Journey of Words

Tag: Poems

  • on time

    wait at the crossingnothing to do but switch offthis choo-choo will pass ~ CLP 02/06/2024 →

  • on Ukraine

    This dreadful summerLonger, dry daysLighter, warm nightsFog of war persists~n.b. Still Moscow sends its sons to kill or be killed on Ukraine’s soil. Go home! CLP 02/06/2024 →

  • Summertime Blues

    Is it worseWhen bad weather sets inTo be in winterOr summertimeAt least it’s expectedWhen the days are shortBut in the summerThere’s always hope ~ n.b. It was so cold out today in Suffolk that I packed up and left early and came back to the city. So cold and so wet. CLP 31/05/2024 →

  • Tomorrow

    ‘Never put offWhat you can do today’The old saying startsI need to sleep‘Tomorrow is a new day’The optimist declaresWhich in itselfAlleviates the gloomTodayI need to sleepI have heard those so fearfulOf what tomorrow might holdThat they resist night’s pullFight wearinessCling to the last straw of todayI need to sleepUnconscious of the momentI am happy to →

  • on time

    There is a periodDuring which the battery keeps onClicking the mechanismTicking the tockBut has no longer the sparkTo move the clock hands onEven tu a l l yI t j u s tSto ~ CLP 20/05/2024 →

  • on Ukraine

    Furious they areSwiss hold onto dirty cashRather than hide it~ n.b. Russia ‘furious’ that even Switzerland has frozen Russian assets, the BBC reports. The rest of us are surprised, to say the least. A shift in attitude of the mountain folk, who have many friends in Russia. Malta, Mexico, Israel, Cyprus. Is the world changing →

  • A Jungle

    He saysMy body is a jungleOne morning I wakeAnd a snake bites meThe next, a tigerWhich begs the questionOf body and soulMind and heartSomeone saysListen to your bodyAdmittedly not an easy thingFor a man to doListenThat river running through itBlood or alcohol?That breathAir or wind?CalcificationFossilisationGlacial erosionOf allThat was fluid and firmJungle drumsPounding in my earsWaterfalls →

  • on stage

    one persona droppedcrowd pleasing stand-in rocks upit’s all projection ~ n.b. You’ll ‘aving a Good Time? Of course we are, silly! CLP 26/05/2024 →

  • Organic Veg Section

    We kissedAu revoirNext the organic cucumbersIn Morrison’sWe’ll meet againAt a mutually convenient junctureWhen we mustSurelyMake better useOf our time ~ n.b. Friday night. Bank Holiday weekend in May. Not raining. ~ CLP 24/04/2024 →

  • on May

    You with hot-water bottleDuvet, purr of kneading catI walk happily homeFull Moon rising through oaksCondensation clouds windscreensI etch PFC with my finger on oneI ❤️ U on anotherThe moisture will lift with the morning sunPFC will be wiped off first thingThe heart, I and U will linger longer ~ n.b. Yes, I know, ‘How old →