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Thursday 10 March 2016

Limited Vision

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Woman looks through a tent during a gathering by Houthi loyalists against Saudi-led air strikes in Yemen's capital Sanaa...A woman looks through a tent during a gathering by Houthi loyalists against Saudi-led air strikes in Yemen's capital Sanaa March 9, 2016. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah      TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY      - RTS9YZ5

A woman looks through a tent during a gathering by Houthi loyalists against Saudi-led air strikes in Yemen’s capital Sana’a: photo by Khaled Abdullah/Reuters, 8 March 2016

Woman looks through a tent during a gathering by Houthi loyalists against Saudi-led air strikes in Yemen's capital Sanaa...A woman looks through a tent during a gathering by Houthi loyalists against Saudi-led air strikes in Yemen's capital Sanaa March 9, 2016. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah      TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY      - RTS9YZ5

A woman looks through a tent during a gathering by Houthi loyalists against Saudi-led air strikes in Yemen’s capital Sana’a: photo by Khaled Abdullah/Reuters, 8 March 2016


Migrants line up for soup on a rainy day at an encampment near Idomeni, Greece, not far from the border with Macedonia: photo by Dimitar Dilkoff/Agence France-Presse, 9 March 2016


Migrants line up for soup on a rainy day at an encampment near Idomeni, Greece, not far from the border with Macedonia: photo by Dimitar Dilkoff/Agence France-Presse, 9 March 2016


#instantané Une réfugiée et son chat, transporté depuis la Syrie, à la frontière gréco-macédonienne.@lgouliam #AFP: image via Agence France-Presse @AFPfr, 9 March 2016


Activists in #Idomeni just placed this banner on the border fence #Greece #euco #migrantcrisis #refugeesgr: image via Kostas Kallergis @KllergisK, 8 March 2016


Just saying, it isn't a campsite of a festival and they aren't enjoying the music! #Idomeni #Refugees: image via Hatice AVCI @HaticeAVCI, 9 March 2016


 #Idomeni woke up in very thick fog this morning... #Greece #euco #migrantcrisis #refugeesgr: image via Kostas Kallergis @KllergisK, 7 March 2016


A Syrian barber shaves beard of customer in migrant makeshift camp near Greek-Macedonian border. By @dilkoff #AFP: image via Sophie Chauveau @s_chauveauAFP, 6 March 2016


The makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border near Idomeni where thousands of refugees are stranded. @lgouliam
: image via Stéphane Arnaud @StehaneArnaud, 7 March 2016



  #Migrants will sleep like this in #Idomeni as EU & Turkey will be discussing their future #migrantcrisis #refugeesgr: image via Kostas Kallergis @KllergisK, 7 March 2016


A child playing at the Idomeni camp at the border between Greece and Macedonia. Photo by @lgouliam #AFP
: image via Kaycee Nightfire @KcNightfire, 9 March 2016



A man warms by a bonfire at a makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border, near Idomeni. By @dilkoff #AFP: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 9 March 2016



The fog was replaced by a sunny sky at #Idomeni #Greece #migrantcrisis #refugeesgr: image via Kostas Kallergis @KllergisK, 8 March 2016 
 

Greek coastguard is packed - has picked up six boatfuls of refugees and migrants this morning off Lesbos: image via Piers Schofield @inglesi, 7 March 2016
 


Refugees sit facing the sea outside passenger terminal used as shelter for refugees in Piraeus. By @atzortzinis #AFP: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 9 March 2016


INSIGHT: Asia's solar eclipse: image via Reuters TV @ReutersTV, 9 March 2016


 #Indonesia People watch a total total #SolarEclipse in Palu, Central Sulawesi on March 9, 2016. By Nanang #AFP: image via Stephanie Beauge @sbeaugeAFP, 9 March 2016


Acehnese people watch the total solar eclipse in Banda Aceh on March 9, 2016. By Chaideer Mahyuddin #AFP: image via AFP Photo Deoartment @AFPphoto, 9 March 2016 
 
A partial solar eclipse is seen as a labourer works at a construction site in Phnom Penh, Cambodia 
A partial solar eclipse is seen as a labourer works at a construction site in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Wednesday: photo by Samrang Pring/Reuters, 8 March 2016

A partial solar eclipse is seen as a labourer works at a construction site in Phnom Penh, Cambodia 

A partial solar eclipse is seen as a labourer works at a construction site in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Wednesday: photo by Samrang Pring/Reuters, 8 March 2016

TOPSHOT - The Statue of Liberty is pictu...TOPSHOT - The Statue of Liberty is pictured during sunset in New York, on March 8, 2016.  / AFP / Jewel SAMADJEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images

The Statue of Liberty is pictured during sunset in New York: photo by Jewel Samad/AFP, 8 March 2016

TOPSHOT - The Statue of Liberty is pictu...TOPSHOT - The Statue of Liberty is pictured during sunset in New York, on March 8, 2016.  / AFP / Jewel SAMADJEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images

The Statue of Liberty is pictured during sunset in New York: photo by Jewel Samad/AFP, 8 March 2016

People watch a solar eclipse outside the planetarium in Jakarta, Indonesia

People watch a solar eclipse outside the planetarium in Jakarta, Indonesia on Wednesday: photo by Gary Lotulung/Reuters, 8 March 2016
 
Indian workers prepare the pitch for the ICC World Twenty20 2016 cricket tournament at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) stadium in Dharmsala, India.

Indian workers prepare the pitch for the ICC World Twenty20 2016 cricket tournament at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) stadium in Dharmsala, India: photo by Tsering Topgyal/AP, 8 March 2016

Indian workers prepare the pitch for the ICC World Twenty20 2016 cricket tournament at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) stadium in Dharmsala, India.

Indian workers prepare the pitch for the ICC World Twenty20 2016 cricket tournament at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) stadium in Dharmsala, India: photo by Tsering Topgyal/AP, 8 March 2016

A Tunisian police officer stands guard near a police station after Monday's attack by Islamic State militants on army and police barracks in the town of Ben Guerdan, Tunisia.

A Tunisian police officer stands guard near a police station after Monday’s attack by Islamic State militants on army and police barracks in the town of Ben Guerdan, Tunisia: photo by Zoubeir Souissi/Reuters, 8 March 2016

A Tunisian police officer stands guard near a police station after Monday's attack by Islamic State militants on army and police barracks in the town of Ben Guerdan, Tunisia.

A Tunisian police officer stands guard near a police station after Monday’s attack by Islamic State militants on army and police barracks in the town of Ben Guerdan, Tunisia: photo by Zoubeir Souissi/Reuters, 8 March 2016


New clashes hit Tunisia town as thousands mourn: image via AFP news agency @AFP, 9 March 2016

A playnte to the Queene concerning the Rains

Royal visit to Prince's Trust Centre...Queen Elizabeth II during a visit to the Prince's Trust Centre in Kennington, London, to mark the 40th anniversary of the charity. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Tuesday March 8, 2016. See PA story ROYAL Trust. Photo credit should read: Chris Jackson/PA Wire

Queen Elizabeth II visits the Prince’s Trust Centre in Kennington, London, to mark the 40th anniversary of the charity: photo by Chris Jackson/PA, 8 March 2016

Royal visit to Prince's Trust Centre...Queen Elizabeth II during a visit to the Prince's Trust Centre in Kennington, London, to mark the 40th anniversary of the charity. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Tuesday March 8, 2016. See PA story ROYAL Trust. Photo credit should read: Chris Jackson/PA Wire

Queen Elizabeth II visits the Prince’s Trust Centre in Kennington, London, to mark the 40th anniversary of the charity: photo by Chris Jackson/PA, 8 March 2016

Listen! Something that wants to get even with us
in the most terrible way
broods o'er the sea tonight, you can hear it breathing!
I keep hearing things! Listen!
Pitching keeps me sane! I used to say
but no more. Rain...

And with eternal motion the sea doth wake
and a sound like thunder
no, actual thunder -- dear child!
Prepare a chair!
A sound of thunder -- everlastingly!
The cats hate this shit! 
They go nuts!
 
Storms have always followed me... 
like that woman, Julie Christie...
the refugee decades through which you foraged
all those rickety wrecks
or wait was that me... blinded by parlous seas
the old hulk rocking
taking water below decks 
that pine tree wasn't meant to be
growing sideways like that
falling down I mean
the air turning to vapor and steam 

yet to watch the long bright river drawing slowly
outside the Gate like that -- and yet
fearful the plum tree will plunge into your my-my --
rivers are meant to be benevolent aren't they
O silver protectress
lissome Lady of the Silences! 
Now that the weeds are dank, and paths are mire!



Heavy rain, wind on tap as #AtmosphericRiver runs thru Bay Area #ElNino
: image via KPIX 5 @CBSSF, 9 March 2016 



#AtmosphericRiver over the eastern Pacific will result in heavy rain across northern/central California next 2 days: image via FlyWithJepp @FlyWithJepp, 9 March 2016
 

Absolute crapload of rain this week #atmosphericriver
: image via Joseph Fitzwater @jfitz_h2O, 9 March 2016



Migrants line up for soup on a rainy day at an encampment near Idomeni, Greece, not far from the border with Macedonia: photo by Dimitar Dilkoff/Agence France-Presse, 9 March 2016

3 comments:

L'Enfant de la Haute Mer said...

Macedonia: Is 3 parts Greek, 2 parts FYROM (Vardarska) and 1 part Pirin

Hazen said...

Great poem, Tom. Stay dry.

TC said...

Thanks, my friend. Very wet nights and days...