert sky … wishing I knew more about everything
 
vanessa proctor 
 

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woodfire
flickering in the silence
corralled horses
alan summers 

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drought
the last bullet
shines
jan iwaszkiewicz 

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