Journey of Words

Tag: Norwich

  • on time

    I am determined to sit outTo drink my chaiIt’s the eleventh of JuneA date higher than the temperatureLook at us!Coated, booted, collars upHands in pocketsMourningThe death of summerScythed down from the northI have enjoyed better weatherHereIn November~ CLP 11/06/2024 →

  • On time

    It’s been many yearsSticker stuck to this lamppostWe’re coming back soon ~ n.b. Someone, in January 2019, slapped the Pompey sticker here on Mariners Lane, Norwich. Not long now before we meet again. Can’t wait. CLP 20/05/2024 →

  • Calling

    Five-thirty-two AMShe flew throughDeserted streetsAs bold as GodivaCareless of who knewHer dastardly workSuch shameless brassThe brazen passOf the city cuckoo ~ n.b. I was half asleep when she flew by calling at full volume, ensuring I sat up wide awake, not quite believing my ears. I suppose the late arrival of cuckoos this year has →

  • on strings

    Epitome of EnglandA wickermanHollowManipulated by a few in the knowLeading a bemused populaceFrom troubled retailerPast abandonedCharity shopsStreet homelessFast fashionCoffee shops and cafésA building site promising what?The ancient market that inexorably evolves from trading hotspot into a foci for foodie emporiaWhere sourdough bread is sold at soaring pricesJust feet from where the food bankHands out hand →

  • on horseback

    can you imaginehorses brought, bought and sold herefor centuriesnow, no moreno memoryjust the name in the lokethe plaque on the wallwhere cars back-upfrom the junctionby the railway station ~ CLP 09/05/2024 →

  • on Ukraine

    A patch of yellow and bluesewn on army fatiguescaught my eye as I sattalking about sons and daughtersin a busy cafésons and daughtersnow fathers and mothers workingin medicine, educationa craftsman and retail assistantgetting to the end of a busy weekthe man in the army fatiguesstrode past the windowsmart, clean of facedressed as a soldier of →

  • Walling in The Wensum

    The crane arrived this weekSteel lattice sectionsEnamelled in yellowClicked into placeLocked joints pulled into positionA glass cabin for the operatorWho will enjoy proximity with gullsNo doubt appreciate his elevated viewOf the Fine CityWhile picking and placing piecesOf the luxury apartmentsInto the creeping wallDevelopment that is envelopingThe south side of the WensumShadowing the swansEgyptian geese and →

  • on Ukraine

    remove the labelslook into the soldiers’ eyesthe kids from next door ~ n.b. The Ukrainian counter-offensive has begun to make some progress. Their armed forces, supplemented by volunteer recruits from all backgrounds, fighting to bring peace to their own homes. Pictures from a small exhibition at the Norwich city library. “On the roads to war” →

  • on light

    held by the skycaught on the skin of the Wensumas the tide turnsevening’s parting kissgently fadesI choose the slow way homestand on the bridgenot wanting to leave this day yetnot while the sense of your presencestill glowsCLP 15/06/2023 →

  • Bee Orchid

    from where did you originate?springing from disturbed groundwith your intoxicant scentgiving every sign of willinghow many years passedbefore your false flower blooms? ~ n.b. The bee orchid is a beautiful creation. It takes up to five, or even eight years to form flowers having initially grown from a tuber. The flower’s appearance and scent is →