scorched earth policy
blood and bone enrich the soil
is this what it needs?
~
n.b. While the nonsense drags on in London, the senseless slaughter continues in Ukraine. Nobody wins. Day 133.
CLP 06/07/2022
Tag Archives: Grief
on Ukraine
'pyrrhic' springs to mind
when you make claims of 'victory'
no points, no prizes
~
CLP 04/07/2022
on Independence
freed from monarchy
everyone responsible
Liberty Bell tolls
~
n.b. Beyond words.
CLP 04/07/2022
on light
a veil is drawn here
new day rises in Texas
lone star brings no warmth
~
n.b. Private profit, public loss. Free market extremism, private grief.
CLP 26/05/2022
“America is killing itself”
Like Dunblane, the horror
Little children trapped, shot
With their teachers
A single man with all the hatred a heart can muster
You can't buy a beer when you're eighteen in Texas
But you can buy two guns
Walk into an elementary
And murder twenty-one
~
n.b. For the editorial that spawned the headline above, check out Le Monde, the Parisian daily news publisher. We can only ask, how many more?
CLP 25/05/2022
on Ukraine xv
dead of night silence
broken record shrieks and cries
drunk mimics your pain
~
n.b. There is no peace until you have peace.
CLP 07/03/2022
on light
new moon's countless stars
given moment to sparkle
which have you become?
~
n.b. We come from stardust, we become stardust. Look up. We are still with you.
CLP 06/02/2022
Circles
on the water show us
this is where something has drowned
pretty as they are
~
CLP 03/07/2021
Dream #19
flying with brothers and sisters
screams of joy
uncontrollable giggles
screaming with brothers and sisters
pained by absence
collapsed in holes of grief
uncontrollable brothers and sisters
scoured by loss
wandering like orphaned kittens
absence of brothers and sisters
~
CLP 15/06/2021
On The Street, Leicester
May. Rain so intense it hurts
like February.
Two tall men stood
on the corner outside
the mini-mart by the station.
.
A ham and cheese sandwich
with a note shared
stories of losing fathers
in youth. Two lives
navigated by guesswork.
~
CLP 14/05/2021
Voyage des Mots 