• on land

    pink sky threatens frostlife retreats beneath the turfMoon casts stark shadows ~ n.b. Great to be back under Somerset skies. CLP 02/01/2023

  • on Ukraine

    bleak light of new dayunmanned aircraft on attackmachines v. humans ~ n.b. This is the ultimate manifestation of Capitalism. Capital buys machines to ultimately kill and cow, a human population. Who has the most money to pay those willing to build such machinery? CLP 02/01/2022

  • on time

    cricket in Sydneywhile we are getting readyfootball in Pompey ~ CLP 01/01/2023

  • on Ukraine

    out into sunshinefaces turn toward it’s warmthsunglasses hide tears ~ n.b. Blessed Sun comes with warmth in winter’s shadow. CLP 31:12/2022

  • on time

    we have swung aroundlight stays with us longer nowpast the furthest point ~ n.b. There is colder weather to come, but days lengthen, sky retains light until later each day. CLP 30/12/2022

  • on life

    who are you kidding?all the better to feel joyreminders of pain ~ CLP 29/12/2022

  • on time

    that number is agenot just two simple digitsdays faster, limbs slow ~ n.b. How would it feel if days are getting faster, but we stay at full grown adult pace? We would feel slower, relatively. And how about shrinkage, is the world getting bigger, expanding like the Universe? Hopefully not, at least for the youngsters.

  • on time

    has nothing since changed?winter night gathers homelessbeneath old timbers ~ n.b. In Exeter, these ancient buildings still offer shelter for the street dwellers during inclement weather. The central doorway here, the bed space for a handful of street people, as it must have been many times over the centuries. How advanced is this advanced society,

  • on time

    return anywherenever quite what it had beenif memory’s true ~ n.b. We rely on our versions of events, people, places to negotiate each day. Confusion comes with fading memory. Understanding comes with wisdom. Truth is defined by the storytellers. CLP 26/12/2022

  • in Exeter

    Christmas lights the streetscardboard city’s residentsfeast on poverty ~ CLP 25/12/2022