Journey of Words

Tag: Poems

  • Salix Caprea

    New cycle begins Male catkins in full flower Spring’s genie is out . CLP 01/03/2020 →

  • The Englishman’s Castle

    Concentrated pile Fortified, gated, moated Easily besieged . n.b. Pull up the drawbridge and await fate. Castles became obsolete once knowledge of gunpowder, originating in China, spread worldwide. With the power that came with this knowledge so widely distributed, new ways of living had to be found that were more cooperative, more inclusive and resulted →

  • Wind Rushed

    Flicker of Sun’s disc Between tilting racing sails Running on high sea . n.b. The Royal Yachting Association provides detailed explanation of sailing terminology at https://www.rya.org.uk/newsevents/e-newsletters/inbrief/Pages/do-you-know-your-points-of-sail.aspx CLP 27/02/2020 →

  • Pinyin

    Is there any tree holier Than a blooming magnolia? A Lily tree The Jade Lily . n.b. Named Magnolia after a French botanist, Pierre Magnol, although the Chinese call it the Pinyin and had done so for generations before those including it within the plant classification system labelled it after one of Montpellier’s finest; a →

  • On Calm

    Frenetic rambles Ideas pop, jump and ambush Time to settle now . CLP 25/02/2020 →

  • Where is the Love?

    It matters not where No need to search, it is here Love travels lightly . CLP 23/02/2020 →

  • On Knowing

    Talk and talk and talk Does not change the essential Is this right or wrong? . CLP 23/02/2020 →

  • On Watling Street (II)

    Paved ancient route Artery of trade and war Unites and divides . n.b. The Romans built on, upgraded and extended the established thoroughfare, (only known as Watling Street from medieval times, long after the Roman retreat), that conveniently led from south of the Thames, through a ford and on towards the north-west of the island →

  • On Wealth

    Waste is greed’s excess Who might use what we do not? Give without return . n.b. ‘Nequit pereat’ is the motto above the Wells Cathedral clock. It means ‘let nothing perish’. Do we need all we have? Would what we have in excess be put to better use if given to others? . CLP 21/02/2020 →

  • Vergangenheitsaufarbeitung

    Yesterday bore us It cannot ever be changed Tomorrow beckons . n.b. How we accept what has happened in our histories and what we plan and do next shapes our futures. What future do you want to work towards? Vergangenheitsaufarbeitung: Dealing with the past. . CLP 20/02/2020 →