Journey of Words

I write as I wonder as I wander.

Christopher L Perry

Journey of Words…latest posts

  • on the breeze

    I hear talk of springIt’s coming! the door-step hopesnowdrops, primrosesfull throated trillingof robins, blackbirds scuffledunnock atop crownbusy rookeriesjackdaws soften their chattercrows lift up in pairstumble of loose twigsbelow doves’ poor nest site choicecatkins jangle loosepollen disappateson spiteful easterly blowtraffic lights on redthree car cortege passes~ CLP 10/02/2025 Read more

  • on sleep

    like an erasersleep wiped me out completelywhat and where, am I?~ CLP 10/02/2025 Read more

  • on cooking

    cut the leeks down the middlebut not all the wayjust deep enoughto rinse out the earthsoften the onions in the panthen add some fine flourjust enoughto absorb the onion milksquash the garlic under the blade of a broad knifebefore removing the huskthen chop the crushed cloveto release the flavourchoose a single iron pantempered, oiledlarge enough… Read more

  • on family

    there is safety in numbersthe joy at arrivalstravelling togetheruntil it is timeto go our separate wayswhich by necessityis a lonely businesswaving farewellto our loved onesas we step into departures~n.b. Just thoughts, not news. CLP 05/02/2025 Read more

  • on Rwanda

    at The Arsenalthe pitch-side adverts exhort“Visit Rwanda”If you do visitYou’ll discover its proxyIs visiting DRC~n.b. The Arsenal and Premier League ploughs on regardless. They’ll take anyone’s money, the more the merrier. CLP 03/02/2025 Read more

  • on Ukraine

    it’s still a dreamof some young men to followto fight in a waron the side of rightto leave their homesetting off in hopethat they’ll add weightto counter evil’s mightI met one such young manseeking purposeful lifealthough he had a childwith his teenage wifeold England’s dulland work’s a borethere’s nothing on TVand the winter’s coldlong dark… Read more