• on the river

    take a walk with merising Thames and dappled shadeSouth Bank setting Sun ~ CLP 21/05/2022

  • on time

    mid-May afternoonleaves dancing on the ceilingagitating breeze ~ CLP 10/05/2022

  • on time

    we knew rain would comeit was a question of whenwould it start, when stop n.b. All our April showers have come at once. It tends to stop raining just after you’ve walked home, obviously! ~ CLP 04/05/2022

  • on luck (on Ukraine xxii)

    cold rain and Covidare we heating or eating?anything else? ~ n.b. Escape your oppressors, come to the UK. You’ll be welcomed with warm hearts once you have passed HM Border Force with your visa. CLP 30/03/2022

  • on time

    go back, close the gateleave the field of play securepretend it’s over ~ n.b. Can you hear the scythe of the old man swishing through the long grass, or is it just a breeze catching the blossom? CLP 28/03/2022

  • on spring

    after bright warm daynight still comes in winter clothesno allowances ~ n.b. It was nippy walking home tonight! CLP 24/03/2022

  • on light

    jeepers! steady on!you do realise it’s March?get back in your box!!! ~ n.b. We can talk climate disruption, or turn on the air-con. You choose. CLP 23/03/2022

  • on time

    night landingtouched down nine thousand feet upwoken to the rainy seasoncloud cover and the infra-red burnCatholic guilt faced by Columbian giltalters the skin, the soulthe shaman’s spirited local brewfires imaginationbrings narcotic clarity to dreamingof being here, nowthe journey begins ~ n.b. Picture courtesy of NOP, who is on his travels. CLP 16/03/2022

  • on air

    mist forms as rain fallshumid warmth of cloud coversomething and nothing ~ CLP 28/02/2022

  • on borders

    ejected by North Searagged rubber dingy beachedno sign of the crew ~ n.b. Who braved the waves on this through Storm Dudley, Storm Eunice, or Storm Franklin? Did they make dry land? CLP 27/02/2022