Journey of Words

Tag: Poems

  • on Ukraine

    more than a year nowunimaginable thengrim reality ~ n.b. If you’re interested find a copy of this newly released book, War Diary by Yevgenia Belorusets. Published in the UK by Pushkin Press. CLP 22/04/2023 →

  • At Length

    Her final month of summerWas all we feared that it might beNot her tender graciousnessLeft us in her wake, but that driveDrawn from the womb’s wellFired her urgencyMade her hunger pain We wondered at their blindnessWhen nothing was more plainAs they quarried her stone heartTheir stupidity no brighterThan a dullard’s dull insolenceIt was life’s force →

  • Betrayal

    Windsurferbalancesbreeze andsailStandsconfident inpositionof authorityRefreshedby sprayon tannedgym-monkey torsovanityjustifiedEvacuationof KabulstutterspendingMinister’sapprovalAfghan alliesrequirevisas toescapeTaliban’svengeful advanceWindsurfergybescock-sureof judgementpowerCalls fromministryofficialscan waittheir paperswill be readlaterAircraftdeparthalf-emptysuch preciousequipmentcannotbe lostLoyalityto thedemocraticcreedonly flowsone-wayand cancost youeverything ~ n.b. NaPoWriMo 2023. Day 20 prompt take an abstract noun from the list and write in short lines and brief stanzas. News events here, the resignation of a bully from HM →

  • on life

    Eons hence they’ll seeBlue planet’s lifeless watersKEEP OUT – TOXIC WASTE ~ n.b. NaPoWriMo 2023. Day 20 prompt, looking back to now from a distant future time. Here from a distant planet. CLP. 20/04/2023 →

  • Aladdin Sane

    The cover artwork, whiteFeather cut, blue and redLightning flash acrossBowie’s downcast eyesBared shoulders and torso’He suffers from androgyny’Mother cautioned meI had borrowed the albumFrom Paul, who four years laterBecame more extrovert, quite campAfter his trip to ParisWhere he sought a manTo offer up his virginityWhile I played ‘Time’ ashamedly ~ n.b. NaPoWriMo 2023. Day 19, →

  • Qwerty Love Story

    Quietly watching, Eva romanticised. This youth, unshaven, insistent, optimistic. Possibilities! Arising sexual desire formed Grasped her Jubilantly kindling Love’s zany X-certificate variations brought new meaning. n.b. NaPoWriMo 2023. Day 18 prompt: Use the alphabet to write a poem. I went a bit Qwerty with this one. QWERTYUIOP / ASDFGHJKL / ZXCVBNM CLP 18/04/2023 →

  • on Ukraine

    twenty-five years forVladimir Kara-Murzafor calling out war ~ n.b. Mr Kara-Murza stayed in Russia to inform Russians about the invasion of Ukraine under the orders of Moscow. Sentenced to twenty-five years for being critical of Russia’s leadership, an exemplary sentence has been imposed. As a holder of Russian and British citizenships, it is thought he →

  • Comet

    such temporal beauty
I thought I’d never see again →

  • Kumquat

    Kumquat, as he was known Worked each Saturday morning In Fruit & Veg, it was said And school holidays When not playing cricket Which was all winter And much of the summer too Given so much English weather Is unsuited to chasing leather Across a field freshly mown In China the Kumquat’s known As the →

  • Negation

    I am sick of the soundof your voiceYou’re always moaningWhingeingComplainingI’m sick of the sightOf youand your tearsWhat do you know about itAbout anythingYou’re stupid, pig thickDumbDon’t startDon’t interruptOh, do be quietHaven’t you got anything new to sayHurry upGet on with itI haven’t got all dayNot now, later ~ n.b. NaPoWriMo 2023. Day 16 prompt. A →