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on Ukraine
remove the labelslook into the soldiers’ eyesthe kids from next door ~ n.b. The Ukrainian counter-offensive has begun to make some progress. Their armed forces, supplemented by volunteer recruits from all backgrounds, fighting to bring peace to their own homes. Pictures from a small exhibition at the Norwich city library. “On the roads to war” →
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Bee Orchid
from where did you originate?springing from disturbed groundwith your intoxicant scentgiving every sign of willinghow many years passedbefore your false flower blooms? ~ n.b. The bee orchid is a beautiful creation. It takes up to five, or even eight years to form flowers having initially grown from a tuber. The flower’s appearance and scent is →
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on Ukraine
day four-seven-onewar becomes wallpaperpeople switch off news ~ n.b. It now takes something outrageous to re-capture attention, a dam being sabotaged and subsequent flooding, for example. The daily tally of lost civilians, a grandmother here, a child there, becomes unremarkable. ~ CLP 09/06/2023 →
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on respecting national borders
smoke of forest firesrespects not our lines on mapsnature’s own Kremlin ~ n.b. North-east USA is choking on the smog from seasonal forest fires in Canada. International cooperation is the only way to tackle climate breakdown. How have we reached a point where there are wars at a time when we need to act to →
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on Ukraine
this runs far deeperdestruction of a nationMoscow’s callous goal ~ n.b. Having failed with invasion, Moscow’s aim seems to be to turn Ukraine to ruins. Blowing up the Nova Kakhovka dam is just another day at the office for the little man in The Kremlin. How will this be ended? CLP 07/06/2023 →
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6th June
Veterans gather at City HallRemembering the storiesTold by their seniors of The BeachesJuno, Sword, GoldOf Canadian cousins with bicyclesAnd American men who washed ashoreTheir blood soaking through the sandOn Utah and OmahaDecades have passed since D-DayNever again, Europe swore.Above, the lifeless flagUkraine’s Yellow and Blue ~ CLP 06/06/2023 →
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on distance
Your correspondenceShapes a response within meIt’s as if you’re here ~ CLP 03/06/2023 →
Journey of Words 