what time was it when
we stopped, listened out for owls?
erratic rain spots
what were you thinking
when you scrunched leaves down my shirt?
quirky love tokens
~
CLP 31/07/2022
on time
Tag Archives: Laughter
on time
unbridled laughter
accompanies every step
for what do you watch?
~
CLP 25/07/2022
Windows
close to midnight
twenty two degrees
roof open
we roll down the windows
roll down the strip
cruise control on
twenty mph
can't find the music
shuffling through the dock
warehouses, flood lights, cctv
cobbled streets, Trafalgar Square
depeche mode
an abandoned town film set
a lone riotous pub on the quay
we roll on
laughing
not street racing from the lights
we're up to sixty, plus
we head West by North-west
sea-salt thickening our hair
fair skin pinked
all the youth
we lived apart
in an evening
~
CLP 18/06/2022
on laughter
we forget ourselves
our precious concerns
delicate dispositions
we let go then
caught ourselves having fun
wondered if we could really
fall trusting the other
to fall too
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CLP 17/02/2022
On the River
casting a fresh line
heavy river running slow
your smile caught my eye
~
CLP 04/08/2021
On Cricket
lost in crazy crowd
found myself wrapt in laughter
caught being happy
~
CLP 16/07/2021
On Dreams xv
these people are all
wrong faces on known bodies
pantomime horse shit
~
CLP 20/05/2021
On Dreams v
I wake to laughter
your smile, those beautiful eyes
mine dare not open
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CLP 07/05/2021
On Playing xxi
Is that how it was?
Truly unbelievable.
Oh! How we laughed
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n.b. Sometimes you just cannot make it up. The happiest coincidences, the spontaneous choices, the good fortune, the generosity of the people you bump into on the way, the adventures. Some call it fate, but that’s life!
CLP 30/01/2021
On Playing v
It had to happen
we crashed into each other.
Found – laughing in street
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n.b. I am close to bursting, laughing out loud again, 45 years later. Mucking about on our bicycles we accidentally locked handle bars and fell to the pavement. Before we could move, get cross, or blame the other, a little girl’s face appeared over the adjacent garden wall, “Are you alright?” she asked and that was it, we dissolved in laughter. You had to be there.
I wonder if she ever offered unsolicited help to anyone ever again. Poor kid.
Thanks, Tim. Best accident I ever had!
~
CLP 17/01/2021
Voyage des Mots 