letterbox with NO JUNK MAIL sign and with spider webs across the opening

sprinklings / montage

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Written by Catherin J Pascal Dunk

Grandad, why did I think of you
when the rain began

to speckle that outdoor chair
I found on the curb?

*

Spiders have webbed
the letterbox
closed to junkmail

still, it’s busy

*

My jardin loved
that rain after
her hot flush

*

Bogong mothpocalypse
—last night—
in the red
bottlebrush

*

Mochi’s kickboxing partner
the bathmat
again

*

Baby rainbow

lorikeets are making out
with feijoa flowers

*

Jess seeds the world
with gifts

for her birthday

This photo of Catherin sharing her poem at Coastal Poets Live October 2026 taken by Hemat Malak at Funhaus Factory Gosford

Cover photo by Catherin J Pascal Dunk 2026

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17 Comments

  4. Yes, I can see how your verses are similar. Thank you for allowing me to follow the link so I could look up the words I was unfamiliar with.

    For awhile we’ve had an issue with a moth called a Lanternfly – very distructive. It was brought from ‘overseas’ somewhere and while in our area we seem to have ‘it’ under control somewhat – it still is about.

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      1. Wonderful. It is always good to read about the return of some good insect. For a long while Monarch butterflies were in danger. But while still low in numbers I think they too are gaining instead of waning. 🙂

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