09 August 2014

9814

we curl /
as cats /
asleep /
- #poem #haiku #micropoetry #senryu

08 August 2014

8814

herding cats /
she speaks /
with winter in her hair /
- #poem #haiku #micropoetry #senryu

07 August 2014

7814

numbers game /
we agree /
it pours /
- #poem #haiku #micropoetry #senryu #6words

06 August 2014

6814

a fraction of moon /
a minute /
in hospital time /
#poem #haiku #micropoetry #senryu

05 August 2014

5814

the white room /
her black dress /
red lips /
#poem #haiku #micropoetry #senryu

04 August 2014

4814

always too busy /
to share /
her needs /
#poem #haiku #micropoetry #senryu

03 August 2014

3814

13 goals 5 to zip at quarter time /
and then /
it gets ugly /
#poem #haiku #micropoetry #senryu

02 August 2014

2814

she asks /
about /
what we haven't had /
#poem #haiku #micropoetry #senryu

01 August 2014

1814

a silence /
too distant /
for body language /
#poem #haiku #micropoetry #senryu

31 July 2014

31714

beyond the kitchen window /
people pass /
my exile /
#poem #haiku #micropoetry #senryu

30 July 2014

30714

the morning darkens /
washing /
on the line /
#poem #haiku #micropoetry #senryu

29 July 2014

29714

a soundtrack from youth /
the razor /
cuts through grey /
#poem #haiku #micropoetry #senryu

28 July 2014

28714

goal umpires /
signal and respond /
- mute clouds pass away /
#poem #haiku #micropoetry #senryu

27 July 2014

27714

carpark /
reflects/
the sky /
#poem #haiku #micropoetry #senryu

26 July 2014

26714

hold /
this feeling /
into the night /
#poem #haiku #micropoetry #senryu

23 July 2014

23714

cold chair /
the cat /
is warm /
#poem #haiku #micropoetry #6words

22 July 2014

22714

morning fog /
the world /
fails to appear /
#poem #haiku #micropoetry

21 July 2014

21714

glass tower /
reflects the sky /
within /
#poem #haiku #micropoetry #6words #senryu

20 July 2014

20714

sings /
with her tongue /
pink lips /
#poem #haiku #micropoetry #6words #senryu

19 July 2014

#Zine event with #poetry in #Frankston @Cube37 today

A Zine Thing today
11am - 4pm at Cube 37, Frankston
Free and all ages.

Zine stalls and the Peninsula Poets, local independent comic creators, live performances by Charlie Lane and day-long zine workshops + stuff + things etc.

Our Peninsula Poets Soap Box gig starts at 11:30 and  is a teaser for our two 90 minute shows at the Anywhere Theatre Festival on Saturdays, August 23 and September 6 at 7:30 also at Cube 37.

comrade harps, aka the soapbox bandit (pictured), will (hopefully) be there with zines and performing poetry.


18 July 2014

18714

winter weekday /
i watch /
the rain /
#haiku #senryu #6words

17 July 2014

17714

a lonely chill /
surrounded /
by rain /
#haiku #senryu #6words

16 July 2014

16714

freshly paved /
a street the colours /
of a dull day /
#poem #haiku #micropoetry #6words

15 July 2014

15714

green and grey /
the lush /
morning /
#poem #haiku #micropoetry #6words

14 July 2014

14714

winter's cold heart /
a double bed /
for one /
#poem #haiku #micropoetry #senryu

13 July 2014

13714

wind on rain /
my gloves /
are cold /
#poem #haiku #micropoetry #senryu

12 July 2014

12714

overheard call /
she swears /
in English /
#poem #haiku #micropoetry #6words

11 July 2014

11714

distant rain /
clouds pass /
towards night /
#poem #haiku #micropoetry #6words

10 July 2014

10714

still light /
held silent /
in fog /
#poem #haiku #micropoetry #6words

02 July 2014

17614

her breath /
wakes me /
to indeterminate night /
#poem #haiku #micropoetry #senryu

01 July 2014

1714

hole in the gutter /
moss grows /
#poem #haiku #micropoetry #senryu

30 June 2014

30614

showers pass and return /
girls keep playing /
football /
#poem #haiku #micropoetry #senryu
 

29 June 2014

29614

in fashion /
blinks /
measured in minutes /
#poem #haiku #micropoetry #senryu #6words

28 June 2014

28614

at Macca's /
bodies /
on the big screen too /
#poem #haiku #micropoetry #senryu #6words

27 June 2014

27614

on paper /
a residue /
of rain /
#poem #haiku #micropoetry #senryu #6words

26 June 2014

26614

she slipped /
his shoreline /
further /
#poem #haiku #micropoetry #senryu

25 June 2014

25614

awkward /
not buying /
from you /
#poem #haiku #micropoetry #senryu

24 June 2014

24614

our shapes /
smoothed /
to fashion /
#poem #haiku #micropoetry #senryu

23 June 2014

23614

his reflection /
she takes /
the stairs /
#poem #haiku #micropoetry #senryu #6words

22 June 2014

In-library appearance

It is rumored that some infidel calling himself comrade harps will be at the State Library of Victoria's Tonerpalooza zine festival today with Langwarrin's own Natasha Nicholls representing the zine makers of Frankston City and that he will be there with a creepy new seasonal zine with content said wanna-be revolutionary librarian claims to have been inspired by poetry.

I understand that his work has been described by a passing psychologist he occasionally converses with on the Frankston-Baxter rail trail as "voyeuristic". He apparently accepts that label, but has traditionally preferred the less emotionally charged and less diagnostic term "observational" for what he passes off as poetry.

There will probably be many other poorly written DIY publications competing for the attention of the zineonista at the State Library of Victoria's Tonerpalooza zine festival, some of which will also claim to be poetic in nature.

If you cannot make it to Toberpalooza, then we have exclusively obtained a clandestine copy of the previously related new zine of expansive brevity for you to gasp at in slack jawed awe.

The Management


21 June 2014

21614

you don't know /
the reason for my smile /
or it's cost /
#poem #haiku #micropoetry #senryu

20 June 2014

20614

school again /
i sleep /
with history /
#poem #haiku #micropoetry #senryu #6words

19 June 2014

19614

constructive strategist /
chairs /
in a row /
#poem #haiku #micropoetry #senryu #6words

18 June 2014

18614

arrives /
and strips /
for work /
#poem #haiku #micropoetry #senryu

17 June 2014

17614

white coat /
i apply /
a role /
#poem #haiku #micropoetry #senryu

16 June 2014

16614

Sunday papers /
she sips /
expresso /
#poem #haiku #micropoetry #senryu

15 June 2014

15614

through a window /
on a wall /
hangs a high hem /
#poem #haiku #micropoetry #senryu

14 June 2014

14614

through my hands /
preoccupations /
from the past /
#poem #haiku #micropoetry #senryu

13 June 2014

13614

beside the trainline /
the sent of wet pine trees /
the stench of urine /
#poem #haiku #micropoetry #senryu

12 June 2014

12614

cold morning /
the lure /
of bed /
#poem #haiku #micropoetry #senryu #sixwords

11 June 2014

11614

from pocket /
to her hands /
warm paper /
#poem #haiku #micropoetry #senryu

10 June 2014

10614

at the house in the valley /
serpents /
between our lips /
#poem #haiku #micropoetry #senryu

09 June 2014

9614

awake /
to hear /
the day's first train /
#poem #haiku #micropoetry #senryu

08 June 2014

8614

a line from a love song /
she inspects /
a wrist /
#poem #haiku #micropoetry #senryu

07 June 2014

7614

our words /
light /
as the moon above /
#poem #haiku #micropoetry #senryu #sixwords

06 June 2014

6614

censored /
the other words /
for sleep /
#poem #haiku #micropoetry #senryu #sixwords #6words

05 June 2014

5614

a June afternoon /
dark with wet horizons /
the path is clear /
#poem #haiku #micropoetry #senryu

04 June 2014

4614

after the lecture /
one look /
#poem #haiku #micropoetry #senryu

03 June 2014

3614

our love /
on fingers /
now bare /
#poem #haiku #micropoetry #senryu #6words

02 June 2014

2614

players leave /
the ground /
still present /
#poem #haiku #micropoetry #senryu #sixwords

01 June 2014

1614

a glass of red /
she rolls /
her own /
#poem #haiku #micropoetry #senryu

31 May 2014

31514

graffiti busters /
paint the town /
grey /
#poem #haiku #micropoetry #senryu

30 May 2014

30514

under lifting grey /
we discuss /
the psychology of the Frankston line /
#poem #haiku #micropoetry #senryu

29 May 2014

29514

wet dark mornings /
winter /
is coming /
#poem #haiku #micropoetry

28 May 2014

28514

walks with an umbrella /
maybe /
she's Mary Poppins /
#poem #haiku #senryu #micropoetry

27 May 2014

27514

L plates on the windows /
her black toe /
nails on the dash /
#poem #haiku #senryu #micropoetry

26 May 2014

26514

slim girls play football /
as a fat boy says /
clever things /
#poem #haiku #senryu #micropoetry

25 May 2014

25514

off the shoulder /
on her back /
a fresh scar /
#poem #haiku #senryu #micropoetry

24 May 2014

24514

her eyes smile to me /
as she removes /
the empty plates /
#poem #haiku #senryu #micropoetry

23 May 2014

23514

today /
she stopped /
for a chat /
#poem #haiku #senryu #micropoetry

22 May 2014

22514

beside you /
nothing more /
than breath /
#poem #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #twoem #6words

21 May 2014

21514

today, she wasn't there /
cranes /
lift the sky /
#poem #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #twoem

20 May 2014

20514

across /
the quiet suburb /
a crow /
#poem #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #twoem

19 May 2014

19514

tight skirt /
black because sweet /
can only get you so far /
#poem #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #twoem

18 May 2014

18514

the parody of /
denial /
closes her mouth /
#poem #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #twoem


17 May 2014

17514

her face /
opens /
with smoke /
#poem #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #twoem

16 May 2014

16514

how we pass and /
say hello is /
our affair /
#poem #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #twoem

15 May 2014

15514

a moment ago /
the moon /
was there /
#poem #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #twoem

14 May 2014

14514

the colours of her arms /
return /
with the beers /
#poem #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #twoem

13 May 2014

13514

a Lexus on either side /
we park /
in Mt Eliza /
#poem #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #twoem #6words

12 May 2014

12514

she sleeps /
to avoid /
sticky love /
#poem #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #twoem #6words

11 May 2014

11514

the night crackles /
with rain /
unseen /
#poem #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #twoem #6words

10 May 2014

10514

late autumn /
leaves colour /
the footpath /
#poem #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #twoem #6words

09 May 2014

9514

walks in black /
her hands /
gloved in red /
#poem #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #twoem

08 May 2014

8514

walks his dog /
leaves a trail /
of smoke /
#poem #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #twoem

07 May 2014

7514

the daily landmarks /
of youth more than half forgotten /
return in heart beats /
#poem #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #twoem

06 May 2014

6514

we pass /
and smile /
most days /
#poem #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #twoem #6words

05 May 2014

5514

someone's rain /
douses /
the sun /
#poem #haiku #micropoetry #twoem #5words

04 May 2014

4514

she stands /
close enough /
to love /
#poem #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #twoem #6words

03 May 2014

3514

she tweets /
rain /
is coming /
#poem #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #twoem #6words

02 May 2014

2514

the rain /
noticed /
by its silence /
#poem #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #twoem #6words