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Roundabout
We took one of our quirky circular walksAround one or two and a bit Norfolk villagesWhere ancient boundaries are marked by lanes, hedgerows, creeks and lokesA pair of magpies disabused their reputation as harbingers of joySitting as solemn sentries on opposite gate postsAs we took one of our quirky circular conversationsAround one or two and →
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False Impression
Town’sEyes and earsClatter keysFor submissionTo Thursday’s publicationIn time for morningCigarette, coffee, teaDigestion, reflection, commentaryAmongst curtain-twitching chatteratiLast-laughers wipe away final tearsDiscussion re-opens over beersThe Have-you-heard herdAnd Oh-my-LordsWeekly fed fresh bloodIn black and whiteGobbets of gossipNow newsworthy statusBeside reports of foreign placesWhere the nasty things resideLocal man witness to eruptionVillage couple caught in coupGrandmother’s fearHoliday will be →
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On Ukraine
It’s not over yetCitizens of Kharkiv runMachines need not sleep ~ n.b. Six killed by Iranian manufactured drones overnight we are told. Funny, we are not told who makes the drones that kill women, children and aid workers in Gaza. CLP 06/04/2024 →
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Forget All That’s Gone Before
All players are gatheredFor the initial briefingInside some are cheering As others are grievingThe old king is deadLong live the kingWhen the old one is shotA new gaffer walks inDon’t imagine it is trueBecause of course it’s notThere’s no fresh startNo slates wiped cleanIts not a new dawn whenMonarchs still rule ~ n.b. NaPoWriMo 2024 →
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on truth
war’s first casualtythere can be no dishonouradmit: I don’t know ~ n.b. Another murderous attack on the innocent. Irrespective of nationality, religion, or politics, how can anyone profit from such intended slaughter? We can trust the body count, the bereaved families, the wounded to account for their losses, but who, or what else? This is →
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on Ukraine
he flew from conflictbut there was no safe escapebody found in car park ~ n.b. Not only has Aleksei Navalny been murdered, so too the young Russian airforce pilot, Maksim Kurminov, who defected and moved to Alicante. Moscow shows its weakness through the killing of individuals free of spirit and honest of voice. Ideals cannot →
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on Avdiivka
the city near surroundeddecision needed to stay and dieor get out while there’s some timethe Russian forces force retreateven though they suffer toosending maimed and injuredback behind the linesZelenskiy implores the westsend more armsor this will mean more nationswill also come to harmthe deep reserves of national debtsthat fund the arms he’s demandedprove that economies →
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on uncertainty
one thing is certainwe’ll never know what’s cominguntil it arrives ~ n.b. Apologies for such an apparently trite post. Just wanting to mark the realisation that we all have to learn how to manage with the the certainty of uncertainty, which is why we have astrology, religions and the gambling industry, I suppose. C’est la →
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on Ukraine
the war continuesseven hundred and twentydays and nights, long nights ~ CLP 13/02/2024 →
Journey of Words 