Monthly Archives: November 2011

Musings

In between ideas, drafts and re-drafting I’ve been thinking about my writing and were its been lately. And lately I’ve been mixing poetry and prose. And I like it. It’s fun for starters (the most important thing) and prose lets … Continue reading

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Forest (Fragments)

Sometimes it’s visible. Sometimes obscured by cloud. It all depends on the wind. It’s how the forest moves. If the clouds clear it’s a sublime vision. ~~~ A vast cluster of roots dangle in the azure. Roosting birds rest tired … Continue reading

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Sky Raft (Hermitage) (Poems)

The 10,000 stars flow through the star river the lone gibbous follows the current below the night winds howl ashen beard wispish in movement ragged cloak dances in the gale amorphous wind bitten tatters as I look down upon the … Continue reading

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Sky Raft (Poems and Fragments) (Set III)

They remained on the edges, sitting and standing. Their heads would tilt, and then re-tilt as they looked at the lights and the people, running along the gangways, disappearing and reappearing in leafen layers. Amongst themselves they would exchange clicks … Continue reading

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Liebster Blog Award

I’ve been nominated for a blogging award by fourwindowspress (http://fourwindowspress.wordpress.com/) and Ben Naga (bennaga.wordpress.com). Both those links are pretty great and you probably should click them some time. Liebster is a German word meaning dearest, and the award is given … Continue reading

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Its About That Time (Fragments)

3:18 am blinks on the alarm clock. It’s about that time. When night tide recedes and morning tide rolls in. When everything is covered in a thin, translucent haze. The difference between sleep and wake is negligible. Abstraction bleeds into … Continue reading

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Sky Raft (Poems and Fragments) (Set II)

Humans of sticks and mud aimless hollow gazes ~~~ It’s the same every time. The sick, the weak, the infirm. Unable to reach the higher ground, dragged away by the deinonychus into the forest. The screams reverberate, suddenly suppressed by … Continue reading

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Sky (Poem)

Layer of grey fissures molten orange sears crevasses white scud escapes the convergence powder blue peaking through the creeks a yellow wave swirls in idle contemplation tie dye sky ~~~ Picture found here: http://www.readersdigest.com.au/the-sky/

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Sky Raft (Poems and Fragments)

They pulled back. Left to build something. A retreat to the forest and mountains, the genesis of the Sky Raft. The way its light glowed, the settlement appeared to levitate, rising from the ground, into the trees and into the … Continue reading

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Bounty Hunter (Fragments) (Set III)

“Do it. Help me to find him. Or I’ll turn you in.” “…” “You’ll be arre – ” “Arrest me? Been doing that for 15 years. Nothin’ but charred corpses and shredded hulls.” ~~~ We all like to pretend there’s … Continue reading

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