Journey of Words

Tag: Life

  • On Crossing (II)

    Will all this be used? Just thread-bare necessities No baggage excess . CLP 16/03/2020 →

  • On Crossing

    Here it is at last Steep-walled canyon, fierce torrent Fabled narrow bridge . CLP 16/03/2020 →

  • On Spring (ii)

    Flowers thrown open Sun pours in, loosens pollen Air fills with mystery . CLP 16/03/2020 →

  • One Way Street

    Horizon beckons Hurdles cleared, highway broadens Saddle a fresh horse . CLP 15/03/2020 →

  • Like Christmas Eve

    Not the brushing of hair, best clothes Glass of sherry before Midnight Mass Walk to church under the frosted stars and a slice of moon Not the quiet time listening to carols on Radio 3 Wrapping presents, piling them under the tree Not a light meal ahead of the gorging of Christmas Day. Not these →

  • Still

    Birds sing at day’s start Mark the changing of the light And again come night . n.b. We are not alone. CLP 15/03/2020 →

  • On the Table

    Joker at the wheel Chips are down, ball now running Roulette for our lives . n.b. The Gambler very obvious, Boris Johnson, esq. CLP 15/03/2020 →

  • What if…?

    We don’t meet again? Since we first met, believe me We’ve never parted . n.b. We are not alone. CLP 14/03/2020 →

  • On Blue Sky

    Heaven opens out Space and time to consider What is important? . CLP 13/03/2020 →

  • Social Distance

    We had enjoyed the fish and chips With a glass of white wine Our meal only slightly tainted by the whiff of corona virus, Covid-19 in the air The sterile formica tables and clinical strip-lighting Could not protect our conversation from being infected Along with eighty percent of those about us With the impending sense →