Archive - Jayshal

Bibbulmun Winter

If you don't know the Bibbulmun Track it is a world class walking trail.

Aug 10 • Murray Barton

Most of my poems have an origin story.

Aug 3 • Murray Barton

July 2026

Someone I knew had a vase which had been damaged and one face was covered in cracks.

Jul 27 • Murray Barton

I recently bought a teardrop camper and I have been thinking about travel and where I would like to go.

Jul 20 • Murray Barton

Everywhere and Nowhere

I wrote this one on a recent visit to Busselton.

Jul 13 • Murray Barton

Some poems are all fantasy and some are all reality.

Jul 6 • Murray Barton

June 2026

A Man A Loan A Gun

If you read Portrait a couple of weeks ago you saw this guy from the outside.

Jun 29 • Murray Barton

The idea for this piece came from Perth train station standing looking up at the latticework roof structure and imagining someone up there.

Jun 23 • Murray Barton

All writing is a bit autobiographical, and this one carries a fair bit of me, though this guy's cooler than I'll ever be.

Jun 15 • Murray Barton

This is a poem about the wisdom of toes.

Jun 8 • Murray Barton

Writing is rarely a linear process for me.

Jun 1 • Murray Barton

May 2026

This is a piece I wrote somewhere in the early 2000’s.

May 25 • Murray Barton

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