Journey of Words

Tag: Poetry

  • On Water xxi

    soil crumbled to dust decorous clouds braid sunset prayers for rain dissolve ~ CLP 29/04/2021 →

  • On Water xix

    shallow bay soon fills tide’s return washes creeks clear floods all memory ~CLP 28/04/2021 →

  • On Water xviii

    waves paw the sea wall tentacles gently shine the stone working at weak spots ~ n.b. However old these stones, however long in situ, the sea will eventually wear them down, one wave or another. ~ CLP 26/04/2021 →

  • 4’33” (after John Cage)

    To be read in your head only. Understood? Now 1/2/3/4 begin. . . . . . …I thank you. Encore? No, it is too much! I am exhausted from the effort of this composition. It is too much. I must rest. Thank you. I will release this on SoundCloud as soon as copyright issues are →

  • On Water xvii

    lunatic repetition tide in, tide out, back and forth set your clock by it n.b. Imagine if we had time pieces attuned to the tides, not set from Greenwich Meridian; would we be more sensitive to our planet’s music? CLP 25/04/2021 →

  • On Water xvi

    that helicopter on a beeline up the coast air-sea rescue, obvs n.b. The elements of water and air combine to tragic effect at weekends when the concoction of homo-sapiens, alcohol and sunshine dull the mind, drown common-sense. CLP 25/04/2021 →

  • On Water xv

    green brine of Pompey no shallow mirror of sky depth of character ~ CLP 24/04/2021 →

  • Possible Endings

    being dragged screaming going down fighting slamming doors stepping off slipping away not waking up or just asking is it Time? a fond farewell ~ CLP 25/04/2021 →

  • The Worm and the Louse

    Worm said that Louse had behaved in a way that Worm considered to be ‘mad and totally unethical’ and warned that Worm was prepared to give evidence under oath to an inquiry. “It is sad to see the Louse and his office fall so far below the standards of competence and integrity that this ship →

  • On Water xiv

    rapid shifting shore constantly inconsistent respect without trust ~ n.b. Manningtree through a train window; a must-see stop I keep passing through. ~ CLP 23/0/4/2021 →