TOM CLARK: The first cut is the deepest (Childish ballad)

Sunday, 12 March 2017

The first cut is the deepest (Childish ballad)

[Untitled]: photo by Gareth Bragdon, 9 August 2016

Childish ballad

None I know now know I know
And a few small drops of rain

I felt fall upon my face today did not fall

And tonight my true-love in cool weeds lain

And the wind doth blow

And now I know I do not know
And now I know I do not know

Kathmandu, Nepal: photo by f.d. walker, 19 May 2016

#iraq. inside west mosul. 2/2 #MosulOffensive: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 11 March 2017

#iraq. inside west mosul. 2/2 #MosulOffensive: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 11 March 2017

Smoke rises from clashes during a battle between Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq March 9, 2017. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani: image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 11 March 2017

See the sun, #serbia #migrants #refugees: image via Marko Drobdnjakovic @xmd101, 28 February 2017

People accompany the burial of 14-year-old Madelyn Patricia Hernandez Hernandez, a girl who died in a fire at the Virgin of the Assumption Safe Home, at the Guatemala City's cemetery, Friday, March 10, 2017. Families began burying some of the 36 girls killed in a fire at an overcrowded government-run youth shelter in Guatemala as authorities worked to determine exactly what happened.: photo by Luis Soto/AP, 10 March 2017

Marta Lidia Garcia, center, cries during the wake of her 17-year-old daughter Siona Hernandez, who died in a youth shelter fire, in Ciudad Peronia, Guatemala, Friday, March 10, 2017. Guatemala's president called for a restructuring of his country's youth shelter system following the fire that killed at least 36 girls at an overcrowded government facility for children. Relatives and officials said Wednesday's blaze began when youths set fire to mattresses to protest abuses at the Virgin of the Assumption Safe House.: photo by Moises Castillo/AP, 10 March 2017

Kashmiri Muslim women watch the funeral procession of a local rebel Mushtaq Ahmed in Malangam 75 Kilometers north of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, March 10, 2017. Three rebels and a 15-year-old boy were killed Thursday in two separate gun battles between the rebels and Indian security forces, police said.: photo by Dar Yasin/AP, 10 March 2017

Stone throwers pose in Srinagar: photo by Dar Yasin/AP, 2017

Family finds shelter, Dal Lake / Srinagar: photo by Syed Shahriyar, 2014

Hospitality staff jump as they pose for a photograph on Tiananmen Square during the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Friday, March 10, 2017. China's top leadership as well as thousands of delegates from around the country are gathered at the Chinese capital for the annual legislative meetings.: photo by Andy Wong/AP, 10 March 2017

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, center, tour the Kremlin after talks in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 10, 2017. President Vladimir Putin hosted his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on Friday for talks focusing on Syria, where Russia and Turkey have launched mediation efforts and coordinated military action.: photo by Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, 10 March 2017

A boy rides his his bicycle past a recently discovered statue in a Cairo slum that may be of pharaoh Ramses II, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, March 10, 2017. Archeologists in Egypt have discovered a massive statue that may be of pharaoh Ramses II, one of the country's most famous ancient rulers. The colossus, whose head was pulled from mud and groundwater by a bulldozer on Thursday, is around eight meters (yards) tall and was discovered by a German-Egyptian team.: photo by Amr Nabil/AP, 10 March 2017

A man pushes his child in a wheelchair with a costume of an F-35 aircraft during a street party to mark the Jewish festival of Purim in Tel Aviv, Friday, March. 10, 2017. The Jewish holiday of Purim celebrates the Jews' salvation from genocide in ancient Persia, as recounted in the Scroll of Esther.: photo by Oded Balilty/AP, 10 March 2017

A Hindu priest, left, leaves after pouring colored water on devotees inside Banke Bihari temple during Holi festival celebrations in Vrindavan, India, Friday, March 10, 2017. The temple, dedicated to Lord Krishna, hosts weeklong Holi celebrations and during these days, idol of Krishna is dressed up in white colored clothes and it is brought closer to his devotees to play Holi with colored water and gulal, a form of color made using organic substances and flowers. Holi also known as the festival of colors is celebrated across India marks the arrival of spring.: photo by Manish Swarup/AP, 10 March 2017

A Hindu priest throws colored powder on devotees inside Banke Bihari temple during Holi festival celebrations in Vrindavan, India, Friday, March 10, 2017. The temple, dedicated to Lord Krishna, hosts weeklong Holi celebrations and during these days, idol of Krishna is dressed up in white colored clothes and it is brought closer to his devotees to play Holi with colored water and gulal, a form of color made using organic substances and flowers. Holi also known as the festival of colors is celebrated across India marks the arrival of spring..: photo by Manish Swarup/AP, 10 March 2017

Dye sprayed on protestors/ Srinagar: photo by Javed Dar, 2013

2017-01-24_04-38-16 [Semarang, central Java]: photo by Chris Tuarissa, 8 January 2017

2017-01-19_06-00-56 [Jakarta, Indonesia]: photo by Chris Tuarissa, 8 January 2017

PB108306-1 [Jakarta, Indonesia]: photo by Chris Tuarissa, 10 November 2016

[Untitled, Dhaka]: photo by Enamul Md. Kabir, 3 March 2017

[Untitled, Dhaka]: photo by Enamul Md. Kabir, 18 May 2015

[Untitled]: photo by Rammy Narula, 21 March 2016

[Untitled]: photo by Rammy Narula, 9 April 2016

Kids of Kin [Ndolo, Kinshasa] photo by Kim SOLA, 27 June 2016

Kinoise [Ndolo, Kinshasa] photo by Kim SOLA, 24 June 2016

[Untitled, Varanasi]: photo by Nakarin Teerapenun, 12 March 2016

[Untitled]: photo by Chavoshi Photo, 13 February 2017

[Untitled]: photo by Chavoshi Photo, 16 February 2017

San Francisco, USA: photo by Hearhun Hun Shiun, 27 December 2015

San Francisco, USA 2015 | by Hearhun Hun Shiun

San Francisco, USA: photo by Hearhun Hun Shiun, 27 December 2015

San Francisco, USA: photo by Hearhun Hun Shiun, 27 December 2015

Genève | by TomOlson

Genève: photo by Tom Olson, 13 December 2016

Genève: photo by Tom Olson, 27 February 2017

DSCF6525sofi: photo by ilan Ben yehuda, 29 December 2016

DSC_2017. orthodox demonstration in Jerusalem: photo by ilan Ben yehuda, 9 February 2017

DSC_1615sofi: photo by ilan Ben yehuda, 9 February 2017

DSC_0556: photo by ilan Ben yehuda, 2 February 2017

DSCF9504: photo by ilan Ben yehuda, 30 January 2017

4 comments:

Sandra said...: beautiful poem!; 12 March 2017 at 15:17
TC said...: Muchas gracias, Sandra, muy amable de su parte para decir eso!; 12 March 2017 at 20:53
Hilton said...: The poem sounds like Shakespeare, a song in one of the comedies. Haunting.; 13 March 2017 at 09:43
TC said...: Thanks very much, Hilton. Haunting feels about right, for the time. Also comedy, mayhap.; 13 March 2017 at 11:01

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