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In the (U)SA (iv)
Solitary voice Required to intervene . Silence…inaction… . CLP 01/06/2020 →
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In the (U)SA (iii)
I see worst of man Can’t understand why he’s so Breathe out, remain calm . CLP 01/06/2020 →
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Starlings
Hear that? The deranged fluting Of squabbling neighbours In hedgerows, on bushes Ceaseless bickering An endless stream Of chiding and chipping Away one moves The others follow From pillar to post To willow to fence Unable to let rest Whatever the matter be Resolved or not There’s always more to add Or subtract from what’s →
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Uncaged Birds
From that moment, when his shadow fell we children ran amok, mouthing our repressed pain in shouts betrayed so young by hope of better times now held fast on a nightmare journey of frustrations, compounded over bitter years in one long-drawn slow, silent scream . n.b. Stealing from a prompt based on Maya Angelou’s poem →
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On the Beach
Plenty of pebbles Sunset glints and hints at one That soon warms in palm . CLP 07/05/2020 →
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On Containment
Well protected from Without from within looms large Now! Open the box . CLP 06/05/2020 →
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On the Marsh
Lapwings squeal at crows Stealing eggs from open nests Fear-filled commotion . n.b. Dreadful scenes of larceny and conflict marking daybreak on 1st May. . CLP 1st May 2020 →
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Gyrismó
Purple bougainvillea tumbling from baskets decorated our wayIn those hours without shade in the hottest heatWe found a route to that other bay soon enoughWith its crumbling Crusader castle cut from a cleft in the high valleyGuarding over the café, squared-off with bleached tarpaulinsSitting like a brig roped to the quay, its skeleton crew manning →
Journey of Words 