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
Tag Archives: Poems
on time
you, obviously
in such a rush to undress
I found a button
~
CLP 30/11/2022
on Ukraine
man angry after
the great humilation
no one must mock him
~
n.b. It was his, then he lost it, so he smashes it. No one can enjoy Kherson, if he cannot. Man, or toddler?
Moscow, you are proud to be led by such a creature?
CLP 29/11/2022
on Time
BLM, Ukraine
women of Iran, China
...refuse to be slaves
~
n.b. The national anthem of The People’s Republic of China contains the line;
“Rise up those who refuse to be slaves”
Being brought up in England, where the national anthem, unusually, is about a person, not the nation, I have not had much time for national anthems, but the anthem of the PRC, as reported in The Guardian newspaper, has a line that I would happily sing.
It appears that the people of China have taken the words to heart. After nearly THREE YEARS of the Zero Covid policy some have had enough.
“…you may fool people for a time, you can fool part of the people all the time, but you can’t fool all the people all the time.”
Abraham Lincoln said that.
Enough is enough.
CLP 28/11/2022
on Ukraine
heavy rain persists
uninhabitable land
a name on a map
~
n.b. Kherson. Is that all?
CLP 27/11/2022
on time
then it's yesterday
chronology fractured clips
sense of order smeared
~
CLP 27/11/2022
on time
do you know how long
it takes until your scent fades
the taste of you dulls?
~
CLP 27/11/2022
on time
here, we see Sunday
who stole Friday, Saturday?
today a fresh sheet
~
n.b. Days merge, nights blur, feverish hours melt.
CLP 27/11/2022
on time
bright colour leaves us
after vibrant unfurling
like leaves we tumble
on time
November quiet
between harvest and solstice
colour drains from sky
~
n.b. Yep, one of those days.
CLP 24/11/2022
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