• Content Warning

    I warned you it was a picture of a blue tit on a plucking post so was taken aback when you complained of it being colourfully dead, guts excised ~ Sparrowhawks don’t piss about they have needs to feed and be fed but don’t we all? so why did you complain I’d misled? it was

  • On Losing (17)

    How is this track marked? Frost silvered by moonlight holds breadcrumbs disappear ~ CLP 20/12/2020

  • On Winter

    How low can you go? Helios that’s enough now Please lighten our load ~ n.b. Tomorrow the Winter Solstice. Not a question of belief, just a bloody relief! CLP 20/12/2020

  • On Losing (16)

    Waiting for the nod Or whatever cue is used Find this the wrong queue ~ n.b. Patience in extremis required as mixed messages, misreadings and missteps erode the fabled Blitz Spirit. Now, where was I? ~ CLP 19/12/2020

  • On Losing (15)

    Is there a golden strand That threads it all together Or is it our wake? ~ CLP 17/12/2020

  • On Losing (15)

    What’s it holds us back? A strange lack of ambition faux inhibition? ~ CLP 15/12/2020

  • Brexit Bonus

    Small towns and villages along the southern coast of England and Wales from Margate to Tenby welcome the return of a once much loved and long missed industry thanks to Brexit. At Felpham the landlord of The Badger Inn is delighted, “It’s been a while hasn’t it? But I am rubbing my hands at the

  • On Losing (14)

    What have you got left? Time is tight, so says the song Quite simply nothing. ~ n.b. I first heard ‘Time is Tight’ from The Clash and subsequently learnt it was another belter from Booker T and The MGs. Which means I recognise two Booker T Jones tunes these days. I am a man who

  • On Losing (13)

    What was it you said in response to what I said? I can’t remember ~ CLP 11/12/2020

  • On Losing (12)

    It is the hope that drags you back every time Without it what’s left? ~ CLP 10/12/2020