nothing matches green
not even green matches green
every leaf a gem
~
CLP 18/05/2023
on colour
Tag Archives: Norfolk
By the Seaside
Wincing dull dawn
Colourful
If grey's your thing
Does the sky reflect
the sea or sea
the sky?
This performance
Doesn't make it clear
The North-Easterly
Plays its part well
Gets in the head
With a sinuous chill
Reminiscent of
Atonal violins
That bring tears
A bit-part freighter
bound for Hartlepool
Sustains a rhythmic arcing
Of symmetric bow-waves
Silently pleasing
Musical sensibilities
As it ploughs the line
Where that grey
Meets this grey
Today the briny's
Salt-sharp scent
Fills the lungs
An air that lifts
The audience
Of herring gulls
Enjoying
The string section
Of promenade lights
Empty seats
Are all I see
From this end
Of the pier
What attractions
Did I envisage
Exciting enough
To drag you here?
It's what passes
For entertainment
At this time of year
Out on this pile
Of rusting iron
Planks of decking
Spitting up spume
On our shoes
From breakers below
Admittedly
Not everyone's flask
Of lip-scalding tea
But with a constant changing cast
And subtle improvisations
Oh! I do like to be beside
You here
I think it's worth the fare
We'll have to pretend
The mocking chorus
Of immature gulls
Don't disagree
~
n.b. NaPoWriMo 2023. Day 24 prompt: poetic review of the rarely reviewed.
Picture shows two people swimming in The North Sea a substantial period before the laughingly labelled, British Summer Time kicked in.
CLP 24/04/2023
on colour
electric blue flash
kingfisher's iridescence
sparkle in your eye
~
n.b. Blue, blue. Electric blue. That’s the colour of my room, where I will stay, (sang David Bowie).
CLP 31/03/2023
on Ukraine
six jets roar over
shake windows, disturb pigeons
English seaside town
~
n.b. Used to one or two on practice runs, but six? What’s actually happening?
CLP 11/02/2023
on time
could be? already?
curious, fearful, intrigued?
buy me to find out
~
n.b. Classic headline. The art of headline writing is alive and well in Norfolk. Loving the ambiguity; suspicion of nuclear waste’s existence, or fear of plans to deposit nuclear waste?
CLP 05/02/2023
on time
solitary oak
too big to fail, abandoned
child of the forest
~
CLP 22/01/2023
on time
discreet flash of gold
see the promise of better?
deceit of winter
~
n.b. North Norfolk, December, not Serengeti.
CLP 09/12/2022
on time
swimming in rivers
heart shakes, shock of cold water
alive, alive, oh!
~
n.b. For The Broads of the Broads, wild swimmers.
CLP 30/11/2022
on time
furrowed brow of hill
autumn's celestial blue
alarmed crows take flight
~
n.b. One of Norfolk’s redundant churches, St Peter’s, Corpusty. It is said to have Norman elements, possibly even Saxon. It hosts an annual service for the Friends of Friendless Churches.
The tree to the left of picture hosts a rookery of argumentative corvids.
CLP 18/10/2022
on time
if this is home
what am I doing about it?
home for good or move
~
n.b. Home is not the house, but the location.
CLP 15/10/2022
Journey of Words 