Journey of Words

Tag: Poetry

  • 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 →

  • on Dorset

    adverse weather normPuddletown, Piddletrenthidetown names tell it all ~ n.b. When clear weather, it’s lovely. When it’s wet, it can be extremely wet. Love it. Today, like a shower, I was just passing through. CLP 25/12/2025 →

  • on Ukraine

    Russia’s Christmas plansgifts of death, destruction, griefwe cannot forget ~ n.b. Ukraine’s Christmas festivities start from 7th January. Russian attacks on Kherson and Bakhmut are designed to spread the word that the terror continues, so our slow news holidays are filled with gloom. CLP 24/12/2022 →

  • on time

    ships pass red to redavoiding collision riskno coincidence ~ n.b. If you don’t take a risk you won’t get hurt. CLP 23/12/2023 →

  • on time

    I will not descendinto irascible old agethere are too few hours ~ n.b. More preachy stuff. CLP 22/12/2022 →