Journey of Words

Tag: Poetry

  • on Sunday

    in competitionto demonstrate credentialsQueen, Bowie, ‘Stones t-shirts ~ n.b. Latest editions from legacy tours, merchandise stalls and official online stores; all beautifully ironed. MES would have written a song about them. CLP 03/07/2022 →

  • on Ukraine

    out on the weekendwe spend hours playing, shoppingwhile others wait still ~ CLP 02/07/2022 →

  • on Ukraine

    meanwhile at the shopspeople queuing patiently there could be children ~ n.b. Somebody chose to programme two X-22 cruise missiles to destroy a busy shopping centre in Kremenchuk. Days later, anxious relatives of the missing watch and wait.n.n.b. The picture above is attributed to Alessio Mamo / The Guardian. It is a screen-shot from The →

  • on time

    how long has it been?days into weeks into monthsnone ever too long ~ CLP 02/07/2022 →

  • on Europe

    new lines being drawnmuch like the red lines of oldcould this be curtains? ~ CLP 01/07/2022 →

  • on Ukraine

    watch the money flowsomeone is profiting hereUK ‘lethal aid’ ~ n.b. No pretence at anything ‘humanitarian’. The UK putting more money into the Ukrainian frontline from the Magic Money Tree. CLP 30/06/2022 →

  • on rain

    was that everything?gone before you’ve kissed earthhit the ground running ~ CLP 29/06/2022 →

  • on Ukraine

    gone shopping, is alljust need a few things, back soonnothing important ~ CLP 28/06/2022 →

  • on Ukraine

    step by marching stepthree hundred thousand alertedold lines reappear ~ n.b. Who was it said, “Give peace a chance”? It was internal opposition to USA support for South Vietnam that contributed significantly to the end of that conflict. Will this only end when Russians turn on Putin? Meanwhile NATO calls its troops to “Attention!” on →

  • on Ukraine

    glow over citynothing to worry us hereblood-red sunset ~ n.b. The world spins on as if nothing is happening. CLP 27/06/2022 →