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In Dreamland
Cliché the commentator was taken by surprise Could not imagine what he was seeing Could not believe his eyes . The football pitch was purple Goals were hanging in the air The ball was a huge fat toffee apple The referee an old grey mare . Beach huts dotted the terraces With families at barbecues Read more
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Rhyme or Reason
All this washing! All colours faded Magic thinned Sweet spells spun out Dark potions dried All wrung tight Hung out in rain Concoctions separate Mystery now plain All once known Must be re-found again . http://www.napowrimo.net day 3 rhyme…random words…sense from chaos. CLP 03/04/2020 Read more
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Day 17
It was announced today that two NHS nurses working in Intensive Care Units around the country have died of the Covid-19 coronavirus. They were all in their 30s. I think of my eldest son working in that role in a hospital in the south of England. I think of little else. . CLP 03/04/2020 Read more
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Under the Moon
Turn through the gate And you’ll be at Peace Field A meadow, full of knee-high, soft, wild grasses Mixed with blues of corn flowers Yellows of buttercups Purple ragged-robins And browns and whites Of butterflies and moths On your left a mown path Winding through the orchard Still holding pink blossom On spreading boughs . Read more
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Day 15
April already! My day is consumed with detailed work, but it is still light enough for me to set out walking just after six in the evening. Bard Hill is covered in hawthorn bushes glowing with white blossom – it looks as if it’s snowed. I stop halfway up the traffic-free lane to listen to Read more
Journey of Words 