Journey of Words

Tag: Poetry

  • on the beach

    down to the seasideice lollies, buckets and spades?nowt but a dumb flag ~ CLP 26/06/2022 →

  • on time

    Yes, I was on timeAs were you, as we agreedand then it was late ~ n.b. Where does it go? CLP 26/06/2022 →

  • on Ukraine

    two helicopterschop, chop across the cityno longer pretence ~ n.b. Chinooks over Norwich? Where will the line be drawn? CLP 25/06/2022 →

  • on summer

    talk of clear blue skyand here it is, like crystaldevoid of hirundines ~ n.b. Where are the swallows, martins and swifts? I was lucky enough to hear their familiar squeals, then count seven swifts later this evening, but not a swallow or martin, above the houses, or down by the lakeside earlier. CLP 24/06/2022 →

  • Contactless / Miradas-19

    A pamphlet containing five of my poems from the first Covid-19 UK lockdown has been published in the ‘Unmasked Writings’ series by Egg Box Publishing of Norwich. The experiences of those days seem quite distant now. Having WordPress and you, its lovely online readers and writers, was a central part of the experience and crucial →

  • on light

    this our stage backlitfrom hereon in ’tis Summerflowers turn to fruit ~ CLP 22/06/2022 →

  • on light

    all you can musterfrom heaven, Earth and watercelestial blue ~ CLP 21/06/2022 →

  • on time

    light fills June’s night skywe swing toward the Solsticegratitude in hearts ~ CLP 20/06/2022 →

  • on time

    don’t be afraid, look backthere’s water, other stuff toobridges have been crossed ~ CLP 19/06/2022 →

  • on rain

    Now you’re here, I’ll sleepSafe at home, warm in my bedI’ve really missed you ~ CLP. 18/06/2022 →