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Month: April 2020

O beautiful day

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Seriously, there’s still so much to do
winter snows, my joints ache,
eyes too (I’ve a list). Continue reading →

15 Comments
April 21, 2020April 21, 2020 peterfrankiswrites
beautydversehumourhyperbolenaturepoempoetryquadrille

Friday favourites

Women lifesavers-vintage

Yes, I know it’s not Friday but there’s a few gems for you… Continue reading →

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April 20, 2020 peterfrankiswrites
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Love song

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…of the Powerful Owl (Ninox strenua)

:

(a)typical silhouette V-shaped
flies on super-soft-silent
(into buildings, cars, transmission lines) Continue reading →

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April 20, 2020 peterfrankiswrites
environmenthumourlove songowlpoempowerful owlquadrilleromance

at sunset

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the sky in manifold scenes – painterly
overhead, slate hankies frayed by the winds; Continue reading →

3 Comments
April 18, 2020August 1, 2020 peterfrankiswrites
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Abecedarian

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(I don’t know about you but…)

all my
best lines Continue reading →

5 Comments
April 16, 2020April 16, 2020 peterfrankiswrites
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Good Friday 2020

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The streets are christmas quiet
tho’ closed, the houses incline Continue reading →

3 Comments
April 14, 2020April 14, 2020 peterfrankiswrites
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The sound of mowing

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I
rises from the back blocks and playing fields Continue reading →

3 Comments
April 13, 2020May 9, 2020 peterfrankiswrites
AFLautumnhumourmowingpoempoetry

this…

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(11 to 17 April)

mars
in Aquarius —
is all chill poise Continue reading →

3 Comments
April 12, 2020April 12, 2020 peterfrankiswrites
found poetryhoroscopeshumourhyperbolemarspoetry

Rewilding – a haibun

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…yesterday on the radio, the 6.00 am news. Continue reading →

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April 9, 2020April 10, 2020 peterfrankiswrites
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Close

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[Reader Warning: Gently sacrilegious-themed silliness ahead]

The Angel Gabriel’s doing stand-up. Continue reading →

2 Comments
April 8, 2020 peterfrankiswrites
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