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quadrille

as the lozenge zips across the screen

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all our tech
comes with sounds
– a ting, a poink, Continue reading →

14 Comments
April 10, 2018April 10, 2018 peterfrankiswrites
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in the back that shines

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Dear WordPress readers,
this looks so much better on my site. 

after unknown

…………………..and lays the change in my hand
counting the notes………………………..the coins Continue reading →

2 Comments
March 19, 2018April 12, 2018 peterfrankiswrites
found poetrymelancholynightpoetryquadrille

The circumnavigation of Broulee Island, 35.857°S, 150.188°E

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stones blue, tan and rust
burn on the ironstone plain
weed crisped black.

Continue reading →

28 Comments
March 13, 2018March 15, 2018 peterfrankiswrites
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The bodysurfers

bondi-cropped

lift together in the wave
as if for a moment
there was something
greater than us. Continue reading →

14 Comments
November 21, 2017November 26, 2017 peterfrankiswrites
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Quantum quadrille (ii)

DIAS-1942-b&w

after Erwin Schrödinger

Put a cat.|.poem into a basket.

Continue reading →

2 Comments
November 7, 2017November 7, 2017 peterfrankiswrites
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Quantum quadrille (i)

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 – after Davisson and Germer 1927.

Kick a poem through a grate like this | |
Continue reading →

30 Comments
November 6, 2017November 6, 2017 peterfrankiswrites
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Chirp

gravity-wave

between the sirens and creaking keels,
pines in sunshine and the crescent moon
jagged by clouds Continue reading →

8 Comments
October 24, 2017 peterfrankiswrites
dverseGravity WaveshumourLIGOpoemquadrille

A panel discussion for the next 10 years…

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‘What’s to do?’

‘—talk climate change incessantly—’ Continue reading →

15 Comments
September 25, 2017September 26, 2017 peterfrankiswrites
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that ending (2)

rusty comet

Now our first/final embrace.
Flung through fantastic retinue
for years, felt frequencies,
flew thru flowing waters (what a rush) –
finding precursors. Continue reading →

11 Comments
September 12, 2017September 12, 2017 peterfrankiswrites
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that ending (1)

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…I saw a forest
where loneliness permeates
every sod. Continue reading →

2 Comments
September 11, 2017September 12, 2017 peterfrankiswrites
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