Journey of Words

Tag: Poetry

  • on Ukraine

    rockets from Russiadecimate generationsreturn to Stone Age ~ n.b. Unspeakable. CLP 16/12/2022 →

  • on light

    brilliant citycannot obscure Martian redshine in Moon’s absence CLP 16/12/2022 →

  • on time

    we scraped snow off lineskicked the ball through heavy flakesplayed as if still kids ~ n.b. Such fun to be able to run and slide about chasing a football for an hour, even when the air temperature is less than zero. CLP 15/12/2022 →

  • on ice

    I fell through, aged fivechest deep, my sister in tooburied memories ~ n.b. Sadness as old as winter itself, children falling through ice while playing, excited by the magic ice promises. I cannot imagine the inconsolable grief the parents must be experiencing. CLP 14/12/2022 →

  • on Oregon

    we wake to good newsdeath sentences commutedsunlight breaks through cloud ~ n.b. More killing cannot lead to less killing. Oregon Governor, Kate Brown, has used her executive power to turn all current death sentences in the state’s prisons to life sentences. “Justise is not advanced by taking a life.” she believes. Amen to that. CLP →

  • on Iran

    four thousand life yearsimprisonment for protestswoman, life, freedom ~ n.b. The tyranny under the theocracy tightens. 400 protestors x 10 years each for daring to question the validity of Iran’s legislature. Executions are also being carried out. CLP 13/12/2022 →

  • on time

    visible todaymaybe tomorrow, we’ll seepatience is strength ~ CLP 13/12/2022 →

  • on Ukraine

    bombs dropped, rockets firedyes, you did! no, we didn’t!truth walking wounded ~ n.b. Day 292. Add truth to the list of missing. CLP 12/12/2022 →

  • on time

    silvered birch frozenmemento of sub-zero nightfall of moondust ~ CLP 11/12/2022 →

  • on time

    Trafalgar jacketwe boast of that victorydyed in indigo n.b. The mind-expanding exhibition by the Singh Twins, (running until 20th February, 2023) at Norwich Castle, explains how many farmers in India were forced to grow indigo to colour uniforms blue for English and French forces, (greed and profit take no sides). An example being this Royal →