• on heat

    In the treesShaded by leavesThe cool cloak of birchA havenGentle tremorsBend of boughAs a pigeon lifts offStill up for itWhateverThe weather~ CLP 12/08/2024

  • on gratitude

    we were here for youyou played your hearts out for usour enduring love~ n.b. I could go on…Pompey! Pompey! Ra! Ra! Ra! CLP 11/08/2024

  • on waking

    Gently ease sleep offWith whispered confidencesChirping of sparrows~ CLP 10/08/2024

  • on dawn

    cross the Friendship bridgewitness to the rising Sunlight is still with us~ CLP 10/08/2024

  • on Ukraine

    Unless a riverMountains, deserts, lakes or seaDivides usThere are no bordersThey are malleableLines on mapsPencilled inLike warWhere no rules exist ~ CLP 09/08/2024

  • On Nagasaki

    Do not forget thisthriving city foreverscarred in but a flash~n.b. And on the Third Day after Hiroshima, someone thought Nagasaki should be razed to the ground too. Who? Why? Really? Were two A-bombs really necessary?In history, the atomic bombing of Nagasaki on 9th August 1945, is barely mentioned, yet it suffered the full horror of

  • on reflection

    We cannot be allTo each other but pray we’lldiscover what fits~ CLP 08/08/2024

  • on the cusp

    does the see-saw ever sitperfectly balancedbetween land and sky? ~ CLP 06/08/2024

  • on travel

    Africa is homeFrom whence all humans travelledWe are all migrants ~ n.b. The United Kingdom, as these islands and a bit of Ireland are called, are showing serious signs of not being united. Has the king of this Kingdom, anything to say about the racist rioters? The rioters are proud of an anthem which talks

  • on conversation

    please listen to menot every word comes easymy voice is hidden ~ n.b. On a day of joy and love, at a wedding, filled with many wonderful conversations, at least one will stay with me for the rest of my life. Journalist for Ability Today, Khaleel Chima, told me about his vital work assessing powerchair