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On Pleasure
In a second hand book, bought on a whim, I discovered someone had kept a four-leaf clover between pages of Seamus Heaney’s poems. ~ CLP 04/09/2020 Read more
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On Pain viii
A broken arm hurts But rarely does pain persist As in a heart cracked ~ n.b. A fascinating article here on physical vs emotional pain. Tuck in! https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/the-squeaky-wheel/201407/5-ways-emotional-pain-is-worse-physical-pain CLP 01/09/2020 Read more
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On Pain vii
I pass through a dream You speak gently. Everything is not as it seems ~ CLP 01/09/2020 Read more
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Following the Tractor
When the combine has cut through the wheat, The bailer tidied all loose ends And The Downs have felt the drag of plough and harrow, Swallows and martins scour the chalk field in hundreds A restless gathering, swooping, sweeping low From roadside wires and hedge tops Assembling their collective will to flee Our gloomy, damp, Read more
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On Pain vi
And so, how are you? Words tumble from the heart’s depths. Right question, wrong time. ~ CLP 01/09/2020 Read more
Journey of Words 