Journey of Words

Tag: Poetry

  • on Ukraine

    full circuit of Sunwinter never left this landcold blooded murder ~ n.b. A year. CLP 14/02/2023 →

  • on time

    whither do we headcome snow drops and daffodils?can you hear bluebells? ~ n.b. The picture shows catkins, or “Lambs’ tails” as my mother knew them when she was growing up in the Fens. CLP 13/02/2023 →

  • on time

    seasonal changescyclical shifts in orbitThames rises and falls ~ n.b. Is winter defined by lack of colour, or just the English winter? CLP 12/02/2023 →

  • on Ukraine

    six jets roar overshake windows, disturb pigeonsEnglish seaside town ~ n.b. Used to one or two on practice runs, but six? What’s actually happening? CLP 11/02/2023 →

  • on time

    February? Wow!sunshine, blue sky and calm seatake a brief moment ~ CLP 10/02/2023 →

  • on light

    who’s there! friend or foe?beauty beyond horizonreflected glory ~ CLP 09/02/2023 →

  • on Ukraine

    and while people diedefending their homes and landwordsmiths question them ~ n.b. I have been writing about Ukraine since the Russian invasion started. One thing I hope that I haven’t done is tried to explain from the West, or anywhere but my own perspective. It is inexplicable, unfathomable, unless you question why one man in →

  • on colour

    stop, arrest, charge, gaolfact is, ‘Inglan is a bitch’fair’s not fair enough ~ n.b. The Crown Prosecution Service has investigated its files and found white English people are less likely to be prosecuted than any other ethnic group facing similar police charges, i.e. same crime, different treatment. The whole English legal system acts in joint →

  • on time

    grow straight, tall and truemore tricky than imaginedtrees flex with the wind ~ CLP 08/02/2023 →

  • on Ukraine

    witness destructionmeted out by Earth’s shakingyou men are feeble ~ n.b. The instantaneous chaos of an earthquake takes seconds to kill thousands, Russia determined to replicate Nature’s awesome strength in suffocating slow-motion. What does Moscow gain from the slaughter? CLP 06/02/2023 →