Journey of Words

Tag: Life

  • on peace

    outside bombs, rocketssounds of our New Year partiesor relentless war ~ n.b. Gunpowder sales continue to boom. CLP 31/12/2023 →

  • on time

    pendulum so slowmovement imperceptablerewind or wind up? ~ n.b. Would turning the key be a waste of precious moments? →

  • on Peace

    “…people are united by a longing for peace. That is the truth.” Yes, it is. Thank you, Delia Smith. ~ n.b. Heard on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs, (or should that be Dessert Island Discs?) on 29th December, 2023. CLP 29/12/2023 →

  • on light

    Andaluciagentle whispers caught on breezekiss brushes the heart CLP 28/12/2023 →

  • on peace

    I received a link to an impassioned video plea for ceasefire in poetic form. Should an agency cleaner in the basement… By Steve Pottinger. Keep talking about Gaza, keep demanding a ceasefire. Invoke the name of the young conscientious objector Tal Mitnick, imprisoned for 30 days for refusing to believe that “more violence will bring →

  • on December

    a band-aid stretchedover open wounds, fresh cutsbleed through, edges peel ~ n.b. Roll on January Blues, when hurt is exposed to the air and healing can begin. CLP 28/12/2023 →

  • on light

    wavering candle flame sputters into black smokewax cools and hardens ~ n.b. What point is there in carrying a cold torch? →

  • on life

    we spin alongan invisible pathbetween Venusand Marsconnected bydelicate threadssisters, brotherscousinsconstellationsof generationsshifting shapemoving apart CLP 23/12/2023 →

  • alpine peak

    I don’t do skiingNot that slither and slidePick up speedBounce, twist, swooshy thingI don’t need the rushOf hurtling downhillJust to go back upTo do it again, againTake my hand until spring comeswe’ll dancethrough fresh pasturelie on a daisy carpetimpress grass angelsin meadowslisten to cow bellsting off the pineslaugh as we break throughthe clinging skin of →

  • on time

    there is much sadnessyet still the Sun transmits warmthin this winter air ~ CLP 17/12/2023 →