imagine a scene
night club, four decades ago
we barely adults
our language music
dancing, laughter, eye contact
all and nothing said
~
CLP 16/08/2022
on time
Tag Archives: Poems
on time
today, the first day
nothing lasts, all things must pass
permanent clichés
~
CLP 15/08/2022
on Ukraine
what happened last week?
losses accumulated
mothers fear the post
~
n.b. Day 171.
CLP 13/08/2022
on Ukraine
Pisky changes hands
is anyone listening?
it is a village
~
n.b. Look it up, it’s a village. There are people dying for villages. People dying for villages and Russian forces claim a victory. A victory for what, we ask.
CLP 13/08/2022
on rain
coming soon enough
fiercely beating the hard clay
raging in torrents
~
CLP 13/08/2022
on rain
we bemoan presence
your mild inconvenience
weep at absence
~
n.b. Notes, coins and electronic tokens in private water companies’ bank accounts are worth nothing when Nature’s reserves have been spent.
It is expected that a drought is to be declared in England today. July 2022 saw just 10% of average rain fall for the month, while August has seen close to none at all.
We search the skies for signs of rain. What next, rain dances, prayers?
CLP 12/08/2022
on Ukraine
where's the crime asking
How many children have died?
Moscow is the place
~
n.b. Marina Ovsyannikova has now had the Moscow police searching her family home for evidence of crimes. This is a witch hunt.
CLP 10/08/2022
on time
starlings gathering
sparkling in low August sun
speckling wheat stubble
~
CLP 10/08/2022
on time
imposing structure
built, rebuilt, then re-structured
oblivious Moon
~
n.b. How quickly things age, how brief our lives. The Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, is now a couple of decades old. No doubt it will be re-worked again, or fall into ruin.
CLP 10/08/2022
on life
I am harvesting
content for my first novel
tell me who isn't?
CLP 09/08/2022
Voyage des Mots 