Journey of Words

Tag: Friendship

  • on light

    wavering candle flame sputters into black smokewax cools and hardens ~ n.b. What point is there in carrying a cold torch? →

  • alpine peak

    I don’t do skiingNot that slither and slidePick up speedBounce, twist, swooshy thingI don’t need the rushOf hurtling downhillJust to go back upTo do it again, againTake my hand until spring comeswe’ll dancethrough fresh pasturelie on a daisy carpetimpress grass angelsin meadowslisten to cow bellsting off the pineslaugh as we break throughthe clinging skin of →

  • on time

    there is much sadnessyet still the Sun transmits warmthin this winter air ~ CLP 17/12/2023 →

  • on Ukraine

    Russian soldiers knowpeace lies across the borderwhat is this all for? ~ n.b. The border to Armenia, that is. Reports of desertions from the Russian forces, reflect the fact that this war on Ukraine has no legitimate basis. CLP 26/10/2023 →

  • on land

    for what is it worth?vines, wheat, water, grazing, homesfor what it is worth ~ n.b. Ashes to ashes. Recycled carbon. One life. →

  • on time

    unfurling rosebudreveals deep complexitydepth of her beauty ~ CLP 24/09/2023 →

  • on the surface

    everything serenesky of bluesea of greenrelief of breezebarely a cloudhorizon cleartake my handclimb aboardwe’ll chart a coursetake the wheelhead out to seawhere it will bedown to usto navigate a wayfor you and me~ CLP 05/09/2023 →

  • on Ukraine

    one brick at a timewe will rebuild from rubblethey have created ~ n.b. Ukraine is looking to Warsaw to see what can be done to build something more than the disassembled sum of the parts. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/02/architects-warsaw-lessons-rebuilding-ukraine-rubble?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other CLP 02/09/2023 →

  • Overseas

    between heavy downpoursdespite the unwavering breezesheltered spots trapped the sunbutterflies spread out their wingssettled on the dripping nettlessoaked up each burst of heatwe walked the islandlooked to the mainlandthe cloud-streaked Downsacross The Solent’s white horsesfollowed the shadowed path of showersalong the coast from Portsmouth’s towerto Chichester’s spireand Selsey Billlooking back to Blightyremoved for a few →

  • on Ukraine

    would it be a car?poison? bomb? No, a plane crash.who would have thought it?~n.b. Wagner’s last movement. Anyone surprised? When criminals fall out… CLP 23/08/2023 →