night oils the river
dark thoughts patrol between banks
let us not go there
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n.b. Dedicated to You Little Charmer because her writing makes me laugh…and cry.
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CLP 19/04/2021
Tag Archives: Night
Night Words After The Diner
The whisky went straight to my legs
my eyes, my arms, my tongue
I was experiencing things differently
Felt Earth spinning off its axis
It became a place I did not know
Did I need more drinking practice?
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n.b. Night photo was taken to capture the empty street scene, but it came out weird, with evidence of existence of the Yeti…alive and well in East Anglia. It is certainly cold enough in Norfolk for Yeti.
Pubs now open in England, outside drinking only. Short rhyme prompted by photo. No pubs were visited during the making of this moving picture.
n.n.b. Off-prompt NaPoWriMo 2021 Day Fifteen scribble.
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CLP 15/04/2021
On Earth
Night’s shadow climbs hill
fills in hollows, outlines trees.
Sun ignites heaven.
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CLP 16/03/2021
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On Song
Blackbirds serenade
Night owl returns to duvet
Curtains mask the dawn
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CLP 07/03/2021
L3: (Day 52) Under the Moon
Brightest of night’s lights!
As this dusty disc bowls past
who polishes your heart?
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CLP 27/02/2021
On Movement
We hold form by day
take different shapes at night
twisted by our dreams
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CLP 22/02/2021
L3 (Day 43): Carrow Hill
Here’s white light, no heat
Heaven’s lights will shine bright tonight
In this brilliant galaxy
how will you hear
the star that calls to you?
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CLP 18/02/2021
Piped Dreams
The door clicks a jar
compresses the draught
to a whistle that wakes me
from your arms, her arms, my brother’s
hand I held through a summer
night in the respiratory ward
down the corridor from coronary care
where he would be the next summer
and no one could visit
while he dreamt of life and dying
surviving dreams of dreaming
and not divining what was remembered
or dreamt even when sent home
to live as best he might when so tired
of medication and interventions
when all he wanted was to live
and love and still be the man
she married.
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CLP 20/01/2021
On Memory xiii
In your deepest sleep
I woke to my own heartbeat
listened for your breath
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CLP 15/01/2021
On Memory xii
We watch heaven’s light
until heat of evening chills
sleep tight together
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CLP 14/01/2021
