Journey of Words

Tag: Climate Breakdown

  • on time

    steel stick insects freezerigid frames, point out to seasilent sentinels ~ n.b. Just when you though every last piece of land had been concreted over, along comes Monday and the cranes swing back into action. CLP 22/08/2022 →

  • on rain

    coming soon enoughfiercely beating the hard clayraging in torrents ~ CLP 13/08/2022 →

  • on rain

    we bemoan presenceyour mild inconvenienceweep at absence ~ n.b. Notes, coins and electronic tokens in private water companies’ bank accounts are worth nothing when Nature’s reserves have been spent. It is expected that a drought is to be declared in England today. July 2022 saw just 10% of average rain fall for the month, while →

  • on heat

    wonder at mankindtrains to Paris underseapylons lift cables systems of powerconnect us to each otherbind us to our fate ~ n.b. Standing here overlooking Rainham Marshes, watching another bloody sunset, you can hear the electricity cables crackle as they carry charge towards the City of London. If you listen really carefully, you can hear the →

  • on time

    hear that? rain’s patterstreaked, dusty window, cool airgrass barely alive ~ CLP 26/07/2022 →

  • on grass

    without rain for weekscricket fields lose colouroutfield now glass n.b. Batsmen love it. CLP 24/07/2022 →

  • on time

    we have had warningso how long have we got nowstarting yesterday ~ n.b. This joke isn’t funny anymore…the warm weather, I mean. CLP 22/07/2022 →

  • on the wing

    someone is happyheat from south draws up insectssqueal of swifts sweep roofs ~ n.b. What joy in the tearaway swooping of young swifts playing tag in between the chimney pots! CLP 16/07/2022 →

  • on light

    jeepers! steady on!you do realise it’s March?get back in your box!!! ~ n.b. We can talk climate disruption, or turn on the air-con. You choose. CLP 23/03/2022 →

  • Man-made

    blocks lined-up from blue-printsradiate back late summer heatdeny sleep ~ CLP 07/09/2021 →