Journey of Words

Tag: Hope

  • on conversation

    please listen to menot every word comes easymy voice is hidden ~ n.b. On a day of joy and love, at a wedding, filled with many wonderful conversations, at least one will stay with me for the rest of my life. Journalist for Ability Today, Khaleel Chima, told me about his vital work assessing powerchair →

  • forsooth

    we know of absencehow imagination workson our fickle heartsof contemptibledangers from knowing too wellthe ever-presentof enticements feltfrom across the running brookfound in fresh pastureof the rolling stoneunable to gather mosson how many roadsof the empty shelfbar the yet unread volumethat can’t read itselfof uneven pathswhere getting lost is betterthan reverting to dust~ CLP 02/08/2024 →

  • on time

    looking back calmlythere were points of divergencewe missed earlier~n.b. Risks, or opportunities, taken, or not. CLP 30/07/2024 →

  • on the road (again)

    all packed up to goenough space for memorieshead on up the road ~ CLP 19/07/2024 →

  • on Ukraine

    no relief from machinerysleep-less, ill-less, weary-lessit runs regardlesson another beautiful sunriseperfect for the harvestwho drives the combinesturning fields of wheatto ragged lines of strawto fields of goldwho runs the trailerspilling grainslike breadcrumbsa golden trailfrom field to barnand back again?who dries the grainbefore the auger spraysinto the storage binswho tests the moisture contentthe temperatureof the heaped →

  • on time

    eventuallygrains of sand drop through the neckturn over, reset ~ n.b. Won’t happen on its own, though. Someone has to intervene. CLP 10/07/2024 →

  • on time

    in the end they sawcorruption, lies, self-interestturning of the tide ~ n.b. Yep, the Tories are gone. The grown ups are back in charge. People before profit. Public service before party politics. Here’s hoping! CLP 05/07/2024 →

  • on the road

    There is a spy in the cabA dashboard cameraThe vehicleUses GPSUp thereBehind the blueBetween Earth and MoonSatellites track usMonitor each start and stopBut I still have eyesThat can see the skyMarsh harrier sweeping the fieldsFoxes redder for evening sunDeer stepping through the hedgerowPast rambling rosesBarley, wheat and rows of spudsAnd I still have earsGold finches, →

  • on light

    tunnel’s end in sightfourteen years of unremitting gloombegins to liftwhile cowards flinchand traitorswho read the Daily Mail and Expressdo sneerrenewed hope is residing here. ~ n.b. Phrases like, ‘International laughing stock’, ‘a national act of self-harm’ and ‘in it together’ are about to be seen in a broader historical context. Meanwhile, the UK economy, hanging →

  • on housing

    and they huffedand they puffedand had fourteen years in powerbut like everything elsethey touchedit brokethere is nothing they can sayto convince usthat they deserve another chancelook!here by the rivera tentis this a tourist camping cheapor the start of an encampment?under the bridgean old battered boat is tiedwhere no mooring fees applywashing hanging on wiresthe jumble →