Journey of Words

Tag: Poetry

  • on democracy

    no race to the posthalf a crown can still be boughtif not a kingdom ~ n.b. At what point does a democracy become a chumocracy? Donations from the uber-wealthy buy access to Downing Street. This is no clowning matter; the UK is run by gangsters. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QQGxNIyks6s →

  • Over

    the years I forget messy details memory fails what went wrong to us ~ CLP 10/05/2021 →

  • on the level

    don’t delve undulywhat lies beneath the surfacekeeps a safe distance ~ CLP 10/12/2021 →

  • on memory

    how does it happen?looking at youin your old photosI elsewhere in my ownyet here we sitas happy asif we’d never been apart ~ CLP 09/12/2021 →

  • on light / on time / on fear

    undressed in the darkslid underneath bed coversmade up to see you ~ n.b. “We come from nothing, return to nothing.” CLP 08/2/2021 →

  • on Autumn

    tardy Sun arrivespays us cursory visitclocks off as soon as… ~ n.b. If it even bothers to turn up for work these days. CLP 08/12/2021 →

  • on time

    there’re days that are yoursothers allocated mineno coincidence ~ CLP 07/12/2021 →

  • on morning

    woken by birdsongaware of shifting cars belowman vomits in street ~ n.b. It must be Monday. CLP →

  • on love

    heard it all before?torn up the script, binned the book?good sense of humour?you’ll need itwhen you find yourself backscanning the shelvesbeing caught by a catchy titlereaching out instinctivelygently pulling at the spinehandling it with respectliking the coversavouring the smell of the fresh-printed pageengaged by the writingchoosing to invest some timeyou take it homedip indiscover this →

  • on home

    accumulationutensils and memoriescomfort, food, some dust ~ CLP. 04/12/2021 →