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International Recognition of Gender Diversity Week

Posted on July 25, 2018 by Frank

Perhaps to celebrate Supergirl’s latest addition, a transgender superhero played by transgender actress Nicole Maines, this week has been declared the very first international Recognition of Gender Diversity week. Inspired by this, here is an assortment of poems. in praise … Continue reading →

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Stopped by a Wall

Posted on April 14, 2018 by Frank

chemical weapon falling from the skies and hills and stopped by a wall water’s too precious to flow to other people’s holdings with hearts and retweets drip dripping acidity and idealism their victory is measured in tears falling on gravestones … Continue reading →

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the days are getting darker

Posted on December 30, 2017 by Frank

dinosaurs roam still – so many special snowflakes all dressed up in blue safe spaces trampled right-wing politicians cry for no no platform how bare the grass! though it is greener… (I’m sure it will grow) why doesn’t she listen! … Continue reading →

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crossing the imagined

Posted on September 29, 2017 by Frank

two empty beer cans one drunk milky way a distant memory of stars blackberries and vines sweet intoxication flows from my thorn-spiled flesh between fire and flood a vale of unbelievers throw stones … it’s tee-time with sun’s set: a … Continue reading →

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tea leaves stewing in bitterness

Posted on May 31, 2017 by Frank

machine-gun police peppering the streets why, this zephyr seeks revelation! I skirt the issue play catch as you like an electron waves goodbye an ex to grind beneath my heel ex machina both god and the devil logically tea leaves … Continue reading →

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catenary

Posted on May 8, 2017 by Frank

catenary – a falling between precipices contemplation of the hyperbolic geometry of lust

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beautiful

Posted on April 21, 2017 by Frank

helen was a sexbot built and programmed by gods to be given, and taken by men but… she was beautiful

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tapio-ku and bird-ku

Posted on March 30, 2017 by Frank

A short collection this month, in no particular order… street cracks cars play hopscotch at twilight expectant quiet urgent is night over xanadu (after the) t/rain I watch the cracks grow farm shop a discovery of tapioca march to school … Continue reading →

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a murmuration of darlings – playing the trump

Posted on February 28, 2017 by Frank

Trump who has played the trump card? pyrrhus would have fled such victory how much oil to burn the unwanted? white supremacy would wash rainbows from the sky and wall out the sun twilight’s beauty a traitor to the american … Continue reading →

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nothing but echoes – washed in sorrow

Posted on December 1, 2016 by Frank

Traditions horned fertility of ancient gods a river of divine blessings sowing of seed was n/ever man’s responsibility I defy tradition! as my father did before me tradition a strait-laced corset about a breathless maid bed of knots and leaves … Continue reading →

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