Journey of Words

Tag: Truth

  • On Truth

    Water-trapped air Agitated, freed, rises Bursts open in sun . CLP 17/02/2020 →

  • In Dread

    Of speaking aloud Avoidance was preferred Revealing the truth . CLP 17/02/2020 →

  • Difficult

    Life’s greatest regrets Include tasting grass elsewhere Not taking the plunge . CLP 16/02/2020 →

  • Revealing

    In 1787 eleven ships Set sail from Spithead To New South Wales On board people Sentenced to Penal Servitude For their crimes ” – the birth of modern Australia” It’s only half the story . In 1987 was there a pause, your Majesty To consider the impending fate Of those indigenous people Who did not →

  • Reality

    I knew the story Travelled with the truth to hand Until I heard yours . n.b. It’s easy to think one has full grasp of the facts, but that’s only ever going to be half the story. CLP 07/02/2020 →

  • Obviously

    I have offered my palm Consulted the Oracle Read the runes Felt in my waters Looked into the stars Listened to the Universe But I still want it Straight From the horse’s mouth . CLP 02/02/2020 →

  • On the Threshold

    About to step out A new day, another world Close the door gently . 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. →

  • Honesty Boxed

    Technological Interactions distort truth Write web of fictions . n.b. The Internet: where the truth lies. CLP 14/02/2020 →

  • On Talking

    At some future time All the words we say become So much exhaled air . CLP 09/01/2020 →

  • On Life

    Our three school rules Turn up everyday; work hard Be nice. Simple as… . 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 →