Journey of Words

Tag: Peace

  • On 2020

    Memorable year One I would rather forget Finally ends here ~ CLP 31/12/2020 →

  • On Anger

    Cool autumnal dawn Illuminates dark corners Pigeons’ soft greetings ~ CLP 18/09/2020 →

  • On Pain (Norfolk)

    Young men side by side British, Czechs, Poles, and Germans Buried together. ~ n.b. Farmers’ fields reclaimed from airfields, except this hallowed ground that holds sons of Europe, (and Australia, Canada and New Zealand), whose souls have flown. ~ CLP 10/09/2020 →

  • On the Road xxvi

    Restlessness ceases Traveller’s weary heart breathes Grass soft underfoot ~ n.b. God bless her and all who sail in her. CLP →

  • On the Rise

    Bright, brighter, brightest Venus tows Moon to zenith Weary Sun awakes ~ CLP 17/08/2020 →

  • On Love

    Wounded but blessed Arrow leaves scars forever Touch them; they are real . n.b. Better to have had than have not. I have been blest. ~ CLP 14/07/2020 →

  • Silver

    The harsh-sunned pool laid flat still Mirror to the willows’ feathered limbs A float-glass plate decorated with green Fronds and strands held still beneath No flow, no breath I lean on the stone parapet See my silhouette’s sharp outline I am about to leave this scene When a metallic flash, a flip, a soft splash →

  • On The Beach

    I sat on the stones In warm air Spray on my face Sea air in my lungs Warmth of Sun on my back I sat on the stones Nothing more than this . CLP 10/07/2020 →

  • On Endings (iii)

    Thoughtless ramblings Reconstructed sensibly With presence of mind . CLP 22/06/2020 →

  • In the (U)SA (?)

    There will reach a point When people have to sit down And smoke the pipe of peace . CLP 03/06/2020 →