Voyage des Mots

Wheat, barley and oats

Cut threshed stored milled

Loose grains line the track

CLP 16/09/2018

First glints in grey sky

Unveil frosted roof and pane

Darkness concedes dawn

CLP 10/09/2018

Dry leaves falling

Silently on sunlit church

Tears cleanse the path home.

CLP 08/09/2018

Originally posted on: https://vitabrevisliterature.com/2018/09/07/open-comment-a-haiku-poetry-competition-submit-your-poem/

Dry linden leaves fall

Silently on sunlit church

Tears cleanse the path home.

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In memory of IGB (1949 – 2018)

CLP 08/09/2018

Also published in a slightly different version on https://vitabrevisliterature.com

Just having a vote every few years in what is in effect an elected dictatorship does not constitute a democracy. The voices of the people are actually closed in behind a two party arrangement where those with power offer limited opportunities for people to take part in the running of the country.

In the following article written by George Monbiot you get a flavour of the modern UK and an understanding of how this country is actually managed.

https://www.monbiot.com/2018/08/24/my-way-or-the-highway/

 

 

A water lily

After Sunday’s lazy sun

Must withdraw and rest.

 

CLP  10/06/2018

When seeing such scenes

one finds there are

insufficient means

to describe all the greens.

 

CLP  23/05/2018

She flew in, bobbed to an ungainly halt, tail fanned high for balance

Soft brown, her feathers held a sheen in the sun, she stood uneasily in the remains of collapsed narcissi and their straggling limp leaves

Watchful and ready to flee at the slightest wrong movement, settling took time

Assessing the safety of her surroundings, with eyes wide open, she bent forward and pecked in the soil of the weathered plastic tub seeking nourishment

Amidst what green survived she found sustenance to keep her strong until her young and she might move on.

 

CLP  20/05/2018