orbit completed
time for annual accounts
who profits from loss?
~
CLP 23/2/2023
Tag Archives: Senryū
on irony
relief as dusk falls
own bed awaits traveller
dreams will transport him
~
CLP 22/02/2023
on time
unable to wake
her son calls gently, husband
touches neck, seeks pulse
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n.b. On this occasion, she woke. The beat goes on.
CLP 20/02/2022
on time
so thrilled to be there
right at the front, watching warm-up
somebody's grandson
~
n.b. Which is how it started for me too, over fifty years ago.
CLP 18/02/2023
on time
immersed in Ernaux
everything seen in context
lives in parallel
~
CLP 19/02/2023
on life
temporal beings
physical, spiritual
experience? dream?
~
CLP 16/02/2023
on time
I'll never forget
when we gathered wild garlic
its scent after rain
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n.b. Picture shows bluebells. Long story…
CLP 15/02/2023
on Ukraine
full circuit of Sun
winter never left this land
cold blooded murder
~
n.b. A year.
CLP 14/02/2023
on Ukraine
six jets roar over
shake windows, disturb pigeons
English seaside town
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n.b. Used to one or two on practice runs, but six? What’s actually happening?
CLP 11/02/2023
on Ukraine
and while people die
defending their homes and land
wordsmiths question them
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n.b. I have been writing about Ukraine since the Russian invasion started. One thing I hope that I haven’t done is tried to explain from the West, or anywhere but my own perspective. It is inexplicable, unfathomable, unless you question why one man in Moscow is happy to murder people in their own homes, streets and farms.
CLP 09/02/2023
Voyage des Mots 