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On Hope Sparked In a Slowly Fracturing Heart
How to shift / this heavy shroud / darkening day / shadowing night eyes blinded / purgatory / lived in present / desolation sunlight floods bedroom / I awake / stiffened resolve / choice exists ~ n.b. NaPoWriMo 2021 Day Twenty Prompt: Sijo to your heart’s content: 3/4/4/4 3/4/4/4 5/3/4/3 ~ CLP 20/04/2021 →
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Do Not Alight Here…
…the sign on the platform read provoking that bloody-minded reaction he saw as proof of living a life still worth it, worth everything worth going to bed with a stranger once more here might be the place that could throw things up burn the throat, whet the tongue revive, refresh, rekindle the screech of parakeets →
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Flâneur
Less of a fork, more like a maze Cul de sac, u-turn, or roundabout route Chris-crossing cities, wandering wild A rambling nose for amuse-bouches and side dishes A taste for sharp turns, an eye for live mains Which road is not travelled when most have been tried? Still working through the start menu, rebooting worn →
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On Reflection
Yeah, great. Another sunset. What’s great about that? Gold, cold, darkness approaches. Day’s end and time to struggle with the night. I want, I need, I long to see another sunrise. Picture that! Another sunrise. Not much to ask, is it? ~ CLP 30/03/2021 →
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At the Exit
Clocks have changed to British Summer Time. The Sun has come out. A strong southerly wind brings warmth to Norfolk. People are out and about, the sound of children playing in the local park competes with goldfinches, blackbirds, chaffinches and the blue and great tits. An otter has been seen in the Wensum nearby and →
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L3 (Day 81.7): Footpath
One foot in front of the other. Steady rhythm, pacing out the afternoon. Blackthorn in flower, epitome of hope. ~ CLP 27/08/2021 →
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On Physical Distancing
Who’ll help cut me free? Held back by self-defences. What is the damage? ~ n.b. Someone? Anyone? ~ CLP 27/03/2021 →
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On The Line
Remember I said that all I need is a road? I quite like trains too ~ CLP 25/03/2021 →
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On The Road
I don’t need a road map I just need a road I don’t need anyone To tell me left or right I just need a road ~ CLP 23/03/2021 →
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L3 (Day 75): Back at Square One
A year ago I came here to take refuge; it changed the direction of my life. Tonight I am back here again, but without the self-doubt, without the fear of the future. Thank you to everyone I have shared this year with, particularly my elder sister, without whom I would have been somewhere else. ~ →
Journey of Words 