• on time

    I am still not used to writing‘2024’And the days are already longFor just a few more weeksBefore winter startsTo reel the light in againI must not waste these precious daysOf light ~ CLP 08/05/2024

  • Today it is Tuesday

    I have to remind myself todayIt is TuesdayI keep sensing it’s WednesdayTuesdayTuesdayTuesdayIt is always a Tuesday*~n.b. A strange feeling that today is not today. Will it mean that throughout tomorrow I will experience strong sensations of deja vu, because today I thought Tuesday was Wednesday? *’It is always a Tuesday’ is an echo of a

  • on water

    what happens when our world warmsis hard to fathomwhen we spin from drought to floodfrom flood to droughtdrilling becomes harrowingwhen seeds fail in sodden soilharvest yields lessenas fungi blossom in warm wet weather ~ CLP 06/05/2024

  • on the wheel

    picture family funrotating, leaping, bungeesenses excited ~ n.b. All the fear, none of the risk. Child‘s play. Nice. CLP 05/05/2024

  • on the bus

    drop the word ‘service’absolute chaotic farcehope is fragmented ~ n.b. Privatisation is an absolutely useless way to operate a public service. Free market extremism writ large. Economic theory for the already wealthy. Run public services for the people. CLP 05/05/2024

  • on Saturday (ii)

    Fifteen years forgotThey’re Ipswich Town, going upThank goodness for that. ~ n.b. The return train collected a lot of sun-burnt, slightly intoxicated, blue smoke stained, happy people and delivered them to whence they came. As the Hare Krishna man with a smile, said to me earlier, “We don’t want people to be unhappy.” A fair

  • Historical Echo

    In writing a recent post, ‘If Music Is The Answer…’ I imagined a wandering minstrel writing protest songs who ends up killed, presumably for voicing his objections to injustices facing the common people. Today, reading Imperial Mud, The Fight for The Fens by James Boyce, I found this on p137… You can’t make this stuff

  • on Saturday

    upandatem! RiseTown bound train football-fan-fullthe end is in sight ~ n.b. Ipswich Town fans making journey to the ancient port, excited by promotion prospects. Good luck to them! Proper club. CLP 04/05/2024

  • May Days

    It was fab yesterdayNobody dared complainTwo layers one too manyEven at eleven, too warmFor threeCloud cover like a duvetKept in the warmthUntil the breezeCut up roughBlew the curtain asideDragged in cold airBrought down the rain ~ CLP 03/05/2024

  • Great Minds

    Evidence clear for all to seeEyes and tongues in harmonySadly the hearing part was offIt took a strong head to disagreeAnd establish the factual truth~n.b. Group think. Easily done. Readily manipulated. See witch hunts*, religions, nationalism, ‘Free’ market ideology extremists.*This is not a metaphor for the criminal trial of The Tangerine One in NYC. It