Journey of Words

Journey of Words…latest posts

  • Barn Owl

    from a veil of liquified aira night hunter formstracing the vein of the marsha flake of fallen moontumbling across the reedsbent by the North-East windseeks prey driven up by floodits silent scouringspreading silver shiversthrough night-cowed fowlwho sit in trepidationon black mirror poolsmuttering their muffled complaintshelpless until the dawn ~ n.b. NaPoWriMo 2023, Day 2 prompt Read more

  • Lunch Poems

    Madam, are you ready to order?Something simple to start? Perhaps, a haiku?No, thank you. I’ll have the senryū.That’s not often chosen. Rare. An excellent choice, madam. For the main?Something from that epic list of Specials.We have a delightful Shakespearean Sonnet!I’ll try one. Traditional, something to get my teeth into.Would you like that in blank verseOr Read more

  • on time

    three a.m. againmemories of you flood backvixen barks in street ~ CLP 01/04/2023 Read more

  • on colour

    electric blue flashkingfisher’s iridescencesparkle in your eye ~ n.b. Blue, blue. Electric blue. That’s the colour of my room, where I will stay, (sang David Bowie). CLP 31/03/2023 Read more

  • Coast

    westerly pulling at loose coat hoodswhite horses whispering of rainturnstones picking through kelpgulls laughing from beachfront roofswet sand slowly filling in footprintsfaint moon fading in morning azureVenus sinking with all our hopes ~ CLP 30/03/2023 Read more

  • on Ukraine

    another Spring dawnswar without clear beginningwith no end in sight ~ n.b. The men in Moscow prefer a war economy to something better. Ukraine is being steadily reduced to the new Flanders Fields, where the prospect of better weather, leads to the prospect of increased conflict. CLP 29/03/2023 Read more