……….a warm fusty sentiment.
Amber lights diffused as if the room were on fire. Continue reading
poem
Nonet – first rain
the build up dream or allegory
weight of the air behind my eyes. Continue reading
harbour city’s f_cked
the palm at the end, beyond the fence
a last thought of green. Continue reading
Sonnet – a different blue
Face it, nothing here will be sharper, clearer.
There’s no better brighter waiting below.
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Elizabeth Gould’s Spangled Drongo (Dicrurus bracteatus)
The lovesong of the Australian Giant Cuttlefish (Sepia apama)
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
The Swimmer (Toowoon Bay, NSW)
The old guy
with the hip
that’s out
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Autumn heart
a fall
of golden leaves
tumbling in
brilliant air
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as the lozenge zips across the screen
all our tech
comes with sounds
– a ting, a poink, Continue reading
The early swimmer
Jesus on the water –
way older now,
long cords, stark ribs,
speedos snagged on the horns of his hips
………………………… – being knocked about. Continue reading
Peter Frankis writes 