Journey of Words

Tag: Life

  • unbearable

    in measured toneswith reasonable languagethese two men adopt a stolid stanceexplain nothing will deflecteach from their stated purposeirrespective of distractionsthe cries of infants orphanedthe tears of grieving mothersthe pleas of widowsanger of widowersvengeful vows from sons and daughterswho will ensure peace will not cometo Palestine or Ukrainefor generations ~ n.b. Whether a daily press briefing →

  • on Ukraine

    “Someday this war will end”soldiers will become civviesflowers sprout from graves~ CLP 12/12/2023 →

  • on Ukraine

    Illia KyvaShot by a person unknown Lies in Moscow Park ~ n.b. While the winter grips the throats of soldiers, (who, may I remind you, are the sons of mothers), the SBU go hunting for those who have promoted this war against their own. CLP 05/12/2023 →

  • on peace

    All I rememberIn no particular orderBiafraVietnamSharpvillePragueBelfastVietnamBirminghamMLkRobert KennedyArgentinaPLOEcuadorKampucheaGuatamalaBoliviaLennonSri LankaAlgeriaTiananmenJonestownIRAETARAFUDFThe BelgranoHungerfordColumbineIsisal-QaedaSudanRwandaBosniaDunblaneLibyaSyriaChechnyaTwin TowersPalestineGaza9/117/7AtochaNiceBataclanBrusselsUkraineI could go onIt’s never stoppedand all the time the History Channelreplays The HolocaustHiroshimaNagaskiD-Dayand elsewhere, to lighten the loadM.A.S.H.~n.b. All the while the rich get richer, the bombs keep falling, bullets fly and shares in weaponry increase in value.Meanwhile, someone carves a trite message on a →

  • on Ukraine

    Russian soldiers knowpeace lies across the borderwhat is this all for? ~ n.b. The border to Armenia, that is. Reports of desertions from the Russian forces, reflect the fact that this war on Ukraine has no legitimate basis. CLP 26/10/2023 →

  • on numbers

    Gaza’s two milliondivided by twenty trucksneeds a miracle ~ n.b. If you believe in miracles, maybe the five fish and two loaves story might be repeated and the twenty permitted lorries of aid crossing from Egypt into Gaza, will do the trick and feed the two million. Call me a Doubting Thomas, I don’t think →

  • on Ukraine

    persistent drizzlelet’s talk about the weatherwinter looms again ~ n.b. The last weeks before everything slows up and armies dig in for another miserable winter. CLP. 17/10/2023 →

  • on land

    for what is it worth?vines, wheat, water, grazing, homesfor what it is worth ~ n.b. Ashes to ashes. Recycled carbon. One life. →

  • On food

    An open, honest and modest essay from George Monbiot on the need to feed. https://www.monbiot.com/2023/10/04/the-cruel-fantasies-of-well-fed-people/ It is a long and challenging article, as one would hope from a man with humanity at heart. CLP 11/10/2023 →

  • On Ukraine

    Bang, bang, bang. Door closed.Someone’s knocking on each side.Do not let them in. ~ n.b. Day 583. Futility. “Was it for this the clay grew tall?” (Wilfred Owen). CLP 29/09/2023 →