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On the Pitch
Serious stuff doneJust one more for charityFor the love of life~ n.b. 6,012 people came to support Alan Knight’s call for funds for three Portsmouth charities supporting cancer patients. ‘Knightsie’ played 801 matches for Pompey and is being treated for Stage 4 prostate cancer. It’s so sad to see him so ill, but uplifting to Read more
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on the train
Stratford Town to Clapham JunctionTwenty-three stations from end to endShopping centre, Olympic parkFactories, flatsBack-to-backsCanals, parks and hospitalsWaste ground, heath landAbandoned buildings, scrapRail yards, football groundsAllotments, gardensEmbankments, chestnut treesFences, railings, hedgerowsTunnels, bridgesUnder, overSeats, signsStreet art, graffitiTags and advertsAnnouncements, adviceAre all the peopleTapping in, tapping outPoems on their phones?~ CLP 05/05/2025 Read more
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This Charming Man
Life on the roadNobody quite seems to knowWhere he exactly came fromNor where next he planned to goHappy to moveFrom town to townJust travelling onLiving’ the bluesClarksdale, ChicagoMemphis, TennesseeCatching The CrescentTo New OrleansUp and down the riverAlways welcomed into bedNight was never lonelyWhere Robert Johnson sleptHe traded his gospel singing talentsTo oil his way through Read more
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on gratitude
After the eulogyNo music, thank youLet silence fill the roomIts clamour echo from the raftersIts cacophony fill our headsIts weight press on our earsLet us hear the beating of hearts~n.b. NaPoWriMo 2025 Day 28 The picture is from St Peter’s, Hoveton, Norfolk, built in 1624. CLP 28/04/2025 Read more
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Herd Mentality
Be warned, don’t runLook at them charge down the hillWhen the farmer releases the gateThey leap and kick, gallopYou can feel their thunderous hoovesDrumming through the turfSee how they clear fresh pastureWordless, effortless, immediateTwo or three in leagueCorral the sheepButt the tardy lambs under the electric wireStake their claimCurious they’ll approach youEnquire of your businessLick, Read more
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Love Sonnet
Photographs of daughters and grand-daughtersLine the hallway, a bright halo of smilesSurrounds her as she opens the front doorGingerly she settles down in the chairWith some bags methodically arrangedPrintout of her grocery order to handGood morning! greets the delivery manHer husband shuffles into view behindAnxious, trying to grasp what’s happeningHis eyes asking, Who’s this man Read more
Journey of Words 