-
on Ukraine
Punch, counter-punchStab, thrust, bombAll the mothers knowLottery of life and deathHolds them at knife-pointIs this the final dice rollOr just another false dawnA fake news dayEdging then along until they hearThe boy’s key in the lockOr the postie’s fateful knock~ n.b. And so it goes on, more vicious by the day, more so by night. →
-
on time
As I a child I wonderedWhat life was like beforeWar broke out in EuropeCricket played on village greensActors shining from silver screensTube trains, trams, omnibusesFull of people reading newsheetsEditorials and commentariesOn threat and riskThe rights and wrongsThe unlikelihood of something worseNo-one would be mad enoughTo fire the shot, to call a bluffTo cross the line, →
-
on dancing
veils or boundariesor is it the barricades?plain rules will be broke ~ CLP 13/07/2024 →
-
on problem solving
there had been a few recentlyone fell from the skyanother found slave labourin Arctic conditions too muchfor his indefatigable heartthen, a callous shootingin an Alicante car parkled to a burnt out carsome singularly preciseothers incurred the dismissive useof the dreadful termcollateral damage, for example, aircrewor members of the Salisbury publican English police officera public cinemathe →
-
Negation
I am sick of the soundof your voiceYou’re always moaningWhingeingComplainingI’m sick of the sightOf youand your tearsWhat do you know about itAbout anythingYou’re stupid, pig thickDumbDon’t startDon’t interruptOh, do be quietHaven’t you got anything new to sayHurry upGet on with itI haven’t got all dayNot now, later ~ n.b. NaPoWriMo 2023. Day 16 prompt. A →
-
on Nashville
blue sky Saturdaydon’t walk go by Uberor run for your life ~ n.b. Adventure out in Music City. CLP 14/02/2023 →
-
on Ukraine
come gather round yousons of Russia enrich soilwho don’t understand? ~ n.b. It is reported in the NY Times that Russian military losses are in excess of 200,000, not counting the captured. That land must hold a lot of value to Moscow if it is happy to spread so much blood and bone. CLP 03/02/2023 →
Journey of Words 