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in the street of the sky…

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in the street of the sky night walks scattering poems 
e e cummings

like a drunk
looking for his keys
in a parking lot Continue reading →

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August 24, 2018August 26, 2018 peterfrankiswrites
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Parker’s box

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gave Florida’s clouds a good rollicking then gone Continue reading →

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August 14, 2018August 14, 2018 peterfrankiswrites
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Unseen elephants

tower of babelAn edited TRANSCRIPT OF THE HON. TONY ABBOTT MP, ADDRESS TO THE GLOBAL WARMING POLICY FOUNDATION, WESTMINSTER, LONDON October 10, 2017 Continue reading →

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August 8, 2018August 9, 2018 peterfrankiswrites
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All of it

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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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dancing before the cameras once more

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his words were the same muddle of sentiment,
self-aggrandisement and revisionism
Continue reading →

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May 8, 2018 peterfrankiswrites
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early morning walk (& erased)

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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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Cornucopia emergency

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Sorry, there’s no more horns-a-plenty.
Every self-driving-avocado-blockchain-paeleo-nootropic
took a forest, a species, a river dam(n)ed. Continue reading →

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April 24, 2018April 25, 2018 peterfrankiswrites
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Evening at South Beach

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All day the southerly blew hard on the face of the the sea until, finally, around evening the wind died. On the north side of the peninsula the water was luminous  – green and pink waves lined up to pearl on the cooling sand. Continue reading →

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April 18, 2018April 20, 2018 peterfrankiswrites
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All my darlings…

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are waiting for me somewhere,
their sad beautiful faces
pressed to the glass.

Continue reading →

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April 13, 2018April 13, 2018 peterfrankiswrites
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as the lozenge zips across the screen

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all our tech
comes with sounds
– a ting, a poink, Continue reading →

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April 10, 2018April 10, 2018 peterfrankiswrites
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