Journey of Words

Tag: Mortality

  • on time

    on Railway Terracesign out of oblivionone way ticket, please ~ CLP 06/03/2022 →

  • on paws

    just for a momentremembering a spanielthe four leg, Clover ~ n.b. I feel lucky to have met and worked along side this loopy hound on a number of occasions. It will feel odd visiting that farm sometime in the not too distant future (hopefully) and not be greeted by this lovable character. Life goes on. →

  • on light

    new moon’s countless starsgiven moment to sparklewhich have you become? ~ n.b. We come from stardust, we become stardust. Look up. We are still with you. CLP 06/02/2022 →

  • on light

    steel rails, steel wheels flashthrough illuminated stationseach someone’s last stop ~ CLP 01/02/2020 →

  • on memory

    good place to walk dog’net tells us legacy ofsoldiers and miners ~ n.b. Public park built on land in South Moor donated by local colliery owners to commemorate hundreds of men from the district of Stanley, County Durham who died in C20th wars and a mining accident. Dog leads weave like ivy on old trees. →

  • on Ukraine ii

    if Russia invadeswe’ll respond aggressivelycollateral damned ~ n.b. Someone factors in civilian deaths, which will mean children, mothers, grandparents, lovers, fathers, sons, daughters. ~ CLP 21/01/2022 →

  • on time

    eventuallyafter minutes added onfinal whistle blows ~ CLP 15/01/2022 →

  • on time

    see how fast they fallsand grains tumble from the glass leaving only light ~ n.b. Composed of stardust, we are held here for long as we are remembered, as complete and incomplete as others can recall. We become not what we think of ourselves, but what others think of us. CLP 31/12/2021 →

  • on time

    a pang or a paina tired ache or under strainstill my beating heart ~ n.b. Life in this old dog yet? CLP 29/12/2021 →

  • on space

    as I die will I rememberwhen we were in our teenswalking you home, my bicycle to handunder a sky so deepthe enormity of creation emphasisedthe insignificance of us? ~ CLP 25/12/2021 →