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Month: October 2017

Poets speaking up to Adani – John Kinsella

And  John Kinsella in Dantesque form – Poets speaking up to Adani – John Kinsella

October 30, 2017 peterfrankiswrites
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Poets speaking up to Adani – Michael Farrell

And this one by Michael Farrell is a bewdy, (even if you don’t care about coal mines and corals) Poets speaking up to Adani – Michael Farrell

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October 30, 2017 peterfrankiswrites

Poets speaking up to Adani – Linda Stevenson

It’s on right now.  The folk at Plumwood Mountain journal are hosting 12 hours of poets sharing their work as text, audio or video to speak up to Adani. Here’s Frankston poet Linda Stevenson… Poets speaking up to Adani – Linda Stevenson

October 30, 2017 peterfrankiswrites
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Leonora and the serpent

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How many names for a woman? Girl, sweetie, whore
wife-before-she-knows-it, mother, crone, missus.
But I called you by your name — Leonora. Continue reading →

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October 29, 2017October 29, 2017 peterfrankiswrites
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Found poetry

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Continue reading →

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October 27, 2017October 27, 2017 peterfrankiswrites
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Safe

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Forget the sass of the satirist – spell it out: plain please.
And if some are sulkier for their likenesses and aliases
on-screen for any super-user’s pet pretense
let them fester I say; Continue reading →

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October 26, 2017October 26, 2017 peterfrankiswrites
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Spotlight: Poets Speaking up to Adani

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On Monday 30 October 2017, the folk at Plumwood Mountain journal will be hosting 12 hours of poets sharing their work as text, audio or video to speak up to Adani. Dial in and check out the verse –   Spotlight: Poets Speaking up to Adani

Continue reading →

October 26, 2017October 26, 2017 peterfrankiswrites
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Chirp

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between the sirens and creaking keels,
pines in sunshine and the crescent moon
jagged by clouds Continue reading →

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October 24, 2017 peterfrankiswrites
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on this particular rain

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that so tentative ticked on my roof last night
wouldn’t rouse any but a sleeper on a promise Continue reading →

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October 21, 2017 peterfrankiswrites
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Friday favourites

Ladislav Nebsky shout-silence

I’ve been thinking about binaries in poetry lately and came across two gems to share. Continue reading →

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October 20, 2017October 20, 2017 peterfrankiswrites
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