Journey of Words

Tag: Loss

  • on Iran

    beat, kick, murder childrenwhat your godliness demands?Woman! Life! Freedom! ~ n.b. What is there to lose when people have nothing to lose? Do you think the mothers of the missing fell silent in Argentina? Police men of Iran, your time will pass. CLP 17/11/2022 →

  • on Ukraine

    where’s every body?Kherson now counting war’s costunaccountable ~ n.b. After breathing out, welcoming embraces, the missing are still missing. Moscow, the world turns it back on you. Even China and India realise you are going nowhere. CLP 15/11/2022 →

  • Dream

    no fleeting momentwe spoke at length of things passedyour visit prolonged ~ CLP 14/11/2022 →

  • on time

    somehow we’ll find wordsspoken or written to saywhat has been hidden ~ n.b. It just takes time to get the language right. Non? CLP 10/11/2022 →

  • on Ukraine

    step lightly returningsons of Russia sleep nextpeople of Kherson ~ n.b. What a criminal waste of human life. 260 days of war, for what, Moscow? CLP 10/11/2022 →

  • on Ukraine

    lines on maps redrawnbodies buried as they falllife’s fragility ~ n.b. Does it matter where you are lain once slain if borders are marked out in your blood? CLP 06/11/2022 →

  • on time

    we’re free or busylucky coincidencesa wonder we met ~ n.b. How many unknown paths intersect in a lifetime? How many known paths divide? CLP 05/11/2022 →

  • on conversation

    people of Tigrayarmies have reached conclusionis this time to talk ~ n.b. Inexhaustible supplies of weaponry eventually wear down opposition to negotiation. How long has this been going on? CLP 04/11/2022 →

  • on fear

    why not come alongface life’s dangers togethernot you, nor I. Us. ~ CLP 31/10/2022 →

  • on time

    some places won’t changemarginal adaptationanother autumn ~ n.b. The Harrow, Steep, Hampshire. CLP 26/10/2022 →