Journey of Words

Tag: Travel

  • Lights

    On four separate pylons, one per cornerThe things to look for, Proper LightsNot strung out beads along the top of each standA symmetry of steel sentries attending the stadiumPerspective rotating the shining pinsAs the train curves into townOr the main road breaks into capillariesUntil proximity fixes the viewNeck craned I’d seek the service ladderWondering who →

  • Snakeskin Boots

    Dolphins threaded the white horsesFrigate birds drifted o’er our wakeWe hauled ropes in song, with cursesDolphins threaded the white horsesDreams of Frisco, gold in pursesSun kissed women, fine boots of snakeDolphins threaded the white horsesFrigate birds drifted o’er our wake ~ n.b. NaPoWriMo 2023 Day 4. Triolet time. CLP 04/04/2023 →

  • on time

    search for happinessdestination board datanow just somewhere else ~ CLP 19/03/2023 →

  • on sun

    bright break in snow stormchaffinches exchange songlineslone owl’s mournful call ~ n.b. Cowm Reservoir, Lancashire served up all weathers with a suite of birdsong. CLP 14/03/2023 →

  • on time

    sky balanced on spiremen address urgent mattersweather front threatens ~ n.b. A town I’d never heard of before, Bottesford, passes by the train window. I travel without moving. The town goes about its business uninterrupted. CLP 13/03/2023 →

  • on winter

    we thought you had leftweather vane swings to North-Eastskeins form against grey ~ n.b. Where are the geese, who climbed up and away from the river this morning, heading now? CLP 05/03/2023 →

  • on friendship

    time does not mattercoincidental meeting”Hello!! How are you!” ~ n.b. The joy of the unexpected…at a railway station! CLP 28/02/2023 →

  • on irony

    relief as dusk fallsown bed awaits travellerdreams will transport him ~ CLP 22/02/2023 →

  • on time

    so thrilled to be thereright at the front, watching warm-upsomebody’s grandson ~ n.b. Which is how it started for me too, over fifty years ago. CLP 18/02/2023 →

  • on time

    immersed in Ernauxeverything seen in contextlives in parallel ~ CLP 19/02/2023 →