• on time

    it’s crept up on usseparation stretches toanother Moonrise ~ n.b. That’s enough now. CLP 03/06/2023

  • on distance

    a street name conjures images of smiles, blue eyeswarmth of your presence ~ CLP 01/06/2023

  • on distance

    we both see the Moonwatch the Evening Star descendwish on shooting stars – n.b. Kilometres dissolve. CLP 31/05/2023

  • on Ukraine

    innocents murderedbecomes standard war practisedeath of innocence ~ n.b. Has the war now reached Moscow, from whence it came? CLP 31/05/2023

  • on Ukraine

    this is the futureunmanned aerial vehicleswar without soldiers ~ n.b. Eventually, no human risk to intervention, weapons fight weapons, just civilian casualties. Who will prevail? The belligerent with most money. Something not previously the case, as the wealthy nations don’t like to see too many of their poorer sons sacrificed. See Vietnam, Afghanistan, Suez, Iraq,

  • on time

    ‘On me holidays!He replied, ‘On holidayfrom what exactly?’ ~ n.b. Good question. CLP 29/05/2023

  • on time

    Remember walking?Sun breaking through fresh-formed leavesAncient paths through oaks ~ CLP 28/05/2023

  • on AI

    something wrote haikuhuman future uncertainsurge to buy tech stocks ~ n.b. Absolutely, 100% predictable, investments in technology corporations are rocketing in direct proportion to rising fears of the ability of AI to end the Anthropocene. To be quite frank, we’re doing a pretty good job of writing ourselves into the fossil record, so maybe time

  • on light

    despite everythingyou are something quite specialbreath-taking beauty ~ CLP 25/05/2023

  • on light

    Venus overwhelmedHer brilliance diminishedBy Summer’s radianceThe Moon tries to slip awayBut such a familiar faceIs too easily spottedYou’ll be backMark my words ~ CLP 24/05/2023