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on Ukraine ii
if Russia invadeswe’ll respond aggressivelycollateral damned ~ n.b. Someone factors in civilian deaths, which will mean children, mothers, grandparents, lovers, fathers, sons, daughters. ~ CLP 21/01/2022 →
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on Ukraine
so loud I can’t thinkof anyone else but youRAF practice ~ n.b. On the border, on the edge, on the verge…Russian troops run through a few drills. Here, in Norfolk, fighter jets likewise. What would you be thinking if you were sending your children off to school in Kyiv this morning? ~ CLP 20/01/2022 →
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on flight
I stopped by the lip of the citywhere the lines to London curl southbreathed in the spacefelt the frost in my throatby the derelict sitemore fenced-off car parking than I imaginedexpanse of redundant concretesplit by grasses at its seamsreflecting the January Sun’s warmthenough to creat sufficient turbulanceto lift the buzzardsthey spiralled upwards into the bluethen →
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on time
if you get up earlyduring these short daysget out, walk towards the eaststand still, watch the bright light growfrom deep blue, so blue its almost blackto steel greywatch the horizon burnturn, look up at the highest pointstudy the golden light edging downthe church steeplethe coniferthe pyloncity hall’s clock toweryou’ll feel the Earth spinningtaking you into →
Journey of Words 