under umbrella
lovers rush seeking shelter
breathless excitement
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CLP 03/05/2021
On Water xxv
Tag Archives: Fun
On Water xx
sorting through shingle
picking out perfect pebbles
stones skimming off waves
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CLP 28/04/2021
4’33” (after John Cage)
To be read in your head only. Understood? Now 1/2/3/4 begin.
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…I thank you. Encore? No, it is too much! I am exhausted from the effort of this composition. It is too much. I must rest. Thank you.
I will release this on SoundCloud as soon as copyright issues are clarified. Thank you.
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n.b. NaPoWriMo 2021 Day Twenty-six prompt: parody. I have chosen John Cage’s classical piece 4’33”. Please remember to press the “Unmute” button in YouTube when you follow the link.
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CLP 26/04/2021
Around Midnight
timing was never more important
than opportunity when hungry
we ate out, or would grab something
maybe just an amuse-bouche
at the bus shelter, a first course perhaps
irrespective of weather
because hungry is no respecter of climate
we always ate together
we rarely went without without
in sun, the rain, the snow
until naturally our routines began to drift
into more regular meal routines
before economy and fate peeled us apart
eventually
I returned one midnight
to oranges, not as a ravenous teenager
body craving any food or fruit every hour
these midnight oranges were rarer
at first a self-indulgent treat
until our segmentation complete
meant for awhile midnight oranges
were the only food
that I had to eat
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n.b. NaPoWriMo 2021 Day Twenty Two prompt: metonymy – midnight oranges. Good luck looking that up.
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CLP 22/04/2021
On Camera
Tell me that again.
You’re going to draw pictures
because it’s more fun?
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n.b. Have I had a funny turn? All day with a camera: Zoom, Teams, FaceTime, iPhone. We need a break from each other.
CLP 23/02/2021
On Valentine’s Day
London, Paris, Rome
Where ever you are I hope
Your love’s with you too
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CLP 14/02/2021
L3 (Day 34) Carrow Bridge
Bemused pigeons and gulls
chase lifting snowflakes
above the Wensum
not being au fait with weather
maybe thinking things that fly up
contain protein not just ice
or were they playing
as school children might
flapping around with mouths wide
trying to catch ice crystals
on waggly tongues
having heard that each flake is unique
although they all taste the same
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CLP 08/02/2021
On Playing xvi
Doctors and nurses?
Imagine who you might be!
Adults can play too.
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CLP 28/01/2021
On Playing xiii
If I say “Jump” you…
“Jump?” No you must clap, ok?
When I say “Clap” jump.
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n.b. Just a bit of fun. Isn’t it?
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CLP 26/01/2021
On Playing (xi)
Why is it that teams
comprise eleven players?
Perfect for cricket.
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n.b. I had a look on-line and the answers are pretty dumb given the fact that it was a rural game codified in 1744 and the story that Edward VIII had only eleven courtiers is a complete red herring. Cricket teams of eleven were in place long before that short-reigning monarch abdicated in 1936, never to return to live in England.
We know that football followed cricket’s lead when it came to team size, as it was promoted as the winter game for cricket players.
Famous examples of football clubs formed by cricketers include Aston Villa FC (formed in 1874) and AC Milan (1899).
The question of why eleven players were decided on for cricket remains unanswered.
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CLP 25/01/2021
