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pantoum

A lovers discourse

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after Barthes

My language trembles with desire.
It is as if I had words instead of fingers
(or fingers at the tips of my words). Continue reading →

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June 8, 2020June 9, 2020 peterfrankiswrites
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My twisted Thai

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(after Misky’s Maxim’s Pantoum)

Tofu without tofu. Bangkok
karaoke sweet ‘n sentimental. Continue reading →

1 Comment
April 6, 2018 peterfrankiswrites
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Saying goodbye at 5am

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The land is a book waiting to be read
but if it’s not read is it still a book, Continue reading →

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October 10, 2017 peterfrankiswrites
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Pantoum – Poetry and loss

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(trying to explain Maurice Blanchot to myself, twice!)

In the everyday use of poetry, words carry ideas.
Continue reading →

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October 7, 2017October 8, 2017 peterfrankiswrites
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