after Rilke
After the spoiled summer
grey grey grey
grant us, Lord, this
one honeyed hour Continue reading
original poem
The Jar on the Ground (driving south February 2020)
Mount Agony Road & Depot Beach
…the forest is cleaner, clearer, brighter
sulphur bare trunks (sprouting epiphytic green) Continue reading
Melancholy Bay, Flinders Island
A seiche over flat water Continue reading
only rain
(after Williams)
In some future time
the only rain will come
from some billionaire’s eyes Continue reading
The Naturalist
(revised)
1. The Shore
A pelican frame,
the great wings hung,
flight feathers scattered,
elegant bill and sail spoiled. Continue reading
The problem of things
take this for inst. This thing
has dimensionality, this thing
has heft but saying what the thing Continue reading
The Swimmer (Toowoon Bay, NSW)
The old guy
with the hip
that’s out
Continue reading
Five Islands Plan of Management
(Hi WordPress readers,
this looks so much better on my site)
Flinders, Bass, Martin, Big and Rocky
adopted 26 hectares.
the Gerringong volcanics, the Dapto-saddleback
the bombo from the Broughton
the last glacial, as would the shallow shelf Continue reading
Different everytime
A shore, somedays a dream,
black and silver fish torpedo
thru transient glass Continue reading
An ode (to emily)
Coming in from planting,
Mattock ringing through the valley,
Eyes bright, I only felt
you there Continue reading
Peter Frankis writes 