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on Ukraine
Here is another link, this time to an article in The Guardian about contemporary poetry writing in Ukraine. With so much going wrong elsewhere, it is easy to forget, Ukraine is still besieged, Moscow still presses on with its invasion plans. Meanwhile, in Moscow, a poet is gaoled for five years for reciting a poem Read more
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on peace
I received a link to an impassioned video plea for ceasefire in poetic form. Should an agency cleaner in the basement… By Steve Pottinger. Keep talking about Gaza, keep demanding a ceasefire. Invoke the name of the young conscientious objector Tal Mitnick, imprisoned for 30 days for refusing to believe that “more violence will bring Read more
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on December
a band-aid stretchedover open wounds, fresh cutsbleed through, edges peel ~ n.b. Roll on January Blues, when hurt is exposed to the air and healing can begin. CLP 28/12/2023 Read more
Journey of Words 