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for a moment /
her lips enclose /
the heat of her mouth /
- #haiku #poem #twoem #senryu

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we wake /
with too much /
on /
- #haiku #poem #twoem #senryu

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direct sun /
steam /
from a gate /
- #haiku #poem #twoem

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her feet /
thaw mine /
- #haiku #senryu #towem #poem

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the night's dense air /
i feel /
the warmth of her chest /
- #haiku #senryu #twoem #poem

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magpie /
on concrete footpath /
removed from life /
- #haiku #twoem #poem

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my hands allowed /
not higher /
or lower /
- #haiku #senryu #twoem #poem

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vampire chic /
moon red lips /
porcelain pallor /
- #haiku #senryu #twoem #poem

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a similar position /
of abundance /
the ride home /
- #haiku #senryu #twoem #poem

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her handbag /
walks /
reflects red lights /
- #haiku #senryu #twoem #poem

@peninsulapoets @SthPenArtCentre 21713+

I am performing with the Peninsula Poets at the Southern Peninsula Art Centre during the interval at the Melbourne Fringe On Tour event, 7.30pm, 2nd August. 

My performance poetry piece will be Our Under 14s Footy Team Sucks at Football.

Our Under 14s Footy Team Sucks at Football

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her voice is an island /
a memory a touch /
a closet /
- #haiku #senryu #twoem #poem

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days without /
i approach /
tears /
- #haiku #senryu #twoem /poem

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from the unseen sky /
sheltered /
to the egress of sleep /
- #haiku #senryu #poem #twoem

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a silent tree /
green lights all the way /
your buttons unbloused /

- #haiku #senryu #poem #twoem

@howdoyoutakeit This Is #Frankston community #zine project

Launch:
CUBE 37, Frankston Arts Centre
Saturday 17th August
2-3pm
RSVP by 1st August to this.is.frankston@gmail.com

Join, follow, engage and share via:
Facebook, Tumblr and Twitter.

Thanks to Tasha @howdoyoutakeit for organising
This Is Frankston.

comrade harps

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hair breaks /
words are found /
and my beard is blown across the floor /
- #haiku #senryu #poem #twoem

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her slender arms /
and legs/
a spider's embrace /
- #haiku #senryu #poem #twoem

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we pause /
the day cannot hold /
what the night contains /
- #haiku #senryu #twoem #poem

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an attic light
a woman lets down
the blinds

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florescent strips
light doors
dark as night

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laid with you /
to feel /
more than virga tears /
- #haiku #senryu #twoem #poem

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afterwards /
in her plush cell /
the silence of joy /
- #haiku #senryu #twoem #poem

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eyes to the ceiling /
she says /
i'm out of pork /

- #haiku #senryu #twoem #poem

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an ambient wall /
a human pales /
beside the size of a bus /
- #haiku #senryu #twoem #poem

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a luxury of plenty
and in her jacket
the weight of smoke

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sound crawls from the floor /
a rough bass growls /
for the freedom of tyranny /
- #haiku #senryu #twoem #poem

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lace on skin /
delicate as hair /
blue as her thoughts /

- #haiku #senryu #twoem #poem

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near where the back fence leans /
and a creeper consumes the shed /
the bungalow's steps lay scattered on the neatly mown lawn /
- #haiku #twoem #poem

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when we sleep /
in the heat of her hands /
I dream that I'm fat /
- #haiku #senryu #twoem #poem

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a relaxed smile
she leans into him
as a forest burns

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midwinter clear dawn moon cloud
i wither
in the cold

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i write
what she
can't