Journey of Words

Journey of Words…latest posts

  • on time

    I am still not used to writing‘2024’And the days are already longFor just a few more weeksBefore winter startsTo reel the light in againI must not waste these precious daysOf light ~ CLP 08/05/2024 Read more

  • Today it is Tuesday

    I have to remind myself todayIt is TuesdayI keep sensing it’s WednesdayTuesdayTuesdayTuesdayIt is always a Tuesday*~n.b. A strange feeling that today is not today. Will it mean that throughout tomorrow I will experience strong sensations of deja vu, because today I thought Tuesday was Wednesday? *’It is always a Tuesday’ is an echo of a Read more

  • on water

    what happens when our world warmsis hard to fathomwhen we spin from drought to floodfrom flood to droughtdrilling becomes harrowingwhen seeds fail in sodden soilharvest yields lessenas fungi blossom in warm wet weather ~ CLP 06/05/2024 Read more

  • on the wheel

    picture family funrotating, leaping, bungeesenses excited ~ n.b. All the fear, none of the risk. Child‘s play. Nice. CLP 05/05/2024 Read more

  • on the bus

    drop the word ‘service’absolute chaotic farcehope is fragmented ~ n.b. Privatisation is an absolutely useless way to operate a public service. Free market extremism writ large. Economic theory for the already wealthy. Run public services for the people. CLP 05/05/2024 Read more

  • on Saturday (ii)

    Fifteen years forgotThey’re Ipswich Town, going upThank goodness for that. ~ n.b. The return train collected a lot of sun-burnt, slightly intoxicated, blue smoke stained, happy people and delivered them to whence they came. As the Hare Krishna man with a smile, said to me earlier, “We don’t want people to be unhappy.” A fair Read more