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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
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South Main Street, Memphis TN
531 South Main StreetPineapple cider and a burgerCome back tomorrowWe don’t close ‘til after twoI had been to the Lorraine MotelRead the storiesSeen the roomSuch injustice when all MLK wantedWas justice for people of colour tooI left that place tearful angryAt what had gone beforeStumbled into Ernestine + Hazel’sNeeding some foodCame out filled with hopeErnestine… Read more
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Two Sides to Every Scoreline
Football in the libraryA concept so ridiculous it’s ridiculous. You imply the atmosphere today is subdued, but who thinks football in a library would be possible without uproar?You’re supposed to be at homeReally? Not here on the terrace?That would leave us open to a charge of being fickle.Where were you when you were (rubbish)?Do you… Read more
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Blue Mountain Bells
Have you heard the bell bird sing?It fills the forest with its ringWhere the lyre bird scrapes and bowsThe bell bird’s chiming fills the airMaking music for courting pairs~n.b. If you look closely, you can see a male lyre bird, with its long tail feathers bowed, in the centre of this picture, from my only… Read more
I write as I wonder as I wander.
Journey of Words 