Journey of Words

Tag: Loss

  • on Ukraine xxv

    escaping the Nazispeople of Russia scorched earthnow their soldiers harry Ukraineas William The Bastard did in the Northso Putin does to the southhistory teaches us nothingit is but a mirror ~ n.b. What is the point of this destruction and slaughter? Where is the glory? What kind of peace does this lead to? CLP 31/05/2022 →

  • on time

    how long is there left?unknowable until pastthen all will make sense ~ n.b. This mighty tree was not left to fall. See the heart drawn across the split? Love binding it together, or representing a break? Who knows? This is art. CLP 30/05/2022 →

  • on silence

    so, men with uniformsbadges and guns waitedfor other menwith uniforms, badges and gunsto come to the rescue? do you know the children’s rhyme of the old woman who swallowed a fly then swallowed a spider, a bird and a cat a dog and a goat, a cow and a horse after that? ~ CLP 28/05/2022 →

  • on light

    a veil is drawn herenew day rises in Texaslone star brings no warmth ~ n.b. Private profit, public loss. Free market extremism, private grief. CLP 26/05/2022 →

  • “America is killing itself”

    Like Dunblane, the horrorLittle children trapped, shotWith their teachersA single man with all the hatred a heart can musterYou can’t buy a beer when you’re eighteen in TexasBut you can buy two gunsWalk into an elementaryAnd murder twenty-one ~ n.b. For the editorial that spawned the headline above, check out Le Monde, the Parisian daily →

  • on memory

    look at our pictureswe were always so happyairbrush out that hurt ~ CLP 21/05/2022 →

  • on time

    Don’t count your chickensthey won’t be bothered at allthey’re not counting you ~ CLP 13/05/2022 →

  • Sign here. Press hard. Bottom Copy’s Yours

    Too late he realisedHis chance to readTerms and conditionsHad passed Holding the contractWhile still holding the smileMirroring the other’son leaving It rarely failsThis Salesman’s SpellWhen they’ve said Yes thriceThey’ll sign The handshake of the salesmanLeaves a warm impressionBut unlike the signatureSoon fades ~ n.b. NaPoWriMo 2022 Day Nineteen prompt: start with a command. Here it →

  • Inexplicable

    New moon over the lakePerseids showering the peaksSheerbeautyofCreationYou had to be thereSo very sillyLike children repeatingPooWeeWillyBumYou had to be thereIn the Arrivals hallAfter unexplained delayWaitingWaitingWaitingWaitingYou had to be thereAt the stationUnstoppableI thought it strangeWe hadhadaplanYou had to be thereLockdown over EuropeMy body burned for youSunshinespringflowersbirdsongYou had to be there~ n.b. NaPoWriMo 2022 Day Eighteen prompt: →

  • The Quay

    Here we are in the tidy, polished space that is the captain’s day cabin And here he is the Captain all stiff-white shirt black tie, braid epaulets And this, his First Officer taller, slimmer expressionless And here’s Danny, the union man from Northern Ireland, heavy set tidied up for this occasion See the eight crew →