Journey of Words

Journey of Words…latest posts

  • on The Broads

    there’s a point herewhere the slow sashay of the Yarconfusesa black-headed gull facing coastwardlooks a tad bewildered as it drifts up-streamon the rising tidereeds bent by winter’s long breathrattle dry stems and sighas the bird rotates in slow motionon an eddy formed by the mixof flow and ebba pair of marsh harriersfloat along the dykesmaking Read more

  • on Spring

    sun rises paths crossshadows shorten by the daycity traffic queues~n.b. Behind the avenue of trees, hundreds boxed in, grind on, doing the commuter crawl. CLP 18/03/2025 Read more

  • on Spring

    Easterly persistsGusts dislodge fragile blossomEarly bee makes do~n.b. Cool would be an exaggeration of the air temperature here, but Spring seems to be winning. CLP 17/03/2025 Read more

  • on March

    immense struggles ‘twixtSpring’s hope and winter’s death throesclimatic combat~n.b. Today, in sunlight there was immediate warmth, but winter still wields its short sword to vicious effect. Brief, brutal hail showers punctuated the day. CLP 13/03/2025 Read more

  • Last Ditch Poetry – Book Publication

    I have been very lucky to meet some wonderful writers since I started this website in 2018. It has always been an idea of mine to share some of their work with a wider audience in some way or another. That idea has now become a reality, with the establishment of a publishing venture called Read more

  • on Spring

    Sun’s inundationdowses ripened hawthorn budsblossom bursts open~ n.b. Gentle twist of fate, a trip to seek Spanish sunshine and warmth coincided with a change in the weather for the better in East Anglia, with that high pressure system locking in total cloud and consequent rain in Spain, mainly everywhere, not just on the plain. On Read more