Journey of Words

Tag: Memory

  • on time

    completed circlenostalgic stop on life lineforty years rattled by ~ n.b. Farringdon, you’ve changed, but I still love you. My first regular commuting destination on moving to London some years past. CLP 15/10/2022 →

  • on music

    run through final barsencores finally completedmelody drifts off ~ n.b. Barbès bar, Brooklyn. Merci et adieu. La fin. CLP 13/10/2022 →

  • on Ukraine

    ask “What was it for?””We are liberating landwithout people on…” ~ n.b. The first quoted line, reported in The Guardian in the UK, are words of a citizen of a town liberated from the retreating invaders. The second, (same source), from a Ukrainian soldier making his way through the ghost towns of the temporarily, but →

  • on time

    eventuallyfresh-mown grass, birdsong, flowersweary bones laid down ~ n.b. I was struck by the calm, orderly, well-maintained expanse of a large cemetery on the north side of Elvis Presley Boulevard in south Memphis. Respite from chaos. It’s a shame that such respect is not shown for the living. James, who was waiting for the bus →

  • on time

    gladitorialarena gives up the fightmiserable wreck ~ n.b. In 18 months all that will remain of the JFK Stadium will be memories and photographs. CLP 16/09/2022 →

  • on Ukraine

    two hundred war dayschildren, parents, grand-parentsmorning brings mourning ~ n.b. Everyday, brothers and sisters, everyday. CLP 11/09/2022 →

  • on time

    out of darkness lightheading toward terminalchoose which way to face ~ CLP 08/09/2022 →

  • on time

    we live on so longas memories others holdstories shared with love ~ CLP 03/09/2022 →

  • on time

    the congregationdepart bathed in victoryeveryone happy n.b. Not so great for the visiting opposition, admittedly. CLP 17/07/2022 →

  • on time

    imagine a scenenight club, four decades agowe barely adults our language musicdancing, laughter, eye contactall and nothing said ~ CLP 16/08/2022 →