Tag Archives: Earth

on time

if you get up early
during these short days
get out, walk towards the east
stand still, watch the bright light grow
from deep blue, so blue its almost black
to steel grey
watch the horizon burn
turn, look up at the highest point
study the golden light edging down
the church steeple
the conifer
the pylon
city hall's clock tower
you'll feel the Earth spinning
taking you into a new day

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CLP 14/01/2022

on darkness

this is the limit
solar orbit continues
we move toward light

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n.b. Can you feel it? Can you feel it? Can you feel it! Something to celebrate brothers and sisters.

n.b. This deal does not apply to dwellers in the southern hemisphere.

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CLP 21/12/2021

on competition

going nowhere fast?
there is an alternative
to the free market

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n.b. How can it be free when it’s costing the Earth?

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CLP 26/10/2021

Lunacy

whatever happened
that separated we two
no longer matters

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n.b. The Moon and Earth forever tied, always apart.

CLP 21/10/2021

on time

we approach halfway
between summer and winter
night prepares her cloak

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n.b. Autumnal equinox in the northern hemisphere in 2021 falls around 23rd September.

CLP 21/09/2021

On Water xxxix

awe inspiring thought

oceans deeper than mountains

well over my head

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CLP 16/05/2021

On Water xvii

lunatic repetition

tide in, tide out, back and forth

set your clock by it

n.b. Imagine if we had time pieces attuned to the tides, not set from Greenwich Meridian; would we be more sensitive to our planet’s music?

CLP 25/04/2021

On Earth

Night’s shadow climbs hill

fills in hollows, outlines trees.

Sun ignites heaven.

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CLP 16/03/2021

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Lunacy

she pulls at the watery cloth

tied tight to shore

although it shifts at anchor

it will not come free

so she cannot hide her arid face

from a world that won’t stop

spinning, cannot pause while there

is still a breath of air

~

CLP 18/02/2021

On Numbers (30)

It is but a month

Winter Solstice approaches

Darkness leads to Light

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CLP 21/11/2020