Journey of Words

Tag: Travel

  • on time

    wait at the crossingnothing to do but switch offthis choo-choo will pass ~ CLP 02/06/2024 →

  • On time

    It’s been many yearsSticker stuck to this lamppostWe’re coming back soon ~ n.b. Someone, in January 2019, slapped the Pompey sticker here on Mariners Lane, Norwich. Not long now before we meet again. Can’t wait. CLP 20/05/2024 →

  • on Saturday

    upandatem! RiseTown bound train football-fan-fullthe end is in sight ~ n.b. Ipswich Town fans making journey to the ancient port, excited by promotion prospects. Good luck to them! Proper club. CLP 04/05/2024 →

  • on the wall

    Confident as an evangelista at the chapel doorbold as brass a governmentn posterproclaiming ‘Levelling up is here’as if Christ had risen in FY1where marked-down stickered stocknot quite stale bread and bruised fruitsells quicker than hot cakeswhere houses are boarded up with metal sheetsrows of homes compulsory purchasedabandoned police station and courtsCCTV on every cornercollecting evidence →

  • on the bus

    words that make your heart sinkBus Replacement Servicewords that make you think twiceabout taking a train somewhere niceseating could be bettersuspension might be worsethey tried but they only managedto lower expectations of what it meansto provide a mass transit systemso we’re just grateful to get homebefore a day’s fresh lightbreaks through the gloom ~ CLP →

  • on home

    So many miles. For what?Return from abroad. To what?Never ending tour ~ CLP 02/03/2024 →

  • on the white ship

    catching the eyebreaking the lineshe comes hitherbusy on board with breakfastpreparations for disembarkationof a temporary natureashore we’re busy toopolishing windowstidying up displaysbaking tasty pastrieschecking the tillscounting out the floatwhen the cruise ship arrivesthe town’s cashflow thrives ~ CLP 01/03/2024 →

  • on love

    this restaurant sat emptywith fresh roses on tablessomething not quite rightwhere are all the couples?is this indicativeof the state of the nationdivided, unhappyrecession, inflation?there’s talk of threatsan under-manned armywho will defend us when we’vebroken ships in the navy?do young couples prefer dogsat the age we had babiesis enduring teething toddlersthought worse than risk of rabies?was →

  • on light

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

  • on time

    I remember, fifty years agoBus ride home from schoolFull heat of glowering sunFace flat against cool windowAsleep between stopsKaleidoscopic dreams confusingConversations of passengersWith people bouncing around my headWhite collar grey with sweatSo hot, stumbling to the stepsDown to the platformWatching the stop approachingStepping off as the bus pausedFinding my feet for the first time ~ →