• Oh, Russia!

    what happened out there was there not enough at home to keep you busy ~ n.b. pain old as mountains never ending series. CLP 17/08/2021

  • Oh, Britain!

    does no one know that you have been retreating since 1842 ~ n.b. Read this link and weep https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Britains-Retreat-From-Kabul-1842/ n.n.b. pain old as mountains never ending series. CLP 17/08/2021

  • Oh, America!

    you never promised world peace, riches and safety we misread the script ~ n.b. pain old as mountains never ending series. CLP 17/08/2021

  • Oh, Afghanistan!

    centuries pass by what is twenty years to you pain old as mountains CLP 16/08/2021

  • Whoa!

    stop right there you just rode in again out of nowhere trampled my fragile bones to powder rode out again our memory a curse ~ CLP 15/08/2021

  • August viii

    crisp sun sharp blue heat this southern sky long since missed now untouchable ~ CLP 14/08/2021

  • August vii

    seasons overlap cricket runs into football what a load of balls ~ CLP 14/08/2021

  • August vi

    somewhere in between heat of summer / autumn mist dry shimmer of leaves ~ CLP 13/08/2021

  • August v

    strange shapes form at dusk fears and imaginings clash night sharpens its claws ~ CLP 12/08/2021

  • August iv

    sharp red berries spilled from urgent beaks mashed underfoot sweet yellow paste tentative young wasp ~ CLP 11/08/2021