Journey of Words

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  • Domestic News

    The internal dialogue loops through courtesies, simple enquiries about health, discussions about food. Subtle changes in conversation lead to redrafted perceptions. Two siblings sharing a house again after more than four decades. As before, this is not through any fault of our own, but this time we make the rules. We are not so much Read more

  • Swifts

    Summer Dreams borne By delicate wings . n.b. In 2019 swallows had arrived in Somerset by 12th April. Swifts followed soon after. In other years I have seen swifts before swallows, e.g. Isle of Wight, 2018. CLP 10/04/2020 Read more

  • Day 23

    The reed marsh by the mill flooded with the night’s full moon. The earth bank traps the tide as a pool. At the point of turning back toward the sea the water is still. Without a breath of wind on its surface it becomes a mirror to the cobalt blue above, inverts reeds, the grassy Read more

  • On Cliché

    antagonise sensibilities. unhinge complacency. hang subtlety . n.b. http://www.napowrimo.net Day 10 challenge: use 6 words in a 1-2-3 words per line format to say something poetic, or pathétique. As writers we face the constant challenge of avoiding the ‘lazy dog” of cliché. Bonne chance, mes braves! Christopher Perry 10th April 2020 Read more

  • Peace at Last

    n.b. GloPoWriMo / NaPoWriMo 2020 Day 9 prompt: Concrete Poem. Read more

  • Day 22

    No one, but no one, is on the road this morning. I cycle up the long rise away from the coast accompanied by larks above the meadows and bees in the hedgerows. A running hare skids to a halt in a shower of grit and dust as I come round a bend into its path. Read more