Journey of Words

Tag: Poetry

  • on life

    we spin alongan invisible pathbetween Venusand Marsconnected bydelicate threadssisters, brotherscousinsconstellationsof generationsshifting shapemoving apart CLP 23/12/2023 →

  • alpine peak

    I don’t do skiingNot that slither and slidePick up speedBounce, twist, swooshy thingI don’t need the rushOf hurtling downhillJust to go back upTo do it again, againTake my hand until spring comeswe’ll dancethrough fresh pasturelie on a daisy carpetimpress grass angelsin meadowslisten to cow bellsting off the pineslaugh as we break throughthe clinging skin of →

  • on time

    dark days these are indeedthe Sun as distant as it can benew half-moon offers hopeof lighter nightsthe pendulum will swing backspring followbut first we must hunker downfeel cold of winter’s dawnsunlight without warmthilluminating our struggle ~ CLP 19/12/2023 →

  • on time

    there is much sadnessyet still the Sun transmits warmthin this winter air ~ CLP 17/12/2023 →

  • winter blackbird

    what do you think you are playing at?three a.m. on a December Saturdaysinging like it’s a summer dawn?the Sun doesn’t rise for another five hoursit’s been gone for elevenwhat do you think you’re playing at? ~ CLP 16/12/2023 →

  • unbearable

    in measured toneswith reasonable languagethese two men adopt a stolid stanceexplain nothing will deflecteach from their stated purposeirrespective of distractionsthe cries of infants orphanedthe tears of grieving mothersthe pleas of widowsanger of widowersvengeful vows from sons and daughterswho will ensure peace will not cometo Palestine or Ukrainefor generations ~ n.b. Whether a daily press briefing →

  • on Ukraine

    “Someday this war will end”soldiers will become civviesflowers sprout from graves~ CLP 12/12/2023 →

  • Mr Johnson, I presume

    Uhmmm. Aaargh. Well. No, no, no.Well. Aaargh. Uhmmm. But, but, but. What, what, what, what you have to un, un, understandUhmmm. Aaargh. Well. No, no, no.Well. Aaargh. Uhmmm. But, but, but.You, you, you need to appreciate the con, con, contextUhmmm. Aaargh. Well. No, no, no.Well. Aaargh. Uhmmm. But, but, but.I, I, I have given you →

  • on Ukraine

    Illia KyvaShot by a person unknown Lies in Moscow Park ~ n.b. While the winter grips the throats of soldiers, (who, may I remind you, are the sons of mothers), the SBU go hunting for those who have promoted this war against their own. CLP 05/12/2023 →

  • on Ukraine

    now, in other newswinter comes to clog the wheelsfurniture in fire ~ n.b. Days into years, years into tears. CLP 11/11/2023 →