an ancient comb in the Met.
animals parade across an ivory page Continue reading
Author: peterfrankiswrites
Sea | Flowers
Down in the channel the tide inhales and
seaflowers fixed in the surge and swirling
rush wave frantic at tenant fish tripping. Continue reading
admirable words on hand, always
Like all writers, I like words. I keep a list of admirable words on hand and every so often I’ll pick one and say aloud, ‘Yes, quiddity.’ Continue reading
A lovers discourse
after Barthes
My language trembles with desire.
It is as if I had words instead of fingers
(or fingers at the tips of my words). Continue reading
Slippage (Quadrille)
o my divided soul
astride the tides of time
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Self-doubt in the expanding universe
Floodlands
1.
out of nowhere
a swollen wash of silt and logs Continue reading
fix
— tap (dripping)
— gutter (also) Continue reading
understand
my pain moved in — new to the house but familiar — he strolled down the hall with the swagger of an agent on inspection day, tutting at the artworks, the bourgeois trappings — Continue reading
Archaeological (Flora AD 79)
she has her back to us
her neck, bare feet mid-stride
house girl / nymph / Primavera / PR goddess
turned to reconsider some old weed Continue reading
Peter Frankis writes 