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Herds
Based on ‘Words’ by Tadeusz Różewicz (translated from the Polish by Bill Johnston) Published by archipelago books (New York, 2007) Herds Herds are rounded up treated as fodder for innocent smiles reduced to mere patties sold by a clown . macerated with machined steel compressed into packets wrapped conveniently for shipping . distant forests have →
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Do Not Alight Here…
…the sign on the platform read provoking that bloody-minded reaction he saw as proof of living a life still worth it, worth everything worth going to bed with a stranger once more here might be the place that could throw things up burn the throat, whet the tongue revive, refresh, rekindle the screech of parakeets →
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Flâneur
Less of a fork, more like a maze Cul de sac, u-turn, or roundabout route Chris-crossing cities, wandering wild A rambling nose for amuse-bouches and side dishes A taste for sharp turns, an eye for live mains Which road is not travelled when most have been tried? Still working through the start menu, rebooting worn →
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Parabola
Our thoughts held tight heads aligned are shaped by Time round as round, square as square so bounded by this gravity we sense all this is quite real can we feel anything change without divine intervention? our settled ways become unsettled minds so fixed they become unhinged ~ n.b. Just asking. How difficult is this, →
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Star Dancer And Her School Of Dance (Francis Picabia) 1913
One, two, three, four! And step! And stretch! And jump! And turn! We step, then stretch, then jump, then turn Split-sole jazz shoes in unison First pat, then slide, then glide, then twist And step! And stretch! And jump! And turn! We lunge, then lean, then leap, then shift Our heads held high, our movement →
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On Reflection
Yeah, great. Another sunset. What’s great about that? Gold, cold, darkness approaches. Day’s end and time to struggle with the night. I want, I need, I long to see another sunrise. Picture that! Another sunrise. Not much to ask, is it? ~ CLP 30/03/2021 →
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Spring (Day 11):
We wait by the Wensum. We wait for the kingfisher. We are not disappointed as it flies past twice, breaking its return journey to rest on the buddleja opposite for a few seconds. Later, I wait and watch again. A family gather pointing at silver blue in the bushes across the water. They realise it →
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On The Tree
After spring day’s warmth Sleep calls to our sun-pinked skin. Insomniac bird! ~ n.b. Get with the programme, birdie! ~ CLP 30/03/2021 →
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At the Exit
Clocks have changed to British Summer Time. The Sun has come out. A strong southerly wind brings warmth to Norfolk. People are out and about, the sound of children playing in the local park competes with goldfinches, blackbirds, chaffinches and the blue and great tits. An otter has been seen in the Wensum nearby and →
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On British Summer Time
Funnily enough (contrary to opinion) it is a real thing ~ n.b. Even in Norfolk, (we just have to negotiate spring first). CLP 28/03/2021 →
Journey of Words 