from all of us (hello)

from all of us (hello) - 30/07/2022 our familyis together it does not happenallthat muchbut . . . we have gatheredfor a photograph a portrait eachis inour sunday best weare a picture sendinga hello to youfrom allof us ~

I raise my eyes (from their caw-ing)

I raise my eyes (from their caw-ing) - 30/07/2022 I see them come in their flocks with theircaw-ing caw-caw caw-ing what can I dobut smilemy slender smile thatis the waymy facewas made their feathers –ruffledas the wind drifts by –are glossy and black ascorvid souls cawcaw-caw-caw what can I do caw-caw only watch them whatcan …

‘A Koala In The Coalmine’ – Video-Readings on YouTube

A Koala In The Coalmine - cover image - 29/07/2022 A while back I posted my video-readings of 'A Koala In The Coalmine' in a series of 12 recordings on my author page over at http://www.Frank Prem.com. They only lasted for a couple of days because I decided I had a different purpose for them …

as far as I (can see)

as far as I (can see) - 27/07/2022 here I wishing I could flyaway this is as highas I could climb far as Icould go butI see the worldspreadacross the fieldsof lucerne of canola I see the worldis wide as faras Ican see ~

yours (the rainbow)

yours (the rainbow) - 26/07/2022 makean arcacrossthe sky paint itevery colourbroken out of white align themfrom redup thereto violet against the greythey shine a momentthenthe cloudsor sunwill move a bit between one blinkoneinterrupted glancethey are gone it is gonebutfor a moment . . . a special moment it was thereforyou ~

Preliminary cheer

It has been a mixed week, this last seven days or so. I've recently started to craft some work in Short Story form, having been encouraged to try at the most recent RWR retreat I attended back in June. I think a couple of my attempts have come out nicely, while others seem to me …

not what (I was)

not what (I was) - 24/07/2022 it isan evolution metamorphosis . . . of a kind from the stickgrasping to the sky to the windand the airandto the sun change comesto us all I amno longerwhat I was ~

a scarecrow to be rendered (soon)

I am thinkingof drawinga scarecrow whowould it beI wonder I mean . . . what I meaniswho would it bringto mind would it besome strangerstandingin a fieldwatchingfrom the cornerof one eye atwhat am Idoing orwould it be me self portraittwenty-three each onea little truer each onemyselfin a glassas seenthrough the pointof a pencil the inkof …

who? (me)

who? (me) - 19/07/2022 a man just a mannotperfectly drawnnohe is notperfectly drawnbuthe could besomebodyI knowwhat kindof thoughtsdoes he thinkare theysomething like mineis heanythinganythinglike me who was hethenwho is henowis hemeI don’t thinkhe could bemesurelyI’m nothinglike thatIwas neverlike thatthoughimperfectly drawnyesI too amimperfectly drawnall my flawswornon my sleevein the airwhereever I gomaybe . . . maybehe …

to be (me)

to be (me) - Frank's giraffe - 18/07/2022 sometimesI have togoup there the leaves –you know –are sweeter and the air . . . the air is cleanand free Iam there and thereis me sometimesI have to goto be ~