Journey of Words

Category: Poetry

  • on seeing

    quayside visitorinquisitive or hungryprepared to take risks ~ CLP 16/11/2021 →

  • on time

    battlements, towersrich gated communitywealth will eat itself ~ CLP 16/11/2021 →

  • liminal

    where we seek waterthey struggle to get ashoremarginal difference ~ n.b. Both humans and seals evolved from the mammalian branch of the tree of life, but now they hold mirrored views of the beach…interesting how things turn out. CLP 15/11/2021 →

  • on daylight

    uneasy wakingday stumbles out of duvetcold shower beckons ~ CLP 14/11/2021 →

  • interlude

    cogs and wheels spinningbirdsong, silence of kestrelnot thinking for now ~ n.b. Thank you SO for planning the route this morning. I put my gears into motion, put my mind into neutral. Phew! CLP 13/11/2021 →

  • on autumn

    rich pickings lie herecarpet of horse chestnut leavesremnants of summer ~ n.b. Two Egyptian Geese nosing their way through leaf litter, barely visible in an English city centre. CLP 12/11/2021 →

  • on mist

    clouding boundariesunsettling settling of doubtssoftening edges ~ CLP 11/11/2021 →

  • on passing

    ancient sentinelunmoved by shifting cityflint-hearted witness ~ CLP 09/11/2021 →

  • on light

    we, who came from starsare sure that we will returnto from whence we came ~ CLP 10/11/2021 →

  • on the Moon

    drowned in street lightinggiving up her fight with mananother day gone ~ n.b. The waning crescent slips barely noticed below the horizon. Here just visible above the retail park roof, just to the right of the lamp. CLP 08/11/2021 →