Journey of Words

Tag: Poetry

  • on time

    night landingtouched down nine thousand feet upwoken to the rainy seasoncloud cover and the infra-red burnCatholic guilt faced by Columbian giltalters the skin, the soulthe shaman’s spirited local brewfires imaginationbrings narcotic clarity to dreamingof being here, nowthe journey begins ~ n.b. Picture courtesy of NOP, who is on his travels. CLP 16/03/2022 →

  • on time / on Ukraine xix

    the truth hurts, it burnseats at our souls if we liesomething more than words ~ n.b. The truth will out. For Marina Ovsyannikova this was the time to stand up and speak her truth. CLP 15/03/2022 →

  • on reflection

    what was it you saw?something you recognised? feared?did you not see me? ~ n.b. Taking things at face value isn’t always easy. Gift horses, mouths, et cetera. CLP 14/03/2022 →

  • on time

    as children we understandwhat is fair and what is notso what makes it right to let things gobecause “it is what it is”?nothing changes when we do nothingstand up and be counted ~ n.b. I was a child when this protest took place. It remains as powerful an image as ever. If it’s wrong, call →

  • on time

    BOOM!I have time all over my handsit runs between my fingersI walk through Sunday stunnedby the smell of the riverthe humidity of the airthe taste of rain in the breezepeach blossom in the citya bumble bee, as big as a thumb,nosing into a crocus, bending the stalkbusy drinking, as I am free to doif I →

  • on Ukraine xviii

    Norwich station Saturday nighta Russian skinhead looking for a fightwearing blue, white, red of his nation’s flag,carrying two beer bottles in clenched handspolished boots and military trousers tucked in the topsproud to be Russian, looking for a fightthis is Norwich station, Saturday night ~ n.b. The human race never fails to disappoint. CLP 12/03/2022 →

  • on Ukraine xvii

    weaponry so cruelthreat of mutual destructiondare we intervene? ~ CLP 11/03/2022 →

  • on light

    Waterloo sunsetbounces off bus sat on redcity plays the blues ~ n.b. Something changed today. The truth is out; money might buy influence, or purchase trophies, but there is still right and wrong. Somebody finally turned the floodlights on Stamford Bridge. ~ CLP 10/03/2022 →

  • on Ukraine xvi

    Kyiv to Channelyou new Burghers of Calaisheld by paper chains ~ n.b. UK Border Force, your first contact with England; all forms – no compassion. It is possible to see England’s famous White Cliffs of Dover from the French Coast. Refugees trying to reach family members in the UK are haunted by England’s proximity, taunted →

  • on time

    can you imaginea punter on every chair?Saturday night, Crewe ~ n.b. Not a huge draw on a football match evening, but a noticeboard full of forthcoming events, committee rulings and protocols for the membership. The games bar was better populated, to be fair. What conversation to be had was light and amusing. Apparently it was →