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Wednesday 12 April 2017

Andrew Marvell: The Mower to the Glo-worms (Millennial Displacement) / Living through hell but unable to tell of it / Relish and Mustard collide

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Noctilucent clouds, Kuresoo bog, Soomaa National Park, Estonia: photo by Martin Koitmäe, 2009

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Noctilucent clouds, Kuresoo bog, Soomaa National Park, Estonia: photo by Martin Koitmäe, 2009
The Mower to the Glo-worms

I

Ye Living Lamps, by whose dear light
The Nightingale does sit so late,
And studying all the Summer-night,
Her matchless Songs does meditate;


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Female Glow Worm (Lampyris noctiluca) in field grass, Princes Risborough, Bucks.: photo by Timo Newton-Syms, 2007
II

Ye Country Comets, that portend
No War, nor Prince’s funeral,
Shining unto no higher end
Than to presage the Grasses fall;


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Contrail across tail of Comet 2004/F4, seen from Cactus Flats: photo by The Starmon, 2004
III

Ye Glo-worms, whose officious Flame
To wandring Mowers shows the way,
That in the Night have lost their aim,
 
And after foolish Fires do stray;


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Laser beam directed toward the centre of the Milky Way from Yepun laser star guide facility at ESO Paranal Observatory, Chile, crossing the southern sky and creating an artificial star at 90 km. altitude in Earth's mesosphere: photo by ESO/Yuri Beletsky, 2010

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Laser beam directed toward the centre of the Milky Way from Yepun laser star guide facility at ESO Paranal Observatory, Chile, crossing the southern sky and creating an artificial star at 90 km. altitude in Earth's mesosphere: photo by ESO/Yuri Beletsky, 2010
IV

Your courteous Lights in vain you wast,
Since Juliana here is come,
For She my Mind hath so displac’d
That I shall never find my home.
 


Glow-worm heaven [Lampyris noctiluca swarm], Waitomo Caves, Waitako, New Zealand: photo by milkthebasic, 23 October 2006

Andrew Marvell (1621-1678): The Mower to the Glo-worms [summer 1650 or summer 1651], from  Miscellaneous Poems, 1681


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  Andrew Marvell: artist unknown, c. 1655-1660: image by Adam sk, 2009

Take Me To Your Holocaust Center


Untitled | by Rammy Narula

[Untitled]: photo by Rammy Narula, 4 August 2016


 #FoundinArea51 The walrus and the eggman: image via Loeb Ottomi @Loeb_Ottomi, 1 April 2017 


#foundinarea51The REAL Sean Spicer! #TheyLive #clone #bodysnatcher #spicer #scifi #horror #news: image via bestofbad @badmovieman, 1 April 2017
  
Living through hell but unable to tell of it




Nabaa, 10-year-old, sits on her bed at a hospital in Erbil, Iraq, Saturday, April 8, 2017. Since she got struck by mortar shrapnel in Mosul just over a week ago, 10-year-old Nabaa has not been able to speak. A shard in her skull damaged part of her brain and doctors aren’t sure if she’ll ever be able to speak again.: photo by Felipe Dana, AP, 8 April 2017


Hawra, 4-years-old, who was badly burned in the March 17 airstrike in western Mosul, lies on her bed at a hospital in Erbil, Iraq, Saturday, April 8, 2017. The fight for western Mosul is proving more brutal and destructive than the battle for the city’s eastern sector, and Iraqi civilians are being caught in the middle.: photo by Felipe Dana, AP, 8 April 2017


Members of the Iraqi counter-terrorism service forces advance towards the Sekak neighbourhood in Mosul. Photo Ahmad Al-Rubaye #MosulOffensive
: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 11 April 2017


Members of the Iraqi counter-terrorism service forces advance towards the Sekak neighbourhood in Mosul. Photo Ahmad Al-Rubaye #MosulOffensive
: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 11 April 2017


Displaced Iraqis mourning relatives killed by IS fighters as they tried to flee their homes in Mosul are welcomed by relatives. Photo Ahmad Al-Rubaye
: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 11 April 2017


 A car bomb is seen as Iraqi counter-terrorism service forces advance towards Matahen neighbourhood during #MosulOffensive Photo A. Al-Rubaye: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 11 April 2017


In Hammam al-Alil, near Mosul, soldiers and displaced meet at the spa Photo @gharabli_ahmed: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 11 April 2017


People stand on a rooftop near damaged apartments after an explosion at the police headquarters in Diyarbakir. Photo @pironic2121 #AFP
: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 11 April 2017



Syrian children play outside their homes in the Ismetpasa neighbourhood in the Turkish capital Ankara. Photo @AdemAltan3 #AFP
: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 11 April 2017


A Syrian man who lost his leg during the war sits outside his home in Ondergazi neighbourhood in Ankara. Photo @AdemAltan3 #AFP
: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 11 April 2017


Turkey Daily Life 
A cat looks on over a general view of the Golden Horn, in Istanbul, Wednesday, March 15, 2017.: photo by Lefteris Pitarakis/AP, 15 March 2017

Cyprus Peace Talks

A woman is seen through a military battle position from a wall at the U.N buffer zone that divided the south, Greek Cypriot, and the north, Turkish Cypriot breakaway controlled areas in the divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Tuesday, April 11, 2017. Against the backdrop of Turkey's referendum on expanding presidential powers, talks aimed at reunifying ethnically divided Cyprus were restarted today with rival leaders hoping to claw back diminished trust and lost momentum after a two-month halt. Cyprus was split in 1974 when Turkey invaded following a coup mounted by supporters of union with Greece.: photo by Petros Karadjias/AP, 11 April 2017

Severe hunger would be unthinkable without war


A newly arrived refugee child from South Sudan sleeps on a dirty floor at the Ngomoromo border post, on Ugandan side. Photo @ikasamani #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 11 April 2017


A child plays inside a destroyed vehicle in the opposition controlled town of Thonyor, in Leer county. #SouthSudan Photo @AlbertGFarran: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 11 April 2017


A local community volunteer carries a sack of seeds distributed by the ICRC in the opposition controlled town of Thonyor. Photo @AlbertGFarran: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 11 April 2017


Severe #hunger, even in inhospitable climates, would be unthinkable without #war: image via AlbertGonzalesFarran @AlbertGFarran, 11 April 2017


Fruit and vegetables are displayed for sale at a food stall at Whitechapel Market in east London. Photo @lealolivas #AFP
: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 12 April 2017



Craftswomen demonstrate carpet weaving at the annual Lok Mela festival (the Folk Festival of Pakistan) in Islamabad. Photo Aamir Qureshi #AFP
: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 11 April 2017


A snack vendor carries a basket of items for sale as he looks for customers on a street on the outskirts of Islamabad. Photo @farooqnaeem1
: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 11 April 2017



Six killed in Indian Kashmir poll violence. Photo @TauseefMUSTAFA
: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 11 April 2017


I woke up not knowing if I would make it to see the sunset. @Abdi1144 on life in #Mogadishu
: image via AFP Correspondent @AFPblogs, 11 April 2017


Huge fire destroys France's Grande-Synthe migrant camp. Photo Philippe Huguen
: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 11 April 2017

bleeding through the roof


In this photo taken on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, water comes from the roof inside the abandoned Alfa Romeo car factory, in Arese, near Milan, Italy. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
 In this photo taken on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, water comes from the roof inside the abandoned Alfa Romeo car factory, in Arese, near Milan, Italy.: photo by Luca Bruno/AP, 3 February 2017


 In this photo taken on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016, the word 'recession' is seen written on the reception desk at the abandoned Hotel Americ in Carpiano, near Milan.
: photo by Luca Bruno/AP via AP_Images, 11 April 2017
 In this photo taken on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016, a bed is leaning to the ground inside the former telephone room of the abandoned Hotel Americ in Carpiano, near Milan, Italy.  (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

In this photo taken on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016, a bed is leaning to the ground inside the former telephone room of the abandoned Hotel Americ in Carpiano, near Milan, Italy.: photo by Luca Bruno/AP, 3 November 2016

Romania Daily Life

A dog waits along with people for the green light at a pedestrian crossing, in downtown Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, March 1, 2017.: photo by Vadim Ghirda/AP, 1 March 2017

California Daily Life

A man rides a cart past a red truck parked outside Staples Center, Monday, March 20, 2017, in Los Angeles. After several weeks of dry weather, the start of spring will bring rain showers throughout California this week.: photo by Jae C. Hong/AP, 20 March 2017

Egypt Daily Life

Visitors are seen through a fountain at the Spring flowers exhibition at the Orman Garden, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, March 24, 2017. The annual exhibition attracts flower enthusiasts and art photographers.: photo by Amr Nabil/AP, 20 March 2017

Mexico US Border Daily Life
Rohan Ayala stands next to his father outside their home, meters from the fence marking the U.S.-Mexico border in Juarez Valley, Mexico, Wednesday, March 29, 2017, across the border from the outskirts of El Paso, Texas. A segment of new fencing is being erected by the U.S. government outside El Paso, Texas, just west of the New Mexico state line.: photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP, 29 March 2017


Students march to demand the government to speed up reform to guarantee universal access to free public education in Santiago. Photo @mbernetti
: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 11 April 2017


Chile Education Protest
A demonstrator runs for cover as a police water cannon fires on demonstrators during a protest march demanding education reform, in Santiago, Chile, Tuesday, April 11, 2017. The demonstrators are demanding free access to school for all ages including at university level.: photo by Esteban Felix/AP, 11 April 2017


'There are many people who have lost 6, 10 or more relatives.' @LuisRobayo on #colombia landslide. #Mocoa @AFPblogs: image via AFP Correspondent @AFPblogs, 8 April 2017


A conductor looks out from a subway car in a metro station in Pyongyang. Photo @edwardesjones #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 12 April 2017

South Korea Koreas Tensions
South Korean marine soldiers stand guard during the U.S.-South Korea joint Exercise Operation Pacific Reach in Pohang, South Korea, Tuesday, April 11, 2017. North Korea is vowing tough counteraction to any military moves that might follow the U.S. move to send the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier and its battle group to waters off the Korean Peninsula.: photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP, 11 April 2017

North Korea Daily Life

A North Korean traffic police woman is seen in silhouette as she directs traffic at the driveway of Sunan International Airport on Tuesday, April 11, 2017, in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea will mark the 105th anniversary of the birth of late leader Kim Il Sung on April 15.: photo by Wong Maye-E/AP, 11 April 2017


SYRIA - An opposition fighter walks in a field of poppies in a rebel-held area in the southern Syrian city of Daraa. Photo @AbazidMohamad #AFP
: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 11 April 2017



GAZA CITY - Palestinian youths rest on benches next to their bicycles after a ride. Photo @mohmdabed #AFP
: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 11 April 2017


Palestinians Daily Life

A fisherman navigates rough seas along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in Gaza City, Tuesday, April 11, 2017.: photo by Adel Hana/AP, 11 April 2017

At Play in the Fields of Lebanon, Kentucky with a Bright Yellow Plastic Bat

redsubwayves s | by StepanZaytsev

redsubwayves s [Moscow]: photo by Stepan Zaytsev, 9 March 2017

kondeygruzovik s | by StepanZaytsev

kondeygruzovik s [Moscow]: photo by Stepan Zaytsev, 20 February 2017

DSCF3003 | by cedrus

DSCF3003. Lebanon, Kentucky.: photo by cedrus', 2 January 2017

DSCF3003 | by cedrus

DSCF3003. Lebanon, Kentucky.: photo by cedrus', 2 January 2017

DSCF3003 | by cedrus

DSCF3003. Lebanon, Kentucky.: photo by cedrus', 2 January 2017

DSCF1885c | by cedrus

DSCF1885c: photo by cedrus', 15 December 2016

DSCF1885c | by cedrus

DSCF1885c: photo by cedrus', 15 December 2016

DSCF1885c | by cedrus

DSCF1885c: photo by cedrus', 15 December 2016

BACK ALLEY # 3 | by Blonski Cruz

BACK ALLEY #3 [Pasay City, Philippines]: photo by Blonski Cruz, 9 October 2016

**** | by Rudy Boyer

[Untitled]: photo by Rudy Boyer, 16 February 2017

Peacocks | by Guille Ibanez

Peacocks. A group of dancers getting ready for a routine through the streets of town. [Andalucia]: photo by Guille Ibanez, 31 October 2016

Peacocks | by Guille Ibanez

Peacocks. A group of dancers getting ready for a routine through the streets of town. [Andalucia]: photo by Guille Ibanez, 31 October 2016

Peacocks | by Guille Ibanez

Peacocks. A group of dancers getting ready for a routine through the streets of town. [Andalucia]: photo by Guille Ibanez, 31 October 2016

Virgenes III | by Guille Ibanez

Virgenes III. Religious scene at church during celebrations in the town of Torre del Mar, Spain.: photo by Guille Ibanez, 26 July 2016

Virgenes III | by Guille Ibanez

Virgenes III. Religious scene at church during celebrations in the town of Torre del Mar, Spain.: photo by Guille Ibanez, 26 July 2016

Virgenes III | by Guille Ibanez

Virgenes III. Religious scene at church during celebrations in the town of Torre del Mar, Spain.: photo by Guille Ibanez, 26 July 2016

Virgenes I | by Guille Ibanez

Virgenes I. A group of Spanish women awaiting the arrival of the Virgin. [Andalucia].: photo by Guille Ibanez, 8 August 2016

Virgenes I | by Guille Ibanez

Virgenes I. A group of Spanish women awaiting the arrival of the Virgin. [Andalucia].: photo by Guille Ibanez, 8 August 2016

Virgenes I | by Guille Ibanez

Virgenes I. A group of Spanish women awaiting the arrival of the Virgin. [Andalucia].: photo by Guille Ibanez, 8 August 2016

Khao San Rd | by Guille Ibanez

Khao San Rd. A group of tourists and locals have fun at Khao San Rd, Bangkok.: photo by Guille Ibanez, 18 March 2017

Khao San Rd | by Guille Ibanez

Khao San Rd. A group of tourists and locals have fun at Khao San Rd, Bangkok.: photo by Guille Ibanez, 18 March 2017

Khao San Rd | by Guille Ibanez

Khao San Rd. A group of tourists and locals have fun at Khao San Rd, Bangkok.: photo by Guille Ibanez, 18 March 2017

Selfies | by Guille Ibanez

Selfies. A group of models getting ready for the catwalk. [Manchester]: photo by Guille Ibanez, 3 March 2017

Selfies | by Guille Ibanez

Selfies. A group of models getting ready for the catwalk. [Manchester]: photo by Guille Ibanez, 3 March 2017

Selfies | by Guille Ibanez

Selfies. A group of models getting ready for the catwalk. [Manchester]: photo by Guille Ibanez, 3 March 2017

Corporate days I | by Guille Ibanez

Corporate Days I. I usually shoot photography while on assignment. [Emirates Stadium, London]: photo by Guille Ibanez, 27 March 2017

23 from the series "Black Sea in winter" | by Emil Gataullin

23 from the series "Black Sea in winter". Gelendzik, Krasnodar Region, Russia.: photo by Emil Gataullin, 17 March 2017

20 from the series "Black Sea in winter" | by Emil Gataullin

20 from the series "Black Sea in winter". Gelendzik, Krasnodar Region, Russia.: photo by Emil Gataullin, 21 January 2017

Kaohsiung, Taiwan / Jan. 1st, 2017 | by Mankichi Shinshi

Kaohsiung, Taiwan: photo by Mankichi Shinsi, 1 January 2017

Kaohsiung, Taiwan / Jan. 1st, 2017 | by Mankichi Shinshi

Kaohsiung, Taiwan: photo by Mankichi Shinsi, 1 January 2017

Kaohsiung, Taiwan / Jan. 1st, 2017 | by Mankichi Shinshi

Kaohsiung, Taiwan: photo by Mankichi Shinsi, 1 January 2017

Saint-Petersburg, Russia 2016 | by f.d. walker

Saint Petersburg, Russia: photo by f.d. walker, 26 June 2016

Untitled | by Jamie Fyson Howard

[Untitled]: photo by Jamie Howard, 11 April 2014

Untitled | by Jamie Fyson Howard

[Untitled]: photo by Jamie Howard, 11 April 2014

Untitled | by Jamie Fyson Howard

[Untitled]: photo by Jamie Howard, 11 April 2014


LHP A.J. Puk struck out 4 of the first 6 batters he faced for Stockton in exhibition game vs. Cal State East Bay tonight...: image via Athletics Farms @Athletic Farm, 4 April 2017


Relish and Mustard collide as Catchup goes on to win the hotdog race during a baseball game between the Royals and Athletics.: image via AP Images @AP_Images, 11 April 2017

Human Chaos | by Guille Ibanez

Human Chaos. Sweat, blood, tears, fear, joy, chaos... humans! [Castellers, Vilafranca del Penedes, Catalunya].: photo by Guille Ibanez, 13 September 2016

Human Chaos | by Guille Ibanez

Human Chaos. Sweat, blood, tears, fear, joy, chaos... humans! [Castellers, Vilafranca del Penedes, Catalunya].: photo by Guille Ibanez, 13 September 2016

Human Chaos | by Guille Ibanez

Human Chaos. Sweat, blood, tears, fear, joy, chaos... humans! [Castellers, Vilafranca del Penedes, Catalunya].: photo by Guille Ibanez, 13 September 2016

Sagaing bar owner, Myanmar | by Guille Ibanez

Sagaing bar owner, Myanmar. Old woman in the back of her bar in Sagaing, Myanmar.: photo by Guille Ibanez, 31 July 2016

Sagaing bar owner, Myanmar | by Guille Ibanez

Sagaing bar owner, Myanmar. Old woman in the back of her bar in Sagaing, Myanmar.: photo by Guille Ibanez, 31 July 2016

Sagaing bar owner, Myanmar | by Guille Ibanez

Sagaing bar owner, Myanmar. Old woman in the back of her bar in Sagaing, Myanmar.: photo by Guille Ibanez, 31 July 2016

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Noctilucent clouds, Kuresoo bog, Soomaa National Park, Estonia: photo by Martin Koitmäe, 2009

1 comment:

TC said...

The Mills Brothers: The Glow-Worm (1952)

Mills Brothers: Glow-Worm (live, 1957)


Shine little glow-worm, glimmer,

Shine little glow-worm, glimmer,

Lead us lest too far we wander

Love's sweet voice is calling yonder


Shine little glow-worm, glimmer,

Hey, there don't get dimmer,

Light the path below, above

And lead us on to love!


Glow, little glow-worm, fly of fire,

Glow like an incandescent wire,

Glow for the female of the species,

Turn on the A-C and the D-C;


This night could use a little brightnin',

Light up, you li'l ol' bug of lightnin',

When you gotta glow, you gotta glow,

Glow little glow-worm, glow!


Glow, little glow-worm, glow and glimmer,

Swim through the sea of night, little swimmer,

Thou aer-o-nau-tic-al boll weevil,

Il-lu-mi-nate yon woods primeval;


See how the shadows deep and darken,

You and your chick should get to sparkin',

I got a gal that I love so,

Glow little glow-worm glow.


Little glow-worm, turn the key on,

You are equipped with tail light neon;

You got a cute vest-pocket Mazda

Which you can make both slow or "Fazda";


I don't know who you took a shine to,

Or who you're out to make a sign to,

I got a gal that I love so,

Glow, little glow-worm, glow.