• on time

    these leaves do not waitthe season is all year roundfor young men falling ~ CLP 25/09/2022

  • on Ukraine

    they still have enoughcowards to push the buttonsheroes would refuse ~ n.b. Resistance to conscription in Russia is an act of great courage. For Russians facing the press gang, “Do you have a plan? Run; Hide; Fight,” Which is what public notices in US railway stations advise in case an act of domestic terrorism develops

  • on light

    despite so much lightno one can see everythingthere are dark corners ~ n.b. To describe Chicago as complex would be a good starting point. A stunning construction. A place that seems to strive to improve. My kind of town.

  • on Ukraine

    enough mothers knowRussian blood runs down drains toopuddles form on clay ~ n.b. There are reports that queues to leave Russia to escape conscription to the diminishing army are stretching for miles at border posts. CLP 23/09/2022

  • on Ukraine

    Kubiansk junctionrailway becomes battle linepoints of no return ~ CLP 18/09/2022

  • on time

    waving or drowningit’s hard to determine hereunfinished business ~ n.b. This marble sculpture, carved by Adelaide Johnson, was presented to the US government in 1921 by the National Women’s Party. Deliberately produced as emergent figures in knowledge that work to improve women’s rights is work in progress. The women represented here are: Elizabeth Cady Stanton,

  • on Ukraine

    no joy in victorydisturbed earth, broken bodieshere are the missing ~ n.b. They say “Never go back”, but for some, they never left Izium, nor Bucha, nor Mariupol.

  • on time

    think of any namehere, there are tens of thousandsmany out of one ~ n.b. Vietnam War memorial to the lost armed forces personnel of the USA. It is a list of names of those lost, in the order they were lost. The lack of reference to the context of the conflict makes it an even

  • on life

    while we’re looking eastremember, there’s a war onAmerican streets ~ CLP 15/09/2022

  • on Ukraine

    on returning homeit cannot be as it wasZ marks the damned spot n.b. Wounds will heal over, scars will be worn. CLP 14/09/2022