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Month: May 2018

The exile

island-rust

(Bush regen., Five Islands Nature Reserve, May 2018)

What is an island
but a line
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May 30, 2018May 31, 2018 peterfrankiswrites
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‘Protection’ – coming to a cinema near you

 

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May 28, 2018 peterfrankiswrites
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Friday favourites – 25 May

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May 25, 2018 peterfrankiswrites
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coming down

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after unknown

a change outside and suddenly
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May 16, 2018May 16, 2018 peterfrankiswrites
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All of it

inspiration - b&w

 

Sing to me of the man, Muse, the man of twists and turns driven time and again off course, once he had plundered the hallowed heights of Troy… Continue reading →

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May 13, 2018 peterfrankiswrites
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arrears

meadow

round here they empty their living-rooms onto the street Continue reading →

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May 9, 2018May 10, 2018 peterfrankiswrites
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dancing before the cameras once more

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his words were the same muddle of sentiment,
self-aggrandisement and revisionism
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May 8, 2018 peterfrankiswrites
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pathetic beach fallacy

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what is the word for
when the sea is a grey green sheet
breaking in resonant waves Continue reading →

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May 6, 2018 peterfrankiswrites
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still Sunday morning

coogee beach-night

waking with the self (still)
an unanswered alarm raucous
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May 5, 2018May 5, 2018 peterfrankiswrites
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early morning walk (& erased)

snickers on beach-b&w

after Jane Dougherty

…last night’s tide left weed in lines and crescents. Continue reading →

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May 1, 2018May 1, 2018 peterfrankiswrites
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