• on time

    when did my boat sail?it must have been in the nighttide turns silently ~ n.b. Blink and you’ve missed it. When it’s gone, it’s gone. Where next? CLP 28/02/2022

  • on borders

    ejected by North Searagged rubber dingy beachedno sign of the crew ~ n.b. Who braved the waves on this through Storm Dudley, Storm Eunice, or Storm Franklin? Did they make dry land? CLP 27/02/2022

  • on Ukraine xii

    we wait for resultslate Saturday afternoonthis is not a game ~ CLP 26/02/2022

  • on Taiwan

    scanning horizonislanders wonder, Who’s next?others look away ~ n.b. Is what’s good for the goose, good for the gander? CLP 26/02/2022

  • on Ukraine xi

    we retire to bedsleep soundly in ignorancedream through your nightmare ~ CLP 24/02/2022

  • on Ukraine x

    woken by drummingrooftiles taking a beatingthankful it’s just rain ~ n.b. Complaining about weather? If that is all to worry about, lucky us. CLP 24/02/2022

  • on Ukraine ix

    It’s “a matter ofUkrainian self-defence”is all we offer ~ n.b. Expect little more than more hot air from a UK government led by a liar and a spiv, whose political party accepts money laundered through Londongrad. I am reminded of an old joke adapted: Q: How do I get out of this?A: Well, I wouldn’t

  • on selective hearing

    I keep saying itshe said, nobody listenscan anyone hear? ~ n.b. Birdsong, traffic, the sound of lone voices.

  • on time

    available hoursmultiplied by age equalsday’s velocity ~ n.b. This is the formula that tells you what speed you are travelling through the Fourth Dimension. Worked examples: 24 hours x 60 years of age = 1,440 lds (Life Day Speed) 24 hours x 13 years of age = 312 lds Marginal increases in lds are hard

  • on time

    lie in accidentand emergency for hourssand runs through fingers ~ CLP 21/02/2022