Journey of Words

Tag: Poetry

  • on Iran

    Birmingham’s childrencould not be silenced by hatenor Iran’s school girls ~ n.b. School girls being beaten to death by Iranian security forces for refusing to be told what to wear and what to sing. The Birmingham ‘Children’s Crusade’, equally spontaneous, filled Alabama’s police cells. The children knew that their protests, against violent racism, would clog →

  • on time

    evening out in townbetter than televisioneven when we lose ~ n.b. It’s not possible to have a good time all the time, but one can have fun trying, CLP 18/10/2022 →

  • on Ukraine

    somewhere someone sitsgame controller at readydistant drones despatched ~ n.b. Hey, Moscow! Why sacrifice the blood of your sons when you can just murder people in their beds in Kyiv remotely? How low can a human being go? CLP 17/10/2022 →

  • on Ukraine

    dreaming of sleepinginterrupted by sleep’s dreamsawake through nightmares ~ n.b. Terrorism for terrorism’s sake. Moscow’s War on Peace consists undercover of darkness. CLP 16/10/2022 →

  • on time

    set off yesterdayarrived back home tomorrowthere still today ~ n.b. Confused? Probably jet lag due to flying west to east. Urrrrrgggghhhh. CLP 16/10/2022 →

  • on time

    if this is homewhat am I doing about it?home for good or move ~ n.b. Home is not the house, but the location. CLP 15/10/2022 →

  • on time

    completed circlenostalgic stop on life lineforty years rattled by ~ n.b. Farringdon, you’ve changed, but I still love you. My first regular commuting destination on moving to London some years past. CLP 15/10/2022 →

  • on Ukraine

    evacuate callcruel deceit of remainingvictims who’ll be blamed ~ n.b. A call to Moscow to help evacuate Donbas as Ukraine’s army advances, means the area will only be lived in by people who wanted to stay in their homes, but they risk being called Ukrainian patriots and therefore “enemy” to the recently retreated occupiers. Victim →

  • on time

    “I’m leaving on a jet planedon’t know when I’ll be back again”he whistled, beginning to tear upbecause he hates flying(honest) ~ n.b. With all due respect to singer-songwriter John Denver. CLP 13/10/2022 →

  • on flight

    as if effortlesscommon gulls follow ferrytaunting of bipeds ~ CLP 13/10/2022 →