| Moving Galleries | Melbourne, Australia

‘The Butterfly House’ by Carla Sari

the Butterfly House
my sister forgets
her diagnosis

‘childrens playground’ by Michael de Valle

children’s playground
the bird’s song
climbs a tree

‘Como Park’ by Josh Pitcher

Saturday afternoon -
down by the Yarra
we play soccer with no goals

‘Dights Falls’ by Lou Drofenik

Dights Falls
singing
after a week of rain

‘Royal Parade, autumn’ by Anna Fern

traffic jam
a gust of yellow leaves
runs the red light

‘Collins Street’ by Rhonda Poholke

Collins Street
six men around a hole
contemplate

‘Busker’ by Lauren Dalman

busker -
your talent is too big
for that little street corner

‘Melbourne Aquarium’ by Stuart Lawson

Melbourne Aquarium
outside the tanks
shoals slowly circling

‘Athenaeum Library’ by Mary Hind

Athenaeum Library
I shelve romance
& turn to crime

‘China town’ by Rebecca Graham

Chinatown
inside the bargain box
a golden fan

‘luck’ by Tiggy Johnson

one vacant space
in the pub’s car park
happy hour

‘provisions’ by Lerys Byrnes

in the cafe
she pockets scraps of talk
from other tables

‘under the rug’ by Alyssa Chan

floors sway
I retreat within
someone’s winter jacket

‘morning’ by Paul Hodder

outside the bathing box -
skinny orange legs
of a Brighton seagull

‘St Kilda evening’ by Cathy Altmann

old woman in black
walks the beach
in her stockings

‘untitled’ by Antony Ley

watching the replay
in slow motion
feeling anxious

‘Fate’ by Michael Reynolds

Burke and Wills
wait for a tram
on wrong side of road

‘street lights’ by Simon Lawlor

the street lights
are stars -
from the sky

Moving Galleries

Poetry

Spring 2007 Collection