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sonnet

seduced

the heat is off the east wall
so the spider gets busy

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November 26, 2020November 27, 2020 peterfrankiswrites
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A Day in Summer

after Rilke

Lord, how we privilege this season
of blushing fruits and yellow dreams

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October 20, 2020February 22, 2021 peterfrankiswrites
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Sea | Flowers

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Down in the channel the tide inhales and
seaflowers fixed in the surge and swirling
rush wave frantic at tenant fish tripping. Continue reading →

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June 13, 2020 peterfrankiswrites
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The Grand Spectacular

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(on receiving my new glasses in the mail this last Thursday)

Gently placed by transient seraphim
the focus snaps and pops – the citrus grove, Continue reading →

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March 29, 2020March 29, 2020 peterfrankiswrites
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Melancholy Bay, Flinders Island

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A seiche over flat water Continue reading →

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February 25, 2020April 9, 2020 peterfrankiswrites
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Sonnet 18 with black holes.

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September 30, 2018September 30, 2018 peterfrankiswrites
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Sonnet – a different blue

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Face it, nothing here will be sharper, clearer.
There’s no better brighter waiting below.
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September 23, 2018September 23, 2018 peterfrankiswrites
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still Sunday morning

coogee beach-night

waking with the self (still)
an unanswered alarm raucous
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May 5, 2018May 5, 2018 peterfrankiswrites
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Change

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The old men talk about Skopje at the pool where
I do my twenty. Drum-tight bellies becoming boulders.
Swim? Never, but they can’t wait to get their gear off and recline
– bronzed Aristotle and pupil – on the warm cement. Continue reading →

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November 29, 2017December 1, 2017 peterfrankiswrites
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on this particular rain

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that so tentative ticked on my roof last night
wouldn’t rouse any but a sleeper on a promise Continue reading →

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October 21, 2017 peterfrankiswrites
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