• on time

    Straw bales litter fieldsJackdaws stalk exposed stubbleMist rises from soil~ CLP. 15/08/2024

  • on Ukraine

    Enticed from bunkerTo unfamiliar landVenus flytraps close ~ n.b. The sense in pushing into Russia, rather than sitting like ducks in a bombarded home, is understood. The further from home that the Ukrainian forces push the greater their exposure to risk. It seems that Russia may be more vulnerable to a counter-attack than previously thought,

  • on light

    dappled, thick, heavyshadows lengthen as Earth turnstension of storm clouds~ CLP 13/08/2024

  • on heat

    In the treesShaded by leavesThe cool cloak of birchA havenGentle tremorsBend of boughAs a pigeon lifts offStill up for itWhateverThe weather~ CLP 12/08/2024

  • on gratitude

    we were here for youyou played your hearts out for usour enduring love~ n.b. I could go on…Pompey! Pompey! Ra! Ra! Ra! CLP 11/08/2024

  • on waking

    Gently ease sleep offWith whispered confidencesChirping of sparrows~ CLP 10/08/2024

  • on dawn

    cross the Friendship bridgewitness to the rising Sunlight is still with us~ CLP 10/08/2024

  • on Ukraine

    Unless a riverMountains, deserts, lakes or seaDivides usThere are no bordersThey are malleableLines on mapsPencilled inLike warWhere no rules exist ~ CLP 09/08/2024

  • On Nagasaki

    Do not forget thisthriving city foreverscarred in but a flash~n.b. And on the Third Day after Hiroshima, someone thought Nagasaki should be razed to the ground too. Who? Why? Really? Were two A-bombs really necessary?In history, the atomic bombing of Nagasaki on 9th August 1945, is barely mentioned, yet it suffered the full horror of

  • on reflection

    We cannot be allTo each other but pray we’lldiscover what fits~ CLP 08/08/2024