• on Ukraine

    “a question of time”he said, stood in the ruinsTime sharpens its scythe ~ n.b. Everyone knows this, but everyone wants to know in whose life-time? n.n.b. It is important to acknowledge the work of journalists who risk everything to keep us connected to the people living through this brutal war. In this instance, Luke Harding

  • on time

    imagine a scenenight club, four decades agowe barely adults our language musicdancing, laughter, eye contactall and nothing said ~ CLP 16/08/2022

  • on time

    today, the first daynothing lasts, all things must passpermanent clichés ~ CLP 15/08/2022

  • on Ukraine

    what happened last week?losses accumulatedmothers fear the post ~ n.b. Day 171. CLP 13/08/2022

  • on Ukraine

    Pisky changes handsis anyone listening?it is a village ~ n.b. Look it up, it’s a village. There are people dying for villages. People dying for villages and Russian forces claim a victory. A victory for what, we ask. CLP 13/08/2022

  • on rain

    coming soon enoughfiercely beating the hard clayraging in torrents ~ CLP 13/08/2022

  • on rain

    we bemoan presenceyour mild inconvenienceweep at absence ~ n.b. Notes, coins and electronic tokens in private water companies’ bank accounts are worth nothing when Nature’s reserves have been spent. It is expected that a drought is to be declared in England today. July 2022 saw just 10% of average rain fall for the month, while

  • on Ukraine

    where’s the crime askingHow many children have died?Moscow is the place ~ n.b. Marina Ovsyannikova has now had the Moscow police searching her family home for evidence of crimes. This is a witch hunt. CLP 10/08/2022

  • on time

    starlings gatheringsparkling in low August sunspeckling wheat stubble ~ CLP 10/08/2022

  • on time

    imposing structurebuilt, rebuilt, then re-structuredoblivious Moon ~ n.b. How quickly things age, how brief our lives. The Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, is now a couple of decades old. No doubt it will be re-worked again, or fall into ruin. CLP 10/08/2022