in twenty-four hours
today will be yesterday
there is only now
~
CLP 12/05/2022
on time
Balcony Scene
i)
Trust me, this isn’t my doing
You can choose any friend
But family? That’s the bitter end
ii)
I could be anything you want
Say the word, we’ll elope
Run from convention’s rope
iii)
I come to you cap in hand
profess my love for you on bended knee
don’t worry about disputative families
iv)
Yes, he’s my father
I, his loving son
But he couldn’t stop us with a loaded gun
v)
Here I am in plain sight
I fear nothing, have nothing to hide
Take my hand, let's live
~
n.b. NaPoWriMo 2022 Day Eighteen prompt revisted: Give five answers to one question, without explicitly identifying the question.
on time
mid-May afternoon
leaves dancing on the ceiling
agitating breeze
~
CLP 10/05/2022
on time
through the arch window
heart of pepper-pot windpump
green power returns
~
n.b. Just a few miles from this C19th windpump, built to keep the marshes accessible for farming by pumping floodwaters back into the tidal reaches of the Yare, there are now the wind turbines generating the power to fuel the electric pumps that do the same job today. It is said that over time all things go in cycles, much like wind-power.
CLP 09/05/2022
on time
reed beds swirl in breeze
roots washed by tidal shifts
returning swallows
~
CLP 09/05/2022
on Ukraine xxiv
children of Bilohorivka
taught to shelter under desks
went to school as children do
registered as children must
each morning and for every class
were among those registered again today
in the rubble, broken glass and dust
~
n.b. Sixty people sheltering in a school in the neighbourhood of Luhansk were killed on 7th May. Today, 8th May is Freedom Day across Europe, including Ukraine and Russia. I urge you to read President Zelinkskiy’s address that marks this anniversary.
~
CLP 08/05/2022
on time
crash out, power down
just let the clock tick over
bounce back tomorrow
~
CLP 07/05/2022
on time
He had drunk a few
'DAD' propped up by pub wall
sign of a good wake
~
n.b. I was wryly amused to see the floral tribute leaning on the wall, (by the bin). What does one do with the flowers afterwards?
Rest in peace ‘DAD’ wherever that might be.
CLP 07/05/2022
on colour
white and yellow hues
lead into flowers of blue
then finally red
~
CLP 05/5/2022
on time
we knew rain would come
it was a question of when
would it start, when stop
n.b. All our April showers have come at once. It tends to stop raining just after you’ve walked home, obviously!
~
CLP 04/05/2022
Voyage des Mots 