Transit Transient

By Leigh Warbrick

Transit Transient is a compilation of poetry in short-form.

This work is set out like a diary, with the dates the poems were written recorded for each title.

Transit Transient was written almost exclusively while travelling on public transport, to and from the author’s place of employment on train trips of about 40minutes duration. Nearly every poem was composed on a single trip, generally in the afternoons, as the morning journeys were mainly used to edit Compounds Constitute.

Given the consistency of the timeline and writing environment, there are multiple instances of repeated observational subject studies and writing patterns throughout the book, as like a painter, the poet reworks scenes and themes.

The main themes of the poems explored in Transit Transient are landscapes, cityscapes, transport, technology, society, nature, seasons, time, transience and human interactions.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Leigh Warbrick
• Release date: Mar 21, 2018
• ISBN: 9780975792179

Leigh Warbrick

Leigh was born and lives in Sydney Australia he started writing poetry in the early 1990’s, after writing for over a decade he decided to self-publish for family & friends, three rough edit compilations of his works. The titles of these compilations are representative of the themes that run through his poetry. Leigh's first compilation was ‘Compound Constitute’, which was assembled into two parts, the first part, was organised into chapters based on the themes of the five forms of matter, (air/gas, earth/solid, water/liquid, fire/plasma & ether/life). While the second part, was themed on the circle, which represents matter/elements being bound together into compounds, (time, seasons, landscapes, philosophy, interactions & outcomes). The other two compilations, ‘Dream Cast’ and ‘Circles Upon Circles’, are organised chronologically, with the chapters being the name Leigh gave to the notebooks into which the ideas & concepts for each poem were handwritten. For the compilation ‘Dream Cast’, Dream is representative of perceptions, beliefs & bias and ‘Cast’ is representative of reality, projections & images. It is a statement on how our perceptions become our reality, and that we continually create these realities, dreams, aspirations for ourselves, yet the catalyst for this creation, our perception, is fallible and evolving. For the compilation, ‘Circles Upon Circles’, the title is an acknowledgement that from microscopic to macrocosmic we perceive patterns, shapes, rhythm, cycles and layers that repeat in varying scales, represented by time and change. A few years after publishing the three compilations, Leigh decided to take his work to a public audience, with the release of the ebooks ‘Dreamland Castaway’ and 'Compounds Constitute', these works are a complete rewrite of ‘Dream Cast’ and 'Compound Constitute'. Leigh's latest work is 'Transit Transient'. It is set out like a diary, with the dates the poems were written recorded for each title. Written almost exclusively while travelling on public transport, to and from the author’s place of employment on train trips of about 40minutes duration. Nearly every poem was composed on a single trip, with observational themes for the poems being landscapes, cityscapes, transport, technology, society, nature, seasons, time, transience and human interactions. Leigh presents the above themes and concepts in a short-form poetic style, as a snapshot of a scene or a feeling in the moment it's felt. Additional themes include landscapes, nature, seasons, elements, metaphysical, astronomy, time, cityscapes, technology, transport, perceptions, philosophies and human interactions.

Book preview

City Breathe

01/05/15

Corrosion, acidic cloak, exhausts, fumed pollute,

Concoction, wretch choke, air, petroleum dilute.

Corruption, belched coke, vents, expel transmute,

Consumption, carbolic croak, oil, slick commute.

Bustle Interconnect

10/05/15

Cold seeps, streets intercut,

Lights change, crossing intercept,

Bitumen undulate, grunge interdict,

Pavement austere, stained interject,

Concrete cracks, weeds intersect,

Wind abrade, path interact.

Metallic Sculpt

14/05/15

Metal cast rort, moulded taut, shapes distort.

Alloy craft smelt, ore melt, composite welt.

Construct weld, concept meld, purpose gelled.

Composite Compose

14/05/15

Granular mound, scape fit,

Dust beads, shape slit,

Rocks pile, grape flit,

Boulders roll, scrape sit,

Mountains thrust, agape grit.

Current’s Wick

14/05/15

Light wink, silver candescence blink.

Distance trace, journey beacon face.

Brightened emit, electricity bulbs flit.

Filaments globe, current arcs strobe.

Winking flash, flicker dazzled gnash.

Stutter glare, unceasing focus stare.

View Purview

22/05/15

Smear coats glass’ transparency,

Blurry grease, grimy frieze.

Droplets sheen, window streaked,

Beading drool, rivulet pool.

Rain distorts, vision’s perspective,

Bubble lens, water cleanse.

Torrential Tweeze

22/05/15

Winter, washes sweep, soak breeze,

Water, wrinkles sop, soggy freeze,

Train, bogeys stagger, shunt sneeze,

Tyres, traction skittish, speed ease,

Night, slicken skate, slippery grease,

Gnaw, rain saturate, sniffle tease.

Transcend-able

29/05/15

Malleable bend, elements transform,

Pliable rend, particles transmute,

Flexible wend, chemistry transpose,

Changeable lend, atomic transfer,

Alterable trend, statehood transition.

Friction Grasp

29/05/15

Carbon score, layer slit grime, track,

Metallic spark, crust puff grunge, black,

Friction scrape, dust soot grate, flak,

Rumble shunt, electric arc grind, clack,

Wheels slippy, rail line groove, hack.

Dirt Splattered

12/06/15

Sediment grains, particle grit mark,

Residue stains, speckle zit stark,

Scunge drains, freckle spit dark.

Deposits erode, crackle dirt cloud,

Matter corrode, tackle spurt shroud,

Dregs towed, spackle girt ploughed.

Prism Transit

19/06/15

Clear quartz smoky, fleck,

Window fogs, condensation peck.

Vision obscure, slick wreck,

Illumination icing encrust, speck.

Crystal pane fissure, streak,

Surfaces frosted, steaming leak.

Carriage beads, clammy peek,

Captured cryogenic encase, bleak.

Procession’s Grit

19/06/15

Sandstone scrape, chisel shape,

Layered crape, granule gape.

Sediment compact, harden tract,

Erosion exact, smooth enact.

Moisture crumble, fissure tumble,

Boulder bumble, worn rumble.

Moulded crump, harden stump,

Time thump, marker hump.

Path Manipulate

26/06/15

Concrete, level sparse, hollow scant,

Pavement, cold layers, barren rent.

Bitumen, bevel glass, spirals decant,

Roadways, unfold terrain, contour bent.

Callous, arid supplant, progress stamp,

Vagrant, haunt streets, hard expose.

Borders, grid implant, path clamp,

Clean, vaunt swept, detritus depose.

Cold, Scythes

03/07/15

Fingers nick, wrinkle pick,

Joints slice, knuckles ice.

Hands clump, palms lump,

Marrow bead, grip knead.

Nose tease, breath freeze,

Nostrils twitch, sneeze itch.

Ears tape, feeling scrape,

Blood sliver, hearing quiver.

Clothes clamp, top damp,

Fabric chill, pockets fill.

Layers shear, hunker steer,

Draught flush, wind rush.

Rut Trap

10/07/15

Creases fold map, valleys join flap,

Worn erode gap, ripple bend clap,

Wavy stretch nap, lines notch tap,

Peaks fall wrap, ridges trough lap,

Wobble kink slap, cracks bump frap.

Squall Fresh

17/07/15

Wind buffets assail, swoop gust flail,

Umbrellas bust flail.

Breeze shakes rail, thrash thrust trail,

Pummel adjust wail.

Zephyr seeps gale, bleak brisk sail,

Rain incrust nail.

See, Hear, Speak No Evil

24/07/15

Security blanket, monitor, peep eye,

Nanny state, cameras, watch spy,

Crime prevention, infrared, hover fly,

Satellite coverage, drone, zoom scry.

Data retention, biometric, store imply,

Cloud storage, information, hub sly,

Binary transfer, router, decipher ply,

Chatter monitor, echelon, trace pry.

Moral Con

24/07/15

Condition, contention, derision, incision,

Convention, contrition, decision,