Venus overwhelmed
Her brilliance diminished
By Summer's radiance
The Moon tries to slip away
But such a familiar face
Is too easily spotted
You'll be back
Mark my words
~
CLP 24/05/2023
on light
Tag Archives: Poetry
on Ukraine
'Bakhmut is Gone' now
its name remains on a map
shells have left mere shells
~
n.b. Today the New York Times shows film taken from a drone of the broken city. Three people huddled by a wall, checking whether it is safe to creep around the corner of a block, on their journey to god knows where, through the rubble.
An explosion splays dirt and debris in the air, as another another artillery round lands. Vandalism on a municipal scale.
So, this is what Moscow argues is the price Ukrainian people must pay to be ‘freed’ from self-rule and government by their own elected representatives. This is liberation?
CLP 23/05/2023
on light
Life twenty or so floors up
Must have some angles not appreciated
By those habituated at ground level
Like watching the crescent Moon sink
towards the ground floor
Does it ever feel as if the Moon lies
Beneath you, for example?
~
n.b. The Moon, devoid of life, full of magic and mystery. Talk me through that one.
CLP 22/05/2023
on time
eventually
even the headstone crumbles
all is forgotten
~
CLP 20/05/2023
on time
millions of years
dragonfly's evolution
close to conclusion
~
n.b. The Scarce Chaser. Increasingly scarce. A female seen today, 19th May 2023.
CLP 19/05/2023
on Ukraine
talk of days changes
four hundred and more turns to
counting passing years
~
n.b. We are becoming used to news of terror, criminality, invasion, cruelty.
Attention! Attention! Attention!
Daily attacks on Ukraine’s people continue.
CLP 19/05/2023
on colour
nothing matches green
not even green matches green
every leaf a gem
~
CLP 18/05/2023
on time
talk me through reasons
why tomorrow's important
today's all there is
~
n.b. Just seen Walter Trout perform, nine years after he was given a new liver. Nine years of LIFE. Today is it. Whatever you hope for, do it now.
p.s. He’s the real deal!
CLP 17/05/2023
on time
there's an old saying
have a good time, all the time
is that possible?
~
n.b. Brighton gives it a bloody good go!
CLP 17/05/2023
on time
Rough old seaside town
When not putting on a front
Can be quite charming
~
n.b. Brighton, if you were asking. Yes, I know it is a city now, but not when I first knew it.
CLP 16/05/2023
Journey of Words 