Thomas Hardy: In Time of "The Breaking of Nations" / There's blood in the dirt, but it's the wrong blood / Edward Dorn: House Arrest (Face 601B)

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#China Sheep walk in a field between Karamay and Urumqi. Photo @franck_fife #agriculture: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 16 July 2017

#China A tractor is seen in a field between Karamay and Urumqi. Photo @franck_fife #agriculture: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 16 July 2017

#Thailand A farmer rides on the back of wooden ploughs tied to pairs of racing buffaloes during rice planting festival in Chonburi Photo @TheLilyfish: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 17 July 2017

  

Thomas Hardy: In Time of "The Breaking of Nations"

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Only a man harrowing clods
In a slow silent walk
With an old horse that stumbles and nods
Half asleep as they stalk.

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Only thin smoke without flame
From the heaps of couch-grass;
Yet this will go onward the same
Though Dynasties pass.

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Yonder a maid and her wight
Come whispering by:
War’s annals will cloud into night
Ere their story die.

Thomas Hardy (1840-1928): In Time of "The Breaking of Nations", first published in Saturday Review, January 1916; collected in Late Lyrics and Earlier, 1922

GAZA CITY - A Palestinian child jumps on the back of a horse-pulled-cart carrying food aid provided by the UNRWA. Photo @mohmdabed #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 17 July 2017

GAZA CITY - A Palestinian girl watches a man carrying a food aid bag provided by the UNRWA Photo @mohmdabed #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 17 July 2017

 JERUSALEM - Israeli border guards detain a Palestinian youth during a demonstration outside the Lions Gate, Photo @ahmadgharabii4: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 17 July 2017

 SYRIA - A woman whose husband was killed in the battle of Raqa, visits a cemetery with her baby and daughter in Kobane. Photo @Kilicbil: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 16 July 2017

GAZA CITY - A Palestinian boy cools off near a communal water tank at al-Shati refugee camp. Photo @MahmudHams #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 16 July 2017

#Rwanda A boy leaves the boat where he spent the night with 10 other fishermen after another fishing night at Lake Kivu. Photo @NJidovanu: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 17 July 2017

#India Indian labourers pick pears at an orchard on the outskirts of Amritsar. Photo @nanuworld #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 17 July 2017

#Afghanistan Afghan vendors arrange watermelons at a fruit market in Mazar-i-Sharif. Photo @Darshadusyan: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 17 July 2017

#Italy A man sits in the the shade of Piazza di Spagna in central Rome, Photo @ADS4AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 16 July 2017

#USA A woman jumps into the money pit at the Duck Tales exhibit during the D23 expo fan convention in Anaheim. Photo  Mark Ralston #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 17 July 2017

#Russia People sit in a boat on a lake at sunset outside the city of Sortavala. Photo Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 17 July 2017

#Colombia A fisherman sailing in his canoe on the Pacific Ocean at sunrise in the Uramba Bahia Malaga national natural park. @LuisRobayo #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 17 July 2017

#Colombia A pelican flies on the Pacific Ocean in the Uramba Bahia Malaga national natural park. @LuisRobayo #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 16 July 2017

There's blood in the dirt, but it's the wrong blood

An Indian police officer fires a teargas shell to disperse Kashmiri protesters after the funeral of local rebel Aqib Ahmad in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, July 12, 2017.: photo by Mukhtar Khan/AP, 12 July 2017

 Indian police fire teargas to disperse Kashmiri protesters after the funeral of a local rebel in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir: photo by AP, 12 July 2017

Spanish bullfighter Roca Rey is upended by a bull from the Jandilla ranch during a bullfight at the San Fermin Fiestas in Pamplona, Spain, Tuesday July 11, 2017: photo by Alvaro Barrientos/AP, 11 July 2017

It's only the affect-saturated vanity of the dominant earthling species that permits the perpetuation of this kind of sick spectacle. The queen of this barbarous nation wears red, naturally. So does the consort of the bloody king of the world. 

There's blood in the dirt, but it's the wrong blood. 

U.S President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump tour Napoleon's Tomb at Les Invalides museum in Paris, Thursday, July 13 2017.: photo by Ian Langsdon/Pool via AP, 13 July 2017

Queen Elizabeth II, her husband Prince Philip, Spain's King Felipe and his wife, Queen Letizia, pose for a group photograph before a State Banquet at Buckingham Palace in London, Wednesday, July 12, 2017.: photo by Matt Dunham, Pool via AP, 12 July 2017

@realDonaldTrump talks with golfer @CKGolferChic and her caddy Brady Stockton following her round in the #USWomensOpen @ Trump National.: image via Doug Mills @dougmillsnyt, 15 July 2017


 A small plane is escorted out of the air space by the US Coast Guard and F16 above the #uswomensopen2017 at Trump National Course.: image via Doug Mills @dougmillsnyt, 15 July 2017


@realDonaldTrump arrives at the Presidential reviewing stand to watch the #USWomensOpen Golf at the Trump National Golf Course.: image via Doug Mills @dougmillsnyt, 15 July 2017
 

@realDonaldTrump is greeted by supporters as he arrives to watch the #USWomensOpen at the Trump National Golf Course. #USGA @POTUS.: image via Doug Mills @dougmillsnyt, 15 July 2017


@realDonaldTrump is cheered as he arrives at the Women's US Open Golf @ Trump National Golf Course. @bykaren.: image via Doug Mills @dougmillsnyt, 15 July 2017

Just like I did for Miss Teen USA, each contestant in the #USWomensOpen is required to meet me in my private room for their kiss. Fun! #MAGA: image via Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump, 15 July 2017

Thank you to everyone that attended the 72nd #USWomensOpen! We cannot wait to host the @PGAChampionship at @TrumpGolfBedminster in 2022: image via Trump Golf @TrumpGolf, 17 July 2017

The women played great today at the @USGA #USWomensOpen  I look forward to being there tomorrow for the final round!: image via Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump, 15 July 2017

During the campaign #Trump said he didn't have time for golf, but he had time for the #USWomensOpen. Tax money on what he didnt have time for.: image via Terrence L Daniels @novelt, 17 July 2017

SHAME ON YOU, U.S. Golf Association! Your holding #USWomensOpen at @POTUS Golf Club in New Jersey is sickening approval of his misogyny.: image via Anne Frank Center @AnneFrankCenter, 16 July 2017

I'm the 1st president to attend the #USWomensOpen! Obama never watched golf because he was too busy working in the White House. Loser!: image via Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump, 15 July 2017

Face 601B: photo by Andrew Murr, 14 July 2017

Edward Dorn: House Arrest

From now on,
I'm under house arrest --
I only get out for the job;
Then Death -- the ultimate
House Arrest.

Edward Dorn (1929-1999): House Arrest, 25 January 1995

New Orleans: photo by Andrew Murr, 15 July 2017

   
Yazoo City pawn shop (VCRs, TV's) [Mississippi]: photo by Andrew Murr, 13 July 2017

Dynamite [Clarksdale, Mississippi]: photo by Andrew Murr, 14 July 2017

Men Ladies  [Lamar Ave., Memphis]: photo by Andrew Murr, 15 July 2017

Orange Mound Step Buttresses [Memphis]: photo by Andrew Murr, 16 July 2017

Off the 101 [freeway encampment, Hollywood]: photo by Andrew Murr, 16 July 2017

Obamacare. Not dead yet. [Tennessee]: photo by Andrew Murr, 10 July 2017

A true sign [Clarksdale. Mississippi]: photo by Andrew Murr, 12 July 2017

Split weight [Joshua Tree National Park]: photo by Andrew Murr, 13 July 2017

Ta Dah! [south LA]: photo by Andrew Murr, 11 July 2017

 

"Hold on to your dreams" (or drown the dashed ones) [7-11, Mack Road, Valley Hi neighborhood, South Sacramento]: photo by Rick Ele, 17 July 2017

"Hold on to your dreams" (or drown the dashed ones) [7-11, Mack Road, Valley Hi neighborhood, South Sacramento]: photo by Rick Ele, 17 July 2017

"Hold on to your dreams" (or drown the dashed ones) [7-11, Mack Road, Valley Hi neighborhood, South Sacramento]: photo by Rick Ele, 17 July 2017

Eat my short sales, man.: photo by Rick Ele, 17 July 2017

Pete's Low Rider. Phoenix, Arizona.: photo by Dean Terasaki, 2 July 2017

Pete's Low Rider. Phoenix, Arizona.: photo by Dean Terasaki, 2 July 2017

Pete's Low Rider. Phoenix, Arizona.: photo by Dean Terasaki, 2 July 2017

North 59th Avenue. Glendale, Arizona.: photo by Dean Terasaki, 6 May 2017

North 59th Avenue. Glendale, Arizona.: photo by Dean Terasaki, 6 May 2017

North 59th Avenue. Glendale, Arizona.: photo by Dean Terasaki, 6 May 2017

Off West Buckeye Road. Phoenix, Arizona.: photo by Dean Terasaki, 20 May 2017

Off West Buckeye Road. Phoenix, Arizona.: photo by Dean Terasaki, 20 May 2017

Off West Buckeye Road. Phoenix, Arizona.: photo by Dean Terasaki, 20 May 2017

Near Cameron, Arizona: photo by Dean Terasaki, 29 June 2017

Near Cameron, Arizona: photo by Dean Terasaki, 29 June 2017

Near Cameron, Arizona: photo by Dean Terasaki, 29 June 2017

Gorge [Hood River, Oregon]: photo by bnzai9, 2 July 2017

2017-137. Berkeley, CA.: photo by biosfear, June 2017

2017-141. Berkeley, CA.: photo by biosfear, June 2017

2017-142. Berkeley, CA.: photo by biosfear, 14 July 2017

2017-143. Berkeley, CA.: photo by biosfear, July 2017

2017-144. Dlllon Beach, CA.: photo by biosfear, 8 July 2017

Waldo Canyon Road, Santa Fe County, New Mexico: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, August 2016

Los Cerrillos, New Mexico: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, August 2016

Devils Throne, Santa Fe County, New Mexico: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, August 2016

Portales, New Mexico: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, October 2016

Portales, New Mexico: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, October 2016

Portales, New Mexico: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, October 2016

Portales, New Mexico: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, October 2016

Melrose, New Mexico: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, October 2016

Melrose, New Mexico: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, October 2016

Melrose, New Mexico: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, October 2016

vb [venice beach]: photo by live .. simply, 12 July 2017

vb [venice beach]: photo by live .. simply, 12 July 2017

vb [venice beach]: photo by live .. simply, 12 July 2017