Journey of Words

I write as I wonder as I wander.

Christopher L Perry

Journey of Words…latest posts

  • 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

  • on time

    the first ambulance was called this afternoonit was haphazardly parkedacross three Residents Only parking baysno blue light, no alarmengine ticking as it cooledthe paramedics attending someonesomewhere in this new blockbuilt in this ‘village’built for ‘Retirement Living’built for passing throughthere is no shop, no barjust solar powered bungalowssimilarly attiredsmaller than to which they were familiarthe different… Read more

  • on moving

    We have cleaned and tidiedTurned to considerThat which we carried hereTo unearth pictures, letters, cardsFrom life pastImagined essentially forgottenNow as vivid as the dawnCuts thought healedEach another of the thousandBleed anewWashed out againWith tears~ CLP 11/12/2024 Read more