Journey of Words

Tag: Poems

  • Er hem! Cough! Excuse me?

    Now we hear the bleating International businesses whine Help us governments of the world! No problem Speak to the low tax nations Where you launder your money See how Gibraltar, Malta and the Cayman Islands will profit you now! . n.b. Time to nationalise a few essential services? Just a thought. CLP 16/03/2020 →

  • On Spring (ii)

    Flowers thrown open Sun pours in, loosens pollen Air fills with mystery . CLP 16/03/2020 →

  • Breakfast

    Squabble of starlings Tumble on night’s dawn-blessed gifts Furious wings flash . CLP 16/03/2020 →

  • Un-hitched

    Saddle bags tightened Swing up onto horse’s back A last look; kick on . CLP 15/03/2020 →

  • One Way Street

    Horizon beckons Hurdles cleared, highway broadens Saddle a fresh horse . CLP 15/03/2020 →

  • Like Christmas Eve

    Not the brushing of hair, best clothes Glass of sherry before Midnight Mass Walk to church under the frosted stars and a slice of moon Not the quiet time listening to carols on Radio 3 Wrapping presents, piling them under the tree Not a light meal ahead of the gorging of Christmas Day. Not these →

  • What if…?

    We don’t meet again? Since we first met, believe me We’ve never parted . n.b. We are not alone. CLP 14/03/2020 →

  • On Blue Sky (III)

    Crystalline azure Fine ice particles sparkle Frost sheet from on high . CLP 13/04/2020 →

  • On Blue Sky (II)

    Callous seducer I cast off winter clothing Now am under-dressed . n.b. Hope over experience. What was I thinking? It’s early March. . CLP 13/03/2020 →

  • Social Distance

    We had enjoyed the fish and chips With a glass of white wine Our meal only slightly tainted by the whiff of corona virus, Covid-19 in the air The sterile formica tables and clinical strip-lighting Could not protect our conversation from being infected Along with eighty percent of those about us With the impending sense →