• on morning

    alarmed to new dayfrom sweet scented pillow dreamsyour absent presence~ CLP 22/12/2025

  • It is not what it is

    What is this cynical acceptanceOf injusticeof discrimnationof iniquityof downright wrong?Powerlessness? Complacency? World weariness?I’m all right, Jackness?Question. Challenge. Confront.It is not what it is.It does not have to be what it is.~n.b. “Music is the weapon” (Fela Aníkúlápó Kuti), or at least, not the least of them. CLP 24/11/2025

  • Ghosts (ii)

    Sometimes they come at nightNot always singly, but in pairsAt ease, with smilesTalking about mundane thingsWithout axes to grindHere’s the first, then his motherCircling like sharksAt ease, with their smiles~ CLP 04/08/2025

  • on Ukraine

    in the alcove of an abandoned shoplaid out in dishevelled dreamson top of improvised beddingdesperate for sleepclutched by each otherdesperate for sleeptattered, battered, torndesperate for sleepas the upright peopleturn out from the last trainfrom theatres, barsthe queues for clubsanother police siren cuts into the drunken chatteringdesperate for sleepa gaggle of othersliving closeto the lip of

  • on ignorance

    What is going on?curiosity demandssome satisfactionin face of mistrustwe search for explanationwhere sunshine is absentisolated homesfamilies divided by techpreclude discussionwe’re left to join dotsif A is C and B Zwe write our own truths~ CLP 19/06/2025

  • on Ukraine

    it’s still a dreamof some young men to followto fight in a waron the side of rightto leave their homesetting off in hopethat they’ll add weightto counter evil’s mightI met one such young manseeking purposeful lifealthough he had a childwith his teenage wifeold England’s dulland work’s a borethere’s nothing on TVand the winter’s coldlong dark

  • on sleep

    with you beside memy heart settles, breathing steadiesbrain rests, but for dreamsand what dreams!and when I wakethe veil between night and daybecomes confusedare you really hereor am I still dreaming?~ CLP 18/01/2025

  • on dreams

    bike theftall cards lostwith walletreassurance of phonestill in pocketwithout batterycharge ~ n.b. There’s been some crazy stuff going on in dreamland these last few days. None of it makes much sense, so very good to have a grounding day yesterday. CLP 03/06/2024

  • on luck ii

    Please, do not pretendI think this woo-woo stuff worksBut ‘Lucky Socks’ are back~n.b. Yep, trying anything and everything for a win atm.n.n.b. It was a 2-1 win!! 😊 CLP 19/10/2024

  • on Sunday morning

    Night’s fitful retreatDreams pierce our unconscious heartsHow long sleep’s warmth holds~ CLP 22/09/2024