Journey of Words

Tag: Climate Breakdown

  • on rain

    somewhere there’s a changeinconvenience to joyclearing atmosphere ~ n.b. Not necessarily sunshine after the rain, but clarity and a freshness that opens the horizon and lungs. Tomorrow is different, warmings of flash flooding have been circulated. CLP 23/05/2024 →

  • 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 →

  • on the UAE

    Come to the EmiratesSunshine guaranteeLive temporarilyIn well-oiled luxuryState-owned newsLaws set by royaltyThere’ll be no complaintsYou’ll have to agreeIf you come for workYou will do so tax-freeOr just splash outOn a guilt-blind shopping spreeIt never rainsWe don’t bother with drainsBut when it poursIt’s a year’s worth in a day ~ n.b. NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 18 prompt: →

  • on Ukraine

    Premier League footballthe war drones on endlesslyfire in Hawaii ~ n.b. The media faces some challenges in keeping things interesting, particularly without film releases, or coronations to fill the space, so aren’t news editors lucky to have the football money machine winding up for another season. CLP 11/08/2023 →

  • on respecting national borders

    smoke of forest firesrespects not our lines on mapsnature’s own Kremlin ~ n.b. North-east USA is choking on the smog from seasonal forest fires in Canada. International cooperation is the only way to tackle climate breakdown. How have we reached a point where there are wars at a time when we need to act to →

  • on life

    Eons hence they’ll seeBlue planet’s lifeless watersKEEP OUT – TOXIC WASTE ~ n.b. NaPoWriMo 2023. Day 20 prompt, looking back to now from a distant future time. Here from a distant planet. CLP. 20/04/2023 →

  • on time

    seasons all muddledcurious robin calls bybum barrels flit past ~ CLP 04/01/2023 →

  • on rain

    where have you hiddenair pregnant with your presencewelcome arrival ~ n.b. At last, as often as not, rain on the window, puddled streets, guttering running full. CLP 01/11/2022 →

  • on time

    where are autumn’s waspsnettles in flower with beesseasonal affected ~ n.b. You tell me what’s going on. CLP 20/10/2022 →

  • on time

    shallow, shingle-bankedSevern trickles through Bridgenorthgulls gather in pools ~ n.b. Whatever rain falls this week will be welcome. The sign is superfluous. How can there be fish here, where the mighty river, bordering Wales and England, runs as thin as a shroud across stony ground? CLP 06/09/2022 →