• on and on

    take a moment hereas you do, the Earth spins onstopping for no one~n.b. Is awareness of this reality, reassuring or concerning? How do you eat your humble pie? CLP 22/12/2024 Read more

  • on water

    water smells of chlorinesplashed some in my eyethought I was going blind~n.b. Now it’s only safe to drink ale in England. Thank goodness for no-alcohol drinks CLP 21/12/2024 Read more

  • on place

    Chicken or the eggKeep moving, searching; for what?Stop, breathe, look, listenIt is all about~n.b. Street art adjacent to a bus stop, Norwich, East Anglia CLP 18/12/2024 Read more

  • on stars

    what we see was thennow is something differentI’m happy to wait~ CLP 17/12/2024 Read more

  • on Ukraine

    without electricsmedieval state of siegewinter approaches~n.b. Nature’s wintry grip comes for society’s young and old, the sick and weak. Moscow’s cruel strategy of attacking the power infrastructure of Ukraine continues. CLP 13/12/2024 Read more

  • on song

    Melodies from childhood remainLyrics less secureBut the mystical imagesof stable, cradle, starare lain in rubblecrushed by aircraft, rockets, shellsfrom the Unholy LandAnd the brass band playedMerry Xmas (War is Over)“…if you want it” I recallwhat will the wise men bring this timewhen the only sensible gift might be myrrh?~ CLP 12/12/2024 Read more