• On Pain vii

    I pass through a dream You speak gently. Everything is not as it seems ~ CLP 01/09/2020

  • Following the Tractor

    When the combine has cut through the wheat, The bailer tidied all loose ends And The Downs have felt the drag of plough and harrow, Swallows and martins scour the chalk field in hundreds A restless gathering, swooping, sweeping low From roadside wires and hedge tops Assembling their collective will to flee Our gloomy, damp,

  • On Pain vi

    And so, how are you? Words tumble from the heart’s depths. Right question, wrong time. ~ CLP 01/09/2020

  • On Chess

    Making the first move Does not necessarily Mean having control – n.b. As in a gun duel in any Western movie you care to mention, moving first doesn’t always work out for the best. ~ CLP 31/08/2020

  • On the Road xxviii

    Before roads, rivers Tip your cap to sailors, crew Who followed the flow ~ CLP 30th August, 2020

  • On Autumn

    As we two detach Leaves separate from branches Become loose blown litter . CLP 29/08/2020

  • On the Road xxvii

    On we jolly go! La vista es hermosa y esparanzado ~ n.b. Each step is forward; what else is there? *Translation from Google Translate: “The view is beautiful and hopeful.” CLP 27/08/2020

  • Terns

    Crunching east on stony beach With the westerly Encouraging me to move along With uncalled for shoves to my spine Like an impatient copper Clearing an unruly popular terrace Causing me to stumble As I stagger on loose pebbles Waves tumble in Wash through shingle The rage of sea repressed By this burly bully at

  • On the Road xxv

    On a two way street travellers often cross paths exchange kind greetings ~ n.b. Everyone has choices. Ironically, this bridge in Hoxne, Suffolk is where Danes on an excursion to Britain in CE 870, crossed paths with the Anglian king, Edmund. It didn’t turn out well for the Saxon. Besides being beatified soon after his

  • On Pain v

    Do you remember The constant agonies Treated by endless supplies of morphine Or is all forgotten? ~ n.b. To obliterate pain through (necessary) medication do we risk also losing our memories? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4326982/ ~ CLP 19/08/2020