Journey of Words

Category: Poetry

  • Out!

    Throw back your head Release that choking Wrung-tight Gut-deep Howl . Let it rip the last leaves from poplars Slap around the lake Cut through the Arctic wind Smack into the mountains Crack countless shards from glaciers Tear open the glowering sky And let sunshine in . CLP 08/12/2019 →

  • Ricochet

    An owl calls From beyond the reach of light That is cast from the bedroom window . A rifle shot Cracks a thunderous echo Its waves come back Off trees stripped bare for winter . A wind builds From the shallow valleys With a wavering drone That shifts and shapes And fills the gaps Where →

  • Fat Blond Bloke

    A draught cloaks each step Sucks the heat from the air Light from day Magic from the stars Living in a perpetual November Each night longer than the last Dying embers of joie de vie Falling through the grate Hope extinguished By the puddle of cold sick Retched up by the Lying Liar’s lies . →

  • Universe

    When I look up After the orange half-moon has crept behind the oaks I see the un-imaginal number of stars Come to light And am overawed Every time . Every time . Every time . If every star Carries a wish A prayer A question It just shows How little we know . CLP 06/12/2019 →

  • The Three Little Pigs

    Pig 1: “Look guys If we keep a low profile All the heat will be on the cows” . Pig 2: “Methane producing flatulants!” . Pig 3: “I thought they were ruminants?” . Pig 1: “No, that’s the owls. They do all the thinking.” . n.b. The methane producing capacity of cows is not as →

  • Heard not Seen

    It was a day when I worked With my shirt off Bent to the task Concentrating on single stones The depth, set, fit to the path Brushing the grey, gritty soil To fill in the gaps Ancient fragments glinted As I weighed up each stone in my palm Myriad crystal particles Formed over eons Compacted, →

  • Jack And The Beans

    Tell me about our prize cow. What did you get for it, son? Show me. Beans? Magic Beans? Beans! What on Earth possessed you? . Mum, we’ve got to eat We’ve got to eat today We’ve got to eat tomorrow We need nutrients Put back in the soil . Beans it is then, Jack But →

  • Rap Unzel

    We’ve got a problem It’s getting wet down here Waters are rising People filled with fear We all have to move up to higher ground If we don’t do that We will all get drowned . Hey young man On the ground floor I’ve my own issues In fact plenty more And while that may →

  • Cranes Fly

    It was a call like crows But not those of crows Even on their most talkative days When whisked up by winds When they chitter and churr It was more musical than crows Deeper tones balanced by middle notes From behind the hedgerows Beyond the browned ancient oaks Low to the grey horizon A stretched →

  • The One Billy Goat Gruff

    Hey ugly troll Don’t eat me I am only little A bigger goat follows You’ll be better fed If you wait . Unlucky kid! I am cutting down On meat in my diet It’s healthier And helps sustainability You’ll do . CLP 01/12/2019 →