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Points of Departure
Side by side They moved off together On the green signal Paced perfectly From beneath the shadow Into the low morning sun Simultaneously Tempo steadily climbing Synchronised Flicks of stanchion shadows passed faster In tandem The lines gradually diverged Curved Stretched them apart She waved He turned to his phone . CLP 23/11/2019 Read more
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Lyon (I)
 Confluence of Rhône and Saône Spreads flat out beneath the basilica Alps far beyond, pinked by evening Whilst here it is still autumn afternoon Those distant peaks stand tall Even against the glass and concrete That puncture the city’s sky No trick of the glass Majestic mountains wall the east Their massive scale weighs Read more
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Leaving
Separation Leaf from stem Releases the bough To face winter’s drag Saves the tree Winter buds all ready For spring . n.b. The following website considers the timing of arboreal leaf growth. The discussion about winter bud formation is found at the foot of the article. https://sciencenorway.no/forskningno-norway-trees/how-do-trees-know-when-to-awake-in-spring/1455135 CLP 20/11/2019 Read more
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Happy
Her smile is wider than her head A photo shows this when she was ten Her brilliant eyes then shone so bright Her teeth gleaming in black and white And still after many colourful years When distant childhood memories may bring on tears She has that smile as wide today What might spark it I Read more
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November 18
What light there is not quite enough Trees spread their boughs Further, wider, darker Leafless forms leave the eye prey To sleight of those bony hands And to imagined shifting serpentine roots From where subterranean shapes emerge While night’s curtain to silence falls Leaving the owl to hunt at will The little creatures that dare Read more
Journey of Words 