These happiest years

These happiest years
an unremarkable life
my debt owed to her 

Ornamental pears

Ornamental pears
making a sound like streamers
celebrating fall 

Being in service

Being in service
shape-shifting for grant money
embedding my dreams 

Pantheon of loves

Pantheon of loves
different relationships
intersecting hearts 

Embraced and nourished

Embraced and nourished
sustaining blooms among weeds
our intimacies 

Animatronic

Animatronic
anima and animus
Jung needs updating 

Posing as questions

Posing as questions
provocations hide answers
unsolving problems 

Spontaneous choice

Spontaneous choice
mediums express ideas
intuit meanings 

Words outlive authors

Words outlive authors
text is a physical space
read with your body 

Thousands of doorways

Thousands of doorways
poetry has a building
I won’t read their maps 

What feels exciting?

What feels exciting?
prioritising my comfort
curiosity 

Writing about joy

Writing about joy
finding enthusiasm
noting happy times 

Handling a spaceman

Handling a spaceman
then bitten by a spider
promoting my films 

Freedom in thinking

Freedom in thinking
dissolving identity
flexibility 

Let's say “not all men”

Let's say “not all men”
for males abandoned those roles
leaving no allies 

Our gendered bodies

Our gendered bodies
share more in common than not
our unisex souls 

Unhealthy madness

Unhealthy madness
artistic genius myths
we’re all creative 

Seed of an idea

Seed of an idea
sprouting in soil of free time
watered with deadlines 

People love process

People love process
identify with others
disembodied hands 

Self-aggrandising

Self-aggrandising
my vulnerability
soulful cannibal 

Light goes through her eye

Light goes through her eye
illuminates the iris
and I skip a breath 

Magpies change their tune

Magpies change their tune
Murrumbidgee Lowry "peep"
autumn is starting 

If you love someone

If you love someone
you know the trust to answer
“what are you thinking?” 

[Occasional tanka]

Metaphysical
writing is not visual
language becomes tools

these words are an instrument
I play guitar with four hands 

My early mornings

My early mornings
night is the time for writing
passionate thoughts flow 

Be a believer

Be a believer
offer some encouragement
don’t warn of problems 

Turn on the red lights

Turn on the red lights 
switch your brain into neutral
when the day closes

Taking one layer

Taking one layer
looking at small elements
build a new picture 

Just do what you can

Just do what you can
it’s important to tinker
play with new ideas

Like a time capsule

Like a time capsule
react emotionally
good bones build stories

Figuring it out

Figuring it out
breaking from that tendency
applied thought process 

Abstract painting style

Abstract painting style
Jimi Hendrix DNA
erosions of form