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on autumn
a grey pallblankets the fieldsthe rough work of the plough has been broken downthe shallow tines of the field harrow have left a lined tilthacres of dry, dun soil home to a harean anxious family of deerstooped crows pockmark the earthplucking leather-jackets from the crumbsstaggering left then rightthe oaks watching from the margindiscard an occasional Read more
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on Ukraine
We can hear them cheeringThrough the chaosIn this cacophony of sirens, drones, bombs, rocketsWe fight on with their tears pooling around our feetWe shake with their griefWe understand their anxietyTheir fear of failureIs it really happening?If they can stop in Gazawhen will we?~ CLP 11/10/2025 Read more
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on the wind
A southerly brings warm airA wild stuttering windCrows and jackdaws are loving itLaunching themselves into itRising from the oaks on itLifted by gustsWheeling round the rain stained crown for moreA ragged flock in black tumbleBelow the scudding grey stream of cloudAbove the autumnal pallet of the lane’s arboreal borderThey fly a broken line across the Read more
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on time
I’ve pondered the matter of lifeLimited as it must beIs there life on Saturn’s moons?How would we know?Evidence of life this far outComes not from twitching organismsNot from a pulseNo morse like messageG, A, F (low), F (high), CIt comes from the decaying remainsA trail of decompositionEmitted from the arse of EnceladusA constant outpouring of Read more
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on the wing
autumn’s nights shortenhirondelles departedRAF patrol~n.b. There is a noticeable increase in air force activity, by day and night. CLP 30/09/2025 Read more
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on Ukraine
while shepherds watched their flocks by nightmothers slept by their childrenfathers fought out in the fields holding back the Orcsthe vile and cowardlylaunched missiles and dronesat slumbering urban homesdistractions abound broadbordering on the insanedistractiondisruptiondestructionmore sleeping children slain~ CLP 29/09/2025 Read more
Journey of Words 