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on winter
new year’s day ends with a stunning light showthe Sun demonstrating its power in a silent slow burnthe shift gradualfrom a touch of pink outlining the cloudsto this vermillion daubing of the skybroad brushed streaksstroked up and out from the very core of our stargiving depth to skeletal treesover-whelming all that is whitethe Earth glows →
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on the wing
autumn’s nights shortenhirondelles departedRAF patrol~n.b. There is a noticeable increase in air force activity, by day and night. CLP 30/09/2025 →
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on peace (iii)
after laying down the lawthe big guy left the saloonand as soon as he’d gonethe brawl reignitedDon’t make me come back in there!his voice boomed through the swing doorsa final sly digWhat could I do? I was in mid-swing!the little guy protested(yes, that little guythe one bulked up by steroids, protein drinks and armed to →
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on drought
Rain gauge measures dustPlants dependent on dew dropsDesiccated pondsNeighbour jet washesPaved over garden and carArtificial grass~ CLP 13/05/2025 →
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on the air
deep into the nightthe descent of fogbrightens the darknessdistributing street lightingthrough millions of airborne dropletssoftening the glaredamping down this late hour’s strange soundsthat carry across the broadover the still woodlandwhat is that distant commotiondisturbing dreams?geese? shouts and cries?distraught dogs?this kingdom is unsettledis this the ghost of Kett’s army? of Lollards fired upto protest sgainat the →
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Christmas Movie Channel
the tv channel returned firstchurning out Christmas moviesas the shadows of the forces of destructionpassed over the homes of Gazadishing out gifts to childrenin the spirit of Herodthe people who could, took flightto Egyptnext came supermarket Christmas offerson litre bottles of Bailey’sas Pyongyang’s young men donned Russian uniformand took to Kursk’s fatal steppesto become trappedlike →
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on travel
Africa is homeFrom whence all humans travelledWe are all migrants ~ n.b. The United Kingdom, as these islands and a bit of Ireland are called, are showing serious signs of not being united. Has the king of this Kingdom, anything to say about the racist rioters? The rioters are proud of an anthem which talks →
Journey of Words 