Liberty, Equality, Humanity
About to step out
A new day, another world
Close the door gently
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n.b. This advice from a colleague of many years ago, whose name I do not recall, but whose face and kind words I have never forgotten. I pass them on here, admitting that it not always advice I followed when younger. I pray that when my final stepping out comes I am able to close that door gently.
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Dedicated to Simon at APG.
CLP 14/01/2020
Technological
Interactions distort truth
Write web of fictions
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n.b. The Internet: where the truth lies.
CLP 14/02/2020
At some future time
All the words we say become
So much exhaled air
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CLP 09/01/2020
Our three school rules
Turn up everyday; work hard
Be nice. Simple as…
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n.b. When the then new head teacher first arrived at the school I worked in, he told the incoming Year 7 students the above three things that would make their time at secondary school a positive experience.
The above “rules” I have tried (and keep trying) to apply to my own journey in life.
Mark, thank you for this advice; it makes a lot of sense.
CLP 07/01/2020
When living a lie
Truth always slips through the cracks
However tight the lock
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CLP 31/12/2019
I am tired
Words fail me
My brain fizzing
A blank screen
Seeking a signal
To no avail
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CLP 11/09/2019
Everywhere you’ve been
Everything you’ve done
I have been there with you
I have seen it all
Despite my blind spot
No doubt stemming
From my nervous disposition
That allows me to see
But not believe, nor deny
All that I have seen
.
It’s not for me to judge
Where you’ve been
What you’ve done
My transparency
Inability to intervene
Makes me silent witness
To the images
Flashing on my retina
Although I react quickly
To the dark and light
A pupil that never learns
I remain insensitive
To everywhere you have been
And all that you’ve done.
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n.b. NaPoWriMo 2019 Day 17 prompt: Seeing from an unusual, unexpected point of view.
A useful reference point for this poem was www.moorfields.nhs.uk
CLP 20/04/2019
Words spoken run free
There is no calling them back
No pages to burn
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CLP 27/01/2019
Silver-plate rock floats
Over misty horizon
All deceived by light
CLP 16/11/2018
Journey of Words 