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environment

fix

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— tap (dripping)
— gutter (also) Continue reading →

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May 19, 2020May 19, 2020 peterfrankiswrites
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Love song

550_Owl

…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

Arcadia lakeside

20-03-24-0022

these days
all mowing’s been suspended
but for a gesture Continue reading →

15 Comments
March 26, 2020April 3, 2020 peterfrankiswrites
dverseenvironmenthumouroriginal poempoem

only rain

the kermess - B&W

(after Williams)

In some future time
the only rain will come
from some billionaire’s eyes Continue reading →

2 Comments
August 8, 2019August 8, 2019 peterfrankiswrites
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The Naturalist

 

john gould-2

(revised)

1. The Shore
A pelican frame,
the great wings hung,
flight feathers scattered,
elegant bill and sail spoiled. Continue reading →

3 Comments
August 2, 2019 peterfrankiswrites
archaeologyAustralian birdsenvironmentnaturalistoriginal poempoetry

Morgenspaziergang

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The lagoon is full of machines: small ones in the reeds
tocks and bocks, little clocks; a larger one maybe a fox (!) Continue reading →

9 Comments
December 20, 2018 peterfrankiswrites
biologyenvironmenthumourmorning walkpoetryrhymesweb of life

The Naturalist

Library

1. The Shore
A pelican frame,
the great wings hung, Continue reading →

5 Comments
November 21, 2018 peterfrankiswrites
Australian birdsenvironmentJohn Gouldpoempoetryseagulls

Elegy for the Bramble Cay Melomys

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A simple song.

Continue reading →

4 Comments
November 6, 2018 peterfrankiswrites
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The lovesong of the Australian Giant Cuttlefish (Sepia apama)

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No home maker, nest gatherer, sand sitter
turbo-charged palindromic I eat as I hunt | hunt as I eat
now I am shell-grit, now kelp, now fiery sea-devil. Continue reading →

2 Comments
August 22, 2018August 22, 2018 peterfrankiswrites
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Winter’s secret

Willy_wag_tail-2 (1)

walking the existential plain
head in bright bitter light
down the hollow rutted ground

Continue reading →

15 Comments
July 17, 2018October 5, 2018 peterfrankiswrites
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