tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post8360560468542386827..comments2024-01-28T03:56:39.351-08:00Comments on TOM CLARK: Slaughter of the InnocentsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-49543913915547715072012-12-17T01:12:02.373-08:002012-12-17T01:12:02.373-08:00Not that America has a patent on the inflicting of...Not that America has a patent on the inflicting of suffering upon <a href="http://tomclarkblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/single.html" rel="nofollow">the innocent</a>.<br /><br />Nor for that matter on fraudulence made general, for profit.<br /><br />Pity would be no more,<br />If we did not make somebody Poor:<br />And Mercy no more could be,<br />If all were as happy as we... <br /><br />That fake snow on Oxford Street might have embarrassed Bob Cratchit, had he ever lived... so long.<br /><br />(Do real wolves leave real tracks in fake snow?)TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-50738551119669307182012-12-17T00:18:30.052-08:002012-12-17T00:18:30.052-08:00This country scares me.
The weaponization is syst...This country scares me.<br /><br />The weaponization is systemic and ubiquitous, from the top down.<br /><br />It's impossible to think that all this grief would be down to one <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/dec/16/adam-lanza-quiet-friendless-boy" rel="nofollow">quiet, friendless boy</a>.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-25765955541066651082012-12-16T08:44:21.002-08:002012-12-16T08:44:21.002-08:00Tom,
Such a beautiful Breughel, those hunters in ...Tom,<br /><br />Such a beautiful Breughel, those hunters in the snow, that black crow (raven?) on the bare branch against a leaden January sky in 1565. Then the Lord's Prayer, Slaughter of the Innocents, Charlie Vermont's letter, Jack Delano's photos, Blake's poem -- <br /><br />"And the Raven his nest has made<br />In its thickest shade."<br /><br /><br />12.16<br /><br />grey whiteness of clouds above shadowed<br />green ridge, motion of leaves on branch<br />in foreground, sound of wave in channel<br /><br /> described “one” who “always<br /> knew,” “so that those”<br /><br /> visible forms, which slopes<br /> make, framed in place<br /><br />grey white clouds to the left of point,<br />whiteness of gull on tip of GROIN sign<br />STEPHEN RATCLIFFEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12339481653546188412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-46596783424118899262012-12-16T06:43:36.560-08:002012-12-16T06:43:36.560-08:00And mutual fear brings peace;
Till the selfish lov...And mutual fear brings peace;<br />Till the selfish loves increase.<br /><br />Subjects shut in, living with the distances, keeping stumm, biding time.<br /><br />I'm afraid Dr Vermont's spot on about the gun laws and the excess of violence.Mose23https://www.blogger.com/profile/01100756913131511440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-22361026007070845902012-12-16T06:16:25.422-08:002012-12-16T06:16:25.422-08:00El hombre, lobo del hombre. (Man, a wolf to man).El hombre, lobo del hombre. (Man, a wolf to man).Hazenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13417573435195561519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-1370453795016915072012-12-16T05:47:54.555-08:002012-12-16T05:47:54.555-08:00Such a moving post. I feel inadequate to respond ...Such a moving post. I feel inadequate to respond to recent events . . . Nin Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12643167108589844026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-48560745325152648112012-12-16T04:38:53.959-08:002012-12-16T04:38:53.959-08:00the mystery is the best answer sometimes...the mystery is the best answer sometimes...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com