Journey of Words

Tag: Light

  • on time

    I am still not used to writing‘2024’And the days are already longFor just a few more weeksBefore winter startsTo reel the light in againI must not waste these precious daysOf light ~ CLP 08/05/2024 →

  • Listening

    It wasn’t the light that woke meIt was the absence of trafficSo used had I become to the lorriesClattering acrossThe misfitting manhole coverOn that arterial routeLinking warehouses to motorwayIt seemed rhythmicMetal machine musicNow mutedThen the lightScouring every cornerOf the ill-curtained hotel roomSpinning its short wavelength beamsRound the wallsStretching and pulling shadowsIn rapid rotationBlueBlueBlueBlueThen the heavy →

  • on light

    afternoon sneaks offleaving its jacket on chairjob done for the day ~ n.b. It’s that time of year when the light of day doesn’t rush off as soon as the whistle goes, but hangs about encouraging a laggardly retreat to the cave. CLP 20/03/2024 →

  • on light

    luminous blackthorn spraysburst openin monochrome hedgerowsdaffodils reach uptrumpeting their presencebluebells tremblein leafless woodlandbumble bees crawl unsteadilyfrom the earthmornings start soonershadows linger longerequinox approaches ~ CLP 10/03/2024 →

  • on clarity

    against stark backgroundwithout distractions’ hindrencedoubt clears in a flash ~ CLP 12/02/24 →

  • Walling in The Wensum

    The crane arrived this weekSteel lattice sectionsEnamelled in yellowClicked into placeLocked joints pulled into positionA glass cabin for the operatorWho will enjoy proximity with gullsNo doubt appreciate his elevated viewOf the Fine CityWhile picking and placing piecesOf the luxury apartmentsInto the creeping wallDevelopment that is envelopingThe south side of the WensumShadowing the swansEgyptian geese and →

  • 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 →

  • on time

    dark days these are indeedthe Sun as distant as it can benew half-moon offers hopeof lighter nightsthe pendulum will swing backspring followbut first we must hunker downfeel cold of winter’s dawnsunlight without warmthilluminating our struggle ~ CLP 19/12/2023 →

  • on light

    over this chaospasses brilliant Venusserene traveller ~ n.b. When morning, or evening skies are clear, it’s worth pausing to take a breath, worth spending a moment to appreciate one of nature’s finest jewels. CLP 03/07/2023 →