Journey of Words

Tag: Time

  • on time

    on empty platformI coulda, woulda, shouldayour train long departed ~ n.b. When’s the last train? CLP 11/05/2023 →

  • on Ukraine

    We wait for the cuckoosTheir calls prompting dreams of summerYou wait for the cuckoos to leaveTheir absence prompting dreams of peace ~ CLP 10/05/2023 →

  • Leaves

    I hearTrees tremblingBefore I feelA dropletCold on my browBefore I seeDark spotsMarking the pathBefore I chooseTo walk onUnder shivering oak leaves ~ CLP 10/05/2023 →

  • Camellias ii

    Warmth of late AugustSoaked into patio pavingHeats our tanned feetYou take my handLead me backTo the shadowed lawnStill compressedWhere we had beenSculpting joyThe night beforeA blackbird(Hidden by heavy pink blooms)Sang to usOf eternal loveAs Venus piercedNight’s deepening blue ~ n.b. NaPoWriMo 2023. Day 30 prompt: a palinode. This poem, I hope, balances the sadness of →

  • on Ukraine

    how could I complainof broken sleep caused by wine?you wake to sirens ~ n.b. Day 429. Cruise missiles launched at Ukraine’s cities before first light. Moscow’s unending terrorist attack on Ukraine persists. CLP 28/04/2023 →

  • Naming

    Let us not pretendNames are unimportantWords are deployed likeBooby-trapped IEDsIf you trip the wireIt cannot be defusedNor put backIn the groundShrapnelPiercing heartsFragmenting argumentsThrough misnomersCall this warOf words and mindsWhile children lieBrokenUnder collapsedApartment blocks ~ n.b. Day 427 (I think). CLP 26/04/2023 →

  • on life

    Eons hence they’ll seeBlue planet’s lifeless watersKEEP OUT – TOXIC WASTE ~ n.b. NaPoWriMo 2023. Day 20 prompt, looking back to now from a distant future time. Here from a distant planet. CLP. 20/04/2023 →

  • Aladdin Sane

    The cover artwork, whiteFeather cut, blue and redLightning flash acrossBowie’s downcast eyesBared shoulders and torso’He suffers from androgyny’Mother cautioned meI had borrowed the albumFrom Paul, who four years laterBecame more extrovert, quite campAfter his trip to ParisWhere he sought a manTo offer up his virginityWhile I played ‘Time’ ashamedly ~ n.b. NaPoWriMo 2023. Day 19, →

  • on Ukraine

    twenty-five years forVladimir Kara-Murzafor calling out war ~ n.b. Mr Kara-Murza stayed in Russia to inform Russians about the invasion of Ukraine under the orders of Moscow. Sentenced to twenty-five years for being critical of Russia’s leadership, an exemplary sentence has been imposed. As a holder of Russian and British citizenships, it is thought he →

  • on time

    three a.m. againmemories of you flood backvixen barks in street ~ CLP 01/04/2023 →