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on the bridge
Pollen from the rushesLies on the waterA layer of dust coating a mirroro becomes O grows into expanding ringsAnother o becomes O becomes expanding ringsAnother, another, a pauseAnotherslim shadows slip back from each splashmerge into the shade of riverbed reedsand anotherthe river becomes a pianola rollrandomly punctured by kisses from fishesa blackbird lays down a →
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on truth
It is said The True will set you freeLove will set you freeSet yourself freeHow is that possibleWithout the key?These walls weren’t built by meI did not lock these steel doorsJustices blind to injusticeHeld the keyAs God is my witnessNo one tells youHow long it will beUntil the Truth sets you free~n.b. Another criminal waste →
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on absence
nature fills space fastfurious competitionto share resources~n.b. Diversity enables many plants and creatures to thrive alongside each other, why does modern man feel the need to dominate? CLP 13/05/2025 →
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on volunteering
that is to say choosingto participate freelywithout coercionnot without food or waterwhile in mortal fearnot while being terrorisedby dronesor aircraft attacksthis ‘voluntary transfer programme for Gaza residents’is a rounding upit is a deportationwithout railwaysit is a death marchin Paris, Lyon, Avignonsome schools have plaquesnaming the childrenfrom Jewish familiestaken from their classestheir playgroundstheir friendstheir teachersby naziswill →
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On the Pitch
Serious stuff doneJust one more for charityFor the love of life~ n.b. 6,012 people came to support Alan Knight’s call for funds for three Portsmouth charities supporting cancer patients. ‘Knightsie’ played 801 matches for Pompey and is being treated for Stage 4 prostate cancer. It’s so sad to see him so ill, but uplifting to →
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on the train
Stratford Town to Clapham JunctionTwenty-three stations from end to endShopping centre, Olympic parkFactories, flatsBack-to-backsCanals, parks and hospitalsWaste ground, heath landAbandoned buildings, scrapRail yards, football groundsAllotments, gardensEmbankments, chestnut treesFences, railings, hedgerowsTunnels, bridgesUnder, overSeats, signsStreet art, graffitiTags and advertsAnnouncements, adviceAre all the peopleTapping in, tapping outPoems on their phones?~ CLP 05/05/2025 →
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This Charming Man
Life on the roadNobody quite seems to knowWhere he exactly came fromNor where next he planned to goHappy to moveFrom town to townJust travelling onLiving’ the bluesClarksdale, ChicagoMemphis, TennesseeCatching The CrescentTo New OrleansUp and down the riverAlways welcomed into bedNight was never lonelyWhere Robert Johnson sleptHe traded his gospel singing talentsTo oil his way through →
Journey of Words 