Journey of Words

Tag: Norwich

  • on time

    crossing road, stops, waitsleave, or carry it over?hedgehog prickles sharp ~ n.b. It’s been some time since I have seen a hedgehog alive. Their natural defence is to stop, curl into a ball then hold still until the perceived threat passes. They have yet to work out that this doesn’t work when approached by motor →

  • on time

    things happen unseenturn your back for five minutesand what do you know! ~ n.b. Summer? Already? CLP 20/05/2022 →

  • on high

    they called by brieflysketching loops and arcs abovesuch a swift visit ~ n.b. Where have you gone, oh beautiful birds? Sad to say my picture shows gulls circling… CLP 18/05/2022 →

  • on light

    come, sit on this benchwatch kaleidoscopic treesrun through all the greens ~ CLP 17/05/2022 →

  • on light

    it’s nearly midnightthere is too much of it nowthey sing all night long ~ n.b. Not that I’m objecting to birdsong. CLP 14/05/2022 →

  • on time

    last train haunts depôtwaning moon loses lustreriver holds its breath ~ n.b. Yes, bedtime, my love. CLP 22/03/2022 →

  • on Ukraine xviii

    Norwich station Saturday nighta Russian skinhead looking for a fightwearing blue, white, red of his nation’s flag,carrying two beer bottles in clenched handspolished boots and military trousers tucked in the topsproud to be Russian, looking for a fightthis is Norwich station, Saturday night ~ n.b. The human race never fails to disappoint. CLP 12/03/2022 →

  • on time

    vomitoriumexpels people into streetreturn home to what? ~ CLP 10/02/2022 →

  • on the wind

    night-long low moaningtwists curtain, clicks doors’ catchessnake licks round bedroom ~ n.b. It has been a quiet winter so far out here in East Anglia’s hilly city, but now the wind is getting involved, stirring the pot, dragging the cold air with it through the streets like an impatient parent leading a tardy child to →

  • on light

    I rose to meet hershe winked at me through thin treeslost her by sunrise ~ n.b. The full, silver moon led me across town before slipping away – a merry, chilly dance! CLP 18/01/2022 →