Journey of Words

Tag: Life

  • Vergangenheitsaufarbeitung

    Yesterday bore us It cannot ever be changed Tomorrow beckons . n.b. How we accept what has happened in our histories and what we plan and do next shapes our futures. What future do you want to work towards? Vergangenheitsaufarbeitung: Dealing with the past. . CLP 20/02/2020 →

  • Wednesday Night B&B

    I heard him In the room above Wandering On every creaking board Before heavy shift of weight to bed Shuffling down Stretching out A soft repeated snore That broke before some more Lumbering Trickle of urine in the bowl Then more Wandering On every creaking board It was nearly ten to four . CLP 20/02/2020 →

  • Drift

    I stood on the beach watching It moved east, parallel to the shore Bobbling on the sparkle of cat’s paws Behind the forming swell of gentle breakers A tern interrupted her flight to peer closer Hanging just above in squealing hover . What it was I could not tell either But curious, I walked to →

  • We Don’t Know

    What possesses people What goes on inside a marriage What she was thinking How he believed he would get away with it How it might have turned out differently Had we only known . https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/feb/20/over-half-of-uk-women-killed-by-men-die-hands-current-ex-partner . https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/feb/20/men-killing-women-cuts-refuges-legal-aid . CLP 19/02/2020 →

  • In My Bones

    With time they will be Even colder than today Still remains of me . CLP 18/02/2020 →

  • Ta Luv

    Thanks a fucking bunch! Ha! There’s gratitude for you Thankfulness ‘s’a gift . n.b. An interpretation of a recent psychological study suggests that brain imaging shows that those who are generous and giving, who maintain a grateful mindset, are more optimistic than those who do not and that this attitude is highlighted by particular neural →

  • On Truth

    Water-trapped air Agitated, freed, rises Bursts open in sun . CLP 17/02/2020 →

  • In Dread

    Of speaking aloud Avoidance was preferred Revealing the truth . CLP 17/02/2020 →

  • Difficult

    Life’s greatest regrets Include tasting grass elsewhere Not taking the plunge . CLP 16/02/2020 →

  • Doing the Rounds

    Bognor, Chichester, Portsmouth and Southsea Men and women, your local posties In all weathers tramping the streets Sensible shoes on hard-working feet Besides a red top without which they’d never be caught It’s de rigueur for them to wear shorts . n.b. It’s part of the way the posties on the South Coast seem to →