Journey of Words

Tag: Poetry

  • on leaves

    they have fallen sooner this yearand faster than last autumncovering paths, slicking up roadslaying on the Wensum’s thin skinbetraying the tidecreeping under Carrow bridgesailing counter to the current tonight will be clearthe plane trees flaking barkboughs shorn of dressinghave nothing to deflect falling frostcan no longer carry the weight of murderous coldthat pours from the →

  • on seeing

    quayside visitorinquisitive or hungryprepared to take risks ~ CLP 16/11/2021 →

  • on time

    battlements, towersrich gated communitywealth will eat itself ~ CLP 16/11/2021 →

  • liminal

    where we seek waterthey struggle to get ashoremarginal difference ~ n.b. Both humans and seals evolved from the mammalian branch of the tree of life, but now they hold mirrored views of the beach…interesting how things turn out. CLP 15/11/2021 →

  • on daylight

    uneasy wakingday stumbles out of duvetcold shower beckons ~ CLP 14/11/2021 →

  • interlude

    cogs and wheels spinningbirdsong, silence of kestrelnot thinking for now ~ n.b. Thank you SO for planning the route this morning. I put my gears into motion, put my mind into neutral. Phew! CLP 13/11/2021 →

  • on autumn

    rich pickings lie herecarpet of horse chestnut leavesremnants of summer ~ n.b. Two Egyptian Geese nosing their way through leaf litter, barely visible in an English city centre. CLP 12/11/2021 →

  • on mist

    clouding boundariesunsettling settling of doubtssoftening edges ~ CLP 11/11/2021 →

  • on passing

    ancient sentinelunmoved by shifting cityflint-hearted witness ~ CLP 09/11/2021 →

  • on light

    we, who came from starsare sure that we will returnto from whence we came ~ CLP 10/11/2021 →