Journey of Words

I write as I wonder as I wander.

Christopher L Perry

Journey of Words…latest posts

  • on the sofa

    Lying to my rightCushions warm against my backAs if in your arms~ n.b. A deception I can wear. CLP 18/07/2024 Read more

  • on Ukraine

    no relief from machinerysleep-less, ill-less, weary-lessit runs regardlesson another beautiful sunriseperfect for the harvestwho drives the combinesturning fields of wheatto ragged lines of strawto fields of goldwho runs the trailerspilling grainslike breadcrumbsa golden trailfrom field to barnand back again?who dries the grainbefore the auger spraysinto the storage binswho tests the moisture contentthe temperatureof the heaped… Read more

  • on Ukraine

    UA, yellow blueon cars’ registration platesrush along A1urgency of menheading home to what remainsweighed down with angerthrough Austrian rainSlovakia swelteringjust next door, the warmuddy Danube flowspast tourist boats, cafés, barsas if nothing’s wrongn.b. On a road-trip, I have now seen the Danube, fast-flowing, a seething river of summer storm run-off, as it heads toward Ukraine… Read more

  • on the river

    two banks to each flowthe posh bit and the humanbridges rarely crossed ~ CLP 16/07/2024 Read more

  • on light

    Misty half-moon sinksBars eject their drunken beamsShimmer of Le Doubs ~ n.b. Bastille Night in Besançon was beautiful. No photo because I had an evening out alone / no phone. A senses boosting immersion in the immediate present. CLP 15/07/2024 Read more

  • on time

    when in Reims, d’accorddo as the Reimans do, non?all has it’s own place ~ n.b. A taste of the local vintage, nothing to celebrate, except le joi de vie itself. CLP Read more