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on absence
nature fills space fastfurious competitionto share resources~n.b. Diversity enables many plants and creatures to thrive alongside each other, why does modern man feel the need to dominate? CLP 13/05/2025 →
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on drought
Rain gauge measures dustPlants dependent on dew dropsDesiccated pondsNeighbour jet washesPaved over garden and carArtificial grass~ CLP 13/05/2025 →
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on volunteering
that is to say choosingto participate freelywithout coercionnot without food or waterwhile in mortal fearnot while being terrorisedby dronesor aircraft attacksthis ‘voluntary transfer programme for Gaza residents’is a rounding upit is a deportationwithout railwaysit is a death marchin Paris, Lyon, Avignonsome schools have plaquesnaming the childrenfrom Jewish familiestaken from their classestheir playgroundstheir friendstheir teachersby naziswill →
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On the Pitch
Serious stuff doneJust one more for charityFor the love of life~ n.b. 6,012 people came to support Alan Knight’s call for funds for three Portsmouth charities supporting cancer patients. ‘Knightsie’ played 801 matches for Pompey and is being treated for Stage 4 prostate cancer. It’s so sad to see him so ill, but uplifting to →
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on the train
Stratford Town to Clapham JunctionTwenty-three stations from end to endShopping centre, Olympic parkFactories, flatsBack-to-backsCanals, parks and hospitalsWaste ground, heath landAbandoned buildings, scrapRail yards, football groundsAllotments, gardensEmbankments, chestnut treesFences, railings, hedgerowsTunnels, bridgesUnder, overSeats, signsStreet art, graffitiTags and advertsAnnouncements, adviceAre all the peopleTapping in, tapping outPoems on their phones?~ CLP 05/05/2025 →
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This Charming Man
Life on the roadNobody quite seems to knowWhere he exactly came fromNor where next he planned to goHappy to moveFrom town to townJust travelling onLiving’ the bluesClarksdale, ChicagoMemphis, TennesseeCatching The CrescentTo New OrleansUp and down the riverAlways welcomed into bedNight was never lonelyWhere Robert Johnson sleptHe traded his gospel singing talentsTo oil his way through →
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on gratitude
After the eulogyNo music, thank youLet silence fill the roomIts clamour echo from the raftersIts cacophony fill our headsIts weight press on our earsLet us hear the beating of hearts~n.b. NaPoWriMo 2025 Day 28 The picture is from St Peter’s, Hoveton, Norfolk, built in 1624. CLP 28/04/2025 →
Journey of Words 