• on time

    callers would call byshe wanted no tiesa younger man would love herthen think she was hisyou can call by, she’d saywhenever you wantbut I only have callersno one owns methen she met himwith his travelling guitarhis once fair long hairhad long since gone greythe twinkle he carriedin his guitar caseattracted young womenno strings attachedthe two

  • on fear

    why not come alongface life’s dangers togethernot you, nor I. Us. ~ CLP 31/10/2022

  • on time

    back again as ifI thought I could ever leaveroots work into soul ~ n.b. Trafalgar Day in Nelson’s county. The statue is Wellington, Nelson is hiding behind the orange and yellow tree in the background. I didn’t find me until after. CLP 21/10/2022

  • on time

    furrowed brow of hillautumn’s celestial bluealarmed crows take flight ~ n.b. One of Norfolk’s redundant churches, St Peter’s, Corpusty. It is said to have Norman elements, possibly even Saxon. It hosts an annual service for the Friends of Friendless Churches. The tree to the left of picture hosts a rookery of argumentative corvids. CLP 18/10/2022

  • on time

    set off yesterdayarrived back home tomorrowthere still today ~ n.b. Confused? Probably jet lag due to flying west to east. Urrrrrgggghhhh. CLP 16/10/2022

  • on time

    completed circlenostalgic stop on life lineforty years rattled by ~ n.b. Farringdon, you’ve changed, but I still love you. My first regular commuting destination on moving to London some years past. CLP 15/10/2022

  • on time

    “I’m leaving on a jet planedon’t know when I’ll be back again”he whistled, beginning to tear upbecause he hates flying(honest) ~ n.b. With all due respect to singer-songwriter John Denver. CLP 13/10/2022

  • on time

    season of quietgathering of leaves reflecttrees’ slow-reveal ~ n.b. How welcome the cool underneath the weeping willow in Brooklyn, unconditioned night air. CLP 12/09/2022

  • on streets

    empty eyes, blackenedfingernails, frayed cuffs, alonethrong gets down and dirty ~ n.b. Nashville, Tennessee, ‘The Recording Capital of the World, (as I heard a man in a check shirt, jeans, cowboy boots and a cowboy hat label the place to two men in check shirts, jeans, cowboy boots and cowboy hats), is a busy place

  • on time

    take it to the streetcity walls a buzz with hopea new Birmingham ~ n.b. Stronger together. Who painted this? Do we fete the artist, applaud the message, or live and work for a stronger, shared future for the peace and security of us all and those who are following in our footsteps? This artwork is