Journey of Words

Journey of Words…latest posts

  • alpine peak

    I don’t do skiingNot that slither and slidePick up speedBounce, twist, swooshy thingI don’t need the rushOf hurtling downhillJust to go back upTo do it again, againTake my hand until spring comeswe’ll dancethrough fresh pasturelie on a daisy carpetimpress grass angelsin meadowslisten to cow bellsting off the pineslaugh as we break throughthe clinging skin of Read more

  • on time

    dark days these are indeedthe Sun as distant as it can benew half-moon offers hopeof lighter nightsthe pendulum will swing backspring followbut first we must hunker downfeel cold of winter’s dawnsunlight without warmthilluminating our struggle ~ CLP 19/12/2023 Read more

  • on time

    there is much sadnessyet still the Sun transmits warmthin this winter air ~ CLP 17/12/2023 Read more

  • winter blackbird

    what do you think you are playing at?three a.m. on a December Saturdaysinging like it’s a summer dawn?the Sun doesn’t rise for another five hoursit’s been gone for elevenwhat do you think you’re playing at? ~ CLP 16/12/2023 Read more

  • unbearable

    in measured toneswith reasonable languagethese two men adopt a stolid stanceexplain nothing will deflecteach from their stated purposeirrespective of distractionsthe cries of infants orphanedthe tears of grieving mothersthe pleas of widowsanger of widowersvengeful vows from sons and daughterswho will ensure peace will not cometo Palestine or Ukrainefor generations ~ n.b. Whether a daily press briefing Read more

  • on Ukraine

    “Someday this war will end”soldiers will become civviesflowers sprout from graves~ CLP 12/12/2023 Read more