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on the roof
starlight sparkled slatesturn white at breaking of dawntentative gull settles~ CLP 02/01/2025 →
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on Ukraine
Power networks hitHeat, lights, communicationsWinter’s icy grip~ CLP 28/11/2024 →
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on a winter morning
it might be mid-Juneclean sky, orange horizonbut for skeletal oaksopaque car windscreensfrustrate mechanical routinesfrosted bodyworklone cyclist slips pastcocooned commuters’ vehiclessteaming traffic jamtreading out to schooltrio of teenage girls thrilledby icy puddles~n.b. The intricacy of Jack Frost’s work on a neighbour’s car demanded my attention. CLP 21/11/2024 →
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on Ukraine
Nothing much reportedAs media awash with stormsTerrestrial and solarGaining strengthGreater attentionLebanon and Gaza drowned by dramaOf extreme weatherBent trees, colossal waves breakingon Florida shoresWhen a million and moreAre forced by hail of munitionsTo retreat north and eastFrom the IDFMeanwhile Ukraine still fightsFor its lifeOn the Russian hook~ CLP 10/10/2024 →
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on holiday
delicious prospectof time unconstrained by alarmsof mornings concerned with a different urgencyof late summer’s long shadowswines known only by word of mouthof pillows perfumed by perspirationof laughter and heady sleep~ CLP 06/09/2024 →
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on the field
rare as it now isa day at a cricket matchbut for rain, a treat~n.b. In a full season, a day of rain is to be expected, when one goes infrequently, the poor coincidence of rain with cricket is more disappointing, but still a chance to consider the greatest team sport ever invented…you can keep your →
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on rain
As we walked the perimeter pathOf the recently mown parkNeatly marked out for the new football seasonOrange slats of setting Sun lit the base of looming cloud bankCan you smell the rain in the air?I askedLook at you, all in touch with nature. Rain’s not been forecast.she advisedIt will rain. I saidLater, as I was →
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on Saturday
special place to bein sunny southern weatherwith friends and family~ n.b. Fratton Park looking as good as it ever has. CLP 17/08/2024 →
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