• On the Road X

    All of a sudden I realised I’m driving The wrong way, solo ~ CLP 02/08/2020

  • On the Road IX

    Motorway story Spun in tyre track spaghetti No sign of the sauce ~ n.b. Yesterday I passed an emergency crew of police, crash tender and paramedics attending to a serious collision on the far carriageway. Someone was being lifted onto a bodyboard. Several vehicles had been involved. This evening as I returned on that side

  • On the Road VII

    Lockdown to gridlock Mad weekend rush to seaside. Gridlock to Lockdown? ~ CLP 01/08/2020

  • On the Road IV

    Why wait to find out what lies around the corner? Who else is coming? ~ n.b. One can only ask. ~ CLP 26/07/2020

  • On the Road III

    Travel without fear Beyond the very limits Traversing Past’s borders ~ CLP 26/07/2020

  • On the Road II

    We fall into step Discover the passing beat Of lost hearts and souls ~ CLP 26/07/2020

  • At the Margin

    At the margin of day and night Of land and sea and sky Where fit I? . CLP 10/07/2020

  • Hotel 4**** (221 Reviews)

    The lawn immaculate as MaryThe Cedar of Lebanon adorns the gardenGifts of shade and shelter beneath its boughsVerandah a place of reposeGuests read piously in wicker chairsThe chapel home to a magnificent pipe organThrough stained-glass windowsPews reverentially curve around the high altarA place of celebration and prayerA modest Christian retreat I had arrived late, ruck

  • Apricot, Firenze

    Warmed by day breaking In through the shutters Light fur of the skin Curve of the fruit Sweet flesh Crushed in your hand Drips, splashes, runs Onto your belly Down to your thighs You smile, close your eyes Push me lower . n.b. http://www.napowrimo.net Day 24 prompt: Fruit. . Christopher Perry 24th April, 2020

  • On Daisies

    It was warm that early April Sunday We ‘d set out to the coast on foot Ignoring the mosaics Shunning the churches We headed east Seeking swishing pines stood in sand A first sight of the Adriatic . Progress was erratic Heading east for a beach? My pigeon brain unable to compute For me the