Australia – Wordflower

A different day — an ocean pool — more forgetting — a smile that once would have fluttered a heart — no scalpels and luck holds firm 29 January 202629 January 2026

Tit for Tatt 25 January 202627 January 2026

6 7 21 January 202622 January 2026

view of mainly blue sky with light cloud and a slim slice of ocean at the bottom. There is a bronze sculpture of a woman at the right hand side, looming large

At the local swimming pool — the only one with unbarbered legs and no towel, chocolates dragging me down — but the sky is blue 17 January 202613 January 2026

What the heck is a Longette? 16 January 202616 January 2026

page of a notebook showing writing and drawings. the drawings are of a life-size cockroach and an enlarged tardigrade or moss piglet. the notes relate to the poem and include its title

Sunset on the human race / A tardigrade could do better / Traditions get mangled, entangled, star-spangled / Genocide as a form of tourism: A slam poetry-esque Longette Lite* from the deviser 14 January 202614 January 2026

A senryu by our newest guest poet, Colleen Harvey 10 January 202610 January 2026

The end of public grief, and some small, meaningful acts of rebellion: a photo essay 8 January 202622 January 2026

First Nations: your January Longette Prompt 3 January 202611 January 2026

it’s time* 1 January 202618 January 2026