Napier, NZ: photo by bobsan88, 21 July 2016
Robert Creeley: four from Hello
Here again,
shifting days,
on the street.
The people of my life
faded,
last night's dreams,
echoes now.
The vivid sky, blue,
sitting here in the sun --
could I let it go?
Useless question?
Getting old?
South Westland, NZ: photo by bobsan88, 14 November 2016
I want to be a dog,
when I die --
a dog, a dog.
[Dhaka]: photo by Muhammad Imam Hasan, 9 March 2017
[Chennai]: photo by Viduthalai Mani Dharamaraj, 18 March 2017
[Chennai]: photo by Viduthalai Mani Dharamaraj, 18 March 2017
[Chennai]: photo by Viduthalai Mani Dharamaraj, 18 March 2017
*
Mrs. Manhire saw me
on plane in Dunedin
but was too shy to speak
in her lovely Scots accent.
in her lovely Scots accent.
We meet later,
and she notes the sounds are
not very sweet
in old Glasgow.
But my wee toughness,
likewise particularity,
nonetheless come
by blood from that city.
Moerewa, Northland, NZ: photo by bobsan88, 6 February 2017
*
Love
Will you be dust,
reading this?
Will you be sad
when I'm gone.
Moerewa, Northland, NZ: photo by bobsan88, 6 February 2017
Love
Will you be dust,
reading this?
Will you be sad
when I'm gone.
Robert Creeley (1929-2005): "Here again", "I want to be a dog", "Mrs. Manhire saw me...", "Love" [New Zealand, March 1976], from Hello (1976)
Schoolyard [Larvik]: photo by astrid westvang, 16 March 2017
Schoolyard [Larvik]: photo by astrid westvang, 16 March 2017
Schoolyard [Larvik]: photo by astrid westvang, 16 March 2017
Robert Creeley: Love
Nothing is without place,
Nothing is without place,
in mind, in physical apprehension --
or if "a dagger of the mind" is the purpose,
hold on to it for dear life, or else kill somebody.
Just when I thought I had it made, I lost it.
Just when I knew what to do, I was an old man.
You hear that bird sing in the tree, there,
you know still what a tree is?
Love is a place, not a person, love is
a weather of time, a convenience to absent sorrows.
But talk is the cheapest of all, means what it wants to,
waits up for no one, always goes home alone.
Robert Creeley (1927-2005): Love, from Places, 1990
Lake [Brunlanes, Larvik]: photo by astrid westvang, 12 March 2017
Lake [Brunlanes, Larvik]: photo by astrid westvang, 12 March 2017
By surprise, dear
By surprise
Abandoned farm [Brunlanes, Larvik]: photo by astrid westvang, 4 March 2017
Abandoned farm [Brunlanes, Larvik]: photo by astrid westvang, 4 March 2017
Abandoned farm [Brunlanes, Larvik]: photo by astrid westvang, 4 March 2017
Lake [Brunlanes, Larvik]: photo by astrid westvang, 12 March 2017
Lake [Brunlanes, Larvik]: photo by astrid westvang, 12 March 2017
Lake [Brunlanes, Larvik]: photo by astrid westvang, 12 March 2017
By surprise
the "first" 49
fluttered by
Lake [Brunlanes, Larvik]: photo by astrid westvang, 12 March 2017
Lake [Brunlanes, Larvik]: photo by astrid westvang, 12 March 2017
Lake [Brunlanes, Larvik]: photo by astrid westvang, 12 March 2017
Swan [Larvik]: photo by astrid westvang, 26 February 2017
Swan [Larvik]: photo by astrid westvang, 26 February 2017
The lonely tree. Lake Wanaka, Otago, NZ.: photo by Tom Hall, 12 December 2015
The lonely tree. Lake Wanaka, Otago, NZ.: photo by Tom Hall, 12 December 2015
The lonely tree. Lake Wanaka, Otago, NZ.: photo by Tom Hall, 12 December 2015
Lake [Brunlanes, Larvik]: photo by astrid westvang, 12 March 2017
Lake [Brunlanes, Larvik]: photo by astrid westvang, 12 March 2017
Lake [Brunlanes, Larvik]: photo by astrid westvang, 12 March 2017
Swan [Larvik]: photo by astrid westvang, 26 February 2017
Swan [Larvik]: photo by astrid westvang, 26 February 2017
Swan [Larvik]: photo by astrid westvang, 26 February 2017
The lonely tree. Lake Wanaka, Otago, NZ.: photo by Tom Hall, 12 December 2015
The lonely tree. Lake Wanaka, Otago, NZ.: photo by Tom Hall, 12 December 2015
The lonely tree. Lake Wanaka, Otago, NZ.: photo by Tom Hall, 12 December 2015
By surprise
By surprise. iphone 5. Villagio, Doha.: photo by Tim Hatton, 7 March 2013
iphone 5. Instagram filter.: photo by Tim Hatton, 7 March 2013
Hong Kong, Duck: photo by Edas Wong, 22 October 2016
Hong Kong, Duck: photo by Edas Wong, 22 October 2016
Hong Kong, Duck: photo by Edas Wong, 22 October 2016
incredible Housewife. To Kwa Wan, Hong Kong.: photo by Paul Swee, 27 August 2009
Urban Synchrony [India]: photo by Hillol Choudhury, 27 September 2016
[Paris]: photo by Pierre Wayser, 3 June 2011
Potosi, Bolivia: photo by Maria Plotnikova, 20 February 2011
Kotoyo, Kailua, Hawaii: photo by Shin Noguchi, 29 March 2016
[Untitled]: photo by Taras Bychko, sometime in 2016
[Untitled]: photo by Taras Bychko, sometime in 2016
[Untitled]: photo by Taras Bychko, sometime in 2016
A
boy rides his bike past destroyed cars and houses in a neighborhood
recently liberated by Iraqi security forces in Mosul, Iraq.: image via Felipe Dana @felipedana, 19 March 2017
But Daddy, it was so cold and dark in the woodshed... and there was something soft and warm... how was I supposed to know it was Old Shep?
Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images via The New York Times, 22 March 2017
Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images via The New York Times, 22 March 2017
Donald Trump Jr. Criticizes London Mayor After Deadly Attack: Liam Stack, The New York Times, 22 March 2017
It
has become something of an online custom in the social media age to
react to tragic news stories — like Wednesday’s attack in London — with
well-meaning if sometimes rote messages like “thoughts and prayers.” But
that does not appear to be Donald Trump Jr.’s style.
“You have to be kidding me?!” Mr. Trump said Wednesday afternoon on Twitter, as details of the episode
— which left at least five dead, including the assailant, and 40
injured — continued to unfold. The message continued, “Terror attacks
are part of living in big city, says London Mayor Sadiq Khan.”
Mr. Trump, the oldest son of President Trump, was calling attention to an article from September
in The Independent, a British newspaper, that described Mr. Khan’s
reaction to a bombing then in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City.
Mr.
Trump mischaracterized the London mayor’s remarks. Mr. Khan did not
describe terrorism as “part of living in a big city,” as if bombings and
shootings were an inescapable fact of life. He said that terrorism
preparedness, including providing sufficient support to the police, was
“part and parcel of living in a great global city.”
“That
means being vigilant, having a police force that is in touch with
communities; it means the security services being ready, but it also
means exchanging ideas and best practice,” Mr. Khan said in a video interview
published by The Evening Standard, another British paper. (For the
record, Mr. Khan did say the victims of the Chelsea bombing were in his
“thoughts and prayers.”)
“Nothing
is more important to me than keeping Londoners safe,” Mr. Khan added.
“I want to be reassured that every single agency and individual involved
in protecting our city has the resources and expertise they need to
respond in the event that London is attacked.”
Mr.
Trump’s tweet was not well received by Britons, who were still learning
details of the attack when he weighed in. On Twitter, Wes Streeting, a
member of Parliament from the Labour Party, accused Mr. Trump of
capitalizing on the attack in London and called him “a disgrace.”
Ciaran
Jenkins, a correspondent for Britain’s Channel 4, asked the president's
son on Twitter if he thought his remarks were “helpful.”
“Did you even read the article before goading London’s Mayor during a live incident?” he wrote. He added,
“Headline is based on very first sentence, which if you’d bothered to
read it could apply to any major city in the world. Key word: ‘threat.’ ”
"Why is that man pooping on a stump?" - my 5 yo #trumpjunior: image via Brian Padian @brian_padian, 19 March 2017
Bob Marley: Crazy Baldhead (live)
ReplyDelete"Love is a place, not a person, love is
ReplyDeletea weather of time, a convenience to absent sorrows."
what a great definition...!
Junior like his dad. Drops crap and then refuses to clean it up.
ReplyDeleteBob, we do miss you!