night oils the river
dark thoughts patrol between banks
let us not go there
~
n.b. Dedicated to You Little Charmer because her writing makes me laugh…and cry.
~
CLP 19/04/2021
Tag Archives: Dark
L3 (Day 43): Carrow Hill
Here’s white light, no heat
Heaven’s lights will shine bright tonight
In this brilliant galaxy
how will you hear
the star that calls to you?
~
CLP 18/02/2021
Lockdown 3 (Day 21) Daylight
There was very little daylight today, but it has been milder and what light there has been has lasted a little longer than previous days. Today the Sun is up from 07:46h to 16:30h, tomorrow it be from 07:44h to 16:33h a net gain of five minutes.
This morning I heard a wider variety of birdsong than I have heard for a while. It reminded me of waking each snowy day near the Jura when on a trip there in 2018. That weekend there was a wall of song rolling down from the mountain sides as dawn broke. I was briefly transported back there this morning.
I need to swot up on birdsongs. It was not just blackbirds, pigeons, crows and blue tits. The orchestra is reforming.
CLP 26/01/2021
On Light
Grey screen of winter sky
Cars studded with twin diamonds
Wind whips up lost leaves
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CLP 26/12/2020
On Winter
How low can you go?
Helios that’s enough now
Please lighten our load
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n.b. Tomorrow the Winter Solstice. Not a question of belief, just a bloody relief!
CLP 20/12/2020
On Numbers (30)
It is but a month
Winter Solstice approaches
Darkness leads to Light
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CLP 21/11/2020
Autumn Storm
She came upon us from the North
Dragging her gloomy shawl
Over the sheared hills and ploughed land
Turning blends of gold to black and white
Breaking limbs from oak and ash
Flooded the roots
Inundated roads
Coughing and spitting
She dragged her filthy sheets into town
Stuffed her discarded litter into the drains
Threw hailstones that scratched our skin
Turned the fair to ruddy-faced
We flinched at each attack
Our umbrellas reduced to sodden flags
Useless emblems of human pride
We staggered home through her spiteful wind
As she blew out the last summer lights
Then spread her dark wings and settled in
Gloomy angel of long winter nights
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CLP 26/09/2020
On Autumn
Today it begins
Half and half before the dark
And cold returns here
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CLP 22/09/2020
