exposed to moonlight
our puny faults visible
we cannot hide here
~
CLP 15/06/2022
on the moon
Category Archives: Poetry
on Ukraine
daily more lost
two hundred dead, eight hundred maimed
media lose interest
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CLP 14/06/2022
on air
at Somerleyton
sky thick with summer's silence
effortless red kite
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CLP 12/06/2022
on time
oh, your majesty
it's been a while since you passed
I was in a Wimpey
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n.b. Colmore Row, Birmingham, 1980/81 if I’m not mistaken, finishing a Quarter Pounder with cheese, waiting for the cavalcade to go by.
You waved, I didn’t. Rude of me perhaps, but I was eating.
CLP 11/06/2022
on life
having got this far
obstacles and odd stumbles
I'm not giving up
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CLP 12/06/2022
on time
family, free, own
quality, personal, good
half, full, down, the last
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CLP 11/05/2022
on time
late to the party
nobody knows who you are
you're welcome to stay
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CLP 11/06/2022
on time
enemy or friend
patience versus inertia
no sudden movements
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CLP 11/06/2022
on paper
WANTED: space to live
to whom does this all belong?
who is it decides?
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n.b. Land and property is the debate we need to have.
CLP 10/06/2022
on light
half-moon after rain
falls light on darkened pavements
echo of footsteps
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CLP 08/06/2022
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