casting a fresh line
heavy river running slow
your smile caught my eye
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CLP 04/08/2021
On the River
Tag Archives: Laughter
On Cricket
lost in crazy crowd
found myself wrapt in laughter
caught being happy
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CLP 16/07/2021
On Dreams xv
these people are all
wrong faces on known bodies
pantomime horse shit
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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!
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CLP 17/01/2021
On Playing iii
Disregard of fears
leads you to discovery
of hidden talents
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p.s. Play safe, or try stuff out for fun? What have you got to lose by trying? It’s only a game after all. It will be your turn to start next. ‘Mugs away’ as the saying goes.
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CLP 16/01/2021
On Playing
First rule of playing
Learn the rules (in cricket “laws”)
Then let play commence
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n.b. The first in a series inspired by the laughter of friends, family and strangers.
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CLP 16/01/2021
On Numbers (x.5)
She said, “You should smile”
I nodded grimly, “Thank you”
“Try again” she coaxed.
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CLP 24/11/2020
On Pleasure ii
Unbridled laughter
carried by telephone lines
to prised open heart
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CLP 04/09/2020
Voyage des Mots 