Journey of Words

Tag: Humanity

  • on Ukraine

    Pisky changes handsis anyone listening?it is a village ~ n.b. Look it up, it’s a village. There are people dying for villages. People dying for villages and Russian forces claim a victory. A victory for what, we ask. CLP 13/08/2022 →

  • on silence

    so, men with uniformsbadges and guns waitedfor other menwith uniforms, badges and gunsto come to the rescue? do you know the children’s rhyme of the old woman who swallowed a fly then swallowed a spider, a bird and a cat a dog and a goat, a cow and a horse after that? ~ CLP 28/05/2022 →

  • on time

    as children we understandwhat is fair and what is notso what makes it right to let things gobecause “it is what it is”?nothing changes when we do nothingstand up and be counted ~ n.b. I was a child when this protest took place. It remains as powerful an image as ever. If it’s wrong, call →

  • liminal

    where we seek waterthey struggle to get ashoremarginal difference ~ n.b. Both humans and seals evolved from the mammalian branch of the tree of life, but now they hold mirrored views of the beach…interesting how things turn out. CLP 15/11/2021 →

  • on colour

    under the rainbowlife exists in bands of greynothing black and white ~ CLP 05/11/2021 →

  • on competition

    going nowhere fast?there is an alternativeto the free market ~ n.b. How can it be free when it’s costing the Earth? ~ CLP 26/10/2021 →

  • Oh! Earth

    this planet spins on with occasional wobbles cares not a jot ~ n.b. part of the pain old as mountains never-ending series. CLP 27/08/2021 →

  • On Off

    without direction we wander quite happily we are not clueless ~ CLP 27/07/2021 →

  • Lockdown 3 (Day 14): Morrison’s

    A security tag is supposed to be automatically approved and cancelled when scanned at the till. “If it goes off at the exit, don’t worry. The security guard has gone home already and I know your face anyway.” Great to know that the art of careless talk survives and no she doesn’t know my face →

  • On Numbers (2021)

    What does it matter? A fresh start or same, same old? Welcome aboard guys! ~ n.b. Things will be different, things will be the same. My new year resolution is to love my neighbour. Worth another go, don’t you think? CLP 01/01/2020 →