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Ferns like poems - by Ian Abbot

{ Poem }

They rise
/ out of the earth like innocent serpents set to strike.
/ Their folded, poisoned heads assume
/ an attitude of piety; humility…

Logos - by JL Williams

{ Poem }

She walks on the charred ground, wings of smoke
/ from the bones of her home rising.
/
/ ‘Here was, there used to be,…

For Katie On Her Eighteenth Birthday - by G. S. Fraser

{ Poem }

O little daughter of delight / and grave and lovely growing girl / Years after year you see the white…

Consequential Egg - by Rob A. Mackenzie

{ Poem }

You prefer the murk of details to the vision complete,
/ incident to…

Happy is the Man - by Dawn Wood

{ Poem }

Happy is the man who knows that little is more than enough.
/ He is deaf to the hindrance of plenty.
/ He herds,…

Imago - by JL Williams

{ Poem }

He thought of so many ways to make this
/ (veined wing, weightless thing),
/ walked in nothingness dreaming.
/
/ Gathered and tossed stars like coins…

Titirangi Years - by Donald Smith

{ Poem }

For Colin McCahon
/
/ artist’s studio
/ a beach home
/ house in the jungle
/ hacking shapes till
/ words formed like leaves
/ but urgently since
/ tomorrow will be
/ the…

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