Tag Archives: Night

on light

secondhand daylight
sent via lunar surface
dusted in silver

~

n.b. Long exposure rather exaggerates the scene, but you get the ideaz

CLP 05/01/2023

on light

brilliant city
cannot obscure Martian red
shine in Moon's absence

CLP 16/12/2022

on time

when would suit you best?
no time like the present, but
not on a school night

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n.b. Time is tight, but there are limits.

on time

sleep would be welcome
but you come round here again
pulling at my sheets

~

n.b. Coincidence, or cyclical?

CLP 08/11/2022

on light

largest of planets
spins past before night takes hold
better things to do

~

CLP 27/10/2022

on Beale Street

camera wobbles
trolley catches tourist beat
drunk? it ain't me babe

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CLP 29/09/2022

on light

she leads the big guy
on a merry dance tonight
mist softens footsteps

~

CLP 11/09/2022

on dreams

aroused from slumber
implausible bedfellows
disturbed rookery

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n.b. What was that all about? One dream I won’t be following up on. Thank goodness the day is bringing colour to the sky.

CLP 30/08/2022

on time

I should be abed
strange places are still open
just cocktails or beer

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n.b. One of those past midnight hideaways that seems a bit strange at first, but that is frequented by reassuringly normal people, (even though I say it myself). Worth staying up to discover. Bar Garlochi, if you’re ever in Seville.

CLP 20/08/2022

on time

imagine a scene
night club, four decades ago
we barely adults
our language music
dancing, laughter, eye contact
all and nothing said

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CLP 16/08/2022