Journey of Words

Tag: Poetry

  • on time

    discreet flash of goldsee the promise of better?deceit of winter ~ n.b. North Norfolk, December, not Serengeti. CLP 09/12/2022 →

  • on Iran

    how frightened they arehang for ‘an attack on god’shoot to mutilate ~ n.b. These angry men of the theocracy have no answers to the questions being asked of them, except their inhumane treatment of the protesters, which might qualify it as godly, possibly, as gods aren’t human. Every bullet fired into the bodies of women, →

  • on time

    you reminded meof a place we had once beenfeatureless echo ~ n.b. Forgetting is an essential survival skill. Thankfully we cannot call up actual pain, just the memory of having been in pain. CLP 07/12/2022 →

  • on time

    is this where we’d sit(where she sat, painted landscapes)watch for deer, buzzards? ~ n.b. Bignor Hill, West Sussex, toward the mouth of the Arun, (I imagine). Painting by Elsie Marian Henderson (1880-1967). CLP 07/12/2022 →

  • on Ukraine

    first frozen windscreensunlight now in monochromethank our lucky stars ~ n.b. Moscow’s robber barons must be carrying a lot of pain for them to seek to inflict such suffering on others. Here, in the UK, we just have to face up to winter’s heartless weather. CLP 06/12/2022 →

  • on time

    ebb tide at full flowcables neatly stowed on decklines pulled taut, sails full ~ n.b. A ship can wait only so long before the tide turns. Many a ship sails without its full complement. CLP 06/12/2022 →

  • on time

    winter wind rattlesbare boughs of Chiltern beech woodscirculation of kites ~ n.b. Above Adams Park, High Wycombe it is common to witness red kites on the wing. I saw fourteen in one flight on Sunday. These birds are a thriving colony, having been reintroduced to the Chiltern Hills in the past couple of decades. CLP →

  • on Ukraine

    lines to Moscow crossedpeople play Chinese whispersbecause the truth hurts ~ n.b. Who dare tell the naked emperor the bad news, or indeed, the truth (pravda)? CLP 04/12/2022 →

  • in time

    concrete, glass and steelput up lights, tie off with bowstill steel, glass, concrete ~ n.b. People raising glasses to Christmas on 2nd December, leaving just eleven months of the year festive free. This is in a country where a minority (46%) now identify themselves as Christian. I don’t see or hear this much propaganda about →

  • on time

    Friday evening rusheyes seek out welcome embracenothing else matters ~ CLP 03/12/2022 →