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on Ukraine
bombs dropped, rockets firedyes, you did! no, we didn’t!truth walking wounded ~ n.b. Day 292. Add truth to the list of missing. CLP 12/12/2022 →
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on Ukraine
first frozen windscreensunlight now in monochromethank our lucky stars ~ n.b. Moscow’s robber barons must be carrying a lot of pain for them to seek to inflict such suffering on others. Here, in the UK, we just have to face up to winter’s heartless weather. CLP 06/12/2022 →
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on Ukraine
lines to Moscow crossedpeople play Chinese whispersbecause the truth hurts ~ n.b. Who dare tell the naked emperor the bad news, or indeed, the truth (pravda)? CLP 04/12/2022 →
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on Ukraine
heart of icewinter cannot be colderrain made of metal ~ CLP 30/11/2022 →
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on Ukraine
man angry afterthe great humilationno one must mock him ~ n.b. It was his, then he lost it, so he smashes it. No one can enjoy Kherson, if he cannot. Man, or toddler? Moscow, you are proud to be led by such a creature? CLP 29/11/2022 →
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BLM, Ukrainewomen of Iran, China…refuse to be slaves ~ n.b. The national anthem of The People’s Republic of China contains the line; “Rise up those who refuse to be slaves” Being brought up in England, where the national anthem, unusually, is about a person, not the nation, I have not had much time for national →
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on Ukraine
heavy rain persistsuninhabitable landa name on a map ~ n.b. Kherson. Is that all? CLP 27/11/2022 →
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on Ukraine
winter at windowbreath clouds view, power unpluggedpanes frosted over ~ n.b. Shadows moving in the shadows. Scorched Earth becomes Frozen Earth. Moscow’s cruelty has no boundaries. CLP 22/11/2022 →
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on Ukraine
with all eyes elsewhereits raining heavily herewinter bombardment ~ n.b. The kind of rain that gets into and ruins everything; Moscow rain. CLP 21/11/2021 →
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on Ukraine
borders mean nothingtending the earth, tilling soilaccidental deaths ~ n.b. Two killed driving a tractor, technically in another country, Poland, same war. CLP 16/11/2022 →
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