Journey of Words

Journey of Words…latest posts

  • Update on “Lions, Lionesses and The Clown

    29th March, 2020 and still health workers are not able to get the kit they need to stay safe and nurse the sick. Two NHS doctors die of Covid-19 Lions, Lionesses and the Clown can be read here. CLP 29/03/2020 Read more

  • Something

    Too much time on my hands Sorting out photos You came back into view From a time we shared focus . With vision now sharper Fog lifted from lens I see something was wrong Even back then . CLP 29/03/2020 Read more

  • Day 12

    British Summer Time, the forward shift of clocks by an hour, has blown in on a gale straight off the North Sea. Hailstones are spat at the window. Some of the ice pellets stick before slipping slowly; disintegrating as they slide, leaving a tear stain on the pane. The hazel bush flexes in the gusts, Read more

  • Day 11 – After Noon

    Briefly outside, but I’m driven back by the falling temperature. The grey sky gave way to blue eventually, but there was no warmth in the sunbeams. There seems little enthusiasm today in the birds’ calls. The greenfinches are the only ones heard throughout the day, but even they lack energy. A picture is sent by Read more

  • Day 11

    Awoken at 04:30 hrs. First dim light of the new day. A stag bellows from the wood on the hill. Tree branches, unsteady in the stiffening northerly wind, emit a low, irregular moan. Behind this lies the slow-motion rush of heavy waves breaking hard on the shingle. Then the long draw as the sea inhales Read more

  • Day 10

    Unclouded skies of these past five days have stimulated rapid growth of shoots. What were twiggy branches, bushes, shrubs are now thick with green. So many variations of green unfold from so many buds. Here we have more greens than words for “green.” Perhaps, like the Inuit with all their words for snow, the English Read more