darren francis

Track 8 of Future Ghosts. 

london my lovesong

that ever sings itself

what are my needs?

laptop

sketch pad

wheat field

she curve

nothing else a fret for

plastic howl of

grave-bright stars

twin trees carve

their velveteen

gimme…

Track seven of Future Ghosts.

swept by

fingers sing

my should have been

her taut

her stray

her season

what wilds her

that's where

i want to be

bind moon

sine swift

feral light

where was she

when i…

Track six from Future Ghosts. 

night is collected in your room

you breathe its rhythm

dead lots

moonsong

taste

of your lips

these memories

are no longer mine

-

you window-watch

out there;

trees

brick

lawn

so still

suburbia…

My text God, Love, Money & Other Snares has been published at Bougainvillea Road Lit Mag. Read it here. 

You can also hear me reading this text, with music, here.

Currently reading: The Rise Of Islamic State -…

Track 5 of Future Ghosts.

she is 1995

a ribbon

a chime

a dust-cut mirror

silver-lined

as star-tips mine

my glass

in berlin time

This was written 25 April 2014, and posted on my Twitter feed that day. Musically…

Track 4 of Future Ghosts. 

day to day

hour to hour

second second

all i do is circus

-

in my suffering

who is the sufferer?

it happens to me

it afflicts me

but i am stood aside;

i…

The third of my track-by-track looks at Future Ghosts. I'll try to post these more frequently, if only to get them all done before my next album - currently in progress - is finished and released. 

 sometimes feel as…

The second of my track-by-track looks at Future Ghosts

another twilight

put through the human thresher

wine

laughter

the peaked meat

of matter

how many remain?

how much longer?

night pushes open the door

leers and sharpens knives

we run…

While I finish off other projects (both textual and audio) I thought it would be interesting to post a track-by-track look at my last album, Future Ghosts. Here's the first, The Side-Effects Of October.

the alchemy of skin…

My spoken word-with-music album Future Ghosts is now available for download, and has its own dedicated page on this website here.

Currently reading: Britannia BC - Francis Pryor

Currently listening: Near Earth Orbit - Near Earth Orbit

I know I said future Ghosts would release on 21 June, unfortunately I've had a few unexpected delays. My father died two weekends back, and last week my laptop - upon which I was finalising the album mix - gave…

In the last two weeks of May 2015, in the midst of a black depressive blur, I recorded a new spoken word album. Please note that this is not All Things Left On Earth but an entirely new project. Titled…