5813

For those who’ve come across the seas
We’ve boundless plains to share

I will care for you

and shed you  

crocodile tears

I will hold you 

and find you 

asylum in hell

I will use you 

and demonise  

dehumanise

and divert you

my refuge

I will outsource 

my responsibilities 

I will export

my hospitality

I will colonise 

your escape

I will sell 

it's what Jesus would do

for at the heart of my faith

is sacrifice 

4813

when all I can see is her touch /
she pulls /
me into her heat /
- #haiku #senryu #poem #twoem

3813

we've met many times /
but today /
I notice your breasts /
- #haiku #senryu #twoem #poem

2813

music whispers /
a forgotten morning  /
fallen asleep /
- #haiku #poem #twoem #senryu

1813

today i feel /
less /
than the rain /
- #haiku #poem #twoem #senryu

31713

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

30713

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

29713

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

28713

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

27713

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

26713

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

25713

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

24713

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

23713

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

22713

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

21713

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

20713

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

19713

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

18713

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

17713

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

16713

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

15713

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

14713

an attic light
a woman lets down
the blinds

13713

florescent strips
light doors
dark as night

12713

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

11713

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

10713

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

- #haiku #senryu #twoem #poem

9713

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

8713

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

7713

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

6713

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

- #haiku #senryu #twoem #poem

5713

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

4713

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

3713

a relaxed smile
she leans into him
as a forest burns

2713

midwinter clear dawn moon cloud
i wither
in the cold

1713

i write
what she
can't

30613 #photomontage Lenin's tomb on page 3

29613 #photomontage The reproduction of Joan of Arc

28613 #photomontage Loose lips

27613 #photomontage The mind of God

26613 #photomontage Empire training scheme

25613 #photomontage Fetish

24613 #photomontage Blastoff

23613 #photomontage Background noise

22613 #photomontage Stamped

21613 #photomontage Liberty

20613 #photomontage Frame singers

19613 #photomontage Prismer

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Images sourced from Lsjourney

18613 #photomontage Lunatics

17613 #photomontage Mirror

16613 #photomontage Dismembered

15613 #photomontage Hugo Ball at work

14613 #photomontage Paul Robeson on a train

13613 #photomontage For now

12613 #photomontage ...the road to Warsaw

11613 #photomontage Fit for...

10613 #photomontage Open water

9613 #photomontage Low tide

8613 #photomontage Postcard from home

7713 #photomontage The process

6613 #photomontage For her smile

5613 #photomontage We loved

4613 #photomontage Patriarchy

3613 #photomontage How it happens

2613 #photomontage Eckleburg

1613 #photomontage A house of God

31513

through ancestral entanglement /
we move /
with the clarity of sleep /
- #haiku #senryu #poem #twoem

30513+ i wake restrained, a free season creep zine now available online and @stickyinstitute

30513

when we sleep /

dream work postcards /

a natural magic /
- #haiku #senryu #poem #twoem

29513

post articulation /
a woman's hand /
in a pink glove /
- #haiku #senryu #poem #twoem

28513

she arrives at work /
and I see /
it's her wedding anniversary /
- #haiku #senryu #poem #twoem

27513

I wake restrained /
by belly /
palm and fingers /
- #haiku #senryu #poem #twoem

26513

hips raised /

her body like yours /

we are us /

- #haiku #senryu #poem #twoem

25513

slow water /
the deep moon /
shivers /
- #haiku #poem #twoem

24513

a slow flex /
on a curve /
her stressed fingers /
- #haiku #senryu #poem #twoem

23513

lilac rose lace /
her lips on salty thighs /
quiver /
- #haiku #senryu #poem #senryu

22513

eyes closed /
a shadow's wave /
across silence /
- #haiku #senryu #poem #twoem

21513

we seek an oval /
with geographic interpretations /
of vertical words /
- #haiku #senryu #poem #twoem

20513

we meet /
naked /
to our imperfections /
- #haiku #senryu #poem #twoem

19513

we spoon /
but never /
slide /
- #haiku #senryu #poem #twoem

18513

in her sleep /
a hand /
on mine /
- #haiku #senryu #poem #twoem

17513

our wet love /
a missed song /
of unheard words /
- #haiku #senryu #poem #twoem

16513

a hammock of urban hum  /
the slow dance /
of ephemeral concrete /
- #haiku #senryu #poem #twoem

15513

I shiver in the dark
find the comfort of rain -
she warms the bed

14513

i ask for her mouth
it says
nothing

13513

leans back to be
released to be held by
our culture of candy

12513

the sky a plate
shadows
on mackerel clouds

11513

long exposure
a chaotic bounce
judged with hands

10513

eyes closed to sound
each echo
a memory

9513

breath soft
wet as cloud
the grey dawn

8513

lifts an umbrella
her eyes
a lifetime's smile

7513

eyes blurred
a portrait of self
spilt of blood

6513

an intimate violence
a stretch of skin
for a razor

5513

a silent intimacy

a hand on her belly

breath on her back

4513

her breath
holds me
awake

3513

night rain
wind chills
i smile

2513

the cool before rain
her left hand
on mine

1513

wet lips dressed in
black from head to heels her white
earbuds