Journey of Words

Tag: Loss

  • on Ukraine

    private enterpriseproviding bodies for causewho does this profit? ~ n.b. As has been seen in Eritrea and Somalia, the persistence of a war, the subsequent escalation of arms supplies to a region, leads to local groups establishing their own power bases, baronial lands. In Ukraine’s Soledar, the Wagner group is cutting out a piece of →

  • on Ukraine

    how was the ceasefire?Christian of you to offerlast seven words of… ~ n.b. Can you hear Ukrainians’ pleas for more help over the Royal Family book launch publicity? Do not forsake them. Moscow knows what it’s doing only too well. CLP 09/01/2023 →

  • ghost

    a grey shadowspirited out of dusk the figure of a womanunfamiliar to meI waved to no availshe stoodneither coming nor goingunresponsive to my gestureI returned to my workcutting back two years growththe hedge barely recognisableedges blurredI looked againwas she coming or going?the sad shape of herstill, therelight decayingas memory fadesI turned a third timeshe’d disappeared →

  • on Ukraine

    don’t involve your godthirty six hours ceasefire thengodlessness resumes ~ n.b. Excuse me for being cynical, eye of a needle and all that. Bit late probably, Vlad. CLP 05/01/2023 →

  • on Ukraine

    bleak light of new dayunmanned aircraft on attackmachines v. humans ~ n.b. This is the ultimate manifestation of Capitalism. Capital buys machines to ultimately kill and cow, a human population. Who has the most money to pay those willing to build such machinery? CLP 02/01/2022 →

  • on time

    return anywherenever quite what it had beenif memory’s true ~ n.b. We rely on our versions of events, people, places to negotiate each day. Confusion comes with fading memory. Understanding comes with wisdom. Truth is defined by the storytellers. CLP 26/12/2022 →

  • on Ukraine

    Russia’s Christmas plansgifts of death, destruction, griefwe cannot forget ~ n.b. Ukraine’s Christmas festivities start from 7th January. Russian attacks on Kherson and Bakhmut are designed to spread the word that the terror continues, so our slow news holidays are filled with gloom. CLP 24/12/2022 →

  • on time

    ships pass red to redavoiding collision riskno coincidence ~ n.b. If you don’t take a risk you won’t get hurt. CLP 23/12/2023 →

  • on Ukraine

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  • on country houses

    next time you visitask where from the money stemsplantations, mines, mills ~ n.b. Wow! Look at that beautiful house! Wonderful gardens and lakes. Magnificent gates! The estate wall runs for miles. Wonderful paintings. 1642-1660 the English Revolution that utterly failed and we’re still paying for that failure. CLP 19/12/2022 →