• On the Street ix

    Lost in rain-drenched leaves Camouflaged by shades of brown Spotted by kind eyes ~ n.b. So what if I cancelled my cards after waiting on the phone to the bank for fifty minutes? I came home to this in my postbox, with a very soggy wallet; everything present and correct. Thank you, Mark. ~ CLP

  • On the Street vi

    Gutters now blocked by leaves, twigs and dropped masks We’re facing a flood ~ CLP 05/10/2020

  • On Ending

    Suddenly, mid-word the ink ran out and just left a faint impression ~ n.b. My pen, a gift from a friend who acquires them from the Lausanne Palace, dried up. Just when I was thinking of something else. ~ CLP 06/10/2020

  • On the Street v

    Here nobody knows Who I might be, nor my work. Freedom of movement ~ CLP 05/10/2020

  • On the Street v

    St. Vitus dances in London Street while smiling Sells the Big Issue ~ n.b. There is a man who comes into Norwich to sell the fund-raising magazine The Big Issue. Sellers are the street homeless who are trying to find a way out of the no job – no money – no home – no

  • On Friendship

    Growing steadily Asking for naught; taking naught It became something ~ CLP 03/10/2020

  • Poem Found in Poems

    I’m in love In a cemetery of secret desires Soft lips, all for one Until dawn breaks Gently, I came to his shore Coincidences cocked my senses Breathed love that penetrated me A rose blooming in a garden of roses Watered by crocodile tears ~ n.b. Today, 1st October, 2020 is National Poetry Day in

  • On Drizzle

    Light diffused through sheets which gently wrap limbs in cold that seeps into bones ~ CLP 29/09/2020

  • On Love

    Between a close friend and lover is a fine line but a hard border ~ CLP 27/09/2020

  • On Calm

    Realisation of the inevitable; unavoidable ~ CLP 27/09/2020