Journey of Words

Tag: Poetry

  • on time

    three a.m. againmemories of you flood backvixen barks in street ~ CLP 01/04/2023 →

  • on colour

    electric blue flashkingfisher’s iridescencesparkle in your eye ~ n.b. Blue, blue. Electric blue. That’s the colour of my room, where I will stay, (sang David Bowie). CLP 31/03/2023 →

  • Coast

    westerly pulling at loose coat hoodswhite horses whispering of rainturnstones picking through kelpgulls laughing from beachfront roofswet sand slowly filling in footprintsfaint moon fading in morning azureVenus sinking with all our hopes ~ CLP 30/03/2023 →

  • on Ukraine

    another Spring dawnswar without clear beginningwith no end in sight ~ n.b. The men in Moscow prefer a war economy to something better. Ukraine is being steadily reduced to the new Flanders Fields, where the prospect of better weather, leads to the prospect of increased conflict. CLP 29/03/2023 →

  • on colour

    grey grey grey grey greygrey grey grey grey grey grey greywhite blackthorn blossom ~ n.b. Thank goodness for the flowers on a day like this! CLP 29/03/2023 →

  • on rain

    caught on fresh budsjewels refract glint of lightsupplicant flowers ~ n.b. In England, as Spain, rain is becoming a rare commodity. A joy to feel it fall, fresh on skin. CLP 28/03/2023 →

  • on time

    looming in shadowsanother month presses indon’t let it crush me ~ n.b. One day at a time, please, one day. CLP 27/03/2023 →

  • on time

    years ago we metyou couldn’t find the right keynow, you play them all ~ n.b. Fantastic to regularly hear new music from https://contradusk.bandcamp.com/album/piano-selections-2015-2018 This link will take you to a retrospective collection of Michael’s own piano pieces. CLP 26/03/2023 →

  • on Ukraine

    recruitment drive postersrepeated lies in Moscowswap son for a box ~ n.b. All recruitment campaigns for armed forces show healthy, fit, young people, looking confident; money, fun, patriotism, (death, killing and being seriously maimed are in the unwritten small print). CLP 26/03/2023 →

  • on light

    breakers of blossomcrash over grey slate rooftopsrising tide of spring ~ CLP 25/03/2023 →