Journey of Words

Tag: Poetry

  • on time

    waving or drowningit’s hard to determine hereunfinished business ~ n.b. This marble sculpture, carved by Adelaide Johnson, was presented to the US government in 1921 by the National Women’s Party. Deliberately produced as emergent figures in knowledge that work to improve women’s rights is work in progress. The women represented here are: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, →

  • on Ukraine

    no joy in victorydisturbed earth, broken bodieshere are the missing ~ n.b. They say “Never go back”, but for some, they never left Izium, nor Bucha, nor Mariupol. →

  • on time

    think of any namehere, there are tens of thousandsmany out of one ~ n.b. Vietnam War memorial to the lost armed forces personnel of the USA. It is a list of names of those lost, in the order they were lost. The lack of reference to the context of the conflict makes it an even →

  • on life

    while we’re looking eastremember, there’s a war onAmerican streets ~ CLP 15/09/2022 →

  • on Ukraine

    on returning homeit cannot be as it wasZ marks the damned spot n.b. Wounds will heal over, scars will be worn. CLP 14/09/2022 →

  • in time

    heat, humiditytraffic, sirens, “Wait”, repeatmusic breaks on through ~ n.b. Five Accordions playing this week in Bryant Park, NYC. Amazing free music. Calm in the chaos. CLP 14/09/2022 →

  • on hope

    everything ran truenothing to worry aboutlearning every day ~ CLP 13/09/2022 →

  • on Ukraine

    this, its safest stateunplugged, switched off, neutralizedone less way to die ~ n.b. Nobody wants this war to cross borders, risking harm to other people; that would be a terrible inconvenience. Turning off the nuclear power station seems sensible. Whoever gains full control can take responsibility for repairs then switching it back on later. CLP →

  • on time

    this time tomorrowhere will be another placethere will become here ~ n.b. LGW – JFK CLP 11/09/2022 →

  • on Ukraine

    two hundred war dayschildren, parents, grand-parentsmorning brings mourning ~ n.b. Everyday, brothers and sisters, everyday. CLP 11/09/2022 →