• on sleep

    you lay yourself downat last, let go of yourselffed, warm, safe, you rest~ CLP 09/02/2024

  • On Ukraine

    What now for Ukraine?Two years backwards and forwardsChess pieces removed ~ n.b. Politics or strategy? The West has other fish to fry, it seems. The masters of war play on, as the planet perspires. CLP 09/02/2024

  • On Ukraine

    British army mustquadruple in size to repelRussia military……say Chiefs.~n.b. That won’t be happening without immigration, or conscription, or a very old army when current demographics are looked at in detail. CLP 02/02/2024

  • On Ukraine

    disputatious headsfractionalise the nationtroops die in trenches – n.b. It is reported that the President and the nation’s top General are at odds about the effectiveness of Ukraine’s armed forces. This is not chess, there is an armed aggressor. Every day the adult children of Ukrainians and Russians are dying in mud,, in what is

  • on peace

    outside bombs, rocketssounds of our New Year partiesor relentless war ~ n.b. Gunpowder sales continue to boom. CLP 31/12/2023

  • on time

    pendulum so slowmovement imperceptablerewind or wind up? ~ n.b. Would turning the key be a waste of precious moments?

  • on light

    Andaluciagentle whispers caught on breezekiss brushes the heart CLP 28/12/2023

  • on December

    a band-aid stretchedover open wounds, fresh cutsbleed through, edges peel ~ n.b. Roll on January Blues, when hurt is exposed to the air and healing can begin. CLP 28/12/2023

  • on light

    wavering candle flame sputters into black smokewax cools and hardens ~ n.b. What point is there in carrying a cold torch?

  • on Ukraine

    “Someday this war will end”soldiers will become civviesflowers sprout from graves~ CLP 12/12/2023