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original poem

Floodlands

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1.
out of nowhere
a swollen wash of silt and logs Continue reading →

19 Comments
May 22, 2020May 27, 2020 peterfrankiswrites
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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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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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Indeterminacy

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It’s lightening in the east
but night’s still close. Continue reading →

14 Comments
April 7, 2020April 7, 2020 peterfrankiswrites
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Meditation on the Sea of Tranquility

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(The Arente Trail 3km out of Chalet Dam, Larapinta Trail)

The surface is fine and powdery.
I can kick it up loosely with my toe. Continue reading →

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April 5, 2020 peterfrankiswrites
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Sleepless

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the Jiminy on my sill
mezzo to the choir Continue reading →

3 Comments
April 2, 2020April 2, 2020 peterfrankiswrites
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Arcadia lakeside

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

15 Comments
March 26, 2020April 3, 2020 peterfrankiswrites
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Corolla transformer

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(A quadrille for my old car)

The mirror sticker on the hatch
(with pillar rust and fender denter)
such a giveaway, screams back right off Continue reading →

6 Comments
March 24, 2020 peterfrankiswrites
dversehumouroriginal poempoemtransformations

Sublunary by 5

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In the room
the air has sides Continue reading →

13 Comments
March 20, 2020March 20, 2020 peterfrankiswrites
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The afternoon storm

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the sky’s a lambent column
all the way to space. Continue reading →

8 Comments
March 16, 2020March 16, 2020 peterfrankiswrites
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