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Lockdown 3 (Day 9) In the Rain
I went out to deliver a loaf of bread and spent time talking with my friend who was taking a few moments outside her front door taking in the bizarre combination of fresh air and tobacco smoke. She smokes quite theatrically, turning her head to the side when exhaling the toxic gases she has moments →
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On Losing (22)
Wensum overflows Where water and mud combine Definition blurs ~ CLP 28/12/2020 →
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On Air
Skies no more filled by loud mechanical birds just precipitous clouds ~ n.b. Norwich airfield is being used as a parking lot for the excess supply over demand of aircraft. There are four English Airways planes here and many other brands parked up at the far end of the runway. BA lost its right to →
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On Numbers (20)
No Babel’s tower development allowed here. Sanity prevails. ~ n.b. Good news for the city of Norwich as permission is denied by national government to build a 20 storey office block in a city full of empty shops and offices. Can anyone seriously pretend such a dreadful construction is needed? Why would a councillor be →
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On Numbers (43)
Between rain and dusk Over the hills and back again Pedalling fury! ~ n.b. Sometimes you just get lucky and the weather breaks fall perfectly. Taking advantage of this, my cycling buddy and I sped around 43 km of Norfolk countryside today in a couple of hours. It was an almost total escape from some →
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Covid-19 Crisis: Warning sign 1
Dateline: 26th October, 2020 Location: Norwich, England I knew my mental health had taken a turn for the worse when I realised I was pulling my face mask on to go to the bathroom…in my own apartment…where I live alone. CLP 26th October 2020 →
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Off the Street
I kept out of it Today the echoed footsteps Were not made by me ~ CLP 10/10/2020 →
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On the Street xii
Smiles become tight lips Breaths held, sentences halted Nothing to hear here ~ n.b. At first I thought this phenomena may be an unsociable characteristic of city life, but realised it is a new courtesy amongst the unmasked, a show of respect for passing fellow pedestrians with white hair; not breathing out, postponing the moment →
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On the Street v
St. Vitus dances in London Street while smiling Sells the Big Issue ~ n.b. There is a man who comes into Norwich to sell the fund-raising magazine The Big Issue. Sellers are the street homeless who are trying to find a way out of the no job – no money – no home – no →
Journey of Words 