Journey of Words

Tag: Poetry

  • on rain

    I hear your fallinghiss, swashing, dripping, splashingfeel you on my skin ~ CLP 06/11/2022 →

  • on time

    we’re free or busylucky coincidencesa wonder we met ~ n.b. How many unknown paths intersect in a lifetime? How many known paths divide? CLP 05/11/2022 →

  • On Time

    dark envelops uscollars up, hats pulled down firmvision fore-shortened ~ n.b. Layout the welcome mat to winter. CLP 05/11/2022 →

  • on conversation

    people of Tigrayarmies have reached conclusionis this time to talk ~ n.b. Inexhaustible supplies of weaponry eventually wear down opposition to negotiation. How long has this been going on? CLP 04/11/2022 →

  • on time

    light falls from dull skyleaves tumble from copper beechpuddles drain from path ~ CLP 03/11/2022 →

  • on Iran

    young people have lostfear of authority’s fistnew freedom riders ~ n.b. During my recent travels in the US I saw a statue of a woman sitting calmly. I saw the image repeatedly: in the Capitol in Washington DC; in Memphis TN; in Birmingham AL. The woman was Rosa Parks. Her determined protest, to sit where →

  • on love

    speak not of absencewhat is it that you valueflowering rosebuds ~ CLP 02/11/2022 →

  • on rain

    where have you hiddenair pregnant with your presencewelcome arrival ~ n.b. At last, as often as not, rain on the window, puddled streets, guttering running full. CLP 01/11/2022 →

  • on fear

    why not come alongface life’s dangers togethernot you, nor I. Us. ~ CLP 31/10/2022 →

  • on Ukraine

    is it beyond themcan peace come from up on high?powerless people ~ n.b. Look at who is suffering. What have they done to deserve this? Bombing civilians, destroying infrastructure of Kyiv, what strength you demonstrate, Moscow! What a man! CLP 31/10/2022 →