.
Suns rage
And suns rage,
Days want sun,
Sun wants bright,
Night wants shade,
Dead queens graves,
Down I sat,
I sat down,
There I sat,
I sat there,
Straight I saw,
I saw straight,
I did look,
Look did I,
Bright they were,
They were bright,
Still I gazed,
I gazed still,
Two stars then,
Then two stars,
Appeared there,
There appeared,
Eyes she had,
She had eyes,
This was she,
She was this,
Suns rage
And suns rage,
Days want sun,
Sun wants bright,
Night wants shade,
Drank Kool-Aid,
Down sat,
Sat down,
There sat,
Sat there,
Straight saw,
Saw straight,
Did look,
Look did I,
Bright they were,
They were bright,
Still I gazed,
I gazed still,
Two stars then,
Then two stars,
Appeared there,
There appeared,
Eyes she had,
She had eyes,
This was she,
She was this.
Firefighters stand next to a burnt production hall of poultry farm Wiesenhof in Lohnde, northern Germany: photo by Ingo Wagner / DPA / AFP, 29 March 2016
A model waits backstage before a fashion show in Beijing: photo by Wu Hong / EPA, 29 March 2016
Freddy Nock of Switzerland walks on tightrope during a competition in Wulong county, Chongqing, China: photo by Reuters / China Daily, 30 March 2016
Geishas perform a traditional dance at a department store in the Ginza shopping district in Tokyo. Geishas working in the area displayed some of their skills for visiting shoppers to promote a cultural event taking place next month.: photo by Toru Yamanaka / AFP, 30 March 2016
A model presents a creation for the Hempel Award 24th China International Young Fashion Designers Contest at China Fashion Week in Beijing: photo by Kim Kyung-hoon / Reuters, 25 March 2016
Special paramilitary policemen attend a training session in Chuzhou, Anhui Province, China: photo by Reuters, 30 March 2016
A general view shows the Tata steelworks in the town of Port Talbot, Wales: photo by Rebecca Naden / Reuters, 30 March 2016
Palestinians run from tear gas fired by Israeli troops during a protest marking the 40th Land Day anniversary, outside Ofer military prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah, on Wednesday: photo by Majdi Mohammed/AP, 30 March 2016
Palestinians run from tear gas fired by Israeli troops during a protest marking the 40th Land Day anniversary, outside Ofer military prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah, on Wednesday: photo by Majdi Mohammed/AP, 30 March 2016
A man walks his dog on Aberavon beach in the shadow of the Tata Steel plant at Port Talbot on Wednesday. Indian owners Tata Steel put its British business up for sale yesterday, placing thousands of jobs at risk and hitting the already floundering UK steel industry: photo by Christopher Furlong via FT Photo Diary, 30 March 2016
A man walks his dog on Aberavon beach in the shadow of the Tata Steel plant at Port Talbot on Wednesday. Indian owners Tata Steel put its British business up for sale yesterday, placing thousands of jobs at risk and hitting the already floundering UK steel industry: photo by Christopher Furlong via FT Photo Diary, 30 March 2016
A man takes a photograph of the stage before a campaign event featuring Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wisconsin, USA: photo by Patrick Semansky/AP, 30 March 2016
A man takes a photograph of the stage before a campaign event featuring Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wisconsin, USA: photo by Patrick Semansky/AP, 30 March 2016
A Palestinian protester uses a sling to return a tear gas canister fired by Israeli troops during clashes at a protest marking Land Day, near Israel’s Ofer Prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah today. March 30 marks Land Day, the annual commemoration of protests in 1976 against Israel’s appropriation of Arab-owned land in the Galilee.: photo by Mohamad Torokman/Reuters, 30 March 2016
A Palestinian protester uses a sling to return a tear gas canister fired by Israeli troops during clashes at a protest marking Land Day, near Israel’s Ofer Prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah today. March 30 marks Land Day, the annual commemoration of protests in 1976 against Israel’s appropriation of Arab-owned land in the Galilee.: photo by Mohamad Torokman/Reuters, 30 March 2016
Delivery men attend a training session in Shanghai, China: photo by Reuters, 30 March 2016
Delivery men attend a training session in Shanghai, China: photo by Reuters, 30 March 2016
Palestinian boy Sabri Attalah, 17, works at a pottery workshop in
Gaza City March 21, 2016. Attalah, who works along with his family
members at their workshop, earns around 25 Shekels ($6.4) per working
day. The boy, who has quit school, had hoped to be a design engineer.: photo by Mohammed Salem/Reuters, 30 March 2016
Palestinian boy Sabri Attalah, 17, works at a pottery workshop in Gaza City March 21, 2016. Attalah, who works along with his family members at their workshop, earns around 25 Shekels ($6.4) per working day. The boy, who has quit school, had hoped to be a design engineer.: photo by Mohammed Salem/Reuters, 30 March 2016
Palestinian boy Sabri Attalah, 17, works at a pottery workshop in Gaza City March 21, 2016. Attalah, who works along with his family members at their workshop, earns around 25 Shekels ($6.4) per working day. The boy, who has quit school, had hoped to be a design engineer.: photo by Mohammed Salem/Reuters, 30 March 2016
Migrants play soccer at a makeshift camp for migrants and refugees at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni, Greece today: photo by Marko Djurica/Reuters, 30 March 2016
Migrants play soccer at a makeshift camp for migrants and refugees at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni, Greece today: photo by Marko Djurica/Reuters, 30 March 2016
Women take a selfie with blooming cherry blossoms at Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden in Tokyo today. Visitors enjoy a total of 1,100 cherry trees of 65 different types that start to bloom from February until the end of April at the park.: photo by Shizuo Kambayashi/AP 30 March 2016
Women take a selfie with blooming cherry blossoms at Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden in Tokyo today. Visitors enjoy a total of 1,100 cherry trees of 65 different types that start to bloom from February until the end of April at the park.: photo by Shizuo Kambayashi/AP 30 March 2016
Freddy Nock of Switzerland walks on tightrope during a competition in Wulong county, Chongqing, China today: photo by China Daily/Reuters, 30 March 2016
Freddy Nock of Switzerland walks on tightrope during a competition in Wulong county, Chongqing, China today: photo by China Daily/Reuters, 30 March 2016
A close up of the damaged tower in Ajman: photo by Antonie Robertson / The National, 29 March 2016
Crews continue to douse the fire the next morning: photo by Antonie Robertson / The National, 29 March 2016
The Ajman tower: photo by Antonie Robertson / The National, 29 March 2016
Fire and smoke billow from a high-rise building in Ajman. Five are believed to have suffered minor burns.: photo by Kamran Jebreili / AP, 29 March 2016
Members of the Civil Defence work to extinguish a fire at residential buildings in the Sowan area of Ajman.: photo by Ali Haider / EPA 29 March 2016
Members of the Civil Defence work to extinguish a fire at residential buildings in the Sowan area of Ajman.: photo by Ali Haider / EPA 29 March 2016
Debris falls from a high-rise building as a fire spreads up the side of the building in Ajman.: photo by Kamran Jebreili / AP, 29 March 2016
Fire and smoke billow from a high-rise building in Ajman. Five are believed to have suffered minor burns.: photo by Kamran Jebreili / AP, 29 March 2016
Fire engulfs a tower at a residential cluster in Ajman: photo by AFP, 29 March 2016
A monkey walks on a power line in Colombo, Sri Lanka: photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte / Reuters, 29 March 2016
Refugees sit around a fire at a camp on the Greek-Macedonian border: photo by Georgi Licovski / EPA, 29 March 2016
A Bangladeshi labourer bales water from a boat while waiting to unload watermelons at a dock in Dhaka: photo by Munir Uz Zaman / AFP, 28 March 2016
A child walks on a rail carriage at a makeshift camp for refugees at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni, Greece: photo by Marko Djurica / Reuters, 28 March 2016
A labourer works on the roof of an old building on a hazy morning in central Beijing, China: photo by Jason Lee / Reuters, 28 March 2016
A general view of the new Shanghai Disney Resort in the Pudong area of the Chinese city: photo by AFP Photo, 28 March 2016
Syrian troops take a selfie as they walk along the damaged streets of the residential neighbourhoods in the modern town adjacent to the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra. The city has been recaptured from ISIL.: photo by Maher Al Mounes / AFP, 28 March 2016
A Pakistani man, seen through shattered glass, assess damage at a bus station after a protest against the hanging of policeman Mumtaz Qadri turned violent in Islamabad: photo by Anjum Naveed / AP Photo, 28 March 2016
A soldier of the People’s Liberation Army attends a training session in Heihe, Heilongjiang Province, China: photo by Reuters, 27 March 2016
Hungary’s captain Balazs Dzsudzsak celebrates scoring with fans during the friendly football match Hungary v Croatia at the Ferenc Puskas Stadion in Budapest, Hungary: photo by Attila Kisbenedek / AFP, 27 March 2016
Freddy Nock of Switzerland walks on tightrope during a competition in Wulong county, Chongqing, China today: photo by China Daily/Reuters, 30 March 2016
A close up of the damaged tower in Ajman: photo by Antonie Robertson / The National, 29 March 2016
Crews continue to douse the fire the next morning: photo by Antonie Robertson / The National, 29 March 2016
The Ajman tower: photo by Antonie Robertson / The National, 29 March 2016
Fire and smoke billow from a high-rise building in Ajman. Five are believed to have suffered minor burns.: photo by Kamran Jebreili / AP, 29 March 2016
Members of the Civil Defence work to extinguish a fire at residential buildings in the Sowan area of Ajman.: photo by Ali Haider / EPA 29 March 2016
Members of the Civil Defence work to extinguish a fire at residential buildings in the Sowan area of Ajman.: photo by Ali Haider / EPA 29 March 2016
Debris falls from a high-rise building as a fire spreads up the side of the building in Ajman.: photo by Kamran Jebreili / AP, 29 March 2016
Fire and smoke billow from a high-rise building in Ajman. Five are believed to have suffered minor burns.: photo by Kamran Jebreili / AP, 29 March 2016
Fire engulfs a tower at a residential cluster in Ajman: photo by AFP, 29 March 2016
A monkey walks on a power line in Colombo, Sri Lanka: photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte / Reuters, 29 March 2016
Refugees sit around a fire at a camp on the Greek-Macedonian border: photo by Georgi Licovski / EPA, 29 March 2016
A Bangladeshi labourer bales water from a boat while waiting to unload watermelons at a dock in Dhaka: photo by Munir Uz Zaman / AFP, 28 March 2016
A child walks on a rail carriage at a makeshift camp for refugees at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni, Greece: photo by Marko Djurica / Reuters, 28 March 2016
A labourer works on the roof of an old building on a hazy morning in central Beijing, China: photo by Jason Lee / Reuters, 28 March 2016
A general view of the new Shanghai Disney Resort in the Pudong area of the Chinese city: photo by AFP Photo, 28 March 2016
Syrian troops take a selfie as they walk along the damaged streets of the residential neighbourhoods in the modern town adjacent to the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra. The city has been recaptured from ISIL.: photo by Maher Al Mounes / AFP, 28 March 2016
A Pakistani man, seen through shattered glass, assess damage at a bus station after a protest against the hanging of policeman Mumtaz Qadri turned violent in Islamabad: photo by Anjum Naveed / AP Photo, 28 March 2016
A soldier of the People’s Liberation Army attends a training session in Heihe, Heilongjiang Province, China: photo by Reuters, 27 March 2016
Hungary’s captain Balazs Dzsudzsak celebrates scoring with fans during the friendly football match Hungary v Croatia at the Ferenc Puskas Stadion in Budapest, Hungary: photo by Attila Kisbenedek / AFP, 27 March 2016
A job fair is held at Shandong University in Jinan, Shandong Province, China: photo by Reuters, 26 March 2016
North Korean defectors fly balloons that carry 50,000 anti-North Korean government propaganda leaflets, along with US dollar notes, into North Korea, near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in Paju in Gyeonggi-do Province. South Korean president Park Geun-hye recently warned that North Korea’s provocations will eventually lead to the regime’s collapse, as she increased pressure on the reclusive regime to dismantle its nuclear weapons program: photo by EPA, 26 March 2016
China’s president Xi Jinping, centre right, meets the Russian presidential chief of staff, Sergei Ivanov, centre left, at The Great Hall Of The People in Beijing: photo by Lintao Zhang / EPA, 25 March 2016
A damaged Taiwanese cargo ship grounded offshore near Shihmen district in New Taipei City: photo by Sam Yeh / AFP Photo, 25 March 2016
5 comments:
Terrific poem , Tom, with a Blakean groove.
Haunting poem, poem haunting. Your collections of photos - I have no idea where you get all of them - are like secret news of the day - also, day of the news secret.
Thanks very much, Terry and Hilton, this is kindness.
A bit of hopefully innocuous regressiveness edging into or decorating the margins of a jolting present...
The Kool-Aid bit caused a minor stir here in the assisted living rehearsal zone, but oblivion heals all, soon enough, or in the end, one hopes.
Hilton, I never know where I am going to find the pictures, either, but on any given day now, the impossibility of forgetting it's a huge world full of all sorts of things that matter to all sorts of people for all sorts of reasons, everybody's reasons at least as pressing as we think our own to be, pretty much drives me nuts. There's no language for articulating that, of course. So I fumble with this picture language. The one great advantage of visual storytelling is that everybody who looks gets to make up their own story, and the fact that there's no controlling how other people put together their stories for themselves turns out to be, at the same time, both occasionally frustrating (the arrangement seeming senseless to some if not to many), but always a great relief, as I don't want to make up anybody's worlds or minds, really... being of course nothing more than a silly old fool.
I think that's Yoshino Cherry, Prunus x yedoensis. Or something very like it :)
Thank you, Michael. In taxonomy, poetry.
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