Journey of Words

Tag: Truth

  • on Ukraine

    lines to Moscow crossedpeople play Chinese whispersbecause the truth hurts ~ n.b. Who dare tell the naked emperor the bad news, or indeed, the truth (pravda)? CLP 04/12/2022 →

  • in time

    concrete, glass and steelput up lights, tie off with bowstill steel, glass, concrete ~ n.b. People raising glasses to Christmas on 2nd December, leaving just eleven months of the year festive free. This is in a country where a minority (46%) now identify themselves as Christian. I don’t see or hear this much propaganda about →

  • 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 time

    She knows what she wantsShe’s learning how to get itIt’s not his job to tell herNot his job to show herIf he does, what will he learn?What will he lose? ~ CLP 30/11/2022 →

  • on time

    somehow we’ll find wordsspoken or written to saywhat has been hidden ~ n.b. It just takes time to get the language right. Non? CLP 10/11/2022 →

  • on Iran

    young people have lostfear of authority’s fistnew freedom riders ~ n.b. During my recent travels in the US I saw a statue of a woman sitting calmly. I saw the image repeatedly: in the Capitol in Washington DC; in Memphis TN; in Birmingham AL. The woman was Rosa Parks. Her determined protest, to sit where →

  • on time

    a moment enoughclues, questions, sufficientto go look for more ~ n.b. A queue, half a conversation. CLP 29/10/2022 →

  • on time

    more shooting in schoolSt. Louis gathers more ghostssoulless at its heart ~ n.b. It was just four weeks ago I walked past Central Visual & Performing Arts High School on Arsenal Street. It was a beautiful, sunny morning. Pass any school in the USA and it sets one thinking about intruder prevention, safety drills, panic →

  • on time

    wait long as you likewater never runs up hillbest to go with flow ~ CLP 25/10/2022 →

  • on Ukraine

    no news from Khersonmeans no news of any hueblackout to blackhole ~ CLP 20/10/2022 →