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Monday 30 April 2018

Under Cassiopeia | The mystery of the missing international friendship tree | Realism (There's all of everything still)

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L1280752-ust-chulasa2018 | by Emil Gataullin

L1280752-ust-chulasa2018 | Ust-Chulasa, Arkhangelsk region, Russia 2018: photo by Emil Gataullin, 22 March 2018

L1050191-moscow2017 | by Emil Gataullin

L1200367-sokolovo2017 | by Emil Gataullin

L1200367-sokolovo2017 | Near Sokolovo villlage, Arkhangelsk region, Russia 2017: photo by Emil Gataullin, 17 February 2018

L1270150-koynas2018 | by Emil Gataullin
L1250640-koynas2018 | by Emil Gataullin
 
L1250640-koynas2018 | Koynas, Arkhangelsk region, Russia 2018: photo by Emil Gataullin, 14 March 2018



L1150013-kimzha2017 | by Emil Gataullin

Tree planted at White House by Trump and Macron appears to have vanished: The tree was a gift presented by the French president as part of his state visit to Washington: Martin Pengelly, The Guardian, 29 April 2018

Pictures taken by a Reuters photographer appeared to show that a tree planted at the White House this week by Donald Trump and Emanuel Macron has vanished.The tree, an oak sapling from the site of a pivotal first world war battle involving the US marines, was a gift presented by the French president as part of his state visit to Washington.

The tree came from Belleau Wood, north-east of Paris, where 1,811 Americans died in a ferocious battle in June 1918.

In a tweet, Macron said: “100 years ago, American soldiers fought in France, in Belleau to defend our freedom. This oak tree (my gift to [Donald Trump]) will be a reminder at the White House of these ties that bind us.”

100 years ago, American soldiers fought in France, in Belleau to defend our freedom. This oak tree (my gift to @realDonaldTrump) will be a reminder at the White House of these ties that bind us.: tweet via Emmanuel Macron @EmmanuelMacron, 24 April 2018

Macron and Trump planted it on Monday, using golden shovels and with wives Brigitte Macron and Melania Trump looking on.

The planting ceremony prompted jokes and speculation on social media, particularly about whether the French president had been “trolling” Trump over his environmental policies and withdrawal from the Paris climate accord.

Photographs taken by Yuri Gripas of Reuters on Saturday showed only a yellow patch of grass in the spot on the White House South Lawn where the tree was planted.

French media were quick to take notice. The French edition of Huffpost quoted a French government official as saying the oak was “doing well” but was under quarantine.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Asylum seekers from Central America climb the border fence at Tijuana after a month-long journey north. Photo @eye4light: image via Getty Images News @GettyImagesNews, 29 April 2018



The Voice of AmericaVerified account @VOANews
White House Mystery: Where is Macron's Gifted Oak Tree?
Emilie Retweeted The Voice of America
Emilie added,
Seriously you’d think that the @WhiteHouse could at least make up some gibberish about a bio security threat ...foreign species ..it’s not that hard ..but maybe Trump just couldn’t take being upstaged. #WhitehouseTree #MacronsTree
image via Emilie @paintsandsings, 29 April 2018

Oak sapling, seeking political asylum, detained at Canadian border. #WhiteHouseTree: tweet via Dan Hasselius @DHasselius, 29 April 2018

 
Replying to @Reuters #WhiteHouseTree: image via Carol Hunter @FairlyFae, 29 April 2018

Asperatus cloud: Over Cedar Rapids, Iowa, US.

Asperatus clouds over Cedar Rapids, Iowa: photo by Jane Wiggins, 2006
Realism

The smashed weirdness of the raving cadenzas of God
Takes over all of a sudden
In our time. It speaks through clouds and the voices of talk show moderators.

It tells us in a ringing anthem, like heavenly hosts uplifted,
That the rhapsody of the pastoral is out to lunch.
We can take it from there.

We can take it to Easy Street.
But when things get tough on Easy Street
What then? Is it time for realism?

And who are these guys on the bus
Who glide in golden hats past us
On their way to Kansas City?

(1975)


Pink moon rising #pinkmoon: image via Luna Weaver Kaebisch @lkaebs, 6.25 PM 29 April 2018

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The Hobo: Charles Burchfield, 1931 (Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.)

There's all of everything still
absent the automotive hell
the forever fur traffic coming and going

the lights going out
the night sinking in
the landfill slowly sliding

That long thin pink strip of dying
day off filling the western sky above the bay and mount tam
city lights beyond

the night coming down  
pink moon rising
over albany hill


2018-77 | by biosfear

2018-77 | Burney Falls, CA: photo by biosfear, 20 April 2018

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The East Wind: Charles Burchfield, 1918


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East Wind over Weehawken: Edward Hopper, 1934 (Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts)
Old Alley, Magic Hour. | by david grim

 Old Alley, Magic Hour [Millvale, Pa.]: photo by David Grim, 27 February 2018

Old Alley, Magic Hour. | by david grim

 Old Alley, Magic Hour [Millvale, Pa.]: photo by David Grim, 27 February 2018

Old Alley, Magic Hour. | by david grim

 Old Alley, Magic Hour [Millvale, Pa.]: photo by David Grim, 27 February 2018

Up Against It. | by david grim


Westmoreland Museum of Art, Greensburgh, Pa.: photo by William Real, 14 April 2018

Mall Landscape | by real00


Mall Landscape | by real00
Mall Landscape | An extension to the Edgewood Town Centre Mall includes lots of strange new transitory landscapes. {Pittsburgh]: photo by William Real, 19 April 2018

Mall Landscape | by real00
Mall Landscape | An extension to the Edgewood Town Centre Mall includes lots of strange new transitory landscapes. {Pittsburgh]: photo by William Real, 19 April 2018

Sunday 29 April 2018

In own world | William Carlos Williams: Complete Destruction

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L1200866-chizhgora2017 | by Emil Gataullin

L1200866-chizhgora2017 | Chizhgora, Akhangelsk region, Russia, 2017: photo by Emil Gataullin, 24 April 2018

William Carlos Williams: Complete Destruction

It was an icy day.
We buried the cat,
then took her box
and set match to it

in the back yard.
Those fleas that escaped
earth and fire
died by the cold. 

William Carlos Williams (1883-1963): Complete Destruction [1919], from Sour Grapes, 1921

L1280658 | by Emil Gataullin

 L1280568  | Arkhangelsk region, Russia, 2018: photo by Emil Gataullin, 22 March 2018

DSC08967=stavrosstam | by stavrosstam

Untitled | by Md. Imam Hasan

 Mumbai 2017: photo by Muhammad Imam Hasan, 7 September 2017


#Mexico Newborn jaguar cubs draw fans at Mexico wildlife park Photo @PPardo #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 28 April 2018

_DSC8190 | by Pierre Wayser

Untitled | by pratyay

 part of 'In own world' series: photo by pratyay, 30 October 2016

Untitled | by pratyay

 part of 'In own world' series: photo by pratyay, 30 October 2016

Untitled | by pratyay

 part of 'In own world' series: photo by pratyay, 30 October 2016

 
The disappearing jobs of yesterday.  In Gaza, a kerosene cooker. Photo @mohmdabed #AFP: image via AFP Photo @AFPphoto, 28 April 2018
 
DSC06586 | by stavrosstam

Saturday 28 April 2018

That Glow: In the Pink Church | William Carlos Williams: Lines (3 poems) | Caution: Bees | Satisfaction Guilt (Hey old Feller)

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L1160459-ust-kyma2017 | by Emil Gataullin

1140459-ust-kyma2017 | Ust-Kyma, Arkhangelsk region, Russia 2017: photo by Emil Gataullin, 18 April 2018

abandoned drive-in theater. parker, az. 2018. | by eyetwist

abandoned drive-in theater. Parker, az. 2018: photo by eyetwist, 11 February 2018
William Carlos Williams: No Good Too

She's the girl
had her picture
in the papers: just
14 years old and

ran off with
the guy her mother
brought home
from a gin mill

William Carlos Williams (1883-1963): No Good Too, from The Golden Goose, Autumn 1948

the zipper. holtville, ca. 2018. | by eyetwist

have ample supplies. mojave desert, ca. 2018. | by eyetwist
homestead. mojave desert, ca. 2018. | by eyetwist

homestead. mojave desert, ca. 2018: photo by eyetwist, 28 February 2018

homestead. mojave desert, ca. 2018. | by eyetwist

homestead. mojave desert, ca. 2018: photo by eyetwist, 28 February 2018

homestead. mojave desert, ca. 2018. | by eyetwist

homestead. mojave desert, ca. 2018: photo by eyetwist, 28 February 2018
William Carlos Williams: Drugstore Library

That's the kind of books
they read.
They love their filth.
Knee boots
and they want to hear
it suck
when they pull 'em out.

William Carlos Williams (1883-1963): Drugstore Library, from The Pink Church, 1949

eat. mojave desert, ca. 2016. | by eyetwist
Satisfaction Guilt

It's not as easy to get
As you might think
Just keep thinking though
And you'll find yourself
Getting more and more of it
And it will feel so good
You'll no longer be able to recall
A time when you weren't satisfied
And feeling guilty
About it. Meanwhile -
Hey old Feller
No not you strange old guy in mirror
Or you dark ageless guy
Crumpled on pavement - No,
You! Bob!
It is you, isn't it, Bob?
Hey! It's me! Tom!
Remember that time back in I Oh Way
When you threw that fastball
Through the wall
Of that barn
And it blasted right through like 3-fork'd lightning
Shredding the boards
And I was standing there naked and defenseless exposed to the universe
Under the alien stars
In the middle of the vast unfenced infrared mojave desert
On the other side?!

Hey old Feller
Who cares!


seabird carcass. tucson, az. 2015. | by eyetwist

seabird carcass. tucson, az. 2015. | by eyetwist

desert crossing. rice, ca. 2018. | by eyetwist


bridge to nowhere. yuma, az. 2018. | by eyetwist

bridge to nowhere. yuma, az. 2018 | the abandoned 1929 mcphaul bridge over the gila river east of yuma.: photo by eyetwist, 11 February 2018

bridge to nowhere. yuma, az. 2018. | by eyetwist

bridge to nowhere. yuma, az. 2018 | the abandoned 1929 mcphaul bridge over the gila river east of yuma.: photo by eyetwist, 11 February 2018

bridge to nowhere. yuma, az. 2018. | by eyetwist

bridge to nowhere. yuma, az. 2018 | the abandoned 1929 mcphaul bridge over the gila river east of yuma.: photo by eyetwist, 11 February 2018

Downhill | by ADMurr

Downhill [Santa Barbara County]: photo by Andrew Murr, 25 April 2018

Granite | by ADMurr

Granite [Joshua Tree National Park]: photo by Andrew Murr, 25 April 2018

7th Ward, New Orleans | by ADMurr

7th Ward, New Orleans: photo by Andrew Murr, 20 April 2018

Baltimore Facto | by ADMurr

Baltimore Facto: photo by Andrew Murr, 26 April 2018

Night factory | by ADMurr

Night factory [Eastside LA]: photo by Andrew Murr, 26 April 2018

Sunflower Ave., Clarksdale | by ADMurr

. | by ADMurr