• on Ukraine

    Slithering boaconstrictor tightens its holdTears of frustration ~ n.b. In Moscow, the New York Times reports, ‘victory’ is a word often heard. The fight goes on. Where is a peace plan? Peace cannot come without an even balancing of power. Russia will not stop unless its army is halted. Where will that line be drawn?

  • on time

    grab it while you cansuch precious serene secondssand runs through fingers ~ CLP 10/06/2024

  • on time

    the young men I watchedas a kidplay footballwin trophiesare old men nowill, dying, deadmaybe it is sadbut I am gladI saw them playat their peakproviding memoriesof which I can speakthey light firesin my eyes stillDavies, Hiron, BallI still see them all ~ n.b. There are many, many more. Thank you lads. CLP 09/06/2024

  • Lighting Up Time

    Sunlight’s final glowMoonlight slices throughNight’s deepening bruiseStreet lamps spark upDazzling carsAuthority of red ~ CLP 09/06/2024

  • on cycling

    ‘when the fun stops stop’the gambling adverts adviseas they play with our headsthere’s no such thingas free moneyit costs a lot to winand winning can cost everythingif you are bicyclingwhen the fun stopsyou’ve just got to keep onspinning those wheelsuntil something shiftsgears in your headstopping is not an optionthe fun becomes being ~ n.b. For

  • on Broadmarsh

    built, abandonedpart-demolishedin a lifetimedecay of a vibrant cityrusting steel wiredusty crumbling concrete wallstwisted metal window framesboarded off from pedestrianswho are diverted up the hillpast the empty shell of Debenham’swhere the busker singsThings Have Changed ~ n.b. Nottingham has changed. Improved? Not for a visitor to say. Bob Dylan link here. CLP 06/05/2024

  • Deletion

    I sense something not quite rightA disco nnectionIs there some thingGoing wrong?Tired? Weary? Aged?In a place I don’t recognise. ~ CLP 06/06/2024

  • on time

    Eighty years ago, tonightSuffolk fields heard the roarOf engines fired upAs the 446th took off for FranceFor libertyThey led the lineInto Fortress Europe n.b. This memorial stands at the site of the disused airbase, near Flixton, Suffolk. No names given, just the numbers: 66 aircraft lost, 456 men killed in action. ‘Remember them’ we’re told.

  • on housing

    and they huffedand they puffedand had fourteen years in powerbut like everything elsethey touchedit brokethere is nothing they can sayto convince usthat they deserve another chancelook!here by the rivera tentis this a tourist camping cheapor the start of an encampment?under the bridgean old battered boat is tiedwhere no mooring fees applywashing hanging on wiresthe jumble

  • on truth

    memory is goodspreadsheet better t.b.hdata doesn’t lie ~ n.b. Does anyone trust utility companies to tell the truth? Lies of omission, confusion pricing, ‘estimates’. Where’s the truth? CLP 03/06/2024