Journey of Words

Tag: Poetry

  • on the page

    a writer sat downto write about a writerstruggling to writeat a retreat deep in Dorsetaway from daily distractions(obviously, that’s the appeal of a retreat)the story takes a nasty turnwhen the writer is foundbludgeoned to deathwith fingers crushedbetween the lid and keyboardof a MacBookpolice say that the weaponfound at the scenewas a remaindered hardback bookabouta writer →

  • on Ukraine

    the wolf feigns wearinesswhile circling the flockwhile picking off the strayswhile slaughtering lambsthe wolf licks its lipsreveals a smilemocking the eaglewho also only has eyes for its stomach~n.b. A proposed peace plan, or a mafia carve up? You choose. CLP 20/11/2025 →

  • on Ukraine

    a blanket has been thrown over itbut the grim reality continuesif you scroll down far enougha story emerges to remind usMoscow’s war is unendingin the face of the heroic resistanceholding the fortsallying forth to disruptdrawing a linealong which both might talkUkraine lives!~ CLP 14/11/2025 →

  • on jazz

    drumming on the paneconcentrating the mindrolls, beatsarhythmic percussionbacked by the basso profundoof the east windits piccolo whistlingof fresh airthrough a window ajarbrightens the tonelowers the temperature CLP 14/11/2025 →

  • on leadership

    Heroic burghersSaved Calais from slaughterDuty to people~n.b. Their lives were eventually spared, but the actions of the six burghers of Calais are an outstanding example of commitment to public duty. Rodin’s sculpture is a testament to their selfless leadership and a reminder that the English are just 35km away. CLP 10/11/2025 →

  • on space

    social mediadecrees blanks are not allowedwhilst wiping the mind~n.b. It is tiring. The war on Ukraine continues. The people of Gaza struggle desperately for breath. Sudan turns in on itself. The whirlpools of our slowly boiling oceans spin on. Will love truly be the answer? Is love all we need? CLP 30/10/2025 →

  • on time

    to thinkall we have talked of todayeverything we have shared this afternoonwill by tonight be gone for youperhaps you will retain the warmthof emotion stirred by my visitwithout the inconvenience of detailwhile I grieve at memoryof your loss~ CLP 28/10/2025 →

  • on time

    we have no more timethat extra hour in our bedsa trick of the light~ CLP 26/10/2025 →

  • on work

    like swans, we swallowour dignitystrain for reeds in the murkget our heads downarses in the airour most beautiful characteristicssubmergedour personalitiesdrowned in a breathless world~ CLP 24/10/2025 →

  • on Ukraine

    There are those still at homeThere are those a long way from homeThere are those fighting for their homesThere are those dying in their homesThere are those who are grieving for their homesThere are those making new homesThere are those longing to return home~ CLP 20/10/2025 →