• on Ukraine

    this runs far deeperdestruction of a nationMoscow’s callous goal ~ n.b. Having failed with invasion, Moscow’s aim seems to be to turn Ukraine to ruins. Blowing up the Nova Kakhovka dam is just another day at the office for the little man in The Kremlin. How will this be ended? CLP 07/06/2023

  • 6th June

    Veterans gather at City HallRemembering the storiesTold by their seniors of The BeachesJuno, Sword, GoldOf Canadian cousins with bicyclesAnd American men who washed ashoreTheir blood soaking through the sandOn Utah and OmahaDecades have passed since D-DayNever again, Europe swore.Above, the lifeless flagUkraine’s Yellow and Blue ~ CLP 06/06/2023

  • on time

    well beyond midnightnot a star, full moon obscuredowls scratch at silence ~ CLP 05/06/2023

  • on distance

    Your correspondenceShapes a response within meIt’s as if you’re here ~ CLP 03/06/2023

  • on time

    it’s crept up on usseparation stretches toanother Moonrise ~ n.b. That’s enough now. CLP 03/06/2023

  • on distance

    a street name conjures images of smiles, blue eyeswarmth of your presence ~ CLP 01/06/2023

  • on distance

    we both see the Moonwatch the Evening Star descendwish on shooting stars – n.b. Kilometres dissolve. CLP 31/05/2023

  • on Ukraine

    innocents murderedbecomes standard war practisedeath of innocence ~ n.b. Has the war now reached Moscow, from whence it came? CLP 31/05/2023

  • on Ukraine

    this is the futureunmanned aerial vehicleswar without soldiers ~ n.b. Eventually, no human risk to intervention, weapons fight weapons, just civilian casualties. Who will prevail? The belligerent with most money. Something not previously the case, as the wealthy nations don’t like to see too many of their poorer sons sacrificed. See Vietnam, Afghanistan, Suez, Iraq,

  • on time

    ‘On me holidays!He replied, ‘On holidayfrom what exactly?’ ~ n.b. Good question. CLP 29/05/2023