Journey of Words

Tag: Time

  • on passing

    ancient sentinelunmoved by shifting cityflint-hearted witness ~ CLP 09/11/2021 →

  • morning

    light eases across bedpulls back the winter duvetsolitude exposed ~ CLP 16/10/2021 →

  • on night

    its cloak lays heavyawake with longing for youface of clock mocks me ~ CLP 16/10/2021 →

  • on time

    I have been awaketoo many hours, travellingtoo long, to write now ~ CLP 29/09/2021 →

  • on time

    we approach halfwaybetween summer and winternight prepares her cloak ~ n.b. Autumnal equinox in the northern hemisphere in 2021 falls around 23rd September. CLP 21/09/2021 →

  • embroidery

    how much of these reels remainstretched so long in our wakewe lose the golden threads in twilightcatching only rare glintssnagged by sunsetstrung over hills hazed by evening mistthat fogs the vales we negotiatedthrough ill-lit phases of many moonswhen we lay awakeeach hearing lone minutes unspoolwe cannot prevent this cord running outbut have we enough in →

  • on time

    those tiny thorns torecute as kitten teethsharp as fish hooksdrew blood that slender stem resistedslim as a grass bladestrong as barbed wireresistant that bud closed tightfirm as a fistlocked safe-shutblossomed ~ CLP 17/09/2021 →

  • Me, Tarzan…

    come on then, come onwhen you think you’re readyif you are sure you cancome on then, come on gather your strengthyou’ll need it allwhen you’ve mined enough couragecome on then, come on deepest night, bright of dayyou choose the time and weaponsI’m not running, I’m fully primedcome on then, come on bare your teeth, beat →

  • Waiting…

    …for the heat to hot upthe sun to spot mefor clouds to comepull me under their coversand soak me throughI’m ready ~ CLP 08/09/2021 →

  • on time ii

    waiting for what precisely something to pick you up someone to pick you out one more turn around the Sun next spring? ~ CLP 31/08/2021 →