Poems, etc. by Brentley FrazerTumblr (3.0; @sidewalkaphorisms)http://sidewalkaphorisms.tumblr.com/<blockquote><p>I am <a href="http://www.theenchantingverses.org/guest-editors.html" target="_blank">guest editor for issue 18</a> of <em>The Enchanting Verses Literary Review</em> published out of India. I have selected work from poets unknown to me and from some of my personal favourites worldwide. Check out the <a href="http://www.theenchantingverses.org/" target="_blank">current issue</a> and stay tuned for issue 18.</p> <p> </p></blockquote><p><a href="http://brentley.com/2013/04/the-enchanting-verses-literary-review/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://sidewalkaphorisms.tumblr.com/post/48722864558http://sidewalkaphorisms.tumblr.com/post/48722864558Wed, 24 Apr 2013 08:09:14 +1000<blockquote> </blockquote><p><a href="http://brentley.com/2013/03/memories-like-angels-at-a-ball-tripping-over-their-gowns-digital-edition/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://sidewalkaphorisms.tumblr.com/post/44256446183http://sidewalkaphorisms.tumblr.com/post/44256446183Fri, 01 Mar 2013 10:52:49 +1000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ac6d74a643dc39ccf382ce89dba8c170/tumblr_mh0b59qlej1rtorqeo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>News.com.au – Give Me A Job</p><p><a href="http://brentley.com/2013/01/news-com-au-give-me-a-job/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p><p><small>shared via <a href="http://wordpress.com" target="_blank">WordPress.com</a></small></p>http://sidewalkaphorisms.tumblr.com/post/41164286235http://sidewalkaphorisms.tumblr.com/post/41164286235Tue, 22 Jan 2013 13:03:04 +1000<p>Tableland Phantoms ~ A Suite of Poems</p><blockquote> </blockquote><p><a href="http://brentley.com/2013/01/tableland-phantoms-a-suite-of-poems/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p><p><small>shared via <a href="http://wordpress.com" target="_blank">WordPress.com</a></small></p>http://sidewalkaphorisms.tumblr.com/post/40736781717http://sidewalkaphorisms.tumblr.com/post/40736781717Thu, 17 Jan 2013 13:36:57 +1000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a775a27eaaa44e6266d995298759a7b7/tumblr_mgedhedL7q1rtorqeo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Strange Building, China – Google Earth</p><p><a href="http://brentley.com/2013/01/strange-building-china-google-earth/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p><p><small>shared via <a href="http://wordpress.com" target="_blank">WordPress.com</a></small></p>http://sidewalkaphorisms.tumblr.com/post/40160898205http://sidewalkaphorisms.tumblr.com/post/40160898205Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:46:21 +1000<a href="http://brentley.com/2011/12/suspension/">Suspension</a>: <p><img height="667" src="http://brentley.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/suspension001.jpg" width="500"/></p> <p><a href="http://brentley.com/2011/12/suspension/" target="_blank">http://brentley.com/2011/12/suspension/</a> for the full set</p>http://sidewalkaphorisms.tumblr.com/post/40075072239http://sidewalkaphorisms.tumblr.com/post/40075072239Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:20:40 +1000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/cdda29f3a0892a15408779eac5f6421d/tumblr_mg18koUuxn1rtorqeo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://sidewalkaphorisms.tumblr.com/post/39538447793http://sidewalkaphorisms.tumblr.com/post/39538447793Thu, 03 Jan 2013 14:31:36 +1000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4bqhi5LQg1rtorqeo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://sidewalkaphorisms.tumblr.com/post/23412166107http://sidewalkaphorisms.tumblr.com/post/23412166107Sun, 20 May 2012 23:51:18 +1000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3mexl7rit1rtorqeo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span>A retarded girl masturbating on the train</span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>A retarded girl masturbating on the train this evening. The moment transcends awkward, it becomes a great fragrant orchid of truth, symbol of the strange animal Human caught between instinct and education, between evolution and engineered.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Superstructure, O ideology, superfluous biomechanoid fantasy cannibalising itself, </span><span>like a gorgeous woman whose pouty mouth makes me mad.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="http://www.brentley.com" target="_blank">http://www.brentley.com</a></span></p></p>http://sidewalkaphorisms.tumblr.com/post/22543940481http://sidewalkaphorisms.tumblr.com/post/22543940481Mon, 07 May 2012 07:41:45 +1000poetryvisual poetry<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3l8p4WYbz1qadfzlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://sidewalkaphorisms.tumblr.com/post/22512936340http://sidewalkaphorisms.tumblr.com/post/22512936340Sun, 06 May 2012 23:14:25 +1000““Some continuous tonus resumes pulsing across the rooftops.<br/> Preacher has his hand in their control panel, messing with the<br/> configurations.””http://sidewalkaphorisms.tumblr.com/post/22512878480http://sidewalkaphorisms.tumblr.com/post/22512878480Sun, 06 May 2012 23:12:42 +1000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3iyiwhV7F1rtorqeo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://brentley.com/" target="_blank">http://brentley.com/</a></p>http://sidewalkaphorisms.tumblr.com/post/22414833738http://sidewalkaphorisms.tumblr.com/post/22414833738Sat, 05 May 2012 10:54:32 +1000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3dddv1Wvp1rtorqeo1_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3dddv1Wvp1rtorqeo2_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3dddv1Wvp1rtorqeo3_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3dddv1Wvp1rtorqeo4_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3dddv1Wvp1rtorqeo5_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3dddv1Wvp1rtorqeo6_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3dddv1Wvp1rtorqeo7_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><p><span>These pieces where photographed in 2005 around the inner city of Melbourne, Australia. The majority of the pieces have since been desecrated/painted over/scrubbed off by fascists who think that anything creative is a sure sign of social decay. Anyway, thought I’d share the images again. Here they are, various Artists, similar iconic theme.</span></p>http://sidewalkaphorisms.tumblr.com/post/22228420152http://sidewalkaphorisms.tumblr.com/post/22228420152Wed, 02 May 2012 10:29:55 +1000street artphotographymelbourneaustralia<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3cktomZDU1rtorqeo2_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3cktomZDU1rtorqeo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3cktomZDU1rtorqeo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3cktomZDU1rtorqeo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Scar 2008 - photographs by Brentley Frazer </p> <p>Full series here > <a href="http://brentley.com/2008/09/scar/" target="_self"><a href="http://brentley.com/2008/09/scar/" target="_blank">http://brentley.com/2008/09/scar/</a></a></p>http://sidewalkaphorisms.tumblr.com/post/22192352452http://sidewalkaphorisms.tumblr.com/post/22192352452Wed, 02 May 2012 00:13:00 +1000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2rr8f3s5k1rtorqeo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2rr8f3s5k1rtorqeo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2rr8f3s5k1rtorqeo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>The New World Order Commemorative 9mm Glock</p>http://sidewalkaphorisms.tumblr.com/post/21428313332http://sidewalkaphorisms.tumblr.com/post/21428313332Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:21:00 +1000gunsNWOPhotos<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2f1zcsdm31rtorqeo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://brentley.com/2012/04/pms/" target="_blank">http://brentley.com/2012/04/pms/</a></p> <p><span>© Brentley 2012</span></p>http://sidewalkaphorisms.tumblr.com/post/21019716575http://sidewalkaphorisms.tumblr.com/post/21019716575Fri, 13 Apr 2012 21:45:12 +1000PoetryPoem<p>I come to the forgotten house<br/>and not to lose my resolve<br/>nor to seek some souvenirs<br/>but to walk alone under the arch,</p> <p>where boots of masters and generals<br/>of armies have also stood in solitude.</p> <p>Who comes asking for bread at your door<br/>but the Buddha wounded by his charge,<br/>and though you soap his wounds he<br/>dies quietly in your bath (last words<br/>about children selling car-parts in Africa<br/>and the seasonal rain on deserts I don’t<br/>remember).</p> <p>The shades cast on the verandah<br/>and the vines on the fence beyond which<br/>a gang of boys wreck with hammers the<br/>face of an angel in the graveyard.</p> <p>—<br/>© Brentley</p>http://sidewalkaphorisms.tumblr.com/post/20897113328http://sidewalkaphorisms.tumblr.com/post/20897113328Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:50:56 +1000PoetryText<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m28fxf6AVA1rtorqeo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://sidewalkaphorisms.tumblr.com/post/20801700725http://sidewalkaphorisms.tumblr.com/post/20801700725Tue, 10 Apr 2012 08:03:15 +1000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m241luwHGu1rtorqeo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://sidewalkaphorisms.tumblr.com/post/20647799702http://sidewalkaphorisms.tumblr.com/post/20647799702Sat, 07 Apr 2012 23:03:30 +1000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m22zc7fwze1rtorqeo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m22zc7fwze1rtorqeo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m22zc7fwze1rtorqeo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m22zc7fwze1rtorqeo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m22zc7fwze1rtorqeo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m22zc7fwze1rtorqeo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>The Wasteland</p>http://sidewalkaphorisms.tumblr.com/post/20617021184http://sidewalkaphorisms.tumblr.com/post/20617021184Sat, 07 Apr 2012 09:16:00 +1000Photography