alan peter kelly : Writing

ted and sylvia

ted and sylvia

A Poem by alan peter kelly


their tongues remain unmoved and pensive for the ford they'd forge if roaring passion paved it's path past high grassed walls beyond the prese..
dosshouse cataclysm

dosshouse cataclysm

A Poem by alan peter kelly


ive been everywhere, man
opiate lace

opiate lace

A Poem by alan peter kelly


a year ago today his morphine bubble turned burst balloon as he dropped off the face and down among the summer gulls a neck vein tube..
blabbermouth

blabbermouth

A Poem by alan peter kelly


ppltellmeitalktoomuchandtooquicklyand thaticouldtalkunderwaterwithamouthfull ofmarblesandimneverlostforwordsimmabla bbermouthnpplcannevergetawordin..
dransfield in compendium

dransfield in compendium

A Poem by alan peter kelly


michael dransfield/young australian poet/died early 1970's to complications imbued within illicit drug culture...first read his work in: "12 Poets" ea..
alcohol and moontans

alcohol and moontans

A Poem by alan peter kelly


interminable night dawn forever arrives as a variation in the texture of air a cold sweat lapsing into forgotten ..
rehab in the sky

rehab in the sky

A Poem by alan peter kelly


for Anna...down and dirty drug years poem...
moment in the moment

moment in the moment

A Poem by alan peter kelly


that elong ated stretch of flesh along her salty neck is prize for lip and tongue and teeth and i am beast that rips ..
curvature of air

curvature of air

A Poem by alan peter kelly


when breath becomes measured as exulted as treasure to be venerated for its mere existence when threadbare subsistence ceases its rele..
journal entry (circa 1984)

journal entry (circa 1984)

A Poem by alan peter kelly


i am weak from life and this disease and do not care to wonder where or when the journey ends...and i have lost the strength, the will to want to brea..