Journey of Words

Tag: Poetry

  • 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 →

  • On Mortality

    i yawn swallow a fly this random occurrence prescient ~ CLP 11/08/2021 →

  • August iii

    needle lifts off vinyl arm clicks to rest low buzz of speakers gently suppressed by rain darkening the street tickling the silver birch leaves forming a wassssshhhhh behind a passing car ~ CLP 09/08/2021 →

  • Autumn ii

    your irises contain bright chestnut flames choice of tint for your hair so well matched ~ we sat for three hours before we parted I could not resist saying your eyes are beautiful ~ the season’s first wasp dances like a puppet at my window moves off uncertain where to go from here? ~ n.b. →

  • On Clouds

    paint your own picture or draw your own conclusions aircraft carrier ~ CLP 07/08/2021 →