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Odysseus at the front bar

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This looks so much better on my site – come visit 
or view the  PDF here…

it should be about something.

like love Continue reading →

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October 5, 2017October 6, 2017 peterfrankiswrites
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season’s anagram (autumn comes)

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the wind moans in the cote
as it tunes canto (odd muso)
on manse doors and eaves.
Continue reading →

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October 4, 2017 peterfrankiswrites
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waiting

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the grass has gone blonde (and died), the trees are hanging down and the black earth is cracking open. Continue reading →

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October 3, 2017October 3, 2017 peterfrankiswrites
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Video

signal / noise

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Animated gif c/- bestanimations and here’s Brian Eno. Pour it out (Drums between the Bells) if it’s all too noisy today.

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October 2, 2017 peterfrankiswrites
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feathers

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the early rising
the water falling Continue reading →

5 Comments
September 30, 2017September 30, 2017 peterfrankiswrites
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Fair comment(s)

Sydney Gazette 4 May 1816

Looks like a fair
I cannot believe. Continue reading →

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September 28, 2017 peterfrankiswrites
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So electrical (2)

moon over coral atoll

Here we are on the edge — to leap or resile
into something new. Continue reading →

2 Comments
September 27, 2017September 27, 2017 peterfrankiswrites
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A panel discussion for the next 10 years…

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‘What’s to do?’

‘—talk climate change incessantly—’ Continue reading →

15 Comments
September 25, 2017September 26, 2017 peterfrankiswrites
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So anagrammatic

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My literal realist (so irate) selects
recital reels, assails me with artless titles —
‘tart’, ‘sl*t’. An iota I’ll alter (retort: all lies!).
Take to the costlier cast; I’ll, the elastic.

Continue reading →

5 Comments
September 23, 2017September 23, 2017 peterfrankiswrites
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Landscape with the fall of Icarus

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Because I couldn’t get
to the Musees Royaux des Beaux-Arts in Brussels,
given the flights
and the season Continue reading →

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September 20, 2017September 22, 2017 peterfrankiswrites
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