Journey of Words

Tag: Loss

  • on Ukraine

    rockets from Russiadecimate generationsreturn to Stone Age ~ n.b. Unspeakable. CLP 16/12/2022 →

  • on ice

    I fell through, aged fivechest deep, my sister in tooburied memories ~ n.b. Sadness as old as winter itself, children falling through ice while playing, excited by the magic ice promises. I cannot imagine the inconsolable grief the parents must be experiencing. CLP 14/12/2022 →

  • on Iran

    four thousand life yearsimprisonment for protestswoman, life, freedom ~ n.b. The tyranny under the theocracy tightens. 400 protestors x 10 years each for daring to question the validity of Iran’s legislature. Executions are also being carried out. CLP 13/12/2022 →

  • on Ukraine

    bombs dropped, rockets firedyes, you did! no, we didn’t!truth walking wounded ~ n.b. Day 292. Add truth to the list of missing. CLP 12/12/2022 →

  • on time

    Trafalgar jacketwe boast of that victorydyed in indigo n.b. The mind-expanding exhibition by the Singh Twins, (running until 20th February, 2023) at Norwich Castle, explains how many farmers in India were forced to grow indigo to colour uniforms blue for English and French forces, (greed and profit take no sides). An example being this Royal →

  • on Iran

    how frightened they arehang for ‘an attack on god’shoot to mutilate ~ n.b. These angry men of the theocracy have no answers to the questions being asked of them, except their inhumane treatment of the protesters, which might qualify it as godly, possibly, as gods aren’t human. Every bullet fired into the bodies of women, →

  • on time

    you reminded meof a place we had once beenfeatureless echo ~ n.b. Forgetting is an essential survival skill. Thankfully we cannot call up actual pain, just the memory of having been in pain. CLP 07/12/2022 →

  • on time

    is this where we’d sit(where she sat, painted landscapes)watch for deer, buzzards? ~ n.b. Bignor Hill, West Sussex, toward the mouth of the Arun, (I imagine). Painting by Elsie Marian Henderson (1880-1967). CLP 07/12/2022 →

  • on time

    ebb tide at full flowcables neatly stowed on decklines pulled taut, sails full ~ n.b. A ship can wait only so long before the tide turns. Many a ship sails without its full complement. CLP 06/12/2022 →

  • on time

    stand up, cut the knotnothing is worth so much hurtwalk on, start again ~ n.b. Life’s too short to wait for everyone to move on. CLP 02/12/2022 →