Delicate patterns
Lace the windows and cobwebs
Draw out smokey breath
CLP 22/11/2018
On Time
Fast as it may be
Light can only show the past
Our future is black
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CLP 21/11/2018
On Sunset
Blood red orange drops
From colourless sky to sea
Stones remain unmoved
.
CLP 21/11/2018
Distant Relations
Communication
Lines stretch over sea and land
Lost messages break hearts
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CLP
On Daffodils
November is not
When spring flowers should sprout
Earth adapts, we don’t
.
CLP 19/11/2018
Moon Shadow
East wind carries ice
Knifing through silvered streets
Silhouettes on paths
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CLP 18/11/2018
The Metropolitan Police is working with all citizens to end incidents of knife crime:
On Autumn X
Cruelly despatched
Left at mercy of our feet
Dead leaves feed roots
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CLP 17/11/2018
Ascendant
She extended a gentle hand
Beckoned me on
Draped in Spring
Her scanty sheets of green, white, gold
Rippled in the soft April air
Goat bells unseen behind drystone walls
Rang a tin din of flat notes against cleaved valley walls
Abuzz with hordes of roaming bees
Drunk on first brews of nectar
She reeled me in
Bent me to her will
Settled my pace
To match her inclination
Eyes lowered
In respect of her demands
I worked determinedly around
Her sinuous curves
Followed her tarmac vein up
With my wheels
Her high expectations
Added weight to my work
Butterflies in triplet
Immune to gravity
Mocked my heavy limbs with light-hearted dances
And drifted heavenward
Crickets churred from roadside shade
Their rhythmic chatter
A beat for my feet to spin on while my lungs burnt
Wet skin stuck sweat-stained shirt to my back
I climbed
Tyres splicking on the road’s tacky surface
I climbed
My links strained to their very limit
Her chain held strong.
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CLP 11/11/2018
On Moonshine
Silver-plate rock floats
Over misty horizon
All deceived by light
CLP 16/11/2018
On Morning III
Light sneaks into bed
Brings birdsong and sounds of waves
Hope rises refreshed
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CLP 15/11/2018
Voyage des Mots 