Journey of Words

I write as I wonder as I wander.

Christopher L Perry

Journey of Words…latest posts

  • on jazz

    drumming on the paneconcentrating the mindrolls, beatsarhythmic percussionbacked by the basso profundoof the east windits piccolo whistlingof fresh airthrough a window ajarbrightens the tonelowers the temperature CLP 14/11/2025 Read more

  • on leadership

    Heroic burghersSaved Calais from slaughterDuty to people~n.b. Their lives were eventually spared, but the actions of the six burghers of Calais are an outstanding example of commitment to public duty. Rodin’s sculpture is a testament to their selfless leadership and a reminder that the English are just 35km away. CLP 10/11/2025 Read more

  • on space

    social mediadecrees blanks are not allowedwhilst wiping the mind~n.b. It is tiring. The war on Ukraine continues. The people of Gaza struggle desperately for breath. Sudan turns in on itself. The whirlpools of our slowly boiling oceans spin on. Will love truly be the answer? Is love all we need? CLP 30/10/2025 Read more

  • on time

    to thinkall we have talked of todayeverything we have shared this afternoonwill by tonight be gone for youperhaps you will retain the warmthof emotion stirred by my visitwithout the inconvenience of detailwhile I grieve at memoryof your loss~ CLP 28/10/2025 Read more

  • on time

    we have no more timethat extra hour in our bedsa trick of the light~ CLP 26/10/2025 Read more

  • on work

    like swans, we swallowour dignitystrain for reeds in the murkget our heads downarses in the airour most beautiful characteristicssubmergedour personalitiesdrowned in a breathless world~ CLP 24/10/2025 Read more