tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64323300923452492342024-03-19T01:47:45.081-07:00Paul's Art WorldWriter and curator Paul Carey-Kent collects various writings here, including his weekly column for FAD art news, monthly interviews for Artlyst and texts from the shows he has curated. He currently writes freelance including for Art Monthly, Seisma, STATE, Border Crossings and World of Interiors. See Instagram for his daily choice from current shows. Some non-art content, such as photo-poems, is also included.
Paul Carey-Kenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01842249388250530953noreply@blogger.comBlogger301125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432330092345249234.post-19955488392571397652024-03-16T00:23:00.000-07:002024-03-16T07:44:22.603-07:00NEW ENQUIRIES DAILY 2024<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4331527441307893978" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-align: start; width: 510px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">In order of composition, newest at the top. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Photographs from Ashurst, New Forest unless indicated otherwise.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtEhdDCSqcLJ7EGxkLCV3DjY2o1dTRzUVKylVWMN5TAkuCIrh8PZNRb7f9bxF1KWxUOYUvcDaayUmSk3GKHAbf99zj13LuJ5HnM3i0ROMPfwFUp31dBoxS8ptzzrtzIUZi_GEtacVouCTYij50jwXGSQURO4YhVXIICMLuPLsD2DKKbKQg6yVCB8cIZE4/s2563/20240316_115533%20prim%20poem.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2563" data-original-width="2563" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtEhdDCSqcLJ7EGxkLCV3DjY2o1dTRzUVKylVWMN5TAkuCIrh8PZNRb7f9bxF1KWxUOYUvcDaayUmSk3GKHAbf99zj13LuJ5HnM3i0ROMPfwFUp31dBoxS8ptzzrtzIUZi_GEtacVouCTYij50jwXGSQURO4YhVXIICMLuPLsD2DKKbKQg6yVCB8cIZE4/w640-h640/20240316_115533%20prim%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Last year the primroses
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">rose rather modestly -<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">primly, even. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Now they’re on the rise. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf6WWxBxGVP2gcvZ_BDB-S-YVUwZk82DZe_p1mUhH4h2TnM7rYVUOhFnPqAaTQkFckgloVf1YfznMbgK2Ph9GQOmWlvDdYOOHI00y1_cDp4bUkN8Pe0fa5J1Ue8SIltdZIW5DI1KKcJE_S2G8Qeavk6mz5zOaleKoUdFpG7X_zmvqcn4GpAewybd5Uc28/s2827/20240316_114703temp%20poem%20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2827" data-original-width="2678" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf6WWxBxGVP2gcvZ_BDB-S-YVUwZk82DZe_p1mUhH4h2TnM7rYVUOhFnPqAaTQkFckgloVf1YfznMbgK2Ph9GQOmWlvDdYOOHI00y1_cDp4bUkN8Pe0fa5J1Ue8SIltdZIW5DI1KKcJE_S2G8Qeavk6mz5zOaleKoUdFpG7X_zmvqcn4GpAewybd5Uc28/w606-h640/20240316_114703temp%20poem%20.jpg" width="606" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ah, the eternal question<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">of how to define the temporary! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This machine’s rejected notes for over five years, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">but that’s less than a blip in the universe’s timespan. </span><o:p></o:p></p></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPrJSQ0VBwecVydgJZnMcGacDx29stg9eOAMczrhtxPjAVFJvHlJvgGKukVPSkaB1MFaiLcSw5BzMX5WyzoN1jUDrh2q8PnsR2DGzCHEIS8Dxm-GjlHXDDvJuDgIykDdctYAbJdNQSYCqhbPIjIT-Pklw1y0obWue_Af8RGYTX1XUsxRBh5dAj0yCR1u4/s2460/20240315_105922%20mother%20daughter%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2398" data-original-width="2460" height="624" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPrJSQ0VBwecVydgJZnMcGacDx29stg9eOAMczrhtxPjAVFJvHlJvgGKukVPSkaB1MFaiLcSw5BzMX5WyzoN1jUDrh2q8PnsR2DGzCHEIS8Dxm-GjlHXDDvJuDgIykDdctYAbJdNQSYCqhbPIjIT-Pklw1y0obWue_Af8RGYTX1XUsxRBh5dAj0yCR1u4/w640-h624/20240315_105922%20mother%20daughter%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Let us assume them<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">mother and daughter:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that hereditary pink hair<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">seems to fade a little over time.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Portsmouth)</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFYNRwCpcQen8srb3ehJqaaFCJ_W6UJ5ZX3msS7tTN8vSP7vlMQrmfeVyRSg-debkLWxC_nIhlsRzb5NcxgMmbmhMESOkf1op1fYRdl03FC-1B0p-ZkNvUd25Ds7GHa0fRp2BPiuplFGN2X4Xp_DbcaXUpS1BkRkwkjAJNLVDhQf01MfZr1q5j31HwJpQ/s2192/20240315_140706%20yard%20sale%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1931" data-original-width="2192" height="564" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFYNRwCpcQen8srb3ehJqaaFCJ_W6UJ5ZX3msS7tTN8vSP7vlMQrmfeVyRSg-debkLWxC_nIhlsRzb5NcxgMmbmhMESOkf1op1fYRdl03FC-1B0p-ZkNvUd25Ds7GHa0fRp2BPiuplFGN2X4Xp_DbcaXUpS1BkRkwkjAJNLVDhQf01MfZr1q5j31HwJpQ/w640-h564/20240315_140706%20yard%20sale%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I like<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">a good yard sale.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">How much<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">if I take the lot?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><i style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Portsmouth)</span></i></div></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-align: start; width: 510px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQW7VyxOV-1hh937GxN8BxXidA6ctAtEW166LRm0dJIPuJdTKV9CmYr88shCzj_NhrlFs_JJfiY5cDnlXjmTvyqpcSP7mOygEC0HeJDTw0i4GMONiU4Q-PT7_k_i0I27pQmFL2ZAoa_hoRzwxxdkaNksyFR1rFs1zwpLSNcJJMF6uXLHMwlZyrVUEVsfg/s2448/20240315_142925%20tories%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="1836" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQW7VyxOV-1hh937GxN8BxXidA6ctAtEW166LRm0dJIPuJdTKV9CmYr88shCzj_NhrlFs_JJfiY5cDnlXjmTvyqpcSP7mOygEC0HeJDTw0i4GMONiU4Q-PT7_k_i0I27pQmFL2ZAoa_hoRzwxxdkaNksyFR1rFs1zwpLSNcJJMF6uXLHMwlZyrVUEVsfg/w480-h640/20240315_142925%20tories%20poem.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-align: start; width: 510px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">All I can say is <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">if Boris tried to seduce me, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I’m pretty sure<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I wouldn’t fuck him.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Portsmouth)</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFn0TAW0depLUifNn6z_ZFjCjUGMYk5PQAl23EazOHEEdkXl7i9czIAOlJcZp5zGEZQJ2FNAYzrO-aTlOD0I2zw1Rep3F1nv2s_5nEo9EFSnpY3SrPppquNffrRLqhsyi7eq0yTw829_llwm0qr74yz_m1vWijW9DBPRt4l5vMDdFt7kBtuHCcD42Pk6I/s3372/20240315_142542%20eye%20poem.jpg" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1797" data-original-width="3372" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFn0TAW0depLUifNn6z_ZFjCjUGMYk5PQAl23EazOHEEdkXl7i9czIAOlJcZp5zGEZQJ2FNAYzrO-aTlOD0I2zw1Rep3F1nv2s_5nEo9EFSnpY3SrPppquNffrRLqhsyi7eq0yTw829_llwm0qr74yz_m1vWijW9DBPRt4l5vMDdFt7kBtuHCcD42Pk6I/w640-h342/20240315_142542%20eye%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Portsmouth is looking
at me <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">eyelash-branches in its eye.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I'm not sure I want to look <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">at Portsmouth.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtpikUJTDiEyMzZSG4_MNJE0VFpBrf1V5xvO0RCJKOf-IjHJG0r13m1GX3g9zpF4JcAioFbLTELYIQ_LUOdZi21QQjyO2oj0gubSs-7VytxZObNk8L47kZ6g6dFz4ZlxAj2UXNxTQPAeZc2t8h12VEGtBGK-vfBKrH0QtaCnlpUt6Wd45KSjDCy4UfTdI/s2905/20240315_142311%20cuase%20poem.jpg" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2905" data-original-width="2379" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtpikUJTDiEyMzZSG4_MNJE0VFpBrf1V5xvO0RCJKOf-IjHJG0r13m1GX3g9zpF4JcAioFbLTELYIQ_LUOdZi21QQjyO2oj0gubSs-7VytxZObNk8L47kZ6g6dFz4ZlxAj2UXNxTQPAeZc2t8h12VEGtBGK-vfBKrH0QtaCnlpUt6Wd45KSjDCy4UfTdI/w524-h640/20240315_142311%20cuase%20poem.jpg" width="524" /></a> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What is the effect of
causes? <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">To make matters other<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">than they would have been.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">But what is the cause of effects?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Portsmouth)</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9tV9DjTXqST45VYpEpOcKe7StdKm1TBjSVZbJujQZuI8IhyphenhyphenVpe283E_6VYHyvU1QhgiNpTS8LfhlyxsnHhAa0VFPj-ez6BBLUT7bRO4C-OtRlFNVaVdGNGGvGSDX5CCAIprWa95cAweqeKQDWutrAl_Hi2rmhKW3sdEvACZQN2Ib_hItSCC6DIC0dhLw/s1053/cones%20poem%20Screenshot%202024-03-16%20065403.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="370" data-original-width="1053" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9tV9DjTXqST45VYpEpOcKe7StdKm1TBjSVZbJujQZuI8IhyphenhyphenVpe283E_6VYHyvU1QhgiNpTS8LfhlyxsnHhAa0VFPj-ez6BBLUT7bRO4C-OtRlFNVaVdGNGGvGSDX5CCAIprWa95cAweqeKQDWutrAl_Hi2rmhKW3sdEvACZQN2Ib_hItSCC6DIC0dhLw/w640-h224/cones%20poem%20Screenshot%202024-03-16%20065403.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; text-align: left;"> </b><b style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; text-align: center;">It was a squeeze</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to get through, we won't deny it, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but you can't tell us where we’ll fit in,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">nor what we're meant to do.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Portsmouth)</i> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b> </b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir4ng0fPdcIJwmGlOAw16llFncHfxU26elr5pCa3I68odgLGBfBDPrb3YkhbKEEWWSJeYDCRKYaIA3IRin81aLO9hDJvBLOY1_zWqC7TkpDQnaqyaCaFZaqQO2tQRDfEuwUzg06VQVfdciC-5f1s15aWDc3XEj9rvlVBXGEsa84AeimBLMNcEKAPBU2bM/s2947/20240315_104754%20train%20window%20poem.jpg" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2947" data-original-width="2947" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir4ng0fPdcIJwmGlOAw16llFncHfxU26elr5pCa3I68odgLGBfBDPrb3YkhbKEEWWSJeYDCRKYaIA3IRin81aLO9hDJvBLOY1_zWqC7TkpDQnaqyaCaFZaqQO2tQRDfEuwUzg06VQVfdciC-5f1s15aWDc3XEj9rvlVBXGEsa84AeimBLMNcEKAPBU2bM/w640-h640/20240315_104754%20train%20window%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Why did the couple
next to me<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">spend the whole hour down to Portsmouth<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">wordless, bookless – phoneless, even<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in favour of staring at places like this?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Fratton) </span></i></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p> </o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGATy4Ycj7UXkC2w6hjn7Ayl1Ad4QgeeOZVbLrBsxwzv4WtXQRMde7n8RTWPGADmX9wEARFj5dWziE5U-hXa5tJB0IPrJB_3YZIbeitNY-yzJc4imfiWQ1szSg3c9oBpwrUSJrdpYSEvuJzLrsGw1L0HLcHg9sqOxFuVoAy9XLehbeCPOBbkvTUoi8JZk/s3056/20240314_132614%20blur%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="3056" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGATy4Ycj7UXkC2w6hjn7Ayl1Ad4QgeeOZVbLrBsxwzv4WtXQRMde7n8RTWPGADmX9wEARFj5dWziE5U-hXa5tJB0IPrJB_3YZIbeitNY-yzJc4imfiWQ1szSg3c9oBpwrUSJrdpYSEvuJzLrsGw1L0HLcHg9sqOxFuVoAy9XLehbeCPOBbkvTUoi8JZk/w640-h640/20240314_132614%20blur%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Why must magnolia
move<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">just as one is snapping it?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It looks too late<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to be part of the process of blooming.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Oxford)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD3vEoR_YhQAefs_Xfd9oiJVsRHFDUbQjxCz7gOV9nkU7_yh1dYqDXMbV9Ol19xQGCMC3r29FN6Y7LsJ4wFpbJonK_jWx5fxQzrw60Mtu7-6KOEJ_1cMN4pRjqMrbofYR5xC7CzYmBg0KIxADVAJxTv8YFhif1SwnBtJeVuI7yPxA-4WodeKu1-UDmFUg/s600/sun%20clck%20poem%20depositphotos_139788996-stock-photo-retro-7-oclock-and-morning.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD3vEoR_YhQAefs_Xfd9oiJVsRHFDUbQjxCz7gOV9nkU7_yh1dYqDXMbV9Ol19xQGCMC3r29FN6Y7LsJ4wFpbJonK_jWx5fxQzrw60Mtu7-6KOEJ_1cMN4pRjqMrbofYR5xC7CzYmBg0KIxADVAJxTv8YFhif1SwnBtJeVuI7yPxA-4WodeKu1-UDmFUg/w640-h426/sun%20clck%20poem%20depositphotos_139788996-stock-photo-retro-7-oclock-and-morning.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘How many greats’<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">asks the clock of the sun,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘do I need, to get back to
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">you being my parent?’<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinerzRm4mejTqQ45mMLp5VPgSDDTPVo6atMmAr6s9WbrPP5MWEmEllM9mAOGXTNxwalc-kpvScRlYmsai4T5MJvbe3AT3ijkvzD-vQj8YcWBZthPzskqRUXl2jD7zEPJp39mN-BOvPLRgq5G5FfjL6Sh9h21eo6zgH4yIKSE0CGVzZymnreXD5hK3Cfak/s2562/20240312_165728%20lamp%20light%20poem.jpg" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2562" data-original-width="2562" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinerzRm4mejTqQ45mMLp5VPgSDDTPVo6atMmAr6s9WbrPP5MWEmEllM9mAOGXTNxwalc-kpvScRlYmsai4T5MJvbe3AT3ijkvzD-vQj8YcWBZthPzskqRUXl2jD7zEPJp39mN-BOvPLRgq5G5FfjL6Sh9h21eo6zgH4yIKSE0CGVzZymnreXD5hK3Cfak/w640-h640/20240312_165728%20lamp%20light%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Its job <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is to illumine, and yet it reflects.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">But reflection <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">can throw light on matters, too.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Whitechapel, London) </span></i></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsHRuoksMDBhLqG3ZiT_ttOItsQj17wtvYfglsaeajOdJ3MTDrCirMGQGsamYQgGO3E6p0uZ_1Q6RmnrgV-rC1qDAx9NQhAK2wBhfzvgXfeAvwTr4DTQdueXDnYNJIR_rEIyYiMdH9Q8xDJfAxIHiAW3HSIwHQdERcuu2Ljs8BM_Ail50CEr1OZY-xwiw/s3056/20240314_154251%20halfway%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="3056" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsHRuoksMDBhLqG3ZiT_ttOItsQj17wtvYfglsaeajOdJ3MTDrCirMGQGsamYQgGO3E6p0uZ_1Q6RmnrgV-rC1qDAx9NQhAK2wBhfzvgXfeAvwTr4DTQdueXDnYNJIR_rEIyYiMdH9Q8xDJfAxIHiAW3HSIwHQdERcuu2Ljs8BM_Ail50CEr1OZY-xwiw/w640-h640/20240314_154251%20halfway%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Halfway up <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is surely better than halfway down,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">even conceding<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that they’re the same place.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Edgeware, London)</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p> </o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7mR98btmFiTC1RZshTRJvN4V3iWeH75Vj__t8LhLhYeK6KST94A8iRD1DjyW7_pIMwIZuSLzaQW3glle3JWybc2cIbeTIkDR-5pWb_5kjiYoyeiqrmNCnatJ5NViryDdth8y7lyIfkDh8ik9jt90PI66mr2dX4sQ-CwjsMrX6mm7S1zDKro3hjlGtEPQ/s3056/20240312_165420%20rocks%20poem%20.jpg" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="3056" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7mR98btmFiTC1RZshTRJvN4V3iWeH75Vj__t8LhLhYeK6KST94A8iRD1DjyW7_pIMwIZuSLzaQW3glle3JWybc2cIbeTIkDR-5pWb_5kjiYoyeiqrmNCnatJ5NViryDdth8y7lyIfkDh8ik9jt90PI66mr2dX4sQ-CwjsMrX6mm7S1zDKro3hjlGtEPQ/w640-h640/20240312_165420%20rocks%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The law of
diminishing rocks <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">States that size is proportional to distance.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I’d be tempted to increase the size by corresponding
increments<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">were it not for the view from the other end. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Whitechapel, London) </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-align: start; width: 510px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH6UAlx1GCaIFO2bTU1ATDGZ-zCEh0V7v3x5D1co04Yl-5utHMnK7Se4cgUE1nGo03z5UuBzIhzGMDnNhtZhZsctP1ALh62rKxJYcA_K40RdWQR4hFni_wOBB_ZRg7PD5lwnr_4j0Rz7KgRs61tzIp62pmE7D0-X29MdG2qDhzbJB2AvKAM5p_BlcmHX8/s2848/20240313_151406%20squirrel%20poem.jpg" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2848" data-original-width="2136" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH6UAlx1GCaIFO2bTU1ATDGZ-zCEh0V7v3x5D1co04Yl-5utHMnK7Se4cgUE1nGo03z5UuBzIhzGMDnNhtZhZsctP1ALh62rKxJYcA_K40RdWQR4hFni_wOBB_ZRg7PD5lwnr_4j0Rz7KgRs61tzIp62pmE7D0-X29MdG2qDhzbJB2AvKAM5p_BlcmHX8/w480-h640/20240313_151406%20squirrel%20poem.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-align: start; width: 510px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Death’s on its way <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I know it you know it <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I just hope I don't look <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">this scared or surprised.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKxgVF_FNZKEkpeb3QDZwV8q9a-4sk16kX8qewSdgv3Zdost8N88zLpNt0iTawb6wBzv9CevLBGjkJAJOMIdDUo6Ley33pR8rTPl8OjfkJLI__8KSHqvgJTp9_9gGvUBGR0rllKPgYt1Ipvl1puT8ccVl4QzA-mgTw5uHcuRxpKo9DMEBcqEQfQDXr8Cw/s2543/20240313_150724%20dead%20flowers%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="2259" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKxgVF_FNZKEkpeb3QDZwV8q9a-4sk16kX8qewSdgv3Zdost8N88zLpNt0iTawb6wBzv9CevLBGjkJAJOMIdDUo6Ley33pR8rTPl8OjfkJLI__8KSHqvgJTp9_9gGvUBGR0rllKPgYt1Ipvl1puT8ccVl4QzA-mgTw5uHcuRxpKo9DMEBcqEQfQDXr8Cw/w568-h640/20240313_150724%20dead%20flowers%20poem%20.jpg" width="568" /></a></div> </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Dead flowers <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">may seem a bad omen, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but when there are seven <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the summer is going to be good.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-align: start; width: 510px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGJUG7NDF1PX4pJpJJom2bptxKadw__E-LjWUQD_IqHNv2ZSs3War2fILsbQTQSJy1gmLPqCVjP3oImC7BQ9ygy9GrbfHZTcM9JNFjHT1JAd4GIwHbJWfIeVuOkjGEWozealrEoN9XDIkZx3mr_i0buQW1XLBswkc6epE9EIW9wAt6eA6Wp0hldm8jX9Y/s2328/20240310_151952.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2294" data-original-width="2328" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGJUG7NDF1PX4pJpJJom2bptxKadw__E-LjWUQD_IqHNv2ZSs3War2fILsbQTQSJy1gmLPqCVjP3oImC7BQ9ygy9GrbfHZTcM9JNFjHT1JAd4GIwHbJWfIeVuOkjGEWozealrEoN9XDIkZx3mr_i0buQW1XLBswkc6epE9EIW9wAt6eA6Wp0hldm8jX9Y/w400-h394/20240310_151952.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><p></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-align: start; width: 510px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I like the way a celandine </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>spreads. </span><span>No holding back,</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">no fear of looking daft if the sun stays in -<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">even though it probably will.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDrLhHOMs1YlVpcBXt_Gm_lWHksZmLtVU2mBEhy-vpfrluRTQtHKkRUNbbwWKFAKr98h9U7aOMRzZTyeZcPAXkuwTpAimKVrxrlbQunifHEltUreNpuItAWXPKupAEx-AooT0wseotfXpt34FqBQUwK5dgwYQdVxsoKeoD7UaEKSKLtyDOg3DURWjpuVM/s4080/20240309_193044%20millbrook%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3060" data-original-width="4080" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDrLhHOMs1YlVpcBXt_Gm_lWHksZmLtVU2mBEhy-vpfrluRTQtHKkRUNbbwWKFAKr98h9U7aOMRzZTyeZcPAXkuwTpAimKVrxrlbQunifHEltUreNpuItAWXPKupAEx-AooT0wseotfXpt34FqBQUwK5dgwYQdVxsoKeoD7UaEKSKLtyDOg3DURWjpuVM/w640-h480/20240309_193044%20millbrook%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">I've never got off
the train</span></b></div></span></b></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">at Millbrook.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Nor it is obvious <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">why I should...</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i style="font-size: large;">(Southampton)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i style="font-size: large;"><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizsYH7c6HQ-ym96BHrxYxAkjhx_2iW4sIbuAVhB15sTFLX7lT6KCT933njiSdl43BddBVT3SA_zZDpUovL6wILvyUlnDRner1Oxyz7QnlxoGh7gEsLVEP37nI6i-1ktzRkqGrswgCy7HAbYZkSfkKXg5-NLvKqoZDqj_5Yc58cA29sUdBK5NmUPDh9vfA/s2963/20240310_152521%20daffs%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2963" data-original-width="2963" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizsYH7c6HQ-ym96BHrxYxAkjhx_2iW4sIbuAVhB15sTFLX7lT6KCT933njiSdl43BddBVT3SA_zZDpUovL6wILvyUlnDRner1Oxyz7QnlxoGh7gEsLVEP37nI6i-1ktzRkqGrswgCy7HAbYZkSfkKXg5-NLvKqoZDqj_5Yc58cA29sUdBK5NmUPDh9vfA/w640-h640/20240310_152521%20daffs%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><i style="font-size: large;"><br /></i><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">It makes little sense
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">that something so common as daffodils <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">can retain the power to enchant.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Yet there they are.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIORj2MurC3pQIWkfG8tUe-60yJBryZXscU44dGVx_lLpLDuQ0DTS-kNVn7SXfMQwVYCVuqQQtlxY3kBE_e1sJXsjWSlLzrYzgLC7p-yuWAAOlQh73OCAL6efC7wmTWQy1J1MwIL8jc-ncSRLX5gjzGMlRQa_b0ZkEnIjW65DGQmY50sdgLTmsxRQmFAA/s2223/20240303_103420%20garage%20skin%20poem.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1856" data-original-width="2223" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIORj2MurC3pQIWkfG8tUe-60yJBryZXscU44dGVx_lLpLDuQ0DTS-kNVn7SXfMQwVYCVuqQQtlxY3kBE_e1sJXsjWSlLzrYzgLC7p-yuWAAOlQh73OCAL6efC7wmTWQy1J1MwIL8jc-ncSRLX5gjzGMlRQa_b0ZkEnIjW65DGQmY50sdgLTmsxRQmFAA/w640-h534/20240303_103420%20garage%20skin%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I like this picture <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">enough to include it, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">even though <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I have no words.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i style="font-size: large;">(Southampton)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i style="font-size: large;"><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid8RYIe4uTPWsR8y44a4N_J8yQxWV5iy_dJFGssQPi5dS2MEA49QI7wQrNGE_nnFFZvKFtNdX0HDyYvesCtAY2D_Q7jj-NkXU5_eUM7p35eTLSVElvfWZeLrtTmQrYH08cw3F-7qW934uZ8Wq7RGuym3bNWrzyrLnsGcR0EF-FS_X5OJ5ctgxEJuZtBNU/s4080/20240306_141159%20brick%20wound%20poem%20.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3060" data-original-width="4080" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid8RYIe4uTPWsR8y44a4N_J8yQxWV5iy_dJFGssQPi5dS2MEA49QI7wQrNGE_nnFFZvKFtNdX0HDyYvesCtAY2D_Q7jj-NkXU5_eUM7p35eTLSVElvfWZeLrtTmQrYH08cw3F-7qW934uZ8Wq7RGuym3bNWrzyrLnsGcR0EF-FS_X5OJ5ctgxEJuZtBNU/w640-h480/20240306_141159%20brick%20wound%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">If walls have
feelings <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the same as some rocks, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">this one must be suffering <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">quite a bit of pain.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><i style="font-size: large;">(Southampton)</i></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0NBmTtSlNXvfUqTDK5UtwXw5zXWyzSwYhalvqNMRVzyTfWGa5WMgiIaOllpxMc6umpxIGpoADA7Bx9NwsjD5ybNsBHu7mH6nrkbrT7ZSGgUvAS_dEbcJm9vreUK2yZGK_rFJaeMmWJ5jn-Feic3hs8pCBW0gzbqa3wwotT-jcJUm-xInvBw9Sy0IIIZw/s3752/20240306_141633%20cemetery%20poem.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2486" data-original-width="3752" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0NBmTtSlNXvfUqTDK5UtwXw5zXWyzSwYhalvqNMRVzyTfWGa5WMgiIaOllpxMc6umpxIGpoADA7Bx9NwsjD5ybNsBHu7mH6nrkbrT7ZSGgUvAS_dEbcJm9vreUK2yZGK_rFJaeMmWJ5jn-Feic3hs8pCBW0gzbqa3wwotT-jcJUm-xInvBw9Sy0IIIZw/w640-h424/20240306_141633%20cemetery%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Would you want to
live in a house <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that backs onto death quite as directly as these? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Even if it made your last journey <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that little bit quicker?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Southampton)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-align: start; width: 510px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrn7scVhyphenhyphenOtL_kWIYGXnypBf7icO6YbuU1WkuprKUmOaVV32cK6av-f7CaV6uZ2VaJ0pP0R8ALEmj7wHVVWDqvgtWadaM7WiJkw9nt5TfEvEM9LRfEF957NBc4_vjVoyamajNuvxLd1ldd-7edfJVjybNP6_cAX0gRes85osJzykxrlOGKbmYhBh-gj_o/s2846/20240303_112332%20ear%20poem.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2846" data-original-width="1836" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrn7scVhyphenhyphenOtL_kWIYGXnypBf7icO6YbuU1WkuprKUmOaVV32cK6av-f7CaV6uZ2VaJ0pP0R8ALEmj7wHVVWDqvgtWadaM7WiJkw9nt5TfEvEM9LRfEF957NBc4_vjVoyamajNuvxLd1ldd-7edfJVjybNP6_cAX0gRes85osJzykxrlOGKbmYhBh-gj_o/w412-h640/20240303_112332%20ear%20poem.jpg" width="412" /></a></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-align: start; width: 510px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Why do cars have
ears?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">To help,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of course,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">their drivers to see. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i style="font-size: large;">(Southampton)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqg9sIUKz7lw6Iun3Tqtdu2FEs2Mgb4xVF5e_UZgSRM2QCT3ad1HhZfgxjoivWGH6fl3bg9Ms_QGVzwgqcvr8DXoTLW_pstEFQHvL8vlTqMDpzB7zXNo9_FLc49PlwGq2piuGBQfTbu5iUlf1ayegscKcKDlU5_ENmQG3etgJSJ3Nbe5echT50hWUwiYw/s1761/20240229_093139%20pebble%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1761" data-original-width="1585" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqg9sIUKz7lw6Iun3Tqtdu2FEs2Mgb4xVF5e_UZgSRM2QCT3ad1HhZfgxjoivWGH6fl3bg9Ms_QGVzwgqcvr8DXoTLW_pstEFQHvL8vlTqMDpzB7zXNo9_FLc49PlwGq2piuGBQfTbu5iUlf1ayegscKcKDlU5_ENmQG3etgJSJ3Nbe5echT50hWUwiYw/w576-h640/20240229_093139%20pebble%20poem%20.jpg" width="576" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Even <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in the pebble kingdom,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">single parent families <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">are on the rise.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Broadstairs)<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM8efRIvFEoYgjkqXf3ehUFzjRcMtzlg677e1F3HAUJIBFqzqfPtufV0wBArz5Dc-8Ri_xVBKDxoDrM1Iq4H0Zo3ygo3U87XDiyroh6FeyzvkoRJzvYt9OZC7DD8VoB7K0Va2BtY3J-6pqt-voDl3Yxq9qlhL-uvNRQ3z4Dx7j_cI3xQF476Lq-FVcMn4/s4080/20240229_095911%20beach%20poem.jpg" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3060" data-original-width="4080" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM8efRIvFEoYgjkqXf3ehUFzjRcMtzlg677e1F3HAUJIBFqzqfPtufV0wBArz5Dc-8Ri_xVBKDxoDrM1Iq4H0Zo3ygo3U87XDiyroh6FeyzvkoRJzvYt9OZC7DD8VoB7K0Va2BtY3J-6pqt-voDl3Yxq9qlhL-uvNRQ3z4Dx7j_cI3xQF476Lq-FVcMn4/w640-h480/20240229_095911%20beach%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">On
Broadstairs Beach <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I can connect nothing <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to Eliot.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I need to get to Margate, fast.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">(Broadstairs.</span></i><i><span style="background: white; color: #121212; line-height: 107%;"> In 1921 TS
Eliot, recuperating from a nervous breakdown, had sat in a shelter on Margate’s
seafront while writing Part III o</span></i></span><i><span style="font-size: medium;">f The Waste Land.‘On</span></i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #121212; line-height: 107%;"> Margate Sands / I can connect / Nothing with
nothing. / The broken fingernails of dirty hands. / My people humble people who
expect / Nothing.’</span></i><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">)<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-align: start; width: 510px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3CAbAgQ4f16VKj0oDEop2dTtoMZvpYRuBSBoXfbxVktzMx-n7rcAGQOQKuB1bLkZqSp89nOhOgC0TA9_20HRE5Lj2Z-PCYkVKcfTnCIhSvDzxjt0L76TeUrqQrwOAdJGjmibBkTxQazXmSqRae189w98nHrCPoXRO-POd5G5teIXeny57IES67kM8yn0/s4080/20240229_090711.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3060" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3CAbAgQ4f16VKj0oDEop2dTtoMZvpYRuBSBoXfbxVktzMx-n7rcAGQOQKuB1bLkZqSp89nOhOgC0TA9_20HRE5Lj2Z-PCYkVKcfTnCIhSvDzxjt0L76TeUrqQrwOAdJGjmibBkTxQazXmSqRae189w98nHrCPoXRO-POd5G5teIXeny57IES67kM8yn0/w480-h640/20240229_090711.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><p></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-align: start; width: 510px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"></span><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Here everyone
is keen to please<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">They serve with smiles, <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">stop to let us cross the road,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">accommodate guests who can’t spell.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Broadstairs: photo of sign spotted by Steph)</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJCAIX0f8yHVj9ZArg386O3sa6QDC5ekg8svewbB8jHtuRBCnOhZgmeHB3DfqXvA2vUiS69lksqgfbW9nta22kx48fN1ROkOk-frIne0zmrD09eNYtl998JFEq8wbfio8ywthmamTGvVgBzUSOmywFCca9QT7narnDmASXKjVeGOQPCyUCPj5xMyKHYG8/s3604/20240228_131841%20memorial%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2873" data-original-width="3604" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJCAIX0f8yHVj9ZArg386O3sa6QDC5ekg8svewbB8jHtuRBCnOhZgmeHB3DfqXvA2vUiS69lksqgfbW9nta22kx48fN1ROkOk-frIne0zmrD09eNYtl998JFEq8wbfio8ywthmamTGvVgBzUSOmywFCca9QT7narnDmASXKjVeGOQPCyUCPj5xMyKHYG8/w640-h510/20240228_131841%20memorial%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Alder was felled<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Berry had no time to ripen; Pollard </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">was cut back; White went into the dark.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Everyone was grateful to them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Broadstairs)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDLOM6j7sNSJicheCNFkWcmYM2EeQADq0IblzQ5gFGNPMzrv7ILk3lBk03EWrNa4UV16khzSWc7K1vjI4iZGFOhwF4_hzYUyKvLzw7KwrOb-g9ontapC305UA1EjzMA1I82F3VRnLUOQx_YVYcAXjyuRZts_3LI9IsL6F61GrYfxr7zXERae4VQsifikg/s3077/20240228_132328%20headroom%20poem%20.jpg" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2308" data-original-width="3077" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDLOM6j7sNSJicheCNFkWcmYM2EeQADq0IblzQ5gFGNPMzrv7ILk3lBk03EWrNa4UV16khzSWc7K1vjI4iZGFOhwF4_hzYUyKvLzw7KwrOb-g9ontapC305UA1EjzMA1I82F3VRnLUOQx_YVYcAXjyuRZts_3LI9IsL6F61GrYfxr7zXERae4VQsifikg/w640-h480/20240228_132328%20headroom%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">They like
their puns in Thanet<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘Max Headroom’ was already one, <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">so ‘Matt's Headroom’ is a pun <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">as squared as the back of a haircut.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Broadstairs)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCdRkomjcoEuf3Qr5Mp1rWh9LNwrfiV4UbELEh_G-_0LzkQX6_jYi3dd5jbJ9h6RRAAcnSIPgdlnum2fHxSqio2vYhGfVjEVt000nC8_FHz8ppySavzdpOD23GH2DCwjik6MKiZs3gnPme4dXUkge9nrCb1UkU4nS_UBGVyVi1hscybScBxWHCRTfGB1o/s3025/20240228_130859%20implant%20poem.jpg" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3025" data-original-width="3025" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCdRkomjcoEuf3Qr5Mp1rWh9LNwrfiV4UbELEh_G-_0LzkQX6_jYi3dd5jbJ9h6RRAAcnSIPgdlnum2fHxSqio2vYhGfVjEVt000nC8_FHz8ppySavzdpOD23GH2DCwjik6MKiZs3gnPme4dXUkge9nrCb1UkU4nS_UBGVyVi1hscybScBxWHCRTfGB1o/w640-h640/20240228_130859%20implant%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘You
won't be planting that in me <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">unless you use a<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">very, very powerful<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">anaes…. ‘<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Broadstairs)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBF7_MxtYwtYvSt6a_on2JyXhoSbhi2-OhcAhbhA6UKyHc573Hs_rzeQjjT7MFIkkPlAuQVwRZUdwU7OMUjNI5GFKRZNV2SzxlpjkLUywvIjHI7hdzLUYtCIOJf44o2-dmsHtZ5NUV_AZhbfTR7LHDUbB6-xLPUIRZP_geIH5SxLwo6CPd_GfSc9W7Ou8/s916/bag%20poem%20Screenshot%202024-02-29%20062508.jpg" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="712" data-original-width="916" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBF7_MxtYwtYvSt6a_on2JyXhoSbhi2-OhcAhbhA6UKyHc573Hs_rzeQjjT7MFIkkPlAuQVwRZUdwU7OMUjNI5GFKRZNV2SzxlpjkLUywvIjHI7hdzLUYtCIOJf44o2-dmsHtZ5NUV_AZhbfTR7LHDUbB6-xLPUIRZP_geIH5SxLwo6CPd_GfSc9W7Ou8/w640-h498/bag%20poem%20Screenshot%202024-02-29%20062508.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">How long was
it? <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Probably not as long as it seemed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The air was tossing, turning, shifting,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">never could quite settle in its bag.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Broadstairs)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-align: start; width: 510px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_lYOjxHHlghHnKK6PcREoNtiFMIMSRfaJcla6gl_EA-7YE8_abufSfNS1_XF1eXHvVeMcvXRz749wJ0bG-4jCUsj36lgvWr1QKt3d__IAnnKWyH69vld5jFA0e15EN2I0ylpbsaFRrsUkBPi8MwpKN-sKt3PYsj1ZBg4Ql9RF8V_QSwG7YnBE3vUh-Gk/s2395/20240228_122646%20line%20poem%20.jpg" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2395" data-original-width="1596" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_lYOjxHHlghHnKK6PcREoNtiFMIMSRfaJcla6gl_EA-7YE8_abufSfNS1_XF1eXHvVeMcvXRz749wJ0bG-4jCUsj36lgvWr1QKt3d__IAnnKWyH69vld5jFA0e15EN2I0ylpbsaFRrsUkBPi8MwpKN-sKt3PYsj1ZBg4Ql9RF8V_QSwG7YnBE3vUh-Gk/w426-h640/20240228_122646%20line%20poem%20.jpg" width="426" /></a></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-align: start; width: 510px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Follow the line past the
bin <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and just beyond infinity<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">you'll find him cleaning windows <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in a never-ending cycle…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Margate)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfoQY27rRP3WQ-ESVA_Ru-AKc_3DJpNSFzORHWgwWvl1UZShvlTNgGLaKI6ao1bXyDBJRyjsWS7hMigswF5jUgB3IAWJSbiIRHGbZ9zDIxn-wJeXuq7lep7QVrcPAwJv7wT815kznqj1fV9D9UoWrzQv-MpAv4JMVaR1wFM_KYFqAKm6RVPCTbrWG7wAE/s3789/20240228_114659%20dand%20grid%20poem%20.jpg" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2956" data-original-width="3789" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfoQY27rRP3WQ-ESVA_Ru-AKc_3DJpNSFzORHWgwWvl1UZShvlTNgGLaKI6ao1bXyDBJRyjsWS7hMigswF5jUgB3IAWJSbiIRHGbZ9zDIxn-wJeXuq7lep7QVrcPAwJv7wT815kznqj1fV9D9UoWrzQv-MpAv4JMVaR1wFM_KYFqAKm6RVPCTbrWG7wAE/w640-h500/20240228_114659%20dand%20grid%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What may seem <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">a difficult project <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is seamlessly achieved here:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the gridding of sand.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Margate)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQqN5IolO9PoRiLMCBcJAlKvTz5uZb6AaH6COJFAAmP9Z1U4UiBK2NQZ5qybC5HSvehKxOBW-KV9baQoUk_QiyiQ1F2E4PqQuDqIx_lQ5A4dFAT4hzGvLqbRrIEUSDcOe39MTSoqjFdjQCofm_61S-Z6z5zIuLKGT-00lYfk76FrjOrz3IAfZlnYVO_-M/s4080/20240228_101616%20rose%20poem%20.jpg" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3060" data-original-width="4080" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQqN5IolO9PoRiLMCBcJAlKvTz5uZb6AaH6COJFAAmP9Z1U4UiBK2NQZ5qybC5HSvehKxOBW-KV9baQoUk_QiyiQ1F2E4PqQuDqIx_lQ5A4dFAT4hzGvLqbRrIEUSDcOe39MTSoqjFdjQCofm_61S-Z6z5zIuLKGT-00lYfk76FrjOrz3IAfZlnYVO_-M/w640-h480/20240228_101616%20rose%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I guess I shouldn’t
be surprised <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that the ‘Rose in June’ is closed in March <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Business must be a struggle <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">on just one month a year <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Margate)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFMuqsAKP4T0tHgLnZdCubUEa7_dlTSbD_wmiHUtEoh8raIpNJS1OlIWQ4_3ovEFfiF-Cy5mEhJhZcAFO3pd-wbba0jthzTE3wC6k7UmlZXyZLYmg8wdSc9flQWhWc4JU11IVbWlEM3JDtv4CmscKm9sZipFrPtYHoVnhwtFQltZ0aYsAHwIWLkL62OLI/s2962/20240228_093627%20andrew%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2962" data-original-width="2962" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFMuqsAKP4T0tHgLnZdCubUEa7_dlTSbD_wmiHUtEoh8raIpNJS1OlIWQ4_3ovEFfiF-Cy5mEhJhZcAFO3pd-wbba0jthzTE3wC6k7UmlZXyZLYmg8wdSc9flQWhWc4JU11IVbWlEM3JDtv4CmscKm9sZipFrPtYHoVnhwtFQltZ0aYsAHwIWLkL62OLI/w640-h640/20240228_093627%20andrew%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">We’re proud to live
here <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">up to a point: </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">a point </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">that was tested in 2011 and tipped in ‘22.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Can we move to Princess Anne? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Broadstairs: there is
a ‘Princess Anne Road’ nearby. Accusations about sexual abuse by the already-less-than-popular
Prince Andrew, Duke of York, arose in 2011, in the context of his association with
the convicted sex trafficker Jeffery Epstein. In 2022 he made a multi-million
pound settlement to prevent the matter reaching court. That was widely seen as
a tacit admission of guilt, and the royal family obliged Andrew to withdraw from
public life.) <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiwradOpcifEWTxbHPas-MOmSbAxmu15VICMCNeNKwcttS5RqBiYcYbngjH2gNKZDOzSc1SkF861tTgmk0iYi4mvAsFFKCl6tttf8KGg7oMGnNSLIm6LFqvZy4v4cpR5KwiB0sxnln62MMXC-eF74q0f_rYsTsYHeUGTviRgrAc3es8_fiB89RaXcjPOE/s2959/20240228_094812%20barbie%20rev%20poem%20.jpg" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2220" data-original-width="2959" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiwradOpcifEWTxbHPas-MOmSbAxmu15VICMCNeNKwcttS5RqBiYcYbngjH2gNKZDOzSc1SkF861tTgmk0iYi4mvAsFFKCl6tttf8KGg7oMGnNSLIm6LFqvZy4v4cpR5KwiB0sxnln62MMXC-eF74q0f_rYsTsYHeUGTviRgrAc3es8_fiB89RaXcjPOE/w640-h480/20240228_094812%20barbie%20rev%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">This will be <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the national hub<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">when the Barbie Revolution <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">skateboards into town. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Broadstairs)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-align: start; width: 510px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggo97enhBSBdR_v1MicDFS8NHdO7YHp84Igk2frI7B5GX41xJemjrpGG2tudsRn3QaYOQLxv0SMS55Em9z8lPUSHC-NBrBwo2hdgAd2LGSUahN-2m1SlA5DIDJcssU9Y6bv_8QYcoEX98eN9cXBLzbBqQ8_DONMBRqc_StHjnIS3g2qlsQNFXK8yEPL0M/s3801/20240228_092756%20westover%20poem.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3801" data-original-width="2862" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggo97enhBSBdR_v1MicDFS8NHdO7YHp84Igk2frI7B5GX41xJemjrpGG2tudsRn3QaYOQLxv0SMS55Em9z8lPUSHC-NBrBwo2hdgAd2LGSUahN-2m1SlA5DIDJcssU9Y6bv_8QYcoEX98eN9cXBLzbBqQ8_DONMBRqc_StHjnIS3g2qlsQNFXK8yEPL0M/w482-h640/20240228_092756%20westover%20poem.jpg" width="482" /></a></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-align: start; width: 510px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Do I detect <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">a certain determination <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to stop anybody getting under <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Westover Road?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Broadstairs)</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1-CdAkntE8AjRc4QNKKTG52gDvjB85Yie3wKDnh3w1fEBP-HezitlJXJODqiGNc8CnV2S0zhTZovDDnwcd6pKLTp7CZjlKz4HqSGlOJsNHxmkaRWl-zU9XOREcaQEzq5uOk6RY6tVqEQzplCmcDXjhM5BkoXZnnnlu-6lGlc22HxO0ozbhWVIL_X0slc/s2040/20240227_123127%20poss%20loo%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2040" data-original-width="2040" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1-CdAkntE8AjRc4QNKKTG52gDvjB85Yie3wKDnh3w1fEBP-HezitlJXJODqiGNc8CnV2S0zhTZovDDnwcd6pKLTp7CZjlKz4HqSGlOJsNHxmkaRWl-zU9XOREcaQEzq5uOk6RY6tVqEQzplCmcDXjhM5BkoXZnnnlu-6lGlc22HxO0ozbhWVIL_X0slc/w400-h400/20240227_123127%20poss%20loo%20poem.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">This is a seat<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">worth sitting on:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I may not even need<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">to need the loo.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">(Margate)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-align: start; width: 510px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioLp0V5GMcavbxvyMY0SpIHctbSHhyphenhyphenJB49_kRuB0W7umUzoIYEjwDD3LhIvKLj9DwgDUGCs0B-KN2Vubh2jnfvPHNFynZXCYmi-ZUeM-koi3GvLf7FjxR_xcyPUFMiVbkPbMApsOQh-Sd1k6xOa-NNH0P_zPRFBEBjHDVNmZ1yEHd0htb72ldjFhZw9Ak/s4080/20240227_133451%20wild%20poem%20.jpg" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3060" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioLp0V5GMcavbxvyMY0SpIHctbSHhyphenhyphenJB49_kRuB0W7umUzoIYEjwDD3LhIvKLj9DwgDUGCs0B-KN2Vubh2jnfvPHNFynZXCYmi-ZUeM-koi3GvLf7FjxR_xcyPUFMiVbkPbMApsOQh-Sd1k6xOa-NNH0P_zPRFBEBjHDVNmZ1yEHd0htb72ldjFhZw9Ak/w480-h640/20240227_133451%20wild%20poem%20.jpg" width="480" /></a></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-align: start; width: 510px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Two up two down <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">in Cliftonville:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">they don't make wildernesses <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">the way they used to.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></i></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">(Margate)</span><o:p></o:p></i></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUMEI566Y1ssYCpJSH1B4gCm2O6E3ACFYK2dy5Cym919Q41L-mN_PFGdPFqQKx85Jk34JbT_HAah1oz_g52yUAHLjcxTHXJpqZGVsaOZA1GFHYqDvu2fqPtGfrgcqlWF9xHltHnHP4o5FYCgq-Sk9_jr5z95wsPTjphVR-73j-WmHp-YrzS-g1orTGJLA/s2892/20240225_130708%20poster%20poem.jpg" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2519" data-original-width="2892" height="558" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUMEI566Y1ssYCpJSH1B4gCm2O6E3ACFYK2dy5Cym919Q41L-mN_PFGdPFqQKx85Jk34JbT_HAah1oz_g52yUAHLjcxTHXJpqZGVsaOZA1GFHYqDvu2fqPtGfrgcqlWF9xHltHnHP4o5FYCgq-Sk9_jr5z95wsPTjphVR-73j-WmHp-YrzS-g1orTGJLA/w640-h558/20240225_130708%20poster%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Spoiler alert<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The winner is revealed,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">and he doesn't look surprised… <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">or even happy.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">(New Milton)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Kl-_r2uTSaehvKojue70N2sA-X1Btdy27qJT92PF-hilXKlDwCI13HRpfQZuAit62E5fg4-esE8pxSFofGjiS2jBxXRiSN4ZNduhE_ruGAWyw-_JTA1yG-qLN3Tmj9-L2gL4PxjHHKONDLz8P5Riex91RsK4rDlAYhAXAQw-4ueoVSzcHc94w0TovxM/s3929/20240225_134527%20toilet%20poem%20.jpg" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2977" data-original-width="3929" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Kl-_r2uTSaehvKojue70N2sA-X1Btdy27qJT92PF-hilXKlDwCI13HRpfQZuAit62E5fg4-esE8pxSFofGjiS2jBxXRiSN4ZNduhE_ruGAWyw-_JTA1yG-qLN3Tmj9-L2gL4PxjHHKONDLz8P5Riex91RsK4rDlAYhAXAQw-4ueoVSzcHc94w0TovxM/w640-h484/20240225_134527%20toilet%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">I expect <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">to find things pretty disgusting, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">that being the state of the country these days. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Does that mean I should mess the place up?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">(C<span style="font-family: inherit;">af</span></span></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #5f6368; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>é</i></span></span><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">, N</span>ew Milton)</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuvgJXz1kkkul4d-2t1Qgv-u5gMcQ6gmfHqwh8LbwoCn2BzLIxhq9cLJixdI0H9T_uLY7kiWyek2QGv2a32baR6nXp6IAspSmtphVGmUgAax-EYKCREC9TOv6qlCRQms7mqF6QGnlzdMcl3PYn1S3s_B1B-wss6c3CmV2nk9SDHwXpP0-Bdxyk6ACUtAw/s3038/20240225_135402%20concrete%20poem.jpg" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3038" data-original-width="2806" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuvgJXz1kkkul4d-2t1Qgv-u5gMcQ6gmfHqwh8LbwoCn2BzLIxhq9cLJixdI0H9T_uLY7kiWyek2QGv2a32baR6nXp6IAspSmtphVGmUgAax-EYKCREC9TOv6qlCRQms7mqF6QGnlzdMcl3PYn1S3s_B1B-wss6c3CmV2nk9SDHwXpP0-Bdxyk6ACUtAw/w592-h640/20240225_135402%20concrete%20poem.jpg" width="592" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">This is the shape <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">of the boundary <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">between 40 and 100 % gravel -<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">with gravel roughly equal on either side.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">(New Milton. The
typical concrete mix is made up of roughly 10% cement, 20% air and water,
30% sand, and 40% gravel)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm73OdYR2hh8hA_Xjv7vDs-oksC5giYVFw-y-Ak7VCH3tpVKTIUeBECsEalCYa3h4YInP9BA3sD-nzYT0j0qo9t6yBDXV5GK-NJrAwOZEfeE4SKu-nRkPa_qyjC5mwJZW9sggfYG1WNtMjeNV710VQ5L-jaeKxcsHLzSu9pmTuw4fWDjkHiz8uUNARKiA/s3897/20240225_144819%20party%20poem%202.jpg" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2469" data-original-width="3897" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm73OdYR2hh8hA_Xjv7vDs-oksC5giYVFw-y-Ak7VCH3tpVKTIUeBECsEalCYa3h4YInP9BA3sD-nzYT0j0qo9t6yBDXV5GK-NJrAwOZEfeE4SKu-nRkPa_qyjC5mwJZW9sggfYG1WNtMjeNV710VQ5L-jaeKxcsHLzSu9pmTuw4fWDjkHiz8uUNARKiA/w640-h406/20240225_144819%20party%20poem%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">That must have been<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">one hell of a closing party,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">a night on which the usual old customs<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">seemed so cool they might have been new.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">(the former Old's Cool Occasions and Old's Cool Customs, New Milton)</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibDquD8aH-ZQKvzLchIgbybyHlTHAAAryE39A6Y94nN1BLrUTF4EmDFrfMevV-EZ008sO6Ej9vY4o1RnBNXxWjFXtwAwVgpU_RrUuCuPoT-kibUGHtSAeD7SEhWU97B-lWQE_wE1PjgaVZ9pocKzY40cbzbOed6CIg90IJlB9CE4VrIEEox4HKFRPiRvw/s3293/20240225_132111%20comb%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="3293" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibDquD8aH-ZQKvzLchIgbybyHlTHAAAryE39A6Y94nN1BLrUTF4EmDFrfMevV-EZ008sO6Ej9vY4o1RnBNXxWjFXtwAwVgpU_RrUuCuPoT-kibUGHtSAeD7SEhWU97B-lWQE_wE1PjgaVZ9pocKzY40cbzbOed6CIg90IJlB9CE4VrIEEox4HKFRPiRvw/w640-h504/20240225_132111%20comb%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Ignoring the rain<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I combed the streets <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">for items of interest - <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">and all I found was this.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><i><span style="font-size: medium;">(New Milton)</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMZ1AZYYk7qZM19TVxEz5D7boaMkugAd4xbkuP3t8g9_pOP90hL4FxcW76WAy6nTrQBU1nYCp8iAwC9XxGqlaFVVk_iA_I2juafWp42C7TpZ53B6dI61AJ-OASFoZu4ccWqG3lvLkMjaWGRImyx3S_JohSyG2IdKRCXv0zEHzbP7XXPIkVrc41mm2jJZ0/s897/OM%20Screenshot%202024-02-26%20054419.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="897" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMZ1AZYYk7qZM19TVxEz5D7boaMkugAd4xbkuP3t8g9_pOP90hL4FxcW76WAy6nTrQBU1nYCp8iAwC9XxGqlaFVVk_iA_I2juafWp42C7TpZ53B6dI61AJ-OASFoZu4ccWqG3lvLkMjaWGRImyx3S_JohSyG2IdKRCXv0zEHzbP7XXPIkVrc41mm2jJZ0/w640-h476/OM%20Screenshot%202024-02-26%20054419.png" width="640" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Why is it called <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Old Milton?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">You don't say Old York or Old Amsterdam. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Let the usurpers carry the burden of distinction!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">(Old Milton)</span><o:p></o:p></i></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"></p></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-align: start; width: 510px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_9duYV36XCfSRu2TThpnGQlzByuFOet10AmM188418tNN9OOM6_rinFPeMEbsH9ttufbEuDk74OHLoCL_o4YsRPn0lrViJSF_oK7-5-w7Q6TMzW2H4Vz9BusYyNZXEcm9XHWXK0F09JNCFbSuwe8-tfsP9tm7NffJsCk1ktSCLvwesXX7erOAhyphenhyphenbeayc/s4080/20240222_164158%20standard%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3060" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_9duYV36XCfSRu2TThpnGQlzByuFOet10AmM188418tNN9OOM6_rinFPeMEbsH9ttufbEuDk74OHLoCL_o4YsRPn0lrViJSF_oK7-5-w7Q6TMzW2H4Vz9BusYyNZXEcm9XHWXK0F09JNCFbSuwe8-tfsP9tm7NffJsCk1ktSCLvwesXX7erOAhyphenhyphenbeayc/w480-h640/20240222_164158%20standard%20poem%20.jpg" width="480" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-align: start; width: 510px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I was puzzled for a moment <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Why would the Evening Standard<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> list the contents of The Independent?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Then I realised my mistake – or theirs...<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Northern Line, London)</span></i></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaIPs9fWiztpRsWLxfk4IlVidspSPo3FlnOfQ2L62Ok48-eENwNnHnefI_si1VvNFF5ABnkSir6zkmVdzYz9K0xp5RkMCeGTMntoG9OsXirwFA-XjsPuUoEr9zMJdzlizSQGnPaW0l_P1bBvfuCC4Dbq0cbSkhIfG_uRyXTFZXDEYMRPsFArLqmnBrNpU/s2611/20240223_143550%20box%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2278" data-original-width="2611" height="558" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaIPs9fWiztpRsWLxfk4IlVidspSPo3FlnOfQ2L62Ok48-eENwNnHnefI_si1VvNFF5ABnkSir6zkmVdzYz9K0xp5RkMCeGTMntoG9OsXirwFA-XjsPuUoEr9zMJdzlizSQGnPaW0l_P1bBvfuCC4Dbq0cbSkhIfG_uRyXTFZXDEYMRPsFArLqmnBrNpU/w640-h558/20240223_143550%20box%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The problem is</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">if you’ve laid down<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">you won’t be able to reach <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the top of the box to open it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzhDVDy-e4ISUMHgujHJZIgsRNs1R6gad8Tznoh-omFsWnCjYjCnnqK_M3jkPfe2YZst2sC3lyXUKx8SCbinjLuNHt0PZnh-kWJnZ9doHoB8l-nWqGRpOd0TbwTgBk2xofzkBymqyAmmjDb072R2WMiB-SQuIMmZ__YKJkx6-Uf2b9kdHhsqxlgBvp3c0/s640/einstein%20312071_198300496909982_947159393_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="625" data-original-width="640" height="626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzhDVDy-e4ISUMHgujHJZIgsRNs1R6gad8Tznoh-omFsWnCjYjCnnqK_M3jkPfe2YZst2sC3lyXUKx8SCbinjLuNHt0PZnh-kWJnZ9doHoB8l-nWqGRpOd0TbwTgBk2xofzkBymqyAmmjDb072R2WMiB-SQuIMmZ__YKJkx6-Uf2b9kdHhsqxlgBvp3c0/w640-h626/einstein%20312071_198300496909982_947159393_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Stute<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">should be a word <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">for an intelligent person.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Who wouldn’t want to be a stute?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(If you
put ‘intelligent person’ into an online image search, the first page is dominated
by Einstein)<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
</div></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-align: start; width: 510px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQeMmSeW134ypRjkYOg4jpn28xoAaSC2byRQoNqLjQ22FRzzsjCa88XS_GJad4w8lZG1aCQujTktmuL7MvjSzS8kD8aQat7p4Wi1OE0CqAFD4Ff4S2yTQrOyta4wE5U9RMTP3irFBrFKViEbSPzDFhRE3o41_1eaSo6cTH1sPXBW2S8XItl6lTe7Wp1FQ/s3198/20240223_124159%20sothebys%20poem.jpg" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3198" data-original-width="2554" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQeMmSeW134ypRjkYOg4jpn28xoAaSC2byRQoNqLjQ22FRzzsjCa88XS_GJad4w8lZG1aCQujTktmuL7MvjSzS8kD8aQat7p4Wi1OE0CqAFD4Ff4S2yTQrOyta4wE5U9RMTP3irFBrFKViEbSPzDFhRE3o41_1eaSo6cTH1sPXBW2S8XItl6lTe7Wp1FQ/w512-h640/20240223_124159%20sothebys%20poem.jpg" width="512" /></a></p></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-align: start; width: 510px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Are Sotheby’s moving <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">with the trans times?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I guess not, that’s probably an old-fashioned jacket,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">not a short skirt.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Sotheby’s, Mayfair,
London)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUaBgyi7ezyAF1cBmwNnj4hc4UYbS6PsCnbrb4eDu5tkswwo0ea_2z_8uiwsUhiU87dB4u8ke4N8lkFo0iPpHyDO5tv5rSO_S82cJUCNOSk0ttN-1RGTys5Uos1yHH7cteQsDfrDTzJArDY1jtegoONL1r29RC4Z_0woBliHXCjEu0h9CGqZFkwOSCHBw/s2816/20240223_111818%20poss%20drop%20pave.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2816" data-original-width="2816" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUaBgyi7ezyAF1cBmwNnj4hc4UYbS6PsCnbrb4eDu5tkswwo0ea_2z_8uiwsUhiU87dB4u8ke4N8lkFo0iPpHyDO5tv5rSO_S82cJUCNOSk0ttN-1RGTys5Uos1yHH7cteQsDfrDTzJArDY1jtegoONL1r29RC4Z_0woBliHXCjEu0h9CGqZFkwOSCHBw/w640-h640/20240223_111818%20poss%20drop%20pave.jpg" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">This looks like <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">a dangerously drippy place to stand.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">But what is life <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">if you never take a risk?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Waterloo, London)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p></div></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-align: start; width: 510px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2V6e7c8wbQWsCsQcIJ7P2BJtHKX-NOcywRiWxkSGZ8YAg_iQdxYNwRvG_XxWznw7cuPGZnWHVY_d1CqwZpZRgL6nfQBABJinzctgvM0auf8jhk7PIb2WbkRO0ZnHMSzhyzDhy2emVPlqzBHyE2GeOPhYCv4uKXRUPr5lt8cbku8DQxRn3s4eO5nZW3mU/s1820/20240223_161736st%20arb%20poem%20.jpg" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1820" data-original-width="1423" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2V6e7c8wbQWsCsQcIJ7P2BJtHKX-NOcywRiWxkSGZ8YAg_iQdxYNwRvG_XxWznw7cuPGZnWHVY_d1CqwZpZRgL6nfQBABJinzctgvM0auf8jhk7PIb2WbkRO0ZnHMSzhyzDhy2emVPlqzBHyE2GeOPhYCv4uKXRUPr5lt8cbku8DQxRn3s4eO5nZW3mU/w500-h640/20240223_161736st%20arb%20poem%20.jpg" width="500" /></a></p></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-align: start; width: 510px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I didn't know that Arb<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">had been canonized:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">who'd have thought that making coffee<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">could get you so far?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Warren Street, London. Kerning is the typographical process of adjusting the spacing between characters. Sometimes there are restrictions.) </span></i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi47xEwKcR1iNYmBdLYFJy6ugVlCQawyiK1-5PQVz9zqXPZENNRf2VAAGhxkZhQ8fEzIID5PaneatqrOlbf_PGR0tOfjyPgDjDBnAOSeKG68XKbmf2xN2pf3w_Nz8RGvWJsRc7FkYLT-eDaw41NwmXB5dOG_K4OMBraZDc1Z9Ywj_JLZ3L46qZwIJjvAgU/s1228/61tORcjc3iL._SL1228_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1228" data-original-width="1041" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi47xEwKcR1iNYmBdLYFJy6ugVlCQawyiK1-5PQVz9zqXPZENNRf2VAAGhxkZhQ8fEzIID5PaneatqrOlbf_PGR0tOfjyPgDjDBnAOSeKG68XKbmf2xN2pf3w_Nz8RGvWJsRc7FkYLT-eDaw41NwmXB5dOG_K4OMBraZDc1Z9Ywj_JLZ3L46qZwIJjvAgU/w339-h400/61tORcjc3iL._SL1228_.jpg" width="339" /></a></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What I like <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">about the 440 page <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘Fish Hooks of the Pacific Islands’<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is that it's Volume Two.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Thomas Heneage
booksshop, Piccadilly, London)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQeBHryotAuzmskyiIRZ-2BrCYn5E5M05SP7kgINVeSpf1M1LERHlge-I9Wo-OFAPQVA3F6Ma2SJppHc2VFfIzsnyFK0IDxlNuyTwd7VyCaRjI-B4TidD29A0QOo92ny6J5xmj2h0nGEmp73DtuYmjrp_jbueIedP9u3E6I7gMiF1WeHw1Svhq5JTDI2A/s4080/20240221_105015%20puddle%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3060" data-original-width="4080" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQeBHryotAuzmskyiIRZ-2BrCYn5E5M05SP7kgINVeSpf1M1LERHlge-I9Wo-OFAPQVA3F6Ma2SJppHc2VFfIzsnyFK0IDxlNuyTwd7VyCaRjI-B4TidD29A0QOo92ny6J5xmj2h0nGEmp73DtuYmjrp_jbueIedP9u3E6I7gMiF1WeHw1Svhq5JTDI2A/w640-h480/20240221_105015%20puddle%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Here is the puddle
zone<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">well on the way – <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">stop right now, rain! – <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to becoming a flood.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioFvPxTgdk6yaYYd8jmMP_LndJnTlBkGlDxFhSOCQ6W7OwTi_CJJ3O3xV5lsjFaWvWXlkpKF8rQmnBG1_2vWFBrFBA99dwcgPRtr2TpsXBtwsDX_PPJ363qdPG1d2gTkOvD2KtDURh4Ot5FoGM-jfALy0tR2Tq0khnumKLLFfoXaT607IQn5YUah3URL4/s3783/20240220_182756%20poem%20hose%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3783" data-original-width="2984" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioFvPxTgdk6yaYYd8jmMP_LndJnTlBkGlDxFhSOCQ6W7OwTi_CJJ3O3xV5lsjFaWvWXlkpKF8rQmnBG1_2vWFBrFBA99dwcgPRtr2TpsXBtwsDX_PPJ363qdPG1d2gTkOvD2KtDURh4Ot5FoGM-jfALy0tR2Tq0khnumKLLFfoXaT607IQn5YUah3URL4/w504-h640/20240220_182756%20poem%20hose%20.jpg" width="504" /></a></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Hose-woman bows</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">her nozzle head:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">I’m flattered,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">and slightly surprised.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i>(Burgh House, Hampstead,
London)<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin5Y6fWWK7ECRXiuECQ-fmOPLkkW7Xq_iQaKVcNhal2lLT_yQk3oEVYy_ITtZWxFbJQiUC7l2zBvcBU8nd_Z-EEngyDyuyPP7VnDMzvAUvf4FfnQ4VxfA04Ho95wiuZy4131f8wRd98RvpyMV7esszZ2xEVHLW9kI1PeU4QOdBG6n-Y83Y6FIomUuqKR4/s3040/20240220_134039%20grass%20poem.jpg" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2363" data-original-width="3040" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin5Y6fWWK7ECRXiuECQ-fmOPLkkW7Xq_iQaKVcNhal2lLT_yQk3oEVYy_ITtZWxFbJQiUC7l2zBvcBU8nd_Z-EEngyDyuyPP7VnDMzvAUvf4FfnQ4VxfA04Ho95wiuZy4131f8wRd98RvpyMV7esszZ2xEVHLW9kI1PeU4QOdBG6n-Y83Y6FIomUuqKR4/w640-h498/20240220_134039%20grass%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>‘Where’, I'm inclined
to ask grass <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">‘is your backbone?’<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">And what kind of excuse is <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">'not needing one’?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><o:p> </o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i>(Windy riverside, Greenwich, London)<o:p></o:p></i></p></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw7QtYmrOhN2A08Ewd8I769uqgjvVZ7LhQue_4AHZtCnQKFRhIV_YBuvyWeFAaaWKlzErw5lZ0XU4iwxUw0tG74DYO457neh02w1iTFliPj5w6OUS-_tg0FPpSxClsoSQ_UQ4I2WHOpJ-F05H-eIWU4_HGZbxIpE4voN6Nuu4e6cBdnochacX7OvorkWc/s3056/20240219_145902%20poem%20free%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="3056" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw7QtYmrOhN2A08Ewd8I769uqgjvVZ7LhQue_4AHZtCnQKFRhIV_YBuvyWeFAaaWKlzErw5lZ0XU4iwxUw0tG74DYO457neh02w1iTFliPj5w6OUS-_tg0FPpSxClsoSQ_UQ4I2WHOpJ-F05H-eIWU4_HGZbxIpE4voN6Nuu4e6cBdnochacX7OvorkWc/w640-h640/20240219_145902%20poem%20free%20.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>The
already-pleasure <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">of parking for free <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">is nudged a touch higher<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">by knowing that there used to be a charge.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i>(Lymington New Forest Hospital)</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p><o:p> </o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBuqnZQMhtjXaIilzrL-MdLv1KDglLqT1Sxda_ZfajWkZK_wF865FePZI00aVytvNN531ll_NRpwT5QOodKyeXaThBAB0VZ-n7Prfg45YoSqmO1CLSSkOF_kINUMn65Nr4_RYhxjwOo59xNxFe2wNELwk8LpcR_7Qfn70t5CtHCuas8hPVH1WdksmIaLo/s3056/20240219_113108%20kingdomism%20poem%20use.jpg" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="3056" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBuqnZQMhtjXaIilzrL-MdLv1KDglLqT1Sxda_ZfajWkZK_wF865FePZI00aVytvNN531ll_NRpwT5QOodKyeXaThBAB0VZ-n7Prfg45YoSqmO1CLSSkOF_kINUMn65Nr4_RYhxjwOo59xNxFe2wNELwk8LpcR_7Qfn70t5CtHCuas8hPVH1WdksmIaLo/w640-h640/20240219_113108%20kingdomism%20poem%20use.jpg" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>Rampant kingdomism <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">continues
to deny plantae <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">the
decent depth of burial <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">routinely
afforded animalia.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i>(Hiller’s Arboretum,
Hampshire: who can doubt the bias in how we treat the five kingdoms, with Animalia, Plantae and
Fungi respected in that order, followed by Monera and Protista)<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3-luvzJ5BBK38gB5et5ErGsZNv7lMm6NbwekLprAmPqpfPOTC7xDxZRxrmy33eDKRamazbtkZF70-mX_TrN2BozQrLysg8eVsN1lijQ8r3DVVFDcb5sDnL27vGy33ZmZ8LZr5A4Q5v_vSA9ccMhcNX2al1BvRa8iHr8vwNrqBl686wvqGydIy-rr7ZLw/s1077/odd%20poem%20Screenshot%202024-02-20%20044358.jpg" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="732" data-original-width="1077" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3-luvzJ5BBK38gB5et5ErGsZNv7lMm6NbwekLprAmPqpfPOTC7xDxZRxrmy33eDKRamazbtkZF70-mX_TrN2BozQrLysg8eVsN1lijQ8r3DVVFDcb5sDnL27vGy33ZmZ8LZr5A4Q5v_vSA9ccMhcNX2al1BvRa8iHr8vwNrqBl686wvqGydIy-rr7ZLw/w640-h434/odd%20poem%20Screenshot%202024-02-20%20044358.jpg" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>It’s one thing</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">to
grow up as the odd one out,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">another
to be odd <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">without
the prospect of change.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i>(Public convenience,
Lymington)<o:p></o:p></i></p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p> </o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj24PqSj5cUpD9YoZaefdoTug1Pb9LHDZZlshds2bbRdbuGJ3jyUC1xz-dwtYt2bS8PiNtKwl1in7VKpLRFCc5WSAt34RmdMtjb3OQ_CAm2UUh5rihg4wwYR0ZcZnJztFr_x4igSUtK_O5dlJXzUgd4KEcrxYhgO3frfFiiry8-pQ2TKD81bmyIGiXl3eI/s3056/20240216_162531%20pipe%20poem.jpg" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="3056" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj24PqSj5cUpD9YoZaefdoTug1Pb9LHDZZlshds2bbRdbuGJ3jyUC1xz-dwtYt2bS8PiNtKwl1in7VKpLRFCc5WSAt34RmdMtjb3OQ_CAm2UUh5rihg4wwYR0ZcZnJztFr_x4igSUtK_O5dlJXzUgd4KEcrxYhgO3frfFiiry8-pQ2TKD81bmyIGiXl3eI/w640-h640/20240216_162531%20pipe%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">This strikes me as a
pipe worth smoking<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Until the chance arises <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I shall stick with abnegation:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">even vapes have yet to tempt me. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Farringdon, London)</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p> </o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqEKMfoKrkG5l9Lq0O_e0YMiJ-lojzmkWmkUSjeZSGQzdpehstwHGbrrRVvEyAWFlbGRyYsODae3im6PJuwXi1lJSIFY-bjB-rwJJdB_SUEzfBxg-TaPIu0aaNveZSC1E1_48rZsNZTTHHJgENPpwIW4dt2F9azgWPuR-rMRa6MRd9RWNilMOwRn0uvQY/s3056/20240213_223818%20how%20to%20walk%20poss%20.jpg" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="3056" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqEKMfoKrkG5l9Lq0O_e0YMiJ-lojzmkWmkUSjeZSGQzdpehstwHGbrrRVvEyAWFlbGRyYsODae3im6PJuwXi1lJSIFY-bjB-rwJJdB_SUEzfBxg-TaPIu0aaNveZSC1E1_48rZsNZTTHHJgENPpwIW4dt2F9azgWPuR-rMRa6MRd9RWNilMOwRn0uvQY/w640-h640/20240213_223818%20how%20to%20walk%20poss%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">This is how you walk
the path<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Ignore the night. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Follow the instructions. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Reach the gated distance and you're done.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSgi125iOeNVPl4fzYUdJFWNwXqBXl6uaHISosoQxfBQ2hcCk9694-eFa7dgnK5Vk8ub7RD5ZxHbYB8AQUk_PxGkdqIOYaPrVCTLp1EU2FaBVE3YzoFEoCRnvVB5AIceqcvWrUSEEB7dmrHYEwjoXxzwKkJ34NeatoRqIoPXipkFbDPVnDRM6DQEmpSB8/s3056/20240218_150321%20ivy%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="3056" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSgi125iOeNVPl4fzYUdJFWNwXqBXl6uaHISosoQxfBQ2hcCk9694-eFa7dgnK5Vk8ub7RD5ZxHbYB8AQUk_PxGkdqIOYaPrVCTLp1EU2FaBVE3YzoFEoCRnvVB5AIceqcvWrUSEEB7dmrHYEwjoXxzwKkJ34NeatoRqIoPXipkFbDPVnDRM6DQEmpSB8/w640-h640/20240218_150321%20ivy%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>The ivy’s flowered</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">brighter and sooner, and faded faster,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">than I have ever seen before -<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and I’ve known sixty springs…</span></p></div></div></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB6dn5FmWkbcvrJxzJjz9Abe-qEWTnH2jENCM39VCD8ii6iu6IZV4p0mR1zxZI_67Tkh6i0wzN08VXZ6CMtGsTvMGtazpRybfKjVosLStde6UnXZEMPaIPmRZx28kB_JmO529w5UVtD0Lzh-MVGIZ5k3JtIXBCgktEOkomfNt8SK0GU1cXRfyLPSlurdE/s3019/20240216_150842%20yellow%20line%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2415" data-original-width="3019" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB6dn5FmWkbcvrJxzJjz9Abe-qEWTnH2jENCM39VCD8ii6iu6IZV4p0mR1zxZI_67Tkh6i0wzN08VXZ6CMtGsTvMGtazpRybfKjVosLStde6UnXZEMPaIPmRZx28kB_JmO529w5UVtD0Lzh-MVGIZ5k3JtIXBCgktEOkomfNt8SK0GU1cXRfyLPSlurdE/w640-h512/20240216_150842%20yellow%20line%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>I have my doubts</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Is scrubbing away the yellow line <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">really sufficient<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to free up your parking?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Paddington, London)</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjErldepGJK7mRRyHt5q0dat298GMYP5vfBTho_EJSW8MFGhkB6n2hLVfUxMC3Oi3I4cVxNXL6jtir28esVyyuNQXn44AB5g-4cHJhbSFOupvseEpdYericItTRbggzBs_V5thgiI9PPQx0PX8jfGTfL4jcJ4e0PLo1hU_lyW23BvDS32YEGT6b4YoKR6M/s2965/20240217_095135%20credit%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2921" data-original-width="2965" height="630" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjErldepGJK7mRRyHt5q0dat298GMYP5vfBTho_EJSW8MFGhkB6n2hLVfUxMC3Oi3I4cVxNXL6jtir28esVyyuNQXn44AB5g-4cHJhbSFOupvseEpdYericItTRbggzBs_V5thgiI9PPQx0PX8jfGTfL4jcJ4e0PLo1hU_lyW23BvDS32YEGT6b4YoKR6M/w640-h630/20240217_095135%20credit%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It's a long-established
trick<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dash in, take the credit,</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">turn round sharp<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">and walk straight out.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> <i>(Walpole Park,</i> </span></o:p><i style="font-size: large;">Ealing, London)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="font-size: large;"><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl2e7lvt_MsftM-oHmI_pMDwAo19lk1btheG7CIdus3pq5_2Guf2sUZ84MjyTDZKxCyd7WQtz9bXsXLDrWVXLH0DDnXyp-cPEhDvVLUjllMH14hULuFtZcMGFbmiApNFCkyPojL9cyvmJjqA89ow0wcyaJPZ22-m0xtuOHT-eJObRy_bT0Run8yiAmbOY/s3056/20240217_095857%20snake%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="3056" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl2e7lvt_MsftM-oHmI_pMDwAo19lk1btheG7CIdus3pq5_2Guf2sUZ84MjyTDZKxCyd7WQtz9bXsXLDrWVXLH0DDnXyp-cPEhDvVLUjllMH14hULuFtZcMGFbmiApNFCkyPojL9cyvmJjqA89ow0wcyaJPZ22-m0xtuOHT-eJObRy_bT0Run8yiAmbOY/w640-h640/20240217_095857%20snake%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">The longest snake
I've ever seen<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"> is writhing here.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">You need to be careful:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">the head could be anywhere.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>(Pitzhanger Manor, Ealing, London)</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix5BZ5ql_kX3cITpXAp6_aJRqmRXleO6OOdO7h7x5I1Po5x5SFYqxw2bqOJGvXKVPgfecNWHnwcwHqP96imwGScs1JqcNJJUfgqed_0EJNdBeYwLRzXok2RxWpXeESgk3KLESLHhynrPUMkZrbDJcARizlzXYJ8GXEZzGDtEvbEgdL-UHN_D1ZI_ZwORs/s2778/20240213_101917%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2778" data-original-width="2778" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix5BZ5ql_kX3cITpXAp6_aJRqmRXleO6OOdO7h7x5I1Po5x5SFYqxw2bqOJGvXKVPgfecNWHnwcwHqP96imwGScs1JqcNJJUfgqed_0EJNdBeYwLRzXok2RxWpXeESgk3KLESLHhynrPUMkZrbDJcARizlzXYJ8GXEZzGDtEvbEgdL-UHN_D1ZI_ZwORs/w400-h400/20240213_101917%20poem%20.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">It’s hard to say <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">if the hat is flattering <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">or simply a practical means <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">of shutting out the world of delay.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">(Southampton-London train: this passenger
appeared dozily unfazed by our running 50 minutes late)</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJYgK36nJTngNCmr_96a9zAjTet4tDLwCptTxy7aIfqaAaSw9YDKjpIIYwUdoOcFR8FDc_meEPGmogW4QszjzJqvEfI1rdLuYswW4IgMMsaVLV-pso-3uu7vqbeVlp85gvTSVmNFyZge52jBYAGeanL44XolUnV4rhQQtKSAINB-1CTVbVzZ_NMKDuxwI/s4080/20240213_083347%20water%20bridge%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3060" data-original-width="4080" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJYgK36nJTngNCmr_96a9zAjTet4tDLwCptTxy7aIfqaAaSw9YDKjpIIYwUdoOcFR8FDc_meEPGmogW4QszjzJqvEfI1rdLuYswW4IgMMsaVLV-pso-3uu7vqbeVlp85gvTSVmNFyZge52jBYAGeanL44XolUnV4rhQQtKSAINB-1CTVbVzZ_NMKDuxwI/s320/20240213_083347%20water%20bridge%20poem%20.jpg" width="320" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">People prefer to go<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">over a bridge.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">Water is happy enough<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">going under.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6BgY0YLtPAdsXum3RtKYdWTlG_VAuWcc1bX-FnFdJeVJNf82Qo3eOSDx8g8l-w33CTVLtbzNvoSDnZZ6g3wfkeBd0ChmxjvRC2Fz_JJIVzvFqVQX5e4GxFvCK1jB8fs9Rbtli6L9iwNL2GIMQPFTbWg281owgKEn7Cf3kVCxWz5_5QDedYy9BjzxOtTw/s3911/20240209_162156%20rain%20poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2934" data-original-width="3911" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6BgY0YLtPAdsXum3RtKYdWTlG_VAuWcc1bX-FnFdJeVJNf82Qo3eOSDx8g8l-w33CTVLtbzNvoSDnZZ6g3wfkeBd0ChmxjvRC2Fz_JJIVzvFqVQX5e4GxFvCK1jB8fs9Rbtli6L9iwNL2GIMQPFTbWg281owgKEn7Cf3kVCxWz5_5QDedYy9BjzxOtTw/w640-h480/20240209_162156%20rain%20poss.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It's easier to catch
rain <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in a bucket then in a photo:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">it needs to be pretty-much bucketing down <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to make enough pictorial impression.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Southampton)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs-rY7JrKIRWP_70pRoH9QUkGP7KswyOP2BFfiycFebyeHstlfSEB2ziHcDigdUuPbPQ3PCXDc4qv017glw0lPSlDBI4H6y8rEJJZAg13GHrRcGakXCrzQXXup52XEpUbUbfUjCTn1GYLsoi4XIK9aav3q5NNEx8_TuJqEgtsW4L6J-3R4A9qhmnJdzak/s3835/20240211_083005%20poem%20bread.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2813" data-original-width="3835" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs-rY7JrKIRWP_70pRoH9QUkGP7KswyOP2BFfiycFebyeHstlfSEB2ziHcDigdUuPbPQ3PCXDc4qv017glw0lPSlDBI4H6y8rEJJZAg13GHrRcGakXCrzQXXup52XEpUbUbfUjCTn1GYLsoi4XIK9aav3q5NNEx8_TuJqEgtsW4L6J-3R4A9qhmnJdzak/w640-h470/20240211_083005%20poem%20bread.jpg" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Are we paying for
holes?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Or is that rendered immaterial<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">by how much space is always present <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">at the subatomic level?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Sourdough bread is
certainly prone to gaps. That said, nearly everything is emptiness: if you take
account of the space between the electrons of an atom, 99.9999999% of us – or bread
– is space)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqqSWBX0jdGbyy64FoHFkyBFswFpnK6kAo5_VYsUQVNQ7TKYl2C_EDDZEc0_uKTm_lgwnGsu0XqXmAjO7ltMkT8wuw753phdEi_DsJoH_VWeu7LAp3OHv2zZZb3-Ta4YLU3gCOlKPLSkTCzY1wjqxp7qIOai7dBcT-ZWTTjVRXOkoZoLUQs8QVdXdklls/s2902/20240210_160820%20spots%20poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2612" data-original-width="2902" height="576" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqqSWBX0jdGbyy64FoHFkyBFswFpnK6kAo5_VYsUQVNQ7TKYl2C_EDDZEc0_uKTm_lgwnGsu0XqXmAjO7ltMkT8wuw753phdEi_DsJoH_VWeu7LAp3OHv2zZZb3-Ta4YLU3gCOlKPLSkTCzY1wjqxp7qIOai7dBcT-ZWTTjVRXOkoZoLUQs8QVdXdklls/w640-h576/20240210_160820%20spots%20poss.jpg" width="640" /></a> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">X marks the spots<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">though it’s fair to point out<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that everywhere else <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is also recording the rain.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Peckham, London)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKvUO5HjHTp2-fDv2XPbyCLavuu4sTQ7BwGZqkru38-cenEX6PNFDYNHaLKbcFAAFwt4ZCupqIZu5PcukXwCTBDC8eQwJL8QRe5QnRR373RTDtrag5oiNIlSkF5UcCt97zFJ1iTZVMcpFRiu9RSpdafU4h4JbCEdOQy_uzrSDuD_brz-LawyShTRogQE8/s3009/20240210_142543%20slow%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3009" data-original-width="2677" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKvUO5HjHTp2-fDv2XPbyCLavuu4sTQ7BwGZqkru38-cenEX6PNFDYNHaLKbcFAAFwt4ZCupqIZu5PcukXwCTBDC8eQwJL8QRe5QnRR373RTDtrag5oiNIlSkF5UcCt97zFJ1iTZVMcpFRiu9RSpdafU4h4JbCEdOQy_uzrSDuD_brz-LawyShTRogQE8/w570-h640/20240210_142543%20slow%20poem%20.jpg" width="570" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Hang on a second!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">That may be <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">a bit too slow. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Moments also have their limits.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Closed coffee shop enjoining us to slow down - Peckham, London)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Don't fuss!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Just get your head down.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What does gratitude <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">cost you, after all?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Deptford, London</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p> </o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj_3cb2HN5maekGaXTSq5ZkMf43aE1TMKKnYiV1p6aqagvinlDfneoof5EG2MXS5yWdycUV0e8RHPRd6wA9Hmult-btA3pf021JcsdNmGkHdjMZNV8ZO0Y8u54zmtrHRRUs_9Fkei_NkAUTl1JWVI_wLBe61m_eDwoXOddJ5wygsQTXqcsrTGa8fSgbAQ/s3487/20240210_155337%20and%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2974" data-original-width="3487" height="546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj_3cb2HN5maekGaXTSq5ZkMf43aE1TMKKnYiV1p6aqagvinlDfneoof5EG2MXS5yWdycUV0e8RHPRd6wA9Hmult-btA3pf021JcsdNmGkHdjMZNV8ZO0Y8u54zmtrHRRUs_9Fkei_NkAUTl1JWVI_wLBe61m_eDwoXOddJ5wygsQTXqcsrTGa8fSgbAQ/w640-h546/20240210_155337%20and%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">AND<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is only part of a word<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">from which little can be deduced<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">about what came next and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Peckham, London)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">This is how<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the solar system looks from Peckham:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the substance of the sun<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">having been eaten.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Peckham, London)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1lBZrN4TPDOwGoY0koA-_1ocrdFwL3HNwDtmJM87xETc2nhQE8MC_oZkljB-o0qcHNDcvlUN0wHgi4RfOyUNeUNdS1jDnUcA7hq4AMBEb9YigJxPtcer6kYpD-72d9NzK9_hyphenhyphenQzBYlvHasD73HSuiWLxAKua8xyQsD20Crr7lKmAIRSme9YcdrimGPM0/s3641/20240209_132025%20adu%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3050" data-original-width="3641" height="536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1lBZrN4TPDOwGoY0koA-_1ocrdFwL3HNwDtmJM87xETc2nhQE8MC_oZkljB-o0qcHNDcvlUN0wHgi4RfOyUNeUNdS1jDnUcA7hq4AMBEb9YigJxPtcer6kYpD-72d9NzK9_hyphenhyphenQzBYlvHasD73HSuiWLxAKua8xyQsD20Crr7lKmAIRSme9YcdrimGPM0/w640-h536/20240209_132025%20adu%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Here you might buy<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">your vibrato or masturbat,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">yr lub, yr sxy unds.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">But I wdn’t trust their condos. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Southampton)</span><o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCrBmbToEFUz8MV4h_J2ukxDigJglz2eW-Lnpx6sUjD1j0_5jEzdAzMC-7TOrdwAlKsTbWSI30Vvwffw7QaZPAyM8n77YIcyxzViPECrF_VcDyBILfDlctVkw1SDqaHujBefEECosciYaC2Vh_mVEF8QqmRHK23Tbx_u4pIdcVS-tgnoOZUl64bUHcWrg/s2574/20240209_132334%20garden%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2493" data-original-width="2574" height="620" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCrBmbToEFUz8MV4h_J2ukxDigJglz2eW-Lnpx6sUjD1j0_5jEzdAzMC-7TOrdwAlKsTbWSI30Vvwffw7QaZPAyM8n77YIcyxzViPECrF_VcDyBILfDlctVkw1SDqaHujBefEECosciYaC2Vh_mVEF8QqmRHK23Tbx_u4pIdcVS-tgnoOZUl64bUHcWrg/w640-h620/20240209_132334%20garden%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">If plastic bottles were plastic
flowers<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">and
plastic flowers were allowed by the rules<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">this
wouldn’t get far, nevertheless, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">in
a gardening competition. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">(Southampton)</span><o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYscs6q87E62xjQ-VTXe6Emwe_Ae0u25WY94ZQx5z8sdNVI2aRMq89JCjgA1vlqg9g6aXEkrHXWPVXlD1-q_S11emgB6rOYyvrenbyGAyFazVv_Yfiy8RM9PE3dJAQR1V4H5rBMyEp6dv6mqY_41z2oysQFpg94yERRzLr_2bQ0h5ZuMYqda0Yo45jHdE/s4080/20240207_161935%20atm%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3060" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYscs6q87E62xjQ-VTXe6Emwe_Ae0u25WY94ZQx5z8sdNVI2aRMq89JCjgA1vlqg9g6aXEkrHXWPVXlD1-q_S11emgB6rOYyvrenbyGAyFazVv_Yfiy8RM9PE3dJAQR1V4H5rBMyEp6dv6mqY_41z2oysQFpg94yERRzLr_2bQ0h5ZuMYqda0Yo45jHdE/w480-h640/20240207_161935%20atm%20poem.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘At the moment <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">ATMs are useless, sorry, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and the more I spend, the less I have. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Ask tomorrow, maybe I'll get paid.’<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Automated Teller
Machine, Clerkenwell, London. Not to mention the heater...)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsNBCyopQhOZp7KtH3zmsodrqcqO3It1AV2Wlpyvae8bks-5Oluq9vJSKdLyvb4qpRLBa48fw4u6_9r0chnvQF3nEUlwiDfygVWD_DmSmWf1YyXMAthVgoDWIWZ-cVYJ88ZmIGgJ2bJxWG0dbBVFQn4zrjP2CZNaIbRQg-Bb-uXmYZXyRDJDZgdZNnx8g/s2635/20240207_142653%20non%20fit%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2635" data-original-width="2635" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsNBCyopQhOZp7KtH3zmsodrqcqO3It1AV2Wlpyvae8bks-5Oluq9vJSKdLyvb4qpRLBa48fw4u6_9r0chnvQF3nEUlwiDfygVWD_DmSmWf1YyXMAthVgoDWIWZ-cVYJ88ZmIGgJ2bJxWG0dbBVFQn4zrjP2CZNaIbRQg-Bb-uXmYZXyRDJDZgdZNnx8g/w640-h640/20240207_142653%20non%20fit%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Life isn't simple <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">You can't expect <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">an automatic fit:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">this is as close as you’re likely to get.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Mayfair, London)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPO6SU8bbKGyRsz9Uz5ygsYbmVv-n61OJGHPPLe6j1DJ56kKICmoZ7yhHv2u9xwlUXra6qdKOZ3oEKiqrChIZjpktS8ngoE_VUWQVW3VjBfbpZQY2oBTPxhLvLBqGQKFRqNNk1kwzt1v6HSJXgkDhv2A51I2ZDMHrsYe7pt1I6oJ6t9x06c5SOCz3oDww/s3075/20240207_131022%20gandy%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2902" data-original-width="3075" height="604" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPO6SU8bbKGyRsz9Uz5ygsYbmVv-n61OJGHPPLe6j1DJ56kKICmoZ7yhHv2u9xwlUXra6qdKOZ3oEKiqrChIZjpktS8ngoE_VUWQVW3VjBfbpZQY2oBTPxhLvLBqGQKFRqNNk1kwzt1v6HSJXgkDhv2A51I2ZDMHrsYe7pt1I6oJ6t9x06c5SOCz3oDww/w640-h604/20240207_131022%20gandy%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Why should I trust
that man at all? <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">For all I know <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">he's fallen rather gravely ill <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">since they put the advert up.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Kensington, London: David
Gady is considered perhaps the leading male fashion ‘supermodel’, though I
admit I hadn’t heard of him before I saw him stating in this advert how he's 'always trusted Wellman')<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRfJ10XfjXhPIA43S7Er6cDZPwuqWMNbF4d4S2N1VTUDbvjkQMTFw-vrTw8nyHgsUh4bfoUiWp_vVH1suywI81IgcPls8XP5SJ1LwH05xMC0cEl2umXT4jo0py_m1LrT4Y4d_oumBKavvgRn5qbbo2P5o-0Fd2427X0JtT5qF5AUj0PkXD28NVKFcpheU/s3346/20240207_135544%20slash%20bird%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2007" data-original-width="3346" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRfJ10XfjXhPIA43S7Er6cDZPwuqWMNbF4d4S2N1VTUDbvjkQMTFw-vrTw8nyHgsUh4bfoUiWp_vVH1suywI81IgcPls8XP5SJ1LwH05xMC0cEl2umXT4jo0py_m1LrT4Y4d_oumBKavvgRn5qbbo2P5o-0Fd2427X0JtT5qF5AUj0PkXD28NVKFcpheU/w640-h384/20240207_135544%20slash%20bird%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The splashbird<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">leaves
a distinctive track -<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">consistent
with dragging its well-webbed feet,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">reluctant to accept that they’re not in water.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Mayfair, London)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXzaQG2qRrn3syNFanOdxDOPjD4az-wraCQx4e1iLKpBjrYgkDCizHdaZ7vAxhYzlGoaWTHPywqvOKyg4tw-EEe8YVMyjzp-OoLrQVJfovnPREHfIBp4PYaKaskPR9DA-xlJknsHoc-_eH2uT75ZzFI56DS7Az23A1mQiayyTSwvXLwF1QKXoSWNOmJ3E/s2568/20240207_114927%20pedal%20poem%20.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2568" data-original-width="2568" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXzaQG2qRrn3syNFanOdxDOPjD4az-wraCQx4e1iLKpBjrYgkDCizHdaZ7vAxhYzlGoaWTHPywqvOKyg4tw-EEe8YVMyjzp-OoLrQVJfovnPREHfIBp4PYaKaskPR9DA-xlJknsHoc-_eH2uT75ZzFI56DS7Az23A1mQiayyTSwvXLwF1QKXoSWNOmJ3E/w640-h640/20240207_114927%20pedal%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">This may not be shit
creek <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">this may not quite be a paddle,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but there may be a comparable problem<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">unless it has been cast aside by a one-legged cyclist. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">(Kensington,
London)</span></i><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">This is an unfiltered view<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of
Exhibition Road:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">you
can't call a phone box up-to-date technology <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in
the context of an edit. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Kensington,
London)</span></span></i><i><o:p></o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7FRoi3XAbFRKS0FgorwPjzNZsPHOYsGY3OhfUwNKU_lrGFehuWNoFkM_qvSWBjo6TbB6EjjzrrhGWTjcxpf5UcNajiTb29c-WOHHuKNfB5gsIB9bTHqra2Ugkf7ZxeQ1l_X_YMEJDM362l_i9CJ6lJfdYlfnw56BtJNRqF_BBgM2164BaZlFdiBuhiyI/s757/Stickerfiti%20poem%20creenshot%202024-02-08%20073816.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="757" data-original-width="757" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7FRoi3XAbFRKS0FgorwPjzNZsPHOYsGY3OhfUwNKU_lrGFehuWNoFkM_qvSWBjo6TbB6EjjzrrhGWTjcxpf5UcNajiTb29c-WOHHuKNfB5gsIB9bTHqra2Ugkf7ZxeQ1l_X_YMEJDM362l_i9CJ6lJfdYlfnw56BtJNRqF_BBgM2164BaZlFdiBuhiyI/w640-h640/Stickerfiti%20poem%20creenshot%202024-02-08%20073816.png" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">The Dutch<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">seem to favour stickerfiti:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">spraycans are going<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">a little too far…</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><i>(Amsterdam)</i><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvDfHeQ6cUlZFEI7P_O6I-zhB43kWI7ubWvuxlYZQ0ehAeEQSdcuinQLWuzJg8EaLJyN437Y_2BK_6mrHi0jkl3RsQky4_j3w8qmLBB5fzuoLLJi9Rl7-gX0fno02_-qcHABj-FwdYz2MiHkDyoOairgNLX5e0fff4SmFmLU7UWJVBZ3ajfwoqmy214dA/s3061/20240202_122547%20grit%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2296" data-original-width="3061" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvDfHeQ6cUlZFEI7P_O6I-zhB43kWI7ubWvuxlYZQ0ehAeEQSdcuinQLWuzJg8EaLJyN437Y_2BK_6mrHi0jkl3RsQky4_j3w8qmLBB5fzuoLLJi9Rl7-gX0fno02_-qcHABj-FwdYz2MiHkDyoOairgNLX5e0fff4SmFmLU7UWJVBZ3ajfwoqmy214dA/w640-h480/20240202_122547%20grit%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p><b style="background-color: transparent; text-align: center;">You won’t find a
world</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">without grit.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The academic question being <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Whether you would want one…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Schiedam)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiasdAubHxZp4U0gVWTvRRw1RiDjZzm-3hXqffiP8o-GJi3kaiA9JMlmR6MEzxu6ksYLuas7vxCfxTa0BvOy3TYYExm8XtiRm9CY0-hkUFLUEjZy6Nk1Chm9k-2Q5MkH-gfX1VLWb48ZJf6_fny8-Hsu6IKyoAS1EYSDgWl391330GfAYCpRLLPKWzihyM/s3016/20240201_164121%20poem%20smile.jpg" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3016" data-original-width="3016" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiasdAubHxZp4U0gVWTvRRw1RiDjZzm-3hXqffiP8o-GJi3kaiA9JMlmR6MEzxu6ksYLuas7vxCfxTa0BvOy3TYYExm8XtiRm9CY0-hkUFLUEjZy6Nk1Chm9k-2Q5MkH-gfX1VLWb48ZJf6_fny8-Hsu6IKyoAS1EYSDgWl391330GfAYCpRLLPKWzihyM/w640-h640/20240201_164121%20poem%20smile.jpg" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I worry <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that my worry lines <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">have started to outweigh my smile –<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and then I worry that that will make them worse.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Rotterdam)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsEuXuBzOaWm61l24P6KBaVjSmtn2ViWyauouPRR6KQuRmapAJHtmXc8wqmMg13bQeWnU_SoiiINgkqTDvCnRTJJWMZA-xKkZRZ1XD-yq3Ki6fNEvw_y9Sbh3IbjYzED-bvWKgrfU1KOyyNUHbKlv9tvB-iIGG0VyvQrCzum5DH8G9CJt6hQDAdJWleqc/s1069/clocks%20poem%20Screenshot%202024-02-06%20055656.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="730" data-original-width="1069" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsEuXuBzOaWm61l24P6KBaVjSmtn2ViWyauouPRR6KQuRmapAJHtmXc8wqmMg13bQeWnU_SoiiINgkqTDvCnRTJJWMZA-xKkZRZ1XD-yq3Ki6fNEvw_y9Sbh3IbjYzED-bvWKgrfU1KOyyNUHbKlv9tvB-iIGG0VyvQrCzum5DH8G9CJt6hQDAdJWleqc/w640-h438/clocks%20poem%20Screenshot%202024-02-06%20055656.png" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">You can tell the time
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">from the groundlights here – <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">or you could, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">were any of them set correctly. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Rotterdam)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYHblm1J8kgtahbIU57quHSuFu5Q7H3WAI31iJF8y_1ZUE8m5l1Gs93oxZ-HGcds6dmYYBIWJorEfYnjBLKF7wsD2KnE7MUxbh7-k6sTRlO-G2RzaY6iy5NKTmfNtEkcPX-g3-NSfKRkdFX_xO60I_P9sNVmoe0z1BtM86Wps52as39_CtY-N-lMmuep8/s3056/20240201_092713%20poss%20botlek%20poem%20.jpg" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="3056" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYHblm1J8kgtahbIU57quHSuFu5Q7H3WAI31iJF8y_1ZUE8m5l1Gs93oxZ-HGcds6dmYYBIWJorEfYnjBLKF7wsD2KnE7MUxbh7-k6sTRlO-G2RzaY6iy5NKTmfNtEkcPX-g3-NSfKRkdFX_xO60I_P9sNVmoe0z1BtM86Wps52as39_CtY-N-lMmuep8/w640-h640/20240201_092713%20poss%20botlek%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The fundamental error
here -<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">climbing on the <i>outside</i>
of the building – <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">made worse by the fact that <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">there are only four proper footholds.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> <i>(</i></span><i style="font-size: large;">Rotterdam: w</i><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">ork by Daan Botlek – ‘Make it Happen’, 2017)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHflUR2Zu4uZw9VUrsuSUpoaJ1aG8JWDlOTz_KS4EeMkUFZW4cjD6wj_uwZPTNvPcbuhkr4b-7dVgr3Ch1vc9wONBIgAlx1u0YHsEE-TBbcJbpYqhdNmouEKBvK5htEwXp01VIjXfSHoLlt7KOkPALLPqBUXIO0RjBHno_sZ2PgNlv1Q383SOVXpjG0co/s2843/20240201_180010%20poss%20deviation%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2843" data-original-width="2843" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHflUR2Zu4uZw9VUrsuSUpoaJ1aG8JWDlOTz_KS4EeMkUFZW4cjD6wj_uwZPTNvPcbuhkr4b-7dVgr3Ch1vc9wONBIgAlx1u0YHsEE-TBbcJbpYqhdNmouEKBvK5htEwXp01VIjXfSHoLlt7KOkPALLPqBUXIO0RjBHno_sZ2PgNlv1Q383SOVXpjG0co/w640-h640/20240201_180010%20poss%20deviation%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>How did this work?<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Why would you lay a pavement<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">that doesn't fit? Or build a wall <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">that squashes the pavement up?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><i>(Rotterdam)</i></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">There comes a point <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">when the only purpose of light bulbs <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">seems to be to light up themselves.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">That's when you turn them off. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Den Haag Centraal Train Station)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG2vUIwKHPHomyfsO1hVSdqOs9qQELeRsZSio-rrj2G-iXyBnyXutwMhigTDmayRgiiC7t9HilkwO2FW8shaB-80vMBTH1v7mU4DaXg5hXtHWBWQScUaXoZdbjY3cnLLwVJw3IknSt9p_dC63ZH4_LoIBCqiHeimdl2BA7LaSgxKgkIjtyUEvAa3tdQqQ/s2912/20240202_123158%20old%20new%20poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2912" data-original-width="2296" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG2vUIwKHPHomyfsO1hVSdqOs9qQELeRsZSio-rrj2G-iXyBnyXutwMhigTDmayRgiiC7t9HilkwO2FW8shaB-80vMBTH1v7mU4DaXg5hXtHWBWQScUaXoZdbjY3cnLLwVJw3IknSt9p_dC63ZH4_LoIBCqiHeimdl2BA7LaSgxKgkIjtyUEvAa3tdQqQ/w504-h640/20240202_123158%20old%20new%20poss.jpg" width="504" /></a></i></div><i><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Now that I'm old<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I see the new as nothing more<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">than age in the waiting room.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It won't be all that long.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i>(Schiedam)</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw2CvD015we9U1d93qFQVs-L6gSbvNl2RFl0PWbcYVpxV_VcvzwbVMz1aSKbuAOpywEatHfl3gzpOsA5BNVEIh7sJC3hbPfacnIQv7wpgXLVyY_9IYtDVo2Hy9lutNM_2C1zd7BaLqok9iebUc_1UcqzT1-efPM3u0B2etZOyR-5GoT-U5PjUZlws9pjg/s3921/20240202_235114%20pillow%20poem.jpg" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2922" data-original-width="3921" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw2CvD015we9U1d93qFQVs-L6gSbvNl2RFl0PWbcYVpxV_VcvzwbVMz1aSKbuAOpywEatHfl3gzpOsA5BNVEIh7sJC3hbPfacnIQv7wpgXLVyY_9IYtDVo2Hy9lutNM_2C1zd7BaLqok9iebUc_1UcqzT1-efPM3u0B2etZOyR-5GoT-U5PjUZlws9pjg/w640-h476/20240202_235114%20pillow%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I don’t want to seem ungrateful<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but who needs eight pillows,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">especially when they’re all too fat?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Maybe I do want to seem ungrateful…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Bilderberg Parkhotel,
Rotterdam)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_XXIknfI4j6PBMKcHkDJHYPJY5p91ylgnEmhbYAfLDsGq3kU8rK85qpHmoNNnjGvDHH6rZ5lkK5QCEoRZG-rrFtcRnUndvZS6xpvCotYP5UFXijOwkeeOhlBbPlVgwPWdHnboKfNI5oJsD4_ZKZHA0Ro2bd3IRde3tJPGez286NahrB6Hmb7SMjZAJO8/s2524/20240202_110519%20paper%20poem%20.jpg" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1893" data-original-width="2524" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_XXIknfI4j6PBMKcHkDJHYPJY5p91ylgnEmhbYAfLDsGq3kU8rK85qpHmoNNnjGvDHH6rZ5lkK5QCEoRZG-rrFtcRnUndvZS6xpvCotYP5UFXijOwkeeOhlBbPlVgwPWdHnboKfNI5oJsD4_ZKZHA0Ro2bd3IRde3tJPGez286NahrB6Hmb7SMjZAJO8/w640-h480/20240202_110519%20paper%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Can it really be<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that the paper, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">not the act<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is the focus of attention here? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 13.5pt 0cm 2.25pt; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Stedelijk Museum Schiedam)</span><o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrlP3A14VPJaR09P1LZOdXxf-EdtgL2AC7ZNTkKg6OOck3ozQ6X6QPMGo9J_vdA8LSbs67R0DFx_Pp98rdra3kTsmdRlncQF3Fo6P_4GTdczkRiRq8-rcA6YJeJz7zkjxiFS9rfkx9UVyBwGLGtM9LJPcySwywZFA-y8FaVO_Pja3jw6QW6ur6gzPqcuk/s2714/20240130_153659%20doric%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2714" data-original-width="2714" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrlP3A14VPJaR09P1LZOdXxf-EdtgL2AC7ZNTkKg6OOck3ozQ6X6QPMGo9J_vdA8LSbs67R0DFx_Pp98rdra3kTsmdRlncQF3Fo6P_4GTdczkRiRq8-rcA6YJeJz7zkjxiFS9rfkx9UVyBwGLGtM9LJPcySwywZFA-y8FaVO_Pja3jw6QW6ur6gzPqcuk/w640-h640/20240130_153659%20doric%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Has this street got
above itsel?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What justified the elevation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">from brick-plain Scots <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to the fluted fantoosheries of Ancient Greece?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>(Euston, London: 'Drummond' is a habitational name from several Scots towns. ‘Itsel’ and ‘fantoosherie’ (flashiness / pretentiousness) are Scots words. ‘Doric’ is ‘the ancient Greek dialect of the Dorians’ as well as ‘relating to or denoting a classical order of architecture characterized by a sturdy fluted column and a thick square abacus resting on a rounded moulding’)</i></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiHCGE5-z8kCw9Zgub8p2NGwm4PicDJfctnSEBTOKcdcgiYoyDhsD_C98jdRFnFcCooXwqYj1AneR5vCHa-zZ5wTijYSDvdT-CmsoQ6KbXkSbgWiVS7JeyrXa3VkPpbgiuh128zfEjEZ1upAdvBHpy2_W8yczpoTZ-854YZAXYrKlE29B2Tx_NRjOiBes/s2210/20240130_162131%20premises%20poem%20.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2210" data-original-width="2210" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiHCGE5-z8kCw9Zgub8p2NGwm4PicDJfctnSEBTOKcdcgiYoyDhsD_C98jdRFnFcCooXwqYj1AneR5vCHa-zZ5wTijYSDvdT-CmsoQ6KbXkSbgWiVS7JeyrXa3VkPpbgiuh128zfEjEZ1upAdvBHpy2_W8yczpoTZ-854YZAXYrKlE29B2Tx_NRjOiBes/w640-h640/20240130_162131%20premises%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Help me please!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">My walls are crumbling, the roof is overloaded, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I fear the log fire is out of control -<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and I have no funds to put disaster right! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Mayfair, London)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtilaLgiGfTYDgP0mepOq55uIT327Eec8EwBTpjk_OYE3PQe6Y_N_dXc-2FaZh77wO_yx7HarY25O_4y3OinyWj_8PrGCcnI-IqMvtAg6nPd4sejSmmBuel3OYNtRiAiwpW_s_4fqdifMyKsF7qj_qZsb6eP0YtT9-dxm61MMTIu0JlryPO69EfQoPKik/s3056/20240130_140901%20drip%20poem.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="3056" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtilaLgiGfTYDgP0mepOq55uIT327Eec8EwBTpjk_OYE3PQe6Y_N_dXc-2FaZh77wO_yx7HarY25O_4y3OinyWj_8PrGCcnI-IqMvtAg6nPd4sejSmmBuel3OYNtRiAiwpW_s_4fqdifMyKsF7qj_qZsb6eP0YtT9-dxm61MMTIu0JlryPO69EfQoPKik/w640-h640/20240130_140901%20drip%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">We may have found our winner <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in the contest for maximum drippage.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I just hope <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">no message was intended.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></i></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Victoria, London)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSWxPga4zL1g5mIvoXV0PsI2DcBNKeEfhqYtX9AM8WPZuhN-CIPPY1u6oWwmirVNQE0gMfFwPKwqj-QJG_HsQWWXCtNz7dhVapXyENSF8UIktYL6-S1jkidYX7XdKpBANiEXLhfWip8rlJxf_uKUKoXt8D-Ba3KligAr1NdDk8lQmWHwWx_ogfAvOSQ2A/s3056/20240128_144349%20nest%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="3056" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSWxPga4zL1g5mIvoXV0PsI2DcBNKeEfhqYtX9AM8WPZuhN-CIPPY1u6oWwmirVNQE0gMfFwPKwqj-QJG_HsQWWXCtNz7dhVapXyENSF8UIktYL6-S1jkidYX7XdKpBANiEXLhfWip8rlJxf_uKUKoXt8D-Ba3KligAr1NdDk8lQmWHwWx_ogfAvOSQ2A/w640-h640/20240128_144349%20nest%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The Box Bird’s nests<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">appear in April –<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">sometimes early, sometimes late, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I’ve often wondered why…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Since Easter happens
on the Sunday following the Paschal Full Moon (i.e. the ecclesiastical <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_moon" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: start;" title="Full moon"><span color="windowtext" style="text-decoration-line: none;">full moon</span></a><span style="text-align: start;"> of the northern spring</span>), it can fall
on any date between March 22 and April 25)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfk_wDgHfv4b1LfqrHLK5Bnn_mfBNUUJfZO5zoJrV7w7u0gonJfET7ASUyE6cMOIQPkL_cJGjDDijqrSik163JHfJaXEocKC47ugwDtfOPqJzx6df3afY7MHJDE0eDmfgbR6am_017JFwHTaf0ua1CmcknCImrCcXIFfnxrfvI_an7X1c9Fz6Uu8uwQtU/s799/xmas%20trees%20poem%20Screenshot%202024-01-30%20074029.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="799" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfk_wDgHfv4b1LfqrHLK5Bnn_mfBNUUJfZO5zoJrV7w7u0gonJfET7ASUyE6cMOIQPkL_cJGjDDijqrSik163JHfJaXEocKC47ugwDtfOPqJzx6df3afY7MHJDE0eDmfgbR6am_017JFwHTaf0ua1CmcknCImrCcXIFfnxrfvI_an7X1c9Fz6Uu8uwQtU/w640-h504/xmas%20trees%20poem%20Screenshot%202024-01-30%20074029.png" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Christmas is over <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The only presents to be given now <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">are trees to the streets <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">who may not even want them.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(London / Brussels, late January 2024) </i></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3AWc2oYOHkzZe5N42cxrZM5vVXHlNOwzcoShkpQchK3ZseNsuGKWDhnw_Zd9G1lfE1YO-J1w9wMnViuaNyMwiXnvRMu2hBwlLogex9_lOs9PROWQGzWvkqHmftj5TgWecHiza2psarMYnT5MxTZYg9JrIQm0F8wBmZFHEHqhlRG9qv519D4ksVjqVQsg/s4080/20240127_103053%20poss.jpg" style="background-color: white; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3060" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3AWc2oYOHkzZe5N42cxrZM5vVXHlNOwzcoShkpQchK3ZseNsuGKWDhnw_Zd9G1lfE1YO-J1w9wMnViuaNyMwiXnvRMu2hBwlLogex9_lOs9PROWQGzWvkqHmftj5TgWecHiza2psarMYnT5MxTZYg9JrIQm0F8wBmZFHEHqhlRG9qv519D4ksVjqVQsg/w480-h640/20240127_103053%20poss.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>It's all very well <o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">to say they're out of date round here,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">but how many current Belgian bands<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">get to play in London, after all?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i>(Brussels, 2024: both The Human League and UB40 had their hits in the early 1980's)</i></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihG7NmlY-kQh7vaKFKlwsvUBqGgdabJBNmSQTrduIMgFrkjvazTQW3lxogMeReZmUaMMTVOUQuXeTt-aEnor6lfSB6qH-rHTeHwgKkNO70vKpKu20jJFcCShM2LK183MEhWplbvFgoIk56yp3MHmgLhEdYxqQ7icVa7GFPLDNVKp7oI5YK6DWEc1YiYYc/s715/birds%20brussels%20poem%20creenshot%202024-01-28%20072648.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="715" data-original-width="706" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihG7NmlY-kQh7vaKFKlwsvUBqGgdabJBNmSQTrduIMgFrkjvazTQW3lxogMeReZmUaMMTVOUQuXeTt-aEnor6lfSB6qH-rHTeHwgKkNO70vKpKu20jJFcCShM2LK183MEhWplbvFgoIk56yp3MHmgLhEdYxqQ7icVa7GFPLDNVKp7oI5YK6DWEc1YiYYc/w632-h640/birds%20brussels%20poem%20creenshot%202024-01-28%20072648.png" width="632" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The birds of Brussels</span></b></div></b><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">just about scrape by,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">dodging the rubbish to nest in plant pots.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It’s surprising they grow to such sizes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><o:p><i style="font-size: large;">(Vanderkindere, Brussels)</i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiad22FDQOWEwgQl7t66dkH5HMK-4MOFmKJKlNy9V-cwRFmYSyQStByO9jz2EmDl4yN6RnxvH0ujHR2EOKirASE6Hku2Z0ard0S-u4QWCda8HK1srX_cp5DpUZWcq5qd33whMMO5vgZ_CWV_7YQJnmBKRZFQMLxOxrBOIay9SMlI-Qk9Uh_DWwZbsv5rxE/s3878/20240127_141638%20poo%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2908" data-original-width="3878" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiad22FDQOWEwgQl7t66dkH5HMK-4MOFmKJKlNy9V-cwRFmYSyQStByO9jz2EmDl4yN6RnxvH0ujHR2EOKirASE6Hku2Z0ard0S-u4QWCda8HK1srX_cp5DpUZWcq5qd33whMMO5vgZ_CWV_7YQJnmBKRZFQMLxOxrBOIay9SMlI-Qk9Uh_DWwZbsv5rxE/w640-h480/20240127_141638%20poo%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The Belgians<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">love their dogs<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but do the dogs<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">love Belgium?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><o:p><i style="font-size: large;">(Brussels)</i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU_6K1G10NvW9D4SX0hjHpKkE5vbSTV6jfwcpxO6nHnfgr5YwMO6exY1OeRPmbuSec-uyAYluzW-RH89cHI2bswtQ0KbHbu0dezRPI6PZBRRRrOa3qGUO8RurubmCHZsS3sEQceQtqGxtOwBDISon8UuKOEX5Yy9UofWuxrIC2IYyrpM_Vlv8762sgp40/s1805/20240127_161333%20man%20sign%20%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1805" data-original-width="1805" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU_6K1G10NvW9D4SX0hjHpKkE5vbSTV6jfwcpxO6nHnfgr5YwMO6exY1OeRPmbuSec-uyAYluzW-RH89cHI2bswtQ0KbHbu0dezRPI6PZBRRRrOa3qGUO8RurubmCHZsS3sEQceQtqGxtOwBDISon8UuKOEX5Yy9UofWuxrIC2IYyrpM_Vlv8762sgp40/w640-h640/20240127_161333%20man%20sign%20%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Blue people to the
left <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Red people to the right.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Surrealists,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">carry right on.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><o:p><i style="font-size: large;">(Brussels - the city of Magritte - is strongly associated with the convention-defying surrealist movement)</i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><o:p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd_eXsP1J09hBQYkCdboBdA5303WzePFW0uz8TGeaDdeI2ObAhubWQ2TroIdyx5h5yEGZzU31LXKbgdJe1MYiJMVrNY5yDSAbxGKG8SJCEHtIZpkWb30EbLSesqTS4QOFRIjF89Gw5MQ0AC_a-MD7BEaeQwj9_BLYA2d2nFDfXJK_UajmKd8gKbcq444k/s3687/20240127_131904%20tree%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3687" data-original-width="2765" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd_eXsP1J09hBQYkCdboBdA5303WzePFW0uz8TGeaDdeI2ObAhubWQ2TroIdyx5h5yEGZzU31LXKbgdJe1MYiJMVrNY5yDSAbxGKG8SJCEHtIZpkWb30EbLSesqTS4QOFRIjF89Gw5MQ0AC_a-MD7BEaeQwj9_BLYA2d2nFDfXJK_UajmKd8gKbcq444k/w480-h640/20240127_131904%20tree%20poem.jpg" width="480" /></a></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Call yourself <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">a tree,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">you twig-weak failure to take up space?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">At least your father could stand up for himself.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><o:p><i style="font-size: large;">(Brussels)</i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0rSoVjU_koY9TFb1I4BpC8bq7iDtnbLZAbINsxtjK4KsVp12zXi9UTS3G3hsIUakKZa3jfrU-XiiFBZ0bt3rLfmeTXCTP-V3b7Wd6_XUDu_fp2MfUnG3W6f75EDYE10juZuj0hU_ppuQEKbuM3m3kTer0BqOnnmEtioYrTfd5fs1ALaqTSR_jV-otrec/s2036/20240127_143356%20boot%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2036" data-original-width="1556" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0rSoVjU_koY9TFb1I4BpC8bq7iDtnbLZAbINsxtjK4KsVp12zXi9UTS3G3hsIUakKZa3jfrU-XiiFBZ0bt3rLfmeTXCTP-V3b7Wd6_XUDu_fp2MfUnG3W6f75EDYE10juZuj0hU_ppuQEKbuM3m3kTer0BqOnnmEtioYrTfd5fs1ALaqTSR_jV-otrec/w490-h640/20240127_143356%20boot%20poem.jpg" width="490" /></a></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Beware <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of leaving your car boot open:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">who knows who’ll steal a photo <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">or even a bottle of water…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><o:p><i style="font-size: large;">(Brussels)</i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEHUzzCU7HHf5BJO2ogcMjjXKW5SCMxDOdOl2XHYwNHBlr8ZQWhT2EcET_pXPO5-M5I8sii7armXd5i1HA4YNxa7UcW-hzzUHrN_0E58WYAO9jmEyYcLwmejBqj-Ok6Qjw9KbhWSyPRj4jZuQszqH3mIvZencE-XxhIXBFROUg8bSGVM25B1rw_3OX_Ug/s2373/20240127_150049%20love%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2373" data-original-width="2286" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEHUzzCU7HHf5BJO2ogcMjjXKW5SCMxDOdOl2XHYwNHBlr8ZQWhT2EcET_pXPO5-M5I8sii7armXd5i1HA4YNxa7UcW-hzzUHrN_0E58WYAO9jmEyYcLwmejBqj-Ok6Qjw9KbhWSyPRj4jZuQszqH3mIvZencE-XxhIXBFROUg8bSGVM25B1rw_3OX_Ug/w616-h640/20240127_150049%20love%20poem%20.jpg" width="616" /></a></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Love can be <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">as delicate as a feather. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Love can be <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">as base as a drain.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><i style="font-size: large;">(Brussels)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><i style="font-size: large;"><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq8zi_5g9vegJCNFsvX-SJ6d77d9eZGVs_7QmcOBEg9w-YJnl7ub5pJLO7mWqTYjMH29R6Z8kFxNvN8EdOea8Cme1R3hs4hoChxQh-BP3ZTl5sFwcEOwNA7ZFWWM9f8Juis8Qak8aicnzWWEQRrMVenjtqO95nicWteEdcwh9eI_W76dDCrBvykiqoiBI/s4080/20240126_183650%20poem%20tree%20windows.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3060" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq8zi_5g9vegJCNFsvX-SJ6d77d9eZGVs_7QmcOBEg9w-YJnl7ub5pJLO7mWqTYjMH29R6Z8kFxNvN8EdOea8Cme1R3hs4hoChxQh-BP3ZTl5sFwcEOwNA7ZFWWM9f8Juis8Qak8aicnzWWEQRrMVenjtqO95nicWteEdcwh9eI_W76dDCrBvykiqoiBI/w480-h640/20240126_183650%20poem%20tree%20windows.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Behind the eyes<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">behind the windows<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">behind the trees…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Thoughts.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><i style="font-size: large;">(Brussels)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><i style="font-size: large;"><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjUSZm9q2ff4wnNIopb4w3AbbG45yuoWqMuQJoA3R-NiEDeGPxMdrgEOM8A_jVJZ-xxEkvxGIUTpMGs1JHGYKbGj7o94eWJnUjf-zMJISIo-XVQM0ODDUu01d-1yasSA6n6ixbFdvsvSWanZGmuWwq4BIi_-g85NzP5b7NtgIQiV4biU6ocnmMSp2SEn4/s4080/20240126_183314%20windows%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3060" data-original-width="4080" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjUSZm9q2ff4wnNIopb4w3AbbG45yuoWqMuQJoA3R-NiEDeGPxMdrgEOM8A_jVJZ-xxEkvxGIUTpMGs1JHGYKbGj7o94eWJnUjf-zMJISIo-XVQM0ODDUu01d-1yasSA6n6ixbFdvsvSWanZGmuWwq4BIi_-g85NzP5b7NtgIQiV4biU6ocnmMSp2SEn4/w640-h480/20240126_183314%20windows%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I don't
see windows</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I see lives made visible <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">by the lack of visibility <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">that means they need extra light.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Brussels)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></i></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvN713AAmC5GDx8RY1oXnUYjZ6XuxGhfQIO50vkV6r09jR0emR6sgeZEHrjG-Q5N4v3Dlar7y703mm7sTxdc6O3ik2jGQGTCrzotvdUyrKYr-YItB-w-TF1Io7JjK7TdwG9JLZtEQulfFGVWTt5IVcPoaGcU2ufVqy16LRx1ZWF5ETsN10pphA-6N8WOc/s4080/20240126_151532%20concrete%20fence%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3060" data-original-width="4080" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvN713AAmC5GDx8RY1oXnUYjZ6XuxGhfQIO50vkV6r09jR0emR6sgeZEHrjG-Q5N4v3Dlar7y703mm7sTxdc6O3ik2jGQGTCrzotvdUyrKYr-YItB-w-TF1Io7JjK7TdwG9JLZtEQulfFGVWTt5IVcPoaGcU2ufVqy16LRx1ZWF5ETsN10pphA-6N8WOc/w640-h480/20240126_151532%20concrete%20fence%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /> </span></i><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The
concrete fence <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that pretended to be wood<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">didn’t even think about how hard it would be<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">for a wooden fence to pretend to be concrete. </span><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><i>(Brussels)</i></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiImYj8mn2KhyphenhyphenAYyp7dTvhUQ7_aXm2BU1GSWUC6LpqMXjIHZiFV1z5K74sRAeQuW8gcVti7qmkbYVkl3BTGOJdOB9naM4m6ouYznsH4fQPAduBr7YZcYkc5IewE31Q8XnU_OuAreQn88SEyTLNlj16JCXuY6yq0hbxJEhSY-TYREUtDOdNdjF_lUzmGny8/s898/lamp%20poem%202%20Screenshot%202024-01-25%20050652.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="339" data-original-width="898" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiImYj8mn2KhyphenhyphenAYyp7dTvhUQ7_aXm2BU1GSWUC6LpqMXjIHZiFV1z5K74sRAeQuW8gcVti7qmkbYVkl3BTGOJdOB9naM4m6ouYznsH4fQPAduBr7YZcYkc5IewE31Q8XnU_OuAreQn88SEyTLNlj16JCXuY6yq0hbxJEhSY-TYREUtDOdNdjF_lUzmGny8/w640-h242/lamp%20poem%202%20Screenshot%202024-01-25%20050652.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">That’s quite a contraption!</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I’m hoping <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to be strobed to sleep <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but it doesn’t quite happen.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Belgrove Hotel, London)</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p><o:p><span> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD949ktU9kFtjr-_dccxs_uYnl_P7AAgPOWfsn6Joc7Ig_TaSjt4ukaFljfVNcaS2vAltz3GNTK09bDKF9AZ92xOifAvgg7ytBXkGIpmQSBEC67_u68ogoHTAyAvMfyRQaqQm0Ia347hMHH0KiT0JzdRL1i9EfeTJn2AvxpFLtgGtwSiAHHP8tgGj04oY/s2987/20240124_165746%20vulnerable%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2987" data-original-width="2701" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD949ktU9kFtjr-_dccxs_uYnl_P7AAgPOWfsn6Joc7Ig_TaSjt4ukaFljfVNcaS2vAltz3GNTK09bDKF9AZ92xOifAvgg7ytBXkGIpmQSBEC67_u68ogoHTAyAvMfyRQaqQm0Ia347hMHH0KiT0JzdRL1i9EfeTJn2AvxpFLtgGtwSiAHHP8tgGj04oY/w578-h640/20240124_165746%20vulnerable%20poem.jpg" width="578" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This
looks too vulnerable </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to be out in public - <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">doesn't the pinkness <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">belong on the inside</span>?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Bethnal Green, London)</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE3vDmGNoWi73RAy0KGxFhj2BZPppVuG5uSw2tGJZb10t5JkpfTKGq5NJrHZdDl9fuOIzh2OiTAfjWxnMooEaDVTUC_2IbgtESDGd05tplBmaaQANYN1tKbQqRZBX41oyGoriMvlaqHQUEen2d_oYKrTXkK-Y6b7FKN2l5fkXoOamxDYF_r2sp3puTPRQ/s3782/20240124_130138%20imposter%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2901" data-original-width="3782" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE3vDmGNoWi73RAy0KGxFhj2BZPppVuG5uSw2tGJZb10t5JkpfTKGq5NJrHZdDl9fuOIzh2OiTAfjWxnMooEaDVTUC_2IbgtESDGd05tplBmaaQANYN1tKbQqRZBX41oyGoriMvlaqHQUEen2d_oYKrTXkK-Y6b7FKN2l5fkXoOamxDYF_r2sp3puTPRQ/w640-h490/20240124_130138%20imposter%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The Imposter
Syndrome <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">can rear its head anywhere.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">But I say: <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">let's make difference our friend.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Cambridge Heath. London)</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgveMZngomi2PtLXnRns2YNy7Yo-TE9n717Vwt4FB0xQ86sc5dJm6K5YXXpGXZzo8AqQ6PG5hvADefvNuo7x3pK7-QX-WA2OCTq0A50_t2R6rlwZ6ZvDONRN8Wcytf4vW1hFlfptaCQcazGlIsKpgF-yF2vVN9rIFXGtn0UCMr_s2CgTQWQISxMuY_Pl_w/s4080/20240119_103141%20poss%20no%20news.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3060" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgveMZngomi2PtLXnRns2YNy7Yo-TE9n717Vwt4FB0xQ86sc5dJm6K5YXXpGXZzo8AqQ6PG5hvADefvNuo7x3pK7-QX-WA2OCTq0A50_t2R6rlwZ6ZvDONRN8Wcytf4vW1hFlfptaCQcazGlIsKpgF-yF2vVN9rIFXGtn0UCMr_s2CgTQWQISxMuY_Pl_w/w480-h640/20240119_103141%20poss%20no%20news.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: transparent;">It’s not itself the biggest news</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">but I went in here to buy a paper,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">believing logic on my side -</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">and found they didn't sell them.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><v:shapetype coordsize="21600,21600" filled="f" id="_x0000_t75" o:preferrelative="t" o:spt="75" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" stroked="f"><v:stroke joinstyle="miter"><v:formulas><v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"><v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"><v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"><v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"><v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"><v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"><v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"><v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"><v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"><v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"><v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"><v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:formulas><v:path gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect" o:extrusionok="f"><o:lock aspectratio="t" v:ext="edit"></o:lock></v:path></v:stroke></v:shapetype><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_4" o:spid="_x0000_i1030" style="height: 169.5pt; mso-wrap-style: square; visibility: visible; width: 169.5pt;" type="#_x0000_t75"><v:imagedata o:title="20240124_130420 lp" src="file:///C:\Users\Paul\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.jpg"></v:imagedata></v:shape>(Bishopsgate, London)</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> <v:shape id="Picture_x0020_13" o:spid="_x0000_i1029" style="height: 170.5pt; mso-wrap-style: square; visibility: visible; width: 168.5pt;" type="#_x0000_t75"> </v:shape></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7H0ux2VdxeqodiViedYrughaw2T07wEPhMJTs1o5HanlSYcelMtq3osh_zeh7wN7C28ahIkJU29126xEeFdH-2oSsMVTysPrpe-k_8CSTym0yHn2eTX9inUXBbuEdiss7HBJWFPXWaVN6KH7MxjC5zHDf-27PavsBjhyTuuA2NcZ7jMZ4CXZWFbFoTko/s1089/lamp%20tree%20poem%20Screenshot%202024-01-25%20042936.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="732" data-original-width="1089" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7H0ux2VdxeqodiViedYrughaw2T07wEPhMJTs1o5HanlSYcelMtq3osh_zeh7wN7C28ahIkJU29126xEeFdH-2oSsMVTysPrpe-k_8CSTym0yHn2eTX9inUXBbuEdiss7HBJWFPXWaVN6KH7MxjC5zHDf-27PavsBjhyTuuA2NcZ7jMZ4CXZWFbFoTko/w640-h430/lamp%20tree%20poem%20Screenshot%202024-01-25%20042936.png" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>Don't get me wrong </span><span> </span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Trees
have their merits <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but lamp posts, they light up the world <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">and know the right way to behave</span> around pavements.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Cambridge Heath, London)</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3mayFtfjjJy1E0AGsGrrRd17P5oUeCBjKZErMa6qeI-8ZWNC99tSdERSztJxbXEC5_UWq88igP6HFZMlLlYciwqkbJhZ2145ooZqVef3VnVn7XGkNOzypUkEto4irKci8-Z8MMX6hoCzYDqo3LpHxakdAu3HnO9q-b5h91307cZz7ND8tkLEII62SLvo/s1436/20240125_040146%20shoes%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="951" data-original-width="1436" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3mayFtfjjJy1E0AGsGrrRd17P5oUeCBjKZErMa6qeI-8ZWNC99tSdERSztJxbXEC5_UWq88igP6HFZMlLlYciwqkbJhZ2145ooZqVef3VnVn7XGkNOzypUkEto4irKci8-Z8MMX6hoCzYDqo3LpHxakdAu3HnO9q-b5h91307cZz7ND8tkLEII62SLvo/w640-h424/20240125_040146%20shoes%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I love the practicality!</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The daily puzzling<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">over which foot is which<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">made so much easier!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Whitechapel Underground Station, London)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcGlqBEZO828MIFuWttE64zi2fchjdnCsKPF2OvOIWnXxQlUXIFquxb0zKDN3GmiYEb_vQOtl7ekWHiTHtOz2T1-WGVcdY85s9vdXDmfKdTr0YIg6EDvD3CZW-6TrGyj6H5642h1k83JBQSAFurFpb41YHUnDK0yqqPxCmlfYjS3Sixjxe3GekWtKaA6Y/s4080/20240120_083646.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3060" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcGlqBEZO828MIFuWttE64zi2fchjdnCsKPF2OvOIWnXxQlUXIFquxb0zKDN3GmiYEb_vQOtl7ekWHiTHtOz2T1-WGVcdY85s9vdXDmfKdTr0YIg6EDvD3CZW-6TrGyj6H5642h1k83JBQSAFurFpb41YHUnDK0yqqPxCmlfYjS3Sixjxe3GekWtKaA6Y/w480-h640/20240120_083646.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><i><br /></i></span><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I’m
touched<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">by how tenderly – <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">even though down to a less-than-stump slice -<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the big tree cradles its diminutive friend. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Clissold Park, London)</i></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib8UQQ61LKxM4TsR1LQmVpu_2o4Jw17hFkP_lSb6nA5922IJtFkFA1YHlHA7Jq9DXPZpQHLS5S26dg1d_oYbDoE8F6brlImftSX4a5eRg_fbI238Q0lNEvgZWgH-hBAdNW9dnY5vo2yre62iucmOhFFP6l7Jo_A17at46nelPFlvTGy8r3Ka9h0gcZxgA/s4080/20240119_082124%20archer%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3060" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib8UQQ61LKxM4TsR1LQmVpu_2o4Jw17hFkP_lSb6nA5922IJtFkFA1YHlHA7Jq9DXPZpQHLS5S26dg1d_oYbDoE8F6brlImftSX4a5eRg_fbI238Q0lNEvgZWgH-hBAdNW9dnY5vo2yre62iucmOhFFP6l7Jo_A17at46nelPFlvTGy8r3Ka9h0gcZxgA/w480-h640/20240119_082124%20archer%20poem.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It was a
matter of honour <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to abandon this book <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in public disgrace. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I swear I didn’t read a single word.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Manor House, London)<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip5cpVBy5mGdFbdwD7c6jRMr1SuGlAYcTeLWzWvJfP93gYf2ddZQ_u5rQCYPrEcDfqcsOSsm8I5QZQOA8yCYEtT1PRRwV4H4CpoJTcXznWVkHK6CebBuV2Eez9w9Wi6jN6YmcyZHVlQRUNf9K9ItkfOVKgyIfKq_tpE7T2Zb1lItrI_LBGsDux6uTJgbc/s3014/20240118_213828%20poss%20innards.jpg" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3014" data-original-width="3014" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip5cpVBy5mGdFbdwD7c6jRMr1SuGlAYcTeLWzWvJfP93gYf2ddZQ_u5rQCYPrEcDfqcsOSsm8I5QZQOA8yCYEtT1PRRwV4H4CpoJTcXznWVkHK6CebBuV2Eez9w9Wi6jN6YmcyZHVlQRUNf9K9ItkfOVKgyIfKq_tpE7T2Zb1lItrI_LBGsDux6uTJgbc/w640-h640/20240118_213828%20poss%20innards.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">At least
it's dark <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">But how would you like <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to have your inners exposed <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to any passing fetishist of circuits? </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Manor House, London)<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjtv4ifEjpTq16MH9_CnbLFP51kE6814RxJ4a5UGACCWQD-fPaOhakG01AHe17ZAAF1HXQuRm9E76WfUTOXoMa8rTTl7zr__-iKhx9bfqwnzwpPwPwFdGnx2T2icBNKwP6FPzCDbWrrudeQ3hcedjkmE-2aUGskzD0HMYfHSMqdQP6wqA7lKw38li0u68/s2910/20240111_151640%20poss%20bullocks.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2910" data-original-width="2910" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjtv4ifEjpTq16MH9_CnbLFP51kE6814RxJ4a5UGACCWQD-fPaOhakG01AHe17ZAAF1HXQuRm9E76WfUTOXoMa8rTTl7zr__-iKhx9bfqwnzwpPwPwFdGnx2T2icBNKwP6FPzCDbWrrudeQ3hcedjkmE-2aUGskzD0HMYfHSMqdQP6wqA7lKw38li0u68/w640-h640/20240111_151640%20poss%20bullocks.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘Bollocks
to bullocks’<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">reads the </span>360<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">°</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">feedback from their neighbours,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">understandably provoked by the noise and smell.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Fitzrovia, London)</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwO-qzzqua42IaudqcrTc8BQ9g5qaRSbPiKa2UiC0-U5OxCbj2pf22JudE4Lo-QxZmlsXE00qjMZx7rLz3IEjH1Xva_i3BNVq6I4Iv0tWTWxvPO59h7JE6PxFMcO7tsq6bNPvpYwh53bgbGhRK4fv0n_UO8E2peCFfGszmhRv5t-lZMeI2RnkJwP7AtKs/s4080/20240116_085133%20poss%20sun.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3060" data-original-width="4080" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwO-qzzqua42IaudqcrTc8BQ9g5qaRSbPiKa2UiC0-U5OxCbj2pf22JudE4Lo-QxZmlsXE00qjMZx7rLz3IEjH1Xva_i3BNVq6I4Iv0tWTWxvPO59h7JE6PxFMcO7tsq6bNPvpYwh53bgbGhRK4fv0n_UO8E2peCFfGszmhRv5t-lZMeI2RnkJwP7AtKs/w640-h480/20240116_085133%20poss%20sun.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The
winter sun <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is low enough to make me wonder: <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is it really <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">93 million miles up? <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Redbridge, Southampton)</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheBTKDiaX5JG0lFYwJVfSO6MZpOxvBWi6LstDutr-wKIvH6DiqRU8MicXtUeWjOXSPKvKn3aq7xB97BkwSQWH-GBBfe-IQkJUNsdKpvLgZu6PHkylzFganWHWwMJXQaCmqkcwwm_0PY785o9YJ9Rp3EGLZZHnHkTVwq8Vn79bupFU11Ea7SDLCi6YgbLE/s3843/20240119_082554%20phone%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3843" data-original-width="2882" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheBTKDiaX5JG0lFYwJVfSO6MZpOxvBWi6LstDutr-wKIvH6DiqRU8MicXtUeWjOXSPKvKn3aq7xB97BkwSQWH-GBBfe-IQkJUNsdKpvLgZu6PHkylzFganWHWwMJXQaCmqkcwwm_0PY785o9YJ9Rp3EGLZZHnHkTVwq8Vn79bupFU11Ea7SDLCi6YgbLE/w480-h640/20240119_082554%20phone%20poem%20.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I
remember <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">when it would have mattered <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that a telephone box had been smashed up<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and you couldn't call in to report it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Manor House, London)<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyxBj6csrInQMgAFspjayWcYJAQ302UuhiFjVKZmQPx_MDkRI7qpbyWGd6U3So6JPLRtlFiEiIl9c1IhhgeKApfHAj8bpNbRpB9d4XwSGgRcQ-lrZmXkFbsvNYQMXyH1k3ofBXRSXfrft58Wv_tVXWe5IEO6W-VdKxvE34fp0iBO3xPLK9jOCM30S29Gc/s2035/20240119_082828%20handbag%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2035" data-original-width="2035" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyxBj6csrInQMgAFspjayWcYJAQ302UuhiFjVKZmQPx_MDkRI7qpbyWGd6U3So6JPLRtlFiEiIl9c1IhhgeKApfHAj8bpNbRpB9d4XwSGgRcQ-lrZmXkFbsvNYQMXyH1k3ofBXRSXfrft58Wv_tVXWe5IEO6W-VdKxvE34fp0iBO3xPLK9jOCM30S29Gc/w640-h640/20240119_082828%20handbag%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">This isn’t the sort
of handbag<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that’s worth more than its contents.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What I’d take for a grin<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">becomes a grimace.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Manor House, London)</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCpJQbXSBqNTja6rEEL5GT9unJ0jcJZWaN6FRCoDC5HmYxfZ5kemh2sAtMraNAg3uULZg5hLN_TIbVi2FZ6lAclE4GqGnlKbzOeMXvdzOEuDAq-g-a1M4zU2bA-tWJKYoqpewI9EYDjSJx44wHahE24qrYMVSq8ZB6PMU7zBF0JFgeYQKt2fbTVINad8g/s2719/20240113_134815%20repair%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2385" data-original-width="2719" height="562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCpJQbXSBqNTja6rEEL5GT9unJ0jcJZWaN6FRCoDC5HmYxfZ5kemh2sAtMraNAg3uULZg5hLN_TIbVi2FZ6lAclE4GqGnlKbzOeMXvdzOEuDAq-g-a1M4zU2bA-tWJKYoqpewI9EYDjSJx44wHahE24qrYMVSq8ZB6PMU7zBF0JFgeYQKt2fbTVINad8g/w640-h562/20240113_134815%20repair%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></div><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /> </b><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The X’s <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">act as indicators,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">just in case you fail to spot <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that the pavement’s been repaired. </span></span><b style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Mayfair, London)</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><b> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEsmXpfq-jtWmWD44oLVlZ5ZjhJf_uAfDxLqUjEt2IJXFJLeP1Nm-VE6aue31vdmP0CH3pBrJrDbhmPSyAJ3WJ2PnKnua9BwuukUc51Zo76q8UjwyHdcHS-BlWhACRAlvHNuMZB0WUgsGhAa6lgblRvc-o-GCWBIenB_dnMCTKq1bFKyzdIVWCNQrMv7I/s4080/20240111_135920%20steps%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3060" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEsmXpfq-jtWmWD44oLVlZ5ZjhJf_uAfDxLqUjEt2IJXFJLeP1Nm-VE6aue31vdmP0CH3pBrJrDbhmPSyAJ3WJ2PnKnua9BwuukUc51Zo76q8UjwyHdcHS-BlWhACRAlvHNuMZB0WUgsGhAa6lgblRvc-o-GCWBIenB_dnMCTKq1bFKyzdIVWCNQrMv7I/w480-h640/20240111_135920%20steps%20poem.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"></p></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Where to
walk? <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Unable to reach the ceiling, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I pondered the balance required for the handrail.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Then I saw the footmarks and all was clear.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(South Kensington Tube Station, London)</i></span></p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW6SN_WQd-J04GKmgwJ0VMu9A65Lz0vFCf0bwJhbsgsMSmw_ZuwClQXiigNbEhIk5DYqiGSJA20h92TMCDjfbl5Jt-LVRXNy4oYnK-DQAecC_ywVEsMLtXywULUf_uwJmiKscxdZAzd3lDqERwSvJ0eEqj51dXXdQPNRGXjP9gpPpb9Dw8M4BR18677C0/s1928/20240108_164124stack%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1928" data-original-width="1928" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW6SN_WQd-J04GKmgwJ0VMu9A65Lz0vFCf0bwJhbsgsMSmw_ZuwClQXiigNbEhIk5DYqiGSJA20h92TMCDjfbl5Jt-LVRXNy4oYnK-DQAecC_ywVEsMLtXywULUf_uwJmiKscxdZAzd3lDqERwSvJ0eEqj51dXXdQPNRGXjP9gpPpb9Dw8M4BR18677C0/w640-h640/20240108_164124stack%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Want to stack a tower
block <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">on a van <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">on a car?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I suggest you cheat.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">(Redbridge,
Southampton) <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><br /></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWaSKwlNEbdDAbTovlE6Na_Xg5w-WNdx6u6UEtuaGKyTNNSNGgMHzzBPLcP_DUYbo76uCQLp7-cF__y97xFIivjRy4A37MflKAv2Rmrb6bZPUq_v1mRzrWVzB0qhFrUfI1jdpl8mMemXDd5ZoVO2Ot8BeDd3kiCDLrHZd6KMBngDZh4HXx6qWUcUlR8hc/s3565/20240108_162906%20normal%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3033" data-original-width="3565" height="544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWaSKwlNEbdDAbTovlE6Na_Xg5w-WNdx6u6UEtuaGKyTNNSNGgMHzzBPLcP_DUYbo76uCQLp7-cF__y97xFIivjRy4A37MflKAv2Rmrb6bZPUq_v1mRzrWVzB0qhFrUfI1jdpl8mMemXDd5ZoVO2Ot8BeDd3kiCDLrHZd6KMBngDZh4HXx6qWUcUlR8hc/w640-h544/20240108_162906%20normal%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>Here is normality <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">reflecting normality to such an extent <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">that I’m starting to think <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">it's abnormal.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i>(Southampton)<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS8USJzgd4TaRFActKuRgiC7PyEDhvUgy4jn_oG6CSsm7p8hnYN8TlxztSX6cM0f_5YVW19unMqqaS1Vnc6pU1rclKsgG9SHkmc9xEPrIzj9Y0wJjW0pI5zOPkQTzJXbFQkIw3f_K2gdFMUP_I6rgx8JMwzOaqP8qLprlvgvK1VSudRriM0apdiQoH2M0/s789/bag%20chuck%20poem%20.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="708" data-original-width="789" height="574" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS8USJzgd4TaRFActKuRgiC7PyEDhvUgy4jn_oG6CSsm7p8hnYN8TlxztSX6cM0f_5YVW19unMqqaS1Vnc6pU1rclKsgG9SHkmc9xEPrIzj9Y0wJjW0pI5zOPkQTzJXbFQkIw3f_K2gdFMUP_I6rgx8JMwzOaqP8qLprlvgvK1VSudRriM0apdiQoH2M0/w640-h574/bag%20chuck%20poem%20.png" width="640" /></a></div> <p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>Having complained
about getting no bin bags <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">I was almost disappointed, when they arrived, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">to find that all our neighbours<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">had been given some too.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i>(I say ‘almost’,
because - of course – the good fortune of others should not diminish our own.
Consider, for example, the parable of Jesus and the vineyard workers… Matthew 20: 1–16)<o:p></o:p></i></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQnG2BJQcj9gFWCHMU3kQ5KwE9MRqbWORThN1KCJTfYZ-nv94qDQoE20RkLmvIfa6mzi4qCqZMKcywp9KGyYqPhswcguL0EgQfj8csEVltrGWBj9MyMN0kuUOYNMATFS6eafQWy0k0bL-CBtRVRIwDtq77V0pefT1JRAabnOYl3XSxpfujUNfJ8Kcr4ro/s3586/20240107_110253%20trusty%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2455" data-original-width="3586" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQnG2BJQcj9gFWCHMU3kQ5KwE9MRqbWORThN1KCJTfYZ-nv94qDQoE20RkLmvIfa6mzi4qCqZMKcywp9KGyYqPhswcguL0EgQfj8csEVltrGWBj9MyMN0kuUOYNMATFS6eafQWy0k0bL-CBtRVRIwDtq77V0pefT1JRAabnOYl3XSxpfujUNfJ8Kcr4ro/w640-h438/20240107_110253%20trusty%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>I didn't expect <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">to be brought the wrong order <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">and maybe I wasn't <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">but I did have the thought.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i>(Trusty Servant Inn,
Minstead)<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikn9kCOSOgdXL6X7c_btzNyIVSG9eOp20CqrvKLb3XRXf5X5POEP3Z4TjMuun7J2CXWq2dDZbbBPLy9EXf6jYKcnOGh95EZwrVcD6tjwHceUJE6AGHDV9fDyIYmAcLjV0JLycrlVBw_NKl8ZT8oUlTcajT-f-vObWaHx410KHUmVq9VH4MINVQK2ddtwU/s3730/20240107_110335%20tinsel%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2811" data-original-width="3730" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikn9kCOSOgdXL6X7c_btzNyIVSG9eOp20CqrvKLb3XRXf5X5POEP3Z4TjMuun7J2CXWq2dDZbbBPLy9EXf6jYKcnOGh95EZwrVcD6tjwHceUJE6AGHDV9fDyIYmAcLjV0JLycrlVBw_NKl8ZT8oUlTcajT-f-vObWaHx410KHUmVq9VH4MINVQK2ddtwU/w640-h482/20240107_110335%20tinsel%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>Christmas in the
countryside<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">appears pretty gloomy:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">look how down in the tinsel mouth<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">this Landrover seems to be!</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i>(Minstead)</i></p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR_J6sVwqC8MEbMEwzz607pqfh6qFVZVc6SYWSOrg_ZY4k5zXM59e40Ik6ANKEKG0_7KQL7BYmC-F3FIbMnXmhZWvU1f2PbGMKNDioZwgG-oj7OBbjqyWF94TaAZRurfl92GVw9vAYbnPHNPRYouChJng0HCNsG6YkLTShqGEG97zhbljyzBjzeimIpV8/s1604/20240103_153505%20curtin%20light%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1604" data-original-width="1587" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR_J6sVwqC8MEbMEwzz607pqfh6qFVZVc6SYWSOrg_ZY4k5zXM59e40Ik6ANKEKG0_7KQL7BYmC-F3FIbMnXmhZWvU1f2PbGMKNDioZwgG-oj7OBbjqyWF94TaAZRurfl92GVw9vAYbnPHNPRYouChJng0HCNsG6YkLTShqGEG97zhbljyzBjzeimIpV8/w634-h640/20240103_153505%20curtin%20light%20poem%20.jpg" width="634" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">This curtain of light<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">is a trick of just that. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">And makes it no easier<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">To peek through and in...<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><i>(Mayfair, London)</i></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><i><br /></i></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8aE0GdO0ovcdvnJpbiRg34mVHXWYNWvqBk9JT_LnCoOrgDmzyhEjIIn3MsyFTVFeEkMYSHpeg1nOOYsoiobdkiPppaIIFztPLFlubh-RYeC5T067myyLZOUgrm42LrW6G2jHb-w1pyRkoF338LphMGixhyphenhyphendqZURndfrfv0Z0LBtOeZ9OVSaz4_OBy4Kc/s2354/20240103_131639%20barrier%20post%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="2354" height="630" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8aE0GdO0ovcdvnJpbiRg34mVHXWYNWvqBk9JT_LnCoOrgDmzyhEjIIn3MsyFTVFeEkMYSHpeg1nOOYsoiobdkiPppaIIFztPLFlubh-RYeC5T067myyLZOUgrm42LrW6G2jHb-w1pyRkoF338LphMGixhyphenhyphendqZURndfrfv0Z0LBtOeZ9OVSaz4_OBy4Kc/w640-h630/20240103_131639%20barrier%20post%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Barrier post </b></p><p class="MsoNormal">is not a
bad job <b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">apart from the meaningless waiting around<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">for the meaningful waiting around to begin.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Even if<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">you wrap yourself against the world <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">and stand as still as possible,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">time will not stop passing.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>(Sloane Square, London)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><br /></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Pickpockets swear by
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<p class="MsoNormal">Nimble fingers multiplied<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">beyond the dreams of even <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">the most mephistophelian pianist.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>(Saatchi Gallery, London)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Were I not only naked<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">but suffering from excess shine<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">and a really bad case of Slice’s Disease<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I'd be sweating, too.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>(Statue, South Bank Centre, London - Klaus Weber: 'Peacock')</i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">This is no Christmas tree!<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We must not give the clandar<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">precedence <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">over the species…<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>(Waterloo, London)</i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A shag is rather like a cormorant, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">whereas a fuck is rather like a shag.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(that’s a shag on the
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>Writing by Matthew Francis, Joan McGavin, Stephanie Carey-Kent, Claire Crowther, Tamar Yoseloff, Julian Stannard, Saradha Soobrayen, Paul Carey-Kent, Emma Cousin, Cathy Lomax, Alli Sharma and EJ Major.</span><br />
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<span>I am expanding my list of ear-related artworks below as and when I make new discoveries.</span></span></div>
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<span>If pareidolia<b> </b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">most often<b> </b><span style="color: black;">s</span></span>tands for our tendency to see faces in the natural world, perhaps it’s aureidolia which leads me to see ear shapes in Clare Price’s abstractions, titled by a personal code and evoked a certain hesitant vulnerability. Or are those sound waves? Or are we inside the ear? Poised lyrically between trembling borders and invasive mist, they both seem to be listening to the other’s muted echo of geometric abstraction, so posing the question: what made the original sound?</span><br />
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<span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Selected film stills<br /><br /><br />E.J. Major’s selected film stills set up visual parallels between Haneke’s La Pianiste and two other films, analysing the scene, as Deleuze proposes, not by traditional genres, but by what is intrinsic to the images themselves (their material as signals). A long take of Erika, the film’s central protagonist (a woman whose contrasting worlds are classical music and voyeuristic sex) recalls a moment of contemplation in Ozu’s Late Spring. Like the music interrupted in Haneke’s scene, says Major 'the suggestive function of the association is open'. Similarly as Erika enters a lift with her mother and bars access to a young man who has entered the apartment block behind them, is there something in the scene that we are not seeing? There's a visual echo of Bertolucci’s Last Tango in Paris, but, says Major 'as one sheet of past is recognized, another, the sound, underwhelms the connection'. If in our mind’s ear we can hear the desperation in Schneider‘s voice as Brando chases up the stairs after her in the scene before the film’s tragic denouement, that suggests a darker side to Haneke’s filmic pun. Can we, Major asks, ‘see’ that? In looking, what do we hear?</span><span><span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span><span><span>Most of the ear, or the lobe alone?</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span><span><span><span>The latest thought is that most of the ear</span></span></span></span><br />
<span><span><span><span>was cut off by Van Gogh just before Christmas.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span><span><span><span>The consensus seems that he did it himself</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span><span><span><span>at the Yellow House, having threatened the friend</span></span></span></span><br />
<span><span><span><span>who was threatening to leave, whom he saw</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span><span><span><span>Not a whore, but poor Gaby, whom a rabid dog bit.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span><span><span><span>The wound had been cauterized, scarring her arm;</span></span></span></span><br />
<span><span><span><span>her life saved by injections in a Paris hospital</span></span></span></span><br />
<span><span><span><span>that her job in the brothel helped to pay for.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span><span><span><span>It made Gaby faint when she opened the paper,</span></span></span></span><br />
<span><span><span><span>saw what it contained. She dropped the gift.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span><span><span><span>It went to the hospital, I read, but couldn’t</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span><span><span>I suppose it’s nowhere now</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span><span><span><span>though, like Shelley’s heart, or Cromwell’s skull,</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span><span><span><span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">decided they must </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">garder cet object </span></i></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span><span><span><span>as a keepsake, a touchstone, an almost holy relic,</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>Or, rather, don't: here are is art which wasn't in the show, but which came to mind in putting it together and afterwards. Let's start with what I would guess are the three most famous paintings on the theme.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Two enormous ears, pierced by an arrow and cut by a knife, are prominent in the bizarre goings-on in Bosch's Hell. Interpretations of his symbols are speculative, but this contraption has been said to symbolise man's deafness to the New Testament exhortation: 'If any man have ears to listen, let him hear.' Sadly, Bosch's great triptych never leaves Madrid. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Not many paintings have inspired a best-selling novel... I suspect it's the way the pearl earring echoes the eyes which makes this the most subtly erotic painting, a well as the most famous, to draw attention to the auricular zone. </span></div>
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<span>The outcome of the most notorious ear incident isn't far way - the Courtauld owns this painting - but arranging a loan might have been awkward... The latest research concludes that Vincent cut off the whole ear, so giving an automatic art reference to the various more recent sculptural treatments of an ear.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">There are actually two strands to van Gogh's ear works, as he painted wheat fields consistently during 1885-90: drawn to biblical parables, his empathy with manual labourers and colour in nature: 'Are we not ourselves very much like wheat... to be reaped when we are ripe?', he asked. This, from his late Auvers-sur-Oise months, is one of his most 'all-over' compositions. </span></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Mickey Mouse probably has the most famous ears in popular culture, and many artists have used him. Joyce Pensato deconstructs pop art's cartoon icons by crossing them rather brutally with Abstract Expressionism. The battered energy of her charcoal and pastel here leads to a typical balance of humour and grotesquery. </span></span></span></div><div itemprop="creator" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></span></div><div itemprop="creator" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3FP1fdk8yw3zJJrR67CxjXAKVoKadYK293I_6VekcI-H-EDKBrnmSOrCGYTNFQ756hA1iMElvvHn53pNft7F0Hg0SVb8TmezxOcTEzYbPGaGq2tbtzcqsOE4FM2Bp5_A-JS200QDg1-AYrOiLRc7l7c8a5U8V4RWPZ9PqKKMxNN7WeBNf80XCcZ7g/s1600/david-altmejd-the-vector-2022-medium-res-5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3FP1fdk8yw3zJJrR67CxjXAKVoKadYK293I_6VekcI-H-EDKBrnmSOrCGYTNFQ756hA1iMElvvHn53pNft7F0Hg0SVb8TmezxOcTEzYbPGaGq2tbtzcqsOE4FM2Bp5_A-JS200QDg1-AYrOiLRc7l7c8a5U8V4RWPZ9PqKKMxNN7WeBNf80XCcZ7g/w480-h640/david-altmejd-the-vector-2022-medium-res-5.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span></div><div itemprop="creator" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>David Altmejd</b>: <i>The Vector</i>, 2022<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It isn’t surprising to learn that the hare ears on this human have to be transported separately. Altmejd has adopted the hare as a presiding spirit, seeing it as the Jungian archetype of the Trickster. This yogic hare-man has started to dig a burrow out of what he’s made from as some sort of material-to-spiritual transformation seems presaged.</span></p></span></span></span></div><div itemprop="creator" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></span></div><div itemprop="creator" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div itemprop="creator" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5QZJjH4jT3ecMxntn8NDiNRHmI0PcEJM3AkBAyJyHiR1PykvliDBFlfjiwWdQPDgwKBBS900Zdn2Fyt2cFRrZZyU13K-XvS0OK9LTngVnDEAgrf442pBYjYAp0k3m6hJUGwGvvhM0Ad4/s2048/20210327_171551.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1683" data-original-width="2048" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5QZJjH4jT3ecMxntn8NDiNRHmI0PcEJM3AkBAyJyHiR1PykvliDBFlfjiwWdQPDgwKBBS900Zdn2Fyt2cFRrZZyU13K-XvS0OK9LTngVnDEAgrf442pBYjYAp0k3m6hJUGwGvvhM0Ad4/w640-h526/20210327_171551.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Gerhard Richter</b>: <i>Gilbert & George</i>, 1975 </span></div><div itemprop="creator" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div itemprop="creator" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Curious ear holding features here, from a sequence of portraits of G&G - Richter admires them - which combine multiple photo images to play identity against alienation. Richter didn't pursue the approach further, so this remains unusual in his oeuvre. <br />
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2019</span></span></span></div><div itemprop="creator" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div itemprop="creator" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Given the
date, this suggests the anxieties associated with social media rather than Cold
War spying. Either way, the many ears suggest an uncomfortable degree of
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of younger figurative painters, has a way of using free-floating body parts to produce – at least initially - a more
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ear as a symbol for information collection, and corn, setting up the link
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>In typically mischievous style, Monk has simply pushed a red drawing pin into a series of found vintage drawings of women, a violent subversion referencing Fontana, playing with the differing realities of image and object, and suggesting some sort of rebellious intent to this mid-20th century subject's earwear. Or is it just that the drawing is sold?</span></span></div><div itemprop="creator" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div itemprop="creator" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Fzt4ojO5WZJlOjNzMTEWvgmYlmtx5qSwxIC4mQJVjyPC4MN4axK0sT2kO2gJSUWQ0artrUupwUTilSXkYTFVmk5V5hUNoi_0KLg8DPj4ardC796Ma3OvwyBJvi7tD-nvxdmcmba5EoG-eTnRjsLNJ2x03AbIDA-_DVA3-hwJpZPfsmnsVZjlvXX3/s564/zulu%20d5495012908dd4a9048e0e29a515a401.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="376" data-original-width="564" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Fzt4ojO5WZJlOjNzMTEWvgmYlmtx5qSwxIC4mQJVjyPC4MN4axK0sT2kO2gJSUWQ0artrUupwUTilSXkYTFVmk5V5hUNoi_0KLg8DPj4ardC796Ma3OvwyBJvi7tD-nvxdmcmba5EoG-eTnRjsLNJ2x03AbIDA-_DVA3-hwJpZPfsmnsVZjlvXX3/w640-h426/zulu%20d5495012908dd4a9048e0e29a515a401.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div itemprop="creator" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Zulu Ear Plugs</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Traditionally, an ear piercing ceremony – and subsequent
training of the lobe to take bigger plugs - was a gender inclusive rite of
passage and was universally applied throughout Zululand since a person whose
ears were not pierced was said to remain foolish and childish and good for
nothing. The design of such plugs peaked in the 1940’s-50’s, when they were
made from colourful Marley floor tiles sliced into small segments, with each
piece then painstakingly pinned to the sides of the wooden plug.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This is actually oil on canvas painted from a photograph of a model
covered in liquid: ‘the subject appears to be reborn’, according to Albemarle
Gallery, though less empowered readings are surely possible. But it does
emphasise the ear in an interesting way.<o:p></o:p></p></span></span></span></span></div><div itemprop="creator" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div itemprop="creator" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4hOwZ_ZD-wrQ3Rhpgn5gdGAsfDD3qruARMy5Yv_UucDgfr3uqGXUN-M-MN8FZxJ4ic72yGU5aeP5rzJiDYBBnrwXIR-Cct48Cgi2ycAIyQrcGhp_Wbj4OJxqwUNgbM-UF5-encRQoZHkP65W_sGVPxrmRTbNxSZwFDtvQ4wkwquh7QGU6hmHJcJ9M/s1200/avery3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="749" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4hOwZ_ZD-wrQ3Rhpgn5gdGAsfDD3qruARMy5Yv_UucDgfr3uqGXUN-M-MN8FZxJ4ic72yGU5aeP5rzJiDYBBnrwXIR-Cct48Cgi2ycAIyQrcGhp_Wbj4OJxqwUNgbM-UF5-encRQoZHkP65W_sGVPxrmRTbNxSZwFDtvQ4wkwquh7QGU6hmHJcJ9M/w400-h640/avery3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Milton Avery</b>: <i>Self-Portrait</i>, 1941</span></div><div itemprop="creator" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div itemprop="creator" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">An ear-prominence prize for this self-depiction by Milton Avery (1885-1965). He did have big ears, but they certainly don't leap out in quite this way in the typical photograph. Are they burning with something being said about him elsewhere? </span></div><div itemprop="creator" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div itemprop="creator" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgb6nfqTyQ3RGl1QO3yS2DlqbliWHn58VnPV2KPGu-qJLNxrSdcbe5pdsyuqVv85Qilb548K61ACRf3xQJAWSkRjbUGW9C0_k25A6b2xw_dsBfmVYhfjS7D8p5erYnG9WHiS9fqOnzwQ8Vdmk005Te2ekAdfGXkT749naad_42gooBCW5Te9aoA1M5/s811/ear%20Screenshot%202022-12-16%20201841.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="811" data-original-width="736" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgb6nfqTyQ3RGl1QO3yS2DlqbliWHn58VnPV2KPGu-qJLNxrSdcbe5pdsyuqVv85Qilb548K61ACRf3xQJAWSkRjbUGW9C0_k25A6b2xw_dsBfmVYhfjS7D8p5erYnG9WHiS9fqOnzwQ8Vdmk005Te2ekAdfGXkT749naad_42gooBCW5Te9aoA1M5/w363-h400/ear%20Screenshot%202022-12-16%20201841.jpg" width="363" /></a></div><br /></div><div itemprop="creator" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><b>Shona Heath</b>: EYE
EAR YOU, 2022 - </span></span></span><span>photo Tim Gutt</span></span></div><div itemprop="creator" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div itemprop="creator" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">This c</span><span style="line-height: 107%;">ollaboration with M</span><span style="line-height: 107%;">IMBRE</span><span style="line-height: 107%;"> acrobats on the streets of Hackney</span><span style="line-height: 107%;"> surely wins the 'Best Ear Costume' prize. It was conceived by leading set designer Shona Heath. Ruby Gaskell – who says she is fond of ‘bendy shit’ – is performing within. Eye, Nose and Mouth were just as
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acrylic and watercolour to a slipper oyster suggests fragile record of night
movement, playing on the closeness of the ear to the site of dream formation –
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The Magritte was one kind of giant - and punny - ear-ring. Here's another: Karen Kilimnik's pastel drawing has a velvet bow and rhinestone earring attached, then reprised in </span></span><span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">c</span>ombined sculptural form in Velvet, foam, hand-blown glass and steel at a height of 130cm. Fantasy and reality are somehow out of kilter.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEJqcBFv3kJFFvAw1WqL7nSH8LlGlhFBniGHvVg2KCXr439u14a4PF7DOOUOFedDScejUu86mwX9xcm8dNijkAVbD52ckx4kgXa4wFyTZmg98GULsKCc1rMSVJI0bNoRnSYZDCUD3foCy671IHwnLOkgD7O8k_RPXRkUPOZdNfHoLOnfH4xbWzddQw/s2000/chowdhury_ear_good_0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1136" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEJqcBFv3kJFFvAw1WqL7nSH8LlGlhFBniGHvVg2KCXr439u14a4PF7DOOUOFedDScejUu86mwX9xcm8dNijkAVbD52ckx4kgXa4wFyTZmg98GULsKCc1rMSVJI0bNoRnSYZDCUD3foCy671IHwnLOkgD7O8k_RPXRkUPOZdNfHoLOnfH4xbWzddQw/w364-h640/chowdhury_ear_good_0.jpg" width="364" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Srijon Chowdhury</b>: <i>Ear
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three metres high, and the somewhat Blakean goings-on within are taken from his
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<span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Wendy Saunders' head is sufficiently close to abstraction that the pink add-on could be a displaced mouth or rotated eye in the spirit of Picasso, but an ear is the most likely reading. The fourth colour is a red stripe on the side not visible here... Unfortunately one of the last works she made before her untimely death in 2019.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmWUPo-l8KGdaoeYTWPTyzecoRc8GPPlraLq-r_tdq9j-8N4B9KI7qVsWa0QbpAPhowrdSmBtewPM0mzwNSCMtWhyphenhyphens6vvJZMwILe-oxZFMUqrf-xDDTFNL7aUExotBedKUWOiyRpjh8wU/s589/playing+the+organs+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="589" data-original-width="531" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmWUPo-l8KGdaoeYTWPTyzecoRc8GPPlraLq-r_tdq9j-8N4B9KI7qVsWa0QbpAPhowrdSmBtewPM0mzwNSCMtWhyphenhyphens6vvJZMwILe-oxZFMUqrf-xDDTFNL7aUExotBedKUWOiyRpjh8wU/w576-h640/playing+the+organs+.jpg" width="576" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #262626;"><b>Veronika
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<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="color: #010101; font-family: inherit;">Czech born Toronto-based Veronika
Pausova uses various isolated body parts – based here on her own ears – to create
semi-abstract spaces where the interchange between the physical and cognitive
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white prints. If this looks like a lump of clay, it's human clay merged it's surroundings, a self-portrait in which Carlsen's nose and a oddly central ear merge with architectural features from his home.</span><br />
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<span><b>Nancy Fouts</b> in performative mode, all ears at Chelsea School of Art, circa 1970. Fouts (1945-2019) made her name in advertising in the late sixties before returning to the gallery scene this century.</span></span></div>
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Maybe they could also act as Dumbo-style wings...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #262626; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO_HzRswS4w8OH8KQ7nGLPXYFo_QQk3pjLorAMWKBIaLbVanaIXVQFx5-0IgUnPV2FVZiEWMSnSfzi0ndAhB4rtfUYT23wP88oTFvk2_Ua1dAd1FJ-InnyHtNATaZgpV14PLdb6tF4qVU/s640/rosie+135811431_243317430561312_1031218384957848331_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO_HzRswS4w8OH8KQ7nGLPXYFo_QQk3pjLorAMWKBIaLbVanaIXVQFx5-0IgUnPV2FVZiEWMSnSfzi0ndAhB4rtfUYT23wP88oTFvk2_Ua1dAd1FJ-InnyHtNATaZgpV14PLdb6tF4qVU/w640-h640/rosie+135811431_243317430561312_1031218384957848331_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #262626; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Rosie Gibbens</b> is another performance artist, known for misinterpreting and exaggerating body parts. 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coming across a figure in Ghana walking outside with a bird peacefully resting
on the shoulder. Alimirzaee likened the bird to a second consciousness
‘sitting on your shoulder and repeating in your ear, how to be, to think, to
behave.’</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfCJqK4Ix56Vfdicbe7G-f4J4gwMhFBl6FO0LJwPMbZ6k6q7POgHeuT3kMB9PyB72-PtEeJ2evWP70BD8A4BHf6NA7Pu-rNH_S-QJc0HhWSIOuIuS5FGWAByRntEKqXecpCDSY-RT0KwH4z43axtLVLFwVBKCyOpiRGeqwZb-GzdX9fS9Lhlo0c8tw6N4/s723/appel%20mouse%20Screenshot%202024-02-07%20072222.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="436" data-original-width="723" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfCJqK4Ix56Vfdicbe7G-f4J4gwMhFBl6FO0LJwPMbZ6k6q7POgHeuT3kMB9PyB72-PtEeJ2evWP70BD8A4BHf6NA7Pu-rNH_S-QJc0HhWSIOuIuS5FGWAByRntEKqXecpCDSY-RT0KwH4z43axtLVLFwVBKCyOpiRGeqwZb-GzdX9fS9Lhlo0c8tw6N4/w640-h386/appel%20mouse%20Screenshot%202024-02-07%20072222.png" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Karel Appel</b>: ‘Mouse on a Table’ 1971<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Karel Appel gives sculptural form to a typical
character from what one might call the CoBrA–pop of his 1970’s work. This ‘object-painting’
is lively from the front, but I prefer the rear view, in which the eyes in the
back of the mouse’s head appear in its ears, which probably do act in much that
capacity.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSYt3lJwnZqasg9NQK4tx6J4-L6nJE8c2jRv9xUytvIwiJ_fNGEbF9_LWRGIrx6Kp1aRETSQDX7wQJnpYM42A6xMKepmtUdzi2h9MvAJdZqbuHIMtu51gzAFHUOq9ybMhV81bcfbgZe1m0rec4c2cQGPEpMnJwVUPNg9m8xFGt4d1Ycqp0GQD-sdXeMYA/s649/simmonds%20Screenshot%202024-02-07%20063408.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="649" data-original-width="487" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSYt3lJwnZqasg9NQK4tx6J4-L6nJE8c2jRv9xUytvIwiJ_fNGEbF9_LWRGIrx6Kp1aRETSQDX7wQJnpYM42A6xMKepmtUdzi2h9MvAJdZqbuHIMtu51gzAFHUOq9ybMhV81bcfbgZe1m0rec4c2cQGPEpMnJwVUPNg9m8xFGt4d1Ycqp0GQD-sdXeMYA/w480-h640/simmonds%20Screenshot%202024-02-07%20063408.png" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><b>Lee Simmonds</b>: 'Untitled (</span><span style="color: #222222;">snails</span><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">)', 2023</span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The shell-as-ear trope is particularly convincing
in this painting. Simmons applies abstract colour as a randomised base and
works on that until something figurative emerges – here the underlying green
playing an evident role from forest to shell to water.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #333333;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvGclPopkgV25DCwGV-IKE55BRi5WWBMIkF08EbmqGFC6WV7vj01JZM00DHAxsHl4q8YtFO5Qa9I4bUZuXSPfVhIXBSFTXo1Qw1b9WI1GdLYOs-g1pdk7XyGF42eMLl9rUmDPcV_aUVgE1kAd2bHI2198i2bOtbAuSNGL0fxGYv0erDzSe5tRPyjrV6kE/s540/Alexander_Calder_-_The_Whirling_Ear_-_1958_-_Brussels.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="405" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvGclPopkgV25DCwGV-IKE55BRi5WWBMIkF08EbmqGFC6WV7vj01JZM00DHAxsHl4q8YtFO5Qa9I4bUZuXSPfVhIXBSFTXo1Qw1b9WI1GdLYOs-g1pdk7XyGF42eMLl9rUmDPcV_aUVgE1kAd2bHI2198i2bOtbAuSNGL0fxGYv0erDzSe5tRPyjrV6kE/w480-h640/Alexander_Calder_-_The_Whirling_Ear_-_1958_-_Brussels.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Alexander Calder</b>: ‘The Whirling Ear’, 1958<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This was installed in the middle of Brussels in 2000, where
it carries on turning slowly – one revolution per minute – as if listening to
the hub of the city. That makes it one of the most mobile of Calder’s stabiles,
or one of the most stable of his mobiles, I’m not sure which.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #333333;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPF9hQReP2mj8d3JyYs03i8nnwj6VCJECZ1CkN8U8To4ED9PjHLDEtfR7TxxgFrFbYyd3DCA-QhjNaFmb1bZvjcmrk5TVApuAAf0eTpeIezkj2eKkc8O-phj2GIrzoW6kzEV1asb9vOYmxROUPzdkDCfZMrL3Sl1GY7aRHNbDSt6UWJYFRvQ9mJPrp4u0/s643/ft%20ear%20Screenshot%202024-02-07%20071356.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="643" data-original-width="496" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPF9hQReP2mj8d3JyYs03i8nnwj6VCJECZ1CkN8U8To4ED9PjHLDEtfR7TxxgFrFbYyd3DCA-QhjNaFmb1bZvjcmrk5TVApuAAf0eTpeIezkj2eKkc8O-phj2GIrzoW6kzEV1asb9vOYmxROUPzdkDCfZMrL3Sl1GY7aRHNbDSt6UWJYFRvQ9mJPrp4u0/w494-h640/ft%20ear%20Screenshot%202024-02-07%20071356.png" width="494" /></a></div><b style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #333333;"><b style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit;"><br /></b></span></p>Fernand Teyssier</b><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit;">: ‘Study for an Audible Act’, 1964</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
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is an interesting figure in the little-remembered new figuration in France in
the 60’s-70’s. </span>Some sort of chain of logic operates here: saws have
teeth, connecting them to mouths, and ears listen to mouths. Before you know
where you are, you’ve sawn off an ear…</span><o:p></o:p></p></span>
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for one. They were made in the shape of the afflicted body part – in this case
a person’s ear. </span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI_Kmmnf36WxX7lEqJmAXSvydPJe03mBL8hxyrMNvOKWpF_oks3zrbzgj6m9XLZTnGEc3uRuBXw6DPhTlVLhaueKNOSuSN5svyPgQ9cUzIHpbVXXAFW6Vteg8Mw7c6l78buJQ-OauwmY2vc_eeib7v8-K7yyqQk24WZIekcA8MPj9i0jcxjslrA7D-/s1024/Hannah-Beerman-Handlebars-2022-medium-30.5x26.7cm-12x10.5-inches-Ref.-CR-HB12-865x1024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="865" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI_Kmmnf36WxX7lEqJmAXSvydPJe03mBL8hxyrMNvOKWpF_oks3zrbzgj6m9XLZTnGEc3uRuBXw6DPhTlVLhaueKNOSuSN5svyPgQ9cUzIHpbVXXAFW6Vteg8Mw7c6l78buJQ-OauwmY2vc_eeib7v8-K7yyqQk24WZIekcA8MPj9i0jcxjslrA7D-/w540-h640/Hannah-Beerman-Handlebars-2022-medium-30.5x26.7cm-12x10.5-inches-Ref.-CR-HB12-865x1024.jpg" width="540" /></a></div><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><b>Hannah Beerman:</b> <i>Handlebars, </i>2022</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span><span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">Hard not to read these handles as ears, the more so when </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: left;">Magdalena Blazinska, looking with me at this cute combination work at Claas Reiss gallery, mentioned that the same word serves for 'ear' and 'handle' in Polish. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span><br /></span>
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<span>Returning to the multi-ear, Pat Steir, best known for her waterfall paintings, has reprised her 1987 self-portrait drawings on several occasions: she has a team - to depersonalise the self-portrait form - draw ears and eyes in black pastel 'as if the walls of the room were inside of the skin of a person', linking this to Buddhist notions of the self.</span></span><br />
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<span>Can you call it a pun, to find a letter in something? Of course, G is also for Gear, which may be a background pun you can just about H is for Hear...</span><br />
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<div class="dtp_desc1" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="normaltext1">This stick-your-head-in sculpture was inspired by Beethoven's own collection of ear trumpets, and is silent until the viewer speaks into it - then a random section from a late Beethoven quartet is heard. It's as if a communicative link has been made, yet if this is the composer's deaf ear, then the surreal absurdity extends from how it looks to what it does...</span></span></span></div><div class="dtp_desc1" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="dtp_desc1" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #333333;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiOUPDB39HBdZi4jajK2w3lpaS0U4rAuCQ2GXVRhyMjGCnf0b5sUvhrRKJr1J7oHmsXvHP5g44T-tG_X9tAMBybnWBfAeFgkQk6E3r_W2im6Tl2ydwDLlkIp-eOX223WgHpOY77Zr-JQG9s40jAv-WDMjeQ2fqgKWB-JlLthyEeUDja6AHedo89ZhOQRW4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="505" data-original-width="910" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiOUPDB39HBdZi4jajK2w3lpaS0U4rAuCQ2GXVRhyMjGCnf0b5sUvhrRKJr1J7oHmsXvHP5g44T-tG_X9tAMBybnWBfAeFgkQk6E3r_W2im6Tl2ydwDLlkIp-eOX223WgHpOY77Zr-JQG9s40jAv-WDMjeQ2fqgKWB-JlLthyEeUDja6AHedo89ZhOQRW4=w640-h356" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><b>Ed Paschke</b>: ‘La Chanteuse’, 1981</span></span></div><div class="dtp_desc1" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white;">I</span>n this typical work of the Chicago imagist, his
colour-heightened version of a projected image from a vast collection of
clippings gives us a couple who seem affected by TV static. The man is primarily
defined by his listening ear, while our view of the singer focuses just as
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see EJ Major for more on him – developed the concept of the body without organs
to represent depth over surface. Argentinian Nicolás Guagnini prefers organs
without bodies: heaps of ceramic penises, noses and ears. This installation of ‘Heads’
and ‘Hard of Hearing’ at the Lars Friedrich Gallery in Berlin gives the
impression that all might have been stolen from ancient statues, consistent
with Guagnini’s general appetite for cultural plunder.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhtiAiT4mC4VXnTV-aSK_ryVnPMD1YA07m9krXnBe3OguygmdUJq3PIZ2uA3fgm16h7rBbjiWadlaQbQyp8uAfrDXIwHzhseXxk7bDcy0z7iNLKFzsOSXujGnUwahagG8oW16x4n5_mcJn4mMz57Hg7D6JnyvL_byhOfKHv2obd1REvv0B0umJgwom_=s706" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="634" data-original-width="706" height="574" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhtiAiT4mC4VXnTV-aSK_ryVnPMD1YA07m9krXnBe3OguygmdUJq3PIZ2uA3fgm16h7rBbjiWadlaQbQyp8uAfrDXIwHzhseXxk7bDcy0z7iNLKFzsOSXujGnUwahagG8oW16x4n5_mcJn4mMz57Hg7D6JnyvL_byhOfKHv2obd1REvv0B0umJgwom_=w640-h574" width="640" /></a></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Dorothy
Cross</b>: <i>Red Baby, </i>2021</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white;">A</span><span style="background: white; color: #010101;"> pillow is carved from a block of Damascus Rose marble,
based on Cross’s own childhood pillow and with an ear nestling at the centre
where a head would leave an impression. The geological veins, in the Frith Street Gallery's words ‘run
towards the ear presenting what seems like a pulsating body of stone’.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCsZBS349-hQBtxnJXpmZfZe4QOsUM3kM70rt-Os_NIH2yGmgf7FvXro7TwFChIM7Qf1w9uvnioalAmTt0Bawajpw4oYN_K5ORqYvlryWUf9TWtbIB2wfWTWCYgvF2DxXNt4LLXyIqwNLDlbJcKmg1Kz4psEemBPp1UXrQg5imCrOV50cOBBdskkVY=s1200" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="907" data-original-width="1200" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCsZBS349-hQBtxnJXpmZfZe4QOsUM3kM70rt-Os_NIH2yGmgf7FvXro7TwFChIM7Qf1w9uvnioalAmTt0Bawajpw4oYN_K5ORqYvlryWUf9TWtbIB2wfWTWCYgvF2DxXNt4LLXyIqwNLDlbJcKmg1Kz4psEemBPp1UXrQg5imCrOV50cOBBdskkVY=w640-h484" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #010101; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><b>Susan Rothenberg</b>: <i>Mouth to Ear</i></span><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #010101; height: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; width: 100%;">, 2001</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Rothenberg may be best known for her horses, but bodily fragments frequently feature in her range of archetypes. The effect here is to reduce the act of listening, somewhat disturbingly, to its essence. </span></span></p>
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the 1970’s fell out of view in Britain for 40 years after she emigrated to the
US in 1979, but – championed by Riflemaker - have recently featured in several
shows. </span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span> </span></span><span>This striking self-portrait
is from the series ‘Eat My Words’ (1971-77), which also features eye in mouth
and mouth in mouth combinations but not, I think, any attempt on ‘eye in ear’.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQDP55UP8JgO_ep1WuzMIewSfdoIinjReHWbr1qpXqnEA6WlbiqCAXOWoTaIk_B2J6Xic7LAxeDHZuoR4JpS0OSZuApe8ffA21vgofUuzLMxA7TMbb11Nyrg93neK2K3WJMQ677b75gYY/s460/george-condo-5+ears.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="460" data-original-width="447" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQDP55UP8JgO_ep1WuzMIewSfdoIinjReHWbr1qpXqnEA6WlbiqCAXOWoTaIk_B2J6Xic7LAxeDHZuoR4JpS0OSZuApe8ffA21vgofUuzLMxA7TMbb11Nyrg93neK2K3WJMQ677b75gYY/w389-h400/george-condo-5+ears.jpg" width="389" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br />
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sculptures of ears, sure. But she also made heads in which the absence of ears
acts as an autobiographical reference to not being heard. </span>From the great series of fabric heads she made in her made in her 80's - 90's.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span><br /><b>David Salle</b>: <i>Tennyson</i>, 1983<br /><br />Over to Salle himself: 'The red shapes at the painting’s left and right edges, like a band encircling the painting from behind, an embrace. Who is Tennyson, and what is he doing here in the sand? The carved ear - what is it listening to? The picture is quiet; a painting tuned to its own frequency'.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Prunella Clough was good at converting apparent abstraction into simplified figuration by means of a title. Could this shapely scenario, here with more subtly blue-tinged lobes than Helyer gave us, alternatively have been titled 'tree'? As it is, my question is: one person or an ear each from two?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Cathy Lomax, who invited me to put together 'Ears for the Eyes', combines the worlds of film and painting, so it seems only fair to conclude with the most famous cinematic organ of hearing: <span class="st">Jeffrey Beaumont (Kyle MacLachlan) </span>discovers a severed ear in <i>Blue Velvet'</i>s opening scene, and it triggers a journey into the seedy underbelly behind suburban appearances. You never know where an ear will lead...</span></div>
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bat detectors. Most bats, including the well-known pipistrelle</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> </span></i><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">and long-eared species, operate in
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<span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">One</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">thing</span><span lang="EN-US">, </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">it</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">is</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">rarely</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">singular</span><span lang="EN-US">. </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Humans</span><span lang="EN-US">, </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">like</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">most</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">animals</span><span lang="EN-US">, </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">tend</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">to</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">have</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">a</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">pair</span><span lang="EN-US">. </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">A</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">set</span><span lang="EN-US">, </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">in</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">the</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">case</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">of</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">humans</span><span lang="EN-US">, </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">of</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">strange</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">appendages</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">protruding</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">more</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">or</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">less</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">obviously</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">from</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">the</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">head</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">connected</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">to</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">inner</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">canals</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">which</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">facilitate</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">the</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">transmission</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">of</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">vibration</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">and</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">sound</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">signals</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">to</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">the</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">brain</span><span lang="EN-US">, </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">the</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">organ</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">of</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">exchange</span><span lang="EN-US">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">you</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">hear</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">do</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">we</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">imagine</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">the</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">same</span><span lang="EN-US">? </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">If</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">I</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">shut</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">my</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">eyes</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">and</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">listen</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">to</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">the</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">voice</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">of</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">John</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Pilger,</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">I</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">see</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Clive</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">James</span><span lang="EN-US">. </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">You</span><span lang="EN-US">? </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">What</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">separates</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">what</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">I</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">hear</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">from</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">what</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">I</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">see</span><span lang="EN-US">? </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">For</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Gilles</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Deleuze</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">what</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">is</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">more</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">interesting</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">is</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">their</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">interrelationship</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">and</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">to</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">impose</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">a</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">separation</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">is</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">to</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">falsify</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">experience</span><span lang="EN-US">. </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">For</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">a</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">hearing</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">person</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">you</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">might</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">say</span><span lang="EN-US">. </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">To</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">some</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">extent</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">yes</span><span lang="EN-US">, </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">but</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">the</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">deaf</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">community</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">also</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">talk</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">of</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">an</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">awareness</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">of</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">condensed</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">inner</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">speech</span><span lang="EN-US">. </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">A</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">voice</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">that</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">can</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">be</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">heard</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">in</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">the</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">mind</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">may</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">not</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">sound</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">the</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">same</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">to</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">all</span><span lang="EN-US">.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Gilles</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Deleuze</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">calls</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">sound</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">signals</span><span lang="EN-US">, </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">like</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">visual</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">signals</span><span lang="EN-US">, </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">or</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">any</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">other</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">stimuli</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">for</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">that</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">matter</span><span lang="EN-US">, </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">images</span><span lang="EN-US">. </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">A</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">more</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">accurate</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">description</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">would</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">be</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">images</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">of</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">
</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">sound</span></i><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">as</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">it</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">suggests</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">both</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">matter</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">and</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">its</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">memory</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">in</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">a</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">constant</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">state</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">of</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">becoming</span><span lang="EN-US">. </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">This</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">becoming</span><span lang="EN-US">-</span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">nature</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">of</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">things</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">is</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">the</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">continuum</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">of</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">being</span><span lang="EN-US">. </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Deleuze</span><span lang="EN-US">’</span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">s</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">conception</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">stems</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">from</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Bergson</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">whose</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">materialist</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">philosophy</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">collapses</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">the</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">typical</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">dualities</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">of</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Western</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">thought</span><span lang="EN-US">, </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">subject</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">and</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">object</span><span lang="EN-US">, </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">body</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">and</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">brain</span><span lang="EN-US">, </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">reality</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">and</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">the</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">virtual</span><span lang="EN-US">, </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">image</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">and</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">its</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">perception</span><span lang="EN-US">. </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">In</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">place</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">is</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">a</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">coexistence</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">of</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">tenses</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">within</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">an</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">unfolding</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">present</span><span lang="EN-US">, </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">never</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">static</span><span lang="EN-US">, </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">never</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">given</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">and</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">received</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">in</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">equal</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">measure</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">but</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">giving</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">and</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">receiving</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">together</span><span lang="EN-US">, </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">all</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">at</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">once</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">and</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">at</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">the</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">same</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">time</span><span lang="EN-US">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">As</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">I</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">write</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">I</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">have</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">one</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">of</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Beethoven</span><span lang="EN-US">’</span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">s</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Piano</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Trios</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">playing</span><span lang="EN-US">. </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Ladah</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">deedo</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">
</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">dee</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">doodley</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">
</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">do</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">, </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">deedodeedo</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">
</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">ladade</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">doode</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">
</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">doode</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">doode</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">
</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">doode</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">do</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">.</span></i><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Hear</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">it</span><span lang="EN-US">? </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">For</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">the</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">most</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">part</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">I</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">don</span><span lang="EN-US">’</span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">t</span><span lang="EN-US">. </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">My</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">focus</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">is</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">here</span><span lang="EN-US">. </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">However</span><span lang="EN-US">, </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">playing</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">music</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">with</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">lyrics</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">when</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">I</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">write</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">interrupts</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">my</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">thoughts</span><span lang="EN-US">. </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Hardly</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">unique</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">but</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">I</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">may</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">not</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">be</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">the</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">same</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">as</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">you</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">in</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">this</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">regard</span><span lang="EN-US">. </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Relations</span><span lang="EN-US">, </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">says</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Deleuze</span><span lang="EN-US">, </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">are</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">what</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">matter</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">but</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">they</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">are</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">constantly</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">in</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">flux</span><span lang="EN-US">. </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Relations</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">operate</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">both</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">normatively</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">and</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">subjectively</span><span lang="EN-US">. </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">visual</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">or</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">sound</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">image</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">suggested</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">to</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">one</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">mind</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">is</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">particular</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">even</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">when</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">it</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">is</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">similar</span><span lang="EN-US">. </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">This</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">is</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Deleuze</span><span lang="EN-US">’</span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">s</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">difference</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">and</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">repetition</span><span lang="EN-US">, </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">wherein</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">repetition</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">as</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">sameness</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">extends</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">into</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">difference</span><span lang="EN-US">. </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">They</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">co</span><span lang="EN-US">-</span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">exist</span><span lang="EN-US">. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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perhaps the dark theatre, movement and time do not stop whilst a film plays,
though it may feel like they do. Cinema, far from being a closed set, simultaneously
implicates what lies outside. This movement implicit in the Whole breaks down
the separation between spectator/actor, real/imaginary, sound/vision,
fact/fiction. The brain is the organ of exchange with which we receive,
interpret and create simultaneously. The Whole becomes the Open where nothing
rests. Cinema</span><span lang="EN-US">, </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Deleuze</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">suggested</span><span lang="EN-US">, </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">is</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">an</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">externalization</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">of</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">the</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">narrativization</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; 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mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">with</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">our</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">eyes</span><span lang="EN-US">, </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">ears</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; 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not obviously attractive and exactly what constitutes a beautiful ear is not as
easy to define as an eye, mouth or nose. The main aesthetic ear worry is that
they are too large, oddly shaped or protruding, and surgery (referred to as
otoplasty or pinnaplasty) to ‘correct’ the position of ears is one of the most
commonly performed cosmetic procedures. The tradition, it seems, is for ears to
be discreet. Sometimes as Madge Garland in her book <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Changing Face of Beauty</i> points out, women’s ears vanish for a
century at a time, hidden by curtains of hair in the Victorian era or under
coifs and hoods during the Tudor era. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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a receptacle for jewellery, which is usually attached by piercing the ear, one
of the oldest known forms of </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_modification"><span color="windowtext" style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span>body modification</span></span></a><span><span>. Faces are
our identity and an earring, as the piece of jewellery that sits closest to our
face, can be seen as a kind of frame. In the grand tradition of nonsensical
beauty advice, theories about which earrings you should wear abound. The
website jewellerypassion.net states that <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><span><span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span>•</span><span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span>Long
earrings optically elongate the face and neck. They are suitable for women with
round faces and short necks.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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with geometric shapes sharpen the features. If your features are angular, you
can soften them by wearing round or oval earrings.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><span><span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span>•</span><span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span>If
your face is long, small round earrings are the ones for you, while ladies with
the square face type should go for long, dangling earrings.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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earrings are great for faces with small features. Massive ones should be worn
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brightly coloured gems, while blondes should stick to the light-coloured ones. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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while mature ladies should only wear jewels fashioned out of precious metals
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a position exemplified by Elizabeth Taylor, who had what could justifiably be called
a jewellery addiction. Taylor’s earrings, which came in all shapes and sizes
and were often made from the most precious materials, really do seem to
accentuate her classical looks and beautifully coloured eyes. ‘I’ve always
loved dangling earrings’, she recounts in the book <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Elizabeth Taylor: My Love Affair with Jewellery</i>, ‘I wanted a pair
of what I call chandelier earrings… I tried on these long earrings and the more
I swished my head back and forth, the more they twinkled… I was smitten…. And
these were paste – not even real diamonds.’ A couple of months later back in
New York, Liz looked for her earrings. She eventually found them but, she told
her then husband Mike Todd, they felt different. ‘He chuckled and told me he
had taken the paste ones and had them made up with real diamonds.’ Thus the
Mike Todd diamond ear pendants were born.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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of Liz with earrings<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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newness, where everything has been done to eyes, cheeks and lips, the humble
ear has taken on a new role in the world of high fashion. At the 2014 Paris
Fashion Week ear makeup became a micro trend. ‘Designer Anthony Vaccarello sent
his models down the runway with graphic, inky lobes... Makeup artist Tom
Pecheux was going for a quasi jewellery look. Kind of like a second-skin ear
cuff’, wrote Lauren Valenti </span>at marieclaire.com<span style="color: #0e0e0e; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">. Pecheux’s black lobes were influenced by </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Douglas Gordon’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">s photograph series <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Three Inches
Black</i>, </span>which shows a finger tattooed entirely in black as though it has
been dipped in ink. To create his graphic black ear look Pecheux coloured in
the bottom half of the models' earlobes with a liquid liner pen. Then reported
Sophia Panych at allure.com, ‘to make it look more luxurious and less aggressive,
he covered the liner in a chunky, iridescent black glitter.’<span class="MsoEndnoteReference"> </span><span style="color: #0e0e0e; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Pecheux’s ground breaking lobes </span><span style="color: #0e0e0e;">made
the ear a legitimate site for makeup and in Spring 2016 superstar makeup artist
Pat McGrath created a silver statement ear for Louis Vuitton, while at Opening
Ceremony Yadim applied full glitter ears to her models. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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other-worldly looks of the high fashion catwalk the ear has also featured in
the ridiculous world of reality star self-obsession where the make-up ideal is
less Leigh Bowery and more perfect CGI mask. In early 2016 it was reported that
Kylie liked to apply makeup to her ears. Contouring, for the uninitiated, is a
makeup technique that has become something of a Kardashian trademark. It is
akin to painting and involves applying different coloured products to the face
to emphasise shadows and highlights. Kylie later revealed that she didn’t actually
contour her ears, rather her makeup artist applied foundation to them so they
matched her face rather than the red carpet.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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pointless self-obsession. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In February
2016 the Daily Mail reported on two models experimenting with contouring each
other’s ears. Charlie Lankston described the results: ‘I just went with trying
to emphasise the existing shadows, in the same way that I would do when
contouring my face. However, while the results were visible - upon very close
inspection - both Lindsey and I surmised that the entire process of actually
applying the make-up to the ear took a lot more effort than either of us would
care to take on a normal everyday basis.’</span></span></span></span><br />
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Paul Carey-Kenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01842249388250530953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432330092345249234.post-63408880351092574102024-01-05T00:32:00.000-08:002024-03-18T02:44:42.368-07:00MATTERS OF WORDS <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfqq0aKtknsMA1NYsQp4ip34J9vYUM2HtvfteoP7QMf25-GPWuXH-jnXWi-5HfehBtXT4ifwO_j23ExaIsPNl2ywdvQ1ufT2knbdlI8402277740f_Fk76Lf2118ifa67IQNMKqsHP5tzlHD8OWmQChoBhNzjPnIlg62Ki9UGkOSnRFGynHwxFgiw7/s589/little%20owl%20Screenshot%202023-01-10%20092302.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="589" data-original-width="556" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfqq0aKtknsMA1NYsQp4ip34J9vYUM2HtvfteoP7QMf25-GPWuXH-jnXWi-5HfehBtXT4ifwO_j23ExaIsPNl2ywdvQ1ufT2knbdlI8402277740f_Fk76Lf2118ifa67IQNMKqsHP5tzlHD8OWmQChoBhNzjPnIlg62Ki9UGkOSnRFGynHwxFgiw7/w378-h400/little%20owl%20Screenshot%202023-01-10%20092302.jpg" width="378" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>See 'P' for 'plumicorn' - this Little Owl doesn't have them, but many owls do...</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This collection of words operates mostly through a triple motion:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">* Randomly flick through a dictionary until my interest is piqued by a word I do not know</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">* Search online for an appropriate image </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">* Expand on what occurs to me, below the image, with notes as necessary.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Alternatively, I sometimes I come across new words of interest while reading; and a couple of the words may not exist, e.g. my wife and I created <span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="text-align: left;">‘praeterita’. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">And of course, I may have been ignorant of widely-known words: judge for yourself...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Started Jan 2022, added alphabetically other than the proem.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Proem</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqhlaIlxp9JF3NioP56gV0l6RFbegPOTpBnb1zLJUsbV1c_N0yI1UCOJbjL-Q8Wt-Y3WsdEG1jjEXv_UUEM7pFDO9BOy4WnlKYDa0wF0KGwKXetyjoa4xg--06Hf7B1xX1Y6folyb4dw3A0ICNkzxr1zjmPMD-3572X4DNOQfOEGwAw-vKgZNEYBZz/s200/proem-musician-a2140c45-948e-4c50-bb2a-2f088da10e8-resize-750.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqhlaIlxp9JF3NioP56gV0l6RFbegPOTpBnb1zLJUsbV1c_N0yI1UCOJbjL-Q8Wt-Y3WsdEG1jjEXv_UUEM7pFDO9BOy4WnlKYDa0wF0KGwKXetyjoa4xg--06Hf7B1xX1Y6folyb4dw3A0ICNkzxr1zjmPMD-3572X4DNOQfOEGwAw-vKgZNEYBZz/w320-h320/proem-musician-a2140c45-948e-4c50-bb2a-2f088da10e8-resize-750.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 16.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">By way of exordium, foreword, introduction, preface, prelude, prologue or warm-up comes this attractive yet rarely seen word for the preamble to a book or speech - or better still, perhaps, a long poem. Here, though, it analphabetically heads an alphabetical list of words. <br /><br /><i>‘Proem’ throws up no images of interest in its primary meaning. The somewhat spectral presence is that of the musician Proem, regarded as an early member of the US IDM scene – that is ‘Intelligent Dance Music’, to sneak in a potential member of the alternative compilation CONA, the Concordance of Nifty Acronyms.<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 16.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 16.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><b>Ablaut</b></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 16.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjakRjQGyhKLcT5dq4VNxwU8t4yaNBeT_-ngsgeEBDv9bPbbkM46Aax0dsfftPiiIRmPRFFs5CUCmOb-JOaNF_f7EqggV2_SZiz1P-_cDJDvpucqbZPixX6OjR9qvgiHyE_xyVzMofx30v3d7N5vOtAX29uE7inTX8KqJEiLqoViJlK2x9MDTBRjkNg/s1018/Splish%20creenshot%202023-02-02%20071955.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="735" data-original-width="1018" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjakRjQGyhKLcT5dq4VNxwU8t4yaNBeT_-ngsgeEBDv9bPbbkM46Aax0dsfftPiiIRmPRFFs5CUCmOb-JOaNF_f7EqggV2_SZiz1P-_cDJDvpucqbZPixX6OjR9qvgiHyE_xyVzMofx30v3d7N5vOtAX29uE7inTX8KqJEiLqoViJlK2x9MDTBRjkNg/w640-h462/Splish%20creenshot%202023-02-02%20071955.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 16.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit;">'Ablaut' is a noun describing the alternation in
the vowels of related word forms. In English, that is most apparent
in the instinctively-followed 'rule of ablaut reduplication' - that if there are two related words and the first has an ‘I’ and the second is
either ‘A’ or ‘O’. Thus chit-chat, dilly-dally, clip-clop, flip flop, knick knack,
mish-mash, sing-song, ping pong, pitter-patter, riff-raff, tick-tock (or, indeed, TikTok), flim-flam
and zig-zag. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit;">If there are three words
then vowel order goes I, A, O: ding dang dong, bish bash bosh, splish splash
splosh.</span></p></span></span></span></span><p></p></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">‘Splish</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">splash splosh’ turns out to be a rather
popular title for children’s books. Is that because it follows the rules of reduplication? No doubt ablaut it.</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Abscission<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfH_EP5wUba0lZaDahcXMqw_iP6Sq9aWZfPRIMMzs9L_OUWiR6BdLRSqByPK68_LtUA0o2tfQM4rOHvghSEoDAV5eyivVV6eCtwObrzHfJ0r16SlLkBI6cg9cPHns-5bCscAMXcZfCHguGQSdUIcpBHcTRZ9u5IxMIajdFNVv-S6geIHria5gN86Ct/s1183/leaf%20word%20Screenshot%202023-03-01%20063035.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="846" data-original-width="1183" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfH_EP5wUba0lZaDahcXMqw_iP6Sq9aWZfPRIMMzs9L_OUWiR6BdLRSqByPK68_LtUA0o2tfQM4rOHvghSEoDAV5eyivVV6eCtwObrzHfJ0r16SlLkBI6cg9cPHns-5bCscAMXcZfCHguGQSdUIcpBHcTRZ9u5IxMIajdFNVv-S6geIHria5gN86Ct/w640-h458/leaf%20word%20Screenshot%202023-03-01%20063035.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">Abscission is the natural separation of parts from a
plant, typically dead leaves and ripe fruit. The word derives from
the Latin <i>abscindere</i>, to abscind or
cut way – also the root of ‘scissors’.</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="color: #202124;">So why do
leaves fall from trees? </span></i><i>The answer lies in
the fact that leaves don’t simply fall off or get blown away from deciduous trees,
they are actively thrown off by the tree. Shorter, colder days trigger the hormone
abscisic acid, which sends a chemical message to every leaf causing ‘abscission’
cells to appear – a thin line of bumpy cells that push the leaf, bit by bit,
away from the stem. Any breeze is just accelerating the task. Why dispose of
the leaves at all? Because otherwise they will take up water during a comparatively
warm spell of winter weather, which will freeze when it gets colder. The leaves
will then die, making them useless but with no mechanism to replace them. So
the tree will die. Evergreens, on the
other hand, have their leaves tightly rolled into needles that resist cold and can
conserve water, helped by a waxy coating that reduces evaporation. Such
needles resist cold and stay moist, keeping them green throughout the winter.</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><span><b>Abulia</b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAoHRPA_f2hNVfmcquKbGN4EcJ7MGexFwkyKj4txuwF8MBT5imnYVKxejFIqeSdBt8qBCsk8_ZbfEHxhSbGXc5PP2-cp-UECQmtiP1Xb__tokRC1n0KGY0cAgx-QkdLgqlvg837I2jK7vyJsX7btzTyerRR4_oo8q0LbVDnpAKc7_gQoKjhyvCKuM_/s728/Paul%20Klee%20-%20Schwankendes%20Gleichgewicht%20-%20(MeisterDrucke-680906).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="728" data-original-width="405" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAoHRPA_f2hNVfmcquKbGN4EcJ7MGexFwkyKj4txuwF8MBT5imnYVKxejFIqeSdBt8qBCsk8_ZbfEHxhSbGXc5PP2-cp-UECQmtiP1Xb__tokRC1n0KGY0cAgx-QkdLgqlvg837I2jK7vyJsX7btzTyerRR4_oo8q0LbVDnpAKc7_gQoKjhyvCKuM_/w357-h640/Paul%20Klee%20-%20Schwankendes%20Gleichgewicht%20-%20(MeisterDrucke-680906).jpg" width="357" /></a></span></div><span><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><span>Where to start for real? One could argue that indecision is itself a
decision, in which case abulia, a state of pathological indecisiveness, might
be logically impossible. So I had my doubts, but that thought was enough to persuade
me to include the word…</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #292b2c;"><span>Paul Klee is the art
master of arrows. These variable pointers form a tentative balance in ‘Schwankendes
Gleichgewicht’ (Unstable Equilibrium), 1922. </span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Agrestal<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiLs7I92vhMkxyMiXxfR9dlNylJI3bZ8ZKy2X1zQK0_lWNM0Ew-Acz4V-XlG8w_gWxozB-DY8srDlm4uvHMrOu62TpaH0s45YMtTznJAq6IIE2FZT7p9icH_64PcuVjbizNhD3TOSyoL-RA2r8YRllmafncY8XZoswv1l_-hC-8rqz6JkWHltHenYds=s1138" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="1138" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiLs7I92vhMkxyMiXxfR9dlNylJI3bZ8ZKy2X1zQK0_lWNM0Ew-Acz4V-XlG8w_gWxozB-DY8srDlm4uvHMrOu62TpaH0s45YMtTznJAq6IIE2FZT7p9icH_64PcuVjbizNhD3TOSyoL-RA2r8YRllmafncY8XZoswv1l_-hC-8rqz6JkWHltHenYds=w640-h436" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>Cornflowers sound as if they
are named to be agrestal. But couldn’t the word apply usefully to many people,
those who go a little feral as they chafe against the restrictions of their conventional settings? </span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;">Agrestal: growing wild in a cultivated field </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Altricial<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlX0TTW-kAOefjI-2TTPLyA7B97RIB98SPUdbBMNW1OP8ahSaVE-lJX3V3Y908XV311eU-skGqzR33yf3jy-D_K8ufDr81yXS0Qf7zJEK3r2qe2-ty4JqcBoxHfACHq-R5YS9V_ePRDUnvUN_osnDx9F7b9-LISrRQwrP7Yz4uNdLCOBxVU7h-NTqR/s724/Sparrow%20reenshot%202022-12-30%20073931.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="537" data-original-width="724" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlX0TTW-kAOefjI-2TTPLyA7B97RIB98SPUdbBMNW1OP8ahSaVE-lJX3V3Y908XV311eU-skGqzR33yf3jy-D_K8ufDr81yXS0Qf7zJEK3r2qe2-ty4JqcBoxHfACHq-R5YS9V_ePRDUnvUN_osnDx9F7b9-LISrRQwrP7Yz4uNdLCOBxVU7h-NTqR/w640-h474/Sparrow%20reenshot%202022-12-30%20073931.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">A young animal hatched or
born helpless and requiring significant parental care is termed ‘altricial’,
as opposed to ‘precocial’ species, which are immediately capable of moving
around and feeding themselves. Among birds, for example, there’s a big
difference between altricial songbirds and precocial ducks and chickens. Wikipedia
explains the generic pros and cons: ‘Precocial animals' brains are fully
developed at birth relative to their body size, limiting their knowledge
largely to their instincts but providing them immediate access to their bodies.
However, as adults, their brains do not develop any further, and they memorize
little from birth to death. Altricial animals' brains are comparatively
undeveloped at birth, thus their need for care and protection, but their brains
immediately begin developing at birth and do so independently, adapting to
individual circumstances, and hence as adults, altricial animals attain more
versatile brains than their precocial counterparts, capable of strategic
thought based on experience. Thus altricial species, ultimately, possess
greater potential for skill and adaptability, which is notably a factor in
human developmental success.’ That does leave the question: do songbirds utilise
those advantages in ways that chickens and ducks don’t? Perhaps that’s the key
to learning to sing? </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>The picture is of a sparrow hatchling.</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 18pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #202122;">Amphisbaenian</span></b><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: #101517; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi44zKrZf9dKdzHGaRo1-hkz6_qf5iE2ubM5btvM3-_J_eX2cJErvzfAOkxFtqQfn200QXCA9I4PN-gf1gKJ78GcxTpsd48bIEKvE_6l_S6atRw-b70-3xjzjTaYPMuSKFyPCnn-cIx1hvBbcb4gTvrGRgyqfdU9nQL3WE7syGQzFLKRx9k0HTPxmWG/s500/a4020436de341bb80a8c6d5c0526f44a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="335" data-original-width="500" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi44zKrZf9dKdzHGaRo1-hkz6_qf5iE2ubM5btvM3-_J_eX2cJErvzfAOkxFtqQfn200QXCA9I4PN-gf1gKJ78GcxTpsd48bIEKvE_6l_S6atRw-b70-3xjzjTaYPMuSKFyPCnn-cIx1hvBbcb4gTvrGRgyqfdU9nQL3WE7syGQzFLKRx9k0HTPxmWG/w640-h428/a4020436de341bb80a8c6d5c0526f44a.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">Ever heard of amphisbaenians? Me neither, until I came across
them at the Natural History Museum. They may look like primitive snakes or
‘worm-lizards’ (as they’re sometimes called) but amphisbaenians are a separate
group of – mostly legless - subterranean squamates. Their distinctive
skin is made up of rings of scales (annuli) that form a tube in which the
loosely attached trunk of the body moves, enabling burrowing to be achieved
with an accordion-like motion. Amphisbaenians burrow head-first, and different
species have different skull-shapes suited to how they go about it: the ‘shovel-heads’
dig by forcing the head forwards and slightly downwards; the ‘spade-heads’ use
their sharp-sided noggin to shave off soil from the front of the tunnel in an
oscillatory motion; ‘keel-heads’ dig by ramming their laterally compressed heads forwards; and ‘bullet-heads’
(the majority of amphisbaenians) use the head as a battering ram, followed by
pushing it in different directions to pack soil. Rudimentary, deeply recessed,
eyes allow them to detect light, but little more – yet that is practical enough
for their fossorial lifestyle, which depends on using powerful, interlocking
teeth to tear chunks out of larger prey. The name is derived from Amphisbaena,
a mythical serpent with a head at each end—referencing both the manner in which
amphisbaenians’ tails truncate, and their ability to move just as well in
reverse as forwards.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "ヒラギノ角ゴ Pro W3", "Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro", メイリオ, Meiryo, "MS Pゴシック", Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"" style="background-color: white; color: #111111;">The species illustrated is the Tropical Worm Lizard (Amphisbaena spurrelli)</span><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "ヒラギノ角ゴ Pro W3", "Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro", メイリオ, Meiryo, "MS Pゴシック", Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"" style="background-color: white; color: #111111;">, one of 200 species in the group.</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "ヒラギノ角ゴ Pro W3", "Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro", メイリオ, Meiryo, "MS Pゴシック", Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"" style="background-color: white; color: #111111;"><br /></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Ankh<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqPPT9PexMp5vRDLWlERZC9wyahia961glUvPHJGYWmAoz7_l9ayRT41HyncCIZnPx7IBbN7o-mYyRrg9488t-kE4g08ab85fAU2UrX84LUtglvJKG4MXzsdMBRrrUTg2zzqsmlWxbpQj7Nzj7xLnPcbd_zwvaeJHr4Id5JpwW1R0JwSNr5OI080rv/s676/rihanna%203B3BC1EE00000578-4019792-image-a-24_1481365505145.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="676" data-original-width="634" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqPPT9PexMp5vRDLWlERZC9wyahia961glUvPHJGYWmAoz7_l9ayRT41HyncCIZnPx7IBbN7o-mYyRrg9488t-kE4g08ab85fAU2UrX84LUtglvJKG4MXzsdMBRrrUTg2zzqsmlWxbpQj7Nzj7xLnPcbd_zwvaeJHr4Id5JpwW1R0JwSNr5OI080rv/w600-h640/rihanna%203B3BC1EE00000578-4019792-image-a-24_1481365505145.jpg" width="600" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; text-align: left;">It’s a popular
motif for amulets – yet until I arrived at the word I couldn’t have named this particular cross, shaped
like a T with a loop at the top (if cross it is, you could argue about that). It
led me to consider the categorisation of crosses in general, several of which I could
equally not have cleped (to sneak in another unusual word)…</span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPY0DgxiUfFpDYK3AiHRLhTAuzDqIN7nAbI7wr6O0-yXmOy9oDna3NPgMXE1LRUnQ_TwZAZUOJSh7lqDvQihp7XYwPOewbbxbgRlSrzMTgzOE0qm5ekV6faQ_qLHjUhrEqhkgQWwX94b-rW1f5SmNMWq361GSyGrG9CceBZY5_d117oveuGwE3gLNr/s1544/different-types-of-crosses-and-their-meanings-image-pink.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1544" data-original-width="1544" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPY0DgxiUfFpDYK3AiHRLhTAuzDqIN7nAbI7wr6O0-yXmOy9oDna3NPgMXE1LRUnQ_TwZAZUOJSh7lqDvQihp7XYwPOewbbxbgRlSrzMTgzOE0qm5ekV6faQ_qLHjUhrEqhkgQWwX94b-rW1f5SmNMWq361GSyGrG9CceBZY5_d117oveuGwE3gLNr/w640-h640/different-types-of-crosses-and-their-meanings-image-pink.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">That's Rihanna overdosing on the ankhs. The singular ‘ankh’ is the conventional Anglicisation of the E</i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>gyptian noun </i><span>ꜥnḫ</span><i> - hieroglyphically</i></span><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> rendered as above, and meaning ‘life’.</i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Amourette </span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiFW8lfvFMr5Qh0o6-6VQH7TqqSmGDbzzWuCnH8WRR7pZyZPAHFsy_E09ZDqkYFSbJVsLxHgNdheI3UAJHgoE3_GYahNkInQ7gc_50_DUBQcFhayoWdqnRbVpg0g316JvRNfoNo0pq7wdR_OFcvjUWyBkcao7vKjs3UGjkUWsBXIAuXhgq4c_jTR3LA=s1764" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1764" data-original-width="1404" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiFW8lfvFMr5Qh0o6-6VQH7TqqSmGDbzzWuCnH8WRR7pZyZPAHFsy_E09ZDqkYFSbJVsLxHgNdheI3UAJHgoE3_GYahNkInQ7gc_50_DUBQcFhayoWdqnRbVpg0g316JvRNfoNo0pq7wdR_OFcvjUWyBkcao7vKjs3UGjkUWsBXIAuXhgq4c_jTR3LA=w319-h400" width="319" /></a></div></b><span> </span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘Will you
marry me, Jason?’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘The sleek Triumph
Amourette Range combines elegance with sophistication to create a must have for
every woman's lingerie drawer’ – but not for long, I suppose, for ‘amourette’
is defined as a trifling and ephemeral love affair. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">To take a notorious
example of amourette action, in 2004, Britney Spears and Jason Alexander - apparently in a state of
some intoxication - were married at her instigation. It lasted 55 hours before
being annulled on the grounds that Spears ‘lacked understanding of her actions,
to the extent that she was incapable of agreeing to the marriage.' Of the various models in Amourette adverts, I’ve chosen the
one who looks most like Britney. She’s wearing a 10166797 Triumph Amourette 300 W
Bra. It sounds too good to be short-lived: according to Swiss manufacturer
Triumph International the bra offers ‘a comfortable and contemporary fit and
feel, paired with chic and intricate, feminine styling… The soft semi-sheer
lace is both attractive and comfortable. The stunning neckline flatters and
accentuates your curves for a delicate everyday lingerie look’. </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Apricate</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjCUQ9aASyZp8ABz0W0Jb8vRw7gbz2HcQODUTJy03lyoU-hS2hOa83_J0qPYH5ZP77HTyUEAJ7riLFUfU_OSwL0xjJHlUyTQFGOPzOe73R8nkcDfyqel3yrEXp9TVzHr3E39pfwPBEr24OaGZWtShdZHnWI0IHkFCFwrPkm9_1Ihx-w6OqWLH1OeteX=s612" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="408" data-original-width="612" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjCUQ9aASyZp8ABz0W0Jb8vRw7gbz2HcQODUTJy03lyoU-hS2hOa83_J0qPYH5ZP77HTyUEAJ7riLFUfU_OSwL0xjJHlUyTQFGOPzOe73R8nkcDfyqel3yrEXp9TVzHr3E39pfwPBEr24OaGZWtShdZHnWI0IHkFCFwrPkm9_1Ihx-w6OqWLH1OeteX=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">If
any animal appreciates aprication, it must be the cat. Why? They sleep for up
to 15 hours a day, not so much because domestic cats are worn out by sidling up
to their bowls, as because that pattern is retained from their forbears’
activity in the wild: intense crepuscular hunting action offset by long periods
of energy conservation and recharging. </span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;">Those
wild felines from which they evolved lived in the Middle Eastern desert some
100,000 years ago, and they’ve also kept an inbuilt preference for warmth. More
specifically, a cat’s body temperature drops while it dozes, and lying in the
sun tempers this, keeping them more comfortable.</span></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">That sleep is actually of two types. 75% </span><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="font-size: medium;">is
a shallow, almost-waking rest called slow-wave sleep (SWS). Cats doze in a kind
of ready position during 15-30 minute catnaps, their senses of smell and
hearing in the ‘on’ mode, ready to react instantly. Only 25% is deep
REM-reaching sleep, in small periods broken up by dozing. Oh yes… <b>apricate</b>: to sunbathe
or bask in the sunshine.</span></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Astacology<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtl5azAQlWyxFFKLkakD-zlKum2rhLMJWHhg_icR-JD0mISBbYuFBqd_LDWOmudLmS46z6EiOcPCrgJh_s4qzKRMFtihy9P6aT-sbEgOf_ouhpDBjJsRJC0s_MrQE4KeuTEmLh_wVJpZXnukz98RexrVZkxjTiwjEcfNVFEt5m0zdatDwW62IcHyiu/s933/craw%20word%20Screenshot%202022-05-25%20175311.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="601" data-original-width="933" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtl5azAQlWyxFFKLkakD-zlKum2rhLMJWHhg_icR-JD0mISBbYuFBqd_LDWOmudLmS46z6EiOcPCrgJh_s4qzKRMFtihy9P6aT-sbEgOf_ouhpDBjJsRJC0s_MrQE4KeuTEmLh_wVJpZXnukz98RexrVZkxjTiwjEcfNVFEt5m0zdatDwW62IcHyiu/w640-h412/craw%20word%20Screenshot%202022-05-25%20175311.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The first lesson, I guess, in the study of crayfish is to
observe that they are crustaceans, not fish, but that the word ‘crayfish’ comes
from settlers mishearing the ‘visse’ part of the old French ‘écrevisse’.
Perhaps another common name would be better for the Palinuridae, and an
attractive option is the US dialect term ‘crawdad’ or ‘crawdaddy’. The second lesson might be that crawdaddies
can be surprisingly colourful motherfuckers…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Astacology – the investigation
and analysis of crayfish</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Aventail <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgm2iZn-JFBnLXwGkxrei1IvB2iOemMtC6iLb27O6hCnbdMRMbOk-2W1SKuqlEPvIQJHMyPvNlfA1cJI9A3qb3w9eSUL98Q-MImy3Zfck4hsX8EdFhgwHOgBvTuH1SX0DktdcecKrpH1ftR2WTlYDST9xyzqlR96CLrrH9pNZDpTtUfgQwd2BRcjxb3=s1024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgm2iZn-JFBnLXwGkxrei1IvB2iOemMtC6iLb27O6hCnbdMRMbOk-2W1SKuqlEPvIQJHMyPvNlfA1cJI9A3qb3w9eSUL98Q-MImy3Zfck4hsX8EdFhgwHOgBvTuH1SX0DktdcecKrpH1ftR2WTlYDST9xyzqlR96CLrrH9pNZDpTtUfgQwd2BRcjxb3=s320" width="320" /></span></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Has the time come, as Covid masking retreats, for the return
of the aventail, out of fashion for 600 years? It does, after all, cover pretty
much the negative of a medical mask: what better to celebrate on the catwalk when we get clear of using those? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">An aventail is a flexible curtain of mail attached
to the skull of a helmet that extends to cover the throat, neck and
shoulders. Aventails
were most commonly seen on bascinets in the 14th century and served
as a replacement for a complete mail hood. By the dawn of the 15th century, the
plate-armoured neck guard of the Great Bascinet replaced the aventail.</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Barbicels</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhxt-UM-EhLHOJdizeoXBY75UUBl-PLfezkFp03YzQnHjVX2bqoFntH3p8Vb6LJrwnMQQQpq2wHtueBOD7tgUSsdPunftvDiu9uG0bMoB0Ibr6JanRFjT4EuH4u5-mpX2P1RMm8XnjIAv9gcQRwM8NCdbVJrdKE_48TbAsXN1vruIRpw2nHnOTg7m69=s1036" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="447" data-original-width="1036" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhxt-UM-EhLHOJdizeoXBY75UUBl-PLfezkFp03YzQnHjVX2bqoFntH3p8Vb6LJrwnMQQQpq2wHtueBOD7tgUSsdPunftvDiu9uG0bMoB0Ibr6JanRFjT4EuH4u5-mpX2P1RMm8XnjIAv9gcQRwM8NCdbVJrdKE_48TbAsXN1vruIRpw2nHnOTg7m69=w640-h276" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>This is what ratites (<i>qv</i>) lack. In most birds, the larger
feathers consist of a shaft (rachis) bearing
branches (barbs)
which bear smaller branches (barbules). The
smaller branches themselves bear tiny hook-bearing barbicels, which
interlock with the barbules of an adjacent barb. Down has no barbicels, resulting
in fluffy feathers which provide insulation. But in flightless birds the wing
feathers have also evolved to be fluffy and ornate rather than tightly
interlocking to support flight. That, in turn, is the basis for the commercial
appeal of ostrich feathers… It does mean, though, that even if ostriches had the wing
span needed to enable them to fly – probably up to ten metres rather than the two metres they currently sport – and the ability to flap them adequately, they
still couldn’t fly. No wonder they gave up. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Beteem</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqWqpKVC6njik33A1X9e-V9foWvq23r4FksSiX9c_OZxXXoDLnNYgctSv761NjUACLD10w414HM0LCxTS1r_2IOv3CU4DueEpfWbk9Ds_p-BrALQQWg2BWxroXZ_3BjkwkTgQHSCMQtPbZOGutCXbChgBIhohsS5JAauRjiT7mbNfcDRntdhGYR0QW=s612" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="408" data-original-width="612" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqWqpKVC6njik33A1X9e-V9foWvq23r4FksSiX9c_OZxXXoDLnNYgctSv761NjUACLD10w414HM0LCxTS1r_2IOv3CU4DueEpfWbk9Ds_p-BrALQQWg2BWxroXZ_3BjkwkTgQHSCMQtPbZOGutCXbChgBIhohsS5JAauRjiT7mbNfcDRntdhGYR0QW=w640-h426" width="640" /></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Wd we stell enderstend eech ether ef the enly vewel
were ‘e’? Eesy-peesy, es es here beteemed.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">My guess is that the
only word people might have trouble with above is one in which no substitute ‘e’s
are involved: 'to beteem' is to accord / vouchsafe / allow.</span></i></p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><span><br /><b>Blepharoplasty</b><br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEio-yCzpShaK6C6vR8Qw6n7TKVgqS78CafG-KUXSz3KawmkKRJm2w7KILyTESqaFM4XDs6xkfh4jr-RE3-SE9VBArFRz5PDKU2gLmX5TnvpEEGlXv-KUryD7damUDnmnbkdh85fQwaJ1f2-H-cj_vq0ohhz2mxF4WQfl9Dyi-bAeqr1RvR01Uxneyis=s906" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="477" data-original-width="906" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEio-yCzpShaK6C6vR8Qw6n7TKVgqS78CafG-KUXSz3KawmkKRJm2w7KILyTESqaFM4XDs6xkfh4jr-RE3-SE9VBArFRz5PDKU2gLmX5TnvpEEGlXv-KUryD7damUDnmnbkdh85fQwaJ1f2-H-cj_vq0ohhz2mxF4WQfl9Dyi-bAeqr1RvR01Uxneyis=w640-h336" width="640" /></a><span><br />‘Before and after’ shots of blepharoplasty – surgical repair of eyelids – tend to be whole face comparisons. I rather like comparing the same eye before and after, but with the ‘after’ shot flipped to make a reasonably coherent face that has a comparison built in. Of course, it looks a bit odd, but that’s plastic surgery for you!</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Bocage</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHX376UVFMcnG6oVC5-71b_i7r7qVOJ-yiOHcXVEf_qOz4QI1kw7ZFGBXRkSvzGGpk_-EmqXa8wtXBTPjleex2pe324XANIPGeHNj3R6-ifEcjUB1xFwkiXBTKTc9VFq1CV-umhZ4dlWYCXsBXSoaoT7MEqdxW9KUi5I0uPyw-sLaXQfUTYobXyF1O/s2500/0239-persuasion.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2444" data-original-width="2500" height="626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHX376UVFMcnG6oVC5-71b_i7r7qVOJ-yiOHcXVEf_qOz4QI1kw7ZFGBXRkSvzGGpk_-EmqXa8wtXBTPjleex2pe324XANIPGeHNj3R6-ifEcjUB1xFwkiXBTKTc9VFq1CV-umhZ4dlWYCXsBXSoaoT7MEqdxW9KUi5I0uPyw-sLaXQfUTYobXyF1O/w640-h626/0239-persuasion.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">In ceramics, bocage works are sylvan scenes, i.e. featuring
woodland behind figures or animals. English and continental porcelain figures
of the eighteenth century often had trees and leaves, both as a colourful
ornamental backdrop and to support the figures during kiln firing. By the
19th century, trees were added more for their ornamental appeal than practical advantage.
Peak production in that mode was from 1815 to 1845.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>The example here is Staffordshire pottery from 1820, featuring
a courting couple under the title ‘Persuasion’. The female figure looks coy as
her potential husband proffers a gold ring. Her dog observes expectantly. </i></span><o:p></o:p></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Bolus</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidcdfUUeoSoyIkX97Da9Vrwr8LaE-2Ge-8Q3w_xK4vf6oe5rAn4-m2LRZgocpikZS51OzG-yDxTQCh2vLZCZ8JdaSqZlZDy6s4-AXFSd3BO727i7Rt5MN8PHXBMBPBL1ppT5AkoMLD23LujcEZvOlY5feuw-m5g25Tj4c6bqtWBV2aKhgPy_bs4w-stOc/s1279/bolus%20Screenshot%202023-06-23%20055308.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="1279" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidcdfUUeoSoyIkX97Da9Vrwr8LaE-2Ge-8Q3w_xK4vf6oe5rAn4-m2LRZgocpikZS51OzG-yDxTQCh2vLZCZ8JdaSqZlZDy6s4-AXFSd3BO727i7Rt5MN8PHXBMBPBL1ppT5AkoMLD23LujcEZvOlY5feuw-m5g25Tj4c6bqtWBV2aKhgPy_bs4w-stOc/w640-h180/bolus%20Screenshot%202023-06-23%20055308.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">For
over fifty years I thought of this word in English purely as a proper noun – more
precisely, as the surname of Brian Bolus (1934-2020), a solid opening batman
who scored </span><span style="background: white; font-family: inherit;">25,598 </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">runs during
a twenty year first class career with Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.
I also vaguely recall from my ‘O’ Level in the language that </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">bolus</i><span style="font-family: inherit;"> is Latin for ‘ball’. Yet only
during a recent hospital stay did I hear it used – by a doctor – as a common
noun: it’s the small rounded mass of food and saliva that forms in mouth during
the process of chewing. Many cricketers believe they perform better if
they chew gum. I’m not sure if Brian did, but if so it suggests the faintly
ludicrous hat-trick of Bolus chewing on a bolus to help him deal with the </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">bolus</i><span style="font-family: inherit;">…</span></div></span><p style="font-family: inherit;"></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Bolus’s
batting style was more block than blast, more grit than elegance. After
retiring, he was a regular on cricket’s after-dinner circuit, and always
started with the same line: ’For those of you who saw me bat, let me apologise.’
Gum wouldn’t have turned him into a swashbuckling attacker, but does actually
aid performance at the margins? Aside from the imitation of famous players, six
reasons have been cited for the cricket habit. It helps players stay calm, by
providing a simple mechanical stress reliever; can contain a sugar-based energy
boost; indirectly encourages players to remain hydrated – because gum makes you
salivate more than usual, making you thirstier than usual, making you drink
more; helps the whole body ‘get into a rhythm’; improves reflexes - chewing gum
helps increase brain activity, so messages are sent to different body parts
quicker; helps players remain focused <span style="background: white;">by keeping
the mind occupied on an easy task which stops them switching off – most relevantly
while fielding in slow-moving matches</span>. The Ancient Romans might have
chewed gums of some sort – the habit goes back well before gums were first manufactured
in the 1840’s – but they didn’t, of course, play cricket. Romans’ primary sporting
use of the bolus was harpastum, a keep-ball game of territorial
possession. </i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></p></div></span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Breviloquence</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFZu_AHbX2_kXFJqkqkJ6hE8LHhp0kWSw5dLzYNVKu2ndV3mu0AzSyY2LV_jIWCsnHMD5onGyxyo34gaVQg2coyBif65LQbkKwK_g1Hf5KrEuU9IrvLA-dpGL9nAP1TuEo05XD2sJIyIjxoW7mRluJIXlmXv8Ebx3Dnfo1aeomTxwZHIjqyQ_IzLF-/s847/So%20Ji%20creenshot%202022-04-03%20141031.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="847" data-original-width="645" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFZu_AHbX2_kXFJqkqkJ6hE8LHhp0kWSw5dLzYNVKu2ndV3mu0AzSyY2LV_jIWCsnHMD5onGyxyo34gaVQg2coyBif65LQbkKwK_g1Hf5KrEuU9IrvLA-dpGL9nAP1TuEo05XD2sJIyIjxoW7mRluJIXlmXv8Ebx3Dnfo1aeomTxwZHIjqyQ_IzLF-/w488-h640/So%20Ji%20creenshot%202022-04-03%20141031.jpg" width="488" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Nice word.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 18.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><i>Breviloquence: brevity of speech. The image shows
South Korean actor So Ji-sub, who has gained a reputation for short speeches at
award ceremonies - he has only ever used the two words: ‘thank you’. I say two words: some might argue it is just
the one. Properly speaking, though, ‘thank you’ as a verb phrase is two words,
and ‘thankyou’ is either an adjective (‘a thankyou note’ or a noun ‘he sent the
flowers as a thankyou’. </i></span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br />Bulla</span></b></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi1KOBHncjNLjwX0cWL6BDgvjIJHXK0qpI6Bs36Y0Gfe4p-QpA0oX3ogyON21tde20WlG9Ua_J49bhQov5p6qn6DLzBdOwVL6dK6ii9hcAK5gjFyqaVi7gWhM29Q6dl71KCdnPgIdBx7sv8-ukqoagOm9mjgm99ZXxleEus7H5JdxkFdlvTGe33N8j-=s353" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="255" data-original-width="353" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi1KOBHncjNLjwX0cWL6BDgvjIJHXK0qpI6Bs36Y0Gfe4p-QpA0oX3ogyON21tde20WlG9Ua_J49bhQov5p6qn6DLzBdOwVL6dK6ii9hcAK5gjFyqaVi7gWhM29Q6dl71KCdnPgIdBx7sv8-ukqoagOm9mjgm99ZXxleEus7H5JdxkFdlvTGe33N8j-=w400-h289" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p style="font-family: inherit;"></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span>I’ve had one, but without the language to call it
anything more specific than a blister. Actually, though, a vesicle <span style="background: white;">is a circumscribed elevation of skin of 0.5 cm
or more in diameter containing a liquid, and a bulla is the same thing but over
0.5cm – it’s just a size thing. Actually, I didn't measure it, so maybe I've only had a vesicle. As for what the illustration shows, it depends I guess on how big your screen is. Either way, this is a modest example: it's easy enough to find extreme skins problems online, if that's your thing.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="background: white;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Caecilian<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuYAQ3ViStmv_vwIUzk9wdFccMT7_NV0Fut7K6kGUpM4DQCkJQu7k8h-Lj_1jvBX-2tCLtIGVRdH_QabLb2KORHqrcp1bZnk4Jh67M78XqsbK5XYmlVnF0lejYTMFmtphYAWhcbdqo24W9O3a1NlEelPSQgzFCoLG_v_wWwo08DXxf0PltBMCX8huS/s1030/070120_cw_caecilian_feat.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="1030" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuYAQ3ViStmv_vwIUzk9wdFccMT7_NV0Fut7K6kGUpM4DQCkJQu7k8h-Lj_1jvBX-2tCLtIGVRdH_QabLb2KORHqrcp1bZnk4Jh67M78XqsbK5XYmlVnF0lejYTMFmtphYAWhcbdqo24W9O3a1NlEelPSQgzFCoLG_v_wWwo08DXxf0PltBMCX8huS/w640-h360/070120_cw_caecilian_feat.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Rather as amphisbaenians (qv) are the least-known reptiles,
the caecilians (Latin for ‘blind ones’ – say ‘seh-SILL-yens’) are the
least-known amphibians, even though the 200 species of Apoda constitute one of just three living groups - alongside Anura (frogs and toads) and Urodela
(salamanders and newts). They look pretty much like amphisbaenians, too:
legless and vermiform, somewhere between snake and worm. Many are born with
short, blunt teeth, used peel off the outer layer of the mother’s thick skin –
which doubles in thickness prior to birth - for food. Up against the matriphagy
(qv) of young pseudoscorpions, dermatotrophy seems a sensible compromise. That aside,
they spend their time under ground or water in lifestyles requiring minimal
vision and attracting minimal attention.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span>Calescent<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p><span></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_RjU10rZFRTtQTFrox5SazPJ96_kHM8qnNm2QI81O-jGMqTztkYVli6XEwjQPmUzrRHOSBqpQmiCuFRzACrxL2pLy-KW5VKnMBXvp7ai1KjeugSqL3Yqz-ax7yCxLm4G76zUwqKGSJwJsiRxBdMGYAp-sVqFLinkfpldVYdaUjYqbTW8kX3mOUDZ8/s1280/Geothermal-energy_Wikimedia-Commons.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_RjU10rZFRTtQTFrox5SazPJ96_kHM8qnNm2QI81O-jGMqTztkYVli6XEwjQPmUzrRHOSBqpQmiCuFRzACrxL2pLy-KW5VKnMBXvp7ai1KjeugSqL3Yqz-ax7yCxLm4G76zUwqKGSJwJsiRxBdMGYAp-sVqFLinkfpldVYdaUjYqbTW8kX3mOUDZ8/w640-h360/Geothermal-energy_Wikimedia-Commons.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div></span></span><p style="font-family: inherit;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span>When I came across ‘calescent’ in Claire-Louise Bennett’s
2021 novel ‘checkout 19’, I didn’t know it. But I predict the word will take
off, describing as it most economically does the condition of the world during
global warming.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="background: white;">
</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span><i>Calescent: increasing in heat.
The picture shows a geothermal power plant in Iceland: a more benign form of
calesence – indeed, a sustainable source of energy, the maximisation of which
could help to offset temperature rises. </i></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Cannula<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBZryRvg_1iIGv1TrP1kme1ijjXSjjyEERm7ThaxndMszowRbKaCGNHJ7yMCRT6v2Zm-YGEuznJH0k5dFn2A3zwwRcHRm88T1GvKPnuup_Ty0VtB2mTfHcGthQpAo6P3l1wdeLQLi5farhnKkn50ZxPLnk_-k-tbueCeLr-tDjIED1hDOq0dzqyU0-/s500/IV%20stand%201822517.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBZryRvg_1iIGv1TrP1kme1ijjXSjjyEERm7ThaxndMszowRbKaCGNHJ7yMCRT6v2Zm-YGEuznJH0k5dFn2A3zwwRcHRm88T1GvKPnuup_Ty0VtB2mTfHcGthQpAo6P3l1wdeLQLi5farhnKkn50ZxPLnk_-k-tbueCeLr-tDjIED1hDOq0dzqyU0-/w640-h640/IV%20stand%201822517.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">I won’t claim not to have heard this word before time in
hospital made it part of my day-to-day, but I tended to confuse it with ‘catheter’
and wasn’t sure how to spell it. The Latin origin is key to that: it means
‘little reed’, and is a tube inserted into a vein for delivery of fluids. When
you have both wrists so decorated they are the
consistently Latinate ‘cannulae’. The tricky bits then are sleep and movement. I’ve
found that, when the fluids are being pumped in, the intravenous (IV) delivery
mechanisms set off an alarm at any suspicion of the wrong movement, so waking
me: sleeping without moving either arm inappropriately is quite a challenge.
The IV stand is on wheels and can be pulled along easily enough for short trips
to the loo. Long distances are awkward, though, and stairs are another matter:
Southampton General Hospital’s lobby notices state that the lifts are ‘for
staff and visitors only’, leaving patients to use the stairs – though I decided
this could be safely ignored if my stand and I wished to pop down to the paper
shop.</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>In fact the words are close: both 'cannula' and 'catheter' can
be defined as 'a flexible tube inserted into the body to administer or withdraw
fluids'. But in general practice ‘cannula’ is the word used when this is to
enable fluids to be fed into the blood, whereas catheters are used to drain
fluid out; and the cannula is almost always in the arm, whereas most catheters
are inserted into the bladder to remove urine. The
illustration is of a typical mobile IV unit.</i></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Chape<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8-e3vLVBiO7k8W7pPi0l1enhoNcu-XpvJ41py9-PVHJ1lvt4V1S9LrIH1IygAnraC73t0bs4H2ZRHRnJDr4Cx9IluR0jjFWOk6XpegZElPBqGLAyxpC2i4VEijLEt_0PfA191FbT4J_Lke-es8uMZxA4SQt20ms2i_yBD6qLfhBA0fjQfoIcyfEgE/s1021/chape%20word%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="685" data-original-width="1021" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8-e3vLVBiO7k8W7pPi0l1enhoNcu-XpvJ41py9-PVHJ1lvt4V1S9LrIH1IygAnraC73t0bs4H2ZRHRnJDr4Cx9IluR0jjFWOk6XpegZElPBqGLAyxpC2i4VEijLEt_0PfA191FbT4J_Lke-es8uMZxA4SQt20ms2i_yBD6qLfhBA0fjQfoIcyfEgE/w400-h269/chape%20word%20.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p style="font-family: inherit;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white; color: #232629;">The chape of a buckle is the part where it is
attached to an object like a belt or a sho</span>e. Attachment to enable
function is of course vital in many spheres, from IT interfaces to means of
communication to plugging in machinery - the criticality of chapes!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Chirm</b></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq9gchZf6wJHnqY0DNq5Ppdf_ouKvDh5EPn5UlYAe8UW6l-UnVNRKMhLzAQxPNau6Y0Z5Np1MEpG-JIvP2fYOfngytOXACmEN50-GVRY1EHabOCT10SJodYt2uVhBxSx1yCedbvV-e7B62JgckVb4r7ckbvTtQ6qwtfpSDWgymrhsGHfZ989RHlCjm/s855/chirm%20Screenshot%202022-03-31%20080207.jpg" style="font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="417" data-original-width="855" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq9gchZf6wJHnqY0DNq5Ppdf_ouKvDh5EPn5UlYAe8UW6l-UnVNRKMhLzAQxPNau6Y0Z5Np1MEpG-JIvP2fYOfngytOXACmEN50-GVRY1EHabOCT10SJodYt2uVhBxSx1yCedbvV-e7B62JgckVb4r7ckbvTtQ6qwtfpSDWgymrhsGHfZ989RHlCjm/w640-h312/chirm%20Screenshot%202022-03-31%20080207.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;">There does seem to be a shared spirit between children and
birds, so it’s nice to find a word that makes the connection.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Chirm (noun): a din,
especially from (a) the blended singing of many birds or (b) the noise of many
children chattering (OED).</i></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div></div></span><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Chifforobe<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqiDhy2kVM4LfeFLcAuki91vN2tTgYBUlXImFe3YfR0RTHNXepvkxfsE4sq5f_KYYneEGz0ZQq1364UhDQdO14rrLl0wQBkdHoSXpgyrU6a4eScHEf9LqYnmAnq_UjFum1Ncy-EhaYRKEnM7aGZKkUr9Okkgmk-xLYtf7lyJhQgafZtv6BiHdlDUle/s600/chifforobe.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqiDhy2kVM4LfeFLcAuki91vN2tTgYBUlXImFe3YfR0RTHNXepvkxfsE4sq5f_KYYneEGz0ZQq1364UhDQdO14rrLl0wQBkdHoSXpgyrU6a4eScHEf9LqYnmAnq_UjFum1Ncy-EhaYRKEnM7aGZKkUr9Okkgmk-xLYtf7lyJhQgafZtv6BiHdlDUle/w640-h640/chifforobe.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>This item of furniture does what its etymology implies: a portmanteau
of ‘chiffonier’ (a moveable low cupboard with a sideboard top) and ‘wardrobe’. I
favour this image because the leafy plant atop the chifforobe looks like a
candidate for making a chiffonade (finely
shredded greens, often as a garnish for soup), which might indeed be what the
smaller pot contains if we press further into fantasy. So that’s three consecutive
words in the Oxford English Dictionary ticked off: chiffonier – chiffonade – chifforobe!
It would be nice to move on to the next: 'chignon' is another nice word (for a mass of hair
worm at the back of the head) but I’m not sure how to tie it in…</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqf9I9YVUZHT7wtDK6muIDch1nb4ZM2vxpkYeFv-zYzgpiNhjhqlXtueRqUaPUGP-yym8L2m0jabEIVHVmU91WAVTkaoYSf-9Mgv1tb7ue8QXaD4wZC6rB5BnbdUC3ydEkwKIg0YI-itZCOV1110_gKw4gpnb_4ji0aKR-Gl9NaARIe6hyYAQOlp8m/s880/chiff%20triple%20Screenshot%202022-04-01%20112407.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="273" data-original-width="880" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqf9I9YVUZHT7wtDK6muIDch1nb4ZM2vxpkYeFv-zYzgpiNhjhqlXtueRqUaPUGP-yym8L2m0jabEIVHVmU91WAVTkaoYSf-9Mgv1tb7ue8QXaD4wZC6rB5BnbdUC3ydEkwKIg0YI-itZCOV1110_gKw4gpnb_4ji0aKR-Gl9NaARIe6hyYAQOlp8m/w640-h198/chiff%20triple%20Screenshot%202022-04-01%20112407.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Circumnutation<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpd30qJ9Sm5HujpwhNa1NfHYSc4oR9mmQAalzNtZW4jwo2jSH_kGaWC8bt9Yznf7Jqs6Lj2re7DpM2yt4CYrpd2l_QcS8Twn8qU0Nktn2IJA2t-mgAg5TKdAes55oYO4ytn_ZXpJv_fzBH7mJ3I-EipMrUKtU2BmV3Y37ajPTaSqaQ-p1p-HrtpPav/s300/squash%2066-60.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpd30qJ9Sm5HujpwhNa1NfHYSc4oR9mmQAalzNtZW4jwo2jSH_kGaWC8bt9Yznf7Jqs6Lj2re7DpM2yt4CYrpd2l_QcS8Twn8qU0Nktn2IJA2t-mgAg5TKdAes55oYO4ytn_ZXpJv_fzBH7mJ3I-EipMrUKtU2BmV3Y37ajPTaSqaQ-p1p-HrtpPav/w267-h400/squash%2066-60.jpg" width="267" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Can plants think? Those who hold that they can are likely to
cite circumnutation – the ability to wind around a central axis during growth
to reach more favourable environmental conditions – as one strand of evidence.
Paco Calvi, in ‘Planta Sapoiens: Unmasking plant intelligence’ (2023) suggests
that the movements required are flexible and goal-directed, consistent with a –
non-neural – form of consciousness.</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Charles Darwin made the first detailed analysis of
circumnutation in ‘The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants’ in the Journal
of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, 1865 – six years on from ‘On
The Origin of Species’. The illustration
is of squash tendrils. </i></span><o:p></o:p></p><div style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></div><div style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Circumsolar</span></b></div><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium;"></p><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiS3dJMr9wKZfu8JNh_MtyndAspHLsqUOcblEGyMDSG4zDw-LwnBFBoFosCUUdvyZ-RBrOi6durzSH14g267VrUpOIP5FGWo4ILuuryUXTc_XkvcRiZQhx7BqRNo4e8QbJbVFWheXdA28NWuuvj_T9fO_Ty28QarMzx7aKD6QTlbqL7iP9vpVEyZXS2=s960" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiS3dJMr9wKZfu8JNh_MtyndAspHLsqUOcblEGyMDSG4zDw-LwnBFBoFosCUUdvyZ-RBrOi6durzSH14g267VrUpOIP5FGWo4ILuuryUXTc_XkvcRiZQhx7BqRNo4e8QbJbVFWheXdA28NWuuvj_T9fO_Ty28QarMzx7aKD6QTlbqL7iP9vpVEyZXS2=w640-h360" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">Where are we going this year? </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: left;">Around the Sun with Circumsolar Tours: the furthest travel, yet the cheapest holiday - you don't even have to book...</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p>The Earth travels </o:p><span>about 584m miles (940m km) per year in circling the sun. That's about </span><span>1.6m miles per day, or 66,627 mph. Circumsolar is a rather unusual unusual word, in that it's easy to work out what it means - yet I hadn't seen it used before...</span></span></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Cockatrice</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #202122;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Qee4CAzH5ORKR2_SPZ-M3hGWykNMbdvzgFiSHyWxTtfVvyBlCH2Kh3rI2o3oxfN0OV2LqJBp2e9mwuSc2RoLjjUfI89H9ZWLZdMynK0I4aGPIRkxG_XLp5tkvreHRdAWOXA595Z_xiKv_taJL1fIdAsmGhAibZmMG8krZrnUnKFRaEK8RRnvkNlt/s936/Bertuch-Basilisk.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="860" data-original-width="936" height="588" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Qee4CAzH5ORKR2_SPZ-M3hGWykNMbdvzgFiSHyWxTtfVvyBlCH2Kh3rI2o3oxfN0OV2LqJBp2e9mwuSc2RoLjjUfI89H9ZWLZdMynK0I4aGPIRkxG_XLp5tkvreHRdAWOXA595Z_xiKv_taJL1fIdAsmGhAibZmMG8krZrnUnKFRaEK8RRnvkNlt/w640-h588/Bertuch-Basilisk.png" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #202122;">I should have been aware of the cockatrice, as Shakespeare’s Juliet
mentions its ‘</span>death-darting
eye’ shortly after asking ‘Hath Romeo slain himself?’ It’s a two-legged
dragon with a cock’s head, with the ability to kill people simply by looking at
them. The best way to see off this mythical creature? Put it in front of a mirror… </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Compenetration<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiyeOHyymWKWgzWh4QRYPBMDRvj-yE_I2Bg_-Vh3jwpPf5XRBQ7M2AchaHDAloXWvLOumAyD-1SUQGVHK_tqVwaAhtV_aa0X5fbv8FNrQeodChqHIMBGZCa36bokWK8l2p0Uk7SydJR0keKjvrUfGvl0TBvDN6Nrm1ZIh6JIkFBla1js9RiVDNN7HtB=s626" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="417" data-original-width="626" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiyeOHyymWKWgzWh4QRYPBMDRvj-yE_I2Bg_-Vh3jwpPf5XRBQ7M2AchaHDAloXWvLOumAyD-1SUQGVHK_tqVwaAhtV_aa0X5fbv8FNrQeodChqHIMBGZCa36bokWK8l2p0Uk7SydJR0keKjvrUfGvl0TBvDN6Nrm1ZIh6JIkFBla1js9RiVDNN7HtB=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">The porn industry seems to have missed out here. Positions
in which all three female orifices are occupied are rather charmlessly known as
‘airtight’, yet the word ‘compenetration’ is available: ‘to penetrate
throughout’. By way of evidence, an image search for ‘multiple penetration’
yields little one could show a child, whereas the very limited results thrown
up by ‘compenetration’ include only the more affecting business of intertwining
hands.</span></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Compersion<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIwPL6cYHQNTn0GOjv90a7_YiqNZNEGL9EbCJ9rMR5hZWPHtdWf28lRuUnXLE1KpKyZ-5NYl9d5t1GulEh9-ax7KBjdf_vmatZB_r-KRQcTE5vjJBdP16OzHYFrhHvDIRU3wahVcGMqzcuo69C7tEcAYR11WIqiThZX8is2OJSlbKPVFfs7dZ3hQkL=s1000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIwPL6cYHQNTn0GOjv90a7_YiqNZNEGL9EbCJ9rMR5hZWPHtdWf28lRuUnXLE1KpKyZ-5NYl9d5t1GulEh9-ax7KBjdf_vmatZB_r-KRQcTE5vjJBdP16OzHYFrhHvDIRU3wahVcGMqzcuo69C7tEcAYR11WIqiThZX8is2OJSlbKPVFfs7dZ3hQkL=w400-h320" width="400" /></a></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">This word, originated in New York by the utopian Kerista community (1956-91) - centred on the ideals of polyfidelity - has not yet reached mainstream dictionaries. But I like the idea that English should have a term for feeling empathetic joy, rather than jealousy, when a partner enjoys interacting romantically or sexually with others. Or, more broadly, for the vicarious happiness caused by the happiness of others. The diagram situates the concept neatly.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Constation<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw9Sjqo595S2PfC3cxJZt6Pb3o890ARiGnNR29p54PZN5AD1ghcA7eXoBV5d_Zr_ikXJirwcKa8rFIDxgzp7KTewgxQZSds1dc5ogcCaM0mZKjvjbmDVYG16JVv_ipc6TslwZxF5qu8ZJklFO8cl52P1R5dMkFRoZIsckl3_XpAnG0nWkQT2gfDOHV/s612/istockphoto-476073687-612x612.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="612" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw9Sjqo595S2PfC3cxJZt6Pb3o890ARiGnNR29p54PZN5AD1ghcA7eXoBV5d_Zr_ikXJirwcKa8rFIDxgzp7KTewgxQZSds1dc5ogcCaM0mZKjvjbmDVYG16JVv_ipc6TslwZxF5qu8ZJklFO8cl52P1R5dMkFRoZIsckl3_XpAnG0nWkQT2gfDOHV/w640-h262/istockphoto-476073687-612x612.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I came across this in Henry James’ subtly satirical 1879
novella ‘Daisy Miller’, in which he gives the word to the inner monologue of Daisy’s
admirer, writing of ‘the soft impartiality of her <i>constations</i>, as Winterbourne would have termed them’. They are
certified statements or findings, Daisy being unconventionally free for the
time in putting hers forward. None of which, really, explains why an online search
for the word’s image throws up this endearing cartoon of a man unpicking a
knotty problem, perhaps in his own thread-brain. Though one can say that Winterbourne failed to unpick the
knotty problems of exactly what he thought of Daisy and how he should act
towards her, before her untimely demise…</span><o:p></o:p></p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Costrel</span></b></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhh1DwZNl91RV48Ml8tYrIPHmxiWQtNa-QXkIq6v2riNdwBSkhs7EiYnyuq7MFDA-Y16LI-Luwgy4rAbT9KGGGr7I4q4ySfzWPF4jlEsABuhVtm3l7HBcokODVZPLSoF9iI312zRghGLWJ5KbRqMgFcQqUQqKWKBjDK0sWngrSgE6q1j1oNDQBRagXZ=s2285" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2285" data-original-width="2224" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhh1DwZNl91RV48Ml8tYrIPHmxiWQtNa-QXkIq6v2riNdwBSkhs7EiYnyuq7MFDA-Y16LI-Luwgy4rAbT9KGGGr7I4q4ySfzWPF4jlEsABuhVtm3l7HBcokODVZPLSoF9iI312zRghGLWJ5KbRqMgFcQqUQqKWKBjDK0sWngrSgE6q1j1oNDQBRagXZ=w389-h400" width="389" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">A flat, usually earthenware, container for liquids with loops through which a belt or cord may be passed for easy carrying.</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">This attractively buttery mammiform example is from the Salisbury Museum: I came across the word there, rather than via a dictionary flick-through. It was found in 1953 but is undated: being from the local Verwood Pottery makes it likely to be 19th century.</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Cremello / Perlino</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSFnCUgE2bX0cL05U16hyAgXmhQ55dvrgdiEewV6d22m2SATfxaA2Yeo1fLAmc590Yoo7LzKaM8b49_dByIj_w-LJO3muPDxY9l2Wxq7c71vmakGRAL3jb4bvJgefXS5IEf8EmQDa0AGLUwY84WgEWbDGWtfiBs5Mo-dWf5vAGxSfiT5pcqgynZLae3bc/s692/perlino%208bcb6a34ceade647fe5b11d1918f3823.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="692" data-original-width="564" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSFnCUgE2bX0cL05U16hyAgXmhQ55dvrgdiEewV6d22m2SATfxaA2Yeo1fLAmc590Yoo7LzKaM8b49_dByIj_w-LJO3muPDxY9l2Wxq7c71vmakGRAL3jb4bvJgefXS5IEf8EmQDa0AGLUwY84WgEWbDGWtfiBs5Mo-dWf5vAGxSfiT5pcqgynZLae3bc/w326-h400/perlino%208bcb6a34ceade647fe5b11d1918f3823.jpg" width="326" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Perlinos and cremellos are often considered the most beautiful of horses. Some horses have a ‘cream gene’ in addition to their base coat colour. That causes colour variations, influenced by whether they have one or two copies of the cream gene. <span style="background: white; color: #202122;">That leads to the following classification of horses with lightened coats:</span></span></span></div><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Base coat Single cream Double cream</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">Chestnut</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">Palomino</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">Cremello</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">Bay</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">Buckskin</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">Perlino</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">Black</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">Smoky black</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">Smoky cream</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Those double creams can look similar, so DNA testing is the only way to be sure what you have. In general, though, perlinos </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">have a cream-colored body but a mane and tail that may be somewhat more reddish in colour than a cremello’s. <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">To put that classification into pictures:</span></span> </span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwl2kXymB_XGN0uOH49Pe6sODml1qzJiZfKRhRYziutPscQcTT_xR779G5VmiAK4HztZ8NDUorT0E10dbx4spLuTxKzPRAgqgCpCkxgCFatRbR6PYfWukBmm8MEMR05BdPxiX5BBGguCON27fpqOSDmtVoM_y4lstj6qVoNInLIwHkLnyH3J0Hk77VbQo/s772/horses%20Screenshot%202024-01-05%20081121.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="717" data-original-width="772" height="594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwl2kXymB_XGN0uOH49Pe6sODml1qzJiZfKRhRYziutPscQcTT_xR779G5VmiAK4HztZ8NDUorT0E10dbx4spLuTxKzPRAgqgCpCkxgCFatRbR6PYfWukBmm8MEMR05BdPxiX5BBGguCON27fpqOSDmtVoM_y4lstj6qVoNInLIwHkLnyH3J0Hk77VbQo/w640-h594/horses%20Screenshot%202024-01-05%20081121.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>My wife's New Forest pony, incidentally, is a grey - which is what you call a white horse, also with some potential for confusion. If you want to get technical about the genetics, just as incidentally, the key to single vs double cream is <span style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white;">Zygosity,</span></span><span style="background: white; text-align: left;"> the degree to which both
copies of a </span><span style="background: white;">chromosome</span><span style="background: white; text-align: left;"> or </span><span style="background: white; text-decoration-line: none;">gene</span><span style="background: white; text-align: left;"> have the same genetic sequence. Single is </span><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">heterozygous</span><span style="text-align: left;">,
having one copy of the cream gene; double is </span><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">homozygous</span>, <span style="text-align: left;">having two copies of the cream gene.</span></i></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Croodle / Groodle<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsIhCPUi5Ujx3pTeIgzAUF4egatf4pCLSpQzrtk0cZ-9Ny2kPxs2Mfs0c45Rh89jSsB8p2NrnHcxXrl7dj7cCPR4qAZK6h8WbCVgZ2PUrdWzKnFXRYq4HsTRW429uRUBMzG59g19-pdASyPwtWqny0ygZPZuxQRaWPaL_72TbDHoUwxqAB32l1o2IPHpM/s522/croodle%20f688b03a9e00c9253579e37e6d32b22e.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsIhCPUi5Ujx3pTeIgzAUF4egatf4pCLSpQzrtk0cZ-9Ny2kPxs2Mfs0c45Rh89jSsB8p2NrnHcxXrl7dj7cCPR4qAZK6h8WbCVgZ2PUrdWzKnFXRYq4HsTRW429uRUBMzG59g19-pdASyPwtWqny0ygZPZuxQRaWPaL_72TbDHoUwxqAB32l1o2IPHpM/w384-h400/croodle%20f688b03a9e00c9253579e37e6d32b22e.jpg" width="384" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">‘Croodle’ is a nice word I came upon at the start of Anthony
Mortimer’s translation of Ronsard’s most famous poem: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>When you are old, croodled beside the fire,</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Spinning by candlelight, you’ll sing, and say,<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Still marvelling, ‘Ronsard wrote that for me <o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Back in the days when I was young and fair’.</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">'Croodle', then: to huddle together. Compare cuddle, snuggle,
canoodle. But an image search for ‘croodle’ comes up – mostly – with dogs,
namely the hybrid, popularised in the 1990’s, of Golden Retriever and Poodle.
That’s known as a ‘Groodle’ in Australia, and a ‘Golden Doodle’ in the US and
Britain. Because the Groodle has two very different parent breeds, it seems,
‘traits like size, weight, and coat type are not as predictable as with
purebred dogs. That said, well-bred Groodles tend to be smart, happy, friendly
dogs who are eager to please and quick to learn.’ So the chosen image is, I’d say,
a Groodle croodle. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.12px; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>Pierre de Ronsard ‘Sonnets Pour Helene Book
II: XLIII’, 1578</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.12px; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; text-align: justify;">Culm</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span></span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjKIm3lvskO_8-grJsWVjipt7GTFrQ6pIEG7sjs_G0JKqAhW08IwCFDPDzrhfTso25BkUs8B4pJ7t_s3F98XwBJxMqefBj4zcmHGQHt-1gCp2CccvcfOuL3LIGLofoAKdy3mPFiPvcAd-gLU1VeqG-FwuLNeAdwu7mTtFVOTFyZijA7ar6aPrWaLxH-=s870" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="870" data-original-width="562" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjKIm3lvskO_8-grJsWVjipt7GTFrQ6pIEG7sjs_G0JKqAhW08IwCFDPDzrhfTso25BkUs8B4pJ7t_s3F98XwBJxMqefBj4zcmHGQHt-1gCp2CccvcfOuL3LIGLofoAKdy3mPFiPvcAd-gLU1VeqG-FwuLNeAdwu7mTtFVOTFyZijA7ar6aPrWaLxH-=w259-h400" width="259" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span><span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;">Does the availability of a word affect what you look at? I
think it can. I don't recall ever taking much notice of the jointed stems of grasses
and sedges, but now that I know that such a stem is one of the meanings of ‘culm’…</span> <i> </i></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span><span><span style="background-color: transparent;">The photograph is of the </span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #202122; text-align: left;">jointed goatgrass (</span><span style="color: #202122; text-align: left;">Aegilops cylindrica)</span><span style="color: #202122; text-align: left;">, which must be the essence of culm. </span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Customiable<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjGuKLoAamR1c34R6qUSBLdLUWgc--SsSoa6fhMBSiJzpBtARAj8H4H0yvm76Iau5dKyXuzJSsjr-A8wPuB6C3fjaTua3RM9bBM9m0o0j4oBonIGR16n7qcDtqnBrq1tt6bmeqJnMOMtKtogvTvPlK5gHtwRO9asQa1DdUfAHDswUK3vmrVDOwcHDqW=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjGuKLoAamR1c34R6qUSBLdLUWgc--SsSoa6fhMBSiJzpBtARAj8H4H0yvm76Iau5dKyXuzJSsjr-A8wPuB6C3fjaTua3RM9bBM9m0o0j4oBonIGR16n7qcDtqnBrq1tt6bmeqJnMOMtKtogvTvPlK5gHtwRO9asQa1DdUfAHDswUK3vmrVDOwcHDqW=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>It might be just a missing 's' slip, but when I saw
'customiable', my new word antennae were alerted.
However, I can find no evidence that it exists. The word's chances of entering
the lexicon are probably slim: 'customisable' and 'bespoke' cover the territory
adequately. Besides, if it does become a word, it will lose what I like about
it: that it could be the result of treating 'customisable' as customisable...</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>Not an Internet search image in this case, but my snap from </span><span>an escalator passing over the Yi Fang drinks counter in Bond Street underground’s shopping centre, 2022 (the counter was removed in 2023).</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Daut <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU6bhjsEVyHUgU1fmMRQeLcL48i6871-vqi1PY2ygAwfWFgrvlPdNNTwZGZpDmSG737ee3B_bbOHW46zTpqo5i7msOM-dSVoPPDmjxH3BiHWi-UceOG2MyaxyPHsFqJLFiKWPDLxcdqULPUc3wvUR_iitvAraBcatQBZ5OcDSWzwNb0gx9hPpJVpJq/s800/Huggies-Global-Hug.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="640" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU6bhjsEVyHUgU1fmMRQeLcL48i6871-vqi1PY2ygAwfWFgrvlPdNNTwZGZpDmSG737ee3B_bbOHW46zTpqo5i7msOM-dSVoPPDmjxH3BiHWi-UceOG2MyaxyPHsFqJLFiKWPDLxcdqULPUc3wvUR_iitvAraBcatQBZ5OcDSWzwNb0gx9hPpJVpJq/w512-h640/Huggies-Global-Hug.jpg" width="512" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Not a daughter, familiarly and economically addressed, but a Scots-derived term for petting. So you might well daut your daught...</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The image came with
the indication that each year since 2008 the third Monday of July is ‘Global Hug Your Kids Day’… Daut
On!</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Demijohn<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrQCrei8Avca02kJwRkZNwgciar0ZbIuMELdo4Sah-WQn7-KDWYbuZe_uDv6k4GaAZFa4BMdtwcM_OhRyPxWQOWw8qmgDhgYNu97Eczg-ApjJzYRyx9zgjyajmpwH98PZHhLf3K6_jCN10lKWSOe48UMsOxJZ3oKYwcl1rnt4_0fExZM16tNGl9ajW/s1304/71z79ObuqKL._AC_SL1500_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1015" data-original-width="1304" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrQCrei8Avca02kJwRkZNwgciar0ZbIuMELdo4Sah-WQn7-KDWYbuZe_uDv6k4GaAZFa4BMdtwcM_OhRyPxWQOWw8qmgDhgYNu97Eczg-ApjJzYRyx9zgjyajmpwH98PZHhLf3K6_jCN10lKWSOe48UMsOxJZ3oKYwcl1rnt4_0fExZM16tNGl9ajW/w640-h498/71z79ObuqKL._AC_SL1500_.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></b></div><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">You can buy demijohns, like most things, on Amazon: they’re glass
containers. But I came across the word first in one of Emily Dickinson’s more surprising
poems, No. 159 in the collected edition of 1,775: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> A little bread – a
crust – a crumb –<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> A little trust – a demijohn –<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> Can keep the soul
alive – <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">That made me think a demijohn was a pretty small measure of
something. Maybe the meaning has shifted since 1860, but according to Wikipedia
‘a demijohn, also known as a <span style="background: white;">carboy, is a rigid container with a typical
capacity of 4 to 60 litres. They are primarily used for transporting liquids,
often water or chemicals. They are also used for in-home fermentation of beverages,
often beer or wine.’ So that’s quite a lot of trust…<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">That, though, isn’t the surprising part of Poem
159. That’s the apparent directness of the conclusion:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> A sailor's business
is </span><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">the shore</i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> A soldier's - <i>balls!</i> Who asketh more, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> Must seek the
neighboring life! </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Demulcent<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgGJHdDH5ZPh_afbdEOM82i4vGewU0rXl2H4sngWV8RarvQyqGHm58WKIh52_4zptVYd-CbFOrB4YyhwK1p-vqeWUQKdVEP1iPbc0NneBsnqLDw32xGybA8R-sxqepbzTXIo-Z1zYhw9G1BUqeVO4uBD3FKieOSylwS2OjHn0kkIDhRgpVmZkNkDyY-=s1287" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1281" data-original-width="1287" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgGJHdDH5ZPh_afbdEOM82i4vGewU0rXl2H4sngWV8RarvQyqGHm58WKIh52_4zptVYd-CbFOrB4YyhwK1p-vqeWUQKdVEP1iPbc0NneBsnqLDw32xGybA8R-sxqepbzTXIo-Z1zYhw9G1BUqeVO4uBD3FKieOSylwS2OjHn0kkIDhRgpVmZkNkDyY-=w400-h399" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span style="text-align: left;">What’s the most soothing word - 'lenitive', 'softening', 'emollient', 'relaxing', 'soothing' itself? – to describe the sensation of being
soothed? </span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;">I rather like ‘demulcent’. Medically,
a demulcent is an agent that forms a soothing, protective film when
administered onto a mucous membrane surface, including gums. Various herbs are thought to
have relevantly similar properties.</span><i> </i></span></span></span></span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 20.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 20.0pt; margin: 20pt 0cm;"><span style="color: #212121;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Diastema </span></b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 20.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 20.0pt; margin: 20pt 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuANXos7z_NYJuvfXLuzeUDQ9_RNzlbBHgGCkXSfMloRQEO1brSRvvri8W6JTyyzXoPTe3RSBzVmhKac77VAVEOMH86OxTSGBI3vvqsJV0dREBT-KiDK_uZFBsPg9yFf5ujnhCrqSm0fhvdD-qpYJswG8dOxna-bV36X2h3YsODH8VxZqnT0PQN13d/s933/20220713_062002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="448" data-original-width="933" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuANXos7z_NYJuvfXLuzeUDQ9_RNzlbBHgGCkXSfMloRQEO1brSRvvri8W6JTyyzXoPTe3RSBzVmhKac77VAVEOMH86OxTSGBI3vvqsJV0dREBT-KiDK_uZFBsPg9yFf5ujnhCrqSm0fhvdD-qpYJswG8dOxna-bV36X2h3YsODH8VxZqnT0PQN13d/w400-h193/20220713_062002.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.6pt;">Diastema is a gap between your
teeth. This can happen between any of your teeth, but is most noticeable when
the gap is between your upper front teeth. That ‘midline diastema’ is a frequent
part of the normal development of <span style="text-decoration-line: none;">children’s teeth</span>
- at 6-8 about half of children have such a gap. While it normally closes
with time, some 5% of adults retain the gap, typically inheriting the look.
Whether diastema is attractive, or should be closed for cosmetic reasons, is a
matter of taste - but I would suggest that 5% is enough to be ‘normal’ but few
enough to be ‘distinctive’, which sound a statistically good place to be.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.6pt;"><i>That is my own midline diastema:
my father had it, my children have it too…</i><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.6pt;"><i><br /></i></p></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #333333;">Dilatant /
Pseudoplastic / Rheopectic / Thixotropic</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx3COe-opl4nxA1PjfEt8i2_qulrHhteJ06eosKbSLBjLKNqglJrCPxtL-84I7570kBWAlJcfHpuIKP6OAZTvEwv6cMW3_1JFEzWhmsG27_vCepST1Z4kpDsGelomjL0wJkYJrqypj313L51_w3YbKpe-5LpmyJZ0qIQTAOi5iM_pZTn6FehN44hB1/s1024/Heinz-Halloween-Film-Still-1024x593.jpg" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="593" data-original-width="1024" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx3COe-opl4nxA1PjfEt8i2_qulrHhteJ06eosKbSLBjLKNqglJrCPxtL-84I7570kBWAlJcfHpuIKP6OAZTvEwv6cMW3_1JFEzWhmsG27_vCepST1Z4kpDsGelomjL0wJkYJrqypj313L51_w3YbKpe-5LpmyJZ0qIQTAOi5iM_pZTn6FehN44hB1/w640-h370/Heinz-Halloween-Film-Still-1024x593.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">So far as changes in viscosity goes, there are a rather extravagant five types of fluid,
distinguished by how they react to the ‘shear stress’ applied by, for example,
shaking them. Plenty are </span><span style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -18pt;">Newtonian: viscosity remains constant whatever
agitation is applied – water, for example, or alcohol. On the other hand, you have:</span><p></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #333333; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dilatant: viscosity increases immediately
when shear stress is applied, then the fluid returns to the original state
immediately when that stops. Quicksand and putty are examples.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #333333; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Pseudoplastic: viscosity decreases immediately
when shear stress is applied, then the fluid returns to the original state
immediately when that stops. Ketchup, blood. <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #333333; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Rheopectic: viscosity increases over
time when shear stress is applied, then the fluid returns over time to its
original state if that stops. Printer inks, cream.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #333333;">Thixotropic: viscosity decreases
over time when shear stress is applied, then the fluid returns over time
to its original state if that stops. Cosmetic, paints.</span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Nice that tomato ketchup and real blood share pseudoplasticity, as
if to assist the theatrical conviction of substitution. And this strikes me as
fertile territory for analogies. A top sports player, for example, will be
thixotropic: the more stress is applied, the more fluently they will respond, rising
to the biggest moments – whereas weaker players will seize up under pressure
and play worse. Effectively, they are rheopectic.</span><span style="font-family: Roboto, serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #333333;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><i style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In 2021 Heinz launched <a href="https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DEaesND83WtE&esheet=52507599&newsitemid=20211012005858&lan=en-US&anchor=HEINZ+Tomato+Blood+Ketchup&index=1&md5=51bfea7c444ffb16c556b6031f880f86" referrerpolicy="unsafe-url" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background-color: #fefefe; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Tomato Blood Ketchup</span></a><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #444444;"> as a Halloween special </span></span></i><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><i style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #444444;"><br /></span></span></i></p></span></div></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Dodkin</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5Guh9A-7Vps4H__K5XfBUxI1S2as9GmWDpUrcEVsDHEKZO09n36HqLgF6y0ff4wMUiAxPjHVrbD_ng5o2OeI0XKcbMi786h2ygbWGeaqcSk-yska4ZQLJ1kvmjGsphDcoZS-18fQJ5Hgs4pqFeBwNagN1guTAezlR1QpdVMftqRMiPdURRIpM1jG0=s802" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="714" data-original-width="802" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5Guh9A-7Vps4H__K5XfBUxI1S2as9GmWDpUrcEVsDHEKZO09n36HqLgF6y0ff4wMUiAxPjHVrbD_ng5o2OeI0XKcbMi786h2ygbWGeaqcSk-yska4ZQLJ1kvmjGsphDcoZS-18fQJ5Hgs4pqFeBwNagN1guTAezlR1QpdVMftqRMiPdURRIpM1jG0=w400-h356" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">How do you measure
a dodkin – that is, any coin of small value? Real terms is surely advisable, and
it turns out that the decimal penny is now the lowest value coin in British
history: even though you get 100 to the £ as against 1,920 half-farthings
(1842-69), 960 farthings (1707-1960) or 200 decimal halfpennies (1971-84). All were
dodkins in their day, but the half-farthing, for example, never dipped below a
value equivalent to 5p in current money. The BBC graphic takes the story to
2018, since when the 1p has depreciated further…</span><i style="text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></i></span></div><div><span style="text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: italic;"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><b>Earthite</b><b style="font-style: italic;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: italic;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><img border="0" data-original-height="844" data-original-width="670" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkn4y10KUIq9Ikb0i6WiOjMkp0O_oGe49SIW8y4wDAKb4jTZEsxQP7fchM7i2eqExEr6SCezxkVOzQkOsuoPCCmqL9ZE6NZlW0qs-XrTDx8vzczn2QwHu3JxQgpWYNlRimYcnJUaJ9iuKIr426EC1Jqr7QsOd0a-HQ6RJwoY8dOen-HkdcNa0aDuIm/w508-h640/Screenshot%202022-04-05%20193419.jpg" width="508" /></span></div><span><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white;"><span>A rather attractive and potentially useful term for us
Earth-dwellers, first used over 200 years ago by the Irish poet and satirist Eaton
Barrett (1786–1820), but yet to catch on much - the oddly diminutive ‘earthling’
is heard more often.<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: italic;"><span style="background: white;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: italic;"><span>The illustration is of Yinka Shonibare MBE’s ‘The Townley
Venus’, 2017, typical of the
Anglo-Nigerian artist’s work in wrapping a figure in patterns associated with
African fabrics and replacing its head with a globe to indicate a whole world rather
than Eurocentric approach. Perhaps there’s something there of how an earthite,
rather than a citizen of any particular nation, ought to look. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Ecchymosis<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvo1Ue95ig4c5kgxS29r05jiw-1YNDMUL12P3EQomnKd68jIlzEGsyxSX7TpH0Dyg-gsWIVG9PEyVvJmlfkFVj9966ANSIUsvXjE2LCdXWMDBDViLV2q6boYVEBNzouBojglpaYkge91QjvJktMW6QjEKy5sIsqbrzkqk9Y0dP33i5Yk47q5iE7FXs/s444/A%20bruise%20is%20skin%20discoloration%20caused%20by%20a%20blow,%20impact,%20or%20suction.%20Ecchymosis.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="444" data-original-width="400" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvo1Ue95ig4c5kgxS29r05jiw-1YNDMUL12P3EQomnKd68jIlzEGsyxSX7TpH0Dyg-gsWIVG9PEyVvJmlfkFVj9966ANSIUsvXjE2LCdXWMDBDViLV2q6boYVEBNzouBojglpaYkge91QjvJktMW6QjEKy5sIsqbrzkqk9Y0dP33i5Yk47q5iE7FXs/w576-h640/A%20bruise%20is%20skin%20discoloration%20caused%20by%20a%20blow,%20impact,%20or%20suction.%20Ecchymosis.jpg" width="576" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: italic;"><span>
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">This is not such a cool look as it may appear… This is a patient
with circular ecchymotic patches on his back. A bruise is skin discoloration
caused by a blow, impact, or suction. Ecchymosis can appear similar, but it is
caused by bleeding underneath the skin, in this case following a car accident:
such leaking of blood from blood vessels into the subcutaneous tissue that
underlies the skin is most commonly caused by blunt force trauma leading to the
rupture of capillaries. </p><p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p></span></span></span></div><div><span style="text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Echor<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpUUYC9ScmWwCoxhukcnZjB0_q753rIuMTvvxO9OD6VzkRAMkWNyhSfwlGvED--za6qYS3jWZBn2inTAo4AAoRlv7C1It_JB-HApmqLQABV_9CLy_YosEe7eLmRvqLsylDIv7AHblhV_okp2RH10mY8L4x45JiNMYnqAZPTWRxmkKutPbndwJb-nkB/s18370/Vista_de_Bergen_desde_la_monta%C3%B1a_Fl%C3%B8yen,_Noruega,_2019-09-08,_DD_27-31_PAN.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4251" data-original-width="18370" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpUUYC9ScmWwCoxhukcnZjB0_q753rIuMTvvxO9OD6VzkRAMkWNyhSfwlGvED--za6qYS3jWZBn2inTAo4AAoRlv7C1It_JB-HApmqLQABV_9CLy_YosEe7eLmRvqLsylDIv7AHblhV_okp2RH10mY8L4x45JiNMYnqAZPTWRxmkKutPbndwJb-nkB/w640-h148/Vista_de_Bergen_desde_la_monta%C3%B1a_Fl%C3%B8yen,_Noruega,_2019-09-08,_DD_27-31_PAN.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">‘Echor’ means ‘encircling mountains’, a setting deserving of
its own word. Whether it can count as an English usage is debatable, however. It
is originally – maybe only – available in Sindarin, the language of the Sindar,
the Elves of Teleri lineage who chose to stay behind <span style="font-family: inherit;">during
the Great Journey to Aman before the First Age – all as
imagined in Tolkien’s ‘Lord of the Rings’.<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: italic;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">If we allow the word, then the image shows what may be
Europe’s finest echor-location. Bergen, Norway’s second-largest city, is on a
lake surrounded by nine mountains (though it’s known as 'the city between the
seven mountains', channelling the good fortune associated with seven as a
number, but leaving it unclear which are the seven mountains in question). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Phage</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It’s one thing not to have heard of a life form, another to
find that it’s the most populous on the planet! The world’s human population is
currently 8 bn, so not quite 10<sup>10</sup>, which is 10 bn. More than enough,
perhaps, but there are estimated to be 10<sup>31</sup> phages, almost
unimaginably more than us. Indeed, more than the population of all other life
forms combined.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Endoparasite<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZPFGKZFer_nN69uhDr8AQiogq80KLKzIiEtFXwzFYOV8gTWyP_V4Y_KgQCKS6Ql1KtGjqNB2iTfPy1U0gvkN3UDOl8JrMg9lQcyZPfUt4f8CFidCnEP8_9lQQho-Cs5_iVkAoZ07brvUR95rT2s1xbC92nHuwuZyH3V8t2FeCdnweHncGHLDFhfyb5jc/s900/louse%20tel1a-scaled.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="456" data-original-width="900" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZPFGKZFer_nN69uhDr8AQiogq80KLKzIiEtFXwzFYOV8gTWyP_V4Y_KgQCKS6Ql1KtGjqNB2iTfPy1U0gvkN3UDOl8JrMg9lQcyZPfUt4f8CFidCnEP8_9lQQho-Cs5_iVkAoZ07brvUR95rT2s1xbC92nHuwuZyH3V8t2FeCdnweHncGHLDFhfyb5jc/w640-h324/louse%20tel1a-scaled.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /> </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">An endoparasite lives, as <a href="https://critter.science/the-tapeworm-one-of-the-most-feared-parasites/"><span color="windowtext" style="text-decoration-line: none;">tapeworm</span></a>s
most famously do, inside its host. The most bizarre is probably the tongue-eating
louse, <i>Cymothoa exigua</i>, from the woodlouse family, the isopods. It enters a fish’s
mouth through its gills, then uses tiny claws to sever the blood vessels of its
tongue, causing it to atrophy so that only a stub remains. The louse attaches
its fourteen legs to the base, and takes over: it’s a similar size, and can do
the work required, as fish tongues are not muscular, and have the fairly
limited role of fixing food in place. The
louse feeds on its host’s blood and mucus, weakening it somewhat, but not
enough to stop it living a normal life with a replacement tongue. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: italic;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>The tongue-eating louse is the only known organ-replacing
endopararsite - from the Latin ‘endo’, within, as opposed to ectoparasites from
‘ecto’, without. </i>Cymothoa exigua<i> reproduces sexually inside its hosts, and is
also unusual in being a protoandrous hermaphrodite: tongue-eating lice start life
as males, but transform into females once they reach about 1 cm in length. Protandry
(there’s another word!) is where male maturity precedes female, the most
widespread example being how the male reproductive organs (stamens) of a flower
mature before the female ones (carpels), thereby ensuring that
self-fertilization does not occur.</i></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Entheogen</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj19v4xdPZc_l38lP75r6WjyQu9LpzExajOsK3PnLBNC8rwL32PDqQJshqDWJjJoftAEKHh6jbH5iccpMwp5kuY_RtnwTpppcnEXxuEJli6cTdoaLwkxK80thNUSlox2n7D0hThhtXIq1av-KWcBKT3yHBBaXrWytHJjUNgTaeMvEwkLcS9P-wyEoHf/s1089/lg%20Screenshot%202023-02-12%20090257.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="726" data-original-width="1089" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj19v4xdPZc_l38lP75r6WjyQu9LpzExajOsK3PnLBNC8rwL32PDqQJshqDWJjJoftAEKHh6jbH5iccpMwp5kuY_RtnwTpppcnEXxuEJli6cTdoaLwkxK80thNUSlox2n7D0hThhtXIq1av-KWcBKT3yHBBaXrWytHJjUNgTaeMvEwkLcS9P-wyEoHf/w640-h426/lg%20Screenshot%202023-02-12%20090257.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Entheogen is a fairly recent neologism, coined in 1979 from the
Ancient Greek, éntheos – ‘full of the god, inspired, possessed’ - and genésthai
– ‘to come into being’. Thus, entheogens are psychoactive substances that
induce alterations in perception such that one experiences feelings of
inspiration, often in a religious or spiritual context. The word was invented
on the grounds that ‘hallucinogen’ was inappropriate owing to its
etymological relationship to words relating to delirium and insanity, and ‘psychedelic’ was
too strongly associated with 1960s pop culture. Carl A. P. Ruck, an
academic involved in the word’s invention, stated in the<i><span style="color: #202122;"> Journal
of Psychedelic Drugs</span></i> that ‘in a strict sense, only those
vision-producing drugs that can be shown to have figured in shamanic or
religious rites would be designated entheogens, but in a looser sense, the term
could also be applied to other drugs, both natural and artificial, that induce
alterations of consciousness similar to those documented for ritual ingestion
of traditional entheogens.’<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: italic;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>I came across the word as the title for Louise Giovanelli’s
painting ‘Entheogen’, 2023, which naturally enough makes a good
illustration of the term. Is the painting enough to transport the viewer shown, one wonders...?</i></span><o:p></o:p></p></span></span></span></div><div><span style="text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><b>Entomophagy</b><br /></span><br /></span><div><span style="text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
<picture style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic;"><source media="(min-width:1200px)" srcset="https://ychef.files.bbci.co.uk/1600x900/p06x4h1t.webp" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/webp"></source><source media="(min-width:1200px)" srcset="https://ychef.files.bbci.co.uk/1600x900/p06x4h1t.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/jpeg"></source><source media="(min-width:880px)" srcset="https://ychef.files.bbci.co.uk/1280x720/p06x4h1t.webp" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/webp"></source><source media="(min-width:880px)" srcset="https://ychef.files.bbci.co.uk/1280x720/p06x4h1t.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/jpeg"></source><source media="(min-width:576px)" srcset="https://ychef.files.bbci.co.uk/976x549/p06x4h1t.webp" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/webp"></source><source media="(min-width:576px)" srcset="https://ychef.files.bbci.co.uk/976x549/p06x4h1t.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/jpeg"></source><source media="(min-width:224px)" srcset="https://ychef.files.bbci.co.uk/624x351/p06x4h1t.webp" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/webp"></source><source media="(min-width:224px)" srcset="https://ychef.files.bbci.co.uk/624x351/p06x4h1t.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box;" type="image/jpeg"></source></picture></span></span></span></div><div><i style="text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtJcJ6wfSrGt0w1F-HUxEkQKLSmXFIEsuHieMSn17CEQlPRnVWe8Q0KvMGwaxrdBGtnHn2HCbd991CnRRdpJl9p2UOFovy78T_boIMIGK7PajVLsexq8n6_vZfxFUcBEWxfyumuMwkwvjyYLHJwX5Sw6sXhVVeCHvsORzn6MdHFvJqiQaXU6-IwdTO/s1249/insect%20meal%20Screenshot%202022-03-28%20145459.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="847" data-original-width="1249" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtJcJ6wfSrGt0w1F-HUxEkQKLSmXFIEsuHieMSn17CEQlPRnVWe8Q0KvMGwaxrdBGtnHn2HCbd991CnRRdpJl9p2UOFovy78T_boIMIGK7PajVLsexq8n6_vZfxFUcBEWxfyumuMwkwvjyYLHJwX5Sw6sXhVVeCHvsORzn6MdHFvJqiQaXU6-IwdTO/w400-h271/insect%20meal%20Screenshot%202022-03-28%20145459.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; text-align: left;">There are good reasons for entomophagy – the eating of insects: they’re a rich source of protein and amino acids, use a fraction of the resources of meat production, with fewer greenhouse gases to boot, and might be seen as more ethically appropriate than the factory farming of birds and mammals. Most animals think nothing of the matter. It’s only a matter of time…</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Epistrophe<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Where anaphora is the rhetorical device of repeating words
for effect at the beginning of a sentence or clause, epistrophe is such
repetition at later in the sentence. Thus ‘It was the best of times, it was the
worst of times…’ (Charles Dickens: Tale of Two Cities’) as opposed to ‘Those
who sharpen the tooth of the dog, meaning Death / Those who glitter with
the glory of the hummingbird, meaning Death / <span face=""system-ui",serif" style="background: rgb(242, 242, 242); color: #161616; font-size: 13.5pt;">Those who sit
in the stye of contentment, meaning <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Death</span></span>…’ (T.S.
Eliot: ‘Marina’). ‘Epistrophe’ is the more interesting word, being derived from
the Ancient Greek for ‘turning back’, and being adopted by Plato to stand for
the need to turn back from the false and empty values of the outer world towards
the enlightenment provided by the inner self.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">And the image? Those are the male (left) and female (right)
of Epistrophe grossulariae, a brightly banded hoverfly which is one of the one of
the world’s 6,000+ known species – there are so many full studies waiting to be
made!<o:p></o:p></p></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Evert</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjAPNVXwWEeytCj2BQIj2n_KhIlif-pDqTH3wv6Vv67pqKKm_vjBUunbEQ-QL-xsP7hCl9IK8Xktcwxe81wKOj8OJgGlugxSelynbuIL91qhDQNhsjG4N8WsmR7XF3alQIMsPrVU4WONWACpJBEtz4cU0cGUn3maWnpNzOG_-bsOBeE39i_7X1lOv6d=s720" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjAPNVXwWEeytCj2BQIj2n_KhIlif-pDqTH3wv6Vv67pqKKm_vjBUunbEQ-QL-xsP7hCl9IK8Xktcwxe81wKOj8OJgGlugxSelynbuIL91qhDQNhsjG4N8WsmR7XF3alQIMsPrVU4WONWACpJBEtz4cU0cGUn3maWnpNzOG_-bsOBeE39i_7X1lOv6d=w426-h640" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">One of the commoner words I found I
didn’t know has been hiding in plain sight for many years as the name of tennis
star Chris Evert: its several meanings include to turn a structure outwards. Something
often turned the wrong way out is the toilet roll (in case you’re in any doubt, the
patent drawing submitted by Seth Wheeler of Albany, New York from
1891 shows the correct alignment). All of which leaves just one matter for
investigation: does Evert evert her rolls? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>‘Evert’ is one of several mostly more familiar words incorporating the suffix ‘vert’, from the Latin root meaning ‘turn’: ‘avert’, ‘divert, ‘invert’, ‘pervert’, ‘retrovert’, ‘revert’ etc. The handy ‘evert’ can mean cast from power / frustrate / defeat / turn aside / turn outwards or inside-out. Chris Evert reached 34 Grand Slam singles finals during 1974-66, the record as of 2022, winning 18. She was one of three players – with Bjorn Borg and Jimmy Connors – who might be cited as the popularisers of the now ubiquitous double-handed backhand. Evert, then, whatever she does with her loo rolls, everted the norm for the backhand, and was everted in a grand slam final more often than any other player. Connors and Evert were, incidentally, briefly engaged, and she's gone on to marry a range of sportsmen: tennis player John Lloyd (1979-87), downhill skier Andy Mill (1988-2006) and golfer Greg Norman (2008-09). That left time, surely, to add a footballer to the list, but as of 2022 she hadn't re-re-re-remarried.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #333333;">Fizzgiggious</span> / Flamdoodle<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipUw3wvVRejxKeuSE7rdPzqUYj-FjKi0aES7IqoRLHoSXgiRVyifa-Ak89m0QYIuz3XpPH3ubPylDoHIqzhZpKpVpVjHAC_SYcYAs533OcMvvhuvuYmAqwQSyiyxMwbbAgd_5i_IH_xztEk1ON97Lj94ShfY4qdmZWdK-4vjlWjCMrB6MJeYpt-KrP0FU/s865/lear%20Screenshot%202024-01-24%20101609.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="651" data-original-width="865" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipUw3wvVRejxKeuSE7rdPzqUYj-FjKi0aES7IqoRLHoSXgiRVyifa-Ak89m0QYIuz3XpPH3ubPylDoHIqzhZpKpVpVjHAC_SYcYAs533OcMvvhuvuYmAqwQSyiyxMwbbAgd_5i_IH_xztEk1ON97Lj94ShfY4qdmZWdK-4vjlWjCMrB6MJeYpt-KrP0FU/w400-h301/lear%20Screenshot%202024-01-24%20101609.png" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Balderdash, gibberish, claptrap, blether, hogwash, baloney,
guff, eyewash, piffle, gobbledygook, hooey, tripe, drivel, poppycock, bollocks,
bilge, bull, bunk…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I like the odd word for nonsense, but flamdoodle may be my
favourite. That’s in the dictionary, but
‘<span style="background: white; color: #333333;">fizzgiggious’
isn’t, being a nonsense word rather than a word for nonsense. It comes from
Edward Lear’s ‘Twenty-Six Nonsense Rhymes and Pictures’, first published in
1872:</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333;">The fizzgiggious Fish,</span><span style="color: #333333;"><br />
<span style="background: white;">who always walked about upon Stilts,</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">because he had no legs.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #333333;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Perhaps ‘confounding’ would make sense as a synonym for ‘fizzgiggious’.
Perhaps ‘fizz’ would make sense as a synonym for ‘nonsense’. Perhaps it already
is one.</i></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Floordrobe<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ2Z2Fh4LTlOyO_OUaVo0lxW4Tca4J6fezgxMB8HyJTeGQD9KFVQNHi-CyT6_Ut7dwvH3BfcJ-WBC-rW4zVb2p5NZviXN03x-dZQ6LClw6UANte4AACRwEoSEnil7EGIApSmBWso7NiaEBk_ceH-RYkDEhPgiy7umS8uYeTGbf58zc7PdCE-uNqGKj/s2907/floordrobe.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2907" data-original-width="2349" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ2Z2Fh4LTlOyO_OUaVo0lxW4Tca4J6fezgxMB8HyJTeGQD9KFVQNHi-CyT6_Ut7dwvH3BfcJ-WBC-rW4zVb2p5NZviXN03x-dZQ6LClw6UANte4AACRwEoSEnil7EGIApSmBWso7NiaEBk_ceH-RYkDEhPgiy7umS8uYeTGbf58zc7PdCE-uNqGKj/w518-h640/floordrobe.jpg" width="518" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">At the margins of mainstream dictionaries is this light-hearted
word for the minimum effort teen-favoured storage solution for clothes: simply
drop them on the floor. The danger, I suppose, is that the labour of finding
the right item swells in response, and there is no net saving of time. Moreover,
I have come across the simultaneous presence of wardrobe and floordrobe:
certainly, something must have gone wrong there. And yet, while the default
expectation must be for disorganisation, the well-managed floordrobe may, as
shown, have some easy-view merit, though there is the matter of hoovering to
take into account…</span><o:p></o:p></p></span></div><div><i style="text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></i><p></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Foggage</b></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><o:p> </o:p></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEin4dllvHzYqSN-9JnQPH9TWTBRn84gH2W_3XcrZwhIQdtCA19CCoNQghpwrMexliEjbhWbw4juK5rVkGw4ys_5kLda74u1mIx0GfhrvPnCasQIXGLvU9L3eqIDDaSKMWzFqXhpAWe0xmJkNfIAWVm66Io-38edExFothnBtj_nLK2_ziXlzB-EpXeo=s612" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="405" data-original-width="612" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEin4dllvHzYqSN-9JnQPH9TWTBRn84gH2W_3XcrZwhIQdtCA19CCoNQghpwrMexliEjbhWbw4juK5rVkGw4ys_5kLda74u1mIx0GfhrvPnCasQIXGLvU9L3eqIDDaSKMWzFqXhpAWe0xmJkNfIAWVm66Io-38edExFothnBtj_nLK2_ziXlzB-EpXeo=w640-h424" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Can cows eat fog? </span></span></span>Apparently so,</span><span> </span><i>fog</i><span> </span><span>being the term for long grass and other plants left standing in a pasture for winter grazing.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The less familiar word ‘Foggage’ is defined as ‘the right to pasture cattle on fog’. As a winter feeding system, foggage is becoming recognised as having environmental benefits compared with using silage.</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #4d5156;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Fucoid<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #4d5156;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #4d5156;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia3karXhNButZvi5n78A_nWY55K7K-miW5M9G8Dkto-LDMSqxyGGgMoiGMZ_eRMs_XzyCvON1vV1ks9fqEXTXqRrQP8RhKaxR5xqgyZTDc1M3u9eWHnbMVNrGeh2GjXI_6dhbmUCNQxsVaVUXftZGYCYIibncWz5AnBojgQOsQrs3rguS07mkkBtf4/s871/Seaweed%20creenshot%202022-04-25%20214847.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="553" data-original-width="871" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia3karXhNButZvi5n78A_nWY55K7K-miW5M9G8Dkto-LDMSqxyGGgMoiGMZ_eRMs_XzyCvON1vV1ks9fqEXTXqRrQP8RhKaxR5xqgyZTDc1M3u9eWHnbMVNrGeh2GjXI_6dhbmUCNQxsVaVUXftZGYCYIibncWz5AnBojgQOsQrs3rguS07mkkBtf4/w640-h406/Seaweed%20creenshot%202022-04-25%20214847.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Seaweed is on the up as a food, though it remains rare as clothing outside of the mermaid community. The main point to make about the
12,000 known species is that, despite relying on photosynthesis, they are algae
not plants. Consequently, they have no leaves, stems, or roots to transport
water or nutrients: rather, each cell develops what it needs directly from the
seawater around it. Nutrition aside, algae – covering plankton as well –
pro<span style="font-family: inherit;">duces a majority <o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of the world’s oxygen supplies. What, the fucoid? Yes, we should be
grateful...</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Fucoid – having the qualities of seaweed</i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Gabion</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi9f7tzBSYZvERtyhM3ASJO0RZ-YGkxK729nIqPDffa9p8UV07Z50lqJrFgu3jP7d4goV6lJIGeTFhaVmOfe6vhTAOiLXKVSl4k0xH4wtMXaYx1VMjZXQr9JfJxcY528SeB9V5YZmpFVqI2qu4hCpttTSvLQNAPPBixiALb6y61Y1SgQYmR0FslGQ9j=s800" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi9f7tzBSYZvERtyhM3ASJO0RZ-YGkxK729nIqPDffa9p8UV07Z50lqJrFgu3jP7d4goV6lJIGeTFhaVmOfe6vhTAOiLXKVSl4k0xH4wtMXaYx1VMjZXQr9JfJxcY528SeB9V5YZmpFVqI2qu4hCpttTSvLQNAPPBixiALb6y61Y1SgQYmR0FslGQ9j=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>If dumbbells aren’t quite enough for you, allow me to recommend a
gabion basket. Perhaps you could fill one with dumbbells, though I can find no photographic
evidence that anyone has done that yet.</span><span> </span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><i>A gabion (from Italian </i>gabbione<i>, ‘big
cage’) is a cage, cylinder or box filled with rocks, concrete, rubble
or sometimes sand and soil for use in civil engineering, road building, landscaping
and military applications. I rather like, in passing, the American term for
rubble: ‘riprap’.</i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="what-is-it"><b>Gelastic<o:p></o:p></b></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="what-is-it"><b><br /></b></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8YR2xJAI7MOTLvUiCCALOwWOQEN77sfvBk2Q3PjpkRfbeC0GSBJD46Gx_liBo3p2kvA-oMDeVAnSwj-abazX1rT6SqXK_oWr9XbWpjcbLnkdXnOpEYi71t_bS_e4xFhQItALLmKmqz51Ev21a2fJKdP0fmIOZxSuSAC3pyPi4h5b5GXKcvUm_BFUbVJI/s1041/laughs%20Screenshot%202024-01-10%20081051.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="712" data-original-width="1041" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8YR2xJAI7MOTLvUiCCALOwWOQEN77sfvBk2Q3PjpkRfbeC0GSBJD46Gx_liBo3p2kvA-oMDeVAnSwj-abazX1rT6SqXK_oWr9XbWpjcbLnkdXnOpEYi71t_bS_e4xFhQItALLmKmqz51Ev21a2fJKdP0fmIOZxSuSAC3pyPi4h5b5GXKcvUm_BFUbVJI/w640-h438/laughs%20Screenshot%202024-01-10%20081051.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Some words carry
baggage… It seems logical to have a word to mean ‘provoking or pertaining to laughter’,
but none of the derivatives of ‘laugh’ itself quite seem to fit: ‘laughsome’ is
close, but archaic. ‘Comedic’ will work in some contexts, but really refers to
what is likely to cause laughter, rather than directly to the laughter itself.
‘Risible’ can mean ‘associated with laughter’, hence the ‘risible muscles’ in
the mouth – but it is mainly used with negative connotations equivalent to
‘ludicrous’ or ‘laughable’, and that gets in the way. All in all, then,
‘gelastic’ could be a handy word. The problem is that it seems to be used
primarily in the context of a ‘gelastic seizure’, causing
uncontrolled laughing or giggling even in the absence of joy or happiness. Hardly
a laughing matter, the more so as the main underlying adult causes are a tumour
near the hypothalamus or a lesion in the frontal or parietal lobes. In children it’s more likely to be due to over-secretion of
gonadotropin-releasing and luteinizing hormones, often associated with growth
problems and emotional issues.<p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Gimp<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivP6kx6xJVwh3U167HkBJD6kcYF8yrzsxg2yWnzVvZqmHwPKNJDutAtOwMBQoy23DkRUcnQreodIIJWIXwkjyZopRAPhaRXbdZy5X-ptkGbQh6nHdN8e9Ms7r7SHBov2NxFa1cof7JGeXPh3pqM2OirszRUJnUkygjs_taMAkymtB_Ase4Jv4GshsQ/s957/gimp%20essex%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="538" data-original-width="957" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivP6kx6xJVwh3U167HkBJD6kcYF8yrzsxg2yWnzVvZqmHwPKNJDutAtOwMBQoy23DkRUcnQreodIIJWIXwkjyZopRAPhaRXbdZy5X-ptkGbQh6nHdN8e9Ms7r7SHBov2NxFa1cof7JGeXPh3pqM2OirszRUJnUkygjs_taMAkymtB_Ase4Jv4GshsQ/w640-h360/gimp%20essex%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">This neat little word has acquired three meanings. First, an
ornamental material for trimming dresses (17th century onwards). Second, a
crippled leg, or person so handicapped, perhaps combining ‘limp’ with ‘gammy’
(1920’s onwards). Third, as in a ‘gimp suit’, which covers the body completely
(1970’s gay underground scene onwards). But you can’t make a gimp suit out of
gimp - PVC, latex, rubber and spandex are the preferred materials, being
stretchy enough to fit tightly. So that more recent use probably derives from the
way such suits handicapped the user (alongside other restraints) for purposes
of sexual domination. That usage reached a mainstream of sorts via the inclusion
of ‘The Gimp’ as a leather-encased character in Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Pulp Fiction’
(1994). That may, in turn, have echoed the nickname of Martin Snyder (1893–1981),
a Jewish-American gangster commonly known as ‘Moe the Gimp’. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The image shows ‘The
Gimp Man of Essex’, an anonymous resident of Colchester who has become well-known
locally over the past decade for wandering about in a latex gimp suit. Interviewed by The Independent in 2022, he
explained that ‘The Essex Gimp is my alter ego; my downtime; my chance to be
someone else for a short bit of time… People might think of it as weird, but
I’m not doing any harm. I’m not going out naked. I’m fully covered, no matter
what other people’s perception of those clothes are.’ </span><o:p></o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background: white;">Glabella </span></b><span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p><span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgiiGmlEObkztQYRvLlqw5yuwAFfL8qfXlUcHxtQ0iAseHKg5UvnbJLgolSU0smZMWHsm2KKsTOnyzwkOrxT7xPiJeEHl_xBDGw7LA8jYH9WPLmQFlFu5L8_NXoLdKK4Mk01M7iOEPTP70aqpZDaxi0m4NCjH8_b83pvA4bdtWoc1a-54w-Xu0D5aCw=s961" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgiiGmlEObkztQYRvLlqw5yuwAFfL8qfXlUcHxtQ0iAseHKg5UvnbJLgolSU0smZMWHsm2KKsTOnyzwkOrxT7xPiJeEHl_xBDGw7LA8jYH9WPLmQFlFu5L8_NXoLdKK4Mk01M7iOEPTP70aqpZDaxi0m4NCjH8_b83pvA4bdtWoc1a-54w-Xu0D5aCw=s961" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="591" data-original-width="961" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgiiGmlEObkztQYRvLlqw5yuwAFfL8qfXlUcHxtQ0iAseHKg5UvnbJLgolSU0smZMWHsm2KKsTOnyzwkOrxT7xPiJeEHl_xBDGw7LA8jYH9WPLmQFlFu5L8_NXoLdKK4Mk01M7iOEPTP70aqpZDaxi0m4NCjH8_b83pvA4bdtWoc1a-54w-Xu0D5aCw=w640-h394" width="640" /></a></span></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It makes sense that, the more you worry about the lines between and over your eyes, the more likely they are to be prominent. That makes the glabella the site of the rather poignant injustice that those who care least about a problem are the least likely to be afflicted by it.</span></div></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><span style="background: white;">Glabella </span></i><i><span style="background: white;">— the flat area of bone between the eyebrows - a term I can find used only in the cosmetic surgery industry.</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Griffonage <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKDtwt6Br7UHowdnmK5zqkum4zlslOYT6chaPytxWnK1jIvya73XKTPHvrEMsY8dEw-Q5p8GSNvzH-UiXOxS6PGNb0E7bKgjr6hUNlNwVwMOUGE-0v2Kyygf9o5QDEz6lBRrImw82Kzdl7ddpSqnX43_NKV0Icky5B6VNe33fF3ACpR768t2b9kvbu/s846/writing%20Screenshot%202022-03-28%20152140.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="803" data-original-width="846" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKDtwt6Br7UHowdnmK5zqkum4zlslOYT6chaPytxWnK1jIvya73XKTPHvrEMsY8dEw-Q5p8GSNvzH-UiXOxS6PGNb0E7bKgjr6hUNlNwVwMOUGE-0v2Kyygf9o5QDEz6lBRrImw82Kzdl7ddpSqnX43_NKV0Icky5B6VNe33fF3ACpR768t2b9kvbu/w400-h380/writing%20Screenshot%202022-03-28%20152140.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; text-align: left;">There’s a distinction to me made between griffonage – illegible
handwriting in the manner of the classic doctor’s prescription – and asemic
writing, which takes on the form of writing but never sets out to have any semantic
content. The way to treat the former, I suggest, is to treat it as the latter:
relax into its aesthetic properties without allowing the lack of meaning to become
a frustration.</span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><b>Guisarme</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg8KiiT3_2F7KlSBfZ1sbn3nuUJoUlWoFM_gA_PlCEnZA10VzLI6FoowlYN48xktq3viISz9PP8NTIpscdKVyd-ZBsA7uW0Bm_JGUqNQPUXCvgtj-dyPEZphCtQJ2b7edSJDFjQjvBMqHzslbJBHHNdp4q3cGCsgUWBCXaYSlafB6MxBdC_gk124Has=s808" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="523" data-original-width="808" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg8KiiT3_2F7KlSBfZ1sbn3nuUJoUlWoFM_gA_PlCEnZA10VzLI6FoowlYN48xktq3viISz9PP8NTIpscdKVyd-ZBsA7uW0Bm_JGUqNQPUXCvgtj-dyPEZphCtQJ2b7edSJDFjQjvBMqHzslbJBHHNdp4q3cGCsgUWBCXaYSlafB6MxBdC_gk124Has=w640-h414" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">This
turns out to be just one of many attractively-named medieval weapons based on the principle of
fixing something heavy or sharp to the end of a pole, the better to apply
enough force from a reasonably safe distance to trouble an armoured foe on
horseback – something you couldn’t do with a straightforward sword or axe. Telling polearms one from another is a
somewhat specialist task, but maybe there’s potential to play all these shapes
into a cutting edge design of wallpaper or clothing…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /><i>No less a source than The Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 2nd Edition Player’s Handbook (Revised) defines seven main classes of weapon, which I summarise as follows: </i><br /><br />Bardiche:<i> an elongated battle axe. </i><br /><br />Bec de corbin:<i> has a pick or beak is to punch through plate, a hammer side and a short blade to finish things off. </i><br /><br />Fauchard:<i> a long, inward curving blade mounted on a shaft </i><br /><br />Glaive:<i> simply a single-edged blade mounted on a shaft. </i><br /><br />Guisarme:<i> an elaborately curved heavy blade, probably originating from peasants putting a pruning hook onto a spear shaft. </i><br /><br />Glaive-guisarme:<i> adds a hook to the back of the glaive’s blade. </i><br /><br />Halberd:<i> a combination weapon of large, angled axe blade tapering to a long spear point or awl pike, with a hook on the back for attacking armor or dismounting riders.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Guling </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNs2VgvkEX9ZPV_JxDeeakfzIiFpW6Ofj2G3hskKka6nWZkwxHzYY2vqZvU-bOZbATIpi6A1OMp4BwkNqD8jjgncjRiH8zLCd6vTMGAkd8SKfaaUI6xwfpofD2YvWbY33mq-L0fpKxCaX2-8ofM8PFdfCuekUkq4UtLdXGt1kJY4NDU8Jyyp0yZn2k/s1500/guling%2081l2dP2ffcL._AC_SL1500_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1447" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNs2VgvkEX9ZPV_JxDeeakfzIiFpW6Ofj2G3hskKka6nWZkwxHzYY2vqZvU-bOZbATIpi6A1OMp4BwkNqD8jjgncjRiH8zLCd6vTMGAkd8SKfaaUI6xwfpofD2YvWbY33mq-L0fpKxCaX2-8ofM8PFdfCuekUkq4UtLdXGt1kJY4NDU8Jyyp0yZn2k/w618-h640/guling%2081l2dP2ffcL._AC_SL1500_.jpg" width="618" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">If a bolster is a narrow pillow or cushion designed
for back or arm support, if not purely decorative, then the Southeast Asian
equivalent is more definite in shape and more specific to sleep. Hence the
terms gối ôm (Vietnamese: 'hugging pillow') monkang (Thai: side pillow)
and guling (Indonesian: 'roll pillow') as well as such nicknames as ‘hotdog
pillow’, for the sausage shape, and ‘Dutch wife’, for the companionable aspect –
a term which has also been used for a sex doll… <o:p></o:p></p></span></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Hexapla</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 19.26px;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgwkmlz6RIzsnRWaGP18xCDIUNftZT_0dQ0-o0trzLABCjkVpgxtpa1SAlNdMO_pn4WoYSKiFkfUuh4Y-AN9xnNtbMYRD8P1rXwWEDCdvf1qdWPDje75lsY9CJmhYi4VG4fu5ePmQg6Zvc3B-3KS2ojdPARML4i1VNTk9KhHvREirFi6dyC7-YsN0Ra=s1024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgwkmlz6RIzsnRWaGP18xCDIUNftZT_0dQ0-o0trzLABCjkVpgxtpa1SAlNdMO_pn4WoYSKiFkfUuh4Y-AN9xnNtbMYRD8P1rXwWEDCdvf1qdWPDje75lsY9CJmhYi4VG4fu5ePmQg6Zvc3B-3KS2ojdPARML4i1VNTk9KhHvREirFi6dyC7-YsN0Ra=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">What is the hexaplanation for this? </span></span>A <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">hexapla</i> is a sixfold text in parallel columns, most often used to show alternate translations of the bible. These columns are in the Francis Quadrangle at the University of Missouri in Columbia – they are the only remaining part of an Academic Hall that burned down in 1892. So the hexapla nation in question is the United States.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-style: italic; text-align: justify;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><i><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>Hiaqua</span><span> </span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.5pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p style="background-color: transparent; text-align: justify;"><span> </span></o:p><span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 19.26px; text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRrhiXIjpr3Ny4AbY-g-ntTaTUMThBSVnMPvrhq6Gp2lZNGFSiCVXl--Uu7DgAIsBYmIm_QagZRKeX-9elejyG9nPN0uZxp3Syu3lEBSw5ednwaxzikKuy1XQOXdpKQrGzXczb3M6NJhqoN5Q4DjSU1foFnO4qCWPZVY-9kIkM0JVWB4KSw9xXhOta=s2500" style="background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2500" data-original-width="2500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRrhiXIjpr3Ny4AbY-g-ntTaTUMThBSVnMPvrhq6Gp2lZNGFSiCVXl--Uu7DgAIsBYmIm_QagZRKeX-9elejyG9nPN0uZxp3Syu3lEBSw5ednwaxzikKuy1XQOXdpKQrGzXczb3M6NJhqoN5Q4DjSU1foFnO4qCWPZVY-9kIkM0JVWB4KSw9xXhOta=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>What can I buy with this? Something, surely? It’s a </span><i>hiaqua</i><span> - a necklace of large dentalium shells, formerly used as money by natives of the North Pacific coasts of America.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">In this late 19th century necklace, columns of dentalium shells alternate with colourful beads and buffalo hide spacers. Dentalium is a large genus of tooth shells or tusk shells, marine scaphopod molluscs in the family Dentaliidae. Peoples of the Northwest Pacific Coast would trade dentalium into the Great Plains, Great Basin, Central Canada, Northern Plateau and Alaska for other items including many foods, decorative materials, dyes, hides, macaw feathers from Central America, and turquoise from the American Southwest.</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Holloway</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQZdwQ-oAWkNnttJa0Ml6VgQiyv_XGKCm-ALB1ESpmNt4wDffXbFxVUGUv8-UhmtEpUDqMIxh40AzYVHYohCPAs5AKESQLyl7_jVgL6bIxUoridmM6DIoMfqewSpc9xwQ6mU7M6ybexMo0AShzFqMPEm8Yt6Zhu5lEEv9WPlH82lLMc1_-t2ZKcyST/s2953/Holloway-panoramic.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1340" data-original-width="2953" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQZdwQ-oAWkNnttJa0Ml6VgQiyv_XGKCm-ALB1ESpmNt4wDffXbFxVUGUv8-UhmtEpUDqMIxh40AzYVHYohCPAs5AKESQLyl7_jVgL6bIxUoridmM6DIoMfqewSpc9xwQ6mU7M6ybexMo0AShzFqMPEm8Yt6Zhu5lEEv9WPlH82lLMc1_-t2ZKcyST/w640-h290/Holloway-panoramic.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;">The name ‘Holloway’ is fairly common: the 501st most
frequent in the UK, with 13,000 bearing it currently (for context: Smith = 550,000,
Jones = 425,000) and I’d always assumed that the well-known Holloway Road in
Islington was named after a local dignitary. In fact, it’s the other way
around: a ‘holloway’ derives from the Anglo-Saxon ‘hola weg’, meaning sunken
road (or ‘hollow way’), its profile lowered by perpetual passage - erosion by
human feet, horses, cartwheels and cattle driven alongside, combined with water
then flowing through. Holloway Road, now thoroughly tamed, </span><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;">was once the main drovers’ route from the
north to Smithfield market. The name originates from those living near such timeworn
tracks.</span></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi606cIms0dNQS1XDqVXOekTFz5oPucy6FmBzB_ypLE3FfPQ90z7F0DXR3C2OYH4ikfnJT5tZQJq-McWpZ9PFfeewHIfWvhhGTBUm_5AIicxcNru85RAJU5AcXocjcpyJ-aycPCdnekPbHvqr2kNQLksPUFQShTXww1WRFjLuPMOOppVaktP4eaEi-d/s800/holloway%20image.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi606cIms0dNQS1XDqVXOekTFz5oPucy6FmBzB_ypLE3FfPQ90z7F0DXR3C2OYH4ikfnJT5tZQJq-McWpZ9PFfeewHIfWvhhGTBUm_5AIicxcNru85RAJU5AcXocjcpyJ-aycPCdnekPbHvqr2kNQLksPUFQShTXww1WRFjLuPMOOppVaktP4eaEi-d/w640-h426/holloway%20image.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>The images are of Holloway Road, London; and of a holloway in
Brittany (where it would be ‘</i>un creux<i>’) as photographed by Jean-Francois
Gornet. </i></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Humectation</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_ixhKjSG2ZcMCV4GbSUmO0oZsGVo0PTOhRrvXUC3ueNSaqGEWDgpKlGNsUC206Ys-i9Ek2DkA3asy4__w11Jlz1bZEYmBojDSIbcvSSj_Uum5gunGhBqymtMhYTDc3Kr0aiswNSjYi6Xcg40ElgEx9pOC94BARc9I2xDp85N-PAievpH2cM1Jrqvu/s856/facials%20Screenshot%202022-03-31%20161953.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="451" data-original-width="856" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_ixhKjSG2ZcMCV4GbSUmO0oZsGVo0PTOhRrvXUC3ueNSaqGEWDgpKlGNsUC206Ys-i9Ek2DkA3asy4__w11Jlz1bZEYmBojDSIbcvSSj_Uum5gunGhBqymtMhYTDc3Kr0aiswNSjYi6Xcg40ElgEx9pOC94BARc9I2xDp85N-PAievpH2cM1Jrqvu/w640-h338/facials%20Screenshot%202022-03-31%20161953.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I admit it: I’m in the recalcitrant 65% of men over-60 who
don’t use a facial moisturising product, as opposed to the 65% of men in their
20’s and 30’s who do. The trend is clear, and I guess women are pushing towards
100%. What am I missing out on?
Humectation would:</span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 18.75pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span><span style="color: #2d2d2d;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> - </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #2d2d2d;">Help keep my skin hydrated and refreshed<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 18.75pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span><span style="color: #2d2d2d;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> - </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #2d2d2d;">Put less pressure on my glands to keep my skin healthy <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 18.75pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span><span style="color: #2d2d2d;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> - </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #2d2d2d;">Improve my skin’s chemical balance, reducing the chances of
redness or acne<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span>·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> - </span><!--[endif]-->Give my face a firmer look, reducing the
appearance of wrinkles.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>All this for an investment of two minutes a day. Maybe I’ll
persuade myself yet…</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Humectation - the action
of moistening / condition of being moist<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><span><br />
Hyperaemic</span></b><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjnwCO5I2P65Tj8rbfXJDTSR3DeoOzpSv-xgK0pP5yMVNBBpxfWFdWg44oELZDSkm9hVunXaHM1OobgCBxz8k4ILBf20gZVbUaE7n0U_78XJqeSJ9eVLBBISUMgR5kohoNhx-dxNXZAdHzhdETEbv5Tfo6asGBBG0Gs_9tLF0laNlckEiYbs5Neji_S=s638" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="452" data-original-width="638" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjnwCO5I2P65Tj8rbfXJDTSR3DeoOzpSv-xgK0pP5yMVNBBpxfWFdWg44oELZDSkm9hVunXaHM1OobgCBxz8k4ILBf20gZVbUaE7n0U_78XJqeSJ9eVLBBISUMgR5kohoNhx-dxNXZAdHzhdETEbv5Tfo6asGBBG0Gs_9tLF0laNlckEiYbs5Neji_S=w400-h284" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>The only way is up... At the more erudite margins of the adult film genre – a
friend of mine was telling me – those due to receive don’t gasp excitedly
‘You’re so hard!’ but ‘You’re hyperaemic! Your</span><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"> <i>corpora cavernosa</i></span><span> must be unusually full!’<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>Hyperaemia: the presence of more than the
normal amount of blood in a part of the body.<span style="background: white;"> C</span><span style="color: #202122; text-align: justify;">orpora cavernosa: the t</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;">wo masses of erectile tissue forming the bulk of the penis (and the clitoris)</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;"><br /></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><span style="background: white;"> </span></i><b>Hypoxic</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGiIHA3Iy-eMPXMuO5leIMZCWohwy_mjmPQatr8cJNaIHRJxp5hAk5B7qqOCCNu4vNotCQjn7cOnSfVcwGEVY8_qGuo_UdzuiaUxyG6HwsCGvcMLznNniR0RlWdAejeD0HLunLNhwDzqTuYT_yD66tk06LEs4yy3gKjUwiyyiWDaL1b7moJDBW7_dv/s1440/walrus%20sleep%2066194-istock-140065047-6441a0def2bf35b41543fd95b5b2515a.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1440" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGiIHA3Iy-eMPXMuO5leIMZCWohwy_mjmPQatr8cJNaIHRJxp5hAk5B7qqOCCNu4vNotCQjn7cOnSfVcwGEVY8_qGuo_UdzuiaUxyG6HwsCGvcMLznNniR0RlWdAejeD0HLunLNhwDzqTuYT_yD66tk06LEs4yy3gKjUwiyyiWDaL1b7moJDBW7_dv/w640-h360/walrus%20sleep%2066194-istock-140065047-6441a0def2bf35b41543fd95b5b2515a.webp" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I’d be worried if sleeping at the bottom of a pile of
walruses, not just that I might be squashed – an adult male can weigh up to two
tonnes, which is certainly a load of bull – but also that I could have problems
breathing. At least I’d be out in the open: conditions at the bottom of a not unusual pile
of fifty mole-rats could get even more hypoxic, deep in the burrow. I’m not sure there’s a word for it (‘univelocital’?),
but walruses can swim and run – on all fours with their flippers – at about the
same speed of 10km per hour. That, surprisingly, is equivalent to an average
human’s fast running speed. Less surprisingly, it’s quicker than we can swim: 3 km per hour being typical. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>Hypoxic: having too little oxygen</i></span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #040c28; font-size: 15pt;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Innascibility</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEijIz5G0RTEc4Uy4Ut89ybPO8LYdnIstrNtkqJP81wfD-jHOjVLIhcwqFWgW4rnDTsLaJps7JR32fd_EQVgdRbsRNKRfdd2oixALYSLh1muxXnsYsJcbpVt6F8thQMH8FjSuyMVT5JoHPINZtDn-M42YL8wNqi5z3p2uT0YNepfRKBypRElRkae_cbs=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEijIz5G0RTEc4Uy4Ut89ybPO8LYdnIstrNtkqJP81wfD-jHOjVLIhcwqFWgW4rnDTsLaJps7JR32fd_EQVgdRbsRNKRfdd2oixALYSLh1muxXnsYsJcbpVt6F8thQMH8FjSuyMVT5JoHPINZtDn-M42YL8wNqi5z3p2uT0YNepfRKBypRElRkae_cbs=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>God is the exemplar of innascibility - and, one could argue, the only such being. But one can look at the term more broadly. It is often said that </span>entrepreneurs<span> / geniuses / criminals / champions etc (insert to taste) are not born but made. George Bernard Shaw even claimed that ‘Kings are not born: they are made by artificial hallucination’, though if there’s any role in life for which birth seems pivotal, it’s that of monarch. Moreover, ‘one is not born, but rather becomes, a woman’, according to Simone de Beauvoir. She may not have had physical transitioning between sexes in mind, but there’s that too…<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><span>Innascibility: the attribute of being independent of birth. Image from a website tracking ‘before’ and ‘after’ male to female transitions.</span></i><i><span style="background: white;"> </span></i><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Intercalation<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVbbCBUBpPlneSizkmxkY-uSh1CwynZztjXw75jSASSnytq_9EatEfweZtujURsH_9Et64Xstnw0Y_3zaaLh5DhCKhk8rBC1CAbGxRmz3swXYlT75yx1yEy_4tlYCdtZ6CURfqlTVzGIoH6tN0xsX1XN8oJH48cU3VsEFUQPM_Cu2kDGf7oniJq51d/s931/feb%20Screenshot%202022-05-25%20204507.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="711" data-original-width="931" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVbbCBUBpPlneSizkmxkY-uSh1CwynZztjXw75jSASSnytq_9EatEfweZtujURsH_9Et64Xstnw0Y_3zaaLh5DhCKhk8rBC1CAbGxRmz3swXYlT75yx1yEy_4tlYCdtZ6CURfqlTVzGIoH6tN0xsX1XN8oJH48cU3VsEFUQPM_Cu2kDGf7oniJq51d/w640-h488/feb%20Screenshot%202022-05-25%20204507.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>Intercalation in timekeeping is the insertion of
a leap day, week, or month into some calendar years to make
the calendar follow the seasons or moon phases. </span><span> </span><span>So can you explain in full the rule currently used to
make up for the solar year having 365.24 days, rather than a number of whole days as required by a calendar year? Yes, under the Gregorian calendar - adopted by
Britain in 175 - this is adjusted for by adding a leap day (or ‘intercalary
day’) every four years. But 1900 wasn’t a leap year, and nor will 2100 be. Why so?
Years divisible by 100 but not by 400 are exempted in order to improve accuracy.
Thus, only one in four ‘century years’ are leap years, 2000 being somewhat
unusual in that it was one. I guess if it hadn't been, I'd have been aware of that intercalatory detail. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Irreption</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcXstnXkXPDK5BYIuq7PS-IZnA8DgZH0b7Y5V7GJwVj6T26P4ARCT0ZsTYn-NyVXyD4ieE7cMht7C0cYGjc0WL6IVN1tDV5JwtAZ4ubIHKTmR5NN2sXS9vJ0T0nbTyfnETussCZEGGvvjRijFffKWLnyy05zhUO2LSwv3DF2jSJAaZZhBYwPPu9hXT/s430/nuur%20article01_430x.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="244" data-original-width="430" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcXstnXkXPDK5BYIuq7PS-IZnA8DgZH0b7Y5V7GJwVj6T26P4ARCT0ZsTYn-NyVXyD4ieE7cMht7C0cYGjc0WL6IVN1tDV5JwtAZ4ubIHKTmR5NN2sXS9vJ0T0nbTyfnETussCZEGGvvjRijFffKWLnyy05zhUO2LSwv3DF2jSJAaZZhBYwPPu9hXT/w640-h364/nuur%20article01_430x.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">One of my favourite art films is Navid Nuur’s 'When Doubt
Turns into Destiny' (1993 - 2011), a cat and mouse surveillance video in
which the artist attempts to evade the security lights installed in Berlin’s
alleyways and courtyards by moving extremely cautiously, as if performing a slow-motion
version of himself. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">When he fails –
and the lights do ‘discover’ him – he friezes his position. It’s funny, but not
altogether fool – as that ingeniously illustrates his position as an artist: he
continuously finds himself moving between two states, a before-and-after, a cause-and-effect,
a dark and light. It is he who is causing a change, a rupture, a sudden shift
in the order of things, by trying to be slower than the light, in order to be
faster - smarter -</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> than it. Ten years after encountering that film, I’ve (finally!)
come across the perfect description for what Nuur was doing: attempting irreption. Irreption is the act of
creeping in, of entering by stealth or avoidance. And yes, it would make a
good theme for a show - with Nuur at its centre, of course.</span></p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Irrreption</span><i style="font-family: inherit;"> (from the Latin </i><span style="font-family: inherit;">repere</span><i style="font-family: inherit;">, creep in) is I suppose a
kind of anti-eruption (from the Latin </i><span style="font-family: inherit;">rupere</span><i style="font-family: inherit;">, burst forth). The image is a still
from the 31 minutes of 'When Doubt Turns into Destiny'.</i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></i></p></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Jacinthe</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3vSC32g5mJ1ihpDoOlfii4EqlEGlVKIKZ_eq01c9MqRTjnAr8HJU7Dd5UH32Xrz1g27cqeX_RjkiHTNxXNmMze946HRnzcnQfHu2LIzQEjrEhyv5Tegsytg1rmX8gLXsgdYw1a7uHpiY62H_wClntE5z1vYAfh-BRCq7U6tWXuYnvABO_YjPqZsmk/s1680/janets%20j10bd93_b67671a0bf8c4020a885fb16ccb5e65a_mv2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1260" data-original-width="1680" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3vSC32g5mJ1ihpDoOlfii4EqlEGlVKIKZ_eq01c9MqRTjnAr8HJU7Dd5UH32Xrz1g27cqeX_RjkiHTNxXNmMze946HRnzcnQfHu2LIzQEjrEhyv5Tegsytg1rmX8gLXsgdYw1a7uHpiY62H_wClntE5z1vYAfh-BRCq7U6tWXuYnvABO_YjPqZsmk/w400-h300/janets%20j10bd93_b67671a0bf8c4020a885fb16ccb5e65a_mv2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">‘What colour is that hyacinth?’ If it’s ‘a moderate orange
that is yellower and stronger than honeydew’, then according to the
Merriam-Webster dictionary it is ‘jacinthe’. Given that ‘orange’ is a word with
notoriously few rhymes, that could be a boon to formal poets, though I can’t
recall them using it. Anyway, orange
hyacinths are unusual, so here’s the alliterative alternative of ‘Janet’s
Jacinthe Jewel-Tomato’, awaiting the right versifier of vegetable fruits to put
it on a plinth. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Confusion at the
margins… If it’s a French name, then ‘Jacinthe’ is pronounced ‘Ja-sant’, rather
undermining the hyacinth link. And ‘jacinth’ is a precious stone, typically the
violet blue most typical of hyacinths, and actually used in the C19th as an
alternative name for the flower…<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><br /></i></p></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Jaup</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhi6B38VkYhdDw-znr4TsngPxobFuWVYtWzZb0lmBCWc7ZigdHvXKIFVbd3_imm1az2h79smAB-tQyePA8cjE_Bx5sIn_LP2ONVslVDPF8frFwE_gauT1-vF5llFpkBtThceeFq-OS-CVyO4TI3TjVZJLicbenRRtR522uPsSgitFDkXXqOn8bB0vGp=s1800" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhi6B38VkYhdDw-znr4TsngPxobFuWVYtWzZb0lmBCWc7ZigdHvXKIFVbd3_imm1az2h79smAB-tQyePA8cjE_Bx5sIn_LP2ONVslVDPF8frFwE_gauT1-vF5llFpkBtThceeFq-OS-CVyO4TI3TjVZJLicbenRRtR522uPsSgitFDkXXqOn8bB0vGp=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #191919; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">When Jackson Pollock
worked primarily in brown, which wasn’t so often, the word ‘jaup’ might suit: ‘</span><span class="dttext" style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #303336; letter-spacing: 0.15pt; padding: 0cm;">a splash or spatter, especially of dirty water’.
It’s a word used mostly in Scotland, but then Pollock’s father LeRoy Pollock -
born McCoy – did have Scottish-Irish lineage.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span class="dttext"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #303336; letter-spacing: 0.15pt; padding: 0cm;">This is Pollock’s ‘</span></span><span style="background: white; color: #191919; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">Number 13A: Arabesque’, 1948</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="background: white; color: #191919; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Jill</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiNeqgMmf_SjrwIt7t_XhsVQEw93YKL95P-PVB_ZUQL-GHXQ_mbLdOw9VxicMr83o3IHvu2i7DxQ37d9D81ReEMWnR2TBIsGSVhYeWk08yETam5lsy2FjrIlMWVFyXo38FYTawGsbRJ4xhNxSOTvx6vsSQGjDo-WLVKV8TCus75W1Jxh-fmncCPXhUq=s850" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="425" data-original-width="850" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiNeqgMmf_SjrwIt7t_XhsVQEw93YKL95P-PVB_ZUQL-GHXQ_mbLdOw9VxicMr83o3IHvu2i7DxQ37d9D81ReEMWnR2TBIsGSVhYeWk08yETam5lsy2FjrIlMWVFyXo38FYTawGsbRJ4xhNxSOTvx6vsSQGjDo-WLVKV8TCus75W1Jxh-fmncCPXhUq=w640-h320" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-style: italic; text-align: justify;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>‘Faith’, ‘Frank’ and ‘Fern’ are effing obvious enough, but one
of the more obscure cases in which a common name also has a meaning is 'Jill'. ‘To
jill’ is to move a boat idly around. Online jilling led me to this Baltic screenshot from
a site displaying current marine traffic based on AIS (Automated Information
System) data. The symbol colours indicates ship types, e.g. passenger
vessels are blue, cargo vessels green, tankers red. They’re probably not jilling,
but those that are could be represented similarly. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><br /></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br />Kakistocracy </b><br /> <br /><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7dvYV-fPmLABTp4UWXdGHw3vgoHgJ4NAqPw8j_Ywd8UwNkDhvXQrJ8krrVu9825OxDVixP952rKqi6OBWiX0VHdox8r2FSuYAaOUhkMY0z0uoTiPHxOFL07EiGXlSwVSlPTdeMx3tBlG3-6U6qa1kkPhC_W5JROqeeQvWWLQHA-WSWUs5XVGGwQuL/s850/t%20p%20Screenshot%202022-04-26%20094414.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="636" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7dvYV-fPmLABTp4UWXdGHw3vgoHgJ4NAqPw8j_Ywd8UwNkDhvXQrJ8krrVu9825OxDVixP952rKqi6OBWiX0VHdox8r2FSuYAaOUhkMY0z0uoTiPHxOFL07EiGXlSwVSlPTdeMx3tBlG3-6U6qa1kkPhC_W5JROqeeQvWWLQHA-WSWUs5XVGGwQuL/w299-h400/t%20p%20Screenshot%202022-04-26%20094414.jpg" width="299" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>Kakistocracy, from the Greek words, ‘kakistos’ (worst) and ‘kratos’ (rule) is government by the worst people. Perhaps TIME magazine was commenting on its ubiquity and common characteristics when producing this 2018 cover image of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin merging into each other.<br /><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i> </i></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span><b>K</b></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;"><b>enspeckle</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 27pt; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9g3xlRt13FILOy0ljV2s3O3M9MmUa7W26k2nCX3_qoZjuWlgp1UPWwAH2GFrVEVr0LCzzplw83naaslg3TXw_fUfAxVFCE4olmpREivo0Ri6vFheNcp4T7kLEpljfYT2LwK_-44UpfSrOjfAm_AqSBnL2h785T21ug9BMb4N_nwCKJbXa7jMVakqO/s774/kenspeckle%20Screenshot%202022-03-31%20074425.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="426" data-original-width="774" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9g3xlRt13FILOy0ljV2s3O3M9MmUa7W26k2nCX3_qoZjuWlgp1UPWwAH2GFrVEVr0LCzzplw83naaslg3TXw_fUfAxVFCE4olmpREivo0Ri6vFheNcp4T7kLEpljfYT2LwK_-44UpfSrOjfAm_AqSBnL2h785T21ug9BMb4N_nwCKJbXa7jMVakqO/w640-h352/kenspeckle%20Screenshot%202022-03-31%20074425.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #202124;">Who’s the
most famous person in the history of the world? Almost certainly Jesus, and his
image</span><span style="color: #202124;"> </span><span style="color: #202124;">- known through many paintings
- is kenspeckle to match. Oddly, though, there is little evidence of what he
really looked like. If Jesus were to return, it’s perfectly possible
that he wouldn’t be widely recognised, wouldn't prove kenspeckle at all.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 12pt;"><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span>K</span></span></span><span style="background-color: white;">enspeckle (</span><span style="background-color: white;">adjective): </span><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">easily recognisable; conspicuous. </span>The illustrations
are first, the classic western art representation of Jesus, in this case from a copy of da Vinci's The Last Supper attributed to Giapietrino and Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio in 1515-20. And, second, a computerised reconstruction of Jesus's likely appearance as informed by <span style="letter-spacing: 0.75pt;">British forensic experts and Israeli archaeologists' analysis of evidence including Semite skulls. </span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><span style="letter-spacing: 0.75pt;"><br /></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Kerning<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMt26GIRN3FkzDfVYbYm9VSEYGsYu38_AJy3HyXSwiJwGKlh0nShbSggY6plrkGWqtjMM51dH93qD1Ofn7gSFR73EuIk65MtbMOf_fF8E_FZQNKU8YwBZBhpxOh85zfV-Z8xhgvEC5vRm-zUbJza7oFbiZko2syQHkJj_-le_YRRgKtrnA7E2O81QJ/s1964/20220518_104247%20kerning%20word%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1666" data-original-width="1964" height="542" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMt26GIRN3FkzDfVYbYm9VSEYGsYu38_AJy3HyXSwiJwGKlh0nShbSggY6plrkGWqtjMM51dH93qD1Ofn7gSFR73EuIk65MtbMOf_fF8E_FZQNKU8YwBZBhpxOh85zfV-Z8xhgvEC5vRm-zUbJza7oFbiZko2syQHkJj_-le_YRRgKtrnA7E2O81QJ/w640-h542/20220518_104247%20kerning%20word%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>The
modification of the spaces between characters. Sometimes you need to take care,
e.g. not to turn ‘Therapist’ into ‘The rapist’ by wide spacing. The substantial identifying word for the <span style="background: white; color: #222222;">headquarters
of UNISON on Euston Road, London, is more of a missed opportunity. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Here was a chance for a Tory to re-orient it
through physical movement into a less united '</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">U NI S
ON' </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">or some such cunning kerning.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202124;">Laparoscopy</span><span style="color: #202124;"> </span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #202124;"></span></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO3JDPvcIgGEa7leBwyavSJnSHovf3t-nKFgT73goGSDetGAVk81ZZzgCK8vMC_c3CeHkKk0sdeoWAmeaMS43YJg3yaE54j5zPY8dytmwpg_qzBMpzYa5e1s-ZLP6hFOWmOSFEMnxT0dinS46s6dijc_PeC62S1IBDx6fWaRU8w-RdyFCbVgTDa2PI/s420/Blausen_0602_Laparoscopy_02.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="420" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO3JDPvcIgGEa7leBwyavSJnSHovf3t-nKFgT73goGSDetGAVk81ZZzgCK8vMC_c3CeHkKk0sdeoWAmeaMS43YJg3yaE54j5zPY8dytmwpg_qzBMpzYa5e1s-ZLP6hFOWmOSFEMnxT0dinS46s6dijc_PeC62S1IBDx6fWaRU8w-RdyFCbVgTDa2PI/w400-h400/Blausen_0602_Laparoscopy_02.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">The cancer journey I’m on currently has a jargon of its own. Next
up (as of February 2023) is a laparoscopy – whereby the doctor looks inside the abdomen with a laparoscope,
a thin, flexible tube with a light and a small video camera on the end.
Normally the laparoscope is inserted through the belly button, which provides the
shortest distance from the skin to the inside of the abdominal cavity, and
allows the incision inside the button, especially if – like mine – it is
concave.</span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> The term can be traced to the Greek </span><i style="background-color: transparent;">lapara</i><span style="background-color: transparent;"> – flank - though it’s hard to think of the belly button as
on the flank.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Lovat</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhvGuZPYlsWYVDFDG20WX-ZYB04yse8HYq8rRnya3ZCUzWI-kxXHEOTss66hr0iYsMErEeCj03UTjLmdtJ3O2LkiCPdHfbCiSNsa7qA9BNbuW_ZXkjFYlU4M15qGdePdNOwOGQp6H3Ma46PnycoV3yW7mu2iCUhwXUJRyFz_xvX0fg_o15LGXp3t6Xa=s2921" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2921" data-original-width="2921" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhvGuZPYlsWYVDFDG20WX-ZYB04yse8HYq8rRnya3ZCUzWI-kxXHEOTss66hr0iYsMErEeCj03UTjLmdtJ3O2LkiCPdHfbCiSNsa7qA9BNbuW_ZXkjFYlU4M15qGdePdNOwOGQp6H3Ma46PnycoV3yW7mu2iCUhwXUJRyFz_xvX0fg_o15LGXp3t6Xa=w400-h400" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Whether or not you have a passion for tweed, lovat is as
close to love as you can get, at least in a dictionary. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Lovat: a tweed of muted green colour. Pictured is the The Kinloch Anderson Day Kilt Jacket in Green Lovat Tweed – ‘shorter than a trouser jacket but not as short as the Coatee evening jacket. It has a double vent at the back and can be worn open or fastened at the top button. There are two Staghorn effect buttons on the jacket and one on each cuff.’ The image was almost of a flower: Oxford English Dictionary goes from the umbellifer 'lovage' to 'lovat' and on to 'love'.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Liger / tigon<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhELfDTQ2xq5LX4rmKG7_TtFEgJLseKQtTNsERJR2vZSUWy5B9YtonFrohK2lgIg_UUAxm-5X_Wtp-MkRts3kAFGEGPO-_e30PHiF9dQk1tfEDb88MVrNDL7K8zv4XvSpJEXG4Ern3eWMITCx1TEODc44V1QQex_vERKVMSjdyoRIh-Qyji7TIdtLub/s1600/lions-tigers-ligers-tigons-mammals.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="877" data-original-width="1600" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhELfDTQ2xq5LX4rmKG7_TtFEgJLseKQtTNsERJR2vZSUWy5B9YtonFrohK2lgIg_UUAxm-5X_Wtp-MkRts3kAFGEGPO-_e30PHiF9dQk1tfEDb88MVrNDL7K8zv4XvSpJEXG4Ern3eWMITCx1TEODc44V1QQex_vERKVMSjdyoRIh-Qyji7TIdtLub/w640-h350/lions-tigers-ligers-tigons-mammals.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p>
<span style="background: white; color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Their ranges don’t overlap,
so there’s no chance in the wild of lions mating with tigers. Yet it can be
brought about in captivity. You might expect a liger (offspring of a lion and tigress)
to be rather similar to a tigon (offspring of a tiger and a lioness), but it’s
not entirely so. The tigon is smaller than the liger, because female lions are
quite a bit smaller than female tigers, even though male lions are of similar
size to male tigers. To put it another way, male lions are up to 35% heavier
than females, whereas male tigers are only 15% bigger than females.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Lignify<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_zRrADEbnF_OZwlUsTaQ1BvnOheZV5Ndh7PU0oLdp0gX7XkYs3mNQcDMMDgSNqwI7FjC2E7fsOLfNdt4ivmiYcIQBXxgoRbgept0Q7TYsrI9_ir_ncYNO_1UI-MFecETmXI0WBVV6eT-ILU1tINhpPqy_92y876f4vbntd1VaimK6ckekAJdnM80e/s1589/landers%20SL4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1160" data-original-width="1589" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_zRrADEbnF_OZwlUsTaQ1BvnOheZV5Ndh7PU0oLdp0gX7XkYs3mNQcDMMDgSNqwI7FjC2E7fsOLfNdt4ivmiYcIQBXxgoRbgept0Q7TYsrI9_ir_ncYNO_1UI-MFecETmXI0WBVV6eT-ILU1tINhpPqy_92y876f4vbntd1VaimK6ckekAJdnM80e/w640-h468/landers%20SL4.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">To lignify is to make or become woody. Sean Landers illustrates that wittily through his alter ego character ‘Plank Boy’ – painted to resemble woodgrain, sometimes sculpted in bronze with the same surface effect, but never I think actually made of wood. Here's he caught in what could be the self-faking process...</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>The illustration is Sean Landers: ‘Plank Boy (Pygmalion)’, 2019 - Oil
on linen, 210 x 150 cm</i><o:p></o:p></p></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Lunker<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #202223;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgU1TCjTXq_CIMxI-reKR70UrszoZkbrM9eGoTwfPsFKoFhEqbggfqvifWlcjy517ryqMetKEAFUK7da94scXZAp5pNJQYa_nXVhSaDQg9lO6KazAHy5wSUS7iwQdkqhH_iwypKDEgkiNnlM-Nj4fukh6KJIK1ky8700Koe2Ph13wusbM9gD87WHoiF=s590" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="590" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgU1TCjTXq_CIMxI-reKR70UrszoZkbrM9eGoTwfPsFKoFhEqbggfqvifWlcjy517ryqMetKEAFUK7da94scXZAp5pNJQYa_nXVhSaDQg9lO6KazAHy5wSUS7iwQdkqhH_iwypKDEgkiNnlM-Nj4fukh6KJIK1ky8700Koe2Ph13wusbM9gD87WHoiF=w640-h434" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #202223;">Pass the salt… This –
landed with rod and reel 10 miles off the Norwegian island of
Soroya in 2013 – is the biggest cod ever caught: 47 kilograms and almost as
long as its captor, German fisherman </span><span style="background: white;">Michael Eisele</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">. That would do 200 normal portions of fish and chips,
making it a definite lunker.</span></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Lunker: exceptionally large example of animal species,
especially fish</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span><span style="background-color: white;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></i></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Lunular<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGPTJlYluTCrit8pkWJTl8nVVWwdb0Fv9vDQMfHLXXDbo9PXtLWCs2TWY_TyQWOkdABeVfM0Mex0jfyY3MDly2VWK7Cz_EwrCZ4c_3-ERFEdqB--NrWdSSoIc-nC9BdzlysqCGk42fptZxq6AvB8SBm725UWzGQIxNn5L11NAFmArJa_NlOyusnewg=s811" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="556" data-original-width="811" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGPTJlYluTCrit8pkWJTl8nVVWwdb0Fv9vDQMfHLXXDbo9PXtLWCs2TWY_TyQWOkdABeVfM0Mex0jfyY3MDly2VWK7Cz_EwrCZ4c_3-ERFEdqB--NrWdSSoIc-nC9BdzlysqCGk42fptZxq6AvB8SBm725UWzGQIxNn5L11NAFmArJa_NlOyusnewg=w640-h438" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>An obvious word, with a little thought, but a nice one. And
what could be less like the moon, lunularity apart, than a red hot chilli
pepper? Is that, by the way, a red-hot chilli-pepper, or a red hot-chilli
pepper? Either way, most <span style="background: white; color: #1a1a1a;">peppers range from 100 (a sweet bell pepper) to
350,000 Scoville Heat Units, but exceptional levels of up to 3,000,000 SHUs are
possible.</span> A pepper spray for defence purposes is likely to be 2,000,000 SHUs+. Figures aren't available for the moon, but few cheeses have any SHUs at all.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i style="text-align: left;">Lunular:
crescent-shaped</i><i><span style="background-color: white;"><span><span> </span> </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></i></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Mease</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b> </b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhq2CaqlFB1BfoXCBit6rc9QM0gTFX888q4kJCfEj1HEBUu0Qcf2Th_bYgkGIWl6aF9c_1TdcAwPWI6y9IHJp0r8ZhcQIiwOYQNSJijxwwYlWKjCeSse7CePqMeAz74xamusAsKaGkvmwaoPaEBLsSj4zxv5Ptr7tv-idg1ln718C3wxEGC1jh216XK=s667" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="529" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhq2CaqlFB1BfoXCBit6rc9QM0gTFX888q4kJCfEj1HEBUu0Qcf2Th_bYgkGIWl6aF9c_1TdcAwPWI6y9IHJp0r8ZhcQIiwOYQNSJijxwwYlWKjCeSse7CePqMeAz74xamusAsKaGkvmwaoPaEBLsSj4zxv5Ptr7tv-idg1ln718C3wxEGC1jh216XK=w509-h640" width="509" /></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><i>Mease </i>is a rare enough word that an image search throws it up </span><span>primarily as an American surname, mostly borne by long-haired women and bearded men. Here
are Kurt, Alma, Philip, Tonya; Dailisa, Paul, Leslie, Edward; Jon, Sarah,
Darrell, Julie; Jessica, Quentin, Anna and John Mease. Names apart, a mease is a unit of 500
herrings, though I saw no evidence of fishmongery in what information the net
provides on this not-all-that-measly sample – albeit, if they were herrings, the 16 of them would make up only 3% of a mease.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.5pt; margin-bottom: 15.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 15.0pt; margin: 15pt 0cm;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4pt;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Masseter</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.5pt; margin-bottom: 15.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 15.0pt; margin: 15pt 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; letter-spacing: 0.4pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="441" data-original-width="963" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhowjOQm7uccUa7TQGbtZwFyVGpqLHHyVka92CADfBOA2DFbhzSwrP4HFCunMipiTcpABdeKWrhhbo-eMx0hJLfPUcYQk3BwXK4Yf_bSVm7ZJ7xTf4F1BAOYbyZLrkBzlul86iSimhP86Lh2UAs0BPhY1BvAd2d3jCT4OApwI6kuKHe2lRm66J4qAB-/w640-h294/cheek%20muscles%20Screenshot%202022-04-02%20164823.jpg" width="640" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4pt; text-align: left;">Any model worthy of
the profession needs good masseters, they being both </span><span style="background: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; text-align: left;">the
muscles for opening and closing the mouth for optimal pouting, and a key
element in establishing the right cheek line. Here’s Yael Selbia, an Israeli voted top in the 2020 <i>TC Candler </i></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.4pt; text-align: left;"><i>100 Most
Beautiful Faces of the Year awards, </i>which has been running since 1990</span><span style="background: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; text-align: left;">, though
it was news to me in 2022… Yael (born 2001) slipped to 6th in 2021, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; text-align: left;">perhaps because she was by then serving in the Israeli Air Force, but </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; text-align: left;">has been near the top every year since 2017. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; text-align: left;">Those must be good masseters, then. </span></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Meldrop<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijpXFU3wvJw5Yn-Jz_acvl-LJ0SQ7OA48HeOCMElVQ0kHO69wwNiLj1KB_GwFOuScMRfAiTRGjv7O8z7FRkQr2GUmXGzV-SChdLxuZw15tWnPV3zEia9bo9sieKwN0QOFb5IP4fLIsqQt3JQfH-INFdAy1Hxqui7BtBZd9RIOxHb2dioTV-dpOd4DjTks/s259/meldrop.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="259" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijpXFU3wvJw5Yn-Jz_acvl-LJ0SQ7OA48HeOCMElVQ0kHO69wwNiLj1KB_GwFOuScMRfAiTRGjv7O8z7FRkQr2GUmXGzV-SChdLxuZw15tWnPV3zEia9bo9sieKwN0QOFb5IP4fLIsqQt3JQfH-INFdAy1Hxqui7BtBZd9RIOxHb2dioTV-dpOd4DjTks/w320-h239/meldrop.jpeg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘Meldrop’ doesn’t get in every dictionary, but I like the
1934 Merriam-Webster definition: ‘a pendent drop, as of mucus at the nose, or
of dew’. Yours may well be mucus, mine is always dew. It seems to come from Old
Scots in the 15th century, deriving from ‘mél’, a snaffle bit, leading to ‘mél-dropi’,
the foam from a horse's mouth from mouthing the bit.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Mirlygoes<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_1RCrVRGCmmf4WDX6qpYUpVh9Vg5eUG1hBmzE5duiWttKf96eUPgtMFP2BeopSpLoN5OidH_ycun_mzLobWd-LIe9ZMZyCquHyoAp39ArLCQMRXKMXvhJEmxZPpMqNWOaTgfvlQqCDsLvXgn-BbiW7nhUSzjmbFtaE9iDJEUJEQih0c1Mfdkqx-NL/s768/dress%201-3%20Screenshot%202022-03-31%20100015.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="496" data-original-width="768" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_1RCrVRGCmmf4WDX6qpYUpVh9Vg5eUG1hBmzE5duiWttKf96eUPgtMFP2BeopSpLoN5OidH_ycun_mzLobWd-LIe9ZMZyCquHyoAp39ArLCQMRXKMXvhJEmxZPpMqNWOaTgfvlQqCDsLvXgn-BbiW7nhUSzjmbFtaE9iDJEUJEQih0c1Mfdkqx-NL/w640-h414/dress%201-3%20Screenshot%202022-03-31%20100015.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘Mirlygoes’ is one of the many rare words of Scots origin used
by Hugh MacDiarmid in the long poem ‘A Drunk Man Looks at The Thistle’ (1926). Lines 2,371-2,376 (!) read:<o:p></o:p></span></p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">And let me pit in guid set terms<br />My quarrel wi' th' owre sonsy rose,<br /> That roond about its devotees<br /> A fair fat cast o' aureole throws<br /> That blinds them in its mirlygoes,<br /> To the necessity o' foes.</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">That takes something like the view that the English bathe so contentedly in a circle of their own light that its dizzying effect
stops them seeing that they will always have enemies. Accordingly, I searched
for ‘dizzy thistle’ and came up with the ‘Dizzy Thistle Dress’ made by
Rodebjer. Absolutely the garment to wear while reading the epic: I
guess </span><span style="font-size: large;">MacDairmid’s</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">book is in the handbag, though I worried a little that the bag, and hence the book inside it, seems to have been stolen after the
first shot of the three. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>'Mirlygoes' - dizzyness</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><em><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: inherit; font-style: normal;"><br /></span></b></em></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><em><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-style: normal;">Mnemokinesis</span></b></em><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i></i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiOEXxtWeVT4B9QQzVsD50i3KT60afqiuHORR15o8kWJNgCCUXEY92Ocu5LP1VYUZ5nMFhIBSznOVHaYOaWLtA0ZgSPSL0Q0fE_EzElT_-s1d-c1aGtQj_5Lwx-sqRswfiJFFkLvpTYIA772t7pV4OlT_2uLzvDuGqlAlfKCLrkc0l9Kc0NB5-nrWwf=s464" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="464" data-original-width="421" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiOEXxtWeVT4B9QQzVsD50i3KT60afqiuHORR15o8kWJNgCCUXEY92Ocu5LP1VYUZ5nMFhIBSznOVHaYOaWLtA0ZgSPSL0Q0fE_EzElT_-s1d-c1aGtQj_5Lwx-sqRswfiJFFkLvpTYIA772t7pV4OlT_2uLzvDuGqlAlfKCLrkc0l9Kc0NB5-nrWwf=w363-h400" width="363" /></a></i></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span><span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 107%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It must be the dream of every dictator: if only they could control memories reliably, suppressing the real and inserting the false to achieve a seamless influence beyond the practical scope of cruder weapons such as censorship and repression… </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 107%; text-align: justify;"><i> </i></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 107%; text-align: justify;"><em style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Mnemokinesis - control of memories </span></em><i> </i></span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 107%; text-align: justify;"><i><br /></i></span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 107%; text-align: justify;"><i><br /></i></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Mommune</span></b></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP246NamH65_7fvaTsi9glTj0pXEfRXzEx_3GQvHeanUV1rTCRrGM9vv_f4fuk6SsWH-tyDtdS2kYAJ4ldEZPh4HsGOvjqrVqji5zH9J9XpfvK786ZJLub7DAdEvfPgzAd2RCZN-LQHur9ST3Sob0jI1DUFfqu5EnUvBNnesvcctQS5m_9aIz7qOnYPis/s1200/single-moms-opt-for-mommunes-to-care-for-kids_facebook_thumb_1200x628_v20230525154531.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="628" data-original-width="1200" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP246NamH65_7fvaTsi9glTj0pXEfRXzEx_3GQvHeanUV1rTCRrGM9vv_f4fuk6SsWH-tyDtdS2kYAJ4ldEZPh4HsGOvjqrVqji5zH9J9XpfvK786ZJLub7DAdEvfPgzAd2RCZN-LQHur9ST3Sob0jI1DUFfqu5EnUvBNnesvcctQS5m_9aIz7qOnYPis/w640-h334/single-moms-opt-for-mommunes-to-care-for-kids_facebook_thumb_1200x628_v20230525154531.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">As of 2020, 20% of families were headed by a single mother,
double the rate in 1960. Factors in the rise include including decreased social
stigma associated with divorce, a higher number of mothers leaving unhealthy
relationships, and more opportunities for single mothers to work
remuneratively. But it’s tough, so the mutual support, built-in childcare and
rental sharing advantages of single mothers living together are attractive.
Hence the mommune, a communal arrangement of mothers, has become prevalent
enough to justify a coinage. </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 107%; text-align: justify;"><i> </i></span></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Monodonts</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiTPfZ-Cs08SQVDVbEesCUjONmpNHVt_WvOK2sjerjz9auisncVUznL-L7jG-FpeagXRyCbcVIX0rjp4dPfkSe9X68TVHH8-SCtHcXAR2MMC0cqMgqKdPLgd0ExcCmrYlC2tx58BSoiDgTnMR9cno-A1j6CRL3I2GefhudOmrSQVvLYBjFVfmhIrZTc=s776" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="766" data-original-width="776" height="632" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiTPfZ-Cs08SQVDVbEesCUjONmpNHVt_WvOK2sjerjz9auisncVUznL-L7jG-FpeagXRyCbcVIX0rjp4dPfkSe9X68TVHH8-SCtHcXAR2MMC0cqMgqKdPLgd0ExcCmrYlC2tx58BSoiDgTnMR9cno-A1j6CRL3I2GefhudOmrSQVvLYBjFVfmhIrZTc=w640-h632" width="640" /></a><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>The narwhal is generally cited as the obvious example of a one-toothed animal, but </span><span>I’m not so sure. True, they are known for the </span><span>single sword-like </span><span>spiral tusk</span><span>,
a dental development which protrudes from their heads. Yet consider: both males
and females are born with two small teeth embedded in their skulls, not one. Only
in males does the front left tooth normally grow into a spiral tusk up to 10
feet long, so the description does little for the vast majority of females, though
3% of them do develop a (small) tusk. Moreover, 1 in 500 males develop a second
tusk from the other tooth. Monodonts? It seems a superficial claim.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #4d5156;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Mononym<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #4d5156;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilWSP_zieWgxl2fymp4ThUWNc0pQBttKgGas0kQZSyrk85qmOHxOTuNjkjPMKJSYhqAju3qC_tT9-cjrhuIfIJ2esVejrR1g50mO9VJv0M1XFipexm7_ngphrBCknxK1EmjLTcJ2-Gsc-whNnu_Hkxjg3y58lGe59Oy7VCRXm3_hWPvW8Md7Q_UQ68/s870/mono%20Screenshot%202022-12-18%20205703.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="742" data-original-width="870" height="546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilWSP_zieWgxl2fymp4ThUWNc0pQBttKgGas0kQZSyrk85qmOHxOTuNjkjPMKJSYhqAju3qC_tT9-cjrhuIfIJ2esVejrR1g50mO9VJv0M1XFipexm7_ngphrBCknxK1EmjLTcJ2-Gsc-whNnu_Hkxjg3y58lGe59Oy7VCRXm3_hWPvW8Md7Q_UQ68/w640-h546/mono%20Screenshot%202022-12-18%20205703.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">A mononym is a name composed of only one word. An
individual who is so known is mononymous. That tends to require fame, making
mononymity the very opposite of anonymity. Getting known that way is a good sign of career success for musicians in particular, as per such as Adele, Beyoncé, Bono, Cher, Dido,
Donovan, Drake, Eminem, Fish, Liberace, Lorde, Lulu, Madonna, Morrissey, Nico,
Pink, Rihanna, Sade, Slash and Sting. On the other hand Elvis wasn’t
mononymous, even though the one name was plenty, because ‘Presley’ remained in
play. In contrast, nothing is added – indeed, confusion could be caused in many
cases – if those twenty are expanded to
Adele Adkins, Beyoncé Knowles, Paul Hewson, Cherilyn Sarkisian, Florian
Cloud de Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong, Donovan Leitch, Aubrey Drake
Graham, Marshall Bruce Mathers III, Derek William Dick, Władziu Valentino
Liberace, Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor, Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie, Madonna
Louise Ciccone, Steven Patrick Morrissey, Christa Päffgen, Alecia Moore, Robyn
Rihanna Fenty, Helen Folasade Adu, Saul
Hudson and Gordon Sumner.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>I feel there’s an extra attraction to the monosyllabic
monomym – shall we term it the monomononym? – so my illustration is of the six in
my list who so qualify: Lorde, Cher, Pink, Slash, Fish and Sting. I see I forget Prince and Suggs, and no doubt many more... Anyway, perhaps Cher is the Queen of the Monomononym, as hers is not a stage name but her real name contracted, which makes it harder to achieve unique recognition. She's also, so far as I know, the only one of my twenty to have legally changed her name to her mononym. </i></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Mukbang<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVkjyXgC4hxwQh_gbbQNUoc8VWIuMFqciVfbVE658cdMkO_OpBh8C-DDLyk7ZqMPMt85Tq5qnvsEDKq4b7t6I0fWGY-i75C9OXz_hzajzFkfTChf_rucXw4wPDQMrPH0aMUvBAw0LDfq1WoiVXWOzxzf2RZRhV0-yxYFFFziBlRJ5tS0LiKhe8U2Bm/s952/Screenshot%202022-09-25%20163749.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="538" data-original-width="952" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVkjyXgC4hxwQh_gbbQNUoc8VWIuMFqciVfbVE658cdMkO_OpBh8C-DDLyk7ZqMPMt85Tq5qnvsEDKq4b7t6I0fWGY-i75C9OXz_hzajzFkfTChf_rucXw4wPDQMrPH0aMUvBAw0LDfq1WoiVXWOzxzf2RZRhV0-yxYFFFziBlRJ5tS0LiKhe8U2Bm/w640-h362/Screenshot%202022-09-25%20163749.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">From
<i>hallyu</i>, the rise of South Korean
culture in the 21<sup>st</sup> century, comes the bizarre phenomenon of <i>mukbang </i>- an online broadcast or
uploaded video of a host preparing and - primarily – consuming food, the
associated chomping and slurping noises being a big part of it. The difference from comparable western
programmes is the emphasis on the eating rather than the cooking. I watch
neither, but at least I see the logic of a programme telling you how to make a
meal you would not otherwise have been able to make. Do we need to learn how to
eat? I can’t see why, but the phenomenon has spread worldwide. Anyway, I was
the 17,241,359th – and probably most baffled – viewer of the mukbang posted by
Sulgi, a.k.a. 설기양</span><span style="font-size: medium;">. Her ASMR MUKBANG, a 25 minute fire spicy noodles party (Cream Carbonara, Cheese, Black bean, ROSE
Tteokbokki) is most notable for how she swallows three boiled eggs by way of
warm-up to guard her stomach against the spiciness to come…</span></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Mumchance</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc81zblYATzgHl-fsyLxzdon7qTVmtXs5Um1P3F_y0np1Kt1x-l7RhvZcJdoI0ppGv-ITkc5zo4-v5tUJQqkqT7Tz_rYiGddFHSmftHCuOTZUf03P_1SZp1sABCCqXcPTrS09AAikuIWvyjyP-96JZnMpRjIvPjo0Y9YG2J9DK3nX4CtvarFJeynkZ/s780/mumchance%20Screenshot%202022-04-16%20061557.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="444" data-original-width="780" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc81zblYATzgHl-fsyLxzdon7qTVmtXs5Um1P3F_y0np1Kt1x-l7RhvZcJdoI0ppGv-ITkc5zo4-v5tUJQqkqT7Tz_rYiGddFHSmftHCuOTZUf03P_1SZp1sABCCqXcPTrS09AAikuIWvyjyP-96JZnMpRjIvPjo0Y9YG2J9DK3nX4CtvarFJeynkZ/w640-h364/mumchance%20Screenshot%202022-04-16%20061557.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The somewhat archaic ‘mumchance’ indicates a person who has
nothing to say – or at any rate is silent. It’s also the title of this painting
by Aaron Smith, who describes his work as ‘the belle époque on acid’. The
matchingly-bewhiskered American artist collects photographs of Victorian and Edwardian
era men, attracted to their combination of spectacularly bearded faces and
distinguished attire with stiff poses and serious expressions that ‘belie an
existential vulnerability’. According to Smith’s website his work ‘has found
support from a convergence of interrelated subcultures including Neo-Dandyism
and Bear Culture, as well as Beard and Mustache Enthusiasts. The artist shares
a desire to revel in the exaggeration of masculinity's archetypes, mining past
forms of male identity in an attempt to free them of any heteronormative
constraints’. The subject may be dumb, then, but his depiction does say something.
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><i>Aaron Smith: ‘Mumchance’, 2013 – oil on panel, 40 x 36
inches </i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Nath</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjUNlSc78lxCob0-q8oGd1b5Ozh514jXypfrFHNW512sYC8F6HGW7AqFkdy-0-tt2AE0euQOSECTIUMdahSJA4tsIf9mzs7jOM4Td_vSlPpuc-QSXWSFTfp-yrMHI5u_r9QPqPP75I47naj3bXQPJcH0x0MtvQcsn8dgUEIm13cBZLDTgnQzLSPk8f=s742" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="742" data-original-width="556" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjUNlSc78lxCob0-q8oGd1b5Ozh514jXypfrFHNW512sYC8F6HGW7AqFkdy-0-tt2AE0euQOSECTIUMdahSJA4tsIf9mzs7jOM4Td_vSlPpuc-QSXWSFTfp-yrMHI5u_r9QPqPP75I47naj3bXQPJcH0x0MtvQcsn8dgUEIm13cBZLDTgnQzLSPk8f=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="background-color: transparent;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">Hindu tradition dictates that on the wedding night, the
bride wears a nose chain – or nath – which is hooked by</span><span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> a chain to either the
earring or hair. That brings good fortune by showing respect and devotion to
Parvati, considered the Goddess of marriage. </span><span style="color: #202122;">Maharashtra women have traditionally tended to wear the most elaborate naths, normally </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">on the
left side of the nose. </span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">The word hasn’t
reached the OED yet, but it does include ‘nathless’, which doesn’t mean ‘lacking
a nose ring’ but something similar to ‘nevertheless’. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></span></span></span></p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Nychthemeron<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="382" data-original-width="1132" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2_opJHli-4EzRwg8m1CNtwuEPcd47N0wrEkpsTOHRah_SULHNp4-QCIE5XoeF3Y4VAsj7o5OSCH_8XF7Jc26OusjdYitvKrYGpntrOD_i-uKO6oI0H5qoaEm-F_Dm8wKu3i1R87BgX9_DSPLetz6u-4pYUPf9xJJ8ibH2OMEBFhKNnoVfgdVWAMxZ/w640-h216/mb%20sands%20.jpg" width="640" /></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘Where can we live but days?’ asked Philip Larkin, rather famously.
One answer would be ‘nychthemerons’. Not so quite catchy, I grant, which may be
why we still use the ambiguous ‘day’ to refer to a 24 hour period, when we mean a day and night, say 08.00 on Tuesday to 08.00 on Wednesday.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>The photos are the maximal light contrast points of a nychthemeron,
as seen in Singapore, the latter taken during the 15-minute laser show that lights
up the unique ship-like rooftop of the Marina Bay Sands hotel every
evening. The 5-star hotel has 2,500 rooms, a shopping mall with faux-canals and
Italian gondola rides, Singapore’s largest ice-skating rink, two nightclubs, a
host of restaurants, and one of the world’s most expensive casinos. The most
striking feature, though, is what looks like a cruise ship balancing
precariously across the top of the three towers: it’s a 340m long sky park,
holding a 150 m ‘infinity swimming pool’.</i></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>Oliprance </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMHaifEcKPY3akNOd8ehLDdzFYKX1tjksMRhEUh82k-Xh1wHvTWvux8KiZAOeKncNbzJ_onVk66v_ao8uslOUoL4jPEMXnASTWcPpp4o7MQS6kufY4GcOJ7C_-UxxpT5z3T7l62hGeNneQq-lKSf9hI0met67niHXr-0E7X6JRBZ9lzX6jkzJHmKlE=s1200" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1200" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMHaifEcKPY3akNOd8ehLDdzFYKX1tjksMRhEUh82k-Xh1wHvTWvux8KiZAOeKncNbzJ_onVk66v_ao8uslOUoL4jPEMXnASTWcPpp4o7MQS6kufY4GcOJ7C_-UxxpT5z3T7l62hGeNneQq-lKSf9hI0met67niHXr-0E7X6JRBZ9lzX6jkzJHmKlE=w640-h336" width="640" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Oliprance </span><span style="font-size: medium;">precedes precipitation? Ostentation's</span> anterior to a descent? It’s hard not to feel pleased with oneself for having so many words on tap, but maybe I should stick to pride, coming before a fall.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">An online search will indicate that there are far more images of women looking in mirrors than of men doing the same. And that the women tend to be sitting, the men standing - often while fiddling with ties. The stereotyping implication is that a man might be expected to ask ‘what does this look like?’ but not ‘what do I look like?’. ‘Oliprance’ is pride or vanity, according to the OED. </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Omnivert / Ambivert</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiitVcvYNGkLLlzHyA90s9vqmDEmcuoxRIe6rndi2vNQmzDGwSFhXZplUF_BJ73k0DIPP_DgakR_cFMc6Cmzvq_OrYFkdOTCdrS5I0ABcp0dY-lcsUcx-TQiENQj05Sf_Zn_9G-bXl-G9tV1_Er8Xd5AWQTL4eY26S2zxAbXQdBWyKxfRNYlnxNK3QP/s600/omni%20amni.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiitVcvYNGkLLlzHyA90s9vqmDEmcuoxRIe6rndi2vNQmzDGwSFhXZplUF_BJ73k0DIPP_DgakR_cFMc6Cmzvq_OrYFkdOTCdrS5I0ABcp0dY-lcsUcx-TQiENQj05Sf_Zn_9G-bXl-G9tV1_Er8Xd5AWQTL4eY26S2zxAbXQdBWyKxfRNYlnxNK3QP/w400-h400/omni%20amni.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; text-align: left;">Two words for the price of one… Everyone’s
aware of the binary contrast of introvert and extrovert, but what about those
who fit easily into neither? They can be classified as omniverts or ambiverts.
Omniverts are inconsistent types who can be introvert or extrovert, depending
on the situation they’re in. Ambiverts score towards the middle of the range on
a consistent basis, exhibiting a balance of introvert and extrovert traits. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Oscular<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKTIM4cwHMUzePMYYA-4FUe9mAREvdYrG19v46VI68D1XyBaAyGB27zqgNOtyxDtc0-Nw9iKl-Ono5hoXdu3cTsqwjrSyxkz0Qt9vKPxIEf8t4YDQbN9_NpgDvhvOclED-CH6iLvKl7a7CkN4uqRd5smRSboB2nd4uN1ak3Zg9f7qhRcHIwiv0H7KA=s880" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="673" data-original-width="880" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKTIM4cwHMUzePMYYA-4FUe9mAREvdYrG19v46VI68D1XyBaAyGB27zqgNOtyxDtc0-Nw9iKl-Ono5hoXdu3cTsqwjrSyxkz0Qt9vKPxIEf8t4YDQbN9_NpgDvhvOclED-CH6iLvKl7a7CkN4uqRd5smRSboB2nd4uN1ak3Zg9f7qhRcHIwiv0H7KA=w640-h490" width="640" /></a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span> Owners kiss their pets all the time, but I find that a bit creepy. Is it just me, or is this a boundary in human-animal relations, in recognising the agency / rights of the non-human, that will be redrawn at some stage?<br /><br /><br /><i>Oscular: pertaining to kissing</i></span><br /><span><p class="MsoNormal"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Osmoregulation<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCc-JXDsFUka-hI7bMq15r2oXPEA9cpKGvz6dhwu3jiFNjwPCzeGqkYJlFWb54nPXybTYcLykHD9EjetMpXAQAyxZiIAlpZZsGx0myG-Wm97V2WS086xQCo9T7PbJ9LDhE321LR88GaU501PREuBBh1mcQeTVpB6U_ZpJ_wgjGi2AFlBGH1JgSs9G0/s2048/a-male-atlantic-salmon-leaping-up-a-waterfall-river-almond-tayside-and-clackmannanshire-area.-copyright-lorne-gill-naturescot-small.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1361" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCc-JXDsFUka-hI7bMq15r2oXPEA9cpKGvz6dhwu3jiFNjwPCzeGqkYJlFWb54nPXybTYcLykHD9EjetMpXAQAyxZiIAlpZZsGx0myG-Wm97V2WS086xQCo9T7PbJ9LDhE321LR88GaU501PREuBBh1mcQeTVpB6U_ZpJ_wgjGi2AFlBGH1JgSs9G0/w640-h426/a-male-atlantic-salmon-leaping-up-a-waterfall-river-almond-tayside-and-clackmannanshire-area.-copyright-lorne-gill-naturescot-small.webp" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When we say someone drinks like a fish, what sort of fish do
we have in mind? Saltwater fish do indeed need to drink to survive, but fresh
water fish don’t. In freshwater, the inside of the fish has a higher salt concentration
(1%) than the surrounding environment (0%). Water moves into the fish by
osmosis, passively, through the gills and the skin and the stomach. Fish have
to eliminate all this excess water by producing large volumes of dilute urine.
In saltwater, the environment is saltier (3%), so the fish loses water
passively, and has to drink. The excess salt is excreted primarily in highly
concentrated urine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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it lives in both salt and fresh water at different times. As you’d expect, it drinks
copiously in the sea, but not at all in rivers. And the urine function varies
with the environment. In addition, salmon have specialised gills that enable
them to transport both salt against the concentration
gradients, pumping salt out of the salmon’s blood into salt water and out of the
fresh water into the salmon’s blood – the opposite of what osmosis would otherwise
bring about (as that process seeks to equalise the concentrations in different liquids
coming together). It’s fair to say, then, that salmon are masters of
osmoregulation.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Osmosis<i>: the passage of a liquid through a membrane from a
less concentrated solution to a more concentrated one. </i>Osmoregulation<i>: the
maintenance of constant osmotic pressure in the fluids of an organism by the
control of water and salt concentrations.</i></span><o:p></o:p></p><br /><b>Paraph</b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0BERPb62-Rls4GzSlQ62K-E1oe5iwW0dUZe9njnWEsDD5dnBG_wlp8WKaE0eTMxo-mm9RSCrRpRsf9zNG3lwb1AUh_yI-NrAQcJm0aCswks_mS8WAFxLXuFKkbhnLg1Qf1wM20SEIY5qusVZ3Gx541z6VQVtLxRo_FonSKaSBJKe2hgKfeFxx8NtO/s754/signatures%20Screenshot%202022-03-24%20151730.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="754" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0BERPb62-Rls4GzSlQ62K-E1oe5iwW0dUZe9njnWEsDD5dnBG_wlp8WKaE0eTMxo-mm9RSCrRpRsf9zNG3lwb1AUh_yI-NrAQcJm0aCswks_mS8WAFxLXuFKkbhnLg1Qf1wM20SEIY5qusVZ3Gx541z6VQVtLxRo_FonSKaSBJKe2hgKfeFxx8NtO/w640-h286/signatures%20Screenshot%202022-03-24%20151730.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />One of history’s best-known – and most value-generative – signatures is that of Pablo Picasso. The question is: does the underline count as a paraph, or is the term reserved for more elaborate squiggles? The underline itself exploits the absence of a lower-case g,j,p,q or y in Picasso’s name – not a particularly rare feature, though Henri Matisse, Jackson Pollock and Paul Klee - to take three of the 20th century’s other greatest artists - didn’t exploit that shared lexicological characteristic in a comparable way.<br /><br /> <i>Paraph: a flourish after a signature </i><br /></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Pentomino</b><br /><br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjacwNfGMeofT4Do5uaj65Zu2_klon-9MuOWxceAj0ADpZoaNL7-KY3ImokmOLEQMdYVErfoL49IuIiugB7vDmiG0cxU8eXbTCAEBMNRQ0eEwFZmDbqB7BQcMRUTbUHUnYNoawXIoXip6rwFiLzDWQP82dU7z_SUEzsvdq9I2YG5k1ekCDpQ4alLJHx/s402/pentominoes6x10.png"><img border="0" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjacwNfGMeofT4Do5uaj65Zu2_klon-9MuOWxceAj0ADpZoaNL7-KY3ImokmOLEQMdYVErfoL49IuIiugB7vDmiG0cxU8eXbTCAEBMNRQ0eEwFZmDbqB7BQcMRUTbUHUnYNoawXIoXip6rwFiLzDWQP82dU7z_SUEzsvdq9I2YG5k1ekCDpQ4alLJHx/w400-h241/pentominoes6x10.png" width="400" /></a><br /> <br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Into the world of recreational mathematics… a pentomino is one of the twelve distinct planar shapes that can be formed by joining five identical squares by their edges. That doesn’t count reflections and rotations as separate (which would bring it to a less easily managed 63). A standard pentomino puzzle is to tile a rectangular box with the pentominoes, i.e. cover it without overlap and without gaps. Each of the 12 pentominoes has an area of 5 unit squares, so the box must have an area of 60 units. Some sizes are easier than others: the 6×10 case has 2,339 solutions, the 5×12 box has 1,010 solutions, the 4×15 box has 368 solutions, and the 3×20 box has just two solutions. The illustration is one of the many 6 x 10 box solutions, simply because I find it the most visually attractive. Perhaps there’s scope for an artist to use the pentomino puzzle as the basis for a series of abstract paintings?</div><br /></span><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 3.75pt 7.5pt;"><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst"><br /></p></td><td style="padding: 3.75pt 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><b style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Perdricide</b><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjI8Ur3VhkiGP6fIFG8tAIenUcRe75JNUlK-qL0UPy_4dm2IcflcSCWYPCmkI6AZfciYWq3hTyWDrIj11gwI2cqC0YrBCHPnW3qVGyE-iRqULtownVzDSJXAlJJTpSJcoQKb_6jj_1AU-6DEywsprzeZ-rGCN0IoLvxSZcPw2Ma4UbFir--YF30gxz3=s630" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="630" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjI8Ur3VhkiGP6fIFG8tAIenUcRe75JNUlK-qL0UPy_4dm2IcflcSCWYPCmkI6AZfciYWq3hTyWDrIj11gwI2cqC0YrBCHPnW3qVGyE-iRqULtownVzDSJXAlJJTpSJcoQKb_6jj_1AU-6DEywsprzeZ-rGCN0IoLvxSZcPw2Ma4UbFir--YF30gxz3=w640-h406" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Alan Partridge may be the only comedian with a word in
waiting should he be murdered for real, rather than just dying on the stage. More
seriously, though, what are the ethics of shooting partridge, now that foxes
are protected? According to the League Against Cruel Sports, over 50m game
birds are released annually in the UK, many
of them imported from intensive rearing abroad, with no welfare standards applied
to how they are raised or transported. And then <span style="background: white; color: #4f4f4f;">up to 40% are wounded, rather than killed
outright: many are then left to die slowly when they are not retrieved by
people or dogs.</span> So my picture shows one of the luckier partridges…</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><i>Perdricide: killing partridges, especially for sport. Partridge: one of those words with a plurality of plurals.</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><i> </i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Perigee <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi7_gYAs8_9gjovnD_GzKFkMDeC6Qqxh1MMEueAcKhDSMECrWecUCnO4fWN4MdaajTocP9LjY3Z4bWLf66affoNRB1REghmveK0u25gBb3SjwJn69ykWZQi9Qj5xOHdt8zTBT2c3UCaMbbQV3G4J0FizJGSO900W3XqNtrz5pOSiJKFad0jnQ2hiEa/s800/moon-supermoon-12-3-2017-comparison-Muzamir-Mazlan-Port-Dickson-Malaysia-cp-e1515962617747.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="800" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi7_gYAs8_9gjovnD_GzKFkMDeC6Qqxh1MMEueAcKhDSMECrWecUCnO4fWN4MdaajTocP9LjY3Z4bWLf66affoNRB1REghmveK0u25gBb3SjwJn69ykWZQi9Qj5xOHdt8zTBT2c3UCaMbbQV3G4J0FizJGSO900W3XqNtrz5pOSiJKFad0jnQ2hiEa/w640-h374/moon-supermoon-12-3-2017-comparison-Muzamir-Mazlan-Port-Dickson-Malaysia-cp-e1515962617747.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">There’s a curious point of asymmetry in the words associated
with the orbit of satellites. They follow an
elliptical path with the earth not in the exact centre of the orbital pattern. When
a satellite is at its furthest point from the earth, it is at the apogee of
the orbit. When a satellite is at its closest point to the earth, it is at the
perigee of the orbit. ‘Apogee’ is a fairly common word in everyday non-astronomical speech, being the highest development or climax of a phenomenon. ‘Perigee’ is
much rarer, having picked up no general usage to cover a low or primitive
point. I wonder why not?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipzo-XFkndkgrBGVpECm1Yl6EUj8f-lu7_gZ5muWW3judSphrjPgEwE4bLUArw82fj64-c5lIlmBiDkhx2pmH6mQdwWPkYNVwHTRO8PG_NcaxbKX47Gdq5JFXmM8KVB9vz1KgT2pYToLZyjDXOnupnp7SY-_AI4cHRLHmipgSozn_ICcs4znGzfcIa/s400/perigee_5f855ff77bb90-2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="193" data-original-width="400" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipzo-XFkndkgrBGVpECm1Yl6EUj8f-lu7_gZ5muWW3judSphrjPgEwE4bLUArw82fj64-c5lIlmBiDkhx2pmH6mQdwWPkYNVwHTRO8PG_NcaxbKX47Gdq5JFXmM8KVB9vz1KgT2pYToLZyjDXOnupnp7SY-_AI4cHRLHmipgSozn_ICcs4znGzfcIa/w400-h193/perigee_5f855ff77bb90-2.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Anyway, the primary body for observing the contrast is the
moon. In 2021, for example, the moon’s mean distance from earth was 384,400 km. Its
closest perigee was at 356,794 km and its farthest apogee at 406,512 km. That’s
a difference of some 50,000 km. It means that a full moon at perigee-syzygy, to
use the technical term for a ‘supermoon’, will appear roughly 14% larger in
diameter than the average moon. It will also appear some 14% brighter (the
moon's surface luminance remains the same, but because it is closer
to the earth the illuminance increases). Compare with the apogee, and the
differences roughly double. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>The top image shows the comparative appearance of the moon from the earth at the points explained in the diagram.</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Pinguescence<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjbCOTq6gxSBs8J_g3Go2kI3CXOB_uHCc9uKeOK419hIiGQwa6VKxkTxN38bqissqssGfH7eegHKmiPfMyCZLe3tdL4ZHoZOWor8DfXY0Cg3TII-WnQA4KkJ-qI1XfC0DfRifjhzBi01YwkgzDQ4YBgQtvRjmSrUl5DhhtEKros88NbPshozNlLzl7-=s722" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="406" data-original-width="722" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjbCOTq6gxSBs8J_g3Go2kI3CXOB_uHCc9uKeOK419hIiGQwa6VKxkTxN38bqissqssGfH7eegHKmiPfMyCZLe3tdL4ZHoZOWor8DfXY0Cg3TII-WnQA4KkJ-qI1XfC0DfRifjhzBi01YwkgzDQ4YBgQtvRjmSrUl5DhhtEKros88NbPshozNlLzl7-=w640-h360" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span>Where is the worst place to store fat? </span><span>Probably the heart. But the
question may be academic: so far as I know, there’s no way to control the
geography of pinguescence – the process of becoming fat.</span></div></span></span><p></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Plastron</span></b></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgR-wVyehrXPHi49fW2W6eWMbSjU9yWP6B3DSSz72fd9MAxgqZGnAmIMpBUZqEds50wdueTmU8ll3K9EdN2u1k4iAvke3rQr7yjpWyghrVIafg__0jRQmfn7eigb767X87qr6CD5O3_dtrLcUmLA2gmzTCpAePa5gBYdGZBHNUZXRh2yWt3YYv4g1iX=s1245" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="852" data-original-width="1245" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgR-wVyehrXPHi49fW2W6eWMbSjU9yWP6B3DSSz72fd9MAxgqZGnAmIMpBUZqEds50wdueTmU8ll3K9EdN2u1k4iAvke3rQr7yjpWyghrVIafg__0jRQmfn7eigb767X87qr6CD5O3_dtrLcUmLA2gmzTCpAePa5gBYdGZBHNUZXRh2yWt3YYv4g1iX=w640-h438" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">We could all do with an emotional plastron to cover our vulnerabilities.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>This plastron is on the underside of a turtle</i><i>. The term ‘plastron’ has also been applied to human body armour.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Plumicorn<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj_whpS3WKVpHyIYps9Nby5-LyV9unTr4HB-HTBKapGTizsMjl8XpowdcQOk9r7Uus9nbRb5oMY21PuVfnjI7X1qikYxQeb1WQ_D7bjmwnVQs2abPv1AiPt5KXDEjerXQhBQT0txGSOkQSjXjqvcwrPMLC1FEQlGur3uKi3_6Kz-Ek1uEw9t2cZ3tfg=s1129" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="1129" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj_whpS3WKVpHyIYps9Nby5-LyV9unTr4HB-HTBKapGTizsMjl8XpowdcQOk9r7Uus9nbRb5oMY21PuVfnjI7X1qikYxQeb1WQ_D7bjmwnVQs2abPv1AiPt5KXDEjerXQhBQT0txGSOkQSjXjqvcwrPMLC1FEQlGur3uKi3_6Kz-Ek1uEw9t2cZ3tfg=w640-h482" width="640" /></span></a></b></div><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><span><br /></span></span></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Birds and people hear pretty similarly, even though birds don’t
have an external ear structure. Rather, their ear entrances are covered by
auricular coverts, circles of soft loose-webbed feathers. Many owls, you might counter,
do have external ears. However, these are just tufts of feathers: they have no
connection to the skeletal structure of the ear and aren’t used to direct sound
to its opening. Their true purpose is uncertain, but is likely to include camouflage,
courtship, and communication, including to signal aggression to other owls. The
technical term for such tufts is plumicorns (say 'plume-i-corn'), from the Latin for
‘feather-horn’.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><i>Pictured is the
Long-Eared Owl (</i>Asio otus),<i> the
common name of which is likely to compound any confusion about whether the plumicorns are true ears.</i> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Praeteria<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHFXMlxkiqRRvjDrdHEndeABqnu4yFaRvtBjcSfpFG-CIX7HaZS2WkgUZstRnY9MxYxoUN-pi7vYUfkYXPZLdrtpti39y_WSYlHLZq1t5sKpMwNVhaHutLJXVxmwHcE5ItjNe2Hiyuut1LZK-gD9k5ygQoDpW_UZR1doNOK4SKvcNtn0rQ9y3CQglp/s800/not%20nost%209.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="535" data-original-width="800" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHFXMlxkiqRRvjDrdHEndeABqnu4yFaRvtBjcSfpFG-CIX7HaZS2WkgUZstRnY9MxYxoUN-pi7vYUfkYXPZLdrtpti39y_WSYlHLZq1t5sKpMwNVhaHutLJXVxmwHcE5ItjNe2Hiyuut1LZK-gD9k5ygQoDpW_UZR1doNOK4SKvcNtn0rQ9y3CQglp/w640-h428/not%20nost%209.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What’s the opposite of nostalgia? You could see that as
looking forward hopefully rather than pining for the past. Perhaps that’s ‘optimism’
or ‘futurism’. But I mean ‘what’s the opposite view of the past?’ To regret it
perhaps, and blame it for what’s gone wrong. But is there a word for that? My
wife and I brainstormed the question using the roots of ‘nostalgia’ as a starting
point. The OED gives that as a 17th century compound of the Greek νόστος (nóstos),
the Homeric term for ‘homecoming’, and ἄλγος (álgos), meaning ‘sorrow’: in current usage that has come to stand for a sentimental longing for of a period now gone - implying a more golden than sorrowful longing for the past. To express something like ‘I regret the past’
as an antonym of ‘nostalgia’ might be μετανιώνω για το παρελθόν (metanióno gia
to parelthón), but Latin seems more promising: ‘Paenitet me praeterita’, which might
yield the edited compound: ‘praeteria’, echoing 'nostalgia' a little. So there we have it: ‘Praeteria’, regret
for the past, a potential word likely to become increasingly useful as the
effects of the industrial revolution come home to roost…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">
</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">The image negates a classic of Japanese landscape nostalgia:
Kawase Hasui’s ‘April: Bamboo Forest, Tama River’, 1952. </span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Matriphagy</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF6y5lsIpaG7F29gw1Ye22u_NPjFh6yhIAxJhZp8Fa5_t_4OwO-QvVpcgLtD5y-l0zFSVbl4cGnJzO_0NswGs_OpBqp7ecP51vqu1Uimvio1C6WJrjv2kTVey_z5oitAESagS6GPE2uXEp6agjDzKLxANoUP803QE47eKn7F6pYL4bRnTSprdvPfe9/s612/pseudo%20istockphoto-1382919704-612x612.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="612" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF6y5lsIpaG7F29gw1Ye22u_NPjFh6yhIAxJhZp8Fa5_t_4OwO-QvVpcgLtD5y-l0zFSVbl4cGnJzO_0NswGs_OpBqp7ecP51vqu1Uimvio1C6WJrjv2kTVey_z5oitAESagS6GPE2uXEp6agjDzKLxANoUP803QE47eKn7F6pYL4bRnTSprdvPfe9/w640-h452/pseudo%20istockphoto-1382919704-612x612.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">There are some 3,300 different pseudoscorpions: tiny arachnids
– a millimetre, rather than a centimetre, being a typical length - with pincer-like pedipalps that
resemble those of scorpions. The mothering instinct seems particularly
strong in them, as if insufficient food is available to feed her young, the
mother pseudoscorpion will stand still to invite the young to feed… on her. ‘They
focus on the joints, where the exoskeleton is thinnest’, according to Joanna
Bagniewska’s grisly account in <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/61158510">‘The Modern Bestiary’</a>,
‘and literally suck her dry. When she is just an empty shell, she is cast
aside, and the young nymphs, energised by the meal, venture out to hunt
cooperatively.’ That is matriphagy.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Peen</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_bJVV7ZUwDAGMBHFxPKS_K9pIc5_s05TTYBpu_EGuOC9DgFf0QwBe9zBugCcTraZCHst3PIk19qM34eCXAFMW9UUJoPer0KH84O8i8NUs7gdnh0K0dZy_A7TuxnfAPVZ3BUckI4rqJhQe-ePK8Uz6wwt7IvwZXA8_b_rGs4kSuyT_PXUptRBAJgZZvf8/s1375/ball%20peen%20Screenshot%202023-07-13%20143230.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="508" data-original-width="1375" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_bJVV7ZUwDAGMBHFxPKS_K9pIc5_s05TTYBpu_EGuOC9DgFf0QwBe9zBugCcTraZCHst3PIk19qM34eCXAFMW9UUJoPer0KH84O8i8NUs7gdnh0K0dZy_A7TuxnfAPVZ3BUckI4rqJhQe-ePK8Uz6wwt7IvwZXA8_b_rGs4kSuyT_PXUptRBAJgZZvf8/w640-h236/ball%20peen%20Screenshot%202023-07-13%20143230.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The end of a hammer opposite the face is known
as its peen. That often takes a claw shape, useful for levering out
mal-hammered nails. But ball-peen hammers are also common. There is something
of the penile glans about them, suggesting a peenis, perhaps, but is it such a
useful hammer shape? According to
Wikipedia ‘<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">The peening face is useful for
rounding off edges of metal pins and fasteners, such as rivets. The ball
face of the hammer can also be used to make gaskets for mating
surfaces. A suitable gasket material is held over the surface where a
corresponding gasket is desired, and the operator will lightly tap around the
edges of the mating surface to perforate the gasket material’. They don’t sound
like operations I’m likely to carry out soon… </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Phage </span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR5QOM0Kc9qMkYNimtDhxOu-v51Y2x0jol4s0Nqd2BYkLrHlvcSbf0N8KuJ1Te7TbIF_bUAZ_jd5Rc5i457SjiISTHY6JFdzRXZaw77g-tXi6wrN0oiJ-XigkD1MjjeQyBnUUi7E1UrbAfRK7OuKHuPb75z8wMIlClP-3v1sqT3Y_n737nhBfOfC80eb0/s800/Phage-Microbiome-Treatment.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR5QOM0Kc9qMkYNimtDhxOu-v51Y2x0jol4s0Nqd2BYkLrHlvcSbf0N8KuJ1Te7TbIF_bUAZ_jd5Rc5i457SjiISTHY6JFdzRXZaw77g-tXi6wrN0oiJ-XigkD1MjjeQyBnUUi7E1UrbAfRK7OuKHuPb75z8wMIlClP-3v1sqT3Y_n737nhBfOfC80eb0/w640-h640/Phage-Microbiome-Treatment.webp" width="640" /></a></b></div><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A bacteriophage, also known informally as a phage is a virus that infects and replicates within bacteria and archaea. They have medical potential as a means of attacking bacteria. In particular, antibiotic-resistant superbugs cause a large number of deaths around the world each year, but effective new antibiotics are thin on the ground - so bacteria-eating phage viruses could be the answer.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Pica</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCoaj_wTFGG9TToMKwQNnr4pc5FuTqT6BD271y492BPmyuoGkcAeUvrm2Az-EQJTwMXVdjl9fjsux6MlyaYadHETEgCCWXDUQpHGTXuo8j8NAqi2SyWdhYJdzyQQyCiTMXssUZqWXPhflWiXQw_YS8Zi1v_Lui2gEVs1XWfwa0y8Dg1lMb3TeHlDltITQ/s721/crayon%20rocks%20Screenshot%202023-07-13%20162717.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="661" data-original-width="721" height="586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCoaj_wTFGG9TToMKwQNnr4pc5FuTqT6BD271y492BPmyuoGkcAeUvrm2Az-EQJTwMXVdjl9fjsux6MlyaYadHETEgCCWXDUQpHGTXuo8j8NAqi2SyWdhYJdzyQQyCiTMXssUZqWXPhflWiXQw_YS8Zi1v_Lui2gEVs1XWfwa0y8Dg1lMb3TeHlDltITQ/w640-h586/crayon%20rocks%20Screenshot%202023-07-13%20162717.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202124;">Pica (say PIE-kuh) is </span><span style="color: #040c28;">a feeding
disorder in which someone beyond the exploratory toddler stage feels
compelled to eat non-food substances that have no nutritional value</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202124;">, such as paper, soap, paint, hair, stones,
crayons, chalk or ice.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>Not a joking matter, but these attractive ‘crayon rocks’ might tick two
boxes for some…</i></span></span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Ptarmical</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxoMC8e4MnwzVZ6RkQLWzWtjMO0jHDmALANk3Cp1mGgi4P5QHrRByzBWxh1xeagafH7ct0E5yuWGAVsZJSTwiyzP4usOlGG588DL11sWkFRWtakDmAYyqgCvRqaoSQjnUhKxEAjpfzAzniKavYKs-pl0kVCxUt6P-F4_JYT5Nwe-jEb0Ial--xKrFt/s844/ptarical%20Screenshot%202022-04-02%20092758.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="309" data-original-width="844" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxoMC8e4MnwzVZ6RkQLWzWtjMO0jHDmALANk3Cp1mGgi4P5QHrRByzBWxh1xeagafH7ct0E5yuWGAVsZJSTwiyzP4usOlGG588DL11sWkFRWtakDmAYyqgCvRqaoSQjnUhKxEAjpfzAzniKavYKs-pl0kVCxUt6P-F4_JYT5Nwe-jEb0Ial--xKrFt/w640-h234/ptarical%20Screenshot%202022-04-02%20092758.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">What is ptarmical? Pepper, most obviously. Or anything
infectious that needs clearing from your nostrils. Or possibly some emotional
states. Even sunlight in some people, the condition known as photosneezia. Nor
is sneezing restricted to <i>homo sapiens</i>: most animals do it, and the pairing
here is with </span><i style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: rgb(248, 249, 250); color: #202122;">Camelus dromedaries.</span></i></div></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="background: rgb(248, 249, 250); color: #202122;"><span><br /></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="background: rgb(248, 249, 250); color: #202122;"><span>Ptarmical: causing sneezing</span></span></i></p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><br /><b>Pyxidium </b><br /><br /></span> </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFhtmM7ZS5sbbog-n-Fy-PzqDE2qn7eH8Sgcm42q_jsfnfCuyVXhfHOz7XUzIL4gHzbTOSFZoLTyk0k0AY06bYliM_c_EjLT9_WSkmqJ_iE_qVZQLgQ1dj0xUuvLNG1735SSWBys_pDO_ouYQCkSIxaXkZNjUavinSBOVPePGlpxilMheUXYgPTq-c=s735" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="679" data-original-width="735" height="592" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFhtmM7ZS5sbbog-n-Fy-PzqDE2qn7eH8Sgcm42q_jsfnfCuyVXhfHOz7XUzIL4gHzbTOSFZoLTyk0k0AY06bYliM_c_EjLT9_WSkmqJ_iE_qVZQLgQ1dj0xUuvLNG1735SSWBys_pDO_ouYQCkSIxaXkZNjUavinSBOVPePGlpxilMheUXYgPTq-c=w640-h592" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /> <span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span>You’re a seed pod. What to do? One answer is: nothing - assume that birds or animals will rip into you at some point and release your seeds. Else you can release the seeds through small pores, poppy-style, so that the motion caused by the wind shakes them out - as if you were a pepper pot. If neither suits, you need to split. That’s called dehiscence, and can be pretty explosive: the sandbox tree can fling seeds up to 100 metres. Where to split? Maybe along the septa - like the foxglove; or along the locules – like the iris. Or you can pop your top off, like the lid from a box. If that circumscissile opening is your choice, you’re a pyxidium: on a eucalyptus, perhaps, or on the illustrated scarlet pimpernel </span><i>Anagallis arvensis </i><span>– in which case, if you don’t mind me saying, you’re one of the most beautiful pods.</span></div><br /><br /><i>Pyxidium:</i> <i>a seed capsule opening by transverse dehiscense (OED) </i></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Quotity</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgT3Dmj-U1zD6JDt8mmJpULy0XRfw_gwtZhM0IhG9G9py8qn2u5JLFt8qs7GnYmUSbirjRw6RBDJKTTEX7ckKPVLZoGR8Ggu5L-eJADfvrRn6JGL675HoE-TebHYm74IL1pMwxiWqdXZFuJsltCWvyoeeIQV6RyCmVVzF2C-VKoGrG6ziC9s3i2hK_n=s3723" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1764" data-original-width="3723" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgT3Dmj-U1zD6JDt8mmJpULy0XRfw_gwtZhM0IhG9G9py8qn2u5JLFt8qs7GnYmUSbirjRw6RBDJKTTEX7ckKPVLZoGR8Ggu5L-eJADfvrRn6JGL675HoE-TebHYm74IL1pMwxiWqdXZFuJsltCWvyoeeIQV6RyCmVVzF2C-VKoGrG6ziC9s3i2hK_n=w640-h304" width="640" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 17.12px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Is this a qoutity?</i></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I think not. Whereas<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">these seventeen syllables <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">make up a haiku. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><span style="line-height: 107%;">‘Quotity’ is a certain number of individuals etc,
a nice contrast to the less specific nature of a quantity. A haiku, at least
under western conventions, consists of the inviolable quotity of 17 syllables
arranged in three lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables respectively. The image is of
the Korean band Seventeen, taken in 2021. It has thirteen members, potentially
undermining its status as a quotity equivalent to a haiku. There is an
explanation: ‘</span></i><i><span style="background: white; color: #202122; line-height: 107%;">Seventeen’ stands for ‘13 members + 3 units + 1
team’, representing the 13 individual members from 3 different units (hip-hop,
vocal, and performance) who all come together to form the one K-pop group. Still, I'm not sure this Seventeen is a quotity. It may be, of course, that the question refers to itself, not to the band, in which case I'd say that the number of words / syllables / letters in 'Is this a quotity?' is too arbitrary a matter to make it a satisfying example - though it does contain seventeen characters, if we're including the spaces. </span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #202122; font-family: inherit; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Ratite<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjH3Yo3es94xRnpEqJJLqjpwsQliU3Oo6DgRiCORn_1VcAI11iqoZng8ct8x-Nu0O_zI2w7SN4Gvndu_Qi34IXWMIqWHJB3YW7Lq2vVdhyOrwlcA3aNjNzWPA6aiRS2ESFmTYooU4G-kOdsw1GtJ0HZgqjjgTYObIfkHqqeVto5zq_7LnG0ge0p7maX=s2750" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2198" data-original-width="2750" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjH3Yo3es94xRnpEqJJLqjpwsQliU3Oo6DgRiCORn_1VcAI11iqoZng8ct8x-Nu0O_zI2w7SN4Gvndu_Qi34IXWMIqWHJB3YW7Lq2vVdhyOrwlcA3aNjNzWPA6aiRS2ESFmTYooU4G-kOdsw1GtJ0HZgqjjgTYObIfkHqqeVto5zq_7LnG0ge0p7maX=w640-h512" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Flightless birds – or ratites – are a group: penguins
are a separate matter, but kiwis </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">and the former dodo are related to emu and
ostrich, not to other birds of their size. Ostrich eggs are big: typically 1.6
litres, they take around 90 minutes to hard boil and make a more-than-substantial omelette, as above. They’re small, though, up against the eggs of the
Madagascan <i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #202122;">Aepyornis </span></i>family of ‘elephant
birds’, which had eggs with up to nine litres of content. One theory for their
extinction by 1800 is that sailors ate the eggs, sealing the birds’ fate even
though the three metre high adults weren’t easy to hunt. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Ravelin / Tenaillon<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaG8anWC9xgATglUjqDV4PM1dZt0Gdz9GR9g12_Kjk7FWPobn2pUgCji6EyD1xcS9LRbzbFUYQ8Gaj40UdH7R4vu84-fCnrAfXKSPdD5nwZtwutfkAwQhhG5Hg_vaaVcjQihjfV3ZdRU73DHP7BY204UBe5Ke_08Ta-w_cw7GSSNSnbHwx0nPv7Tgw820/s1200/castle%20download.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="915" data-original-width="1200" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaG8anWC9xgATglUjqDV4PM1dZt0Gdz9GR9g12_Kjk7FWPobn2pUgCji6EyD1xcS9LRbzbFUYQ8Gaj40UdH7R4vu84-fCnrAfXKSPdD5nwZtwutfkAwQhhG5Hg_vaaVcjQihjfV3ZdRU73DHP7BY204UBe5Ke_08Ta-w_cw7GSSNSnbHwx0nPv7Tgw820/w640-h488/castle%20download.png" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The jargon of fortresses is
extensive: to cite caponier, casemate, cavalier, citadel, contrescarpe, cordon
and countergard is merely to seize on some ‘c’s. Ravelins are
triangular fortifications located just outside the castle. They’re numbered
1-7 in the diagram of the Castell de Sant Ferran in Figueres, Spain – the
largest bastion fort in Europe, constructed 1753-92, and so extensive it has
names for each ravelin, the highlighted 7 being the Ravelin of Rosario. The
ravelins are in front of the curtain walls (29 in the diagram) and bastions
(9, 11 and 30). The countergards, to return to the ‘c’s above, are 17 and 18. The
outer edges of the ravelin are configured to divide an assault force, and guns
in the ravelin can fire upon the attacking troops as they approach the curtain
wall. The ravelin also impedes besiegers from using their artillery to batter a
breach. True, I was aware of ravelins: the word that led me to them in a random
flick through the OED was the more obscure ‘tenaillon’: a work constructed
on each side of a ravelin to increase its strength, procure additional ground
beyond the ditch, or cover the shoulders of the bastions. And that, I suspect,
is what the Castell de Sant Ferran lacks. Perhaps they were part of the plans,
not all of which were ever built.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiOGXV3U3VIyeM1HfeF92UGiF4qYyQfwaNNppDnVlyXbZ-PJAvcz_QVU3VtuDHqxxRfKw2h3Dfvf5TAgbegJqkoPgSKMQ9jvquunPY6LnmfJy1VZedQ-pEcZThEjGs7oBFk00HB8PEBz7vNThZ6QYWxYt5yWfq4k4qQrQdmZMCj35krV8rSd4H3FzxnTw/s816/c34835castellsantferranfigueresshutterstock1845979402-ok-online.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="543" data-original-width="816" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiOGXV3U3VIyeM1HfeF92UGiF4qYyQfwaNNppDnVlyXbZ-PJAvcz_QVU3VtuDHqxxRfKw2h3Dfvf5TAgbegJqkoPgSKMQ9jvquunPY6LnmfJy1VZedQ-pEcZThEjGs7oBFk00HB8PEBz7vNThZ6QYWxYt5yWfq4k4qQrQdmZMCj35krV8rSd4H3FzxnTw/w640-h426/c34835castellsantferranfigueresshutterstock1845979402-ok-online.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Recure</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdkdDHx_2in15_L7cJlM9BNkqhkAlv-kqCsjIMCOSkivhHuH5b6VoyIoVyKO83r3JZfAILpYYOurAnuUrLuTK01OGRbi30w_zxEKjFvNIg38P3rW3EWCOnnQ-hBz2pongYm3WxRajb96-MgqiQ69jyfOBZBXCzzSnmXuqt1i1H7ebotb1d7Vtrb4VM/s960/Re-Cure%20image%20word%20257492346_549110413123662_2983341623017981905_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdkdDHx_2in15_L7cJlM9BNkqhkAlv-kqCsjIMCOSkivhHuH5b6VoyIoVyKO83r3JZfAILpYYOurAnuUrLuTK01OGRbi30w_zxEKjFvNIg38P3rW3EWCOnnQ-hBz2pongYm3WxRajb96-MgqiQ69jyfOBZBXCzzSnmXuqt1i1H7ebotb1d7Vtrb4VM/w640-h480/Re-Cure%20image%20word%20257492346_549110413123662_2983341623017981905_n.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Here’s an illogical word. If ‘cure’ means to make better, shouldn’t
‘recure’ mean to make better again, presumably after a second bout of the same
illness? It doesn’t: OED gives it as just a synonym of ‘cure’, derived from ‘recover’
rather than ‘re-cure’. No wonder it’s pretty much re-dundant. Except that ‘Re-Cure’
is an American tribute band, formed in 2014, playing the songs of The Cure,
their name given an extra dimension by the existence of that apparently useless word ‘recure’.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">The image is not of The Cure’s Robert Smith, but of Re-Cure’s
vocalist, Tim. </span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #4d5156;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Rhyparography<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5YkHNjsOgKWnY_GJMqfbolVuPDBH0mriGwvv8he2Zlj4Lx_zUhvQNo5CexfEvdF29XJ4kMdSNxpImcbwiPRRDnmJNXPgIQO0DPqhNFZqZqB-MNjH4fn0aFohQpHif7k-lP0JOtmDMa9Ah5f4tGRgTtCgBUYwhbmv-ViDTp60NrJBmvP8qXp7X-lb1/s1003/M40506-1_rembrandt_beggar_seated-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1003" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5YkHNjsOgKWnY_GJMqfbolVuPDBH0mriGwvv8he2Zlj4Lx_zUhvQNo5CexfEvdF29XJ4kMdSNxpImcbwiPRRDnmJNXPgIQO0DPqhNFZqZqB-MNjH4fn0aFohQpHif7k-lP0JOtmDMa9Ah5f4tGRgTtCgBUYwhbmv-ViDTp60NrJBmvP8qXp7X-lb1/w382-h640/M40506-1_rembrandt_beggar_seated-1.jpg" width="382" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaaAfK7-qQ44esi-f-oO34XBU7KJoOnGlNCHCb-MiSqGd9TvLIjUepl3pUurQMijXcpg4ZUPNtKnCMO9gMzqesUwXlVF4Zcp4h9hznhc84rAtgvlP8AX6pykx-3NX-zg5dM2YkOAf6AGUpH4O4L92Vq-bg09x9gVTgRLQM05vmg2mDJQRiW2VYvnAH/s1024/1024px-B159_Rembrandt%20shell.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="779" data-original-width="1024" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaaAfK7-qQ44esi-f-oO34XBU7KJoOnGlNCHCb-MiSqGd9TvLIjUepl3pUurQMijXcpg4ZUPNtKnCMO9gMzqesUwXlVF4Zcp4h9hznhc84rAtgvlP8AX6pykx-3NX-zg5dM2YkOAf6AGUpH4O4L92Vq-bg09x9gVTgRLQM05vmg2mDJQRiW2VYvnAH/w400-h304/1024px-B159_Rembrandt%20shell.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">An odd word, as it is defined as both ‘the depiction of
mean, unworthy, or sordid subjects’, and ‘the painting of genre or still-life
pictures’. Even allowing that still life and genre pictures had, in classical
times, lower status than portrait, landscape and especially history painting, that
seems somewhat contradictory. Yet maybe
not: Rembrandt is generally considered the greatest etcher ever, and the
potentially sordid subject of beggars, as well as the somewhat minor subject of
a shell, are comparably invested with dignity and importance here in two of his
finest prints. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><span><span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;">‘The Shell’, 1650, is the only still life among Rembrandt
van Rijn’s 300 etchings. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;">There are many
beggars, though, often cast in biblical roles. Of ‘Beggar Seated on a Bank’,
1630, Princeton University’s catalogue says: ‘In this free and wiry etching,
Rembrandt lends his own features to a seated vagabond with ragged cloak and
scraggly beard, who stretches out his hand to beg as he snarls at us. Unique
among Rembrandt’s many exercises in role-playing, this self-identification with
the down-and-out has been recently interpreted as a humorous response to the
challenge of being a struggling artist who is reduced to begging for
recognition from wealthy patrons.’</span> </span></span></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><span><span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><span><span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span> </span></span></span></i><b style="background-color: transparent; font-size: large;">Rhytiphilia</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: transparent; font-size: large;"><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-size: large; line-height: 36px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; line-height: 36px;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4oVAMG6Mwd358SxE3T94G7KAScRX8bmQFZlN4hglIsz5VbdCoAQKDPOpFIcCM9IP5VJ8UGhKOP0al3COTsfF85E5Nbc6S4W_DtpMeexOUy-ogr0dHTTHu5RKyX4iQh2fuq0jo2h1u4iShPcJBeQQjjgttc5d7SuEFwTdF5Rg0D-h1BtB16RsgTvgd/s882/auden%203a02822fdb40c9fc30c98a62e344e6a8.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="882" data-original-width="650" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4oVAMG6Mwd358SxE3T94G7KAScRX8bmQFZlN4hglIsz5VbdCoAQKDPOpFIcCM9IP5VJ8UGhKOP0al3COTsfF85E5Nbc6S4W_DtpMeexOUy-ogr0dHTTHu5RKyX4iQh2fuq0jo2h1u4iShPcJBeQQjjgttc5d7SuEFwTdF5Rg0D-h1BtB16RsgTvgd/w472-h640/auden%203a02822fdb40c9fc30c98a62e344e6a8.jpg" width="472" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span><span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">The sexual parts must be the most likely candidates for agastopia, the fascination for a particular part of the human body. Foot fetishism - podophilia -</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit;"> is said to be the most common form of it for otherwise non-sexual body parts. I’m guessing that the glabella (qv) is among the least frequently fetishised parts. That said, the somewhat broader rhytiphilia is a thing: taking a particular interest in the patterns of facial wrinkles. I wonder whether WH Auden’s famous ‘wedding cake left out in the rain’ look appeals to rhytiphiliacs. David Hockney’s line on him was: ‘if that's his face, imagine his scrotum!’ As for why Auden developed such a geological visage by his fifties, Richard Davenport-Hines explains, in his biography, that the poet (1907-73) suffered from Touraine-Solente-Gole syndrome ‘in which the skin of the forehead, face, scalp, hands and feet becomes thick and furrowed and peripheral periostitis in the bones reduces the patient's capacity for activity. There was no therapy for the syndrome, which does not affect either life expectancy or mental status, but which accounted for Auden's striking appearance of grave, lined melancholy.’</span> </span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span><span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span><span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i> </i></span></span></span></span><b style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;">Riggy</b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">There’s no shortage of definitions for ‘rig’ – the OED
offers ten, including the equipage on a horse-drawn vehicle – but not the more
specialised horse meaning, which is the only one which seems to lead to
regular adjectival use, at least among equestrians. A gelding is a castrated
stallion, which ideally means both testicles are removed. Most strictly defined,
a rig is a stallion which is castrated, but is found – as some 10-15% are - to
be a cryptorchid, meaning one of his testes has failed to drop into the scrotum.
The male hormone testosterone is produced by the testicles, whether they are in
their normal position or lurking somewhere inside the horse’s body. Unless the
internal testicle can be found and removed by a cryptorchidectomy, rigs are
likely to continue to display masculine behavioural characteristics, such as
trying to cover in-season mares, herd mares, fight with other geldings or
behave aggressively in general. Yet some fully castrated geldings still behave
like stallions even after their supply of testosterone abates, likely due to brain changes occurring much earlier in their development: they are said to
be ‘riggy’.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span><span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>I didn’t land on the word ‘riggy’ in a dictionary: my horse-owning
wife used it… It seems to me it might usefully be extended to cover the many human
cases of people reverting to prior behaviour after they have taken action – promises,
training, rehab etc – intended to take them beyond it.</i></span></span><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></i></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span><span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span> </i></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><b>Scapulimancy</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgpmDkqoh4azSVAZhDbCRRy-cKtEdnO0UN1YXL1VnQKhs0R2mujn8zlr3ZFanlgJU4pItWnoac5H4nObER9VlxA9q6H4V8TIHmfnFEEKxrNdnlEhpTohqBtu9yCKnsy6fC6zHc_5KW_KVbgXkUehWI-u0i5wA7sUKoduRYwqAFfgdOisdYWWv_0v24v=s986" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span><img border="0" data-original-height="986" data-original-width="640" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgpmDkqoh4azSVAZhDbCRRy-cKtEdnO0UN1YXL1VnQKhs0R2mujn8zlr3ZFanlgJU4pItWnoac5H4nObER9VlxA9q6H4V8TIHmfnFEEKxrNdnlEhpTohqBtu9yCKnsy6fC6zHc_5KW_KVbgXkUehWI-u0i5wA7sUKoduRYwqAFfgdOisdYWWv_0v24v=w416-h640" width="416" /></span></a></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Scapulimancy</span></span> strikes me as implausible, even if you’re forecasting the prices or health of cattle.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 19.26px;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">In Ancient China oracle bones were used for divination: if an ox scapula was used, that was ‘scapulimancy’. Questions were carved onto the bone using a sharp tool. Intense heat was then applied with a metal rod until the bone or shell cracked: the diviner would then interpret the pattern of cracks to answer the questions, and add the prognostication to what was written on the bone. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Scrod<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh3hJm2KpmDGFmkQZWeThMitg1x49DIt5CCCQleTdiT6ncRgvOBLK5Lf3tCkEY2zGSUrWHg2Q-jNn0XdFEb2r5DMWGnHuiyMroliij8f40HpVT_LujL0LHx8jPV7IZMZMqMTSDUJuRrPrpInaUBXxJf2p5i4sGMgqWUaD8_EGCnT-8xTcPeVqdMoQ1K=s802" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="416" data-original-width="802" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh3hJm2KpmDGFmkQZWeThMitg1x49DIt5CCCQleTdiT6ncRgvOBLK5Lf3tCkEY2zGSUrWHg2Q-jNn0XdFEb2r5DMWGnHuiyMroliij8f40HpVT_LujL0LHx8jPV7IZMZMqMTSDUJuRrPrpInaUBXxJf2p5i4sGMgqWUaD8_EGCnT-8xTcPeVqdMoQ1K=w640-h332" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Why call a young cod a codling when the tastier word ‘scrod’ is available?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 6pt 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><span style="color: #202122;">Scrod:</span><span style="color: #202122;"> a sma</span>ll cod or haddock.<span style="color: #202122;"> In the wholesale fish business, scrod is the smallest weight category of the major whitefish.</span><span style="color: #202122;"> </span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;">Sible</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><br /></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLANW6d1dNTLnhyo1_huLyA_JDVKFodve7fElCrSKwe2yUKxrHzE1o_tqxfFHRqNdv-jrMaE7L94VOQzDq1M5IZ1vbSP1GSAGoCB_8V7_PqiHbd_xNF44jdzljOeDe8Uh2pOoaC9y2MbpeUspKjK4gDMXQrXjMQX09GQ7iaX4WjVEFkH8Ya-6qKuPw/s2048/about-sible-3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1363" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLANW6d1dNTLnhyo1_huLyA_JDVKFodve7fElCrSKwe2yUKxrHzE1o_tqxfFHRqNdv-jrMaE7L94VOQzDq1M5IZ1vbSP1GSAGoCB_8V7_PqiHbd_xNF44jdzljOeDe8Uh2pOoaC9y2MbpeUspKjK4gDMXQrXjMQX09GQ7iaX4WjVEFkH8Ya-6qKuPw/w640-h426/about-sible-3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: left;">I mistyped ‘single’ in
a Gmail and was surprised to see that ‘sible’ wasn’t flagged as a spelling
error – as I would have expected even if I’d meant ‘sibyl’ (a woman of
antiquity reputed to possess powers of prophecy). So what does it mean? It
doesn’t make the OED, and a search on Google itself comes up with two
interesting but unpersuasive reasons to add it to future editions: an acronym
for ‘Sheffield Institute of Biotechnological Law and Ethics’ or a slangy
abbreviation of ‘sex bible’, as used to select the position of the day, for
example. A visual search yields images of Sible Heddingham, a village in Essex with
a population of 4,000. </span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;">It looks a nice
enough place, and includes the striking building illustrated. So I think I’ll
take it that Sible Heddingham is the reason that Google’s mail service accepts the
word.</span><i><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"> </i><b style="background-color: transparent;">Slee</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhADz95AIf1eKKb6eALQYHjhxY1AYlLTb2HxEUxp4FcwRccl4a1wvTO7BgtCWZCbSLVTwJ2Ak3lxVk027sosLtU4D5w2spHaLlkB8yQSPVLVo4lVoDeyrOgpMJWzJkdm0r18tlUx1EIV1SmIa375sB2wyV-t3jGRpJXIgqHb2RIuITW7I1pFFGhJDFk=s793" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="757" data-original-width="793" height="610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhADz95AIf1eKKb6eALQYHjhxY1AYlLTb2HxEUxp4FcwRccl4a1wvTO7BgtCWZCbSLVTwJ2Ak3lxVk027sosLtU4D5w2spHaLlkB8yQSPVLVo4lVoDeyrOgpMJWzJkdm0r18tlUx1EIV1SmIa375sB2wyV-t3jGRpJXIgqHb2RIuITW7I1pFFGhJDFk=w640-h610" width="640" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>Is ‘slee’ a word, o</span>utside of the self-refuting pre-dawn thought: ‘I don’t think I’ll be able to get back to slee…’? No, the dictionary passes sleekly enough from ‘sledge’ to ‘sleech’. So let me propose it: ‘a half-formed thought’. It is, however, Dutch for a sleigh. Never mind sheep: next time I can’t drop off, I’m going to imagine the slide-past of an infinite cavalcade of polar bears.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Smectic</span></b></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 17.12px;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj_SGOXo8ANK8qTSLyJi68YAxQaQW41x9Ifrs2L03DyihSW1I0yShJT6oykcPATqH3sSzPi4YbKwjlXCbKf-oTJaZTGCB-qWsawYLKiNJnBsBhQ6aTSPFpoLrqyz45nZ8zlJdCY1FayjyYwoUC48yULN6y7URzyR89dspOqStBJJBAz0g8Q15s1vPnp=s601" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="359" data-original-width="601" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj_SGOXo8ANK8qTSLyJi68YAxQaQW41x9Ifrs2L03DyihSW1I0yShJT6oykcPATqH3sSzPi4YbKwjlXCbKf-oTJaZTGCB-qWsawYLKiNJnBsBhQ6aTSPFpoLrqyz45nZ8zlJdCY1FayjyYwoUC48yULN6y7URzyR89dspOqStBJJBAz0g8Q15s1vPnp=w640-h382" width="640" /></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 17.12px;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span>This may be a chance to make art: the </span><span>nematic</span><span> phases of liquid crystal – in which the molecules are oriented in parallel but not arranged in well-defined planes – could be rendered in a crystalline liquid to make an abstract painting that enacts its molecular process. Or one could use a smetic patterning: 'smetic' </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; text-align: left;">denotes a state of a liquid crystal in which the molecules are oriented in parallel and arranged in </span><span class="AraNOb" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; text-align: left;">well-defined</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; text-align: left;"> planes.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Note: this is Figure 1 from the 2021 paper ‘Meta-stable nematic pre-ordering in smectic liquid crystalline phase transitions’ by Nasser Mohieddin Abukhdeir and Alejandro D. Rey, Department of Chemical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal. It shows ‘a schematic of a growing liquid crystalline front summarizing the phenomena of interest: nematic <span style="font-family: inherit;">(orientational) and smectic-A (lamellar) liquid crystalline ordering and interfacial splitting. The orientationally/translationally-order smectic-A mesophase is on the left (blue), orientationally-ordered nematic mesophase is in the center (green), and the isotropic liquid (no orientational or translational order) is on the right (red).’<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i style="text-align: justify;"></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><span><i style="background-color: transparent;"><span><span> </span></span></i></span></i><b style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;">Smirr</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQMe2GWdWjwR-A2fxJNlQjgTvRXYMydFuIsjQ0mW8EowohMxEp39uRbcOZZliXwM-50hmkIOnfuuX7Szr9VeYv5ML3BkonZMA4oMGQBkUWe0fwyQRBr0T9pDESwPXi4NpbdYHFm-oohwUe7aoV4bs86UMpH8QtnHAU3CA3-9VzxAlJXxR-6KxbBmuFhUc/s1099/Smirr%20creenshot%202024-03-18%20093738.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="618" data-original-width="1099" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQMe2GWdWjwR-A2fxJNlQjgTvRXYMydFuIsjQ0mW8EowohMxEp39uRbcOZZliXwM-50hmkIOnfuuX7Szr9VeYv5ML3BkonZMA4oMGQBkUWe0fwyQRBr0T9pDESwPXi4NpbdYHFm-oohwUe7aoV4bs86UMpH8QtnHAU3CA3-9VzxAlJXxR-6KxbBmuFhUc/w640-h360/Smirr%20creenshot%202024-03-18%20093738.png" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The Inuit famously – if, it is sometimes said, mythically –
have 50 words for snow. Climatic logic would suggest that the British should
have 50 words for rain. And maybe we have… Consider ‘bange’ (long-term hovering
dampness), ‘clarty’ (really wet), ‘dibble’ (slow droplets), ‘dreich’ (gloomy
and wet), ‘dimpsey’ (low cloud and fine rain), ‘letty’ (enough to make outdoor
work difficult) and ‘plothering’ (heavy rain). Another nice one is ‘smirr’ (or ‘smir’
or ‘smur’) – for the light end of drizzle. And it has a literary connection via
a well-known Scots dialect poem. Here’s a verse incorporating the eponymous refrain
of George Campbell Hay’s ‘The Smoky Smirr o Rain’ (1948):</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white;">The hills aroond war silent wi the mist alang the
braes.</span><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />
<span style="background: white;">The woods war derk an’ quiet wi dewy, glintin’
sprays.</span><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />
<span style="background: white;">The thrushes didna raise for me, as I gaed by
alane,</span><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />
<span style="background: white;">but a wee, wae cheep at passin’ in the smoky smirr
o rain.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Why does rain fall in
less-than-fully-formed drops? Water droplets in clouds initially form on
microscopic airborne particles, or aerosols. Updrafts are plumes of warm air
rising from the solar-heated Earth. As the droplets float within clouds, they
continue to grow until the updrafts can't hold them up any longer. If the
updrafts are weak, droplets fall out of the clouds as drizzle, before they have
the opportunity to grow into full-sized raindrops. This, incidentally, helps
explain the preponderance of smirr over the ocean, where updrafts are weaker.</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><span><span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; text-align: left;"> </span> </span><b><span> </span></b></span></i> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Snotter</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4kVGzhtyRGndlFLWsWyC_rYuNjyMvPm5XCZsJkiabqmP9ejL24ImjNQ9gu6-BPrY0aTHCXm5GgsqMakRNaHcQTgBB3sJpxYL1JYfylMZAaYs4ZKprXMShqWBq-8e-PrMnz-lLEoY6yJIo7BzNncIZfcbsxXzFWyGjJAkU96RCv4HW_QspqJer55jp=s500" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="500" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4kVGzhtyRGndlFLWsWyC_rYuNjyMvPm5XCZsJkiabqmP9ejL24ImjNQ9gu6-BPrY0aTHCXm5GgsqMakRNaHcQTgBB3sJpxYL1JYfylMZAaYs4ZKprXMShqWBq-8e-PrMnz-lLEoY6yJIo7BzNncIZfcbsxXzFWyGjJAkU96RCv4HW_QspqJer55jp=w400-h288" width="400" /></span></a></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: left;">Is this mere snotter?</span><b style="text-align: left;"> </b>Or doesn't it matter that I’d never heard of a simple word with five meanings? </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Probably not, as there’s not a lot more to say…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Snotter: something of no importance / a length of rope with an eye spliced in each end / a fitting which holds the heel of a sprit close to the mast / to breathe heavily / to snivel</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Spork<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKeTC0SEGzWcMHkzf6GkdCE5zYOB-nsFvKEeu2yNShMGq20mOO41YPvumjKdLwzn3tk4p7p-oZy32zqjCVNYVd5LHdVBj3GZlcl9tHqVnGovgsu5NYOsdsOqXnIzs6sP40AnBb856jyNh-zqy2StJTc58TE1nNfIQDl6bpKU4gMWH7zQp9KJMngDp_/s2790/20230312_184848%20spork.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2790" data-original-width="2661" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKeTC0SEGzWcMHkzf6GkdCE5zYOB-nsFvKEeu2yNShMGq20mOO41YPvumjKdLwzn3tk4p7p-oZy32zqjCVNYVd5LHdVBj3GZlcl9tHqVnGovgsu5NYOsdsOqXnIzs6sP40AnBb856jyNh-zqy2StJTc58TE1nNfIQDl6bpKU4gMWH7zQp9KJMngDp_/w610-h640/20230312_184848%20spork.jpg" width="610" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It’s pretty obvious what this is, and easy to conclude that ‘spork’
would be a good term for it - ‘foroon’ just wouldn’t have the same immediacy.
So the only real question when this implement arrived with my salad was: is ‘spork’
already a word? And it seems so: Merriam-Webster, for example, gives ‘a
multipurpose eating utensil that combines the bowl of a spoon with the tines of
a fork’. There seem to be two types, though: those with tines on the bowl, and
those with bowl and tines at opposite ends, as here. Perhaps, to improve
referential precision, one of the options should take on the faroon name after
all…</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Soffit</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUVHwhAxkPLOS67ie7vLNnEXL0X55tmK09WjXbg8LSDR9ttDoQHhXB8Fu3IlH6mgcbSkOIqwFwZ2H8bYqyDr9ba4wqRyMrD3IJAk3BeOEy12o8CkOuYYIv6mdU6PLjCp73KkTYncuRgoZ1vX5-f08ExTYSozd5FmA5D46zMnJN19sdYjxb5OWCyPcJ/s850/fascias-soffits-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="422" data-original-width="850" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUVHwhAxkPLOS67ie7vLNnEXL0X55tmK09WjXbg8LSDR9ttDoQHhXB8Fu3IlH6mgcbSkOIqwFwZ2H8bYqyDr9ba4wqRyMrD3IJAk3BeOEy12o8CkOuYYIv6mdU6PLjCp73KkTYncuRgoZ1vX5-f08ExTYSozd5FmA5D46zMnJN19sdYjxb5OWCyPcJ/w640-h318/fascias-soffits-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I want to say that soffits are that part of a house’s roof in the term guidance above which I could not previously have named. But actually they're not really separate: both soffits and fascia are considered a part of the siding and installed by a siding contractor. Anyway, the point of the soffit is to allow airflow into the rafters and keep moisture away, so reducing the chance of mould, while also keeping pests out of the rafters. Having said which - and maybe this is a bungalow matter - our own roof (below) seems to be ‘all soffit and no fascia’, or at least, the fascia are pretty fully covered by the gutters, the hosting of which is, prima facie, the prime fascia function. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><span><span> </span></span></i></span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrn7JKjllEGUJYI0Irhi2nCrObklM6RXKQzEhDywq8vnTMOjt78U07q2esLycFqt2ybhXm2nIn4EzFu3S8IAax9j3gakwoxJZ0U6XDPvmN5xYXbrJ5yuce1cTE8RINodrCTnQzVJHkKczOaW_Q7ExUdunoxjUmJTI52HWB88cvzbfVr38vMbNIz3oJ/s4000/soffit%2020220710_082328.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrn7JKjllEGUJYI0Irhi2nCrObklM6RXKQzEhDywq8vnTMOjt78U07q2esLycFqt2ybhXm2nIn4EzFu3S8IAax9j3gakwoxJZ0U6XDPvmN5xYXbrJ5yuce1cTE8RINodrCTnQzVJHkKczOaW_Q7ExUdunoxjUmJTI52HWB88cvzbfVr38vMbNIz3oJ/w640-h480/soffit%2020220710_082328.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></i></div><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><span><span><br /> </span></span></i> </span></i><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Speluncar<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgb0FUhOOLs6K3QIgPWtaIyqU5b3uRgRtpvH9FRNTWKXTd5jM5DH8u5khIk215nO0fuIxiVYKN62AC8MQksD6hdeBdgtu-eYtIiZfcM6Y6EBCy0Qu31byowL6A5NR8OZcXNmL2X1M28f9GRNVKw2x8sjcPRy6gvU2kPlxdNptWo32Nt0OtGI7EHVe-Q=s1241" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1241" data-original-width="863" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgb0FUhOOLs6K3QIgPWtaIyqU5b3uRgRtpvH9FRNTWKXTd5jM5DH8u5khIk215nO0fuIxiVYKN62AC8MQksD6hdeBdgtu-eYtIiZfcM6Y6EBCy0Qu31byowL6A5NR8OZcXNmL2X1M28f9GRNVKw2x8sjcPRy6gvU2kPlxdNptWo32Nt0OtGI7EHVe-Q=w446-h640" width="446" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; text-align: left;">The Son Doong cave in Vietnam was discovered only
in 1991. At some</span><span style="text-align: left;"> 9km in length, 200m in width and 150m in height,
it </span><span style="background: white; text-align: left;">is the largest currently
known cave in the world and possibly the most </span><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">spectacularly speluncar site</span></span><span style="background: white; text-align: left;">.</span><span style="text-align: left;"> Towering stalactites form around a river running
through a space so large it forms its own clouds. It contains unique animal species
and rare ‘cave pearls’ - </span><span style="background: white; text-align: left;">small balls of
mineral deposits which form when water laden with minerals dripping from the ceiling
falls too quickly to form a stalagmite.</span></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;"><span><i>‘Speluncar (adjective)
- from</i></span></span><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;"><span><i> the Latin </i>spelunca<i>,
cave: of, pertaining to, or resembling a cave; of the nature of a cave’ – OED.</i></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Succiduous <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtBinOd5025xm2zd4RR0tkJmQHcyytlu9SSGMD_564QkT807AJkHvomKSVVhMMuseIMT137HdMIpSao21F2DOHvaG8tmIFH0ygdlmKclfysYS77alPuPKksIEpQdf8XWmTwRTpE5W63NV-5VM-1OQ5Lw5d1Qq3uZ0rxw2x6ltYyMAY902YwnoHPVmt/s2560/2017_36_adam_and_eve-scaled.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1700" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtBinOd5025xm2zd4RR0tkJmQHcyytlu9SSGMD_564QkT807AJkHvomKSVVhMMuseIMT137HdMIpSao21F2DOHvaG8tmIFH0ygdlmKclfysYS77alPuPKksIEpQdf8XWmTwRTpE5W63NV-5VM-1OQ5Lw5d1Qq3uZ0rxw2x6ltYyMAY902YwnoHPVmt/w426-h640/2017_36_adam_and_eve-scaled.jpg" width="426" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Is the most succidious image ever? Adam and Eve stand
beneath a tree of almost ridiculously ripe apples, the only question being
whether they will fall before the fruit does. Whether this is an
appropriate moral myth is another matter. As John Gray has asked: ‘Why would a
benign God deny any knowledge of good and evil to the creatures it had created and
then, when they acquired such knowledge, condemn them to a life of misery? If
this God was omniscient, it knew in advance that they would breach the
prohibition. The first humans, on the other hand, were too innocent to
understand the punishment that God threatened; they knew nothing of death or
labour, by which they would be cursed when they were expelled from the garden.
A God that devised and enacted such a cruel drama would be a capricious tyrant,
wreaking senseless suffering on the world it had created.’ It doesn’t amount to
a justification, but I like Martin Luther’s rather surprising 16th century answer
to the question of why Adam took and ate the fruit (as cited in Stephen
Greenblatt’s ‘The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve’, 2017): ‘He could scarcely
have put it into words, but if compelled, he might have said: an eternity in
this condition is unendurable. I hate the contemplation of the One who made me.
I hate the overwhelming debt of gratitude. I hate God.’<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>Succiduous: ready to
fall. This is the Courtauld’s ‘Adam and Eve’, 1526, by Lucas Cranach the Elder,
one of 50 versions of the subject made by Cranach and his workshop. As the
gallery explains: ‘Having bitten the fruit, Eve hands it to Adam. Although
Lucas Cranach has represented him hesitant and seemingly bewildered, Adam will
soon also taste it and the couple will be banished in punishment. Cranach’s
carefully observed rendering of the peaceful animals creates a sense of
serenity, soon to be lost. The placid lion and the lamb, on either side of the
tree, will become natural enemies… However, the theme of redemption is also
included. The vine, laden with grapes and spiralling up the tree, counters the
serpent above. Wine is a traditional symbol of the blood shed by Christ, who
will absolve humanity with his Crucifixion.’ John Gray was writing in the New
Statesman, Sept 2017.</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Sudoral<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMQIjndEdHmAgSgWRW9dTg4yfwIWrB3pbCfOyMJAATDa92DSIwN_vT9sPXJRDhbi3v9tLONFw4J9bYPJd-GoAg__g8mYBEN6_B5e9mP3bG_yN9KZxhQ9tHWtVb7x9P50_G7XP3-3AITvKh8tB9A-WsB-Cyw13M3BqVWzLo8lQ1yC3Yq9fq8YMB-EdM=s892" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="583" data-original-width="892" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMQIjndEdHmAgSgWRW9dTg4yfwIWrB3pbCfOyMJAATDa92DSIwN_vT9sPXJRDhbi3v9tLONFw4J9bYPJd-GoAg__g8mYBEN6_B5e9mP3bG_yN9KZxhQ9tHWtVb7x9P50_G7XP3-3AITvKh8tB9A-WsB-Cyw13M3BqVWzLo8lQ1yC3Yq9fq8YMB-EdM=w640-h418" width="640" /></a></span></b></div><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Sweat has no odour, provided you don’t allow it to come into
contact with your skin, when it will interact with bacteria. Therein lies the problem: how to eliminate the bacteria or else deflect the sweat - produced by your
three million-or-so sweat glands - away from the skin? Perhaps antiperspirant is
a simpler solution.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><em><span style="background: white; color: #5f6368;">Sudoral</span></em><em><span style="background: white; color: #5f6368; font-style: normal;">: o</span></em><i><span style="background: white; color: #4d5156;">f or relating to sweat.</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #4d5156;"><br /></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Tamandua</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj08nYH0A1F5pP0dQ_y35xedqRU21wXd90rCIwajFjzQuYjw2uXwOV2i_grBn-F4OzUGCBcZE4VFn1_aC-p3rHGOVnbSRgSzUwJrmtvZmAMYs66IIuRrICMba67Xv5s1gGlZCcDgWcPwxJ6BNX18tZNnybGwT7weMEB2viIW2fam8-KR18mqGnpefQ1/s1080/Southern-Tamandua-tetradactyla-minami-koarikuianteater.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1080" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj08nYH0A1F5pP0dQ_y35xedqRU21wXd90rCIwajFjzQuYjw2uXwOV2i_grBn-F4OzUGCBcZE4VFn1_aC-p3rHGOVnbSRgSzUwJrmtvZmAMYs66IIuRrICMba67Xv5s1gGlZCcDgWcPwxJ6BNX18tZNnybGwT7weMEB2viIW2fam8-KR18mqGnpefQ1/w640-h426/Southern-Tamandua-tetradactyla-minami-koarikuianteater.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The tamandua is a semi-arboreal, nocturnal South American
anteater, partial to a few thousand ants or termites daily. They carry a
defence spray four times stronger than a skunk’s. They have no teeth, relying
instead on a powerful gizzard – a specialised stomach constructed of thick
muscular walls for grinding up food. So they’re not uninteresting, but mostly I’m
struck by how cute they are, considering they don’t make any appearances in
children’s books, so far as I’ve seen. Tammy the Tamandua will be centre stage if
I ever get around to writing for the pre-school years.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The genus Tamandua has two species: the southern
tamandua (T. tetradactyla) and the northern tamandua (T.
mexicana). Tammy, as illustrated, will be a southern tamandua. </i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Tchick</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvDsuSyC7YEEmkneo8bP05DyKaH9PchPr7thVXyMdBK7DVJN6HFarPRTGVHQxMQnpgW7fc8FNvgmIxZuqrkTdsD7CTjge7V9O8cyW7rTPObxviYQ7DPeIW7s4eE2PZAWjzon0ZfgpohtfRoTcAmlYdK8FIa4AxivaEYk4t0jlV-h1NaI0eS_vd6rxh/s1500/bride%20on%20beach%20b3e55d312b94478c9cafa911403a8df3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="998" data-original-width="1500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvDsuSyC7YEEmkneo8bP05DyKaH9PchPr7thVXyMdBK7DVJN6HFarPRTGVHQxMQnpgW7fc8FNvgmIxZuqrkTdsD7CTjge7V9O8cyW7rTPObxviYQ7DPeIW7s4eE2PZAWjzon0ZfgpohtfRoTcAmlYdK8FIa4AxivaEYk4t0jlV-h1NaI0eS_vd6rxh/w640-h426/bride%20on%20beach%20b3e55d312b94478c9cafa911403a8df3.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-style: normal;"><br /></span></i></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">A verb so onomatopoeic its primary meaning in the OED is ‘to make a sound by pressing part of the tongue against the palate and withdrawing it with suction’, though such clucking is also ‘a command to urge on a horse’. Here’s the ultimate romantic horse-urging scenario: a bride riding a handsome grey along the beach (courtesy of <span style="color: black;">Matthew Rycraft Wedding Photography</span>: I’m sure my wife would have fancied such a bridal shot had the opportunity arisen). </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Theorbo</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe8SRmXDl-F18Z8Y8lIVfmHj1krPnjkxMap0IzBcLK4qFgWTL4HVsxkaa4XIZ8GLuXQ5FbWp6Gc-pUFZd8K4Xu-FL06I0qppd52lmM4u5p7PfWUw5lyH9ggdnXUweDt29h0aL2-U3IPkYUuTceDeMZmrvTkD_goCsE5B3JJqC8ORt2GcioXR5p3sT3/s1425/71sYbquRVGL._AC_SL1425_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1425" data-original-width="1425" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe8SRmXDl-F18Z8Y8lIVfmHj1krPnjkxMap0IzBcLK4qFgWTL4HVsxkaa4XIZ8GLuXQ5FbWp6Gc-pUFZd8K4Xu-FL06I0qppd52lmM4u5p7PfWUw5lyH9ggdnXUweDt29h0aL2-U3IPkYUuTceDeMZmrvTkD_goCsE5B3JJqC8ORt2GcioXR5p3sT3/w640-h640/71sYbquRVGL._AC_SL1425_.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The visually striking theorbo is a lute with an extended neck (on which bass
strings additional to a conventional lute are added) and a second pegbox (enabling
it to be tuned by turning the pegs). Not the easiest instrument to take on the Underground, its repertoire comes primarily from the Baroque (c. 1600–1750), either to play basso continuo accompaniment parts or as a solo
instrument.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Theophany<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2wqER4t5Nm251Uuy2P3TCW5brvlrVak5vBgrbEnEn1Fsu43t8gosaFVjxX65xJUaLsrQun16DKkST0XsBmJ4qhs4dhpi0CliQ5QfCaxEp62L67lcHPA-2oS0zLBXnsKDZsSx3hGSbJ3X468xwe-2ZZFEQoZVZPJi3IiJ1Agnh8Hx9WcT1gHZJyB7Sowk/s1168/kenton%20theophany%20Screenshot%202023-12-16%20194823.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="826" data-original-width="1168" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2wqER4t5Nm251Uuy2P3TCW5brvlrVak5vBgrbEnEn1Fsu43t8gosaFVjxX65xJUaLsrQun16DKkST0XsBmJ4qhs4dhpi0CliQ5QfCaxEp62L67lcHPA-2oS0zLBXnsKDZsSx3hGSbJ3X468xwe-2ZZFEQoZVZPJi3IiJ1Agnh8Hx9WcT1gHZJyB7Sowk/w640-h452/kenton%20theophany%20Screenshot%202023-12-16%20194823.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">This alluring painting, which seems to deal in a language just
out of reach, is ‘Theophany’, 2023, from Richard Kenton Webb’s ‘Manifesto of
Painting’ series. Given that ‘theophany’
is ‘a visible manifestation to humankind of God’, it could
be that what look a little like streams of rain in this constructed landscape are
more in the way of manna or something equally miraculous. The striking colour
scheme can be read according to Kenton’s personal ‘grammar of colour’,
according to which ‘Yellow is about thought’, and ‘Green is about
wisdom and teaching a philosophy of painting’. Perhaps what comes from above is, in this case, the creative impulse. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Thigmotropic</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgkLZG9wdlWBDSXCt9jtqNS02oQFXguHHfkK7z29HVmFPC8lqH5tsfBa3n-_NNXSmucxQ0jnQ7pr7ephdQkRte6E_6RfxaNoXL2PgetJcpVWE7EHkgkH-hCjk_Sj_nsKdZBPUbg60WhnypRDc9Y85_E6q8si5Ww_V7CWQd5hx84WJqxevboV9HbZzIT=s728" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="728" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgkLZG9wdlWBDSXCt9jtqNS02oQFXguHHfkK7z29HVmFPC8lqH5tsfBa3n-_NNXSmucxQ0jnQ7pr7ephdQkRte6E_6RfxaNoXL2PgetJcpVWE7EHkgkH-hCjk_Sj_nsKdZBPUbg60WhnypRDc9Y85_E6q8si5Ww_V7CWQd5hx84WJqxevboV9HbZzIT=w400-h336" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>Are we compatibly thigmotropic? </span><span>If I move to draw you into a kiss, will you melt into my arms - or pull away? </span></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">This couple certainly look to be on the engaged side of 'thigmotropism': the movement of an organism in response to a stimulus, in particular the habit of turning towards or away from a physical contact.</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #202124; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Thurification<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #202124; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmhocxDtLyjMnfLv-D2J5sSNF0U-mqwe8mJmiNIEGOWWohB8-zr-_PhO6UVGlKy--Kv8gVzA1X0WaqeCeqcx61hQZW6V9cvt1CSgO4i55J4sn1ognm0KZv-Yn0O_jIsYiRKl5Z0JpVvDCYE7b8K_oYgVjZ0S2ScM11dtZ-rL_kG_MI5SWHlV4fQQL9/s806/smokke%20download%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="647" data-original-width="806" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmhocxDtLyjMnfLv-D2J5sSNF0U-mqwe8mJmiNIEGOWWohB8-zr-_PhO6UVGlKy--Kv8gVzA1X0WaqeCeqcx61hQZW6V9cvt1CSgO4i55J4sn1ognm0KZv-Yn0O_jIsYiRKl5Z0JpVvDCYE7b8K_oYgVjZ0S2ScM11dtZ-rL_kG_MI5SWHlV4fQQL9/w640-h514/smokke%20download%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #202124; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I remember… Forty years ago you could walk into the office of a manager who smoked and hardly see for the thurification, not to mention the odour. I didn’t much mind, but I suppose I would now.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Thurification: to perfume by burning, most typically a shrine via a censer, but why not a quotidian room with smoke, in the days when that was allowed? </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Tiddlypush<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvKaQAjpNk0Vf_795bP-M4ppkIqaCHJEbOBrbX3SL4I2g8bzlhzC9-pcoxa46SgVat4nFpxXidLAwu6OtxCRKaA7I7ite69CCeS5BjPiBWWGa1qrucPNxYnBPfLLjDREzw0B4AvUZRxflDOqWmI6iIyit0ntS7sj3pe66roeW0Ixl4hCUqE57wiThC/s853/tiddly%20Screenshot%202022-08-29%20201720.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="572" data-original-width="853" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvKaQAjpNk0Vf_795bP-M4ppkIqaCHJEbOBrbX3SL4I2g8bzlhzC9-pcoxa46SgVat4nFpxXidLAwu6OtxCRKaA7I7ite69CCeS5BjPiBWWGa1qrucPNxYnBPfLLjDREzw0B4AvUZRxflDOqWmI6iIyit0ntS7sj3pe66roeW0Ixl4hCUqE57wiThC/w640-h430/tiddly%20Screenshot%202022-08-29%20201720.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></b></div><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #202124; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">As ‘Thingummy’ is to objects, so the somewhat improbable ‘Tiddlypush’ is for people: a word
substituted for the name of a person the speaker doesn’t know or has forgotten. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Tierce</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwDOqObMbux0zHPmm9PxqQpUK7oTT_-prtvkh9Y-So-0WGXz1c1dFIx7DfbkNghrLeT3tjFSca1Cw60jVr58jXiGBANai2p-fnqstOR__Sm_7Qvo7cbGvefSrWlebhNPjUSABMIjk6W7hen7w11fs8hl0cNR9S99lw8Psrszlka4vjAj5x5mRLSsHu/s670/tierce%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="156" data-original-width="670" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwDOqObMbux0zHPmm9PxqQpUK7oTT_-prtvkh9Y-So-0WGXz1c1dFIx7DfbkNghrLeT3tjFSca1Cw60jVr58jXiGBANai2p-fnqstOR__Sm_7Qvo7cbGvefSrWlebhNPjUSABMIjk6W7hen7w11fs8hl0cNR9S99lw8Psrszlka4vjAj5x5mRLSsHu/w640-h150/tierce%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #202124; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">'Tierce' is unusual among rare words in being one syllable carrying multiple
meanings: a 35 gallon cask; a band of soldiers; a sequence of three playing
cards of the same suite; a parrying position in fencing; an organ stop giving
particular tones; a heraldic charge with a three-fold division.</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Heraldry
is a historic discipline with a rich vocabulary all of its own. The
illustration shows the formations ‘tierced per pairle’, ‘tierced per pairle
reversed’, ‘‘tierced per pale’ and ‘tierced per fesse’ in gules, argent and
azure. <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Tiswas<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA3K1zjL2c2py_D0J7YUiuRXPagc4wtilj4WeRuE9T-_istqBWeN8T9RTSdiQ2brPArIG6XFjLvwR92BA9CRs47BFujuDox34ohhICvXgyWw5Q-7aqEWXTSQQgjc8MkfggqVckL70sAZgeP2oIwkhsU11bcZ-8c3-iN3gKB90-DlmdC2pzC22GmoM2/s847/tiswas%20Screenshot%202023-01-04%20093635.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="738" data-original-width="847" height="558" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA3K1zjL2c2py_D0J7YUiuRXPagc4wtilj4WeRuE9T-_istqBWeN8T9RTSdiQ2brPArIG6XFjLvwR92BA9CRs47BFujuDox34ohhICvXgyWw5Q-7aqEWXTSQQgjc8MkfggqVckL70sAZgeP2oIwkhsU11bcZ-8c3-iN3gKB90-DlmdC2pzC22GmoM2/w640-h558/tiswas%20Screenshot%202023-01-04%20093635.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">On the one hand ‘tiswas’ is a state of anxiety, confusion or
excitement, traceable to the 1930’s: the OED suggests that the word is a fanciful
enlargement of ‘Tizz’. On the other hand, Tiswas was an ITV-produced
British children’s TV series of 308 episodes running on Saturdays during 1974-82,
the content of which might well leave participants ‘all of a tiswas’. Yet the
title was said to be an acronym of ‘Today Is Saturday: Watch And Smile’. Coincidence?
I suspect the acronym was tailored to fit the word.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>TV's Tiswas saw the emergence of soon-to-be-well-known figures, such
as Lenny Henry, Chris Tarrant and Jim Davidson. Popular features tended to be messy,
stemming from the visits of the ‘Phantom Flan Flinger’ and the confinement of
the child audience in a cage, where they were periodically doused in water. The
photo shows ‘The Four Bucketeers’ - Chris Tarrant, Sally James, Bob Carolgees
and John Gorman - in wetting action.</i></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Tittynope</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2905" data-original-width="2905" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjg744RUzp9l_xM-Usw004hvgMmh06qvbAj48JRJO0eewmpiiZqDR0gpoWU8OXt5O7x7obsOpc2cEP9HpED0VvT5leesP8WqfUDg_Z9570SaNxOvvpt4W77z6cRI_KhZLyTDX11-2eKZX7DjWyGDvlmgeap_8INxqBD8SDxE3WniHIycz4Y4_q5CXwC=w640-h640" width="640" /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; line-height: 200%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: transparent; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; line-height: 200%;"><br /></span></div></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">What meal is most likely to generate aesthetic tittynopes? Probably not the cheese sandwich with tomato and pickle I’ve used here. That said, there are – surprisingly - licensable images of food scraps on several online sites. They’re no more spectacular: I might as well use my own modest repast.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><br /><p style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; line-height: 200%;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqQS5l1TUT1YG-fvRjb4sNRlGqpI9Bg-eOvruFtgl9EurvjNrbEN3W5albqk7tcaN5zsrX8xgGZ7S3tSH_Dzkxlv_CmXsbY79G_yPTnsGp-zkyRvyksRfKwvtwhXgqDx0wfRvS6lyfz2G0VZ7UT9DNygySJHfdfoiAfakIPfEkSlGstaA3EmI1xB5s/s2685/20230119_133330%20poss%20word.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1972" data-original-width="2685" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqQS5l1TUT1YG-fvRjb4sNRlGqpI9Bg-eOvruFtgl9EurvjNrbEN3W5albqk7tcaN5zsrX8xgGZ7S3tSH_Dzkxlv_CmXsbY79G_yPTnsGp-zkyRvyksRfKwvtwhXgqDx0wfRvS6lyfz2G0VZ7UT9DNygySJHfdfoiAfakIPfEkSlGstaA3EmI1xB5s/w640-h470/20230119_133330%20poss%20word.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></span></p></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><span><br /></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><span>Tittynope: a small quantity of anything remaining. On a
plate, I’d say, not quite enough to count as ‘left-overs’. The bonus image goes beyond the plate to show the - probably unhealthily fatty - </span><span style="color: #2c2c2c;">tittynopes on card resulting from consumption of Pret a Manger's '</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156;">Classic </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156;">Cheese Toastie' ('m</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156;">ature cheddar </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156;">cheese</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156;">, mozzarella & Italian </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156;">cheese</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156;"> with spring onions and a dollop of our tangy English mustard mayo').</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Trepid</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSZLXz9sLq3e2oPIHe0lQGukJNvXA5SHcNlV0fA1HUEC8FqDAXvy93LRp1xVNxp7CKrlfvCtsSZr3H4PMVQqYO9IWnbnuXcD_MeSxBBvnO_2kWHaKUXBSje30ZWAW9V8pKmTk6mssI3XJZcdfyZzIysHZJWXUN_AuJAv7UM8kDUjVBeFMdc4jj5_yP=s1848" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="1848" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSZLXz9sLq3e2oPIHe0lQGukJNvXA5SHcNlV0fA1HUEC8FqDAXvy93LRp1xVNxp7CKrlfvCtsSZr3H4PMVQqYO9IWnbnuXcD_MeSxBBvnO_2kWHaKUXBSje30ZWAW9V8pKmTk6mssI3XJZcdfyZzIysHZJWXUN_AuJAv7UM8kDUjVBeFMdc4jj5_yP=w640-h424" width="640" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br style="text-align: left;" /></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;">A rather neatly unusual word, in that its negation - 'intrepid' - is very common, as is the noun form ‘trepidation’, but I’ve never seen the root word used: ‘trepid’ - fearful or apprehensive. Put it into an image search, though, and the top twenty results are all of staircases. Are people more frightened of falling down stairs than of the many other traumas that might afflict them? No, it turns out that ‘trepid’ is the Estonian for ‘stairs’. Those results come from Estonian companies who make rather attractive wooden flights, perfect for a tumble. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Triskelion / Triskeles
/ Vexillology<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheAYOW1nncJZg17eIZTWgTh9Nt6ohr68wxQAz13EY2H36SxNU2LDUMNHimzdnxy8ZyHasLHOJxamzaBzg9vL4dPMVxsHS914ssV65qwL7tbC0de9PaXuQWPRjLXuTr2xgADGzqQUBpGRD2VrtNgiePVl6hWfWZk9wnpvppnp1a48071gaQ35mXcQV8/s856/flags%20Screenshot%202022-04-22%20174259.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="289" data-original-width="856" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheAYOW1nncJZg17eIZTWgTh9Nt6ohr68wxQAz13EY2H36SxNU2LDUMNHimzdnxy8ZyHasLHOJxamzaBzg9vL4dPMVxsHS914ssV65qwL7tbC0de9PaXuQWPRjLXuTr2xgADGzqQUBpGRD2VrtNgiePVl6hWfWZk9wnpvppnp1a48071gaQ35mXcQV8/w640-h216/flags%20Screenshot%202022-04-22%20174259.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span><span style="background-color: white;"><span><span><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;">Two flags of islands feature a triskelion, or triskeles, of
three bent legs joined together at a central point. It derives from the triple
spiral used by many ancient civilisations, the swastika being another form. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;">The term comes from its Ancient Greek origins - 'triskelḗs' means ‘three-legged’. The association with Sicily goes back to the 4th
century: the flag combines it with the head of Medusa and three wheat ears,
representing the fertility of the land. The triskeles is said to represent the
three capes of the island - Pelorus, Pachynus and Lilybæum - and the colours the regions of Palermo (red) and </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">Corleone (</span><span><span><span style="text-align: left;">yellow). </span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;">The Isle of Man’s triskeles became the local flag in 1313, but it was standardised
only in 1966 - armoured but sparser</span></span></span><span style="text-align: left;">, and with curiously similar colouring</span><span><span><span style="text-align: left;">. It’s worth flagging up in passing, to make another triple, that ‘vexillology’ is the study
of flags. </span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: left;"> </span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">With slight artistic license, I have edited the Manx flag into the Sicilian shape. </span> </i><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><b style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #202122;"><span>Tsavorite</span></span></b><b style="color: #202122;"> </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 6pt 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #202122; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihnipjNBD3fJECPKi4VfQ50hU1z-6Fi9vNsk8Y2EwBtMvbn1AMbpTvlcWGLu2ynhIqapmMlFHVYrSWCf_K4Rgq6yTYGAg_xxtBRBc8q-6MF_lD8-nR-qob7-Sg4aBQkaz4K7SkBzBd_iCbEeAPs3cjLQLnjaOP8Q_yVOADSkZGVatN3TdTV2Bta4Cf=s800" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="762" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihnipjNBD3fJECPKi4VfQ50hU1z-6Fi9vNsk8Y2EwBtMvbn1AMbpTvlcWGLu2ynhIqapmMlFHVYrSWCf_K4Rgq6yTYGAg_xxtBRBc8q-6MF_lD8-nR-qob7-Sg4aBQkaz4K7SkBzBd_iCbEeAPs3cjLQLnjaOP8Q_yVOADSkZGVatN3TdTV2Bta4Cf=w381-h400" width="381" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Not only had I not heard of Tsavolite, I was shamefully ignorant of the various types of garnet illustrated below, providing a whole litany of new words. Tsavolite, discovered in Kenya and Tanzania only in 1967, is named in honour of Tsavo East National Park.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhoXxghnBq_xq8A7tzA2besxbHy3kvYpFf-3unXyb2ctLxaVOSOQzv17n8t8iG8WGHnn8HpRFjmJs64sEPigfW6zEoRrIdI2W2gtGMRnbPYxgYr9E-9MJDdk1Xv7fdPe1Yjw7fha7LwDVrEGRHHLukO7yjnXQQiEMiVstuMg2GH0_yQ9N32AHvPtbHd=s637" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="368" data-original-width="637" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhoXxghnBq_xq8A7tzA2besxbHy3kvYpFf-3unXyb2ctLxaVOSOQzv17n8t8iG8WGHnn8HpRFjmJs64sEPigfW6zEoRrIdI2W2gtGMRnbPYxgYr9E-9MJDdk1Xv7fdPe1Yjw7fha7LwDVrEGRHHLukO7yjnXQQiEMiVstuMg2GH0_yQ9N32AHvPtbHd=w640-h370" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>Tsavorite is a variety of
the garnet group species grossular, a calcium-aluminium garnet
with the formula </i><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #202122; font-style: italic;">Ca</span><sub style="font-style: italic;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #202122;">3</span></sub><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #202122; font-style: italic;">Al</span><sub style="font-style: italic;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #202122;">2</span></sub><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #202122; font-style: italic;">(SiO</span><sub style="font-style: italic;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #202122;">4</span></sub><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #202122; font-style: italic;">)</span><sub style="font-style: italic;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #202122;">3</span></sub><i>.That’s
named after the gooseberry, botanically </i>grossularia<i>, as several types have a green coloration, provided in tsavolite by trace amounts of vanadium or chromium.</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Tuzzy-muzzy</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitbEO-7TxFlt0ygJ5xWUCgBQHRVdOhY4h4_w65WMKH1tn59TdVN1OdyAaeExulmBDLQY2-25Wj7v9FqGq0b7uFwZMmW7T-8XkoiHJo6ZzXpR9yJaBSYPdsryj62W49xqvGvW0ql3ZhZiqCkeUG45MxwAAXXE4pYRmQPE8yofj2iQxM5KXLDLzggEEg=s1200" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitbEO-7TxFlt0ygJ5xWUCgBQHRVdOhY4h4_w65WMKH1tn59TdVN1OdyAaeExulmBDLQY2-25Wj7v9FqGq0b7uFwZMmW7T-8XkoiHJo6ZzXpR9yJaBSYPdsryj62W49xqvGvW0ql3ZhZiqCkeUG45MxwAAXXE4pYRmQPE8yofj2iQxM5KXLDLzggEEg=w534-h640" width="534" /></a></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Is this </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: left;">O’Keeffe’s tuzzy-muzzy? </span></span>Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986) vehemently denied any vulval / vaginal intent in such works as <i>The Blue Flower</i>, 1918. Yet few have accepted that, leading to her co-option to Freudian and feminist causes alike. Randall Griffin, in Phaidon’s book on her, suggests that ‘O'Keeffe's aim was to distinguish herself from her contemporary male artists by producing paintings that would seem both audaciously sexual and innately feminine’. Moreover, Lisa L. Moore has argued that her flowers should be seen as part of a lesbian tradition, since evidence suggests that O'Keeffe had several affairs with women. So perhaps 'tuzzy-muzzy' is the word for what she paints. </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span> The Oxford English Dictionary defines it as ‘1. A bunch of flowers’ and ‘2. The female genitals’.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Ubiety<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7oAIYdOTgH06euZqVyb1Vlicho4kYQwRtnE7MQgsPRk1uxm2RitH-RAa-TIi9wvLktTwG7NjFTMtHGMWqM0Fm2B4vgYZarQAv19xQ2h1UFAk_XhhVhZom0cyomsGkfCXyz0UtCinepo30uf29U8XaOdoc5AdDYZM5lw21gaQvAPpeGGSuKJfTRzWI/s1017/fed%20centre%20Screenshot%202022-07-13%20064537.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="1017" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7oAIYdOTgH06euZqVyb1Vlicho4kYQwRtnE7MQgsPRk1uxm2RitH-RAa-TIi9wvLktTwG7NjFTMtHGMWqM0Fm2B4vgYZarQAv19xQ2h1UFAk_XhhVhZom0cyomsGkfCXyz0UtCinepo30uf29U8XaOdoc5AdDYZM5lw21gaQvAPpeGGSuKJfTRzWI/w640-h386/fed%20centre%20Screenshot%202022-07-13%20064537.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The condition of being in a definite place. One might
suggest that Roger Federer enjoyed the ubiety when on Wimbledon’s Centre Court,
having won a record eight singles titles there (in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
and 2017). The image is from the last of those.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Ubiquarian<o:p></o:p></b></p></span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc_N9i08q_YwDtcCvi4wfeOgy5MmNVylZck6NvhgrrFi4HF_f_OniGUjMY-geGR7edkuAgcT_lAjTGuJTIt9pW6hDW7mJeCHRosfHiMMSn6NmiR0h1yKQNIh443Dhg11oDx_jjqzWSg7nkEeogwy_TwEO3hXOJl1n23U86Aa5BIw4u3FrdIYMHXkrG/s1414/plane%20routes%20Screenshot%202022-09-01%20115514.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="852" data-original-width="1414" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc_N9i08q_YwDtcCvi4wfeOgy5MmNVylZck6NvhgrrFi4HF_f_OniGUjMY-geGR7edkuAgcT_lAjTGuJTIt9pW6hDW7mJeCHRosfHiMMSn6NmiR0h1yKQNIh443Dhg11oDx_jjqzWSg7nkEeogwy_TwEO3hXOJl1n23U86Aa5BIw4u3FrdIYMHXkrG/w640-h386/plane%20routes%20Screenshot%202022-09-01%20115514.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">The fifty years from 1970 might prove to an unrepeatable golden age for ubiquarians: people who go everywhere. That was the era of affordable worldwide air travel. Previously it was too expensive to be available to more than a few, afterwards it may be that – even once the effects of the pandemic have worked through – long-term cost issues and global warming concerns return us to the times when only the rich can travel extensively. </span><p></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><p class="MsoNormal"><i>Nor is that the only interesting variant on the Latin roots of </i>ubi<i> (place) and </i>ubique<i> (everywhere). There's also </i>ubriction<i> (the condition of being in a certain place), </i>ubicity<i> (whereabouts), </i>Ubiquitism<i> (the doctrine of the omnipresence of Christ's body) and...</i><o:p></o:p></p></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Ubiquious</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFZePLDTpjpU-RwP4xuoXCv0qSUMrwZXz2gNayCDb9lcxoO7JmQz7b_pRdFaJJShUWgI1FojJTUe0XB6wgn8riziYzlim6riiovmmAwXvWIx7YMe5IHDchvPOiZqhRHLOdrcF3Mq7wk0xKPX3vN1xvXPkArvntdoliuPtQraCDkTw2l1xR-ME-blVL/s749/beatles-here.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="743" data-original-width="749" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFZePLDTpjpU-RwP4xuoXCv0qSUMrwZXz2gNayCDb9lcxoO7JmQz7b_pRdFaJJShUWgI1FojJTUe0XB6wgn8riziYzlim6riiovmmAwXvWIx7YMe5IHDchvPOiZqhRHLOdrcF3Mq7wk0xKPX3vN1xvXPkArvntdoliuPtQraCDkTw2l1xR-ME-blVL/w400-h396/beatles-here.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It’s hardly here, there and everywhere - it’s not even a
common spelling mistake. Yet ‘ubiquious’ is listed by the OED as a valid alternate
spelling of the more ubiquitous ‘ubiquitous’. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><i><span>That,
as Beatles fanatics will presumably know, is the 1967 Portuguese issue on</span></i><i><span> Parlophone of the 7” Vinyl, 7" 45 RPM EP in Mono.
The love song, written by Paul in 1965 with Jane Asher in mind, was
cited by Lennon in 1980 as his favourite by McCartney.</span><o:p></o:p></i></p></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span style="background: white; color: #4d5156;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span><b>Ump</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYRNZtVpK6aeKaAxSd2HnD3NWhY4nn8W8_95fvQhd2yMTnkz_vPpS_aUswHrZpPK38HWq3nllBT4C2TRQbP-GK57dj2BKfdZ0Msk2MQ-sg7muVP1jBARvedlUMsR8Vh6DhljgD9owdIZviycoSXej3dTeL_r40bVImtKSW7FBpSTDfeo1kl6GCoxiy/s770/ump%20word%20MLB%20Umpire%20earnings.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="442" data-original-width="770" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYRNZtVpK6aeKaAxSd2HnD3NWhY4nn8W8_95fvQhd2yMTnkz_vPpS_aUswHrZpPK38HWq3nllBT4C2TRQbP-GK57dj2BKfdZ0Msk2MQ-sg7muVP1jBARvedlUMsR8Vh6DhljgD9owdIZviycoSXej3dTeL_r40bVImtKSW7FBpSTDfeo1kl6GCoxiy/w640-h368/ump%20word%20MLB%20Umpire%20earnings.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">Not so many abbreviations are honoured in the Oxford English Dictionary, but both ‘ump’ and ‘umps’ are listed as proper words for an umpire, especially in baseball. That leaves two questions… Why don’t cricketers ever refer to ‘the ump’, the more so when ‘ref’ (also in the OED) is a frequent abbreviation for the referee in British football parlance? And when a decision goes against them, are baseball players said to get the ‘ump with the ump’? Actually a third question now occurs to me: why do some sports have umps, and other refs? What’s the diff?</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><br /></p></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span><b>Ultracrepidarian</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLst-yTtLrPo_l1faPgGzbI7O4SnmXmjJ3l87WXZhQb4M3H6pgdEQHKdRrc5Y8hi5jdMWTWE10JYH7NU-oevL16eLcSf04YcNN0qWD7EFSwvBWyKVrUWa0CU51BZNkINl2umXAFuI8X5z8of578-gMMPY9jmAMnc7_PaJ72NHUWQp14g3Vogp-5sw4=s800" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLst-yTtLrPo_l1faPgGzbI7O4SnmXmjJ3l87WXZhQb4M3H6pgdEQHKdRrc5Y8hi5jdMWTWE10JYH7NU-oevL16eLcSf04YcNN0qWD7EFSwvBWyKVrUWa0CU51BZNkINl2umXAFuI8X5z8of578-gMMPY9jmAMnc7_PaJ72NHUWQp14g3Vogp-5sw4=w640-h400" width="640" /></a></span></div><span><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>For some reason – perhaps I look a bit too ‘normal’, appearances
can be deceptive – wherever I go in the world I tend to be asked for directions.
Surprisingly often, the answer is as simple as ‘you’re there already’ or ‘the
railway station is that way’, but when you don’t know, there is the slight
temptation to look good and earn gratitude by making something up: after all,
there’s no come-back and you might be right anyway. That would be the
ultracrepidarian approach in one of its purer but less common settings. </span><o:p></o:p></p></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><p class="MsoNormal"><i>Ultracrepidarian: a person
who offers opinions that extend beyond their knowledge. <o:p></o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Uranophobia</b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="576" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcB1WCy-4lWXrAaCn0GL0msy_Dy5Gy_VRdredaPGENWsD4RUOZ5ZNeC_JOqU2ajDTY00jNNcxYn-xsI0h3ZYEC8zitwI5NEC9FoQBQkE6-PdgHJGgnEbup4L-I8-zqegoVZaZGbjxcTgEj4VkXXpWC2UAVjsCP1jR93LA-HTHidVnpkCPu2izPsi6l/w640-h400/heaven%20360_F_309148988_wKW01GhxDJEVAdXTeRMSjFz1eYHFJ925.jpg" width="640" /></div><br /><b><br /></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Does this picture scare you? There are so many obscure phobias we ought to have one in this list... Uranophobia is
the fear of Heaven, derived from the Greek for heaven, Uranos. That <span style="font-family: inherit;">would seem on the face of it to be one of the least rational
phobias, right up there with fear of pleasure (hedonophobia) or happiness
(cherophobia) – though I suppose anything is worrying if you have phobophobia (fear of phobias). Stigiophobia (fear of Hell) seems much more on
point – sufficiently so that I’m glad I don’t believe in the afterlife either
way. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #4d5156;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #4d5156;">Vamplate</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #4d5156;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #4d5156;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL8ZHII2STOuWILmUQs5IgMu0D5AnvV4qDM6Ml1veMK_nSuxDGgxe4z3WMtNQEpqseo97iRTAPEs5f-AE5rbApajtrI1Fc6t4GtezVAYEbdWnNZ0-iGdPJfXYBjeWIyfyoML0FhpSztfU0aBcqhz70swDcEIPpPZjyAVcOh6EK8x4arJ94Vapp0okB/s1264/vamplate%20Screenshot%202022-04-17%20063250.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="1264" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL8ZHII2STOuWILmUQs5IgMu0D5AnvV4qDM6Ml1veMK_nSuxDGgxe4z3WMtNQEpqseo97iRTAPEs5f-AE5rbApajtrI1Fc6t4GtezVAYEbdWnNZ0-iGdPJfXYBjeWIyfyoML0FhpSztfU0aBcqhz70swDcEIPpPZjyAVcOh6EK8x4arJ94Vapp0okB/w640-h348/vamplate%20Screenshot%202022-04-17%20063250.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #4d5156;">One of those things one would have suspected there
was a word for had one thought about it, and another illustration of just how much
dictionary content can be traced to military history – see below and also 'aventail', 'guisarme' and 'tierce'. Could be handy for metaphorical use, were anyone going to understand you.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white; color: #4d5156;">Vamplate</span><span style="background: white; color: #4d5156;">: </span><span style="background: white; color: #333333;">conical hand defence
affixed to a lance. This doubly-depicted 16<sup>th</sup> century Italian steel example is in the
Metropolitan Museum, New York. It's part of an unusually large armour
garniture for the tilt - a tournament fought on horseback between two opponents
armed with lances and separated by a lengthwise barrier. The full set includes helmet
and vambraces (arm defences), buffe (chin defence), second breastplate, manifer
(reinforced left gauntlet), trellised targe (shield), reinforce covering the
left half of the torso and left shoulder (mezzo sovrapetto) and a larger elbow
defense (soprabracciale). The decoration consisting of etched bands containing
trophies of arms and musical instruments was a popular design at the time.</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #4d5156;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Vandyke</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3sUt611srlxaE0hvealMImDLgezE09l7iDAXSee-g8idrHaQnhHAL-oOM4jhYbRfyh2fpQm6E6UbtUVHfB-uMJyyecS93RjTb0Y_wpxTg6r6bIyF4sqWGJ9uuAOF9QY8VTnQxxKMI41RGJBC3_prNZqZB2k0IJSrs0Df5NMBCpDODTO-lgGJGrQkv/s799/8620800921_f9d9aca941_c.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="646" data-original-width="799" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3sUt611srlxaE0hvealMImDLgezE09l7iDAXSee-g8idrHaQnhHAL-oOM4jhYbRfyh2fpQm6E6UbtUVHfB-uMJyyecS93RjTb0Y_wpxTg6r6bIyF4sqWGJ9uuAOF9QY8VTnQxxKMI41RGJBC3_prNZqZB2k0IJSrs0Df5NMBCpDODTO-lgGJGrQkv/w400-h324/8620800921_f9d9aca941_c.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">‘Vandyke’ is available as either
a noun, describing the type of beard-moustache hybrid typically seen in
paintings by the Flemish artist Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641), or as a verb,
meaning to take a zig-zag course consistent with the ins and outs of such elaborate
facial hair. As such, it is surely the ideal name for a Belgian detective, who
wears a Vandyke beard - both a moustache and a goatee with
all hair on the cheeks shaved - and follows convoluted cases wherever they take
him as he wends his way to a solution. There is, in contrast, no link between the
name ‘Hercule Poirot’, his spectacular waxed moustache and his manner of solving
crimes. </span></p></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>In his ‘Self-Portrait with a Sunflower’ (1633), van Dyck points to himself while holding up for display the gold chain recently presented to him by his patron, Charles I; with the other he gestures toward a large sunflower: Van Dyck represents himself as the ideal courtier, whose devotion to his monarch is likened to the flower’s natural inclination to follow the path of the sun… There have been different Anglicised sp<span style="font-family: inherit;">ellings of </span></i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">Antoon van Dyck</span> over the years, and it’s the one with an ‘e’ which has entered the lexicon.</i></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #333333;"><br /></span></p></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Varanian</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiaWJ0N17cj3e3QM--Iqtk29Q4xhcHIrQfstXaeuO2Em_9DD4aPpVxXUbBdfdwtWV8nbb7wSU53LrAXjC0BRr0JzK4WZKLYiExkhXjGvZg3rsrJfYvWF9ziF99_PEov7VBhy2FmEAE19sX1wWvOF0FMvAVczIX0_W3gsu5T4hTCwntTpla72KFIOtGX=s768" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="574" data-original-width="768" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiaWJ0N17cj3e3QM--Iqtk29Q4xhcHIrQfstXaeuO2Em_9DD4aPpVxXUbBdfdwtWV8nbb7wSU53LrAXjC0BRr0JzK4WZKLYiExkhXjGvZg3rsrJfYvWF9ziF99_PEov7VBhy2FmEAE19sX1wWvOF0FMvAVczIX0_W3gsu5T4hTCwntTpla72KFIOtGX=w640-h478" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>Monitor lizards have interesting qualities, perhaps most
evident in the biggest of them, the komodo dragon. They never blink, of course; can reproduce asexually; and can eat 80% of their body weight in one sitting.
What distinguishes them most, though, is a fast metabolism and high aerobic
capacity, more like the typical mammal than the typical reptile. That explains
their muscularity, which also enables them to run at 12 mph for surprising
distances, given their somewhat lumbering build. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Varanian: characteristic of monitor lizards, the genus
Varanidae</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span> </span></span></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Wabbit<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8nQdU0IZjbNvzsKhi08STRuQktFIEIy29GHnyp9XzD3_BLH9VsLZjdBkLLCiIQjGbeHfw5ajP0gls0-wuEB9V0mB4-3EkiO5vd159xIrwdYaEBKym3wBk7vBB0Th1M-HutdnbiaAhmcom3sPrpEjgiQv_elobT4voJtDwFOWxY8dyKU_6oLER7cvN/s563/wabbit%207dd51d2a59e68a46f47a51123a3feb1a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="411" data-original-width="563" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8nQdU0IZjbNvzsKhi08STRuQktFIEIy29GHnyp9XzD3_BLH9VsLZjdBkLLCiIQjGbeHfw5ajP0gls0-wuEB9V0mB4-3EkiO5vd159xIrwdYaEBKym3wBk7vBB0Th1M-HutdnbiaAhmcom3sPrpEjgiQv_elobT4voJtDwFOWxY8dyKU_6oLER7cvN/w640-h468/wabbit%207dd51d2a59e68a46f47a51123a3feb1a.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">There’s nothing leporine about this word, a Scots term for ‘<span style="background: white; color: #202124;">exhausted or somewhat unwell’.</span> But that’s a tempting Loony Tunes picture…</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Wamus</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="5074" data-original-width="3648" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8vTjOdCUEIiyAgJ-4im3LlWGfpe1zv-3r0UqA7UbK2fAGnaDEXLk2oM6rNwneoY1ekEUj1F0shdMnXZr0Ozqp4RjatQZ6-RmxMU1VInXmBwXcc4mdA_VNZdlh1uvjd_FjdlLgEzMaiA-ux_XtWuC-tyHfXaTm3FV-rWwZ0ETVGRo5TGK_3mG1L9e-=w288-h400" width="288" /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;">She’s wearing one: a belted jacket in cardigan-style. Will the wamus warm us, too?</span><i style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span> </span></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Warding</b></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2GNKolr7c_lFKjLqtCynOHDjb5D2knTuNdyqVnzH9OM03vPCa1eEHtPNepEQTndXTKU4JRiTeUi2b8WKXhAveEvXZHZPGaPVc4HczBhnZrOypA1pnUX9L7fue95YzPAspU8FVLmjGZlk3vdrTpMmKwf-xVhoCHmS0Palo_RIT4vWd_EWxGkTrKg1V/s1270/key%20Screenshot%202022-04-04%20062334.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="847" data-original-width="1270" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2GNKolr7c_lFKjLqtCynOHDjb5D2knTuNdyqVnzH9OM03vPCa1eEHtPNepEQTndXTKU4JRiTeUi2b8WKXhAveEvXZHZPGaPVc4HczBhnZrOypA1pnUX9L7fue95YzPAspU8FVLmjGZlk3vdrTpMmKwf-xVhoCHmS0Palo_RIT4vWd_EWxGkTrKg1V/w400-h266/key%20Screenshot%202022-04-04%20062334.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></span></span></p>Who’d have thought that so many specialist terms were
applicable to a simple key? The one that strikes me as a word not seen in other
contexts is ‘warding’ as a noun. My source</span><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;">, </span><a href="https://www.art-of-lockpicking.com/parts-of-a-key/" style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;">The Art of Lock
Picking</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;">,</span><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"> sounds dubious - though it does advise, who knows how sincerely, ‘Only
pick locks that you personally own or have explicit permission from the owner
to pick’, making it sound like a hobby akin to solving Rubik's Cube. The guide explains that ‘the lock's warding is essentially the
shape or formation of the keyway, and this shape protrudes through the entirety
of the lock. Keys are manufactured to fit their lock's exact warding shape.’ The
word ‘ward’ seems to be commoner in this context, e.g. the Encyclopaedia Britannica
states that ‘The Romans invented wards - i.e. Projections around the keyhole,
inside the lock, which prevent the key from being rotated unless the flat face
of the key (its bit) has slots cut in it in such a fashion that the projections
pass through the slots.’ But ‘ward’ is a very common noun, and one with copious uses – the OED gives 18 different meanings for it!</span></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Roboto",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Whelve<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDjtM_hTLQS0Hj5JIuCCbJ6ipB0tfAU8FstGSMmJsOrfKYQOHFVSC-MhmXIZS6aAO9dAthOXhE58AElaezWzAjWwBrZWHErFpLLJXvVI779akIDOTLADytbKFTDThcMsAud7H2snN1TSH-khQbYEqbj7vudvXmEPGhR38NklPYI2oJnWHlmi4-_DhD/s600/worls%20updise%20down%20fcf27abc4c654984ab3ce76cd3684c8c.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="463" data-original-width="600" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDjtM_hTLQS0Hj5JIuCCbJ6ipB0tfAU8FstGSMmJsOrfKYQOHFVSC-MhmXIZS6aAO9dAthOXhE58AElaezWzAjWwBrZWHErFpLLJXvVI779akIDOTLADytbKFTDThcMsAud7H2snN1TSH-khQbYEqbj7vudvXmEPGhR38NklPYI2oJnWHlmi4-_DhD/w400-h309/worls%20updise%20down%20fcf27abc4c654984ab3ce76cd3684c8c.jpeg" width="400" /></a></b></div><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Whelve is an interesting word since its old English
origins have it meaning to turn (as a dish or vessel) upside down usually
to cover something, and more modern definitions have it meaning to bury deeply
or hide something. The meanings relate to each other,
since both end up hiding something.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The illustration is
from the 1820 book of children’s verses ‘The World turned upside down’, printed
in York by James Kendrew: <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘Here you may see what's very rare,<br />The world turn'd upside down;<br />A tree and castle in the air,<br /> A man walk on his crown.'</span></i><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;">This is the
frontispiece: most of the illustrations show animals engaging in human
activities.</i> </span></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span> </span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Warrigal</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="549" data-original-width="439" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0vdnNtc-o5ZpTN19VBF49JSiaVJRMGk3djtE8txmm3j15FzoJpBLmOL_nIeyAElnL7w7gh7GLFdyPuWHIfdq3tosMViDtEoOl8pzssoFRMlSx0mnUpoNC1xOwC91moEpNn0PXecVOrWlHhlX1j5_SSjDFQnT06Yr8aeuLc_-oSJ-04v3xK5MIoLB0=w320-h400" width="320" /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: left;">What was I saying, t</span>hat warrigals couldn’t drag me away?
Well, maybe these could, provided that they moved on from each other.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘Warrigal’ is an Australian term for a wild or untamed horse.</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Yarborough<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqM7aaIe5xwdl0nZPsGg_z_WHvtSc296fvJWegCEot4MeB6cLdPM5QFokPAWY1LJue1d5hnB3AxgROIjtA-T0-8Qoc2Qe63_RB4Ke3USgxW9f9psKXagQB8Du1GTC86bwomVGJegZd8JQVLXSoSZXKx80xovlIuTtkkXm6jYtNZ1_7rVjEbnUz7VHRrYQ/s506/yarborough%20maxresdefault%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="506" data-original-width="436" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqM7aaIe5xwdl0nZPsGg_z_WHvtSc296fvJWegCEot4MeB6cLdPM5QFokPAWY1LJue1d5hnB3AxgROIjtA-T0-8Qoc2Qe63_RB4Ke3USgxW9f9psKXagQB8Du1GTC86bwomVGJegZd8JQVLXSoSZXKx80xovlIuTtkkXm6jYtNZ1_7rVjEbnUz7VHRrYQ/w345-h400/yarborough%20maxresdefault%20(1).jpg" width="345" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">This a bridge term: a thirteen card hand with no card higher
than nine. Not so helpful to receive, but how likely is that? The numbers are
impressive, driven by the starting point that the apparently straightforward
business arranging a single deck of 52 cards. The factorial of 52, written as ‘52!, comes
from starting with all the cards in one pile, randomly select one cards to be
in position 1, one of the remaining 51 to be in position 2 and so on. Hence,
the possible arrangements are 52 * 51 * 50 * ... * 3 * 2 * 1. That comes out at </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">80,658,175,170,943,878,571,660,636,856,403,766,975,289,505,440,883,277,824,000,000,000,000, a </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">big enough number that, if you counted it out at one second intervals
it would take you some three billion years. Matters get more manageable if restricted to possible
hands of bridge (i.e. combinations of 13 cards from the 52 card pack). The formula
for that is </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">52! / </span><span style="font-size: large;">3! (52-13) ! that </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">leads to 635,013,559,600 possible hands, of which 347,373,600
are yarboroughs. So your chances of a yarborough are 635,013,559,600 / 347,373,600,
or one in 1,828. It won’t happen too often, but I guess a regular player is
likely to get a yarborough at some point. Not so some possibilities. There are,
to take the contrasting example, only four possible hands with the maximum of
37 points (the four aces, four kings, four queens and one of the four jacks). So
the chance getting one is 635,013,559,600 / 4, or 1 in 158,753,389,900. Don’t
bet on it!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">There is also a village of Yarborough in Lincolnshire.
I haven’t been there, but imagine that the roads are all very short, no house
being numbered higher than nine.</i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Yelm<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAq7QtkBjRZH9rQ0QeM8m0R2lLDqbuRcLhgITuUhF4IZvVw836DkdbJzojxSFlAYweGkaAN5Fs1yjPs_RA6R3vgG64ZG85_qMAjh7ibuN8uocA7WHHt3tcJg8TvdGmPOWdwKKiU20h7HSDo7MGIEEYvT8y0OFcNawCt5YzcI4be0z6DkFOQyFygivY/s706/yelm%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="505" data-original-width="706" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAq7QtkBjRZH9rQ0QeM8m0R2lLDqbuRcLhgITuUhF4IZvVw836DkdbJzojxSFlAYweGkaAN5Fs1yjPs_RA6R3vgG64ZG85_qMAjh7ibuN8uocA7WHHt3tcJg8TvdGmPOWdwKKiU20h7HSDo7MGIEEYvT8y0OFcNawCt5YzcI4be0z6DkFOQyFygivY/w640-h458/yelm%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Yelm: a bundle of combed straw for thatching. There are
some 35,000 thatched properties in England, just 0.15% of the 25m dwellings. So
having one makes you agreeably distinctive, and perhaps there should be more. Fire is no more likely than with
other roofs if the right care is taken. That aside there are pro and cons:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Pro: Water reed, the most durable thatch, has a lifespan of
55 to 65 years; thatch is naturally insulating, so it will keep your house cool
in summer and warm in winter; thatch is environmentally-friendly and sustainable;
it can be shaped into soft forms not likely to be available in other roofing
materials: it is light and doesn’t need the heavy support structures that other
roofing materials require, so reducing building costs.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Con: installing thatch is labour intensive, and so expensive;
it needs an annual professional inspection to check its condition; regular
maintenance is essential, else leaks may occur; safety precautions are required - you need to
cut down overhanging branches so that the thatch doesn’t hold onto moisture, install
a lightning rod to disperse lightning strikes and a spark resistor for your
chimney, and apply treatments to deter pests.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Zabra</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjEJxYCzUexfBnB4U_lqpxGj8hg3BhenZdBSc50g5VOwT9FgMhcR9j0k5NiE9YECKl5fO84pX00Gc1OfHsTQqlTNBsuQqUy0Bvx24EDLKVu8FKvJkwuj1A9oysooaAjVzQgnWbh9osghp1-lHI50732MVwCafVRnjvNUU9Sa-XITzw90oiy1tzHi6nw=s1684" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="672" data-original-width="1684" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjEJxYCzUexfBnB4U_lqpxGj8hg3BhenZdBSc50g5VOwT9FgMhcR9j0k5NiE9YECKl5fO84pX00Gc1OfHsTQqlTNBsuQqUy0Bvx24EDLKVu8FKvJkwuj1A9oysooaAjVzQgnWbh9osghp1-lHI50732MVwCafVRnjvNUU9Sa-XITzw90oiy1tzHi6nw=w640-h256" width="640" /></span></a></b></div><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">A zabra is not necessarily a typo (or ‘mis-stripe-o’!?): for
‘zebra’: it may refer genuinely to a midsized Iberian sailing vessel used to
carry goods by sea in the 13th-16th centuries. My image, though it is a boat, is a visual
typo of sorts, as it <i>is</i> a Zebra. Not <i>Equus
quagga</i> , but a boat of that
name, created by Parisian industrial designer and engineer Dimitri Bez. Its
main selling points are the minimalist style and an electric motor, making it environmentally friendly
compared with other powered boats, and attractively quiet. I guess the zabra was also quiet and
non-polluting, so perhaps we haven’t made so much progress. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div>Paul Carey-Kenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01842249388250530953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432330092345249234.post-43315274413078939782023-12-30T05:42:00.000-08:002024-01-20T00:10:51.742-08:00NEW ENQUIRIES DAILY 2023<p><b style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">In order of composition, newest at the top. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Photographs from Ashurst, New Forest unless indicated otherwise.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhKlgjex6ptiXwOpqPn3bDr40Xc1sTfDSOyi03QiYdIKwBof4PZ1sQjUdC6BCRa5ZKi3d_XxpTeKaxm_mG2PmkfqNZbzBJGms0HnhCPuRxowYsS9Bn2d7EVFuqBzQxgpLF5JsLiba0KvwRq4SQcCfbabOX-FCs6yk4ufytKv0q7U2VT2-28NQUdIO3ETc/s2755/20231230_143357%20path%20block%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2755" data-original-width="2755" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhKlgjex6ptiXwOpqPn3bDr40Xc1sTfDSOyi03QiYdIKwBof4PZ1sQjUdC6BCRa5ZKi3d_XxpTeKaxm_mG2PmkfqNZbzBJGms0HnhCPuRxowYsS9Bn2d7EVFuqBzQxgpLF5JsLiba0KvwRq4SQcCfbabOX-FCs6yk4ufytKv0q7U2VT2-28NQUdIO3ETc/w640-h640/20231230_143357%20path%20block%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Accidental
obstruction <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">or planned path closure? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What else have I misinterpreted <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that might have mattered more?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxaNZEXP7rvxi4Lc6hnCajDBcJI8CqHui3Xpm2qsgjdgORiDi5DXk6OQKRIF6tPUFhAph52uTT_Aa5Qx9AFtkaNLsYMujiqMX1xPH4uhzRCrmKkk-9CmZXYGjl7NVNAOKKbIF3VgG_qzQ5NEWmeCoKBJA1wFhv276UjqzpYllZ7R1QXQpWixrWol57ExQ/s4080/20231230_143148bale%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3060" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxaNZEXP7rvxi4Lc6hnCajDBcJI8CqHui3Xpm2qsgjdgORiDi5DXk6OQKRIF6tPUFhAph52uTT_Aa5Qx9AFtkaNLsYMujiqMX1xPH4uhzRCrmKkk-9CmZXYGjl7NVNAOKKbIF3VgG_qzQ5NEWmeCoKBJA1wFhv276UjqzpYllZ7R1QXQpWixrWol57ExQ/w480-h640/20231230_143148bale%20poem%20.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">These bales do their
best<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">by flapping their covers,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but I’m not convinced they’ll ever take off<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the way a constituent straw might do. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDvJtVgbriV3i3dbdsppRN9HPS-Anf3INZo9wVioo3cDksJm8rw33TcGtjVvXHEpHHHC-Ez2jofLMMbFkb8NYbS1gvPPz3Kj_yBlUDZGbJJf0t6F7CFoTlJdlVTll57Cl_u-2FiNRjzI5Nbjo3JtWixUEkcnjuLAru_O4hji0GP_HjflIpdAPgX4kSv-A/s3747/20231212_08341%20poss%208.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3747" data-original-width="3060" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDvJtVgbriV3i3dbdsppRN9HPS-Anf3INZo9wVioo3cDksJm8rw33TcGtjVvXHEpHHHC-Ez2jofLMMbFkb8NYbS1gvPPz3Kj_yBlUDZGbJJf0t6F7CFoTlJdlVTll57Cl_u-2FiNRjzI5Nbjo3JtWixUEkcnjuLAru_O4hji0GP_HjflIpdAPgX4kSv-A/w522-h640/20231212_08341%20poss%208.jpg" width="522" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">This is the path you
should walk along <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">if you’re made of paint and scraps of leaf.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I take no notice,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">being flesh and blood.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Ashurst Railway Station)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfB05Q0dw9aYCLR1yI4RqiiVvEkqvV0RDRwPtrC67ZFsYyRg-ujn_3k_uzv0tCwachkLfcWUCsJVZc5x_b2J3OrQF8OPdbxHMWx1AvTlvpG48VuxIKKWONXlrS4Sq_5Ea18uTGG3dapS-TV4tEt7yGTVd4euoBkDDf4chX9xz7Hn1ZjHtzuMm7mXYWcC4/s1029/acorns%20poem%20Screenshot%202023-12-26%20083629.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="376" data-original-width="1029" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfB05Q0dw9aYCLR1yI4RqiiVvEkqvV0RDRwPtrC67ZFsYyRg-ujn_3k_uzv0tCwachkLfcWUCsJVZc5x_b2J3OrQF8OPdbxHMWx1AvTlvpG48VuxIKKWONXlrS4Sq_5Ea18uTGG3dapS-TV4tEt7yGTVd4euoBkDDf4chX9xz7Hn1ZjHtzuMm7mXYWcC4/w640-h234/acorns%20poem%20Screenshot%202023-12-26%20083629.png" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">That oak trees yield<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the happiest fruits<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">can be put down<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to their heads being kept so warm.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(signs outside Acorns
Community Pre-school, Totton)</span><o:p></o:p></i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbeyXdP1A5R6RejentzmJ8Q7caCmNaCmvp7bumNa8P4_KtG4ZDZqc5PoHvmLZARbcg6ptiCF73InEJp9Zy_-Sp4jBH6IvVvodVO2-HyyP0QoiwhKdeY3ec1HHVyLGfZi_4NFHzAeAlOU7u-8s4Re3NrRR_5tPGQNAU8MBVAJdDsRwJo-xmG0Mg2VEErNE/s4080/20231225_105139%20poss%20hinge%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3060" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbeyXdP1A5R6RejentzmJ8Q7caCmNaCmvp7bumNa8P4_KtG4ZDZqc5PoHvmLZARbcg6ptiCF73InEJp9Zy_-Sp4jBH6IvVvodVO2-HyyP0QoiwhKdeY3ec1HHVyLGfZi_4NFHzAeAlOU7u-8s4Re3NrRR_5tPGQNAU8MBVAJdDsRwJo-xmG0Mg2VEErNE/w480-h640/20231225_105139%20poss%20hinge%20.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Does anything hinge<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">on whether this is better described<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">as a barricade bracket<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and what – if anything – it does? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8yG2mtkNgLucbdd7FcK2BSpS_mwn7PhBVGOdEq0qikKQxUGnAvqCd_p1X_NVdw1s07rxcAO593nx4b_DjKtWEjHAmA3RjzQ9BLUjAJkZN6W5oURGBIvisqet-eSOfz7tfqVh6h4Se-YOEuTqWUbP2DEBhKM8cWUp7-WF_lKw6EWZ4Ywzz2y1J8G2Nkqg/s3407/20231224_105649%20snake%20poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2555" data-original-width="3407" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8yG2mtkNgLucbdd7FcK2BSpS_mwn7PhBVGOdEq0qikKQxUGnAvqCd_p1X_NVdw1s07rxcAO593nx4b_DjKtWEjHAmA3RjzQ9BLUjAJkZN6W5oURGBIvisqet-eSOfz7tfqVh6h4Se-YOEuTqWUbP2DEBhKM8cWUp7-WF_lKw6EWZ4Ywzz2y1J8G2Nkqg/w640-h480/20231224_105649%20snake%20poss.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Beware <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the hooked and dangerously rusty fangs<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of <i>vipera anthropocenus,<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">now native in these parts.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Houndsdown) </i></span></o:p></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd6t8KM1CcFfKkwdNB-rozCVSnoQX9MO5JN1VPx7VkbsfN7LTGDnyXt8s5Vcfok6Vxp_7cItSV01Paew5C3CWDoBVe3l87CeBEnHHPXTe1uifIcz_DeUFU51z5mtqM5ZmFJ_GYJ72tTjHbnkRSIfwntr00B_BnqJ2FIK_l4rBqwauS5GVZ0Sz03sGjys8/s4080/20231223_112339.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd6t8KM1CcFfKkwdNB-rozCVSnoQX9MO5JN1VPx7VkbsfN7LTGDnyXt8s5Vcfok6Vxp_7cItSV01Paew5C3CWDoBVe3l87CeBEnHHPXTe1uifIcz_DeUFU51z5mtqM5ZmFJ_GYJ72tTjHbnkRSIfwntr00B_BnqJ2FIK_l4rBqwauS5GVZ0Sz03sGjys8/w640-h288/20231223_112339.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">If you had stacks of wood<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to dump, you’d dump it here, I’m sure you would.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It’s a very good place to do as you would<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">with wood. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Totton)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1PZfI6Fld09f_n0qYbSw7_YVH_KWhRrUkgQiNWY1JlnoD7bJvKzPWXiC0CJqCBWBoNBFQIRk_NTxeqQNv8NMfsXaZMEdLh5c4jMOCuDvdo2ylWUz4BycvpA-ui9IgYWaD2eja4IHTr-AwdoskxRqYRl0eObXLFWDRsdrhLlr_J1qlPVI08LAWFTF7BOo/s928/S%20bag%20poem%20creenshot%202023-12-23%20133412.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="268" data-original-width="928" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1PZfI6Fld09f_n0qYbSw7_YVH_KWhRrUkgQiNWY1JlnoD7bJvKzPWXiC0CJqCBWBoNBFQIRk_NTxeqQNv8NMfsXaZMEdLh5c4jMOCuDvdo2ylWUz4BycvpA-ui9IgYWaD2eja4IHTr-AwdoskxRqYRl0eObXLFWDRsdrhLlr_J1qlPVI08LAWFTF7BOo/w640-h184/S%20bag%20poem%20creenshot%202023-12-23%20133412.png" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Why does the wind
blow?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Because, if it didn't <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">what would that leave <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">for a plastic bag to do?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(four poses of a plastic bag in Totton)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiErqBoODerve7-Brasg8Y9hDYNpHZrC-z67WTvZb7wURsTs-vF57yhoqZIS-AsvVAyuYCgm_az6y6KPrDfUWnSNX4kVfu0sNmAXZa0gSIK47Q-akecNImNoXUbHvWYJxoD3jxHDOxx-uRkJjeboWqyPNjAkSRB7VKUgTlozDOURNmuyvuJN9Nn1fo9L4/s673/lille%20%20arge%201991%20l%20Screenshot%202023-12-26%20070429.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="673" data-original-width="508" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiErqBoODerve7-Brasg8Y9hDYNpHZrC-z67WTvZb7wURsTs-vF57yhoqZIS-AsvVAyuYCgm_az6y6KPrDfUWnSNX4kVfu0sNmAXZa0gSIK47Q-akecNImNoXUbHvWYJxoD3jxHDOxx-uRkJjeboWqyPNjAkSRB7VKUgTlozDOURNmuyvuJN9Nn1fo9L4/w484-h640/lille%20%20arge%201991%20l%20Screenshot%202023-12-26%20070429.png" width="484" /></a></i></div><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Why do the words</span></b></div></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> ‘litl’ and ‘larrrge’ <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">tend to be the wrong way round<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in terms of their number of letters?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(The image shows the comedy duo Little and Large on set in 1991. Syd Little (born Cyril Mead: 1942) and Eddie Large (born Edward McGinnis: 1941 – 2020) were active as an act 1962 – 2003)</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I suspect the festive
feeling<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">doesn’t extend <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to cash machines<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that refuse to dispense any cash.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(smashed ATM, Brighton)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Painful, no doubt<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but distinctive enough to be worth it?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Not if every snail in town <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">goes giant, pink and punktured.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Brighton)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnmM15BhaR3GW4BmYV-nh8wzWiynu1GWXm25TdeTQm4dCd2yDhDW-cWF8zuwnzW9qQcwT1ZvdWs0Xcnaz2MbYJ0uycXrazbCdhMlwFFQupzdYy1I60TCQc_QG3XaTev2Xr7M7KwT7W-8oSQbpcTwiFEV7KwAXZgNPzSM8RzJG8e9QkaU1YeNXt6l4qyUQ/s900/rusted-chain-jean-schweitzer.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="900" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnmM15BhaR3GW4BmYV-nh8wzWiynu1GWXm25TdeTQm4dCd2yDhDW-cWF8zuwnzW9qQcwT1ZvdWs0Xcnaz2MbYJ0uycXrazbCdhMlwFFQupzdYy1I60TCQc_QG3XaTev2Xr7M7KwT7W-8oSQbpcTwiFEV7KwAXZgNPzSM8RzJG8e9QkaU1YeNXt6l4qyUQ/w640-h426/rusted-chain-jean-schweitzer.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">This is the rust<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the sea seems to yield.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I don’t pretend to understand<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the scientific details.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Hastings.
In fact, it’s fairly simple: metal rusts when water and oxygen meet on it – and
salt acts as a catalyst to speed up the process. The air in coastal areas is
more humid and more oxygen-rich than inland, added to which sea spray, carried
on the wind, deposits salt on everything via minute water droplets)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIZZAVvJ7xSDL0DGrRgvP1US-gztaLcv66lvX7x3RQEac1BczdOxRdgBf_fG_80HhcLaxjQWdr7p9Rc94OivXDTUUpPVdQAKOi9SfD_tGqNjgY6UX4NhVDicJxNDNw06XSlFg7k7oSOeAslRUgFvBjOi5KHauh8VIH-NzeHIFA0JbG2NPJtTStw8nciSA/s3073/20231222_131101%20lightening%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1524" data-original-width="3073" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIZZAVvJ7xSDL0DGrRgvP1US-gztaLcv66lvX7x3RQEac1BczdOxRdgBf_fG_80HhcLaxjQWdr7p9Rc94OivXDTUUpPVdQAKOi9SfD_tGqNjgY6UX4NhVDicJxNDNw06XSlFg7k7oSOeAslRUgFvBjOi5KHauh8VIH-NzeHIFA0JbG2NPJtTStw8nciSA/w640-h318/20231222_131101%20lightening%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Mind where you sit<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">lest lightning strikes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and what should be your darkest zone<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">gets painfully lit
up.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Café seat, Brighton)</span><o:p></o:p></i></p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9zXC3erey5cu-cYVCtdzE_pavvfcFHoHde9B5cRl_Uf9Tbt1_dbnG2ZrWMshUQ-HdUgI2ycNj5EBdJXssxoIdF0p7xmAlxZIn5GUe-fnK8rGx9VUL644NyOL4T699NHUG_QVMjjkYt46_AaofrvPowcLq2tC7fxnLnRehVrebHbLHPeziJwPM9pnxwHk/s3803/20231221_151807%20draw%20back%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2716" data-original-width="3803" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9zXC3erey5cu-cYVCtdzE_pavvfcFHoHde9B5cRl_Uf9Tbt1_dbnG2ZrWMshUQ-HdUgI2ycNj5EBdJXssxoIdF0p7xmAlxZIn5GUe-fnK8rGx9VUL644NyOL4T699NHUG_QVMjjkYt46_AaofrvPowcLq2tC7fxnLnRehVrebHbLHPeziJwPM9pnxwHk/w640-h458/20231221_151807%20draw%20back%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Draw back the
curtains <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and there's the sea,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">on the cusp of drawing back <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in tidal empathy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Royal Victoria Hotel,
St Leonards-on-Sea)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">THREE PROPERTIES IN ST LEONARDS-ON-SEA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVCnRUSHbut3qgh3q0u90sgr2j05v-5_dNVRoEc3TIwR4kGh07VPKxlJJ10QbV0Y_0E1_FMSWCm43-tH4wln4-LIJZzTy91AQYafrToMfM3vLlxENh8ZnBKkPbEwPMm2hP6u4Jnvr-1LMVZtqu37KF-TbFfdVkLDHkIeQl8sG-Y1OZLMWCqP3_SQ8Ti4E/s3360/20231221_150323%20views%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3360" data-original-width="3060" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVCnRUSHbut3qgh3q0u90sgr2j05v-5_dNVRoEc3TIwR4kGh07VPKxlJJ10QbV0Y_0E1_FMSWCm43-tH4wln4-LIJZzTy91AQYafrToMfM3vLlxENh8ZnBKkPbEwPMm2hP6u4Jnvr-1LMVZtqu37KF-TbFfdVkLDHkIeQl8sG-Y1OZLMWCqP3_SQ8Ti4E/w582-h640/20231221_150323%20views%20poem%20.jpg" width="582" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">We’re not saying the
views are great<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but that they could be<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and that you should invest<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in the potential.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKxHGnN3-YiKNhAwKwDVOR48_BBMTj1ZBUfv_t3hlJdL38hyphenhyphenuVxF4VzDia6K7sL6N2w-cj-eclZtIIysQHpLiIPLwepp39f4BGVpRui6smgsUSOm13kyyTGCFSPvywoDRle4-J9xhyX83m6SHUss5WLD6saLH0_i47a1h3KDtxU7mMEy7GFEIzzWCFwOw/s3720/20231221_150430%20house%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2928" data-original-width="3720" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKxHGnN3-YiKNhAwKwDVOR48_BBMTj1ZBUfv_t3hlJdL38hyphenhyphenuVxF4VzDia6K7sL6N2w-cj-eclZtIIysQHpLiIPLwepp39f4BGVpRui6smgsUSOm13kyyTGCFSPvywoDRle4-J9xhyX83m6SHUss5WLD6saLH0_i47a1h3KDtxU7mMEy7GFEIzzWCFwOw/w640-h504/20231221_150430%20house%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">This house may need<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">a little superficial maintenance<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but benefits more significantly<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">from its own postbox.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY5tUPAotGM_dGfpjpPV9T6TvJdUEjfq4XIJ0g7AS9De54qQyqiGneiMUbc2ETE115pRKVL9SHSlS3Av2_r5BCOnlWLN3MVKvVZcRz5K6vFDfeoDA1Jvj5GWzC3fM4NiLklY81CS5SeozmtAxbRjIV8E_f6cxH4iwkkFAmcX6KGqJipUw_foAiGC8VpNs/s3692/20231221_150743%20network%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3692" data-original-width="2986" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY5tUPAotGM_dGfpjpPV9T6TvJdUEjfq4XIJ0g7AS9De54qQyqiGneiMUbc2ETE115pRKVL9SHSlS3Av2_r5BCOnlWLN3MVKvVZcRz5K6vFDfeoDA1Jvj5GWzC3fM4NiLklY81CS5SeozmtAxbRjIV8E_f6cxH4iwkkFAmcX6KGqJipUw_foAiGC8VpNs/w518-h640/20231221_150743%20network%20poem%20.jpg" width="518" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What this
flat lacks<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in physical terms <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">it more than makes up for </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">by being at </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">the centre of the neighbourhood networks. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyVmg5mouQ2SmbxKwByLnnaKAXj8eNZrY_fH-k7MSFkqJ4DYQO6gaB6u3p4kATH9zGSpI6XNvx1bA_oIfcjD1My-BrwAoUMhOCVsZME77uP1b8r9v2xOf0kMYUggny2FmJ82nhumnENW7atFimOWNt2u4X32wwnJR2yaJa7BV4Ak3WyNi-6M8yK7FQZrc/s4080/20231218_115107%20plastic%20flower%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3060" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyVmg5mouQ2SmbxKwByLnnaKAXj8eNZrY_fH-k7MSFkqJ4DYQO6gaB6u3p4kATH9zGSpI6XNvx1bA_oIfcjD1My-BrwAoUMhOCVsZME77uP1b8r9v2xOf0kMYUggny2FmJ82nhumnENW7atFimOWNt2u4X32wwnJR2yaJa7BV4Ak3WyNi-6M8yK7FQZrc/w480-h640/20231218_115107%20plastic%20flower%20poem.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">When I'm
dead and gone <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">apart from the plastic flowers on my grave,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">a gust of wind will rise<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and I’ll be done. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Colbury
Church Cemetery)<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq0DRX7ws8u1JTyrXVvna6PLlOnr-lu7dD4i5bagKX8twfuEL1bPI3MWQvEMlrKJtMogJmvGwnPZxQ6IKjnwjoBlWy-2ywkuVKQ_Fin7LS8ZLvQt5OLd2TxQhxbpXD-VLIFADyMuTcyiDYqwDX2UsGefP070ZSq8MdWAhJdAQs7Vh9W18-LwItF9hMijk/s4080/20231218_114200%20new%20old%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3060" data-original-width="4080" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq0DRX7ws8u1JTyrXVvna6PLlOnr-lu7dD4i5bagKX8twfuEL1bPI3MWQvEMlrKJtMogJmvGwnPZxQ6IKjnwjoBlWy-2ywkuVKQ_Fin7LS8ZLvQt5OLd2TxQhxbpXD-VLIFADyMuTcyiDYqwDX2UsGefP070ZSq8MdWAhJdAQs7Vh9W18-LwItF9hMijk/w640-h480/20231218_114200%20new%20old%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The new
usurps the old <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and then the new new usurps the new old.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I can't see the pattern changing soon <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">and don't suppose it should</span>.</span><i><o:p></o:p></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2y0i02hlr88dCI6sewU2wEE_8SEBYFaZV-ajQQaZWbkjzBGNUMKoPytSHM_jcvQ1FtBjmK45cvVEMV4GaaYlP4_SyOxH3WqKuWFUuBWAdXJlz1xHhdl-Q_dmrYoGUmnQUyK3-GHVv6QrZRyAPrzoAIxJLHC_2cNEk9OOqrzPMcyU4Gxn8IMywvCB1-NE/s2243/20231215_132600%20bulb%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2243" data-original-width="2243" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2y0i02hlr88dCI6sewU2wEE_8SEBYFaZV-ajQQaZWbkjzBGNUMKoPytSHM_jcvQ1FtBjmK45cvVEMV4GaaYlP4_SyOxH3WqKuWFUuBWAdXJlz1xHhdl-Q_dmrYoGUmnQUyK3-GHVv6QrZRyAPrzoAIxJLHC_2cNEk9OOqrzPMcyU4Gxn8IMywvCB1-NE/w640-h640/20231215_132600%20bulb%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Some
things are simple<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Others are simply things. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Some fruits are bulbous. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">Others are simply bulbs.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Shoreditch,
London)<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-q8Ag1ARIi7xvck5ZC8IiyWNPswBgRMnfcV5kUR-8Rv1Shh6U9gAufdsIVe_aKDzJa3PK0DJG3RShMgYwODHyhv52fQ_JagXqUoEq8Cja4xsqIpGhQVlNMNlWcGHoQ2FGfNvpY0kNGF8-ohZj6TDRsDotPiIc2kjoSqUHBzAl44DUjLd8LxGvEZ4mAQ4/s3237/20231215_095040%20reindeer%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3237" data-original-width="2590" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-q8Ag1ARIi7xvck5ZC8IiyWNPswBgRMnfcV5kUR-8Rv1Shh6U9gAufdsIVe_aKDzJa3PK0DJG3RShMgYwODHyhv52fQ_JagXqUoEq8Cja4xsqIpGhQVlNMNlWcGHoQ2FGfNvpY0kNGF8-ohZj6TDRsDotPiIc2kjoSqUHBzAl44DUjLd8LxGvEZ4mAQ4/w512-h640/20231215_095040%20reindeer%20poem.jpg" width="512" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>Rangifer
plasticus </i><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">may not be indigenous to Finland, <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but I suppose that, if transported,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">they would see the winter out.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Leytonstone,
London)<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeaXmNRE99DkFJ2_sX3C5OPKj6xSTbP7W7EBKozeNe_4lHaeXSANUmGJfyzGYCneOlWiFO58vdpCzBZFXxWikFtqnWM53u-ciCzsTZQph7fjKxDFqJa2_aGditvYHSN_8RCFEIhDz330Y_VoUWKLnHy9tG6E1lKMOeQIiwT789pmlIs6aNm1oeLBeSsss/s4039/20231215_095705%20coffee%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4039" data-original-width="3029" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeaXmNRE99DkFJ2_sX3C5OPKj6xSTbP7W7EBKozeNe_4lHaeXSANUmGJfyzGYCneOlWiFO58vdpCzBZFXxWikFtqnWM53u-ciCzsTZQph7fjKxDFqJa2_aGditvYHSN_8RCFEIhDz330Y_VoUWKLnHy9tG6E1lKMOeQIiwT789pmlIs6aNm1oeLBeSsss/w480-h640/20231215_095705%20coffee%20poem%20.jpg" width="480" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">You mean
to say <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">they throw away <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">99% <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">of the top Arabica beans?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Leytonstone, London - I guess they meant 'from the top 1%', but rather astonishing not to check the grammar on a nationwide poster campaign!)</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMPiyntx1UbwdcUO_n8vU8XxoGG__phrZhBIMG99juwr3t6AL6jtrgrOgiMMa2Kwud-4rwyRuceMsA_GZofZXuCEToVH00qhVcT0dIQS0SinwqAZ29qKu-6jrbbwd-IGrR-lNyfZH9QTDDdQghCkB7SynmNMfzutwG5S9zRY1-5c_kAAdk1Qz7dlHI2As/s2493/20231215_091151%20poem%20curve%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><img border="0" data-original-height="2493" data-original-width="2343" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMPiyntx1UbwdcUO_n8vU8XxoGG__phrZhBIMG99juwr3t6AL6jtrgrOgiMMa2Kwud-4rwyRuceMsA_GZofZXuCEToVH00qhVcT0dIQS0SinwqAZ29qKu-6jrbbwd-IGrR-lNyfZH9QTDDdQghCkB7SynmNMfzutwG5S9zRY1-5c_kAAdk1Qz7dlHI2As/w602-h640/20231215_091151%20poem%20curve%20.jpg" width="602" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I looked around<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but could not find the curvy building pictured here, <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">which was a shame,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">it seeming so implausible. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Manor House, London)</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"></span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglujQAqngg846R2wvMl9AATLSfCCSV3rKnRLfpQixf4uF9QZOP6S_6IqIIqhOfFNvlKd-HBAw4_1r_h3MrWaxq6-uPFzIn7LGKFbJf4GNFQE6C3oEn3lCUb1oNlTZ_iNJoaMcmdhmdeYH-SlkLESTjluJcbZmM15hV6ATsOPe_CgpGhnpJaVNAnYur-ug/s3043/20231212_083249%20beauty%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2282" data-original-width="3043" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglujQAqngg846R2wvMl9AATLSfCCSV3rKnRLfpQixf4uF9QZOP6S_6IqIIqhOfFNvlKd-HBAw4_1r_h3MrWaxq6-uPFzIn7LGKFbJf4GNFQE6C3oEn3lCUb1oNlTZ_iNJoaMcmdhmdeYH-SlkLESTjluJcbZmM15hV6ATsOPe_CgpGhnpJaVNAnYur-ug/w640-h480/20231212_083249%20beauty%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></i></div><i><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i><p></p></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">Would
everyday beauty </span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">be enough <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">every day<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">were there no art?</span></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiumhopbJMGVe9qitKxqMA6aI5Ja8ABPQH0X0_XHX9YNfBouJ7ICT9vgOBysLPKpSX9B-NiLrLYy82fR2y0SU2YK1Nso_o0iybUXs1P7uG6HWoGiYLCZ9motS4CWoEg_5fdT2m2MEWvI1VNS_chMwcfVHyuxGhh7sg6_vVAE2rVjiegyWoFP7FbDYW_qQE/s2333/20231210_093051%20hair%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2321" data-original-width="2333" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiumhopbJMGVe9qitKxqMA6aI5Ja8ABPQH0X0_XHX9YNfBouJ7ICT9vgOBysLPKpSX9B-NiLrLYy82fR2y0SU2YK1Nso_o0iybUXs1P7uG6HWoGiYLCZ9motS4CWoEg_5fdT2m2MEWvI1VNS_chMwcfVHyuxGhh7sg6_vVAE2rVjiegyWoFP7FbDYW_qQE/w640-h636/20231210_093051%20hair%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Lie back<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">relax,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">hope you're not the one <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">who ends up with mildew hair.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Greenwich)<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><v:shapetype coordsize="21600,21600" filled="f" id="_x0000_t75" o:preferrelative="t" o:spt="75" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" stroked="f">
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</v:imagedata></v:shape><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">How not
to take a portrait <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of people taking portraits<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in the National Portrait Gallery’s <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Photo Portrait Prize show.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(National
Portrait Gallery, London)<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCsK3MVb6HXOAwswcPOrgnEP2lCnzUGT4npVY31ONPacJV5iasmug1geMr0TrvqAJx9XKPtphrY8r8rAmJBxo2rV1OqushhWswle_SGXUZM1Hmi5-XeV9pFJs8h4jFzqq5lUN1BuIpwCSj-kDn8ii7HmkGEsE-hKALctwCDNFBP9K0wXx0Kt6pN6T8WYk/s3188/20231206_140301n%20poss%20santa.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3188" data-original-width="2589" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCsK3MVb6HXOAwswcPOrgnEP2lCnzUGT4npVY31ONPacJV5iasmug1geMr0TrvqAJx9XKPtphrY8r8rAmJBxo2rV1OqushhWswle_SGXUZM1Hmi5-XeV9pFJs8h4jFzqq5lUN1BuIpwCSj-kDn8ii7HmkGEsE-hKALctwCDNFBP9K0wXx0Kt6pN6T8WYk/w520-h640/20231206_140301n%20poss%20santa.jpg" width="520" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">We have
to hope<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that Santa Claus <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">will reinflate<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in time to keep the boys and girls happy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgybZzzhr4qeI_VMvIINCOqP1-1POfNSqjDnHGYeR7QNhSHOKyTrvauYKeyaKhNE2KArG8H_igYXMNTKxkYrbTQ5gAGb-dNRUszLnm8L1vkFqZ56XUEL02JUDjh-Hc4P-KwBJudpdEVU1tOXAedKC365jOjI-eODOiM4oPze7ggHsDmgcYCPQKUOAdb6w4/s1047/camo%20poem%20Screenshot%202023-12-11%20161241.png" style="background-color: white; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="376" data-original-width="1047" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgybZzzhr4qeI_VMvIINCOqP1-1POfNSqjDnHGYeR7QNhSHOKyTrvauYKeyaKhNE2KArG8H_igYXMNTKxkYrbTQ5gAGb-dNRUszLnm8L1vkFqZ56XUEL02JUDjh-Hc4P-KwBJudpdEVU1tOXAedKC365jOjI-eODOiM4oPze7ggHsDmgcYCPQKUOAdb6w4/w640-h230/camo%20poem%20Screenshot%202023-12-11%20161241.png" width="640" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The art
of camouflage</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">comes easily to leaves – <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">this although I'm not too sure <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">what it is they're hiding from.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(London)</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEahn9RsbWOjZdtIRTaltTgVm2ubyrcqJinsv4vc907asB39_kTYbLKoRUcntJaXQoR0XOIkIKoSaDP__S4-Y3OPuP2Sw7PJlqHNc_2MrEBW09ZyPNcw9CM2-qILOvy8BKKME1bCGfy2sOeuJLj5JifM7BSUGW_ka6SAIrQHUyRDye45TR9eYLznvlCuY/s1306/obvious%20poem%20Screenshot%202023-12-08%20061445.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="649" data-original-width="1306" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEahn9RsbWOjZdtIRTaltTgVm2ubyrcqJinsv4vc907asB39_kTYbLKoRUcntJaXQoR0XOIkIKoSaDP__S4-Y3OPuP2Sw7PJlqHNc_2MrEBW09ZyPNcw9CM2-qILOvy8BKKME1bCGfy2sOeuJLj5JifM7BSUGW_ka6SAIrQHUyRDye45TR9eYLznvlCuY/w640-h318/obvious%20poem%20Screenshot%202023-12-08%20061445.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It’s when
it isn’t obvious<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that something isn’t obvious<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that problems can arise.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">How obvious is that? <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(On-screen construction: 'vs us: Boo!' is an anagram of 'Obvious!')</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7K3eMoNZnjEkdJDAokzgUdnKXAEJDlbwEDoSP9X0prCo1da3OshMgbA1mc-Dkh-CyATINjrWAqmfxCYuBF7E_0TbkbHzKXbBhhHb-2OXPZdjpXTQGBxsdqn8v7-usRi-vTeXPmbEkFtAS49phS03F8k7Ip9UNv6AHPUmX6wUnXkneejH5MtMi513qmek/s1200/walk%20wp-1601122712909.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7K3eMoNZnjEkdJDAokzgUdnKXAEJDlbwEDoSP9X0prCo1da3OshMgbA1mc-Dkh-CyATINjrWAqmfxCYuBF7E_0TbkbHzKXbBhhHb-2OXPZdjpXTQGBxsdqn8v7-usRi-vTeXPmbEkFtAS49phS03F8k7Ip9UNv6AHPUmX6wUnXkneejH5MtMi513qmek/w640-h480/walk%20wp-1601122712909.webp" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">At home
there's the larder<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in town the cafés…<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">My diet requires long </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">and unprovisioned</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">country walks</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Internet image!)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXK6ws_gLKinn4k9Kmy82ocsS6Y3FNQUxqSqDMJ1uPT9MnZCw98uydawPm3tsNm9tVVK-KYJ2ZToJp3BsL17B50u2YfUkEfVhvadamKOpqDPaIlzo7rGq5gZqQdkEAiHtSRJVHHjQoz-zZLkWoEgeeHar0d56w0gv7gWjit_BIS6hfcXQPH7c-L0jxRrw/s4080/20231205_155916%20mush%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3060" data-original-width="4080" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXK6ws_gLKinn4k9Kmy82ocsS6Y3FNQUxqSqDMJ1uPT9MnZCw98uydawPm3tsNm9tVVK-KYJ2ZToJp3BsL17B50u2YfUkEfVhvadamKOpqDPaIlzo7rGq5gZqQdkEAiHtSRJVHHjQoz-zZLkWoEgeeHar0d56w0gv7gWjit_BIS6hfcXQPH7c-L0jxRrw/w640-h480/20231205_155916%20mush%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">There isn't much room
for ambiguity <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">These are mushrooms <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">unless they are toadstools <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">or cunning imitations planted by a practical joker…</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGGmAaswio4-hc_56DJaXWNyQdMMFE7TVaeNL1ClYNzHijbhgeyH0OD4bnHlYjsUlguXBU8KcFTXXhIazTZ4QmX8WTrbGoXonzOXrYDclel2n_HgFFqLTrfGNCtuS1N7SGI7ye5nU8iLjs4jhNCAy3VPU2Log85dIf2vFpjkXm7GkSuDBVVNyd5iWJeu8/s3945/20231204_090424%20roll%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2958" data-original-width="3945" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGGmAaswio4-hc_56DJaXWNyQdMMFE7TVaeNL1ClYNzHijbhgeyH0OD4bnHlYjsUlguXBU8KcFTXXhIazTZ4QmX8WTrbGoXonzOXrYDclel2n_HgFFqLTrfGNCtuS1N7SGI7ye5nU8iLjs4jhNCAy3VPU2Log85dIf2vFpjkXm7GkSuDBVVNyd5iWJeu8/w640-h480/20231204_090424%20roll%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I guess we can call
it<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">only natural<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">when a toilet roll rolls into the loo<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and needs to be dried on the radiator.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCyomXK_jtgkSV_Hxb5bTA25er6VHucINnx1skOzxRTAmlD3eqGphCT_C9XX_pPCUBVsu6vpZaMWU_J4kOhXoLjwR3WfzzOtj8lxLNopPyjpd_PPHvYlhx77YzaXrJ607BCf5BMIHXwoLbFi3jscRlms_S084Jk-Xx12NRNF57sBDWifrnRH3501NcOD0/s3646/20231130_201647%20night%20sculpture%20poem%20.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3646" data-original-width="2735" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCyomXK_jtgkSV_Hxb5bTA25er6VHucINnx1skOzxRTAmlD3eqGphCT_C9XX_pPCUBVsu6vpZaMWU_J4kOhXoLjwR3WfzzOtj8lxLNopPyjpd_PPHvYlhx77YzaXrJ607BCf5BMIHXwoLbFi3jscRlms_S084Jk-Xx12NRNF57sBDWifrnRH3501NcOD0/w480-h640/20231130_201647%20night%20sculpture%20poem%20.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>This night sculpture</b>
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">may be no more than elaborately wrapped rubbish<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but I saw a Christo show today<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and that was most deliberately art.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>(Mayfair: I had just seen the Christo show at the Saatchi Gallery, featuring many artfully wrapped packages)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgda4-mHGopvWXzjiXmbAm6DTyaL1YZrdYyHyu5V0U4ltjFS-TdzRl3Gk7sWb1s-b21Ef4dMmbn67dgKIqx4YC1uhOsbPsESN1pCoHvSjLRkUD2pztr-ksMIYu9QFn2o_fxttZmxoNDVbHGxH4YyVqZjhlbvHdfonaCtFqPFo-m_EJwxCOIlFNK_eUXcIk/s3054/20231201_105305%20duckweed%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3054" data-original-width="3054" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgda4-mHGopvWXzjiXmbAm6DTyaL1YZrdYyHyu5V0U4ltjFS-TdzRl3Gk7sWb1s-b21Ef4dMmbn67dgKIqx4YC1uhOsbPsESN1pCoHvSjLRkUD2pztr-ksMIYu9QFn2o_fxttZmxoNDVbHGxH4YyVqZjhlbvHdfonaCtFqPFo-m_EJwxCOIlFNK_eUXcIk/w640-h640/20231201_105305%20duckweed%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Think how long it
would take<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to place leaves in algae<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">with the precision that a breeze brings<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">without a second’s thought.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> <i>(London Canal outside Victoria Miro Gallery, London)</i></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnd9rE6CTjL3kJpfdhMpu33NpIXDzxNeFdQcU8X1oUlo9fbK2GPZ26IUj4yoDgDH3uNqHYvmxVaNqhAErGGhGy7OSx_g6aekzkkQWKiezPu-waisa_aGSkLjpPtFY8NYnj3jeyb63kKHMYy5IC0JlgzMCRE2H0E4Y1Ywzl-7phcwiLbdw6m_W7dOfANvY/s3180/20231130_165146%20rituals%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2385" data-original-width="3180" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnd9rE6CTjL3kJpfdhMpu33NpIXDzxNeFdQcU8X1oUlo9fbK2GPZ26IUj4yoDgDH3uNqHYvmxVaNqhAErGGhGy7OSx_g6aekzkkQWKiezPu-waisa_aGSkLjpPtFY8NYnj3jeyb63kKHMYy5IC0JlgzMCRE2H0E4Y1Ywzl-7phcwiLbdw6m_W7dOfANvY/w640-h480/20231130_165146%20rituals%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">If shopping is a
ritual <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">it requires ceremonial attire.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I propose that every customer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">adopt the giant coat.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(at the Islington
branch of the cosmetics shop ‘Rituals’)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia9ol9IdUF2Atx2DKK21RX29Hmr9rFprWfvkqHq0z2yAKi1W7nCAwtdbsd5Zc7qNO8PK8AIT8rYOWOXHo7L1cPzoUJh7ymnPz1xvMrTP0R7GtRp8CNymIQUmfD7VQs44eppzVtO8rqsGjEQRDDdMlhUqXGRwrKfUeKHJ5j1sPHp8v6LeN6CLSXsW9rtPE/s3285/20231202_161226%20ballet%20poem.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2271" data-original-width="3285" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia9ol9IdUF2Atx2DKK21RX29Hmr9rFprWfvkqHq0z2yAKi1W7nCAwtdbsd5Zc7qNO8PK8AIT8rYOWOXHo7L1cPzoUJh7ymnPz1xvMrTP0R7GtRp8CNymIQUmfD7VQs44eppzVtO8rqsGjEQRDDdMlhUqXGRwrKfUeKHJ5j1sPHp8v6LeN6CLSXsW9rtPE/w640-h442/20231202_161226%20ballet%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">True, photography isn't allowed<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but if they kick me out at the final curtain, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">what will I have missed?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Anyway, it’s hardly come out.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Mayflower Theatre, Southampton)</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGuG-dr7xsKMFhPsav9EuQv9erG6zmULJw9yJ0HkUrxViCtLsODx5UZDhKV7Ae79VUOXT752-P2E4tglXVFknm2mbY5TeAW-mTRPSgGjrDDXTUkbLDVP1LlyoNiRvaEeD2UKULAM8guVzaCf0uYoMQqUop8eiWtMn9NbmB_EYFop2clzNwbMMNJG8ZLt0/s4080/20231129_060505%20palms%20poem%20.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3060" data-original-width="4080" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGuG-dr7xsKMFhPsav9EuQv9erG6zmULJw9yJ0HkUrxViCtLsODx5UZDhKV7Ae79VUOXT752-P2E4tglXVFknm2mbY5TeAW-mTRPSgGjrDDXTUkbLDVP1LlyoNiRvaEeD2UKULAM8guVzaCf0uYoMQqUop8eiWtMn9NbmB_EYFop2clzNwbMMNJG8ZLt0/w640-h480/20231129_060505%20palms%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">How far will I get<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in these trousers?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I suspect the palms<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">are just wishful thinking.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpVshZCal4obchOG03RnNDD9CxdeQtWtwgyouOW_xlMZ4Q_1lIXrkworRvVPByxSeIjCyfcY5jgwTmRyXscSOsC1GPjA1R42o-2RsDATaZOxf-tBKjGyeC8-GGZWVDGdXRF0w53KlbFM86VKrnSzq4ZlCd1-IPp-UDbLOqll4k-9AWYFjpO3cywbNAlkE/s4080/20231207_133723%20transition%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3060" data-original-width="4080" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpVshZCal4obchOG03RnNDD9CxdeQtWtwgyouOW_xlMZ4Q_1lIXrkworRvVPByxSeIjCyfcY5jgwTmRyXscSOsC1GPjA1R42o-2RsDATaZOxf-tBKjGyeC8-GGZWVDGdXRF0w53KlbFM86VKrnSzq4ZlCd1-IPp-UDbLOqll4k-9AWYFjpO3cywbNAlkE/w640-h480/20231207_133723%20transition%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Is it the same transitional thing?</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.96px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">From larva to flight mode,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.96px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">from feudal to capital <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.96px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">from dry to wet?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.96px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.96px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Pavement as rain begins, Mayfair, London)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.96px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy3Ggl-yFjyLTePRj12J_ncRVIteVVHAbv8b7TjXWf_aAiDJwKBSAa-2yyK3WVvJpRK3qfhMrOAJerSiGriNYpZ-cAYJvmTGuMBVCSKKRcT8IDxrssAcoCAfONDp2BG8vPXZ16BvO9HVcW7w2dvU9n36SUbIrPoDCpIeoC9BmE-8YE-98YHk3Sma9LIhY/s1350/art%20gaze%20250e98f12e2dbbdc1ade55667efaf805.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy3Ggl-yFjyLTePRj12J_ncRVIteVVHAbv8b7TjXWf_aAiDJwKBSAa-2yyK3WVvJpRK3qfhMrOAJerSiGriNYpZ-cAYJvmTGuMBVCSKKRcT8IDxrssAcoCAfONDp2BG8vPXZ16BvO9HVcW7w2dvU9n36SUbIrPoDCpIeoC9BmE-8YE-98YHk3Sma9LIhY/w512-h640/art%20gaze%20250e98f12e2dbbdc1ade55667efaf805.jpg" width="512" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">You can describe this<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">as looking at a picture.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Other views, doubtless,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">are available too.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.96px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Internet image - inspired by a real life incident when I realised that I might not be looking at the art) </i></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.96px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiljR6AMJTLY3qB3X6LU6OpM6YNTuHgPhp1kEpRGO-gv3W7ARdu65MOAnuIFBJXXc8lyRbVL_tJCLmTHKJjIWXqo86rwKSwXkUvU6j1zqt7qXspN-bdPn7Xq4RbvlX8uk2DJvWY5xTORYXpXrQ2tgunWceq2aSIJi5sxQraQdBw6Fhhr-tO_q4iPOJhLcY/s2995/20231128_125032%20cosham%20poem.jpg" style="font-style: italic; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2995" data-original-width="2211" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiljR6AMJTLY3qB3X6LU6OpM6YNTuHgPhp1kEpRGO-gv3W7ARdu65MOAnuIFBJXXc8lyRbVL_tJCLmTHKJjIWXqo86rwKSwXkUvU6j1zqt7qXspN-bdPn7Xq4RbvlX8uk2DJvWY5xTORYXpXrQ2tgunWceq2aSIJi5sxQraQdBw6Fhhr-tO_q4iPOJhLcY/w472-h640/20231128_125032%20cosham%20poem.jpg" width="472" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I was standing on a
roof in Cosham<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">wondering if I could leap on a tree<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">then down to the street <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to check if I needed a permit for that journey…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Cosham)</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPRCGJD4hLeeNn6aflL5gKcs66fjtuDg0WAiCxVrVOygcsOuqMirWHAqpE__ctm9pYyFU3VQrpluS74FMzuKLNqsuFV2tOYN7QPPgOTZmO4-c7upqiDNxMeKOX8C6qd-meli3ud_EzqE-8J-xKu1NkCpiV4liEcJZQRvPn-UHhVueGTa7vS3ZGvOEoEpc/s3051/20231128_125224%20cosham%20poem%20.jpg" style="font-style: italic; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3051" data-original-width="2796" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPRCGJD4hLeeNn6aflL5gKcs66fjtuDg0WAiCxVrVOygcsOuqMirWHAqpE__ctm9pYyFU3VQrpluS74FMzuKLNqsuFV2tOYN7QPPgOTZmO4-c7upqiDNxMeKOX8C6qd-meli3ud_EzqE-8J-xKu1NkCpiV4liEcJZQRvPn-UHhVueGTa7vS3ZGvOEoEpc/w586-h640/20231128_125224%20cosham%20poem%20.jpg" width="586" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">You may think they
have little need<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but what do angels do by way of relaxation?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">That's given away by the celestial glow <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">on the sign that announces their spa.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Cosham)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsfSybnVcuVdkfPQT6mtG-ZPmXQU0oB1_Nc5Nv7Npv9FFMp8Zg_xiIBK6VMkSqaTsz5Vk5xQH9F3k8gqqBjBpm05sUadmYZL_BRvm9skni431zLvyP8gCuHewVBGB0zu_-sXtQ3i4Csxbz8My299IClqndJRiq_-ddgspzsn6EPYWbcfYmFL6VFDVF5KI/s1783/20231128_125903%20cosham%20poem.jpg" style="font-style: italic; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1783" data-original-width="1783" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsfSybnVcuVdkfPQT6mtG-ZPmXQU0oB1_Nc5Nv7Npv9FFMp8Zg_xiIBK6VMkSqaTsz5Vk5xQH9F3k8gqqBjBpm05sUadmYZL_BRvm9skni431zLvyP8gCuHewVBGB0zu_-sXtQ3i4Csxbz8My299IClqndJRiq_-ddgspzsn6EPYWbcfYmFL6VFDVF5KI/w640-h640/20231128_125903%20cosham%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What’s the
difference <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">between a pedestrian, a train, a bus, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">a motorbike and a pushchair? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Trains and buses go in other directions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Cosham)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS01ClPe1cIAsAxFdLeosqbEdlLEPdxPa4jCZl6F1AAq4GKgVkuo8ZYjyB01juaiCNK6QetJ1xckzR12ywVJ314ovHWzkekz7oXb4kA3sWOkJFnohMMM39AtC8oYsWGOSGhAc4kMlTE98Wgrat6Tg6XLzPRdnV8NRHTAI9iz5O0SdVUifpJcOK7lhXYSw/s2087/20231128_125442%20cosham%20poem.jpg" style="font-style: italic; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2069" data-original-width="2087" height="634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS01ClPe1cIAsAxFdLeosqbEdlLEPdxPa4jCZl6F1AAq4GKgVkuo8ZYjyB01juaiCNK6QetJ1xckzR12ywVJ314ovHWzkekz7oXb4kA3sWOkJFnohMMM39AtC8oYsWGOSGhAc4kMlTE98Wgrat6Tg6XLzPRdnV8NRHTAI9iz5O0SdVUifpJcOK7lhXYSw/w640-h634/20231128_125442%20cosham%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">'Romance', declares
the newspaper window <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of the sort of store that is no more, 'is dead'. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Putting that in upside down <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">cannot disguise its truth.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Cosham: 'ROMANCE IS DEAD' is the most prominent headline)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi67vaKjq6adu_yB68E-XwFwAfvV0GmaHOlcfoCSWI8_k8xugyai1gtlpJ9jxLH4wugZrB1ttRi42U1QUGwqezmJcUbzSEhsPdqQory6812TYhRSfVzAM524SAh4cREHVnbL4BrIS9o8iqo55dbf61vrvZYitaDJbBdujNajcBy3N9xBRln-DHIQqEXg84/s2212/20231128_125334%20cosham%20poem.jpg" style="font-style: italic; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2212" data-original-width="2212" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi67vaKjq6adu_yB68E-XwFwAfvV0GmaHOlcfoCSWI8_k8xugyai1gtlpJ9jxLH4wugZrB1ttRi42U1QUGwqezmJcUbzSEhsPdqQory6812TYhRSfVzAM524SAh4cREHVnbL4BrIS9o8iqo55dbf61vrvZYitaDJbBdujNajcBy3N9xBRln-DHIQqEXg84/w640-h640/20231128_125334%20cosham%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I guess if she were<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">truly desperate for a widley<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">she’d be moving rather faster<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to enter the promised express.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Cosham)</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivXBGsk72criK-3tsia6BhrKnPPLbTPiXuaqnxE8SWcaRB9QruxEUmNAboBMKbNA0BP7j4TFlFQ-Bcmf8t_jG7xK2ZFHqpZem48GdxMOTH0XP8IC55B9QY7LGyLe1eOHeRVh73x5L_Un7rlhpIfI3NfA6_FDIuN7IwDVmyBielBwVObVNd544RrzuEgNc/s2303/20231128_133240%20chich%20poem.jpg" style="font-style: italic; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2303" data-original-width="2303" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivXBGsk72criK-3tsia6BhrKnPPLbTPiXuaqnxE8SWcaRB9QruxEUmNAboBMKbNA0BP7j4TFlFQ-Bcmf8t_jG7xK2ZFHqpZem48GdxMOTH0XP8IC55B9QY7LGyLe1eOHeRVh73x5L_Un7rlhpIfI3NfA6_FDIuN7IwDVmyBielBwVObVNd544RrzuEgNc/w640-h640/20231128_133240%20chich%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I'm somewhat
surprised, but why?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Is it that subway customers rarely wear sub-fusc, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">or more that <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">sub-fusc wearers rarely eat at Subway?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Chichester)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO-0gnGv4lGu9DFRtxzXZUJEswAXPJHwKto898Xc65zhf0Zzq4o8lznhghWrXZFZqnPkZTnpVr9dsc_0ed2-vIlnu47fIVdiZ3u0VUSlhADFHvg35k41_6u-gYQTBxsL4yEBEzUqJC0pZnSNJk-70xyWvKZN7nsDuYfL4FywUg1g382Wen7s6Xd3wVaSk/s2908/20231128_134506%20chich%20poem.jpg" style="font-style: italic; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2837" data-original-width="2908" height="624" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO-0gnGv4lGu9DFRtxzXZUJEswAXPJHwKto898Xc65zhf0Zzq4o8lznhghWrXZFZqnPkZTnpVr9dsc_0ed2-vIlnu47fIVdiZ3u0VUSlhADFHvg35k41_6u-gYQTBxsL4yEBEzUqJC0pZnSNJk-70xyWvKZN7nsDuYfL4FywUg1g382Wen7s6Xd3wVaSk/w640-h624/20231128_134506%20chich%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">If you want a portion
of chips<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">it’s probably best to be<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">bigger than a crow.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Or is that a jackdaw?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Chichester)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFhU76KtzCL3WQyULg_AgLrtP6Vwxq0D4Ifi2eUcL2jkZel0IXgYSv6wlCXpHoKoG_GxPJMYEII6Z6LgVNLTCL8XCskHrqRfR9WY73Eng6fYIsWRdWgXSsdq0sI0muz5JWv3TleLphDjD_5LMX9CCwQDKcI6itLFSGmHupZJlT6GGxccghm8z6B3hyphenhyphenbOg/s2891/20231128_134542%20chich%20poem.jpg" style="font-style: italic; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2891" data-original-width="2891" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFhU76KtzCL3WQyULg_AgLrtP6Vwxq0D4Ifi2eUcL2jkZel0IXgYSv6wlCXpHoKoG_GxPJMYEII6Z6LgVNLTCL8XCskHrqRfR9WY73Eng6fYIsWRdWgXSsdq0sI0muz5JWv3TleLphDjD_5LMX9CCwQDKcI6itLFSGmHupZJlT6GGxccghm8z6B3hyphenhyphenbOg/w400-h400/20231128_134542%20chich%20poem.jpg" width="400" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Whichever way they
look around<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to see if the gulls have left yet<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">these are definitely jackdaws:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">short bills, pale eyes, quite small.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Chichester: the common
British corvids ranked by ascending size are jackdaw – crow – rook - raven)</span><o:p></o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhREpOaoOFaKaCM4Hog2xc1kD-q3l0EaPdwhU9xu0rPQV6OsXSnwgltjWitNaEkVqcIIaD5JFl_P7nfFYSftGflwE7UgbpHtLuQnlpTDnhwW5XPDKvKLH3NXUoLKOPVysXQ2zYH650uBtrvKmrB1d9e3qKbCI3agOjkREy5clnsBX49Nh-nhoQM7wHULGU/s4080/20231205_102022.jpg" style="font-style: normal; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3060" data-original-width="4080" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhREpOaoOFaKaCM4Hog2xc1kD-q3l0EaPdwhU9xu0rPQV6OsXSnwgltjWitNaEkVqcIIaD5JFl_P7nfFYSftGflwE7UgbpHtLuQnlpTDnhwW5XPDKvKLH3NXUoLKOPVysXQ2zYH650uBtrvKmrB1d9e3qKbCI3agOjkREy5clnsBX49Nh-nhoQM7wHULGU/w640-h480/20231205_102022.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></i><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Wok the fuk was I doing?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I may know my onions<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and slice them just so<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but that is the incorrect pan.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC9ADysqmM-etsvQ4U6v3B7bxAGZDDCXTFrOkMtbrkoW2kRoL1xEA1ACiVS2uowhWc24qgMHRPeyfENOTLITHMvATEolg1LeJSJ_YyC7GbdWo3lkJBIod2ZNuvrNBVjNjelK8LeAVBlndcJQ3VtDu3_0Hr9ib4Y9BJ_coO7UwH_LyeoN2IktN2MBveMao/s2746/20231112_110259%20poss%20cardigan%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2197" data-original-width="2746" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC9ADysqmM-etsvQ4U6v3B7bxAGZDDCXTFrOkMtbrkoW2kRoL1xEA1ACiVS2uowhWc24qgMHRPeyfENOTLITHMvATEolg1LeJSJ_YyC7GbdWo3lkJBIod2ZNuvrNBVjNjelK8LeAVBlndcJQ3VtDu3_0Hr9ib4Y9BJ_coO7UwH_LyeoN2IktN2MBveMao/w640-h512/20231112_110259%20poss%20cardigan%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The
fence-shaped cardigan<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">has found its home.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I’m glad in a way,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">but should the home be all that it’s about?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">(Southampton)</span></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.96px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb-VnhpnHu5guZ0B0_hqO2Fi3kaCfLPlK2G4V1JpEeHAnejLkEJOOKr2lo7-JsXwqxDdSU7_-ncyOlUIt6jRuboutPnxKxBU_qaVVPBSG6-lD1eCOMdJf8daon0KWCJdThREaRXyrzb351FqKliW_K8phV8iIZh0mmvO8_yzjHV7TDO2Gvy56_r9RJEKs/s2696/20231124_154910%20wharton%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2696" data-original-width="2696" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb-VnhpnHu5guZ0B0_hqO2Fi3kaCfLPlK2G4V1JpEeHAnejLkEJOOKr2lo7-JsXwqxDdSU7_-ncyOlUIt6jRuboutPnxKxBU_qaVVPBSG6-lD1eCOMdJf8daon0KWCJdThREaRXyrzb351FqKliW_K8phV8iIZh0mmvO8_yzjHV7TDO2Gvy56_r9RJEKs/w640-h640/20231124_154910%20wharton%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.96px; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.96px; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">This Wharton<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.96px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">didn’t use to point or pose.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.96px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I reckon it’s pretty much<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.96px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Gone for a Burton.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.96px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.96px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(</i><i><span style="background: white; color: #202122; line-height: 19.08px;">Gone for a Burton: a term for meeting with disaster, popularised in the RAF during World War II)</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.96px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #202122; line-height: 19.08px;"><br /></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.96px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNFYT8mI8HLdaMT5L-WxeMUsqcixudygFhwphSkyRAyGMTwXgZPr9xqWTKR19MLsnTVTQ29C-W8jKny2hAWADMDARGRphjB6hgbZvtnPl4ffoOLdSunXd86hUH4t4dsVyY1hegZodFXjBbsiTzBUAlbf8D5fmh8pNr1Qs7uZtpQxDcH7qdUz5R0lWKsm8/s2503/20231126_132523%20face%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2503" data-original-width="2399" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNFYT8mI8HLdaMT5L-WxeMUsqcixudygFhwphSkyRAyGMTwXgZPr9xqWTKR19MLsnTVTQ29C-W8jKny2hAWADMDARGRphjB6hgbZvtnPl4ffoOLdSunXd86hUH4t4dsVyY1hegZodFXjBbsiTzBUAlbf8D5fmh8pNr1Qs7uZtpQxDcH7qdUz5R0lWKsm8/w614-h640/20231126_132523%20face%20poem%20.jpg" width="614" /></a></i></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /><span style="background: white; color: #202122; line-height: 19.08px;"><br /></span></i></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">A bug-eyed man
appeared<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">when I mopped up a spill -<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">proving, if not the existence of God,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.96px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">at least that of Homer Simpson. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(you can find online claims that, for example, seeing Jesus in a piece of toast is a<span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a;"> manifestation of God's will that proves His existence. Scientists are more likely to point to the evolutionary advantages of </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111;">quickly discerning faces and their expressions</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a;"> as the explanation for the frequency of such </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111;">pareidolia</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a;">) </span></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHiUX2hBSO_i7Vz2zZXlK5luHz_JlDRWOVGZUMQi691XOt-8AvLrBot0K6yWBmL2-VYLsuCm_r-CU6T1oMHiaMvCtXM4Z6XRgwI_hcCegkeEs-2UKGmwZu2FWWT5N-BBHFhs0839PcqkIPWhmHosV_y6DhYR9fo1ardNBZPTrIQE8IRHfki5OXv3b4Lps/s927/phones%20Screenshot%202023-11-28%20061510.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="441" data-original-width="927" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHiUX2hBSO_i7Vz2zZXlK5luHz_JlDRWOVGZUMQi691XOt-8AvLrBot0K6yWBmL2-VYLsuCm_r-CU6T1oMHiaMvCtXM4Z6XRgwI_hcCegkeEs-2UKGmwZu2FWWT5N-BBHFhs0839PcqkIPWhmHosV_y6DhYR9fo1ardNBZPTrIQE8IRHfki5OXv3b4Lps/w640-h304/phones%20Screenshot%202023-11-28%20061510.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I do not
doubt<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that mobile phones are all that they’re cracked up to be,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but sometimes I want to go back in time <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and they’re no help with that.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(The central phone is mine after I tripped up and found I had installed the ‘Spiderman Ap’. Go
back to the 1980’s, and you’d reach a mobile-free era) <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgbgiL4HXnY3KZumYPS5_5ng8as2lPsAlyf5ENquGQCdw71hejkk2SbUR4okEHrS6ij9NDd6K9vgVpG5V8fmi80UalninsZK6gpM_sJy4Gso6ONStA1_iE7Xv83Z8KpkN75OJ2LmFIhEAK62nYhGRzTTL21KExSicYD8rhBsDKWb2XeCu7ninYAcIbNLg/s2398/20231123_155523%20leaf%20precise%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2398" data-original-width="2001" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgbgiL4HXnY3KZumYPS5_5ng8as2lPsAlyf5ENquGQCdw71hejkk2SbUR4okEHrS6ij9NDd6K9vgVpG5V8fmi80UalninsZK6gpM_sJy4Gso6ONStA1_iE7Xv83Z8KpkN75OJ2LmFIhEAK62nYhGRzTTL21KExSicYD8rhBsDKWb2XeCu7ninYAcIbNLg/w534-h640/20231123_155523%20leaf%20precise%20poem.jpg" width="534" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I like a little crisp
delineation <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I like a
little clear enunciation. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I like to
play with accumulation,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">with what
a lot of small thoughts might amount to…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Peckham,
London)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIRzgd1DmfIYtxTbRhp3rprTbptopRdM9reBrwv_xBRbTmY3kWWkI5qdKnJEUGB_GAnCBcetLTvA0bvym5H9yJE8EMxQQ-nbzTxOpXDEoW4c6gQ75LK3VUn3a-HYcNNUNVKRgnLbaqTRLpi3sv9FPrfRWcG_585Xa_Gxf7PA8wz0S1h5IZB04jrBrRTyQ/s4080/20231123_162100%20injured%20pole%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3060" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIRzgd1DmfIYtxTbRhp3rprTbptopRdM9reBrwv_xBRbTmY3kWWkI5qdKnJEUGB_GAnCBcetLTvA0bvym5H9yJE8EMxQQ-nbzTxOpXDEoW4c6gQ75LK3VUn3a-HYcNNUNVKRgnLbaqTRLpi3sv9FPrfRWcG_585Xa_Gxf7PA8wz0S1h5IZB04jrBrRTyQ/w480-h640/20231123_162100%20injured%20pole%20poem.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">When a pole pulls a
muscle<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the problem it faces is how to follow the standard
advice:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Rest is OK, and Ice might be applied,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but what of Compression and Elevation?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Peckham, London. RICE
is the acronym for dealing with muscle injuries: Rest: Immobilization prevents
further injury and gives the body time to recover. Ice: Cold reduces pain by numbing
the affected area. Compression: Pressure keeps swelling under control.
Elevation: Keeping the injured body part above the heart reduces swelling and
the associated pain and discomfort.)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8pAAnRcCAyFRs1sX7XEcyOsiQueJ9I9_vrwNtqGQEeN7GjqhoSKULh2xMv93KUsvolcFvx4hiEZM0qMiBKbJz_wUpTkBM8mCADHimKlTq5so2uiCJln5_DKt58ZJx0wNhxKtwqQ0zdaxM6iH50GuKPcbAaE9UqXWeNsAJR6jj8Cbghg6ahepskegQXjU/s4080/20231122_132013%20poem%20crash.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3060" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8pAAnRcCAyFRs1sX7XEcyOsiQueJ9I9_vrwNtqGQEeN7GjqhoSKULh2xMv93KUsvolcFvx4hiEZM0qMiBKbJz_wUpTkBM8mCADHimKlTq5so2uiCJln5_DKt58ZJx0wNhxKtwqQ0zdaxM6iH50GuKPcbAaE9UqXWeNsAJR6jj8Cbghg6ahepskegQXjU/w480-h640/20231122_132013%20poem%20crash.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Here's how to drive <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">into a
traffic sign: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">hard
enough for sculptural impact, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">not so
hard you knock it flat.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(South Kensington, London)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC8RTWSyb1fjtuQFDscK_c1Gvi3yvAMaBFKbEpMyT0d-piFRY40VMr5f79tl9eYhqELn_3JBC6KxCLp18EGJYU_6I-H3HKuM2b4DCqa1I3dH4OGsLMWlazzoDZmNW0UPYstB_yIZeD-tiTRPr7U4Fg6BjYrcVKKFSiSKC7fOZDzb2gx5uJr-FCirKWkzQ/s976/phone%20_118001506_gettyimages-156535022-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="549" data-original-width="976" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC8RTWSyb1fjtuQFDscK_c1Gvi3yvAMaBFKbEpMyT0d-piFRY40VMr5f79tl9eYhqELn_3JBC6KxCLp18EGJYU_6I-H3HKuM2b4DCqa1I3dH4OGsLMWlazzoDZmNW0UPYstB_yIZeD-tiTRPr7U4Fg6BjYrcVKKFSiSKC7fOZDzb2gx5uJr-FCirKWkzQ/w640-h360/phone%20_118001506_gettyimages-156535022-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">'Because', she exclaims <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">'I didn't
expect you to be such a fucking arsehole!'<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">But it's
OK: she can't be talking to me<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">or my
phone would have rung...<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Gloucester Road, London - image is from online search: I didn't see the speaker let alone photograph her. It was - surprisingly? - hard to find an image of a non-smiling woman using a phone while walking down the street...)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Wycykw17QZXcOI-ntkZDPUquu-DcTnfYuVxyPvG6FeF_D-uDgis5knMI-dKT7k8rsK5eMlGZtlM76ZfeXs6EnvSUX_sBIMN7klAHWegmFWR0sFyjLeMJFoVazttFTaLW9yeYw0zpKq2MNjO_tEfUfrwsyG2oV0_D927WM5YxRAIvR1O97vwiNkGtedM/s3362/20231123_161726%20penguin%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2521" data-original-width="3362" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Wycykw17QZXcOI-ntkZDPUquu-DcTnfYuVxyPvG6FeF_D-uDgis5knMI-dKT7k8rsK5eMlGZtlM76ZfeXs6EnvSUX_sBIMN7klAHWegmFWR0sFyjLeMJFoVazttFTaLW9yeYw0zpKq2MNjO_tEfUfrwsyG2oV0_D927WM5YxRAIvR1O97vwiNkGtedM/w640-h480/20231123_161726%20penguin%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">You'd expect two penguins
stranded in Peckham<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to talk
about global warming,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">yet I
suspect this pair of merely <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">working
out who’s doing the bins.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Peckham,
London)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUNMAwoVDZNUlVu7ulv_ixd2jFxi1GgtUS6S_-CRJ_NODhbYXe4dP99I9HDyClAMHOddas9pvOY3TLgBW84wqN2XHjLPdZwaCfPzOCYSA7b8ug_GWw4X30Fw1Jd8PXxSTH63xHcaMm4drIynXNn_c9BHywBFHXLOADFL-ixB6JJVuRJkui3Xq4Mg2K80g/s2304/20231125_071321%20jugg%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1728" data-original-width="2304" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUNMAwoVDZNUlVu7ulv_ixd2jFxi1GgtUS6S_-CRJ_NODhbYXe4dP99I9HDyClAMHOddas9pvOY3TLgBW84wqN2XHjLPdZwaCfPzOCYSA7b8ug_GWw4X30Fw1Jd8PXxSTH63xHcaMm4drIynXNn_c9BHywBFHXLOADFL-ixB6JJVuRJkui3Xq4Mg2K80g/w640-h480/20231125_071321%20jugg%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.96px; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Just when I thought things were jugglygong<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.96px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I felt a bit squiggly<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.96px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and couldn’t fatoolly carruble<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 19.26px;">what was fistering on. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd8rgc7fDXuLKaKerNkcbuVB6PV3jDsxMSzCEZ9P3OHFCGD_cRYDC3eNMreydvcxnuHKEwBSGMApXL5FBWuVHN5feaYNTQZNyHEaxYHLOXVW_I_yUTw7s5Qlfl8d-Z5N1GHVubhOneJxRiPY3hZvsVwaiy2Y97lJGudy-lIwweWAPaO-wKZhSGe09I9hk/s1131/Socrates%20creenshot%202023-11-25%20061128.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="846" data-original-width="1131" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd8rgc7fDXuLKaKerNkcbuVB6PV3jDsxMSzCEZ9P3OHFCGD_cRYDC3eNMreydvcxnuHKEwBSGMApXL5FBWuVHN5feaYNTQZNyHEaxYHLOXVW_I_yUTw7s5Qlfl8d-Z5N1GHVubhOneJxRiPY3hZvsVwaiy2Y97lJGudy-lIwweWAPaO-wKZhSGe09I9hk/w640-h478/Socrates%20creenshot%202023-11-25%20061128.png" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I've been introduced<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">as 'the
man who knows everything'.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">One thing
I do know:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that
isn't true. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><i><span style="color: #393939;">(This statue of Socrates was unveiled in 1885
outside the National Academy building in Athens. It was sculpted by the Italian
sculptor Piccarelli, following a model by </span></i><i><span style="color: #333333;">Leonidas
Drosis (1843-1884), who conceived the elaborate overall scheme of statuary. But
I guess everyone knows that… Here's a </span></i></span><i><span style="color: #333333;">Socratic </span></i><span><i><span style="color: #333333;">fragment: </span></i></span><span style="color: #242424; font-style: italic; letter-spacing: -0.06px; text-align: start;">“I am wiser than this man, for neither of us appears to know anything great and good; but he fancies he knows something although he knows nothing; whereas I, as I do not know anything, so I do not fancy I do.”</span><i><span style="color: #333333;"> )</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 106%; outline: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilkb0h4z3qFfeHRG7eugEFOcJNYC-uJJhxiF3yhOBRGuaYio4LzZDjwZXfDlF3bI5Bz8mmZVjYljIThBbng8HJ75Jdn5gEV_C13zO6urTMofpUu2xCjOun3VoVs3_YIH3y9o8p8nWkNh1AONow5O-F-yyRMUekJHwOGIeQXF_qMwzTNNf_-FDO79DoCPI/s2992/20231117_131721%20taps%20poem%20.jpg" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2992" data-original-width="2992" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilkb0h4z3qFfeHRG7eugEFOcJNYC-uJJhxiF3yhOBRGuaYio4LzZDjwZXfDlF3bI5Bz8mmZVjYljIThBbng8HJ75Jdn5gEV_C13zO6urTMofpUu2xCjOun3VoVs3_YIH3y9o8p8nWkNh1AONow5O-F-yyRMUekJHwOGIeQXF_qMwzTNNf_-FDO79DoCPI/w640-h640/20231117_131721%20taps%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Distinctions wash over me<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in this
intermediate place:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Is it
that some flowers are tissues<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">or more
that some tissues are flowers?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">(Koelnmesse, Cologne)</span></i></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"> </span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%;"><o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBqPEBCmyMpQ5d5pF-l_hz0neB84cQvypENFO8yFB2ueuEZbYv25xMJDXZ8or09h9IE1AFPHxcZmtwnilU-WN3iKGSen3RabcBpmwUtAoRem0dyVky-Km8391YsS1UgisLNW5Hi0M-fjc5LPcwk_lMpAJOaekSo0GqLDXg4CzVJv3iyZbYPIwyQobpisw/s3237/20231118_141805%20mushroom%20poem.jpg" style="background-color: white; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3237" data-original-width="2976" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBqPEBCmyMpQ5d5pF-l_hz0neB84cQvypENFO8yFB2ueuEZbYv25xMJDXZ8or09h9IE1AFPHxcZmtwnilU-WN3iKGSen3RabcBpmwUtAoRem0dyVky-Km8391YsS1UgisLNW5Hi0M-fjc5LPcwk_lMpAJOaekSo0GqLDXg4CzVJv3iyZbYPIwyQobpisw/w588-h640/20231118_141805%20mushroom%20poem.jpg" width="588" /></a> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Two minutes to go</b> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">When the mushroom<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Reaches 3.15<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the dancing will begin.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><i style="color: black;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Cologne)</span></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="background: white;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white;"></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjcWrAP68nHyE0CyPGX0vCg6s7jtE-imkh6Ao4hsg5r8umutGUGXsDykImatGvQ1SiSQUvMgz-pe_PqS-0JfSupJCjGyRFl6eCFG9at41IamTXHuGITH4LiF4erDIiZTgV4qAWaKTdwtdxfZvRvg1wDsPS8_JpjUdwKXc5G64Gn-a0sB2NANPziaNJ7qQ/s2701/20231118_143602%20holes%20poem.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2358" data-original-width="2701" height="558" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjcWrAP68nHyE0CyPGX0vCg6s7jtE-imkh6Ao4hsg5r8umutGUGXsDykImatGvQ1SiSQUvMgz-pe_PqS-0JfSupJCjGyRFl6eCFG9at41IamTXHuGITH4LiF4erDIiZTgV4qAWaKTdwtdxfZvRvg1wDsPS8_JpjUdwKXc5G64Gn-a0sB2NANPziaNJ7qQ/w640-h558/20231118_143602%20holes%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
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<!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">These are
my selected <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">holes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Please ignore <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">what's in between them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><i style="color: black;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Cologne)</span></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><i style="color: black;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;"></span></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><i style="color: black;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;"><br /></span></i></span></div><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><i style="color: black;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwYRE5bhx6fyOaZI2BLB1GKkriQIKJXFSPA5IcMcuASJ2ca2i-UMzF6LTq1TyAhyLGbIqqPngBCTsZEz1gZrcDMrUlKyj6sVSFZm4YvCUOKQ-9Z7PoapN_XdviGBW25sjYMtNi_w9Y7WbprPZo0l4y9mv2BAuqSL6WDjIGdcu4caHM8VsUQXiUjJPCBK4/s2230/20231117_162153%20sea%20poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2081" data-original-width="2230" height="598" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwYRE5bhx6fyOaZI2BLB1GKkriQIKJXFSPA5IcMcuASJ2ca2i-UMzF6LTq1TyAhyLGbIqqPngBCTsZEz1gZrcDMrUlKyj6sVSFZm4YvCUOKQ-9Z7PoapN_XdviGBW25sjYMtNi_w9Y7WbprPZo0l4y9mv2BAuqSL6WDjIGdcu4caHM8VsUQXiUjJPCBK4/w640-h598/20231117_162153%20sea%20poss.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></i></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Just as rivers run to the sea<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">my urine flows into the blue<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and would be on its way to the beach<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">were this the UK.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(</i></span></span><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Koelnmesse, </span></i><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Cologne: British water companies have recently been notorious for illegally discharging large volumes of sewage into the sea. Germany does better through thermal treatment and agricultural reuse.)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><i style="color: black;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQOJ0maSZkFttvRHml0MyIs485HpT-zMjoHPENN4hDKVX2FJeRHZhx1XgXB8cA1TsytL52j3mUVYKwPasggqGaPjVvdILyFZkv_PaHVk6lcSIKBjqsTI3uMiS57hguHjgiihRPG5s4VOfrUt7vt6qeAwYkjSWY8pFU7oOfnbDoKqK5tVQt5ZTenwOskbo/s2411/20231115_090331%20urchin%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2262" data-original-width="2411" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQOJ0maSZkFttvRHml0MyIs485HpT-zMjoHPENN4hDKVX2FJeRHZhx1XgXB8cA1TsytL52j3mUVYKwPasggqGaPjVvdILyFZkv_PaHVk6lcSIKBjqsTI3uMiS57hguHjgiihRPG5s4VOfrUt7vt6qeAwYkjSWY8pFU7oOfnbDoKqK5tVQt5ZTenwOskbo/w640-h600/20231115_090331%20urchin%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Cleaner!
cleaner!<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">There's an urchin in my urinal!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Keep quiet sir,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">or even the ladies will want one.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(</span></span></i><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Koelnmesse, Cologne: impressively, perhaps, each set of urinals has differently-coloured grilles. There is also green.)</span></i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuFqG_xhQl2FFMekG-AYMQ28t5Nc9rrGOZVdla6irZHD-CzpC_PXeSWTJj9BSEdObzdg6BjByNyMomX988iNN7Z5kM37hyphenhyphenqkU9H1ZUbr5fhwK1Zf1bHB2GoHw_ZPXev5OR9-oY2zpEgaF76zB8nbCSTWZjnIK0N3hLmMZT6kn3Sfr_xRxEdUB6qwExdQ8/s3514/20231118_105218%20leaf%20hole%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3514" data-original-width="2635" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuFqG_xhQl2FFMekG-AYMQ28t5Nc9rrGOZVdla6irZHD-CzpC_PXeSWTJj9BSEdObzdg6BjByNyMomX988iNN7Z5kM37hyphenhyphenqkU9H1ZUbr5fhwK1Zf1bHB2GoHw_ZPXev5OR9-oY2zpEgaF76zB8nbCSTWZjnIK0N3hLmMZT6kn3Sfr_xRxEdUB6qwExdQ8/w480-h640/20231118_105218%20leaf%20hole%20poem.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I did
wonder<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">what those holes were for.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It's a bit of a waste <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to use them for air.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><i style="color: black;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Cologne)</span></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEtoW236EK218Q2ozl3ulVVkxmCghSeA6zu0ARvSGTC9aYSlSz1MV0a3k5KxLjQI_jwzry-eK9E5ELZaG8WQOTFG4ZvSXzjWLuh6ZUM0mRDWQ74CAO9_PEsKbvY3sRRLdA6Geql2lrC3YcM-98ws6p0gWONQGxcwTwet4ZViZDXGTMjfdYxg7J4grXQak/s1794/20231116_111525%20leaf%20dot%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1794" data-original-width="1794" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEtoW236EK218Q2ozl3ulVVkxmCghSeA6zu0ARvSGTC9aYSlSz1MV0a3k5KxLjQI_jwzry-eK9E5ELZaG8WQOTFG4ZvSXzjWLuh6ZUM0mRDWQ74CAO9_PEsKbvY3sRRLdA6Geql2lrC3YcM-98ws6p0gWONQGxcwTwet4ZViZDXGTMjfdYxg7J4grXQak/w640-h640/20231116_111525%20leaf%20dot%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">In the
land of little leaves<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the incursion of a bright blue dot<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">doesn't simply mark the spot:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">it ranks as a significant event.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><i style="color: black;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Cologne)</span></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy-sPW4GBpi0crEeVPOctnmKB7kNx0ICOuCPA0Imf-gfZJXmoiyonJ3x3xYfRAjHZpBx9Q_nYUFV_ivplPL-dQHZJrNS42G9P_asJ3ARbtWCVEyCL7V4a4nWEm76e-3eTIGcMn7rHXwIwky87Hpi1Tmo0hJGXVZZRY0XS0MyRw4kTXe3wXZN3IetUd4zM/s757/mice%20poem%20Screenshot%202023-11-18%20205621.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="757" data-original-width="748" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy-sPW4GBpi0crEeVPOctnmKB7kNx0ICOuCPA0Imf-gfZJXmoiyonJ3x3xYfRAjHZpBx9Q_nYUFV_ivplPL-dQHZJrNS42G9P_asJ3ARbtWCVEyCL7V4a4nWEm76e-3eTIGcMn7rHXwIwky87Hpi1Tmo0hJGXVZZRY0XS0MyRw4kTXe3wXZN3IetUd4zM/w632-h640/mice%20poem%20Screenshot%202023-11-18%20205621.png" width="632" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /> <o:p></o:p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The
nightmouse does <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">what nightmice do:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">dance around when no-one's looking -<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">or so they believe.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><i style="color: black;"><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Cologne)</span></span></i></div></i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSBr3pPP2UlJIYzLawBqiJErVLcQl9bLBSvhaPJN1sD4SLG3qNk4SmhdLQCzTZJiYbW8x6jhrhJ0msLMwyyNBdhubGWFkIvMRn90SCPA3Pa067aA9owt5U2bk7OeyzSCx4wyuAT339IRTm-amxmtga8oIliVxlQ7pKXIQ4s3zI0WAxHQLzNEBIHg0nWEM/s3010/20231118_11001%20cake%20poem%200.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3010" data-original-width="2879" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSBr3pPP2UlJIYzLawBqiJErVLcQl9bLBSvhaPJN1sD4SLG3qNk4SmhdLQCzTZJiYbW8x6jhrhJ0msLMwyyNBdhubGWFkIvMRn90SCPA3Pa067aA9owt5U2bk7OeyzSCx4wyuAT339IRTm-amxmtga8oIliVxlQ7pKXIQ4s3zI0WAxHQLzNEBIHg0nWEM/w612-h640/20231118_11001%20cake%20poem%200.jpg" width="612" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"> </span></div><o:p></o:p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I cannot
commend these German cakes <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">on grounds of health, <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">or indeed economy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Shame about the taste.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><i style="color: black;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Cologne)</span></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJTiAGVUdfPNseKiEAyAjiABw9UP50kuxfguf36UMtIZpV0i6f06bXIFxkwpgijc3XGeLpGDd-5QzSanDgHbK_kyX1wqeBy3Rdc_IyJLmTO0yyEtKxtCAmTo_GVp19jhdkcfddSn3VVjwgJcKhKpGXQHI9wZhh9uvyyOF8ipAnWO9x5l9NnWYwN2F4N6o/s2319/20231116_102719%20box%20poem.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2319" data-original-width="2319" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJTiAGVUdfPNseKiEAyAjiABw9UP50kuxfguf36UMtIZpV0i6f06bXIFxkwpgijc3XGeLpGDd-5QzSanDgHbK_kyX1wqeBy3Rdc_IyJLmTO0yyEtKxtCAmTo_GVp19jhdkcfddSn3VVjwgJcKhKpGXQHI9wZhh9uvyyOF8ipAnWO9x5l9NnWYwN2F4N6o/w640-h640/20231116_102719%20box%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">They have
the world boxed up round here<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">You're in that brown one -<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but when it comes to difficult matters <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">we're in them all together.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><i style="color: black;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Cologne)</span></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvgr1kcWqpZLiRgbPjSunDLZ2TW0ja8p-e3uv2T9p2jO1yldF5GuihY_5qc6MEGFhuJ8Dus3_CAzIsczY7k_HTBLfLiKL-A-3ZPYVAbguCV7i01hR-3BIoM0Qzu4k0YSvyIngCvHSMCVhJqWyH2XKI1c41Sq_8kPXFvLKHRI0wsmD1BMQN8N_063SJoRI/s1434/20231116_100621%20gold%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1434" data-original-width="1434" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvgr1kcWqpZLiRgbPjSunDLZ2TW0ja8p-e3uv2T9p2jO1yldF5GuihY_5qc6MEGFhuJ8Dus3_CAzIsczY7k_HTBLfLiKL-A-3ZPYVAbguCV7i01hR-3BIoM0Qzu4k0YSvyIngCvHSMCVhJqWyH2XKI1c41Sq_8kPXFvLKHRI0wsmD1BMQN8N_063SJoRI/w640-h640/20231116_100621%20gold%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><o:p></o:p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Beneath the golden overhead</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">sits<b> </b>a woman with golden hair.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I'm waiting for the golden age<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of minimum despair. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><i style="color: black;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Cologne)</span></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjddRTt4U_vkxG3zSFs126HOe7hLl-nN5miHh9eJ-gvsqG2o9zokYSfF_6amB_kHOj41Q-LLc3I5v0G6WNzxy61s5XUrKCRHBDhLvcbJCxpFnGqvx3w_HrvxvexBKG5T3xxy6uvyn5E3CesxvnzdBGieDbRuuvmTSh6sgT_vOJhkAj5D0eCfeb8O7u8szM/s2431/20231126_111518over%20tree%20poem%20.jpg" style="background-color: white; font-style: italic; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1944" data-original-width="2431" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjddRTt4U_vkxG3zSFs126HOe7hLl-nN5miHh9eJ-gvsqG2o9zokYSfF_6amB_kHOj41Q-LLc3I5v0G6WNzxy61s5XUrKCRHBDhLvcbJCxpFnGqvx3w_HrvxvexBKG5T3xxy6uvyn5E3CesxvnzdBGieDbRuuvmTSh6sgT_vOJhkAj5D0eCfeb8O7u8szM/w400-h320/20231126_111518over%20tree%20poem%20.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyZGnX1kquR3HbSCnatIWXrRx4lW14XOXsb0wEnzi0zLo6jF_XZCNWSSycQYTbWTswPZrt3eokuTLUcw6suAWIqwiPXhHJ1kkgiTZZhZmTrYL6rfd0-Wb5f3wY1rXF9CiPaUuDMcAg3Fm91v7DWWQ7UUsIwMbYMcAY_jod2XenoZT2Uue19oo36ojpemY/s4000/20231118_140955%20gravity%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyZGnX1kquR3HbSCnatIWXrRx4lW14XOXsb0wEnzi0zLo6jF_XZCNWSSycQYTbWTswPZrt3eokuTLUcw6suAWIqwiPXhHJ1kkgiTZZhZmTrYL6rfd0-Wb5f3wY1rXF9CiPaUuDMcAg3Fm91v7DWWQ7UUsIwMbYMcAY_jod2XenoZT2Uue19oo36ojpemY/w300-h400/20231118_140955%20gravity%20poem.jpg" width="300" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><o:p></o:p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What is
the cause <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and what the effect? <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I suppose it depends <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">on the direction of gravity.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><i style="color: black;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(New Forest / Cologne)</span></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><i style="color: black;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><i style="color: black;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;"></span></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><i style="color: black;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;"><br /></span></i></span></div><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><i style="color: black;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></i></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><i style="color: black;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9QG7hH2HQDKPnH0nIDEfruMiKzV4V4LaQkSHgcTuBMhoNdefMvwyHoM0q_mCOaIVeeW_TvgnRpESXuwWhAZRYVMSmIc8fu0otV_16r8Te3e7CXp66BVhjhsto7ycWKI0P4Zmy_Ry1z6n__sigNigwTBvigLkxakXUXBTac2zO_tP7lPMhXSfy_tIBb1Q/s2958/20231118_135729%20bike%20sign%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2958" data-original-width="2219" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9QG7hH2HQDKPnH0nIDEfruMiKzV4V4LaQkSHgcTuBMhoNdefMvwyHoM0q_mCOaIVeeW_TvgnRpESXuwWhAZRYVMSmIc8fu0otV_16r8Te3e7CXp66BVhjhsto7ycWKI0P4Zmy_Ry1z6n__sigNigwTBvigLkxakXUXBTac2zO_tP7lPMhXSfy_tIBb1Q/w480-h640/20231118_135729%20bike%20sign%20poem%20.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What does
this mean? <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Cyclists must not disturb the leaves <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">or else should keep beneath them<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">or should take care not to skid. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="background: white;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Cologne)</span></span></i></div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
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<!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Are you
Willy as in Wurst?’ <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I asked ‘or Bobby of the Bar?’ <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">His reply, not unexpectedly, <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">was ‘Neither’. He was Frank.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Cologne)</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjylF6pqi88UWVzF_oFXZJ1EPHZbyVfGQnxmtGUdIazatwiwIW38mpbuJIwz2c48ymdVVWEG9P9FPQVPDoLY05J3kwE44WMRqoZZr_Wwf022a1Vajz8VIJ4FZv-S_FAEVz4_zeqvJ5RgIX0Z5Nf0SCnEsjWSfWX8v3QTSZclZZMQDp2MUnEtEwKDnD1Fk/s2992/20231112_100729%20sky%20poem.jpg" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2992" data-original-width="2992" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjylF6pqi88UWVzF_oFXZJ1EPHZbyVfGQnxmtGUdIazatwiwIW38mpbuJIwz2c48ymdVVWEG9P9FPQVPDoLY05J3kwE44WMRqoZZr_Wwf022a1Vajz8VIJ4FZv-S_FAEVz4_zeqvJ5RgIX0Z5Nf0SCnEsjWSfWX8v3QTSZclZZMQDp2MUnEtEwKDnD1Fk/w640-h640/20231112_100729%20sky%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It may not look like much from here<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">but there's plenty up there:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">two trillion galaxies<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">each with an average of 400 billion stars.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">(Those are the figures for the known universe, probably just a small part of the total)</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPuDYJkLrmoYT1JGiVyU3zkyKGsn6eEYFGVgeb4VzPgq-xdxv99cvF8dbBOAwzSFz0D1_yjzSqjSTVlGIXtlSPSdSiRhS0DGJ-jOb1aRLY2iUQz1GouJIjOmZaJSzmp8UfeVjRzlJ9_u_mnwOu5_1anZCvkRAgx6r7yUkUfafIaOVJw__OmbSx8sLVyT8/s2835/20231114_093358.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2835" data-original-width="2609" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPuDYJkLrmoYT1JGiVyU3zkyKGsn6eEYFGVgeb4VzPgq-xdxv99cvF8dbBOAwzSFz0D1_yjzSqjSTVlGIXtlSPSdSiRhS0DGJ-jOb1aRLY2iUQz1GouJIjOmZaJSzmp8UfeVjRzlJ9_u_mnwOu5_1anZCvkRAgx6r7yUkUfafIaOVJw__OmbSx8sLVyT8/w588-h640/20231114_093358.jpg" width="588" /></a></div><br /> </span></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">This one-armed man <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">is just the ticket<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">from a cloakroom,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">one arm raised to request my bag. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i>(London)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTAvveiG3Dk5CjuASU3GyHma3lV56fXgCUYSZLOoBcS3EeiyvUeqVAXoEBPM2SnNWNgdWy-UvHSMU2J0kmqgt_-ysQ9wvNA3ViwgyvkiOJEdkiZaPCHumIwksSXNJJanxAT-lVb_u98XIW8JZfoWPoG09UE7MTUP-p-0dLVUZMitnK6KVmX7S8Lxv1688/s1971/20231111_123746%20sex%20poem.jpg" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1971" data-original-width="1577" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTAvveiG3Dk5CjuASU3GyHma3lV56fXgCUYSZLOoBcS3EeiyvUeqVAXoEBPM2SnNWNgdWy-UvHSMU2J0kmqgt_-ysQ9wvNA3ViwgyvkiOJEdkiZaPCHumIwksSXNJJanxAT-lVb_u98XIW8JZfoWPoG09UE7MTUP-p-0dLVUZMitnK6KVmX7S8Lxv1688/w512-h640/20231111_123746%20sex%20poem.jpg" width="512" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Some people<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">can find sex anywhere.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You may even<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">be capable of it yourself.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfW3zcS6lkLbBARIvhn7y14M_OWYfRs9rEcabs2wOae4GTj3INav9kv6iwLS7c4P06-RxKmM0G7hvYTytaMvzmwBB7V0bLmDuZwya8wiyRunKsmWsPLNoGuRtXix7c2LCRkz-JnIelZenKckC3vc-xJMCi5HxTMWUnZISEOP-YbbfJnOKqnEQRrN125FY/s2191/20231112_105825come%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1753" data-original-width="2191" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfW3zcS6lkLbBARIvhn7y14M_OWYfRs9rEcabs2wOae4GTj3INav9kv6iwLS7c4P06-RxKmM0G7hvYTytaMvzmwBB7V0bLmDuZwya8wiyRunKsmWsPLNoGuRtXix7c2LCRkz-JnIelZenKckC3vc-xJMCi5HxTMWUnZISEOP-YbbfJnOKqnEQRrN125FY/w640-h512/20231112_105825come%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>To be a parking anarchist </b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I guess you need to be sure that what comes next will be
better <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm not there yet <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I may be given time and the right annoyance.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i>(Southampton)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Here is where</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">we might go round the longer way <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">and cross the road above the ground <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">if that's okay with you.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Southampton)</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsiu72IDmYGHejsF5j0kQvTh-jCsGdILxdo3bkWYS-ht2-P9bDGW76HPRMvGiAvEW8Ot-pN9rgg3DujroeGtMImYsba6-K3jSkWGXZE8ryzujuclL1_nQb1i94FfEQxp653-_EMYsZ-TGye8zzzwGQUgBGdcCKLmxQp9949GkpWsz78xAdvTJaPUasxpk/s780/main_Couple-On-Phones.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="373" data-original-width="780" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsiu72IDmYGHejsF5j0kQvTh-jCsGdILxdo3bkWYS-ht2-P9bDGW76HPRMvGiAvEW8Ot-pN9rgg3DujroeGtMImYsba6-K3jSkWGXZE8ryzujuclL1_nQb1i94FfEQxp653-_EMYsZ-TGye8zzzwGQUgBGdcCKLmxQp9949GkpWsz78xAdvTJaPUasxpk/w640-h306/main_Couple-On-Phones.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">I realise it’s the
modern way<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">and I know they haven’t got that far<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">but I still maintain that’s it’s rude to text<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">during sex.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_121" o:spid="_x0000_i1036" style="font-family: inherit; height: 170.5pt; visibility: visible; width: 127pt;" type="#_x0000_t75">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8EnR0JH0-1rESddDbEk5uP1wi9qlaJtqsEr1bLEhDv_D755M2LLj9609QlRo_3J2YCn2GwpQAqFbMPgxu8zNu6qhV1GXS97oN8IoPdHVPhzvs78QH8U3lZKvvdAq_uqmoPZUY9ibGpsLSijEMK7cTOCOHYrXDz-JCdr0Q5WXUObZFINUFTBmBLmiUCuQ/s987/Screenshot%202023-11-12%20071210%20leaf%20poem.png" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="655" data-original-width="987" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8EnR0JH0-1rESddDbEk5uP1wi9qlaJtqsEr1bLEhDv_D755M2LLj9609QlRo_3J2YCn2GwpQAqFbMPgxu8zNu6qhV1GXS97oN8IoPdHVPhzvs78QH8U3lZKvvdAq_uqmoPZUY9ibGpsLSijEMK7cTOCOHYrXDz-JCdr0Q5WXUObZFINUFTBmBLmiUCuQ/w640-h424/Screenshot%202023-11-12%20071210%20leaf%20poem.png" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When a
leaf comes to die <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">on the hard damp squash of the pavement <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">what does it reckon its purpose has been? <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Was it enough to reach the ground?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">(Marylebone,
London)<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDz7QsCUu-HtNRWdkCzR1Z3Ys43anJEsJAQCT4Bn8N4SJZY3QfV_5wjFyuXOvXVprbax_lsXunuuK7rZRXGBw-7eEijbUiIh6ovS9fA2GFLXop6C73mXD6Na825_mWc0fUDKGJ63sJnIYJIHssMlpK3yeAY4K4m94umMfws-k-B2-_JIehz1Y9RlkQa-c/s2062/20231110_170232%20pre-xmas%20poem.jpg" style="background-color: white; font-size: x-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2062" data-original-width="1546" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDz7QsCUu-HtNRWdkCzR1Z3Ys43anJEsJAQCT4Bn8N4SJZY3QfV_5wjFyuXOvXVprbax_lsXunuuK7rZRXGBw-7eEijbUiIh6ovS9fA2GFLXop6C73mXD6Na825_mWc0fUDKGJ63sJnIYJIHssMlpK3yeAY4K4m94umMfws-k-B2-_JIehz1Y9RlkQa-c/w480-h640/20231110_170232%20pre-xmas%20poem.jpg" width="480" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I don’t
wait till Christmas Eve<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">to buy any presents, <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">but I just can't get the festive season into focus <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">before December.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">(Fitzrovia,
London)<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiOnFG2g_xqeu-hOKnoee-gmy8WJiqxDhhexSkp7qSelgWK4epFB4PjTFbzx4tVMgUupd88MGN5_St4UI3fYYRw9qXFNpJD4gS7MiuS5xdDvBdeWzb0CNUx3ghm8Be2kaD6SGhGSFZu58egH7Xglb0w7ANCZIvioDaQ9x296DFREeJ-B9DhT9QgPqbXuM/s2992/20231109_204349%20morgan%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2992" data-original-width="2992" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiOnFG2g_xqeu-hOKnoee-gmy8WJiqxDhhexSkp7qSelgWK4epFB4PjTFbzx4tVMgUupd88MGN5_St4UI3fYYRw9qXFNpJD4gS7MiuS5xdDvBdeWzb0CNUx3ghm8Be2kaD6SGhGSFZu58egH7Xglb0w7ANCZIvioDaQ9x296DFREeJ-B9DhT9QgPqbXuM/w640-h640/20231109_204349%20morgan%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">JP
Morgan, 21.20<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Either the staff are working as long as their managers hope -<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">while cautioning against it,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">or the firm has no concept of energy saving.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">(Canary Wharf,
London)<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG7ZPfGWeVfUrJXjvncmSntCvWrME56K-gmv4w2lJoW56gmHsc0gW0E94or45VgfsvkpOBjRtNPh2jFjFoXw4kQF8nb_EeOoTfHAcU6SmNnSRyitbHaZ4nsZHveyNXfk2Kl9M9JRVlJB7aRrC2k08LwfTOAZ7womtGUmQJbK3xRqzSeSeYRto3NTXtltg/s2992/20231111_081450%20bed%20poem.jpg" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2992" data-original-width="2992" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG7ZPfGWeVfUrJXjvncmSntCvWrME56K-gmv4w2lJoW56gmHsc0gW0E94or45VgfsvkpOBjRtNPh2jFjFoXw4kQF8nb_EeOoTfHAcU6SmNnSRyitbHaZ4nsZHveyNXfk2Kl9M9JRVlJB7aRrC2k08LwfTOAZ7womtGUmQJbK3xRqzSeSeYRto3NTXtltg/w640-h640/20231111_081450%20bed%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Here’s my bed <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">raggled
somewhat by a night -<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">not
of passion, sad to say, <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">but
difficulty sleeping.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Britannia International Hotel, Canary Wharf)</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsN248LJaKnlLjSpEHrezfPXZhQ6FH0vAq1dhLA0YyIXfl8oo_eMBGMfld9Ww4Oh_cm-gLDhIYfX-9QtTyy8IKa97nRcmwYBBJwayaNR-KgaQ5FdjSuOnufzixuQA7G9a4dr1GBMC2cIut1weEYEs5wM27uk0TrfUPW0QyBkP1-XgDSfWGLTBDRmORNRo/s1116/20231110_104336%20wilko%20poss.jpg" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1116" data-original-width="1116" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsN248LJaKnlLjSpEHrezfPXZhQ6FH0vAq1dhLA0YyIXfl8oo_eMBGMfld9Ww4Oh_cm-gLDhIYfX-9QtTyy8IKa97nRcmwYBBJwayaNR-KgaQ5FdjSuOnufzixuQA7G9a4dr1GBMC2cIut1weEYEs5wM27uk0TrfUPW0QyBkP1-XgDSfWGLTBDRmORNRo/w640-h640/20231110_104336%20wilko%20poss.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">If 'family values' have declined</span></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I'm not sure the presence of Wilko<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">ever did get to the heart of the problem<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">for those who think they mattered.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Bedford, following closure of Wilko stores - 'the home of family value' - in October 2023)</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9b0cjJohyy3PxHGCj0asaZ0obFimRIuxm4jd4fg3wXb9rCEPShJ71kME_P4YUQliEwTzu9Avs8-BWi_O83McU9bJ7UWo2re20kLwc_OAluqNLx159CkbO0ECEGILjIM7uTtXHcVWm0dtQguc4DagFXlYsrH77CFBuHJPnkExCHUlnO9I66zNBDKV6Q7M/s669/eyes%20poem%20Screenshot%202023-11-12%20203241.png" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="286" data-original-width="669" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9b0cjJohyy3PxHGCj0asaZ0obFimRIuxm4jd4fg3wXb9rCEPShJ71kME_P4YUQliEwTzu9Avs8-BWi_O83McU9bJ7UWo2re20kLwc_OAluqNLx159CkbO0ECEGILjIM7uTtXHcVWm0dtQguc4DagFXlYsrH77CFBuHJPnkExCHUlnO9I66zNBDKV6Q7M/w640-h274/eyes%20poem%20Screenshot%202023-11-12%20203241.png" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p><br /></o:p><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Those are
the greens <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that were his eyes - <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">before he'd seen how things were going<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and started to cry them out.</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Bedford)<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAm5btNSW6ivdqgjTt51w4SCgzwmXTbvNUsZXxjbUHiVm0wzb7behjslNc5LbjFdE5bET_Far-cEFZxFinKexRy3DZ1N9aYNBmhb8jYpTsgNisQXXP9dOMveC-PuEie87WAHE5trE-HcPH6nuUAL497NWjImNtFL91WSl-FieHWtxprQFoIVtaSKN9XM4/s1233/Screenshot%20feeet%20poem%20%202023-11-13%20065409.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="429" data-original-width="1233" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAm5btNSW6ivdqgjTt51w4SCgzwmXTbvNUsZXxjbUHiVm0wzb7behjslNc5LbjFdE5bET_Far-cEFZxFinKexRy3DZ1N9aYNBmhb8jYpTsgNisQXXP9dOMveC-PuEie87WAHE5trE-HcPH6nuUAL497NWjImNtFL91WSl-FieHWtxprQFoIVtaSKN9XM4/w640-h222/Screenshot%20feeet%20poem%20%202023-11-13%20065409.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">This is the way they walk around here<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">one foot improbably close to another.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">No wonder the occasional trainer<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">gets left behind.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Bedford)</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">flowers, keys, hair…<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">and a short cut to the culture:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Higgins, Bunyan, Panacea.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">(Bedford – those last three are the principle museums in what the local signs term the ‘Cultural Quarter’)</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; 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text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It is forbidden<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to stick notices of any kind on this clock<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">except this one, cheekily applied<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">without so much as signing in. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Time clocks on
display at </span></i><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #4d5156; line-height: 107%;">Aerospace Bristol, Filton</span>)</span><o:p></o:p></i></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc83N_UIbQk2cu7gOzD9Kslpc6hcTjR-FQQ4W2zzjcd3Ond5rsD_abmhJcp8IBruufD-9vLp61C8fKzH67uYfgnFk8Bx8o8f_gg7zydBIPC3s_EcI5y0tbhDbJUBs80WAO1-ef7Aj1WPxBZGED6j09dEK2vnkL2g-Gco00o06M_D2OWojJ9vP35ve4tp4/s2992/20231103_122837%20glare%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2992" data-original-width="2992" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc83N_UIbQk2cu7gOzD9Kslpc6hcTjR-FQQ4W2zzjcd3Ond5rsD_abmhJcp8IBruufD-9vLp61C8fKzH67uYfgnFk8Bx8o8f_gg7zydBIPC3s_EcI5y0tbhDbJUBs80WAO1-ef7Aj1WPxBZGED6j09dEK2vnkL2g-Gco00o06M_D2OWojJ9vP35ve4tp4/w640-h640/20231103_122837%20glare%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><v:shapetype coordsize="21600,21600" filled="f" id="_x0000_t75" o:preferrelative="t" o:spt="75" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" stroked="f">
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little pavement glare</span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It shows the sun's not merely there <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but shining unobstructed <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">after rain.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Bristol)</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIBxIRh5u1TWgFm2VxCFN3YswTqrEtXeEIifySWDXX4VEC4guNjQ3PKfZh9WAEaK1ignYkGMP5jODAloAxkX6TYDaMjl_8DR4nYLtZt3N3ZaWF2-YIXShttLM6pK8XCYY5QKKt9iE4WFujRYIJ3FsT-Rc4sAIIjQyMRGZMuyLQSZhiuOQ-BjHYBFTPIF4/s1194/tv%20poem%20Screenshot%202023-10-30%20095048.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="1194" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIBxIRh5u1TWgFm2VxCFN3YswTqrEtXeEIifySWDXX4VEC4guNjQ3PKfZh9WAEaK1ignYkGMP5jODAloAxkX6TYDaMjl_8DR4nYLtZt3N3ZaWF2-YIXShttLM6pK8XCYY5QKKt9iE4WFujRYIJ3FsT-Rc4sAIIjQyMRGZMuyLQSZhiuOQ-BjHYBFTPIF4/w640-h376/tv%20poem%20Screenshot%202023-10-30%20095048.png" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">You could say that the
picture quality<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">leaves a bit to be desired.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I prefer to think: I enjoy abstract painting,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">why not abstract TV?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Grenville Hotel, London)</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLQAyPd3mcnYZrioKzpKpil1F_fcPXnESsnlBrB2LENERQJNzu1wWDPY_hMuVDhGCp_Us6ASf2aVDK4eR-RjAR1WdgqTeGcv2FpfyMsU8KfbIxlupBHgIy-j2ZLwZ5GyFXRPCClrRioQH-xHUAzstM003uhCmyK0d59pBRGzI5GbHW1zT_GJeh_715PRA/s1975/20231029_145849%20sales%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1975" data-original-width="1943" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLQAyPd3mcnYZrioKzpKpil1F_fcPXnESsnlBrB2LENERQJNzu1wWDPY_hMuVDhGCp_Us6ASf2aVDK4eR-RjAR1WdgqTeGcv2FpfyMsU8KfbIxlupBHgIy-j2ZLwZ5GyFXRPCClrRioQH-xHUAzstM003uhCmyK0d59pBRGzI5GbHW1zT_GJeh_715PRA/w630-h640/20231029_145849%20sales%20poem.jpg" width="630" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Designed for life?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Does that mean there’ll be no value <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">for the next generation,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that my children will inherit a place of no worth? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Woolwich, London)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYxdkwXfQmPl3VU5BOzmQY_XRUsRh0652fy0ALjDdM-P_tIQ_xg39v9cA415BjirUTN5ORxuI2btTBAVynui1LW1jh89vqr4-B0hKegeUWAQPGfCVCB4UlvyVqfMJyL4FvpULQqcFes4SlIo4yTOj9muY8aa9oVBeQHAwdyld8DpLKCXzuJcAdJ1b7_v8/s1996/20231029_123028%20feelings%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1996" data-original-width="1996" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYxdkwXfQmPl3VU5BOzmQY_XRUsRh0652fy0ALjDdM-P_tIQ_xg39v9cA415BjirUTN5ORxuI2btTBAVynui1LW1jh89vqr4-B0hKegeUWAQPGfCVCB4UlvyVqfMJyL4FvpULQqcFes4SlIo4yTOj9muY8aa9oVBeQHAwdyld8DpLKCXzuJcAdJ1b7_v8/w640-h640/20231029_123028%20feelings%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Do buildings have
feelings? <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It's open to doubt. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Either way, they rarely seem<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: medium;">to let any feelings out.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Martin Creed’s rotating
triple-outline neon sculpture ‘Work No. 1637: Feelings’, as installed at the Guildhall
School of Music & Drama near the Barbican Centre, London)</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHFG5WCLdF_s2w8pWXpAGjbQHcOVDdUuEszshXO0SB5bfgPs_WLIAowE1esHJhMVV6yDAwi-ihptTLrpcoertHes1CTUeEvzeTmWtHLMa-WBQ3j0LRExypJy6l2_IahPa5jcX5zP6yiMqT5pF9D2Yy2einAdlVAnFLv2Vx1_6mKhhQjOAlm09Lwu-QlQU/s2992/20231028_174553%20kerbs%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2992" data-original-width="2992" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHFG5WCLdF_s2w8pWXpAGjbQHcOVDdUuEszshXO0SB5bfgPs_WLIAowE1esHJhMVV6yDAwi-ihptTLrpcoertHes1CTUeEvzeTmWtHLMa-WBQ3j0LRExypJy6l2_IahPa5jcX5zP6yiMqT5pF9D2Yy2einAdlVAnFLv2Vx1_6mKhhQjOAlm09Lwu-QlQU/w640-h640/20231028_174553%20kerbs%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">If you have two lines<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">why not two kerbs?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Same as if you have two eyes,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">why not two noses?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Clerkenwell, London)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5waRArQ9U7mTRNyT7GSoWYmho2ocdYQwn7XXHKha7KTP5MM2mXoHyqzPrTznYTb4kaq6nht7T1KI0Fw8NgIg95LllebJLP6ErxhIuo6gnCXfYxsm7WN-2T9e66ifzU0bbGyDFp91tyQEg_Cppcm9CyIayXzSZ1GVZhfH3ObTzOlrioekyYQd3QpGOMyk/s2992/20231028_103047%20waterloo%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2992" data-original-width="2992" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5waRArQ9U7mTRNyT7GSoWYmho2ocdYQwn7XXHKha7KTP5MM2mXoHyqzPrTznYTb4kaq6nht7T1KI0Fw8NgIg95LllebJLP6ErxhIuo6gnCXfYxsm7WN-2T9e66ifzU0bbGyDFp91tyQEg_Cppcm9CyIayXzSZ1GVZhfH3ObTzOlrioekyYQd3QpGOMyk/w640-h640/20231028_103047%20waterloo%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Sorry, but we’re
not</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">'visiting Waterloo station'.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">We’re fucking passing through it as we have no fucking
choice.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Does that answer your question?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(London)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl3TfIBYbioksFQZxlxW7kk4VwyEPFHoNTffRULtv0hWaRFDFlhqNtx6YBXl3AUAUHZYeHj0imhiYw2BoWgf5hyphenhyphenOYUKWWzz_b9xhUlc85oq9cE7FuzHKUlSHu9-Mwvs6d5zcnRVhk0lv7S975jlsVwlTFW43aKGGE5F6w0dUepZf0hRhw8n2mDITAMayA/s1006/godiva%20Screenshot%202023-10-28%20073259.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="1006" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl3TfIBYbioksFQZxlxW7kk4VwyEPFHoNTffRULtv0hWaRFDFlhqNtx6YBXl3AUAUHZYeHj0imhiYw2BoWgf5hyphenhyphenOYUKWWzz_b9xhUlc85oq9cE7FuzHKUlSHu9-Mwvs6d5zcnRVhk0lv7S975jlsVwlTFW43aKGGE5F6w0dUepZf0hRhw8n2mDITAMayA/w640-h350/godiva%20Screenshot%202023-10-28%20073259.png" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_83" o:spid="_x0000_i1027" style="height: 170pt; mso-wrap-style: square; visibility: visible; width: 211.5pt;" type="#_x0000_t75">
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</v:imagedata></v:shape><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Imagine a woman<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">naked on horseback.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">You’ll have to imagine her,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">as Godiva never rode along Godiva Road.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Illogically, perhaps, the only ‘Godiva Road’ in England is
in Leominster, Herefordshire, as illustrated
here in Estate Agent adverts. Leominster is 110 km from Coventry, where I found - and flipped - John Collier’s painting
from 1898. Godiva was an 11th century Anglo-Saxon noblewoman, married to
Leofric, Earl of Mercia. She’s remembered for riding naked – covered only in
her long hair – through the streets of Coventry. According to the
legend, she repeatedly appealed to her husband to reduce the oppressive
taxation on the local people. Growing tired of that, he said he would grant her
request if she would strip naked and ride through the town on a horse, assuming
that she would not do so. Godiva took him at his word, and after proclaiming
that all persons should stay indoors and shut their windows, rode clothed only
in her long hair. Just one person, a tailor who afterward became known as
Peeping Tom - hence the term for a voyeur - disobeyed her order.)</i></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVTGHk6WDHjco_llyDOgE7bVXGeqWJqRpjMiYYRT53Ixi5v-eIbsX_HxtTOa-CMNZqPRj43RpfeHQq236nGCb_KPg2X3rLZLTs3GWLrYsBMzI792dIBoWJbz6tdkSz0m2ZwldoY2UCCMrw60br_e4o7QV6sNXZ9jK412F4pEZU5WpKuv-yi4jI6K0qnd0/s2992/20231026_171728%20bath%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2992" data-original-width="2992" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVTGHk6WDHjco_llyDOgE7bVXGeqWJqRpjMiYYRT53Ixi5v-eIbsX_HxtTOa-CMNZqPRj43RpfeHQq236nGCb_KPg2X3rLZLTs3GWLrYsBMzI792dIBoWJbz6tdkSz0m2ZwldoY2UCCMrw60br_e4o7QV6sNXZ9jK412F4pEZU5WpKuv-yi4jI6K0qnd0/w640-h640/20231026_171728%20bath%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">If God exists <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">we can assume that all of the rainbows are his.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Even if he doesn't,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">you could make a case for this one in his absence.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(St John The Evangelist's Church, Bath)</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3lIeaCEf3srf9shBGOT1JZrK-CfjIGmapgjG5cgCahSvnNUdzmTnJLU-Kf0zGL3z8-r-dvKcz1BT5KwlvkoOB-SYBVUx8ky4jptWYN9NHkMlnvAmTVtCADFAto035_F63-c2WZVySOm37-qF-hQPZenQ1VefvF89VNRkeTNsu64NIgWL9IxJZMBYKbok/s759/ice%20cream%20Screenshot%202023-10-27%20144602.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="759" data-original-width="712" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3lIeaCEf3srf9shBGOT1JZrK-CfjIGmapgjG5cgCahSvnNUdzmTnJLU-Kf0zGL3z8-r-dvKcz1BT5KwlvkoOB-SYBVUx8ky4jptWYN9NHkMlnvAmTVtCADFAto035_F63-c2WZVySOm37-qF-hQPZenQ1VefvF89VNRkeTNsu64NIgWL9IxJZMBYKbok/w600-h640/ice%20cream%20Screenshot%202023-10-27%20144602.png" width="600" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b>How big do you want your ice-cream to be?<o:p></o:p></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">I say as big as possible -<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">not out of greed,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">but to counter global warming.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><i>(Bath)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQvUxT-Jw6XBThrgwRr-awizZL3CSdrJYtb-pw0osjXLFsOaJ-1C_TVG-YssU5jjmNtWdx70V7fW6G_susT_7v14s6N6cTfuBilE1bH31jVKSvg0kEO4VMZYWoT4k4oJAJg5oaulSh77V0zo3OETs1ZVOTdoN1Fhaa6OAwXb79a4hw2CNJLA7iJ4DtCyk/s2758/20231026_162906%20bath%20running%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2552" data-original-width="2758" height="592" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQvUxT-Jw6XBThrgwRr-awizZL3CSdrJYtb-pw0osjXLFsOaJ-1C_TVG-YssU5jjmNtWdx70V7fW6G_susT_7v14s6N6cTfuBilE1bH31jVKSvg0kEO4VMZYWoT4k4oJAJg5oaulSh77V0zo3OETs1ZVOTdoN1Fhaa6OAwXb79a4hw2CNJLA7iJ4DtCyk/w640-h592/20231026_162906%20bath%20running%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: center;">They should have hung a towel in the window</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">to play up the ambiguity<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">between 'running a
bath'<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">and 'running in
Bath'. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><i>(Bath)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjklFd-HiEV7KdPJft3iNjJuE9uQ8QIiGgedg_-fckIOtP6aUVf-O_vMYtagxPWE3ofb498m8zRFiuusU2d4LQ9my4yGJxf23K0_oUyJAxBXl3C-uVwk8wFi44snh72YeWsDTgMXv3H0ZPph9z03n5X4hj5Gm19FnsgRIS2Ta2ByVwcUH4_r3nlVLpalN8/s2992/20231026_092809%20dilton%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2992" data-original-width="2992" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjklFd-HiEV7KdPJft3iNjJuE9uQ8QIiGgedg_-fckIOtP6aUVf-O_vMYtagxPWE3ofb498m8zRFiuusU2d4LQ9my4yGJxf23K0_oUyJAxBXl3C-uVwk8wFi44snh72YeWsDTgMXv3H0ZPph9z03n5X4hj5Gm19FnsgRIS2Ta2ByVwcUH4_r3nlVLpalN8/w640-h640/20231026_092809%20dilton%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Dilton Marsh </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is a request stop, </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but the train does halt at someone else's behest.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I can’t see Dilton </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">or his marsh.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Dilton Marsh, Wiltshire)</i></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVjBGM_aPOB38sJyyEMI-sdbj-k6yYawIEiZm4xhmZCxkevkNvwbz2qCPzbfijyAzYLrGvB3GoxQeuyq49Bu15HOIQEflxlIlix2pm-UyepG34MMIon4OIxCkdrWu8IZMJqH4fM-66-YyN-fCGTLQPChwBhf1NJWxugSCMXZglJIJggKtUsHVJakBGx3Y/s1348/20231023_161044%20nettles%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1348" data-original-width="1348" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVjBGM_aPOB38sJyyEMI-sdbj-k6yYawIEiZm4xhmZCxkevkNvwbz2qCPzbfijyAzYLrGvB3GoxQeuyq49Bu15HOIQEflxlIlix2pm-UyepG34MMIon4OIxCkdrWu8IZMJqH4fM-66-YyN-fCGTLQPChwBhf1NJWxugSCMXZglJIJggKtUsHVJakBGx3Y/w640-h640/20231023_161044%20nettles%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Pissing on nettles<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">seems fair retribution for years of stings.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">But that wasn't these nettles.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Does that make it unjust?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Minstead)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvWQuHtPC0jqTghtLHhtp2OnJ8mGzZoz4K9nQgvPT4TeKXV3C2cdWOyWo1zC-RBdMzL5auw2a2eQGe5Q4Ri0ywoi7_krRhifSIOLoWJYJp06LIPHS0AOJpg9rzw9_klNTmuNO9zsQs8ivSGwQy-IS4KuYEueM6GimibnJ4vYup5O3m88z0dRelgeIfgfU/s2802/20231024_133947%20garden%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2802" data-original-width="2802" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvWQuHtPC0jqTghtLHhtp2OnJ8mGzZoz4K9nQgvPT4TeKXV3C2cdWOyWo1zC-RBdMzL5auw2a2eQGe5Q4Ri0ywoi7_krRhifSIOLoWJYJp06LIPHS0AOJpg9rzw9_klNTmuNO9zsQs8ivSGwQy-IS4KuYEueM6GimibnJ4vYup5O3m88z0dRelgeIfgfU/w640-h640/20231024_133947%20garden%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Time in the garden<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is never wasted,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">not that I claim to do much myself.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Moreover, it's good for your mental health.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Southampton)</i></span></p></div><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo1FwhGEJl1uPdWB3v45eoReZwpbsz75f3sQvrj604R5KyvKVWgh7yHlFFz8JxblvFbtLHHs6jbFJnxuWSqhyphenhyphenym8SSpP_s5RSv3aFyRcR-k-2sFxIglJcVvi_XJ5BlWO9686Ve689Zi3u6qt_fZQH7ejn44Q-Z-XCHH6ZezJTFjdzP_Vqe9w6-t6K5kBw/s2796/20231024_134619%20parasol%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2796" data-original-width="2796" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo1FwhGEJl1uPdWB3v45eoReZwpbsz75f3sQvrj604R5KyvKVWgh7yHlFFz8JxblvFbtLHHs6jbFJnxuWSqhyphenhyphenym8SSpP_s5RSv3aFyRcR-k-2sFxIglJcVvi_XJ5BlWO9686Ve689Zi3u6qt_fZQH7ejn44Q-Z-XCHH6ZezJTFjdzP_Vqe9w6-t6K5kBw/w640-h640/20231024_134619%20parasol%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">A parasol<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">injured and stranded<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in umbrella weather<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">can't be as happy as it used to be.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: large; text-align: left;">(Southampton)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><br /></i></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6GL2fKwGDU2Nbnr1kFH8AbxGzVT9xp0YqC6rNVCk_cqWFlzPsTFfiJsLxxwBam0he2bmEw8LK-8MNaQo9GpygFX8UaIpr-IuyzG4dFXehDQPQhaaRg31UAm6LgBEYJiE0N65VwkWWSW7NPSSAEtALlcaS5yyBug4qiMyVhCqXMkZZ4-WkVGGdjXy3tvw/s2097/20231024_135755%20tenant%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2008" data-original-width="2097" height="612" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6GL2fKwGDU2Nbnr1kFH8AbxGzVT9xp0YqC6rNVCk_cqWFlzPsTFfiJsLxxwBam0he2bmEw8LK-8MNaQo9GpygFX8UaIpr-IuyzG4dFXehDQPQhaaRg31UAm6LgBEYJiE0N65VwkWWSW7NPSSAEtALlcaS5yyBug4qiMyVhCqXMkZZ4-WkVGGdjXy3tvw/w640-h612/20231024_135755%20tenant%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">That fangled bloke at number five<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">has never fitted in.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Take the way he flaunts the fact<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that someone of his modernity has no need of mail.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: large; text-align: left;">(Southampton)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><br /></i></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhanFl22BeN-M1jr1Jwybyvp5qfLFujzm-0D5ooD95QbZCkN5qqzOzLf4sEEF-rcY8YR_HKsj3l2J2jix4bpl3b71c2nqJFIaSA08Rs3sUdiJfrEoek0S3A0suxrAqOiXHIWlM5uDrQMDHynSDcLKJ_wMlrlEkXZqA6fcAhzAvwiNpdzfksHZBNoKhe58g/s979/cars%20poem%20Screenshot%202023-10-26%20083955.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="745" data-original-width="979" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhanFl22BeN-M1jr1Jwybyvp5qfLFujzm-0D5ooD95QbZCkN5qqzOzLf4sEEF-rcY8YR_HKsj3l2J2jix4bpl3b71c2nqJFIaSA08Rs3sUdiJfrEoek0S3A0suxrAqOiXHIWlM5uDrQMDHynSDcLKJ_wMlrlEkXZqA6fcAhzAvwiNpdzfksHZBNoKhe58g/w640-h488/cars%20poem%20Screenshot%202023-10-26%20083955.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">A car should be able<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to handle the rain,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but how well does the rain <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">handle a handle?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: large; text-align: left;">(Southampton)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><br /></i></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl3ehXwG_3irXfGRkIH_fyogN46hBV7orpaDFThH1_qpeCsfNUykNrdVdFZRITufjOBx7lYcPz8TcKXqF4zCUJjv78FTFjwOZZJ_SE7ZiwIzzkXFlMcp1CvCGIGPf7YHRYGUuk3vnHNLMeODaSklQA8vpKFT_TDaMosMZx0j3abEbuUuOKRF1vbQHACco/s2832/poss%20moss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2832" data-original-width="2361" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl3ehXwG_3irXfGRkIH_fyogN46hBV7orpaDFThH1_qpeCsfNUykNrdVdFZRITufjOBx7lYcPz8TcKXqF4zCUJjv78FTFjwOZZJ_SE7ZiwIzzkXFlMcp1CvCGIGPf7YHRYGUuk3vnHNLMeODaSklQA8vpKFT_TDaMosMZx0j3abEbuUuOKRF1vbQHACco/w534-h640/poss%20moss.jpg" width="534" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">If you
put all the drips together <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that constitute the cause<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of many a slow motion degradation<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">would you have enough to make a flood?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Southampton)</i></span></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="756" data-original-width="1045" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOfUHhiC9U7zLygtrH006yBdEdVh5_JebOFpeLsKElx_m1wAp5WmYAxKyClopCdI3aCD-YxNdvIe4AYh5cyiwy9T4WpfLZfE2IkLU7qBxLvkrA-Rf14xFi9LOfExFX67bfTwts88ZN7Gt0B0X_xLAe-h9E9GV-Y4f8mMJN1ApCt86Tt_aR0iIORYNWF4E/w640-h464/boots%20poem%20Screenshot%202023-11-02%20114746.png" width="640" /></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b>I had an idea <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">and gathered these photos. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">Now I can't remember the point.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">I'll have to give this one the heave - I mean boot.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /> </span></o:p></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBKSnm29G7v0UKsq4gK3kYvLKWf0oJJWOkQdxPr71yheST9clk0H8YN7i5hZlG-anbPofeodq51KObodTVbU-ayweT8CeLzm7ni0MvIINX12eMSizv998xvzezWJgs9KBRX2ncYyWjtCpMbMi0DwhCOeLEI7It5TzXMTsPjwvbWLnZvKoCCaAfWRGZF_8/s2992/20231022_142412%20needles%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><img border="0" data-original-height="2992" data-original-width="2992" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBKSnm29G7v0UKsq4gK3kYvLKWf0oJJWOkQdxPr71yheST9clk0H8YN7i5hZlG-anbPofeodq51KObodTVbU-ayweT8CeLzm7ni0MvIINX12eMSizv998xvzezWJgs9KBRX2ncYyWjtCpMbMi0DwhCOeLEI7It5TzXMTsPjwvbWLnZvKoCCaAfWRGZF_8/w640-h640/20231022_142412%20needles%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Why do some trees<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">have so many needles?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">So far as I know<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">they don't take drugs…</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnbmxWTh1SmRHKssrVETmstxblf7e9R5Ojd5T2W9rmuq8QjvGarlTgtIPTGfJf0GjSsA0jhtYxlypnqrVGfeY5xfVn6w5wpZrLuGhzHSB-joyAPJljTDXUWozZVlCLFPkGIlPbFMmcHvGG7sq7O2DWROAVJIcGaTZU4hPPu4Z7aIr8A8CLp-809n6KwYU/s3027/20231123_154652%20self%20poem.jpg" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3027" data-original-width="3027" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnbmxWTh1SmRHKssrVETmstxblf7e9R5Ojd5T2W9rmuq8QjvGarlTgtIPTGfJf0GjSsA0jhtYxlypnqrVGfeY5xfVn6w5wpZrLuGhzHSB-joyAPJljTDXUWozZVlCLFPkGIlPbFMmcHvGG7sq7O2DWROAVJIcGaTZU4hPPu4Z7aIr8A8CLp-809n6KwYU/w640-h640/20231123_154652%20self%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p></div><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">This
selfie operates <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in the self-effacing zone.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Those legs could be anyone's, <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but I’m claiming more assertively: they're mine.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXsgVVErW60mbbUSQmZxh0bKLV5Fg0oO5Sd53DAeAGq3bXQyrBflTivWr4S5Vj7OGcLS8tN2VihwfV_fTtvP2QTeNGb5Pc0-f5pfGcOSjUTsoLmmDHl2GugdKZ4k-iJM1ud-KaCmItzyD5vof-f8MwROeldZiMPGleVVKuGrkUag2RSRvyNhZ6ZFa1oho/s2681/20231020_144718%20poem%20pyjama%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2681" data-original-width="2681" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXsgVVErW60mbbUSQmZxh0bKLV5Fg0oO5Sd53DAeAGq3bXQyrBflTivWr4S5Vj7OGcLS8tN2VihwfV_fTtvP2QTeNGb5Pc0-f5pfGcOSjUTsoLmmDHl2GugdKZ4k-iJM1ud-KaCmItzyD5vof-f8MwROeldZiMPGleVVKuGrkUag2RSRvyNhZ6ZFa1oho/w640-h640/20231020_144718%20poem%20pyjama%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Somewhat
annoyingly <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I only just bought <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">a new pair of pyjama trousers. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">And they were grey.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">(Coventry)</span></i><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM5MjUdPYSMdruo-x6h4-dekMGgQuAARLJG9nWFme3WuxHKueGfpVwQXazNEe7tg3J8aLFBOKXC0BSWIxNuSIXA6gNmPxqOn5hicME2cUnHSqR0TuxX-iXmUS2XTH14fYivmhct9RwdwPIkku2WZDgu4lMr17-uStja70U4w5yRNo0OW3uDEfTP1dCyQU/s2743/20231020_135046%20pop%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2743" data-original-width="2334" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM5MjUdPYSMdruo-x6h4-dekMGgQuAARLJG9nWFme3WuxHKueGfpVwQXazNEe7tg3J8aLFBOKXC0BSWIxNuSIXA6gNmPxqOn5hicME2cUnHSqR0TuxX-iXmUS2XTH14fYivmhct9RwdwPIkku2WZDgu4lMr17-uStja70U4w5yRNo0OW3uDEfTP1dCyQU/w544-h640/20231020_135046%20pop%20poem.jpg" width="544" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The point
of Pop World <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">must be to burst the balloons.... <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">though such small bangs <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">will hardly pop the world</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Birmingham)<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3nrbU-X_Z8zD5xy9hNJsHd4Me6MJ4-w87CS-VWKNYXNtdxkqt4tqRK4A3JMiNVP7m4pmojKgjcndA8eFbCpj0zssIBVnArrkfbhLKO7-ZqT4ZGbnJX6048KJYtaKu_QjClhx4TuKvEa6Z2u2TO9FE9mwieKCejPSMM6Zyef8XHnFKLUQLyrpTdT4_vHs/s943/derby%20poem%20Screenshot%202023-10-21%20071514.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="730" data-original-width="943" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3nrbU-X_Z8zD5xy9hNJsHd4Me6MJ4-w87CS-VWKNYXNtdxkqt4tqRK4A3JMiNVP7m4pmojKgjcndA8eFbCpj0zssIBVnArrkfbhLKO7-ZqT4ZGbnJX6048KJYtaKu_QjClhx4TuKvEa6Z2u2TO9FE9mwieKCejPSMM6Zyef8XHnFKLUQLyrpTdT4_vHs/w640-h496/derby%20poem%20Screenshot%202023-10-21%20071514.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It’s wet
up north</span></span></b></div></span></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">though anyone northern <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">would call this the midlands<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and, I hear, it’s just as wet down south.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(approaching Derby on the train)</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9xWwmja0CVF6Ye25E07igIweAhZ8WyUAlToiZmrumBnzvJHgXeFE7n4xku1sw_p0kGSSS2FBItcZr2NT15XpYGLFxnBTQVKNDHt-Tvj5n6jWz-tHeNLNSYBilnVe4_vjwikM0oh6DaRabz7j2Xu_YzKLzVUSngBQIuf4bKPbmZtzRrEMITKKkbPomPEs/s4000/20231019_162325%20contemp%20poem.jpg" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9xWwmja0CVF6Ye25E07igIweAhZ8WyUAlToiZmrumBnzvJHgXeFE7n4xku1sw_p0kGSSS2FBItcZr2NT15XpYGLFxnBTQVKNDHt-Tvj5n6jWz-tHeNLNSYBilnVe4_vjwikM0oh6DaRabz7j2Xu_YzKLzVUSngBQIuf4bKPbmZtzRrEMITKKkbPomPEs/w640-h480/20231019_162325%20contemp%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Is mirror
writing <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">particularly contemporary? <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I’m tempted to think<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the whole way back to Leonardo.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Nottingham)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHkx4tOxItu52sh2Edee-2j5KL6pabGmyLQq3k-AYqRzSGoxw8Lc_W1W19TlwEbKHELcFMq1bmLDv4fve-ZTnzXG1XwrEisr_xgcop4rFI_G0suy1doOmSUHoaqn9y39uR7lEwMRYIA52soYw1PJdfDcwCGAsInXUrjdYjLOi5V4Mdj8uqBjQiPiKuq0M/s3521/20231019_131913%20danger%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3521" data-original-width="2912" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHkx4tOxItu52sh2Edee-2j5KL6pabGmyLQq3k-AYqRzSGoxw8Lc_W1W19TlwEbKHELcFMq1bmLDv4fve-ZTnzXG1XwrEisr_xgcop4rFI_G0suy1doOmSUHoaqn9y39uR7lEwMRYIA52soYw1PJdfDcwCGAsInXUrjdYjLOi5V4Mdj8uqBjQiPiKuq0M/w530-h640/20231019_131913%20danger%20poem.jpg" width="530" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Leicester
is a dangerous place<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">where accidents will happen<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">regardless of the warnings <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that I do not plan to heed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Leicester Railway Station)</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSdzTGVmRhPcZHi1qd1UWQCoKiVrosPzkanYgYnXcJ5YoEVYCqZi7IKZkUwHZsqGF7iO-iEN2HSIcbWidPjAuWUr71HusqUyvDoyNNlDwogezIclWLSem7flvHP5C3oyYK-dhYkYbEy3Z4qDdACIlVWN5NkBAOaNtcw3a9c3pO_t6-DNtFm4xZgDlopXg/s805/aster-03977-1068x712.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="604" data-original-width="805" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSdzTGVmRhPcZHi1qd1UWQCoKiVrosPzkanYgYnXcJ5YoEVYCqZi7IKZkUwHZsqGF7iO-iEN2HSIcbWidPjAuWUr71HusqUyvDoyNNlDwogezIclWLSem7flvHP5C3oyYK-dhYkYbEy3Z4qDdACIlVWN5NkBAOaNtcw3a9c3pO_t6-DNtFm4xZgDlopXg/w640-h480/aster-03977-1068x712.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Normal
rules do not apply <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in aster heaven<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but the celestial rules make it plain <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that those who know them must not spell them out.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVeFq0ep5cCxU02IMYFw4KvH871EOd7BUF2yiCJhBb9Gs8KjyJfVf_zGt8Z3PYaNuw04miU5aQB0DjPvRwtIf__PlZEg_0k6RmU7U4eJEBFks6INjl1U_yzVBAcOzxrWVx0YhCXXtEAQacAxg-GtTgC-ME6JSX6_v8KuXUzxCPQWrY-iyV3GHFeF8DES4/s1024/unit-circle7_43215_lg.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVeFq0ep5cCxU02IMYFw4KvH871EOd7BUF2yiCJhBb9Gs8KjyJfVf_zGt8Z3PYaNuw04miU5aQB0DjPvRwtIf__PlZEg_0k6RmU7U4eJEBFks6INjl1U_yzVBAcOzxrWVx0YhCXXtEAQacAxg-GtTgC-ME6JSX6_v8KuXUzxCPQWrY-iyV3GHFeF8DES4/w640-h640/unit-circle7_43215_lg.gif" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The other way round <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is a
curious phrase. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222;">Aren't</span><span style="color: #222222;"> circles the same <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">from all
angles?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(The image shows a unit circle labelled with special angles
and values. The circle is marked and labelled in both radians and degrees at
all quadrantal angles and angles that have reference angles of 30°, 45°, and
60°. At each angle, the coordinates are given. These coordinates can be used to
find the six trigonometric values/ratios. The x-coordinate is the value of
cosine at the given angle and the y-coordinate is the value of sine. From those
ratios, the other 4 trigonometric values can be calculated.)</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXyonuIPVp9Pbuo4eBllhsmZPXcgOgSN-RPnS3zjTLngz2OBtznMBlF0oHBQ9c89zqNHfJHXO2twCV4Ax72RW8B3hwS9PeJ4VKHiB8k8Lh2OBCgoBOx4s2QG79ohb_H16PKfYI4LgE_Is7wNFOPB7AxLG6paS568h5rUNTapbDh3sTVT0-dW92zy9TU5A/s2854/20231011_131444%20closed%20poem.jpg" style="background-color: white; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2854" data-original-width="2814" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXyonuIPVp9Pbuo4eBllhsmZPXcgOgSN-RPnS3zjTLngz2OBtznMBlF0oHBQ9c89zqNHfJHXO2twCV4Ax72RW8B3hwS9PeJ4VKHiB8k8Lh2OBCgoBOx4s2QG79ohb_H16PKfYI4LgE_Is7wNFOPB7AxLG6paS568h5rUNTapbDh3sTVT0-dW92zy9TU5A/w632-h640/20231011_131444%20closed%20poem.jpg" width="632" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">How permanent can temporary be? <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Probably
to the same degree<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that all
apparent permanence <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">can cross
into the temporary.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(King’s Cross)</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8TWtCn0VRso0sal23M-MoxdIl29zt3f1xy1TP-InchEeUUS0YEpB3aI6B5-oxWM__TRxDsvz1n6WqYj2dXWYxwpjH8rQyVh44OBJnYEvEf-TVMHcoRoOhQwqEPMZWAolUMpv1Jz9MeovxKyruhJaItnYd0gG5xIc9Hfrd0zvSTDFcil86zW9OOvUgyXI/s2992/20231012_164752%20stack%20poem.jpg" style="background-color: white; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2992" data-original-width="2992" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8TWtCn0VRso0sal23M-MoxdIl29zt3f1xy1TP-InchEeUUS0YEpB3aI6B5-oxWM__TRxDsvz1n6WqYj2dXWYxwpjH8rQyVh44OBJnYEvEf-TVMHcoRoOhQwqEPMZWAolUMpv1Jz9MeovxKyruhJaItnYd0gG5xIc9Hfrd0zvSTDFcil86zW9OOvUgyXI/w640-h640/20231012_164752%20stack%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The
problems are stacking up for cars <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">which may be good – <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">if they could enter nowhere and stop nowhere, <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">what harm could they do?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Fitzrovia, London) </i></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjasnc7qZltOcwAh7jP8mHfuvGjoLHSeXbXqoe257MpgqVHG8DYzwhY1vvJpbzFEbJsVh04ywprEoHAKwEcJcoKmChkBakxEQPFdhhPPkaYoimIbuold2BCMUWR0zM2wK2-Ut0pTgK56dos55abB_ggRJGKRjjfma9zrCQcUe2yDQKifsRKuBSp5VtDdIY/s2850/20231009_162149%20tickets%20poem%20.jpg" style="background-color: white; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2850" data-original-width="2850" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjasnc7qZltOcwAh7jP8mHfuvGjoLHSeXbXqoe257MpgqVHG8DYzwhY1vvJpbzFEbJsVh04ywprEoHAKwEcJcoKmChkBakxEQPFdhhPPkaYoimIbuold2BCMUWR0zM2wK2-Ut0pTgK56dos55abB_ggRJGKRjjfma9zrCQcUe2yDQKifsRKuBSp5VtDdIY/w640-h640/20231009_162149%20tickets%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">If you
are going to ignore the fines <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">it's probably safe to park again -<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">though I’m not so sure I see the point<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of parking permanently.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><i>(Southampton) </i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRDVCfKgCI5SaaBMt_ka-uUacq5cAG0lYwe55JoP8CpF2exEhMIdkDsNlb_L1UkjUVuTG4QRAqGjojcHIHt9gOjfX3UPkcjK0gS_wSLrQ2-xw-JZtZnw0YWXVD-_lKfzEJ9f7HEQAlEpQGuupsUJ7iu05PA7Ikz9cDzuk9tmbnB7rkecCPTXPWUmIpZYY/s2847/20231008_122248%20cow%20poem.jpg" style="font-style: italic; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2847" data-original-width="2847" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRDVCfKgCI5SaaBMt_ka-uUacq5cAG0lYwe55JoP8CpF2exEhMIdkDsNlb_L1UkjUVuTG4QRAqGjojcHIHt9gOjfX3UPkcjK0gS_wSLrQ2-xw-JZtZnw0YWXVD-_lKfzEJ9f7HEQAlEpQGuupsUJ7iu05PA7Ikz9cDzuk9tmbnB7rkecCPTXPWUmIpZYY/w640-h640/20231008_122248%20cow%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I'm not sure how easily <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">you can lead a cow
to water <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but they’re pretty
stupid: <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I reckon you could make
them drink</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p><i style="background-color: transparent; font-size: large;">(Ashurst Bridge)</i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqcwmsFCpT2mM_UsvRFkH_xVmhDGrwHgBM_72v7IWKKDVGbWUkoZ5_2niYTwFraKKZ3NLqyvHQXy-uiC8OQjFNCb4wv5Jx7sqVgF3XS0TC87TQvPjwpX7mMafkK6-Wr9HsUhXmPVZlcf5r7lH0P-ECLLmAM4Rdy1NxR96jzlUFkdiX3ccY3qODuJThzQM/s2647/20231008_121739%20loo%20sign%20poem.jpg" style="font-style: italic; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2647" data-original-width="2647" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqcwmsFCpT2mM_UsvRFkH_xVmhDGrwHgBM_72v7IWKKDVGbWUkoZ5_2niYTwFraKKZ3NLqyvHQXy-uiC8OQjFNCb4wv5Jx7sqVgF3XS0TC87TQvPjwpX7mMafkK6-Wr9HsUhXmPVZlcf5r7lH0P-ECLLmAM4Rdy1NxR96jzlUFkdiX3ccY3qODuJThzQM/w640-h640/20231008_121739%20loo%20sign%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It comes to something <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">when you have to
sign in to go to the loo <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to find out what the
second sign says <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that the first sign
says is inside it. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><i style="font-size: large;">(Ashurst Bridge)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIsEzS56ReMLA7C_EriTPzcRiNlDZ4znPduSdxKAb5UV7GizbtXnoAmycNUrh94LHwidMdoqvmubiWpN_BbWZhbm9gCnS0TkwBoAgXdGKLeecca9PlFVQwK57XahmrgV-ZlAONBRjpaRdRbGhV0ag01W7Z-azBlTfUNOsEgnFQgpqGzyX6_l_Wb0zmtZE/s2731/20231007_114621%20poem%20fifa.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2731" data-original-width="2731" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIsEzS56ReMLA7C_EriTPzcRiNlDZ4znPduSdxKAb5UV7GizbtXnoAmycNUrh94LHwidMdoqvmubiWpN_BbWZhbm9gCnS0TkwBoAgXdGKLeecca9PlFVQwK57XahmrgV-ZlAONBRjpaRdRbGhV0ag01W7Z-azBlTfUNOsEgnFQgpqGzyX6_l_Wb0zmtZE/w640-h640/20231007_114621%20poem%20fifa.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I must say</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that's a total no-no!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The Oxford English Dictionary<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">would never allow it.</span></p><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUihrHhLx8t3zurORCIzSp40UfwYvisu9LSgfPtQ7JOCEtht7oXJ_vwYlaqsXNk76QXUOybvBlkYGVzRu7wmfgRQY5apGDKY3suo7doeC7Fvw0pQxf03Fx2bQkrv9bj1t4zaTStkcC600081T5syn7W5MQWyQkfyteMRdKSGMoD-k5YL4T8ob9F734u4k/s2415/20231007_113537%20spider%20glade%20poem%20.jpg" style="font-style: italic; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2190" data-original-width="2415" height="580" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUihrHhLx8t3zurORCIzSp40UfwYvisu9LSgfPtQ7JOCEtht7oXJ_vwYlaqsXNk76QXUOybvBlkYGVzRu7wmfgRQY5apGDKY3suo7doeC7Fvw0pQxf03Fx2bQkrv9bj1t4zaTStkcC600081T5syn7W5MQWyQkfyteMRdKSGMoD-k5YL4T8ob9F734u4k/w640-h580/20231007_113537%20spider%20glade%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I spied a glade<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">with so many webs<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">glinting in the sun-pour<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I had to call it Spider Glade.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Totton)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i></i></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsrWpd5awOzHP198ZOwfBpkrZnabBxulUtYAaDRF0MefqVnnM8sm3IZuu_xiBJNwOyXbBm-o5O8n5nsNQABrQflsgQU2E0-pzLxzxzL-29dhJpRZyKy2xQpa1ebs6jBzZHRYHiFGTF66v27JI3J4s4AtNi1-5YArjDw1ON1taPN49Oa1vBdhucSQNomJs/s706/hole%20s%20Screenshot%202023-10-07%20151244.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="706" data-original-width="700" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsrWpd5awOzHP198ZOwfBpkrZnabBxulUtYAaDRF0MefqVnnM8sm3IZuu_xiBJNwOyXbBm-o5O8n5nsNQABrQflsgQU2E0-pzLxzxzL-29dhJpRZyKy2xQpa1ebs6jBzZHRYHiFGTF66v27JI3J4s4AtNi1-5YArjDw1ON1taPN49Oa1vBdhucSQNomJs/w634-h640/hole%20s%20Screenshot%202023-10-07%20151244.jpg" width="634" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">If you must leave your holes<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">so low on the wall<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in a place like this<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">what else do you expect?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Totton)</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiif2-8Faw4BLG8OvMH-XaQ1sd5gwDUcau1IxT0eUz2y-bosbEqDQ4TM21zDHRg1dX_7UBe3DnvzOMm6frpAp2naqBErMCflmMhCllOEpuPMv7ubEFMGFW-hIWWisg3hgElbSIqGnj60jClmERRDqXQkoBYPbTWMQzBmjilAvuLY5FZPggBk0NCTpyvmrw/s2587/20231007_113640%20frog%20poem.jpg" style="font-size: medium; font-style: italic; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2573" data-original-width="2587" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiif2-8Faw4BLG8OvMH-XaQ1sd5gwDUcau1IxT0eUz2y-bosbEqDQ4TM21zDHRg1dX_7UBe3DnvzOMm6frpAp2naqBErMCflmMhCllOEpuPMv7ubEFMGFW-hIWWisg3hgElbSIqGnj60jClmERRDqXQkoBYPbTWMQzBmjilAvuLY5FZPggBk0NCTpyvmrw/w640-h636/20231007_113640%20frog%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I thought for a moment<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that a frog had hopped onto the chair <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">set out for the purpose in this scrubby zone<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and was ready to leap through it… <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Totton)</span></i></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><o:p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; text-align: justify;"> </span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio7bs_1_IeskvfcZUNy5A-1VNWT8gbPzI-ZNhDxc4PULCKgAOSX85204bkoLLGCqKDvX-j3jnTYYsHhdwRm2TCq3jeAlQNyO_FyHP1A4q2M7hPhJwJaOgnJSD6XMGdEXzpRlnHYtVYK5XUYTCbm9xzwGMwGOyFPjm9b5drDU60cbXPqL8C7H9aCTR9YXw/s1876/20231007_111345%20place%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1407" data-original-width="1876" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio7bs_1_IeskvfcZUNy5A-1VNWT8gbPzI-ZNhDxc4PULCKgAOSX85204bkoLLGCqKDvX-j3jnTYYsHhdwRm2TCq3jeAlQNyO_FyHP1A4q2M7hPhJwJaOgnJSD6XMGdEXzpRlnHYtVYK5XUYTCbm9xzwGMwGOyFPjm9b5drDU60cbXPqL8C7H9aCTR9YXw/w640-h480/20231007_111345%20place%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>Must</i> this be the
place? <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I was not convinced enough<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to cross the road to see <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">exactly what they offered and whether I wanted it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigK9TKYk45vWswbcZ_ZswPn4eVAsHyun_FvuHogRnVqFOudRZGeXK-4cTCYkzX-f5LupLCsVhvPQLuxeN9Aifwbr3iN5rtt3QSBbEFcAATlFPGv0cOTCkSq5AtDYxD5kn9hKLNmwysRJxs73njy6XbujHE8BQ_zTRXPkR3Ld6bbtfxX4Hth6v49_bb1Rs/s2992/20231006_150135%20fren%20poem.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2992" data-original-width="2992" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigK9TKYk45vWswbcZ_ZswPn4eVAsHyun_FvuHogRnVqFOudRZGeXK-4cTCYkzX-f5LupLCsVhvPQLuxeN9Aifwbr3iN5rtt3QSBbEFcAATlFPGv0cOTCkSq5AtDYxD5kn9hKLNmwysRJxs73njy6XbujHE8BQ_zTRXPkR3Ld6bbtfxX4Hth6v49_bb1Rs/w640-h640/20231006_150135%20fren%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Such is the delicate <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">modesty of ferns<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">anywhere can take them in <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">with filigree to spare.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Colbury)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-hlCV2TUI9V79YZx6B59CdrvTyI0fTg_L5y0JDzum0Nq3mDC_LeLT1bxO5V21oFsh5O2KgDfbsdhR3NL1DkNvJWJlpO5ifE8L53tTUV2LpLFLjitiePF4_lbqLxO5Og97HORktSAvLoh6MSFjufyniJtsbcz9RxLsJDfxUbk1bko4tKN-z5wAwjZLCa8/s2612/20231005_150210%20colopurs%20poem%20.jpg" style="background-color: white; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1959" data-original-width="2612" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-hlCV2TUI9V79YZx6B59CdrvTyI0fTg_L5y0JDzum0Nq3mDC_LeLT1bxO5V21oFsh5O2KgDfbsdhR3NL1DkNvJWJlpO5ifE8L53tTUV2LpLFLjitiePF4_lbqLxO5Og97HORktSAvLoh6MSFjufyniJtsbcz9RxLsJDfxUbk1bko4tKN-z5wAwjZLCa8/w640-h480/20231005_150210%20colopurs%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Late
summer in the village -<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">you could go so far <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">as to call it autumn -<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and still all the colours are here.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_c9oSBKALyath13giVZBbwgcQwKYK1wueMWYfjofIMRLONQfuq2n61p_DjJ1NvsJUfCAnw807huIS9RN2fo2UzLCb-xLcXN0wPaoyfOo78Znuuii2t0D3mc7WBThwRa_cy6SxsMM_ZpEim-FKGKuJa2mPIYjbQkwOsI4w2LY2pD9qDbzNOxAir1cu7ek/s2484/20231005_145424%20poo%20poem.jpg" style="background-color: white; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2484" data-original-width="2484" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_c9oSBKALyath13giVZBbwgcQwKYK1wueMWYfjofIMRLONQfuq2n61p_DjJ1NvsJUfCAnw807huIS9RN2fo2UzLCb-xLcXN0wPaoyfOo78Znuuii2t0D3mc7WBThwRa_cy6SxsMM_ZpEim-FKGKuJa2mPIYjbQkwOsI4w2LY2pD9qDbzNOxAir1cu7ek/w640-h640/20231005_145424%20poo%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">If you fly through the air <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">you want a soft landing - <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but do you want that softness <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to land your hand in poo?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj43nqdQhHLF0f3zjguDykgroE1-G_8hF-9LXOQB0yIXK3vqHXuXD30V5eZVSBammfb_0MoMfHFwjyD7sgmKbNPBdMBEakkheBBI4ow4rtpfhaFq3XyYC0Y-KkQm1SXQ-U7siT0tA_MtRhpSfCIJ7af7WMhJ6jNJVbtRqQ9sadVLnQWnpB9LxG968Y_YB8/s2992/20231003_144136%20poss%20log%20corpse%20.jpg" style="background-color: white; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2992" data-original-width="2992" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj43nqdQhHLF0f3zjguDykgroE1-G_8hF-9LXOQB0yIXK3vqHXuXD30V5eZVSBammfb_0MoMfHFwjyD7sgmKbNPBdMBEakkheBBI4ow4rtpfhaFq3XyYC0Y-KkQm1SXQ-U7siT0tA_MtRhpSfCIJ7af7WMhJ6jNJVbtRqQ9sadVLnQWnpB9LxG968Y_YB8/w640-h640/20231003_144136%20poss%20log%20corpse%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The log is dead -<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">feet in the air.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">All eight of them:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">who knew they had so many?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0oclAwkxpVi5seOnUjY4aF7fsseyMWJIM8ZoASJUiZ8XP6AuFJQ7VaXdqUZ1cgsFMGM9BwBqe_r3-vomssLOeeVenEjg9mXNc-RMVv6krzo6psfMbsOcZHlEuJ-h4d0Tr5RGWG3E3bQ9ATbRm4PCPWCbwmubEfjg8-bIHTEDO8ZDnXd5-g49LIQ5UCko/s900/1-predatory-mite-sem-meckesottawa.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="464" data-original-width="900" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0oclAwkxpVi5seOnUjY4aF7fsseyMWJIM8ZoASJUiZ8XP6AuFJQ7VaXdqUZ1cgsFMGM9BwBqe_r3-vomssLOeeVenEjg9mXNc-RMVv6krzo6psfMbsOcZHlEuJ-h4d0Tr5RGWG3E3bQ9ATbRm4PCPWCbwmubEfjg8-bIHTEDO8ZDnXd5-g49LIQ5UCko/w640-h330/1-predatory-mite-sem-meckesottawa.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">From the
brief life-flicker of the tiniest mite <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to the light from galaxies primed to emit <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">millions of years before man was an item…<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">all disappears into time.</span><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(the image is an available cover design for a Samsung Galaxy mobile phone. Not quite the sort of galaxy I had in mind, but what came through from the Google image search for 'mite' + 'galaxy') </i></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2XCJEeSfd4-cwCLo7jQg2dcso887EMIiWxX4dUSfgR49tS86RCcSs5VklsSGce0ZjFhb0ECDkFoGs1n-axsSjPBPtGZTrvrGo3CQwfG5jxL8R2WnTo8YrWbmxfDv8H2t13i-fA__zj1OJzxbGWoQQxB-fpXsl6kKKgeDHd0IStnclL6BnzRXuxW3a6yE/s2775/20230930_153809%20box%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2699" data-original-width="2775" height="622" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2XCJEeSfd4-cwCLo7jQg2dcso887EMIiWxX4dUSfgR49tS86RCcSs5VklsSGce0ZjFhb0ECDkFoGs1n-axsSjPBPtGZTrvrGo3CQwfG5jxL8R2WnTo8YrWbmxfDv8H2t13i-fA__zj1OJzxbGWoQQxB-fpXsl6kKKgeDHd0IStnclL6BnzRXuxW3a6yE/w640-h622/20230930_153809%20box%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">This must be <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">a very important box, <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">cosseted off in its private space <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and keeping the reason for that importance strictly
to itself.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Redbridge, Southampton)</span><span style="font-family: "inherit", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjv4joKoyTwxpIesfq4OB4x_MZ9uJ-LBpKPb7QXuGe4u34pdUV5MX4Lx5gh592wpeEmp52FkRN261D7a0BjKZLRXhDusX-MaSYIbhI3HknHKIYPXiW2HHuWqFIzMI_rhN45WY5fjVlj_vc3l1XZmV-8loUN6bGulFvimz8Ng4DcmlqWAKC3w2V5uPsumQ/s2063/20231002_152631.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1927" data-original-width="2063" height="598" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjv4joKoyTwxpIesfq4OB4x_MZ9uJ-LBpKPb7QXuGe4u34pdUV5MX4Lx5gh592wpeEmp52FkRN261D7a0BjKZLRXhDusX-MaSYIbhI3HknHKIYPXiW2HHuWqFIzMI_rhN45WY5fjVlj_vc3l1XZmV-8loUN6bGulFvimz8Ng4DcmlqWAKC3w2V5uPsumQ/w640-h598/20231002_152631.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></div><b><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">This strikes me as odd <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Surely a woman <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">will make far more mess <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">if she adopts the standing positon?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Southampton Hospital)</span></i></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1iqTUYGuggVv3DvzcXJThf47rub_231uLD2E38nIO14mU9DMLRiVWm_LDymF1RpstlJprJIF3H0Ou4F07Z1KrIMSsIesPc-lreJ3ymlzu1juuxbDxWk6wHYLaZt8Bkv0XOqaM1BVvH9R5OEJCp5W8Wv85j6tj38JY2XXuZjJmueV4ulzvOal7JDM8qOg/s1881/20230928_165523%20poem%20crossing.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1881" data-original-width="1881" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1iqTUYGuggVv3DvzcXJThf47rub_231uLD2E38nIO14mU9DMLRiVWm_LDymF1RpstlJprJIF3H0Ou4F07Z1KrIMSsIesPc-lreJ3ymlzu1juuxbDxWk6wHYLaZt8Bkv0XOqaM1BVvH9R5OEJCp5W8Wv85j6tj38JY2XXuZjJmueV4ulzvOal7JDM8qOg/w640-h640/20230928_165523%20poem%20crossing.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>What kind of crazily <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">unequal world are we living in <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">when it's always cars and never trains <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">that have to wait at level crossings?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">(Chichester)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj1cNMih2Q-UR02QDqKJATNd2O_9AcwIx2xwhH4l_ZRQdxi0sbFGwPZph5NToElZwv6-KcVamontYvi_-gdLpMbMErjB2SelvXgO8U-5rRoeuvdCuS-QULzvD_x6-bdOsVLGFBwANp5OygFVgDN3iOtud82SdLjPd4M57Hw69egXfNqHZ5leYqpkWhPF8o" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="352" data-original-width="1027" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj1cNMih2Q-UR02QDqKJATNd2O_9AcwIx2xwhH4l_ZRQdxi0sbFGwPZph5NToElZwv6-KcVamontYvi_-gdLpMbMErjB2SelvXgO8U-5rRoeuvdCuS-QULzvD_x6-bdOsVLGFBwANp5OygFVgDN3iOtud82SdLjPd4M57Hw69egXfNqHZ5leYqpkWhPF8o=w640-h220" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Cacti may be hardier<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">orchids more beautiful <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">and parsley tastier,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">but ornamental grasses have the funkiest haircuts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">(Bexhill-on-Sea / Eastbourne)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_KEQLdGzaaT9NEcyQfyonEDp96FGlqguyYuxOpQP1zezlTu5d8t9Vz9DAAz2zB8IqKJavltNYvNAFbjB8PwIhmhCegMWE4c4OQsuapks8b-TGG6ooQpvVI0uDLT_L16S8y5qY7-97czwIj6nbRbjCr4DBPcnVlnXQKzRypcf6QlVgnyIeM6tAvaMOHfI/s1164/tucker%20Screenshot%202023-09-29%20045337.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="723" data-original-width="1164" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_KEQLdGzaaT9NEcyQfyonEDp96FGlqguyYuxOpQP1zezlTu5d8t9Vz9DAAz2zB8IqKJavltNYvNAFbjB8PwIhmhCegMWE4c4OQsuapks8b-TGG6ooQpvVI0uDLT_L16S8y5qY7-97czwIj6nbRbjCr4DBPcnVlnXQKzRypcf6QlVgnyIeM6tAvaMOHfI/w640-h398/tucker%20Screenshot%202023-09-29%20045337.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Excuse my French <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">as<i> chère maman</i> would put it,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">but it I'm fed up with f******
asterisks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">disrupting the flow of my Google Voice
Typing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">(Written after attempting
to quote from ‘The Thick of It’, the super-sweary political comedy starring
Peter Capaldi as Malcolm ‘The Fucker’ Tucker. The Google Voice Typing application
automatically censors some words. That’s a lot of asterisks in, for example, Tucker’s
‘I'm gonna have to mop up a fucking hurricane of piss here’, ‘I will perform a
fucking living fucking autopsy on you with a fucking rusty spade and I'll have
your kidneys for fucking cuff-links!’ or ‘Come the fuck in or fuck the fuck
off.’)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #333333; line-height: 107%; padding: 0cm;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxjIIOrJtRBpolxmmKrSfhze_QPE91jLV_c1h-Uxi7Qhc9dZGcG-TUKoBHOe9Om8WNYCd0FBAok9mlVf3e-Fx4KumuRyKLxL7zsSYjJgVx01L3pVtCGMHSM7qQJVGOL9ZTms4CuNfgC3PldIZA3gK85yGfIC-Dlz7QMj_NM8RX1me_p-TYluPqboLXyhA/s3000/20230920_121733%20smith%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxjIIOrJtRBpolxmmKrSfhze_QPE91jLV_c1h-Uxi7Qhc9dZGcG-TUKoBHOe9Om8WNYCd0FBAok9mlVf3e-Fx4KumuRyKLxL7zsSYjJgVx01L3pVtCGMHSM7qQJVGOL9ZTms4CuNfgC3PldIZA3gK85yGfIC-Dlz7QMj_NM8RX1me_p-TYluPqboLXyhA/w640-h640/20230920_121733%20smith%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">In ancient times the Grim Reaper came for your soul <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">later he was just a messenger.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Now no one believes in him at all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">but face to face I'm starting to
regress.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">(Josh Smith: ‘Friend’, 2023, as shown in Frieze Sculpture Park, London)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi43vvFkjoH8I-eyWZV2tsp0Z0j1NVrwYoN1DkHvVDTWFWQop5RKzOPaBKddE-Gg8CJ0tlyodrgoi-_9ixii1v6Kn_OR9qO8hmYlK-Rxc3hZCN6XCrpRmhmKjXaXO-oiyiS3AGOdXS5p5hUBOAe0oHtAbjuHt3kTe8m4WHbQhSfXWhV2A3ShyphenhyphenNAkm8iJpA/s2992/20230927_095403%20poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2992" data-original-width="2992" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi43vvFkjoH8I-eyWZV2tsp0Z0j1NVrwYoN1DkHvVDTWFWQop5RKzOPaBKddE-Gg8CJ0tlyodrgoi-_9ixii1v6Kn_OR9qO8hmYlK-Rxc3hZCN6XCrpRmhmKjXaXO-oiyiS3AGOdXS5p5hUBOAe0oHtAbjuHt3kTe8m4WHbQhSfXWhV2A3ShyphenhyphenNAkm8iJpA/w640-h640/20230927_095403%20poss.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></b></div><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Kissing
the ground <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">shows proper respect for our planet –<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">though I'm not so sure I’ll obey this invitation</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">to engage with the Earth through the pavement.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(St Leonards-on-Sea)</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This, on
automatic during a slide show<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">is what the camera believes Noelle to look like. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I would say it’s wrong, <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">but how objective is my perception? <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">(curator
Noelle Collins introduces the Turner prize exhibition at the Towner Gallery,
Eastbourne – 27 Sept 2023)<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm sorry
if retrospect makes this unwelcome…<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">he asked me to give you a hug from him <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">but not to tell you who it was from <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">until after.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSI_kCX9YqUVgwkP_w8M9JoSpG3ujgKCHxIvdeUHVcYpmE1yG794F08PWYHAiCDunSZRuZs3sB7Gg7ukNYih2Ie1N4rvG2Zs5javq2_yQVcF-g5J_zIw09YvnH6HeHz3kTs5kd4IRmwbYvb5M424KIpGjUHQos42IKReDqeNyEfFbp6Bv31vexenHYyv4/s2992/20230926_155558%20drive%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2992" data-original-width="2992" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSI_kCX9YqUVgwkP_w8M9JoSpG3ujgKCHxIvdeUHVcYpmE1yG794F08PWYHAiCDunSZRuZs3sB7Gg7ukNYih2Ie1N4rvG2Zs5javq2_yQVcF-g5J_zIw09YvnH6HeHz3kTs5kd4IRmwbYvb5M424KIpGjUHQos42IKReDqeNyEfFbp6Bv31vexenHYyv4/w640-h640/20230926_155558%20drive%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘Constant’
<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is a tricky claim:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">it sounds like ‘all the time’ <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but is it?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(St Leonards-on-Sea)</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUNQfSDHaTEts3Ry0DJFkjW-GkpQ93U6wH3atU5UGPynv_evqoh_fHyFPbDB2ncHpcFDSar-q0YTGkFycCFI9qzDKxoQo1_3RFBER8jA9bYe1GOc_eHF0dyVf89z03hH8A1t8IogtLImWv1GOADOgf9JSRpF2rHrd3aloWdXOoo-8vKIH_T8NPS_5Ipfw/s2870/streaks%20poem%20.jpg" style="background-color: white; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2870" data-original-width="2870" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUNQfSDHaTEts3Ry0DJFkjW-GkpQ93U6wH3atU5UGPynv_evqoh_fHyFPbDB2ncHpcFDSar-q0YTGkFycCFI9qzDKxoQo1_3RFBER8jA9bYe1GOc_eHF0dyVf89z03hH8A1t8IogtLImWv1GOADOgf9JSRpF2rHrd3aloWdXOoo-8vKIH_T8NPS_5Ipfw/w640-h640/streaks%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Forty-one
streaks of muddy rain</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">have left their run-down marks on Polegate. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I didn’t check how many there were <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">at the other stations on the line. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Polegate Railway Station)</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNGHpuCtZLoJp3eDKrn0amgVAyVsF1hlTCyPObkvRagzi6fpHbsihng-S4qzM4LnKcoA516RuCRJqQxyvDHM1PMQEM7dKP8KtI27GKYweB_mpAOe8YPTdQfzEKcPyYGqZOYIyp9JaL0yc5MvPcs2g_9aN7m3wqQf6pSyiubAqwiUT71cU_SHPqFg-IvhE/s2600/20230926_125800%20poss%20bag%20wind.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2600" data-original-width="2600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNGHpuCtZLoJp3eDKrn0amgVAyVsF1hlTCyPObkvRagzi6fpHbsihng-S4qzM4LnKcoA516RuCRJqQxyvDHM1PMQEM7dKP8KtI27GKYweB_mpAOe8YPTdQfzEKcPyYGqZOYIyp9JaL0yc5MvPcs2g_9aN7m3wqQf6pSyiubAqwiUT71cU_SHPqFg-IvhE/w640-h640/20230926_125800%20poss%20bag%20wind.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The only
thing <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">they throw away here -<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and surely it’s recyclable -</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is wind.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(East Worthing railway station)</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1YuCwDvmM1CSKfINL6tjON7vdrF_neqCEjEb9gWCPxtPxu9zRJ8zX0THGmaO4CzIcuHIPDYtqelMQpHZT_z4g29CJaQ0M5aEo0d7Iu93eABh0mztJTOkCWkqdoqS_weIXx1fJ3xeYmQt3XXWQnkMn1CQm0jBx34TWURCh1u4px1O-eoTpUwvHEq8eqrU/s925/ford%20Screenshot%202023-09-29%20042532.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="310" data-original-width="925" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1YuCwDvmM1CSKfINL6tjON7vdrF_neqCEjEb9gWCPxtPxu9zRJ8zX0THGmaO4CzIcuHIPDYtqelMQpHZT_z4g29CJaQ0M5aEo0d7Iu93eABh0mztJTOkCWkqdoqS_weIXx1fJ3xeYmQt3XXWQnkMn1CQm0jBx34TWURCh1u4px1O-eoTpUwvHEq8eqrU/w640-h214/ford%20Screenshot%202023-09-29%20042532.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><i><br /></i></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><b>Why does Ford Station<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">have a level crossing and a bridge<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">but not a ford?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It would be fun to plough through the Arun.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><i>(Ford, West Sussex – I’m not aware of any rail fords in the UK)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"> </span></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">There are many ways <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to track time <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but why does it pass so differently <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">from one part of a structure to another?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Southampton Railway Station)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkourXKRNAEdL1PWA7OQwBGvofEs8j16XZwK4nAy8bFA1wWfnexK5idmYuwpztI3IGWXkl4c3dttMUqeYz0Xmwt_--uofJFEa-MwMoBpY2escN_c9JJw3Qbim4JwqMDrZMW7ocQ41xWERxraRoluOOrnikbcwYjPw-Q2OMhg4cKpLo9buZJumnx51l7x8/s2444/20230905_103838%20cluster%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2444" data-original-width="1815" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkourXKRNAEdL1PWA7OQwBGvofEs8j16XZwK4nAy8bFA1wWfnexK5idmYuwpztI3IGWXkl4c3dttMUqeYz0Xmwt_--uofJFEa-MwMoBpY2escN_c9JJw3Qbim4JwqMDrZMW7ocQ41xWERxraRoluOOrnikbcwYjPw-Q2OMhg4cKpLo9buZJumnx51l7x8/w476-h640/20230905_103838%20cluster%20poem%20.jpg" width="476" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>It's touching how
close some berries can get</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">clustering into each other <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">as if they're not the result <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but the putative means of reproduction. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i>(Totton)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAlrudT4GuTyE-SYeJEMFB7yRC7tig41Lt72XzQnhiyLHa3izgblFLYn-KrerW1yJCQyVLKTqcc750_Pl8OwmuHPIbgQUW1jXtVgHHihQceTMQYbsDNf3exEpz9Ffxh68dTIGUnvdHBoqWFkHsR-ChMH6znKBOo11_DrqLF-Ebyp1HdU_rGTh2PmtT8S4/s2927/20230921_110458%20bagber%20poem%20.jpg" style="background-color: white; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2927" data-original-width="2927" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAlrudT4GuTyE-SYeJEMFB7yRC7tig41Lt72XzQnhiyLHa3izgblFLYn-KrerW1yJCQyVLKTqcc750_Pl8OwmuHPIbgQUW1jXtVgHHihQceTMQYbsDNf3exEpz9Ffxh68dTIGUnvdHBoqWFkHsR-ChMH6znKBOo11_DrqLF-Ebyp1HdU_rGTh2PmtT8S4/w640-h640/20230921_110458%20bagber%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">I don't mean to
badger<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">but there's a typo in your road sign,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">which - should it hepl -<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I’d be pleasde to poitn out.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>(Totton)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs8WYfl6JjlkKtnHe6BXEU6K4CtTW1hRSQfAB2nWSdaQzznNL1ez80w8qst0_x82j69awLbE8hP04mtwKIOvqkGRxdrLBExXZtKsSnrr1ktKiO4soZv06TtJm5e8Jo1tvqJTaxkXFmQjekDhKXXejbr2UZXUqWJyG4q6hvgeovSkpuOVF-9dmLp5rW67c/s3064/20230923_145159%20garden%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2298" data-original-width="3064" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs8WYfl6JjlkKtnHe6BXEU6K4CtTW1hRSQfAB2nWSdaQzznNL1ez80w8qst0_x82j69awLbE8hP04mtwKIOvqkGRxdrLBExXZtKsSnrr1ktKiO4soZv06TtJm5e8Jo1tvqJTaxkXFmQjekDhKXXejbr2UZXUqWJyG4q6hvgeovSkpuOVF-9dmLp5rW67c/w640-h480/20230923_145159%20garden%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">There are
gardens <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and there are gardens<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and there's gravel. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Is that so confusing?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">(Penge, London)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaK6e6aIz2pKIinWaSGNhVTsOxrjv-QExF51UJG6QSdC1wvvkPSyWwPoOYKVq8eRqAb9TtGxXmaDSf9A2lMFfPG7LBuRSMFCNFejlOJ2iwOBR8SVUY3TBeEyEC_erJ3Rkbdb4DoVjfCgwziKp6UxH3ZUIPBLFjvzGpzwlkPFjoLhyfnkzG-bDxLafe_zs/s4000/20230912_151909%20wrestle%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaK6e6aIz2pKIinWaSGNhVTsOxrjv-QExF51UJG6QSdC1wvvkPSyWwPoOYKVq8eRqAb9TtGxXmaDSf9A2lMFfPG7LBuRSMFCNFejlOJ2iwOBR8SVUY3TBeEyEC_erJ3Rkbdb4DoVjfCgwziKp6UxH3ZUIPBLFjvzGpzwlkPFjoLhyfnkzG-bDxLafe_zs/w640-h480/20230912_151909%20wrestle%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I dare say wrestling <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is an art of sorts<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but is it the sort <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that ought to grace an Art Centre?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Totton)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvvdw6aX3VlBEJxRyNgbT2jB8gMzjmrdydF5qHWUD_FVUMomYMUhZXqZr-BYpR7oL1vYjmGR52MIQEvC9cQA3jBoMVghcvjxbzFJhDPHqnGc1_Hc7RISdnuWfaVdEx01deBSaFkJ7G7JkFT4cH_8cw00VJUPUAFIE2nkZRjipXlmSLT_pHrSVsUAen9Q4/s4000/20230912_145204%20pink%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvvdw6aX3VlBEJxRyNgbT2jB8gMzjmrdydF5qHWUD_FVUMomYMUhZXqZr-BYpR7oL1vYjmGR52MIQEvC9cQA3jBoMVghcvjxbzFJhDPHqnGc1_Hc7RISdnuWfaVdEx01deBSaFkJ7G7JkFT4cH_8cw00VJUPUAFIE2nkZRjipXlmSLT_pHrSVsUAen9Q4/w480-h640/20230912_145204%20pink%20poem.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Where does the grammar
of landscape end?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Let’s agree to call <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the pink punctuation <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">some type of full stop.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Southampton)</i></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGqHJtFDUyGYqK8UuiMmRbed0ZKhNZK-pbSF3v-MArwWXGOxHJ42J1yofetvmUEF3Y3VurhZIEY9_TRCIuAtTm2x-Ze2kx8x9PYMJAjlZT6Prvf2GyAQRavH_tEyykh76akra6PxGRvkFwFUtDlTURfB6iLpLZRSo44HmSIykyCUzCPvzgFsfzZpGqO-I/s3183/20230911_104931.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2387" data-original-width="3183" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGqHJtFDUyGYqK8UuiMmRbed0ZKhNZK-pbSF3v-MArwWXGOxHJ42J1yofetvmUEF3Y3VurhZIEY9_TRCIuAtTm2x-Ze2kx8x9PYMJAjlZT6Prvf2GyAQRavH_tEyykh76akra6PxGRvkFwFUtDlTURfB6iLpLZRSo44HmSIykyCUzCPvzgFsfzZpGqO-I/w640-h480/20230911_104931.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="text-align: center;">Two months in</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to my Diploma in Bricklaying<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">there's still some scope <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to improve my skills.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Southampton)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidbfYKB7lV1_aakZiJrJuRllfg14H2iY1aT1JIyxnTI7y9SAqnszJnhR1WRj2HG0i7x74aOMDCP5bXIuM2EXlxMsgUkXWk6nfMCPZCRNK8WlXOrbMRU3IiipFzYawm3FkU2sjCobiwqjiN_a-V0eZZ-o-OkZkaFVCRCOBtuimDvxZjxnZFlryX1PaKiHI/s4000/20230912_151716%20car%20park%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidbfYKB7lV1_aakZiJrJuRllfg14H2iY1aT1JIyxnTI7y9SAqnszJnhR1WRj2HG0i7x74aOMDCP5bXIuM2EXlxMsgUkXWk6nfMCPZCRNK8WlXOrbMRU3IiipFzYawm3FkU2sjCobiwqjiN_a-V0eZZ-o-OkZkaFVCRCOBtuimDvxZjxnZFlryX1PaKiHI/w640-h480/20230912_151716%20car%20park%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Today</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I took </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">a different way out</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of my usual carpark<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but it proved of minimal interest. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Asda, Totton) </i></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
<br /></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihb6kKPq5jZiGROPHc6slGMkry5dAuj5GoKoWKK9XXU3AF86PYmWmRIfPd5cPolCj_0qtDFGsdMfNYWMdE5X9ejElkH8vjvlb7SdKMn8w68_fUfTeDlUcQEI86U0Z77Fc9n68dqAwLdiIBx6eMAUgSqoHZmtzqk-VsuPOiUyDinirJfH1LogYEP_IJU-I/s2096/20230910_090353.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2096" data-original-width="1572" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihb6kKPq5jZiGROPHc6slGMkry5dAuj5GoKoWKK9XXU3AF86PYmWmRIfPd5cPolCj_0qtDFGsdMfNYWMdE5X9ejElkH8vjvlb7SdKMn8w68_fUfTeDlUcQEI86U0Z77Fc9n68dqAwLdiIBx6eMAUgSqoHZmtzqk-VsuPOiUyDinirJfH1LogYEP_IJU-I/w480-h640/20230910_090353.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p></p>
<div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Blackberry production</b></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;">must be an act of charity</span>:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">they can't have made that much fruit<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">just for themselves. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Minstead)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWVUEbF7moC429sNzYZQV-k2em7hgx8hZjtOMnBNrha7Ko1SO7Jr-Z88daraUOqPl-4m4IsUFXthnjyJu6DRyFBr28qX2uKO83Wnml461VoUGDe0sDElEYG2__VhpBYzKmHy4HJeesH14F-6VhY1ZFLgR2Gh1duWI82zPVe-kX7yyXXfA6VGdJQSNpS8A/s3632/20230910_083438%20hand%20poem.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3632" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWVUEbF7moC429sNzYZQV-k2em7hgx8hZjtOMnBNrha7Ko1SO7Jr-Z88daraUOqPl-4m4IsUFXthnjyJu6DRyFBr28qX2uKO83Wnml461VoUGDe0sDElEYG2__VhpBYzKmHy4HJeesH14F-6VhY1ZFLgR2Gh1duWI82zPVe-kX7yyXXfA6VGdJQSNpS8A/w528-h640/20230910_083438%20hand%20poem.jpg" width="528" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The blood on my hands
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is blackberry blood. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I'm unharmed and innocent <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of anything other than stealing wild fruit. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Minstead)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBFG6mwXYtPsvl9sAVETP2EMw-0W_3ILVlDoUlN1CLzDCMmxw5CEHc-JO62aQQ-6AZTKjNztpmYhCz5DkSZXXu2PumzfRVo2smTwLYxXaEpJTZUGzVsLB8mP_kDl5Hpi2MME20g9okSfrOfF6eaWest4-3v2IBMZfuMvZSaqjRZJxILNobqRGc9gr6YK8/s2115/20230910_132620%20blackberry%20poem.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2115" data-original-width="2115" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBFG6mwXYtPsvl9sAVETP2EMw-0W_3ILVlDoUlN1CLzDCMmxw5CEHc-JO62aQQ-6AZTKjNztpmYhCz5DkSZXXu2PumzfRVo2smTwLYxXaEpJTZUGzVsLB8mP_kDl5Hpi2MME20g9okSfrOfF6eaWest4-3v2IBMZfuMvZSaqjRZJxILNobqRGc9gr6YK8/w640-h640/20230910_132620%20blackberry%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">How many druplets <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">does a blackberry hold? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I'd like to say it's a stupid question <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but this one, picked apart, had 77.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Minstead: the fruits
of blackberries are compound drupes, composed of many smaller drupelets (or
druplets), each of which contains a seed. Other drupes include raspberries
(also complex), plums and cherries)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBeNH48LljP4WuDhRlrJjlODEO6kzH7CDbu0k4wKE-Aiiid3J9XuU8El-mQaWzoa7bxGDXzS2I9C4DK85iztUceJf_vf8Uw-TGT0Ikk92YtNEpmwhoGCr9I97HedcNXAJcX812lYUws_4hRCRXcIftwuaH9wytuQluyGs2LMePKC4WKqmgqHlCNogtTIY/s1346/20230910_090744%20spider%20poem.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1221" data-original-width="1346" height="580" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBeNH48LljP4WuDhRlrJjlODEO6kzH7CDbu0k4wKE-Aiiid3J9XuU8El-mQaWzoa7bxGDXzS2I9C4DK85iztUceJf_vf8Uw-TGT0Ikk92YtNEpmwhoGCr9I97HedcNXAJcX812lYUws_4hRCRXcIftwuaH9wytuQluyGs2LMePKC4WKqmgqHlCNogtTIY/w640-h580/20230910_090744%20spider%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The blackberry spider<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">lives in a world <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">which would be no blood-darker<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">even were blackberries part of its diet.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Minstead)</span><o:p></o:p></i></p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1_QOIWY8xASLphuDZzyJ33Lt8kWkvq0RGU1XM7P1thfgDvoRinsIRv05muttQIYkvryg1-qAXnVDg4G2Pd-aTFcjr-zCxAMMYNw3iY3gSDroN1oJ4ZokIMB_fK8B_XotUjx3VlACzVZ7HfGwnNtXXkqC1ehcSgq6HzBt4EW_1Cqi5Eny5oIbvXZA02nI/s1863/20230909_133418%20sun%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1863" data-original-width="1863" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1_QOIWY8xASLphuDZzyJ33Lt8kWkvq0RGU1XM7P1thfgDvoRinsIRv05muttQIYkvryg1-qAXnVDg4G2Pd-aTFcjr-zCxAMMYNw3iY3gSDroN1oJ4ZokIMB_fK8B_XotUjx3VlACzVZ7HfGwnNtXXkqC1ehcSgq6HzBt4EW_1Cqi5Eny5oIbvXZA02nI/w640-h640/20230909_133418%20sun%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Remember the time <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">when
we used to say <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">'the
weather is better today’,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> meaning it was hotter?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;">(at ove<span style="font-family: inherit;">r 36</span></span></o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; text-align: left;">°C</span> , 9 Sept was the</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> hottest day of the year in the UK) </span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn43bZ1lfmb6xJ-aEIaHPSef7uh_stvbzgfNKa5jMYDsybNf6pkVyqJrL8VqmlM0ZA8T-5Y7IHLcqZedFoSe6q1Cty8p2IHYF8f7fWWGt0sZuDrhZLMOzGvNN7ngJnpuGtxNyMcyk-J8NVVi5hUt1QgXFHLXcGaqznUCW0sdtHCAKJ106RuHnXgq8c1OY/s2992/20231012_093106%20poem%20big.jpg" style="background-color: white; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2992" data-original-width="2992" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn43bZ1lfmb6xJ-aEIaHPSef7uh_stvbzgfNKa5jMYDsybNf6pkVyqJrL8VqmlM0ZA8T-5Y7IHLcqZedFoSe6q1Cty8p2IHYF8f7fWWGt0sZuDrhZLMOzGvNN7ngJnpuGtxNyMcyk-J8NVVi5hUt1QgXFHLXcGaqznUCW0sdtHCAKJ106RuHnXgq8c1OY/w640-h640/20231012_093106%20poem%20big.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Does my bum look big in this?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">That's hard to say:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">how big does it look<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in everything else?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><i>(South Kensington, London)</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJH_Gi_-2D4gjA8SThPNjp6ZffXHLmceQ6S9DQeosK1b96O509CvNDPrGMSbIUF8Lxpos13eWVrkwRn3GtxgbRizbWHwcwHerHw-G5fVNDf_Uyu-T2w_W-oPH1zMew9CEbBX1wiNjWCBYV6CeyGMFhSu8fsph3mKdblJFmPzs1dYB-akXozINrVY52ODI/s2839/20230909_153307%20sos%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2839" data-original-width="2839" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJH_Gi_-2D4gjA8SThPNjp6ZffXHLmceQ6S9DQeosK1b96O509CvNDPrGMSbIUF8Lxpos13eWVrkwRn3GtxgbRizbWHwcwHerHw-G5fVNDf_Uyu-T2w_W-oPH1zMew9CEbBX1wiNjWCBYV6CeyGMFhSu8fsph3mKdblJFmPzs1dYB-akXozINrVY52ODI/w640-h640/20230909_153307%20sos%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I only observe <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that
this has been here for 18 months.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Even
if storage is an emergency <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">how
long can that last?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnBrJVL46uZZk2KMjFqyUqSiQlKchXbwIt8KxcjRGrZYaMb2aKZ5iyMl3oPMV8g54ctKn2CkYP0gD0hK7udsiUz_kgaAY7LnfBYlsHd6uLHybqEKpQMl7zVEvm3S0iYp0aePWec_wDE8-mpWqfz3pYYikOLj7CIn_-eDOF70FnFn7DvjmDfKiTWyzeJAs/s2357/20230909_152929%20sumflower%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2357" data-original-width="1768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnBrJVL46uZZk2KMjFqyUqSiQlKchXbwIt8KxcjRGrZYaMb2aKZ5iyMl3oPMV8g54ctKn2CkYP0gD0hK7udsiUz_kgaAY7LnfBYlsHd6uLHybqEKpQMl7zVEvm3S0iYp0aePWec_wDE8-mpWqfz3pYYikOLj7CIn_-eDOF70FnFn7DvjmDfKiTWyzeJAs/w480-h640/20230909_152929%20sumflower%20poem%20.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">High rise<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">meets
low…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">This
sort of roof flower <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is
surely restricted to bungalows.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSNzRPpTNaWQ_lbmQ1H62M9BICo6pndKPN5Isaml85dQXZDzVEY7fV0mUoL4eVBHVMOGeUtZ-BVGSNtuP8sKBs81HC50pHMZgYus-yTZP3cSvVVKtZbwp4MZpDomw_0kzLri8sILA1WG8Frcbz-O_2TlZRdoLq5cZt5ML34pBDk1pRlP08U8n9kFKcj70/s2598/20230907_135459%20pigeon%20poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2598" data-original-width="2598" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSNzRPpTNaWQ_lbmQ1H62M9BICo6pndKPN5Isaml85dQXZDzVEY7fV0mUoL4eVBHVMOGeUtZ-BVGSNtuP8sKBs81HC50pHMZgYus-yTZP3cSvVVKtZbwp4MZpDomw_0kzLri8sILA1WG8Frcbz-O_2TlZRdoLq5cZt5ML34pBDk1pRlP08U8n9kFKcj70/w640-h640/20230907_135459%20pigeon%20poss.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">You know the way a hen
stares at nothing with one eye</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">then
picks it up? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">This
pigeon looked full-on at a sandwich half its own size<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">then
went right into the tussle.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(St James’s, London: the
hen quotes </i><i><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;">Norman MacCaig’s poem ‘Summer Farm’, 1955)<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf1tyxTo8sQU9BeIt7mM9_RuOE6DIznMxxrzcMfXpgPULfBJatECfybMNLaPpE6klEUzlJwNJbcBvEYzwRtX3Q2XWfOjPt6Gb8acd45A4g1BULFSbxH4_Hla_LPjqZ99tYbHyFt_BbVKe-rNwxfzjDpnIQBzlu-y763evOnMYvviIrgivcK6NSTAZ9ZGM/s3000/20230907_170836%20hat%20fly%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf1tyxTo8sQU9BeIt7mM9_RuOE6DIznMxxrzcMfXpgPULfBJatECfybMNLaPpE6klEUzlJwNJbcBvEYzwRtX3Q2XWfOjPt6Gb8acd45A4g1BULFSbxH4_Hla_LPjqZ99tYbHyFt_BbVKe-rNwxfzjDpnIQBzlu-y763evOnMYvviIrgivcK6NSTAZ9ZGM/w640-h640/20230907_170836%20hat%20fly%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Hatflies <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">prefer
their headwear headless -<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">ideally
a stetson, bowler or sombrero,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">though
most are prepared to settle for a floppy or a cap. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Penge, London)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLuyee4NcC5zUBe9AjqcCw-yu3Oy1NnS5J7qd3f6NCyVHX8ixCBbOPnDOwXL5-Dn0r_DW8bIbQcKYxGvVivztYx_BDX05MWB787VcAS5tgYRDBQLkG0ma5oi5dIR84Xnzipv7lLKNcX8l2TnrCvQYqTly4P9rx6kfKph-yHacvZv91n1xENURJmSnlFew/s885/Screenshot%20hair%20poem%20%202023-09-27%20075445.jpg" style="font-size: large; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="601" data-original-width="885" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLuyee4NcC5zUBe9AjqcCw-yu3Oy1NnS5J7qd3f6NCyVHX8ixCBbOPnDOwXL5-Dn0r_DW8bIbQcKYxGvVivztYx_BDX05MWB787VcAS5tgYRDBQLkG0ma5oi5dIR84Xnzipv7lLKNcX8l2TnrCvQYqTly4P9rx6kfKph-yHacvZv91n1xENURJmSnlFew/w640-h434/Screenshot%20hair%20poem%20%202023-09-27%20075445.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What I like</span></b></p><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is
how they wear their hair<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">as
a way of disguising their clothing.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Or
is it the way other round?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Brighton / London)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJgEJebVshY80VC_38t4hc_7UcBgOJnnup5g_eMKC7xw2ZXpAWMk2F0aRcivyIC0W7wJos-RuLMzQ7MbU0ycX1w4DzA--ZLXyCb5ZYk3A3Ti_-bYiEcUp9ZG_oOdIlSVgMCN86ADe4vs3nwmtaIm94rQD7hQIHrqA7O6t2C6juAPdg02raaoG5LVjug6Q/s3569/20230905_143314%20acorn%20poss%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2071" data-original-width="3569" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJgEJebVshY80VC_38t4hc_7UcBgOJnnup5g_eMKC7xw2ZXpAWMk2F0aRcivyIC0W7wJos-RuLMzQ7MbU0ycX1w4DzA--ZLXyCb5ZYk3A3Ti_-bYiEcUp9ZG_oOdIlSVgMCN86ADe4vs3nwmtaIm94rQD7hQIHrqA7O6t2C6juAPdg02raaoG5LVjug6Q/w640-h372/20230905_143314%20acorn%20poss%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">The acorn rainbow <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">may not match the atmosphere’s for spectacle, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">but isn't that a bit too showy <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">and lacking any subtlety of size?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxHen8tNjXGcymC0YzlXPdPUM9lKnwKuAHToIqV3I_J8gq8PcNWlXNFfOptJRUhwM8Qd7LqNLzyv2jURguCvAEiWTsRHfOpctxlrvza4xrG1HWS4ih7XAAHtjEVXygOUtBYXRohcFd36mtRnWeMGSXcfEOOn5336PiGDge9vHmnYOx_WiA3KDF4ZcOA_Q/s754/Screenshot%20%20dogs%20poss%202023-09-06%20145109.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="754" data-original-width="747" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxHen8tNjXGcymC0YzlXPdPUM9lKnwKuAHToIqV3I_J8gq8PcNWlXNFfOptJRUhwM8Qd7LqNLzyv2jURguCvAEiWTsRHfOpctxlrvza4xrG1HWS4ih7XAAHtjEVXygOUtBYXRohcFd36mtRnWeMGSXcfEOOn5336PiGDge9vHmnYOx_WiA3KDF4ZcOA_Q/w634-h640/Screenshot%20%20dogs%20poss%202023-09-06%20145109.jpg" width="634" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Having seen <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">a dancing beagle.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">rotation cannot alter<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">my perception.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">(Floor of railway
bridge, Totton)</span><o:p></o:p></i></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS09RyOFYUpBJ7U7vWrGNSO6CuuNPihzqpQlV6Epjr4DfwxyO6Njx7_C6uiEp5v_GzPe4RsZPm6SShJwI1zpFF83bhrQfeUUDw3hO-w8aQlH1VHLdaC5i3k9A_bHvjV2rZWAc4IdKVN-jgFNBScBvfc0gmx7Np0H7ce8M8wZs1NF4JznOuDDSQBM5BTe0/s2928/20230903_110809.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2928" data-original-width="2928" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS09RyOFYUpBJ7U7vWrGNSO6CuuNPihzqpQlV6Epjr4DfwxyO6Njx7_C6uiEp5v_GzPe4RsZPm6SShJwI1zpFF83bhrQfeUUDw3hO-w8aQlH1VHLdaC5i3k9A_bHvjV2rZWAc4IdKVN-jgFNBScBvfc0gmx7Np0H7ce8M8wZs1NF4JznOuDDSQBM5BTe0/w640-h640/20230903_110809.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Before I launch<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">a new species claim, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I'll check if any pranksters <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">have been active in the area.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">(Redbridge, Southampton)</span><o:p></o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNbK2dVxxP-mZnjQP7n4K7F6S-X-AZy3CwAIXM7oZTntHjK2SqKyV-21elvpcTfryix5jrr1lgFRotmHxUTzzgWBu2HR_T2gy2KCejXBQRpLq6SG-61IJd82unUxmTV2xPMMW3eXagvO5Ou2fmAvosFOfStbWSjs4oQfXNySQDIzbmeyzLqwUnvvopb50/s3000/20230902_123158.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNbK2dVxxP-mZnjQP7n4K7F6S-X-AZy3CwAIXM7oZTntHjK2SqKyV-21elvpcTfryix5jrr1lgFRotmHxUTzzgWBu2HR_T2gy2KCejXBQRpLq6SG-61IJd82unUxmTV2xPMMW3eXagvO5Ou2fmAvosFOfStbWSjs4oQfXNySQDIzbmeyzLqwUnvvopb50/w640-h640/20230902_123158.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I have the
criteria</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">off pat: roundness is most of it,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I leave smell aside and give <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">density, texture and colour the rest of the points.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbblIVUXI0yvWxvX7fuTUCxFPBzopuIyxjXMlqBI8AOq65sHR2Ic0GRGey8mPNfqzSS2HUaS3WePUjlQalljj9zvGmh_G7_ztXR-_oAVeMmKCTtxei3QLhWglUkdeu20oRKUqg-AFZmTncNRn1waWemwnsBDmf0Ex1PsWkqA5B5ymLG0Zll1nroc9QXUE/s3038/20230901_121416%20bike%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2278" data-original-width="3038" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbblIVUXI0yvWxvX7fuTUCxFPBzopuIyxjXMlqBI8AOq65sHR2Ic0GRGey8mPNfqzSS2HUaS3WePUjlQalljj9zvGmh_G7_ztXR-_oAVeMmKCTtxei3QLhWglUkdeu20oRKUqg-AFZmTncNRn1waWemwnsBDmf0Ex1PsWkqA5B5ymLG0Zll1nroc9QXUE/w640-h480/20230901_121416%20bike%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The years have passed<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the bike has got sadder.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Does nobody want<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to ride it away? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><i style="font-size: large;">(Totton)</i></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRBb95gJhV0XuEooXFP_7HhMT_7G3gGiAHPkhL64sVHjH2B5TcBQTLCZVUuAdiQ7Ap8JGgqqm-ICoNom-OYUKtS5u1TNR0viDXCyOGxJ11GOM6QY1BLoCIVaKMWMK_gWkkX4FRntcak1HLBZWWvo1olDglnFGh0pWzdTY1Rr_RvuqqkOK1xyOq6wOXHGo/s4000/20230830_124252%20moss%20lichen%20leaf%20poss%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRBb95gJhV0XuEooXFP_7HhMT_7G3gGiAHPkhL64sVHjH2B5TcBQTLCZVUuAdiQ7Ap8JGgqqm-ICoNom-OYUKtS5u1TNR0viDXCyOGxJ11GOM6QY1BLoCIVaKMWMK_gWkkX4FRntcak1HLBZWWvo1olDglnFGh0pWzdTY1Rr_RvuqqkOK1xyOq6wOXHGo/w640-h480/20230830_124252%20moss%20lichen%20leaf%20poss%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">This equality <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">cannot last: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">when lichen, leaf and moss are one <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the question of primacy is bound to occur.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9jzBz6ewHEMU2suy0hNfEyqzHvvbvNJxg7Kg6BjtWHkI2mzzx2ThmoX1hTaYtH3irQAc3LvC8w0qFquqwOfCibgbGGrWSrWIru_72-qKwKsIWbksRRCAxgwd7b9pa-TIs8-9Y-huTcZUTFwMaL7FY7-7_w_UQK0gyKQ69UNcLbmBSi-fumJIdngfiDUw/s4000/20230901_114920%20paint%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9jzBz6ewHEMU2suy0hNfEyqzHvvbvNJxg7Kg6BjtWHkI2mzzx2ThmoX1hTaYtH3irQAc3LvC8w0qFquqwOfCibgbGGrWSrWIru_72-qKwKsIWbksRRCAxgwd7b9pa-TIs8-9Y-huTcZUTFwMaL7FY7-7_w_UQK0gyKQ69UNcLbmBSi-fumJIdngfiDUw/w640-h480/20230901_114920%20paint%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Not a landscape
painting<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">so much as paint fixed in a landscape -<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">a swatch having fallen <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">from a peeling wall nearby. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i style="font-size: large;">(Totton)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVGzE6iAoswKJSgpiHi1LlxmlIsB-w4soS-Owd1rKq6kgsy2zZKYcxsobvmHJxMt_PuQKrsrB1LTVTj-ofEGsDYTCW7OvwibSjVKkY5xWlopmyRNQRWSCeP_N60OIZzdVfAR0cmL_eDdALlNC6i2OuRkK87S67zhIcnuEAQSMM7WbWGD_ej8q5n4I7gvI/s3357/20230901_115409%20hide%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2518" data-original-width="3357" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVGzE6iAoswKJSgpiHi1LlxmlIsB-w4soS-Owd1rKq6kgsy2zZKYcxsobvmHJxMt_PuQKrsrB1LTVTj-ofEGsDYTCW7OvwibSjVKkY5xWlopmyRNQRWSCeP_N60OIZzdVfAR0cmL_eDdALlNC6i2OuRkK87S67zhIcnuEAQSMM7WbWGD_ej8q5n4I7gvI/w640-h480/20230901_115409%20hide%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">If you can’t run<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I suppose you have to hide.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">But is this really <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the best you can do?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Totton)</i></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqYz0BNIkuSEu7TnLFwQeV-gzYhNsDNH6JGiAbplEsNBRevv4Cnnh3731vrmYfOUXHPxtA2tyWjStTtbIcCmq04Vu7hXMaFtXiHjpYcA5mM1xYWYPmyH_UhbZCagv_M6LtWpu2nIcsb0tK4ef4_KjD_BlCWnpp17evuMED5lKOFw6DveaueKiMT2rp2DQ/s860/sluag%20poem%20Screenshot%202023-09-01%20150822.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="546" data-original-width="860" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqYz0BNIkuSEu7TnLFwQeV-gzYhNsDNH6JGiAbplEsNBRevv4Cnnh3731vrmYfOUXHPxtA2tyWjStTtbIcCmq04Vu7hXMaFtXiHjpYcA5mM1xYWYPmyH_UhbZCagv_M6LtWpu2nIcsb0tK4ef4_KjD_BlCWnpp17evuMED5lKOFw6DveaueKiMT2rp2DQ/w640-h406/sluag%20poem%20Screenshot%202023-09-01%20150822.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Quicker than my flash
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I caught these slugs in motion-motion <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">speeding away from whatever their love-in <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">or slugfest might have been.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> <o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheg_ZxfWG4VS4Dy0OTclPivVTGeLe2StGBPENN1DbrxLwjop5E6MgpOSSMeO7cBUHKOOiNwr3cFZ-RP32WfEf1jdjNAWXDLcyTBz2scuIIqVh_dQfVT5DRFlrcY2y0Qkw6-2cXtER3YhuHf0ML3FRLx43-AqQ3cn_S2hR3uc2mWi631R19xve1eHVLq7g/s4000/20230831_170431%20shingle%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheg_ZxfWG4VS4Dy0OTclPivVTGeLe2StGBPENN1DbrxLwjop5E6MgpOSSMeO7cBUHKOOiNwr3cFZ-RP32WfEf1jdjNAWXDLcyTBz2scuIIqVh_dQfVT5DRFlrcY2y0Qkw6-2cXtER3YhuHf0ML3FRLx43-AqQ3cn_S2hR3uc2mWi631R19xve1eHVLq7g/w480-h640/20230831_170431%20shingle%20poem%20.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">We have no truck <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">with difference:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">variegation is our principle,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">same as the pea shingle speckling the driveway.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Incidentally, a pebble is a clast of rock with
a particle size of 4–64 mm based on
the Udden-Wentworth scale of sedimentology. Technically gravel and
shingle are sub-categories of pebble, but the term ‘pebble’ tended to be used more
commonly for the larger end of the range, so that the size sequence goes
something like granules – gravel / shingle - pebbles – cobbles) </i></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWjVT0eHZZLbJwcZplABVFiOFS4UrUjWkfup9KM86ESkNg8TQQrzuztxBitiKuFdliyBTKBJ19b4kNIFUB-qbNBNZLFkcAKwSIe1YS6GzCVeD0Lfq2KHZjv7g5EVeUbkWO8wvBOp5sXIO6xo5p5Byi80o5XzwKTa5CcbfYzTj2XymFL4ixn8k_1uPf4lE/s4000/20230827_104250%20moth%20poem%20opt.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWjVT0eHZZLbJwcZplABVFiOFS4UrUjWkfup9KM86ESkNg8TQQrzuztxBitiKuFdliyBTKBJ19b4kNIFUB-qbNBNZLFkcAKwSIe1YS6GzCVeD0Lfq2KHZjv7g5EVeUbkWO8wvBOp5sXIO6xo5p5Byi80o5XzwKTa5CcbfYzTj2XymFL4ixn8k_1uPf4lE/w480-h640/20230827_104250%20moth%20poem%20opt.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The dead moth looks<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">at home on the carpet.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I’m reluctant to bin it,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">or even to take it outside. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT2yYcCs8eu6cdlmd4ES7jr2ivh9UMLM4LctxyITCTEWKIaFS8oGGtcmKPk_EGWVx5ed8nXLwsq2jeCVnbhg7ifBZKC8EXNQurXCuDauhP9wJkveleDxUkeKgtvnH0bnXcF6iXMfza3d-uysZmVPOA6BeMlYLjGE7dD5ZC_m3iyR8dDRHC9wMDZ6blFn0/s3245/20230827_174322%20wood%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2434" data-original-width="3245" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT2yYcCs8eu6cdlmd4ES7jr2ivh9UMLM4LctxyITCTEWKIaFS8oGGtcmKPk_EGWVx5ed8nXLwsq2jeCVnbhg7ifBZKC8EXNQurXCuDauhP9wJkveleDxUkeKgtvnH0bnXcF6iXMfza3d-uysZmVPOA6BeMlYLjGE7dD5ZC_m3iyR8dDRHC9wMDZ6blFn0/w640-h480/20230827_174322%20wood%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I hadn’t realised,
tbh<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that Ronnie was inside,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that making bad paintings of bandmates<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">had been declared a crime.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Ronnie Wood has a side-business painting pictures of the Rolling Stones)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1fyi5M0gQtGyj_5kk6-9wPFv11wMXZy7VkOE6-8pnqtEgZ55hpn67XzBEg6jxDpblZ3sCCnR2cHqNNYXoGhYj9vcw1T7jr4Vca3VeoiBS66EP-MUxprqIAwS3dmh9JgMBImc5VBazWVumWcjJ37foeJ9_Npo4v_I65vr51nFpBvKqHmK21UtiiRPObhA/s2910/20230819_115206%20dog%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2910" data-original-width="2668" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1fyi5M0gQtGyj_5kk6-9wPFv11wMXZy7VkOE6-8pnqtEgZ55hpn67XzBEg6jxDpblZ3sCCnR2cHqNNYXoGhYj9vcw1T7jr4Vca3VeoiBS66EP-MUxprqIAwS3dmh9JgMBImc5VBazWVumWcjJ37foeJ9_Npo4v_I65vr51nFpBvKqHmK21UtiiRPObhA/w586-h640/20230819_115206%20dog%20poem%20.jpg" width="586" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">What's up with that terrier in the window<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">the one that wants me on my way?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And how come it knows <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I don't love dogs in any way?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>(Totton)</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQHCepUm9ISc_bOP3i1qPyUp78R-IP_cSeD0g8Cs6dJ2Oducztw0mfB4-WwUegK03IpoLH3V1QAFeehRHjp5FLi_HHcuP_GKhRhK2rF6eEQEnRsqVHAHeicjwqP-71zFCBKuFha9MU1nM/s4000/20230816_201242+poss+box+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQHCepUm9ISc_bOP3i1qPyUp78R-IP_cSeD0g8Cs6dJ2Oducztw0mfB4-WwUegK03IpoLH3V1QAFeehRHjp5FLi_HHcuP_GKhRhK2rF6eEQEnRsqVHAHeicjwqP-71zFCBKuFha9MU1nM/w640-h480/20230816_201242+poss+box+.jpg" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">I’m all for sensible
back-up precautions<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">but what made this man<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">go to the trouble<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">of bringing his own box?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>(King's Cross, London)</i></span></p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtGtocGTmI3oSb5h5cB14qU52np7s3NwlYsutOu9S_aPTlL_jC3jFG6Pmf_29jWhxb24JslFimfRULDUKoKl32WFska2CNxFjXgtZJzk5p2-BAsF2Hhy0I7BEhVSlBLWEg_-7HwhV4za2Eb2h8DnMx1cXbcNU96S3rYc9iDuj2N_sI0DqJx918MExfxOw/s3000/20230817_162340%20poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtGtocGTmI3oSb5h5cB14qU52np7s3NwlYsutOu9S_aPTlL_jC3jFG6Pmf_29jWhxb24JslFimfRULDUKoKl32WFska2CNxFjXgtZJzk5p2-BAsF2Hhy0I7BEhVSlBLWEg_-7HwhV4za2Eb2h8DnMx1cXbcNU96S3rYc9iDuj2N_sI0DqJx918MExfxOw/w640-h640/20230817_162340%20poss.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I'm ready
to be grateful<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but only pending further details...<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">into what, post-everything,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is the world set to turn? <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Stockwell,
London)<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRbC_0BcscwejGMcKYzpRBBl_QW7nN5oqVZ2m1ukkPYZ6jPQcbb1PiwezlHZWPSAAkgTIHwNV3B4OTUYHmdm4ASMywG4-7tRE0dqhLyJZolEe6YDqoCmp0wDor8Hf6CaGRpGYwFSs3U2ksq9uHJNxk189ZqUNRwyFuXe22BtWLh6-2Uo9VIbbmJ8dlG2Y/s2512/20230817_140439%20poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2512" data-original-width="2512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRbC_0BcscwejGMcKYzpRBBl_QW7nN5oqVZ2m1ukkPYZ6jPQcbb1PiwezlHZWPSAAkgTIHwNV3B4OTUYHmdm4ASMywG4-7tRE0dqhLyJZolEe6YDqoCmp0wDor8Hf6CaGRpGYwFSs3U2ksq9uHJNxk189ZqUNRwyFuXe22BtWLh6-2Uo9VIbbmJ8dlG2Y/w640-h640/20230817_140439%20poss.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The art
of difference <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">suits me fine, and that’s enough: <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">it's axiomatic for difference-makers <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">not to care what others think.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Paddington,
London)<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdmwsa4P4BtZ_ARpcdHBjdnGcB1LiWgqLYjqNG09b6yiQn3-VTrS6xm2T9QJPBNEIC-yJftACeqfZxSW65YceFSLHFkv9KwtQdCSQpfd3omIeka4e9183xzZgx-6CQl9M2VWeOchaIqaIsvB5xiqZ39s3A3o0m5JaFjLkTTC0xeUtopHMI-_or2RJR_1Q/s2666/20230817_122542%20poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2078" data-original-width="2666" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdmwsa4P4BtZ_ARpcdHBjdnGcB1LiWgqLYjqNG09b6yiQn3-VTrS6xm2T9QJPBNEIC-yJftACeqfZxSW65YceFSLHFkv9KwtQdCSQpfd3omIeka4e9183xzZgx-6CQl9M2VWeOchaIqaIsvB5xiqZ39s3A3o0m5JaFjLkTTC0xeUtopHMI-_or2RJR_1Q/w640-h498/20230817_122542%20poss.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">My thanks
to the subtitles<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">for making it clear<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that they will clarify <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">nothing here.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Camden Art Centre screening of film on Martin Wong)</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiapXvzGwijcGX9rV2q4pSXAPyXYAw8B_AdYwh1ATbs6YWpQV9cbuNLvv_ueQGuiv6vPFRy4j451BkYZqeVLkOgm9q_VaA1FV9LCh8FI1Sb8fLnaeZ5BNT41MiDkBNpMckSrVYQksNCIN3MFn5OVK4GppJOmtDgRCKJH7B9pVTaHYDh743iOrbprKHeHLE/s4000/20230816_140448%20o%20poem%20iron%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiapXvzGwijcGX9rV2q4pSXAPyXYAw8B_AdYwh1ATbs6YWpQV9cbuNLvv_ueQGuiv6vPFRy4j451BkYZqeVLkOgm9q_VaA1FV9LCh8FI1Sb8fLnaeZ5BNT41MiDkBNpMckSrVYQksNCIN3MFn5OVK4GppJOmtDgRCKJH7B9pVTaHYDh743iOrbprKHeHLE/w640-h480/20230816_140448%20o%20poem%20iron%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Given that<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>our </i>industrial
revolution <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">isn't built on brick and iron,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">how will the future see it on the streets?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Pimlico, London)</i></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjETaMJIFASrmtTbZdopyX7SJYuM-yMZgXthAJcYWpbYQwxpIzGEdpFNj55MhGoLeTXekqSHQ6xQMbkk_xBDui6rLq6Ux0lN467IXldnBlXeaeLhbsdp4jcGF8tZDjGalDrqRDewNA9jURFR_4slF501MoTCxN6yjF7z-LE8nBfJ9UbVEF14ZKeprWxTSo/s564/clock%203b168f41c7bd08f685869ae9eaa2dc82.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="564" data-original-width="564" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjETaMJIFASrmtTbZdopyX7SJYuM-yMZgXthAJcYWpbYQwxpIzGEdpFNj55MhGoLeTXekqSHQ6xQMbkk_xBDui6rLq6Ux0lN467IXldnBlXeaeLhbsdp4jcGF8tZDjGalDrqRDewNA9jURFR_4slF501MoTCxN6yjF7z-LE8nBfJ9UbVEF14ZKeprWxTSo/w640-h640/clock%203b168f41c7bd08f685869ae9eaa2dc82.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">There’s no time<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">like the present. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Apart from the past, which used to present. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And the future, which will be soon enough.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>(Online image)</i></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2d1KYR2ddHIBsv4vHMCEP-SSEdx-c_MGeyaLpw8zJBzzdGVa_Ox5iOdSJTJSTuyb0zAQcpeePaZXZOX5LtkH5vGCkRTp6Xk3PdxIFJdcckVh7F5vjvUrY3MmLUeAq2o3VXzU06z0pnlahEtaHgWg8ue3UHTE3wgAzD4vWAEslI_cYi5Hl2kjaxqE7ZIw/s3278/20230814_132301.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3278" data-original-width="2459" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2d1KYR2ddHIBsv4vHMCEP-SSEdx-c_MGeyaLpw8zJBzzdGVa_Ox5iOdSJTJSTuyb0zAQcpeePaZXZOX5LtkH5vGCkRTp6Xk3PdxIFJdcckVh7F5vjvUrY3MmLUeAq2o3VXzU06z0pnlahEtaHgWg8ue3UHTE3wgAzD4vWAEslI_cYi5Hl2kjaxqE7ZIw/w480-h640/20230814_132301.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Amazing how still <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">an owl can keep <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">if there's a mouse <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">in prospect.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><i>(Sculpture at Furzey Gardens, Minstead)</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh06Ehx9NH6G59uAvFyuXylLuZBrrpnXVNho5lVR2jWtyk1xCZjE-N0blYh8FZ1251JWlp3A-tq75nxVG21KpGJH4Gn128Unt5sN_3INbBuDIfjStHPT-53KymFGJixMLXQ3gUa3nhqnyFZP7eQaCGlMbiBtfqM1JU32Fl6nCQrel4ckzFUGNABZdJdZSc/s3252/20230812_182020%20crowd%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2439" data-original-width="3252" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh06Ehx9NH6G59uAvFyuXylLuZBrrpnXVNho5lVR2jWtyk1xCZjE-N0blYh8FZ1251JWlp3A-tq75nxVG21KpGJH4Gn128Unt5sN_3INbBuDIfjStHPT-53KymFGJixMLXQ3gUa3nhqnyFZP7eQaCGlMbiBtfqM1JU32Fl6nCQrel4ckzFUGNABZdJdZSc/w640-h480/20230812_182020%20crowd%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Could all those in
red please enter now<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">along with orange rucksack man. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">That sees to the colour, now for the action:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">try to look as if you have a train to catch.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>(Waterloo Station, London: a tribute to John Smith’s film ‘A Girl
Chewing Gum’, 1976, in which a voice-over appears to direct a street scene)</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoKty9eJBRxVa9eAd1Jk1hYABA_JmBnWW3Lt2tcrmmx5SUOQgUWSdf2jcpcwlxj_1yCuZI5iGUQemgHqTJ5FtWcrmfLK68fZ0LmgS3Oe5tJ7ZejeaULLxq73a5t4Vo88KFHpVyxBnG5f51UcxUOTLBGpqgImWzFbHc83392D02ZRFcM_usHs4cbCM6EJU/s2645/20230812_171010%20packet%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2645" data-original-width="2645" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoKty9eJBRxVa9eAd1Jk1hYABA_JmBnWW3Lt2tcrmmx5SUOQgUWSdf2jcpcwlxj_1yCuZI5iGUQemgHqTJ5FtWcrmfLK68fZ0LmgS3Oe5tJ7ZejeaULLxq73a5t4Vo88KFHpVyxBnG5f51UcxUOTLBGpqgImWzFbHc83392D02ZRFcM_usHs4cbCM6EJU/w640-h640/20230812_171010%20packet%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Here's the bind - a
double<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Not only are discarded packets <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">almost always disappointingly empty, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">when they're not there’s something that puts me off.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>(Deptford, London)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6kcBJerVZzNemGGTcR2wV2IJIhGwZmNC8hRb90H45cC-g4iHhLzR8BNawwr62Pu0u6yynolkiKiyu8ZaSIr-SwBbIn17648f8Rg6Z753HyyLjxSHuS00XRJxJ2lSM2pTcl25mo5OzllVIOovFShmM1DMhKuGvxEQULEYb5jyOt26UrPblSy7X-zlaTV8/s4000/20230529_201249%20fail%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6kcBJerVZzNemGGTcR2wV2IJIhGwZmNC8hRb90H45cC-g4iHhLzR8BNawwr62Pu0u6yynolkiKiyu8ZaSIr-SwBbIn17648f8Rg6Z753HyyLjxSHuS00XRJxJ2lSM2pTcl25mo5OzllVIOovFShmM1DMhKuGvxEQULEYb5jyOt26UrPblSy7X-zlaTV8/w480-h640/20230529_201249%20fail%20poem%20.jpg" width="480" /></a></b></div><b><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Might this be <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">what Beckett meant <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">by ‘failing better’ – <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">the failing on? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY3VqAvvW35smTUfTKlhPPD2_sM1VxRlAb3R1B6AI3DPVlG9BWJN7CZEfee4tib4ESP6UA1uoLLgbPUmJdhR4fOUquayzup8y8TASO6HXzr_avCPu_0jX4Zz9f_Dwvmvnf3BAks-j9fBDrVmLwYvmWplegrdCz4FL4fX3kLOPgYlNO5PdMKCEXwewgMPk/s3122/20230812_173855%20sock%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2341" data-original-width="3122" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY3VqAvvW35smTUfTKlhPPD2_sM1VxRlAb3R1B6AI3DPVlG9BWJN7CZEfee4tib4ESP6UA1uoLLgbPUmJdhR4fOUquayzup8y8TASO6HXzr_avCPu_0jX4Zz9f_Dwvmvnf3BAks-j9fBDrVmLwYvmWplegrdCz4FL4fX3kLOPgYlNO5PdMKCEXwewgMPk/w640-h480/20230812_173855%20sock%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">It's no good <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Those red hoops <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">will not convince me <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">that they are matching socks.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i style="font-size: large;">(Deptford, London)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"> </b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFyiZC6ltQNREiGDLkt254ARSR_IIdLFJ5xW_yxh0zo31dvqd5HMGPS36Jk4srlGEPx3HPW-swvqhEEjF7csCnSjYbZ9O_f0d8GapSVMLqHiCIJNKMIBsZLME-jS8gWNXS7DgH9udolimtLwsvhrZjl4AWThskOsOKWLHr6SawE2aWOgXjPlJGej0y3do/s3336/20230808_125628%20head%20poem%20.jpg" style="font-style: italic; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3336" data-original-width="2895" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFyiZC6ltQNREiGDLkt254ARSR_IIdLFJ5xW_yxh0zo31dvqd5HMGPS36Jk4srlGEPx3HPW-swvqhEEjF7csCnSjYbZ9O_f0d8GapSVMLqHiCIJNKMIBsZLME-jS8gWNXS7DgH9udolimtLwsvhrZjl4AWThskOsOKWLHr6SawE2aWOgXjPlJGej0y3do/w556-h640/20230808_125628%20head%20poem%20.jpg" width="556" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><b>I guess I was assuming<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">barbers<i> finish </i>with the head.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">What are they expecting<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">to move onto?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><i>(Portslade, Sussex)<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><i><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNPSMkFlH2OjLmN-fFDjAWd-UABSrfIegQDtVlxLojPFAt7JRshvqNcTwY6RDXuV4ueo2Q4K-dg0VRX-_rxgamnLuWN4UggSF5GwqHm_LK6Y_RFPig1NF3Y8tR7yHS64bdEH01d4yY40vsNLqJea4wID1DNkwXsTZ_KFeJ-9TC8A4aRnOt_32qdv2VlVM/s3194/20230808_142650%20flag%20poem.jpg" style="font-size: medium; font-style: italic; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2559" data-original-width="3194" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNPSMkFlH2OjLmN-fFDjAWd-UABSrfIegQDtVlxLojPFAt7JRshvqNcTwY6RDXuV4ueo2Q4K-dg0VRX-_rxgamnLuWN4UggSF5GwqHm_LK6Y_RFPig1NF3Y8tR7yHS64bdEH01d4yY40vsNLqJea4wID1DNkwXsTZ_KFeJ-9TC8A4aRnOt_32qdv2VlVM/w640-h512/20230808_142650%20flag%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><b>The local flag<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">flies, if you can call it that,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">only on the pavement.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I rather like it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Hampden Park, Eastbourne) </i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><i> </i></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2W5G7lTkWu9_947Tzzo_5fbGOJeIVdHvoLtHnDcmzkkRx2n4Cz2im5XuXgM0cAgJzDuh8iBSznQjowLWnHH3zJunwEjc0yapKAi5GBsQMm1vlKf0mYwHFEbYF2zz4t0eXdGcx4svvA8_sIuh15i48oBakSqzXw1QQvZLYw1iUc4wSRu1O-3mb2VeW5Zk/s3594/20230807_105126%20victora%20poem.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3594" data-original-width="2696" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2W5G7lTkWu9_947Tzzo_5fbGOJeIVdHvoLtHnDcmzkkRx2n4Cz2im5XuXgM0cAgJzDuh8iBSznQjowLWnHH3zJunwEjc0yapKAi5GBsQMm1vlKf0mYwHFEbYF2zz4t0eXdGcx4svvA8_sIuh15i48oBakSqzXw1QQvZLYw1iUc4wSRu1O-3mb2VeW5Zk/w480-h640/20230807_105126%20victora%20poem.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It's sunny<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but is it bright enough to justify Victoria<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">trivialising the royal brand</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">by wearing sunglasses while on duty?</span></span></p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(St Leonards-on-Sea)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg96QvYEtmgv8dJy4bbrQ_4NDZuybAjW_TFq82NcYv639Ywj38wCBSdNTZGCQN1DS7GQ0zHraEvPvqcbArMTe1i1bFWJdqkQOWLuDJ_0WzoHOcTeSzXbGvN1ioHW4hHHbJ90iOnGXZyAsQxtU-62gVPFY8nujApHw-AYejf0dPefeL179uugzl_vlpYQ-0/s4000/20230807_105929%20mace%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg96QvYEtmgv8dJy4bbrQ_4NDZuybAjW_TFq82NcYv639Ywj38wCBSdNTZGCQN1DS7GQ0zHraEvPvqcbArMTe1i1bFWJdqkQOWLuDJ_0WzoHOcTeSzXbGvN1ioHW4hHHbJ90iOnGXZyAsQxtU-62gVPFY8nujApHw-AYejf0dPefeL179uugzl_vlpYQ-0/w480-h640/20230807_105929%20mace%20poem.jpg" width="480" /></a></i></div><i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></i><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Whenever <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">whatever <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">you want it fresh - </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">as long </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">as it's not now.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(St Leonards-on-Sea)</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk0v4p6F3CMZsUFh4IZ1C7bFdCsI2LXbdSoG2BoUyNs3YbRbJqO4ND9LqCP3W9QKKaZtOz_bPVGLhs_kL2CJEhNwQDXovKE2tnHzt-LplHD9ZntK_2hagW1TkYvRqKPEpSsy5F5E4EhEh1d_fmFpJw7c9t8LFYFbkD7fhnKC0IDqsOFnIrRs-r0ODUvDk/w640-h480/20230802_115120%20poss%20snail%20.jpg" width="640" /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">There’s nothing fantastical<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">about the size of this snail<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">sliding along its step:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">it is a concrete fact.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>(Hastings)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6GScM4-4RaOG4RkGsTcgeSrM4HACKQ4i26zUNG605D-tRZtko9HUDc07AEg-j0NTBgXsrn_5-mDaWUL6GyV2Hbmi8XBAL6I20lDc3_CaOW616rhSSijjulyIy-ZNbTTvXrMViu2Rr7_mMy7cXRcrqUErynR_Xh5jnsKDd2Fud5UtDZSpS624pHQQYYQA/s4000/20230806_172820%20poss.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6GScM4-4RaOG4RkGsTcgeSrM4HACKQ4i26zUNG605D-tRZtko9HUDc07AEg-j0NTBgXsrn_5-mDaWUL6GyV2Hbmi8XBAL6I20lDc3_CaOW616rhSSijjulyIy-ZNbTTvXrMViu2Rr7_mMy7cXRcrqUErynR_Xh5jnsKDd2Fud5UtDZSpS624pHQQYYQA/w640-h480/20230806_172820%20poss.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">This ghost could be<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">what Mondrian saw<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">before he deconstructed<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">his trees into grids.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><o:p><i style="font-size: large;">(Hastings)</i><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFbATorMw-UrOyYtRwGkwlJuVsspHKoMJ4KFNfn56LwAu1MS6ilXx6Rln94FlTYttUMJTpBRWxSdmLNfLX2QEcBXpWfkudwfDEhbI5mkC89p3OJmrLB1k85Xvq9Dm8Ac4OXngq6OcQC-v-lMHy_And9zArKDvQr1BvOI7TeEeTL9825W8AfHg1rateadI/s2603/20230724_140045%20bees%20poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2603" data-original-width="2603" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFbATorMw-UrOyYtRwGkwlJuVsspHKoMJ4KFNfn56LwAu1MS6ilXx6Rln94FlTYttUMJTpBRWxSdmLNfLX2QEcBXpWfkudwfDEhbI5mkC89p3OJmrLB1k85Xvq9Dm8Ac4OXngq6OcQC-v-lMHy_And9zArKDvQr1BvOI7TeEeTL9825W8AfHg1rateadI/w640-h640/20230724_140045%20bees%20poss.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">It’s a little known fact<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">about bees<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">that every other fact about bees<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">is already well-known. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><i style="font-size: large;"><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><i style="font-size: large;">(Hastings)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbSGiXI6lIecjws7knagbj0cCMEmuvfOj_w93gIkdLlXzGAjLPJyef_OlEr90YM8QZegJGi62g5DuFsQPiXu7axW_BqwPku8y8hYcMtwUkgo-CgQ-hc7W0MJLPpahnVVSGIq0l3uBCs_av37M2kwifG1DJYP9PcT6IkHHklYtto_5cMfZd0MOsNDLUykU/s2988/20230806_141838%20blackbeard%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2988" data-original-width="2241" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbSGiXI6lIecjws7knagbj0cCMEmuvfOj_w93gIkdLlXzGAjLPJyef_OlEr90YM8QZegJGi62g5DuFsQPiXu7axW_BqwPku8y8hYcMtwUkgo-CgQ-hc7W0MJLPpahnVVSGIq0l3uBCs_av37M2kwifG1DJYP9PcT6IkHHklYtto_5cMfZd0MOsNDLUykU/w480-h640/20230806_141838%20blackbeard%20poem%20.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Everyone is lucky<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">according to Blackbeard,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the question being<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">how soon?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Hastings)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0_rQbaX5r0eJuffWkWuVl3FhGNnGCnMX12HmjAxFZqwZ-iJV6FII9X-ar3xl0lS7GyEEr3INs9jm5vVpM8USIdjCleuqjxn5BD9iQZ65YQy9f235GTv7YxgHaFgGzx0ZDELzzyHtwVUgzzKnjlcY4eJX-1o0Mj1MJ7ctn1h_sIHROomGsTrKOygQCrug/s4000/20230807_121623%20moon%20poem.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0_rQbaX5r0eJuffWkWuVl3FhGNnGCnMX12HmjAxFZqwZ-iJV6FII9X-ar3xl0lS7GyEEr3INs9jm5vVpM8USIdjCleuqjxn5BD9iQZ65YQy9f235GTv7YxgHaFgGzx0ZDELzzyHtwVUgzzKnjlcY4eJX-1o0Mj1MJ7ctn1h_sIHROomGsTrKOygQCrug/w640-h480/20230807_121623%20moon%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I'm not sure that this is true <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The
rising of the moon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is
governed by the Earth and Sun and gravity <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and all
the laws behind the way things are. </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(St Leonards-on-Sea)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What an awkward
feeling <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to realise, 31 characters in,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that there are eight to go <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and only the room for four at half-size....<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(St Leonards-on-Sea)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0RIDM0WmR46ZU0rJyd5DzLUSFPALHC3i-JmHGrrndQForeE9A3d9xr609CCPkesTyfEaHqZSnuhjoKklNkyqDwx0EuBs6wiAdguF0g1zjBWD73degm5ZYfpOmkJ-hSIJLOuzE1weGp1IIHJa5KeFguOFt5Zlsk7nFfOpV8x9_WPkV4K1H5UbXdclfLlA/s2318/20230802_115515%20incident%20poem%202.jpg" style="background-color: white; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2318" data-original-width="2318" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0RIDM0WmR46ZU0rJyd5DzLUSFPALHC3i-JmHGrrndQForeE9A3d9xr609CCPkesTyfEaHqZSnuhjoKklNkyqDwx0EuBs6wiAdguF0g1zjBWD73degm5ZYfpOmkJ-hSIJLOuzE1weGp1IIHJa5KeFguOFt5Zlsk7nFfOpV8x9_WPkV4K1H5UbXdclfLlA/w640-h640/20230802_115515%20incident%20poem%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">That was
a night and a half <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">on the tiles!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Some sort of incident <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">was bound to occur…<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(St Leonards-on-Sea)</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJGrQ0UtsDajh9ZkLYCv01l6jUgZv7OM-jg9XEulz80TmZyrtecJxOnp2-QmfNXCdsVy7k8Fe86oMZRbdVuXKlJ2_XQ_oWUdroKuhUOXaBeum0dYeFm_SNyd-_D8eet8om_vlB5ihmaQP4O9eZ6khN8pRaNCj62i7Thx8oC_CxxJnNTmtNZ7i-Y4NODt4/s1646/20230804_122753.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1646" data-original-width="1234" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJGrQ0UtsDajh9ZkLYCv01l6jUgZv7OM-jg9XEulz80TmZyrtecJxOnp2-QmfNXCdsVy7k8Fe86oMZRbdVuXKlJ2_XQ_oWUdroKuhUOXaBeum0dYeFm_SNyd-_D8eet8om_vlB5ihmaQP4O9eZ6khN8pRaNCj62i7Thx8oC_CxxJnNTmtNZ7i-Y4NODt4/w480-h640/20230804_122753.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">'I've not said nothing to no-one'<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">he says,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and I
like how sure I am<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that he
means exactly the opposite.</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i>(Mayfair, London)</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMD1Ji85ARAM7IekmqubHatO5iWEUSYwZlp9lAdPZKe1Ah6uuEzW0jKaHZsKs9PEL9wM7NiksUR6aQ8szVo_UlFutlBdQjXrr92tRmU8ujO1fwJD1jMnoXwD2CsD1UwEnt2TMIA9MxNJk2ZYCFPLfpblhZ1LiLi99XQQmKXmJSv-HmpP-GQHc9hhONCd0/s2562/20230805_124808%20bells%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2562" data-original-width="2540" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMD1Ji85ARAM7IekmqubHatO5iWEUSYwZlp9lAdPZKe1Ah6uuEzW0jKaHZsKs9PEL9wM7NiksUR6aQ8szVo_UlFutlBdQjXrr92tRmU8ujO1fwJD1jMnoXwD2CsD1UwEnt2TMIA9MxNJk2ZYCFPLfpblhZ1LiLi99XQQmKXmJSv-HmpP-GQHc9hhONCd0/w634-h640/20230805_124808%20bells%20poem.jpg" width="634" /></a></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">‘It’s me!’<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">‘Perhaps,
but who am I?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And how
did you come<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">To choose
my bell?’</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>(Fitzrovia, London)</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKd9iVCOwJnrjl-gz9h0D6GKoednLMKgmvwBUWccJrtGKhP3bPHCXdlxcV1CBrujSAIQuRvYSO6XY14xIZbvAIdbhPos2xXsZhXD0IXHwiMWR5GTOw6ghGa2eQ8-gvJWKzIl3xO0CkNGAAscVqbc4tPcPobddh69ibUTGBNuUMFDhEu_yR_0f1NZC6zSs/s945/1000_F_293442675_e8h51pZqEJmhGZjwjnxxh9ZhrDkaTkRx.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="945" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKd9iVCOwJnrjl-gz9h0D6GKoednLMKgmvwBUWccJrtGKhP3bPHCXdlxcV1CBrujSAIQuRvYSO6XY14xIZbvAIdbhPos2xXsZhXD0IXHwiMWR5GTOw6ghGa2eQ8-gvJWKzIl3xO0CkNGAAscVqbc4tPcPobddh69ibUTGBNuUMFDhEu_yR_0f1NZC6zSs/w640-h452/1000_F_293442675_e8h51pZqEJmhGZjwjnxxh9ZhrDkaTkRx.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><i><br /></i></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><b>The fisherman says<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">he doesn’t mind </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">if he catches no fish:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">he’s happy with his being.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Adobe stock photo, as watermarked!)</i></span></p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHASwdtJewzIfuFVX8WWVnxWpmr5zYcKqnB6zWVtv1gs-nLxZd2lzpWu80Tn6Q6B2-3UlL-lSevJR20N_62wVqb60Ni6oIsyGelMbdhtiU-NcNVluUvCLRF2MOazhJgXK9DZM29eQ-PqZty9Mil4uAw0AogS_ISmSo_6HaahpZI8ZEhoNuCFT_9tmWR4E/s3109/20230731_132816%20nature%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2332" data-original-width="3109" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHASwdtJewzIfuFVX8WWVnxWpmr5zYcKqnB6zWVtv1gs-nLxZd2lzpWu80Tn6Q6B2-3UlL-lSevJR20N_62wVqb60Ni6oIsyGelMbdhtiU-NcNVluUvCLRF2MOazhJgXK9DZM29eQ-PqZty9Mil4uAw0AogS_ISmSo_6HaahpZI8ZEhoNuCFT_9tmWR4E/w640-h480/20230731_132816%20nature%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Not all
that’s nature <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is in flower <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">any more than <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">all that isn’t isn’t.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Hastings)</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvB_Z0FO7uIEJ4wGgU76_K0rsXILXDHNrcPTNcMm6rsZkZukX0i5bQLNHV6rNqMBZgeurXLepRduJ9UbfS2aIZWDaDaJE_VBPvfaf1H6OV6V2SQsQglV3tXcGJLhFgoXZf35IeJMFyKZGpH5JZjFhuYLbeYas9NiqgU6DUvWB0bhy207puDxL64_VChAM/s2948/20230803_075041.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2948" data-original-width="2948" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvB_Z0FO7uIEJ4wGgU76_K0rsXILXDHNrcPTNcMm6rsZkZukX0i5bQLNHV6rNqMBZgeurXLepRduJ9UbfS2aIZWDaDaJE_VBPvfaf1H6OV6V2SQsQglV3tXcGJLhFgoXZf35IeJMFyKZGpH5JZjFhuYLbeYas9NiqgU6DUvWB0bhy207puDxL64_VChAM/w640-h640/20230803_075041.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Give us today<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">a slice of reality<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but please don’t overwhelm us<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">with the whole fucking loaf.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(St Leonards-on-Sea)</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaXPcdidNcXl80R9d40YczW_pLcnuNQYlSSj6YoVdBbeZrhjH6c-ynOSWrmGJhjyfDU9Ehsf8Uz6uanNJ1_odJHiKbsWYZQ5rUxy4YayJDvCQLmetVkGsfZbyVGZoGJIeBSskgmMucuxO1eXoHRkUOtRixd0123FDrOaAp8m5_n_H44IHzJgf-Sure63A/s2348/20230731_132234%20rice%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2348" data-original-width="2348" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaXPcdidNcXl80R9d40YczW_pLcnuNQYlSSj6YoVdBbeZrhjH6c-ynOSWrmGJhjyfDU9Ehsf8Uz6uanNJ1_odJHiKbsWYZQ5rUxy4YayJDvCQLmetVkGsfZbyVGZoGJIeBSskgmMucuxO1eXoHRkUOtRixd0123FDrOaAp8m5_n_H44IHzJgf-Sure63A/w640-h640/20230731_132234%20rice%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Paving
stones <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">make serviceable plates <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but can man live by rice alone <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">especially so few grains?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Hastings)</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHqd0PXcHJBIwNn7S10-pzAay3ukk3CSdFJL8QmAb9FHijJ915cwCuG70VZBWy_TCJmXEGhjXqIYEa1KEf8nEg1QaFrcA4luQs8eEGUS1xxJjeDmACS1gPxxJPUu6uXWUHyci9YuOM4T53q-FwihdT76IFqedQmu3QWtSztPMTrLYq0e3n7WAZkN-WTl8/s3801/20230728_131537%20camilla%20bookshop.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3801" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHqd0PXcHJBIwNn7S10-pzAay3ukk3CSdFJL8QmAb9FHijJ915cwCuG70VZBWy_TCJmXEGhjXqIYEa1KEf8nEg1QaFrcA4luQs8eEGUS1xxJjeDmACS1gPxxJPUu6uXWUHyci9YuOM4T53q-FwihdT76IFqedQmu3QWtSztPMTrLYq0e3n7WAZkN-WTl8/w506-h640/20230728_131537%20camilla%20bookshop.jpg" width="506" /></a></span></span></div><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Ah for
the days <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">when knowledge was visible,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">if harder to access!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">OK, maybe not. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Camilla’s bookshop, Eastbourne)</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiddL3Jnko0tBzb6sp_GG0QrRXGtWMBzJhItsDyij_n_eFPvFakex5K4OcTWla48HbvlsjsRuNfPyfd97-oFRWTMyoOvmmIZU9yv9qpNlbiUNtFtJlkjZEsUBIvKNFKD779vkzQ5ogPJeZ40gz8qgfcTU-jkHgamOmV2bK15684bA6m19oCFfLNgrP4z4/s4000/20230728_153944%20chelsea%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiddL3Jnko0tBzb6sp_GG0QrRXGtWMBzJhItsDyij_n_eFPvFakex5K4OcTWla48HbvlsjsRuNfPyfd97-oFRWTMyoOvmmIZU9yv9qpNlbiUNtFtJlkjZEsUBIvKNFKD779vkzQ5ogPJeZ40gz8qgfcTU-jkHgamOmV2bK15684bA6m19oCFfLNgrP4z4/w480-h640/20230728_153944%20chelsea%20poem.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Elvis Costello<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">as I recall it<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">didn't want to go to Chelsea.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">But was he rejecting London, New York or Eastbourne?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Eastbourne. Elvis
Costello and the Attractions released '(I don't want to go to) Chelsea' in
1977. Does any other song, incidentally, start its title with brackets?)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhtPah80PDMq5GdqmlTkAarcDzRBM5INZsu20JtFfEurgxPoXS82KMxLA62F8rUE1Pu5cm32AHPMGtJeOUfYx0dn3WPz_OXCxkqI97uOkCp7Jk4fbDl6smmKXtYd72LYKVoux0kN4txAiJ9G7Ihm4lKONmqgcOOLLhF6fQjHBijCXHPUtftWx50ecYWCc/s4000/20230728_134206%20wish%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhtPah80PDMq5GdqmlTkAarcDzRBM5INZsu20JtFfEurgxPoXS82KMxLA62F8rUE1Pu5cm32AHPMGtJeOUfYx0dn3WPz_OXCxkqI97uOkCp7Jk4fbDl6smmKXtYd72LYKVoux0kN4txAiJ9G7Ihm4lKONmqgcOOLLhF6fQjHBijCXHPUtftWx50ecYWCc/w480-h640/20230728_134206%20wish%20poem.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I like the name<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">But is this an ancient street sympathetic to new desires, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">or a sad repository for long-extinguished hopes <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">too painful to revive?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Eastbourne)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihAhOK593Mf_FvHnMYzB14HSBnG8wj0LTZt2hW7cs694LvVOy5gupslPeSYFmSlmFqBLWhrEHm4l9U6h8U31JqN8ZgRyzVATQLvoljgFft3s2d3W8TVDr1v67STry-DhIwCD-6D7rED537RHaDk6S_YRP2Lzzg4TQcP60_3QeQhW1ACvUafRmxZ_zFKyY/s2143/20230728_133053%20brickwork%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2143" data-original-width="1607" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihAhOK593Mf_FvHnMYzB14HSBnG8wj0LTZt2hW7cs694LvVOy5gupslPeSYFmSlmFqBLWhrEHm4l9U6h8U31JqN8ZgRyzVATQLvoljgFft3s2d3W8TVDr1v67STry-DhIwCD-6D7rED537RHaDk6S_YRP2Lzzg4TQcP60_3QeQhW1ACvUafRmxZ_zFKyY/w480-h640/20230728_133053%20brickwork%20poem.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">If you can't decide <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">which way round <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to lay your bricks, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">why should you?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Eastbourne)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZBsbO-duID5Yw-mFRYNFt79nef9a0hsQghEvgGnGl7UDCvfpCIlT5h1fbVDNS83srwTOgopcgsdvOHQuw_o2quGKpP9i_4jk6ue3_OMud-Hj5Q-Y99NUP0DGaPn-XATLt7LAVKyOEmYvNEKHDk7cGpyW2HA-3zOMt6Tfeiq8jMk0kFej5K7oMTKRGJRU/s4000/20230721_091705.jpg" style="background-color: white; font-size: large; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZBsbO-duID5Yw-mFRYNFt79nef9a0hsQghEvgGnGl7UDCvfpCIlT5h1fbVDNS83srwTOgopcgsdvOHQuw_o2quGKpP9i_4jk6ue3_OMud-Hj5Q-Y99NUP0DGaPn-XATLt7LAVKyOEmYvNEKHDk7cGpyW2HA-3zOMt6Tfeiq8jMk0kFej5K7oMTKRGJRU/w480-h640/20230721_091705.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">In between strike
days<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I might try to claim<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">it's nice to return<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to the usual reasons for delay...</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i> </i></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2fusdcsGAhTIafqwP8MQNIV9ixofKlJ8uD-Z6lMWofDhhVp38YlxGc20os-ZhsRuREgp2pWOy9KC-QNNF4fmslvQM671WfCVDkcMhIOLUCVPkeBs4eUC5Kd2sq78k3HjKArMi22JNT2xA0a0N0diEImZGY0y5KtbROfLp4QS_v5dpZpX--e1ldS2wkzU/s2973/20230727_104926%20dais%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2973" data-original-width="2973" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2fusdcsGAhTIafqwP8MQNIV9ixofKlJ8uD-Z6lMWofDhhVp38YlxGc20os-ZhsRuREgp2pWOy9KC-QNNF4fmslvQM671WfCVDkcMhIOLUCVPkeBs4eUC5Kd2sq78k3HjKArMi22JNT2xA0a0N0diEImZGY0y5KtbROfLp4QS_v5dpZpX--e1ldS2wkzU/w640-h640/20230727_104926%20dais%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Said Business School <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">isn't called Said <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but Saïd <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and I guess that's how it's saïd.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Saïd Business School,
Oxford: actually, it turns out, phonetically, that both words are said ‘sed’)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMmAZSXg_1LCAlu3tPpgOS10ABduICAaT76miisCheXjYy157YWkZdEhv-9TDbaaTlAG-v9EnfsuAkyoTtTTwfjgprH2JAOs7DcGKf1bej6QvVIhLvXW1Xrsgv3LYGgKicG-PfI_hIbZMsIuRYwbvEGtqocBbQb2985meixcPkYt3XULyhz--OlQsr2i0/s4000/20230727_125635.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMmAZSXg_1LCAlu3tPpgOS10ABduICAaT76miisCheXjYy157YWkZdEhv-9TDbaaTlAG-v9EnfsuAkyoTtTTwfjgprH2JAOs7DcGKf1bej6QvVIhLvXW1Xrsgv3LYGgKicG-PfI_hIbZMsIuRYwbvEGtqocBbQb2985meixcPkYt3XULyhz--OlQsr2i0/w480-h640/20230727_125635.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I feel at a loss<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">when something’s invisible <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and cannot be touched.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">How am I meant to engage?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(<i>Ashmolean Museum, Oxford</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyeXYRWVC42Bk0BJIH1ywD_7A5EnCgw14P1DgVWIB_nP-TBBFuo9sBy42CMrUNyJAzGCU6ChbOlxYHbAjXYsncgHUSvX4JcJi-1IZ8WE5HRi4SA2IbuLmDaTr8ahLG0bgErlRz3-kdYvKNXKv9V-psQowNWFx0_SLqA8CRSD4upavTsYqyeysYNKEs2_w/s4000/20230727_160928%20boo%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyeXYRWVC42Bk0BJIH1ywD_7A5EnCgw14P1DgVWIB_nP-TBBFuo9sBy42CMrUNyJAzGCU6ChbOlxYHbAjXYsncgHUSvX4JcJi-1IZ8WE5HRi4SA2IbuLmDaTr8ahLG0bgErlRz3-kdYvKNXKv9V-psQowNWFx0_SLqA8CRSD4upavTsYqyeysYNKEs2_w/w640-h480/20230727_160928%20boo%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘Boo!’ she said<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘I'm Sassy - <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I guess you're not <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">else you'd have seen that coming.’<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(<i>Woodstock, Oxfordshire</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTEgviZU-Pr4EK0s4s0ns7NflbuLvyESRbgOY6md7KnJolBBEeOeB-gtJ5WZuy-27kpskG-FBrtMlNafIghqjPEQuBqBSqunCBn09DDLackO8SXnJZQehmxo-JvIpNPh6-YA3lI7rBVJLAy-AlAQJrdFjRm7x2phrN0FROhBa8Byigro7vP-wuQ1nHs8Q/s3707/20230727_105742%20whitewash%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1866" data-original-width="3707" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTEgviZU-Pr4EK0s4s0ns7NflbuLvyESRbgOY6md7KnJolBBEeOeB-gtJ5WZuy-27kpskG-FBrtMlNafIghqjPEQuBqBSqunCBn09DDLackO8SXnJZQehmxo-JvIpNPh6-YA3lI7rBVJLAy-AlAQJrdFjRm7x2phrN0FROhBa8Byigro7vP-wuQ1nHs8Q/w640-h322/20230727_105742%20whitewash%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Apparently
<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">there are as many different ways of whitewashing windows <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">as there are atoms in the universe…<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but that tend to be claimed of most choices.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(<i>Oxford</i>)</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8_IQ8SrBzDkVg5QxbcGcLtli8nvzamRS_4zsw-fGsbL0wI4hiRD_XTYozAVlto6DWk__CdA0OEXB5HSokaec49NafJb8bGp25ffoCRX1W9MY6AisPh_6wRNCR_435z_98siT-hjoZNu3TYS6NEJ2vnS-Nd774zHJliNJWADhpXolWQhjHeUF_iArLw3A/s1240/soldier%20beetles%204173.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="744" data-original-width="1240" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8_IQ8SrBzDkVg5QxbcGcLtli8nvzamRS_4zsw-fGsbL0wI4hiRD_XTYozAVlto6DWk__CdA0OEXB5HSokaec49NafJb8bGp25ffoCRX1W9MY6AisPh_6wRNCR_435z_98siT-hjoZNu3TYS6NEJ2vnS-Nd774zHJliNJWADhpXolWQhjHeUF_iArLw3A/w640-h384/soldier%20beetles%204173.webp" width="640" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Insect life is full
of ease<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Two-three-four in a flower. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">No-one cares <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">apart from entomologists. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #121212; font-style: italic; line-height: 107%;">(Common red soldier beetles </span><span style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; text-align: start; word-break: break-word;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;">Rhagonycha fulva</span></span></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>)</i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO9-Fxb9-i2YA_k6gDcc_gQ3yhsrG2eSxWPAPvEncagIXI11TzD1JUpBjzmFnTzRcZxZB90qMjD8Y-6lM7v7AOVRa90EdSQ-zJ9L66es_EqfffuMVQph9kz8LC6kJW4Z-yQ2ValKYAKVRY8VeT1gj6YLl9w_6DJ5oB0J5-HYyWjH9_xS4IqyEDgmd-aY4/s2320/20230724_140351%20thistle%20death%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="2320" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO9-Fxb9-i2YA_k6gDcc_gQ3yhsrG2eSxWPAPvEncagIXI11TzD1JUpBjzmFnTzRcZxZB90qMjD8Y-6lM7v7AOVRa90EdSQ-zJ9L66es_EqfffuMVQph9kz8LC6kJW4Z-yQ2ValKYAKVRY8VeT1gj6YLl9w_6DJ5oB0J5-HYyWjH9_xS4IqyEDgmd-aY4/w640-h640/20230724_140351%20thistle%20death%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">If prickles are no
defence against death <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">we might as well stay as smooth as the transition<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">we hope will take us <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">from this world to the next…</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(<i>Creeping thistle</i> - Cirsium arvense)</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #e7eeed; box-sizing: inherit; color: #3b3630; text-align: start;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVmPkyrYehAKCsBuqAtMkBUfuraedQQLvUcRp767apqeGtED96WsjC4od_SxOkea7RgudWad6a1NLRTnBChq1lFm31f8wVcaskH97LUWCTr-Eo5F_HnZmEGRm4IZ_h5pBVTaCO53z-SjIbw6n59fsZoDQpqZlYvUixfUH98AVsYTqW27RfljZL5xdVBWk/s4000/20230726_120350%20bark%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVmPkyrYehAKCsBuqAtMkBUfuraedQQLvUcRp767apqeGtED96WsjC4od_SxOkea7RgudWad6a1NLRTnBChq1lFm31f8wVcaskH97LUWCTr-Eo5F_HnZmEGRm4IZ_h5pBVTaCO53z-SjIbw6n59fsZoDQpqZlYvUixfUH98AVsYTqW27RfljZL5xdVBWk/w640-h480/20230726_120350%20bark%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">You might think<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that only the very maddest bark <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">would choose to park here. I’m not so sure: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">just what are the rules for natural objects? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-fWlaJVxvQWZfULl41NkX9r_xuvM_Uro1_2idjLLXIeamUXlVmt-hDqXl4998KqOuFXxRjnlOPjacVVuPSSYi1e23SV-nwTstyEkc4nKDpPFFWbyQHNG0xtCiwZo6-jaX2fcGez-i6lixAS7zVHlbntfChRNojP2__VDLDpxyAjGzHefDP3enUCmYkN4/s2506/20230719_120959%20delph%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1879" data-original-width="2506" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-fWlaJVxvQWZfULl41NkX9r_xuvM_Uro1_2idjLLXIeamUXlVmt-hDqXl4998KqOuFXxRjnlOPjacVVuPSSYi1e23SV-nwTstyEkc4nKDpPFFWbyQHNG0xtCiwZo6-jaX2fcGez-i6lixAS7zVHlbntfChRNojP2__VDLDpxyAjGzHefDP3enUCmYkN4/w640-h480/20230719_120959%20delph%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Don't be confused <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">by mere details of timing: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">here is my photo of a small tortoiseshell <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">about to take off.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1jIndxGPIwCVBtCrYHJaricPFaCfWcST6o_fSam4htcYYmqFO9E_Koq82izhuhqWmStjaDRxIpZkepv1IjdohoBcKNSeniiPFTDYjPpu6cAM7B42E7ZsBx9qK3x0a_s2_t4IUtZ5wj75X3vIBPKCCaO2qQQGh7uYrY5YhT8z1YTrhROWfDvaZHUSkotA/s4000/20230720_120524%20notive%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1jIndxGPIwCVBtCrYHJaricPFaCfWcST6o_fSam4htcYYmqFO9E_Koq82izhuhqWmStjaDRxIpZkepv1IjdohoBcKNSeniiPFTDYjPpu6cAM7B42E7ZsBx9qK3x0a_s2_t4IUtZ5wj75X3vIBPKCCaO2qQQGh7uYrY5YhT8z1YTrhROWfDvaZHUSkotA/w480-h640/20230720_120524%20notive%20poem%20.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Did you notice <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that house prices – <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and it, seems, their notices – <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">are starting to fall? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ogzcZra6_X7dRdbBNbJSTJZSthroyaO846_hJgSvHbKmHl9LBhtz_cOMEOu6TUFDVmkMhUtnNocQ__6vwdDApu824D0KME3fuCYr1eTuy-eXsGXDWaWRMNgpS7pqqAj0WbQm6EK5T9wnfg4pdzf70Sm3dnOSQdH83vI_2jItwlR7xPtkJ57YVMeSE2Y/s2643/20230725_161341%20f%20medick%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1982" data-original-width="2643" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ogzcZra6_X7dRdbBNbJSTJZSthroyaO846_hJgSvHbKmHl9LBhtz_cOMEOu6TUFDVmkMhUtnNocQ__6vwdDApu824D0KME3fuCYr1eTuy-eXsGXDWaWRMNgpS7pqqAj0WbQm6EK5T9wnfg4pdzf70Sm3dnOSQdH83vI_2jItwlR7xPtkJ57YVMeSE2Y/w640-h480/20230725_161341%20f%20medick%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Why is black medick<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">yellow? Same reason, I suppose, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that yellow medick would be black <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">were such a plant to exist…</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i>The common name of </i>Medicago lupulina<i> is thought to derive
from its seed, rather than flower, colour. There is no plant called 'yellow medick'.</i><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdTgoZunO8S-yBlV6MrzOcVEnHpCoZ_DXZYS0JCdFsVyeuXd-oSwyEXFrfnrgPZzeI3PqAUGgh4rYO5owmwlg9iVGpQpb9rBFJq34r91v641cz6I7vpmCE0ACK8r4x6uDfPxxmWOu-PGCgle-_BXzPs9YT7oonWymNN1KM6MrIhYc3GQei2EtwR9iKZJE/s3769/20230721_135503%20trouser%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2827" data-original-width="3769" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdTgoZunO8S-yBlV6MrzOcVEnHpCoZ_DXZYS0JCdFsVyeuXd-oSwyEXFrfnrgPZzeI3PqAUGgh4rYO5owmwlg9iVGpQpb9rBFJq34r91v641cz6I7vpmCE0ACK8r4x6uDfPxxmWOu-PGCgle-_BXzPs9YT7oonWymNN1KM6MrIhYc3GQei2EtwR9iKZJE/w640-h480/20230721_135503%20trouser%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>The key, if you’re
skirting <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">the trouser trail,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">is to keep to your senses <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">of humour, balance and scale. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRS35yJRXmpt7LGmINeRBUd_OxcQgzPjaIOvzLHRPB8o7d5qv1b6ZOUMv5S_SBBAIsNlvQ_oYXrfww6hjQC3Fzq7Utx5x1eHztkEkAL0KWF5RIcDOIxjbZQJyEoPAIM5QRXYZbfWTyntqqrrZRquz9TGmimZyPRMQcolouD5MNGTsIsb_BYF64B774KHM/s3565/20230716_111935%20rev%20nettle%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3565" data-original-width="1970" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRS35yJRXmpt7LGmINeRBUd_OxcQgzPjaIOvzLHRPB8o7d5qv1b6ZOUMv5S_SBBAIsNlvQ_oYXrfww6hjQC3Fzq7Utx5x1eHztkEkAL0KWF5RIcDOIxjbZQJyEoPAIM5QRXYZbfWTyntqqrrZRquz9TGmimZyPRMQcolouD5MNGTsIsb_BYF64B774KHM/w354-h640/20230716_111935%20rev%20nettle%20poem%20.jpg" width="354" /></a></div><br /></div><br /> </span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I may not have the
social skills<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to make me very popular,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but I maintain my inner self<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">ought to be better respected. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Stinging nettles, Ashurst)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVL4SmcfHZ3PsXPD1RpxWlN1CZ_sTFryIc6tFdmDc5vzMZk-2OLSv0Er5mm2N5-Zm1cFgCuJl0wr1eS_tCWg7cDoS_nF0mrZrjSME3wHPx9WqWVaYc5zvyYwvs5EYW7mGj1h4MNOOpQpvuKL__ZZ1cDYPVjh1boy9kCCBYZLjAGGH97r7LEQxR6a38ce4/s2588/20230715_134711%20ogle%20poem.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2588" data-original-width="1940" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVL4SmcfHZ3PsXPD1RpxWlN1CZ_sTFryIc6tFdmDc5vzMZk-2OLSv0Er5mm2N5-Zm1cFgCuJl0wr1eS_tCWg7cDoS_nF0mrZrjSME3wHPx9WqWVaYc5zvyYwvs5EYW7mGj1h4MNOOpQpvuKL__ZZ1cDYPVjh1boy9kCCBYZLjAGGH97r7LEQxR6a38ce4/w480-h640/20230715_134711%20ogle%20poem.jpg" width="480" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Would you look at
that road! <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Not like that, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">more subtly, more covertly,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">as if you might be doing something wrong… <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Southampton)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVtxJz_JOj1u5DeOCtgj6hvSaBjhlJNmCLb9eYSE8UPsGYE_MVoAwCPXN_9PtyrAuTXn3M6AAEsShxppsqxIbSz47LCPn120IfZCZUgYHDDxjF_HeI5OgEfaqVNnDYkgNbjSQlX8Hpo-hd6ccG6b8yZfz2BHG-imYkX25NSjAOrYlQVs4u3Asrp1drnc4/s2399/20230716_110602%20frame%20poem%20.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2399" data-original-width="2399" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVtxJz_JOj1u5DeOCtgj6hvSaBjhlJNmCLb9eYSE8UPsGYE_MVoAwCPXN_9PtyrAuTXn3M6AAEsShxppsqxIbSz47LCPn120IfZCZUgYHDDxjF_HeI5OgEfaqVNnDYkgNbjSQlX8Hpo-hd6ccG6b8yZfz2BHG-imYkX25NSjAOrYlQVs4u3Asrp1drnc4/w640-h640/20230716_110602%20frame%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Does it make any
sense<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to frame something in itself?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Or is that as if <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">a map’s the same size as what it depicts?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAUE7StkQ_TOivKnwX6TpDKRHT_KH3T9yjS5PU9-9IUxANtW3xtCxVnCMwFHoCn5Ib8vmtlwEKKoXsp5cZsMxDq1GsJyus5AsctGN1qDyK50EyTivsF5XIRUwYdFlU9BG9PXu1_3GdqT6vbBuDzpeWNf2ogYJirUbibJz6MjJyJnvIrdUnC29dGKvKofE/s3303/20230712_112655%20poss%20hedgehog.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2477" data-original-width="3303" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAUE7StkQ_TOivKnwX6TpDKRHT_KH3T9yjS5PU9-9IUxANtW3xtCxVnCMwFHoCn5Ib8vmtlwEKKoXsp5cZsMxDq1GsJyus5AsctGN1qDyK50EyTivsF5XIRUwYdFlU9BG9PXu1_3GdqT6vbBuDzpeWNf2ogYJirUbibJz6MjJyJnvIrdUnC29dGKvKofE/w640-h480/20230712_112655%20poss%20hedgehog.jpg" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It’s sad <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to see a deadgehog.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">How long will it be before evolution arrives <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">at spines that puncture tyres?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3_Din7oLCOCTFqHBKHqTumcYzZPxcCxAIMwp5TVAdvQzLbjsvLxDMIkwZYwFi8y7WNUGQZ7vq99lrfgcSDLxgaEKCsK5F24GyKPdPYVQGkxwxCa4tM5lGIJaIcvwgoRJiBr0pCULqpSfOkI39Y-A0nE1kamXpnbnopnUrEz5QwU_qK_5oUVvH5OCNV8k/s3715/20230713_090835%20berry%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3715" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3_Din7oLCOCTFqHBKHqTumcYzZPxcCxAIMwp5TVAdvQzLbjsvLxDMIkwZYwFi8y7WNUGQZ7vq99lrfgcSDLxgaEKCsK5F24GyKPdPYVQGkxwxCa4tM5lGIJaIcvwgoRJiBr0pCULqpSfOkI39Y-A0nE1kamXpnbnopnUrEz5QwU_qK_5oUVvH5OCNV8k/w516-h640/20230713_090835%20berry%20poem.jpg" width="516" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Is the point of green
berries <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that birds won't see them <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and shat out the seeds before they are ready <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">or have I just made that up?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdNIyjHbr7Pr2UiG2850vGWlqdll4DjFPDTu26hsGI_5S3JymJZoNVamda3iMDjH-MXYWDxDSWlvAgTvL2DNoz_8zaNerGkOHeHENWJPAbm70_0zrleTLM801UGrE_uJFnV-mFVJiy2AGojy0rWRT075YWSPoSN1oSUvqanSgiWmQy7NwPRmyuHPzfY08/s4000/20230710_165245%20poss%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdNIyjHbr7Pr2UiG2850vGWlqdll4DjFPDTu26hsGI_5S3JymJZoNVamda3iMDjH-MXYWDxDSWlvAgTvL2DNoz_8zaNerGkOHeHENWJPAbm70_0zrleTLM801UGrE_uJFnV-mFVJiy2AGojy0rWRT075YWSPoSN1oSUvqanSgiWmQy7NwPRmyuHPzfY08/w640-h480/20230710_165245%20poss%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">I’d say that the
windows are bricks <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">but some of the windows are windows<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">and some of the bricks are just bricks -<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">so everything is everything, and maybe that’s the point. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>(Southampton General Hospital)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnnTXKnb06b3ZXfmlji_OcX1HnOaudeTrqlomRGCWGwHGHVuAlFvZLYd0VFr_e_vkzwyEc4l3c_-gCcY_btXEPi16eebB1ui-29i8XBxAnNqhD9TrYSRYN4vjq1Yr0CYJKrsWKv9KVa22I09IIAnR5KEZKTDug6z_0DRVFtt2_qj3SPy4KeKSGaFZJdf8/s4000/20230709_114412%20poss%20lodge%20.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnnTXKnb06b3ZXfmlji_OcX1HnOaudeTrqlomRGCWGwHGHVuAlFvZLYd0VFr_e_vkzwyEc4l3c_-gCcY_btXEPi16eebB1ui-29i8XBxAnNqhD9TrYSRYN4vjq1Yr0CYJKrsWKv9KVa22I09IIAnR5KEZKTDug6z_0DRVFtt2_qj3SPy4KeKSGaFZJdf8/w480-h640/20230709_114412%20poss%20lodge%20.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">The lodge sign
dislodged<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">suggests that you can’t lodge here anymore - <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">not even if you lie diagonally<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">across your bed and hope for an unlikely breakfast. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzr077_-7IK64NqpbjSLh6-5EhlxkXzOfARjkD_ZXW481TfCXBn_SUq3wB-lJuXvIifz4Hp3p8OFeoz2S6Cxl7QC-BDvhsJzeok0YjTxFRkl194ojSppQDGbU5RnzLGqPWr-T0OCzDCYFKj4rhvi8S0wanWCDQb3m4aoFvo0nCwq8nacAQ2EY4J2ZNrTU/s4000/20230709_114340%20poss%20holes.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzr077_-7IK64NqpbjSLh6-5EhlxkXzOfARjkD_ZXW481TfCXBn_SUq3wB-lJuXvIifz4Hp3p8OFeoz2S6Cxl7QC-BDvhsJzeok0YjTxFRkl194ojSppQDGbU5RnzLGqPWr-T0OCzDCYFKj4rhvi8S0wanWCDQb3m4aoFvo0nCwq8nacAQ2EY4J2ZNrTU/w480-h640/20230709_114340%20poss%20holes.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">It’s one thing to
find out<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">who’s been punching holes in the bindweed<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">and maybe even how,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">another to work out why…</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>(probably the work of a leaf beetle)</i></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg70sP2DkFKaU9GBk-UpFwuPDqGcMDnxJztohDkRcZ5AqU7SwWjVtoQw0I5ybzmxI22NIywFKC7BsQa330APyAlheC0yGnxfaYMAubBLk0eI8RALAb-X3pp-hebJXih0j52sluVDDdht86OQRlE7rdlXc7oAhipkptN8PgNNkoizNw0Z1JNTv5BltOorcg/s3000/20230701_120506%20doll%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg70sP2DkFKaU9GBk-UpFwuPDqGcMDnxJztohDkRcZ5AqU7SwWjVtoQw0I5ybzmxI22NIywFKC7BsQa330APyAlheC0yGnxfaYMAubBLk0eI8RALAb-X3pp-hebJXih0j52sluVDDdht86OQRlE7rdlXc7oAhipkptN8PgNNkoizNw0Z1JNTv5BltOorcg/w640-h640/20230701_120506%20doll%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">For almost two weeks <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">she's been lying here now, waiting for what? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Maybe for me. For almost two weeks <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I've been walking past daily, headed for where?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqouqWUgYtlh4L4rxR6qQJnZD0xyCmI5PX9pQPD4KzL7LzHXzvyzGzNdiznsIxCI2pVGIBqR_00OSlylIlIvlTicHy3F9CYxgByKAyPoAtpJOAxx5yGOHHLjrGccGeRMiUv6ssWYeEkhiT3Pt5KowOSiJb2t7h8PlbLAZlwHdQmzcsLh5iGZw9WCn3_4c/s3675/20230705_105054%20round%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2756" data-original-width="3675" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqouqWUgYtlh4L4rxR6qQJnZD0xyCmI5PX9pQPD4KzL7LzHXzvyzGzNdiznsIxCI2pVGIBqR_00OSlylIlIvlTicHy3F9CYxgByKAyPoAtpJOAxx5yGOHHLjrGccGeRMiUv6ssWYeEkhiT3Pt5KowOSiJb2t7h8PlbLAZlwHdQmzcsLh5iGZw9WCn3_4c/w640-h480/20230705_105054%20round%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Round about now <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the sun’s at its strongest, appearing to circle – <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">though we know it doesn’t – over what’s ready to turn in
turn <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in what would be a misinformed response. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh97GgZZ3wwkJMSe8bcTnr6VXy6TrmdBfhKVKSqBnMp6nj7AQZ91szzvyZx7DF9BSPEhchFB7Xg9oYaDW3IbYdXYtqX-ZGVUmzzj0wNb_m9UvycMR19L_cb6oXB2diTu86-rdOoWaRGrn8Rm8yGIrBWOTnVj4rEfYRUt7SjubuAgsOntb-7NnDqczi5yMY/s2501/20230705_105831%20drain%20poem.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2501" data-original-width="2473" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh97GgZZ3wwkJMSe8bcTnr6VXy6TrmdBfhKVKSqBnMp6nj7AQZ91szzvyZx7DF9BSPEhchFB7Xg9oYaDW3IbYdXYtqX-ZGVUmzzj0wNb_m9UvycMR19L_cb6oXB2diTu86-rdOoWaRGrn8Rm8yGIrBWOTnVj4rEfYRUt7SjubuAgsOntb-7NnDqczi5yMY/w632-h640/20230705_105831%20drain%20poem.jpg" width="632" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Were I a plant<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I wouldn’t live here<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I’d want the fresh air and views<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">even if I couldn’t breathe or see…</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5amorIMCAg6eIHC0v3NU8_0kUs81-qvfhmxG3F5aQDhKgBidsZ2N5vKI2Ip6dai-9Nov1eb_duT80L9D7gGKUtnAvon-KRSvqUB2TzR6g9EemanFe72q2__SECPwZWub5fROx9VUWhLJH0AqQJt1Kc2QzYK7Lc2jxdQwUJ1q9ou-Ib4dYWMxqoAM2SU8/s1444/20230712_112604%20poss%20rep.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1444" data-original-width="1444" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5amorIMCAg6eIHC0v3NU8_0kUs81-qvfhmxG3F5aQDhKgBidsZ2N5vKI2Ip6dai-9Nov1eb_duT80L9D7gGKUtnAvon-KRSvqUB2TzR6g9EemanFe72q2__SECPwZWub5fROx9VUWhLJH0AqQJt1Kc2QzYK7Lc2jxdQwUJ1q9ou-Ib4dYWMxqoAM2SU8/w640-h640/20230712_112604%20poss%20rep.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Sixteen months in<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">both on the news and in gardens<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">the war in Ukraine<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">has been relegated to a backdrop.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguuF84mmO3dXVdshjfIysN7EeEEshcs7T8IAYYb49_6UO19DOPQ36gJ026BBweTnVHoLft-Uxc2JYFKSLgR82KD5to9QnC6m_R3RV1KA5SbOFjiFDAYwbZWWsYKedT0az-tin9PbEiThhhb8YBX4xx_hRx-itWsGEci13O_4xxCNY1bVW7J0g2SPtg6pE/s4000/20230704_120514%20CEMENT%20POEM%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguuF84mmO3dXVdshjfIysN7EeEEshcs7T8IAYYb49_6UO19DOPQ36gJ026BBweTnVHoLft-Uxc2JYFKSLgR82KD5to9QnC6m_R3RV1KA5SbOFjiFDAYwbZWWsYKedT0az-tin9PbEiThhhb8YBX4xx_hRx-itWsGEci13O_4xxCNY1bVW7J0g2SPtg6pE/w640-h480/20230704_120514%20CEMENT%20POEM%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">We know the world <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">is cracking up<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">but now I find the epochal malaise<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">is spreading to its concrete.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1NQNVmRUiQuHQ-WpUTs5uEdwaVFV0APx97tUyoUvYtSsjXgRTgKb4gzCKIe2R7pTLjY5MFHsaOE9WHX0F537utDEC_iYKzd08TaAD0aDyWhsd3STFdHCia_GomTNxs2IHPXK5q4psacumuE_-n3b2kBoSrbU5eod7azLCtj5cBYAxZiFFEigEq5MrZ_8/s3348/20230630_090241%20poss%20jump%20jet%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3348" data-original-width="2545" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1NQNVmRUiQuHQ-WpUTs5uEdwaVFV0APx97tUyoUvYtSsjXgRTgKb4gzCKIe2R7pTLjY5MFHsaOE9WHX0F537utDEC_iYKzd08TaAD0aDyWhsd3STFdHCia_GomTNxs2IHPXK5q4psacumuE_-n3b2kBoSrbU5eod7azLCtj5cBYAxZiFFEigEq5MrZ_8/w486-h640/20230630_090241%20poss%20jump%20jet%20.jpg" width="486" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">When hoses are up for
the washing line high jump <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the critical question’s bound to be <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">how much wrist-flick the rules allow.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I guess we'd be disqualified. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA86Pr7RxA0Cd2OsrxJ2LH-z6EDIuglEXM2nonRnIQOOmI11Vk-mO-TqNVN-DlRQuY6ieoBTgg-SaFFEdm0C_RrTsdYQWdVXH78y47cCsLZoKnkecnIVReFZKj95ARPIqPfgL47a4JLDamZuEd3kPQzxIsuM2SVpR2k-2RxZ3HvVpI-KlxQEuGjw84ORM/s2634/20230630_121320%20uni%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2634" data-original-width="2634" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA86Pr7RxA0Cd2OsrxJ2LH-z6EDIuglEXM2nonRnIQOOmI11Vk-mO-TqNVN-DlRQuY6ieoBTgg-SaFFEdm0C_RrTsdYQWdVXH78y47cCsLZoKnkecnIVReFZKj95ARPIqPfgL47a4JLDamZuEd3kPQzxIsuM2SVpR2k-2RxZ3HvVpI-KlxQEuGjw84ORM/w640-h640/20230630_121320%20uni%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I was surprised <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to find a unicorn in the park,<b> </b>having believed them <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">extinct. The question, I suppose, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is whether there are viable mating opportunities.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl1FNdB_3ElEsaOHeX8ly2XdEUovpVNn57Y4ogzzuQD3ARfTGJri09nP2MYsZDrwuQe5zaVGiWDDJqeztfRvX2MKhymnixicCy5WSKOWmwIvNtdz8ANBmJ6ICwFYC2IyCJ_ZYo9nT2K8vNCspBvFTywAjvi4O_yWC8u7kMV_881rSR-Din05UvApO2Rvo/s3281/20230701_053853%20toaster%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2461" data-original-width="3281" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl1FNdB_3ElEsaOHeX8ly2XdEUovpVNn57Y4ogzzuQD3ARfTGJri09nP2MYsZDrwuQe5zaVGiWDDJqeztfRvX2MKhymnixicCy5WSKOWmwIvNtdz8ANBmJ6ICwFYC2IyCJ_ZYo9nT2K8vNCspBvFTywAjvi4O_yWC8u7kMV_881rSR-Din05UvApO2Rvo/w640-h480/20230701_053853%20toaster%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The toaster’s
effected a total pop<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I suspect the holes in sourdough may have tipped the balance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">But is it over-performing to the point of a fault<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">or setting new standards for its class to be judged by? </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZs4FkvOUJgZ26wOpciyszkbYkgrVikcdMnLJEJh__KC0ueOr-_xVeMdmV41AjF3UEmrUIouUZrl-anLVuw_sSwf5MTqV4uEG2h80V5AT3nzMAiJkDXZI6jHaZ8x1yvZpE0x-Rlpdr0O6wJ8fk3K7gK3CPBdNcHgZdsgvaoP4O-j7SWoLucg6wJlP4lYI/s3092/20230628_124013%20poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3092" data-original-width="2977" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZs4FkvOUJgZ26wOpciyszkbYkgrVikcdMnLJEJh__KC0ueOr-_xVeMdmV41AjF3UEmrUIouUZrl-anLVuw_sSwf5MTqV4uEG2h80V5AT3nzMAiJkDXZI6jHaZ8x1yvZpE0x-Rlpdr0O6wJ8fk3K7gK3CPBdNcHgZdsgvaoP4O-j7SWoLucg6wJlP4lYI/w616-h640/20230628_124013%20poss.jpg" width="616" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The trefoiled cap<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is bad of course<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but its aesthetic’s <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">not that far from good.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Bird's-foot Trefoil, Ashurst)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguWwhPDy5CFzOZo13mLvF1WMQvVtyUh8mVEl9jYr_SDGWFfmt-N8TlBHHcgu4XioX7orZUazuBkVWi8czUIaFZ6k9UM_p6hUFDYZzy5Ro0TScLm1GLAeF57b69P91kkCADpmSQMA2z9gCPSdHqolCRDyCn9yS8cyoammEsXztuUEEFv-n1HUGjvCLIDPc/s2842/20230628_123448%20poss%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2842" data-original-width="2842" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguWwhPDy5CFzOZo13mLvF1WMQvVtyUh8mVEl9jYr_SDGWFfmt-N8TlBHHcgu4XioX7orZUazuBkVWi8czUIaFZ6k9UM_p6hUFDYZzy5Ro0TScLm1GLAeF57b69P91kkCADpmSQMA2z9gCPSdHqolCRDyCn9yS8cyoammEsXztuUEEFv-n1HUGjvCLIDPc/w640-h640/20230628_123448%20poss%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The feathers in the
ivy<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">are ready to be blown away<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">from the curious coincidence <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of how they landed here.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3_B64ZgrYeRoqoZuxDO-kbMgeeO8F7uxmZn9Qo-nuUJXnAxjChfoKS5DBIC-j3wTez-pPjNBGli6w5RPI-JggCzhSsdpqKxUSgesyAvDacdJBITr98C6XJhOfoj3XLeL5HL5ecV8xJEqe5ep3aK0u8lvKIsi5aCwD50cXzC_DQXfcT_YU2Dmmy_VAEBQ/s3625/20230710_113220%20poss%20rep.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3625" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3_B64ZgrYeRoqoZuxDO-kbMgeeO8F7uxmZn9Qo-nuUJXnAxjChfoKS5DBIC-j3wTez-pPjNBGli6w5RPI-JggCzhSsdpqKxUSgesyAvDacdJBITr98C6XJhOfoj3XLeL5HL5ecV8xJEqe5ep3aK0u8lvKIsi5aCwD50cXzC_DQXfcT_YU2Dmmy_VAEBQ/w530-h640/20230710_113220%20poss%20rep.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Symmetry’s reckoned</span></b></div></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">a vulgar matter <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in the land of blotch: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the more perfect it is, the worse. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY116RVR__7qSgplSF-To4Ks26oi3m7nS41K8L_rRYc4wjCwDSrgAomw8J4_5iMbm4EpZOp5xH3IytmrIdNSwalz8ullh4-6-EsOdtq9oW4JkCwJ-YoKerAh50psR6iG_epa403QCXne4xpFHEqAT0i-CSELAWqmIGsooESqwF59foTy_UtFmjkzfDq-E/s2861/20230623_162927%20sponge%20poem%20.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2861" data-original-width="2861" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY116RVR__7qSgplSF-To4Ks26oi3m7nS41K8L_rRYc4wjCwDSrgAomw8J4_5iMbm4EpZOp5xH3IytmrIdNSwalz8ullh4-6-EsOdtq9oW4JkCwJ-YoKerAh50psR6iG_epa403QCXne4xpFHEqAT0i-CSELAWqmIGsooESqwF59foTy_UtFmjkzfDq-E/w640-h640/20230623_162927%20sponge%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Being unable <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to wipe the light away<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">might have left this sponge feeling useless.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Thank heavens for refraction!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5BcxfZGLOLudEOd-94G8CoqgEaVvFy2p-4uqmg7HeTp95buy8pW1aU6bJgccXRFjjKnVEovOyN7l1ZL4fjgxPbAtBHj4q5bRABJeer53AtcgXl6RgXFhCDfoF77YnrT8zSgYNuGjjFPw2QWcjkGHxuwKk3aNnyOIr2dY2Lx4V_2MkHkV-KF_fjVGnx90/s830/ball%201_Ntc2eApEPilzA-M-IXmWAQ.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="665" data-original-width="830" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5BcxfZGLOLudEOd-94G8CoqgEaVvFy2p-4uqmg7HeTp95buy8pW1aU6bJgccXRFjjKnVEovOyN7l1ZL4fjgxPbAtBHj4q5bRABJeer53AtcgXl6RgXFhCDfoF77YnrT8zSgYNuGjjFPw2QWcjkGHxuwKk3aNnyOIr2dY2Lx4V_2MkHkV-KF_fjVGnx90/w640-h512/ball%201_Ntc2eApEPilzA-M-IXmWAQ.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">In common with the whole wide world<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the tennis
ball is what it is – <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">for were
it not, we wouldn't know how to talk of it <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">without
it slipping out of its identity.</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsOxJkeab7xElCt5cqhvCO9daM7vvHss4nHkckIFHkvH9AdIfzeDwbng2pFLe4A9Q5ZyIGEOc-KS-v69lq1_TTcn-PhlWkio1FHOyrIy5xWCG75L1EOciWNAYYn2jnMTwEa_otIfFdiL-8iKJ15aRUsQ2jORmFCyZIwC4Div6dIEq3a7kkoAf2w96B/s4000/20230603_104415%20island%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsOxJkeab7xElCt5cqhvCO9daM7vvHss4nHkckIFHkvH9AdIfzeDwbng2pFLe4A9Q5ZyIGEOc-KS-v69lq1_TTcn-PhlWkio1FHOyrIy5xWCG75L1EOciWNAYYn2jnMTwEa_otIfFdiL-8iKJ15aRUsQ2jORmFCyZIwC4Div6dIEq3a7kkoAf2w96B/w640-h480/20230603_104415%20island%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">I get the first
bit <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The island was knocked down<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">in just the direction its arrow instructed…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But does that explain the feet?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>(Hoxton, London)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3MXCVhDdxUKYX_LIhRBQL6gOxPzcoB07c0K5caD-Mne7dJ3KsEDpTNdmoi4R5xJe9oQdqE3VQ8Sayt7cg-Fu54_4UaHeoESxStPLfTZb7lVmkqZanGbGzJXKBNdgqbxlCOjMfE3hTvxkNheMF4mtVMLcmF4Vp7o1BL4PdeNJas1TJop8Q--oaL69t/s2683/20230602_092838%20borage%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2033" data-original-width="2683" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3MXCVhDdxUKYX_LIhRBQL6gOxPzcoB07c0K5caD-Mne7dJ3KsEDpTNdmoi4R5xJe9oQdqE3VQ8Sayt7cg-Fu54_4UaHeoESxStPLfTZb7lVmkqZanGbGzJXKBNdgqbxlCOjMfE3hTvxkNheMF4mtVMLcmF4Vp7o1BL4PdeNJas1TJop8Q--oaL69t/w640-h484/20230602_092838%20borage%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Borage <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">will not be barred!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">OK then, it will be barred, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">but it will not be stopped!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>(Islington, London)</i></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-njYYpGzrfCOT_cmIktUzA39xJpzQZTQxCakCwW8s7aMKh00DarPC7QYdg3i991pJf1cHW1y7SGPMGDNVO0FkBK2rx7XEkgHYnqLiDottWVLNxhbSmiGbxBrZxI7PzRO0L1TlLBVYXMPSbpKjkjkbqwRTT9ffnht9yn_uO1BV_BI_DwESCEs_wOzo/s927/eggs%20Screenshot%202023-06-04%20085328.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="477" data-original-width="927" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-njYYpGzrfCOT_cmIktUzA39xJpzQZTQxCakCwW8s7aMKh00DarPC7QYdg3i991pJf1cHW1y7SGPMGDNVO0FkBK2rx7XEkgHYnqLiDottWVLNxhbSmiGbxBrZxI7PzRO0L1TlLBVYXMPSbpKjkjkbqwRTT9ffnht9yn_uO1BV_BI_DwESCEs_wOzo/w640-h330/eggs%20Screenshot%202023-06-04%20085328.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><i><br /></i></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">It's the old problem<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">of the same mistake twice, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">albeit in different countries:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">ordering a curry that proves to contain an egg.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>(Maastricht and London. Somewhat eccentrically, I don’t eat eggs.)</i></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNcNevgN0FeR0GbdqHLZP8_VIwzj85PZPvyGN8q73QYpgVqWoM4f9kTHmeQLr8eps0itAiENT-0NZaa0uaeefSwmpCArjWF03fuwrIk4o39lZO2Yf489CedNN1CgdMa7-LKWCeFInJ1PWe37ms6bCU6epxE5oesaK8JmaQc7WZ3UvMlDzNO4_i_9_l/s4000/20230603_105012%20hedge%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNcNevgN0FeR0GbdqHLZP8_VIwzj85PZPvyGN8q73QYpgVqWoM4f9kTHmeQLr8eps0itAiENT-0NZaa0uaeefSwmpCArjWF03fuwrIk4o39lZO2Yf489CedNN1CgdMa7-LKWCeFInJ1PWe37ms6bCU6epxE5oesaK8JmaQc7WZ3UvMlDzNO4_i_9_l/w640-h480/20230603_105012%20hedge%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Hedges<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">may not need much help<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">to fall from themselves,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">but this one’s had some nevertheless.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>(Clerkenwell, London) </i></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></o:p></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuc4Dgc_S55H8zeR0eRYt_18FX69Rm0sCEgIzf8BSXO8EEriPjgFBpTyn_oId2WeeDpkpGta2iQ7ckCc4MrtRCMG7Mjxx8cHnWOOTmFwLNMfSKmJ4vn2byzlrzVXYo1eMtUOlkc_dCvocUaltStgJmezYxEZWPajnpel7BrBWKUyEt1-EtHLMUZ1fK/s800/Grey-squirrel.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuc4Dgc_S55H8zeR0eRYt_18FX69Rm0sCEgIzf8BSXO8EEriPjgFBpTyn_oId2WeeDpkpGta2iQ7ckCc4MrtRCMG7Mjxx8cHnWOOTmFwLNMfSKmJ4vn2byzlrzVXYo1eMtUOlkc_dCvocUaltStgJmezYxEZWPajnpel7BrBWKUyEt1-EtHLMUZ1fK/w480-h640/Grey-squirrel.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">The squirrel is so
hard to catch<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I froze this one in time for you.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">More than that: the squirrel is so hard to catch<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I chose one that lives online. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSijdfXIR94PJ-qwj0yBYjY-0u3dTfW2DqPmp591wXUp8Ac4TV3EgqrHRzc7fyLSF_HWYhz9yTMyGwyniYiOJ5vQNNsIH_MU4yiTBP19EAjk-qFCvCaBOUrsiblleLlYJ5Bqq1F0uVkqZuwE8GuyPz_Nq4QNPJxvVpo8OdFuf1dsJb-g8-C-tk1XGh/s2887/20230529_202537%20rose%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2887" data-original-width="2887" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSijdfXIR94PJ-qwj0yBYjY-0u3dTfW2DqPmp591wXUp8Ac4TV3EgqrHRzc7fyLSF_HWYhz9yTMyGwyniYiOJ5vQNNsIH_MU4yiTBP19EAjk-qFCvCaBOUrsiblleLlYJ5Bqq1F0uVkqZuwE8GuyPz_Nq4QNPJxvVpo8OdFuf1dsJb-g8-C-tk1XGh/w640-h640/20230529_202537%20rose%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">All’s right <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">with this rose.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">That only leaves <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">the rest of the world. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaqIHLk8lBxAVmRYZw_hI5MFEfe89tBcmJziM3exfyhqxlZxvQ2uKJNosgJ3ypK_edt-tUcnLiN73GsooYSFZWo5BpjNcnsfcawxD9nDYb5vlqunkmZeJBCofb_5tlM7huG-mEusa_xXWsxAT7XAOxbxrQ3VmFANUJ0hGwM3Frk_voVftHbCLNEwMg/s3557/20230528_074815.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3557" data-original-width="2982" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaqIHLk8lBxAVmRYZw_hI5MFEfe89tBcmJziM3exfyhqxlZxvQ2uKJNosgJ3ypK_edt-tUcnLiN73GsooYSFZWo5BpjNcnsfcawxD9nDYb5vlqunkmZeJBCofb_5tlM7huG-mEusa_xXWsxAT7XAOxbxrQ3VmFANUJ0hGwM3Frk_voVftHbCLNEwMg/w536-h640/20230528_074815.jpg" width="536" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Nobody loves us<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I guess that's the gig.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">But we’re somewhat stung that no punk-arsey rockers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">have yet thought to call themselves ‘The Nettles’.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(stinging nettle clearance, Minstead)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGWs1lK6c89yYkwbbqpVMTtctWcYhcF2cvBc8uYASxumQsBXE-nRYMA2XZLVEoZJAmWxWoeMjkkGYHQ4oliUdgcWKyBYnAQp9q66UTUHjwr9QVBKinnv7_6tnlLuncdI5ZHOpSFVLBfy01X92GQbbA4U0loWFA4Wkoh5MWx_2kDGOFS2jWm2VTKMyv/s4000/20230527_113538%20dapple%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGWs1lK6c89yYkwbbqpVMTtctWcYhcF2cvBc8uYASxumQsBXE-nRYMA2XZLVEoZJAmWxWoeMjkkGYHQ4oliUdgcWKyBYnAQp9q66UTUHjwr9QVBKinnv7_6tnlLuncdI5ZHOpSFVLBfy01X92GQbbA4U0loWFA4Wkoh5MWx_2kDGOFS2jWm2VTKMyv/w480-h640/20230527_113538%20dapple%20poem%20.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></i></div><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Maximum dapple<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">needs red at the end </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">to lead the eye.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">And there it is!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Unless, perhaps, you're looking at the photo.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdAYNVehTMdFnTma5v2jmjsPIx5_CW5wWWKJxibnRZPv2gjFptMnXE4NZWt3wP1rcJwKK6Re5EgGUZcX7KOVl3i-rgMJszgKqyrogfkr7-EMs5sMHkTXZdEChIWw2kWK3o1QzNhACCqOnQZDgaqiPqkTSIqsT15Otrd64dPByFJXZdlA9Z93zoVdZe/s4000/20230528_102500%20gravity%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdAYNVehTMdFnTma5v2jmjsPIx5_CW5wWWKJxibnRZPv2gjFptMnXE4NZWt3wP1rcJwKK6Re5EgGUZcX7KOVl3i-rgMJszgKqyrogfkr7-EMs5sMHkTXZdEChIWw2kWK3o1QzNhACCqOnQZDgaqiPqkTSIqsT15Otrd64dPByFJXZdlA9Z93zoVdZe/w640-h480/20230528_102500%20gravity%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I like the mimosa's<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">blazing defiance –<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">whether of gravity <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">or of photo-presentational convention.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Bartley)</span><o:p></o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgixiYqUScpziy6UkEu0frkeISMApJBdTBI6RYUFdQkjatehMhVPV9pEkKA8iY0HggxvXolB4qtlIPS5hByIInaPAAEZBvp3KhyQ2pvWlkfiSSdMC_L7Em0Cg1Yed5J0LYIUmIJ2sU0eEGIteseL5S3_SV8t7vkZZoTOxpHQm2rGFNiWqCV4v_hk2e_hs8/s900/chestnut-in-blossom-hari-manev.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="675" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgixiYqUScpziy6UkEu0frkeISMApJBdTBI6RYUFdQkjatehMhVPV9pEkKA8iY0HggxvXolB4qtlIPS5hByIInaPAAEZBvp3KhyQ2pvWlkfiSSdMC_L7Em0Cg1Yed5J0LYIUmIJ2sU0eEGIteseL5S3_SV8t7vkZZoTOxpHQm2rGFNiWqCV4v_hk2e_hs8/w480-h640/chestnut-in-blossom-hari-manev.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">From my white
distance<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I’d never noticed<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">the pink and yellow <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">in chestnut blossom.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPZqK1UFEz-KYNKDXiTvIgBzYtVutdQpbsb4DSgyspJ9WXs40V5sRxZorWmYqU8tnrYYns5K-97MU2jMvrfcABREq4eoIN3SzvUFByntO0tEwdWkzup5O4NtlU3KL1RGsYQaizjbUG0tdsosBjrOg6i8luUFf8yCN3J-qqRuUHThuT5gHZxBWZxqgC/s3727/20230512_103938%20coronation%20poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2895" data-original-width="3727" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPZqK1UFEz-KYNKDXiTvIgBzYtVutdQpbsb4DSgyspJ9WXs40V5sRxZorWmYqU8tnrYYns5K-97MU2jMvrfcABREq4eoIN3SzvUFByntO0tEwdWkzup5O4NtlU3KL1RGsYQaizjbUG0tdsosBjrOg6i8luUFf8yCN3J-qqRuUHThuT5gHZxBWZxqgC/w640-h498/20230512_103938%20coronation%20poss.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">I wasn't very jubilant<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">during the jubilee.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Why should I be coronal<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">for the coronation?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>(Covent Garden, London)</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-GjBIdXIBivASFd9W_FD-3_2YCh8SePE_LVRJpsHA8qiKciigomCGdWtGOaJkzJehBqLw_hi0B5PW4bAUKDwQugbufpQu0Lc3aEKwRaGj6a9rhPYy7z7xakOlFOkvEh8ItKxsPQpF0RAHtJFmIPjq9nNaNsRB0WCdIkunrOdjwXBvviSgeM3CnhBA/s2606/20230517_095338%20rumours%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2606" data-original-width="1954" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-GjBIdXIBivASFd9W_FD-3_2YCh8SePE_LVRJpsHA8qiKciigomCGdWtGOaJkzJehBqLw_hi0B5PW4bAUKDwQugbufpQu0Lc3aEKwRaGj6a9rhPYy7z7xakOlFOkvEh8ItKxsPQpF0RAHtJFmIPjq9nNaNsRB0WCdIkunrOdjwXBvviSgeM3CnhBA/w480-h640/20230517_095338%20rumours%20poem%20.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Rumours of my death<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Have been greatly exaggerated.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Give me a dousing <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">and I’ll be right as rain.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8vQmzdBo_DxMJ5yhEezlnIHzQ426bM0zZSrkPYv9I39SVva8PuxeXGkatPeYK6ZjsesMDHNGNudB4VnYLksjkq4MqByxu6fkOIGPG4tnVMeO4IQxto8iHMlbX0sbq9mdfrskEWdrEHvyyjEGYP9vjFVDeHFTQNh0TgJoE2GJLyXyL2Dr66A95GY9k/s3454/20230517_134516%20cem%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3454" data-original-width="2590" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8vQmzdBo_DxMJ5yhEezlnIHzQ426bM0zZSrkPYv9I39SVva8PuxeXGkatPeYK6ZjsesMDHNGNudB4VnYLksjkq4MqByxu6fkOIGPG4tnVMeO4IQxto8iHMlbX0sbq9mdfrskEWdrEHvyyjEGYP9vjFVDeHFTQNh0TgJoE2GJLyXyL2Dr66A95GY9k/w480-h640/20230517_134516%20cem%20poem%20.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Is that the shadow<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">of George Parsons’ death<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">or the light of his life? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Nothing is likely of either sort.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">(Old Cemetery, Southampton)
<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcefBth1C7KXG8UUhKexEK0mdtz8ygkZUR1eGEr93_MpyX8i5SOZrlFA581ZmJZSXSw57O5XmwoEM7vh2TIV42FBrN5RxFCedX5g-sdv1cC9uO9FN3th9DoF_ZWM27aDQfbJ-CxUqrupT3vUpfare8omq7EdJA_UKV0MKpyXWz5su4sZ0rAEJuxqqn/s4000/20230517_134029%20cem%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcefBth1C7KXG8UUhKexEK0mdtz8ygkZUR1eGEr93_MpyX8i5SOZrlFA581ZmJZSXSw57O5XmwoEM7vh2TIV42FBrN5RxFCedX5g-sdv1cC9uO9FN3th9DoF_ZWM27aDQfbJ-CxUqrupT3vUpfare8omq7EdJA_UKV0MKpyXWz5su4sZ0rAEJuxqqn/w480-h640/20230517_134029%20cem%20poem%20.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">It's one thing <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">to fall into death<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Another for the fact of it<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">to fall into a tree.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">(Old Cemetery, Southampton)
<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmE8w6MpPbyPWIP5mASv4oFbNmxjeIq86Iu4KIcwcLxWIZe_-t7rYBp_cbrEPhyqMj6YTtiUxieNxSuvShlVUD5o3eYLhX6b9JNHp1fDh4sFJMxUS_fG6XskKP3sDaXNPhUUnt99aQruS3sDkUFZ9NT2enBm1pDl_1DWAHQYsvFw3UveMh5ASWeMga/s2972/20230517_133548%20cem%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2972" data-original-width="2360" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmE8w6MpPbyPWIP5mASv4oFbNmxjeIq86Iu4KIcwcLxWIZe_-t7rYBp_cbrEPhyqMj6YTtiUxieNxSuvShlVUD5o3eYLhX6b9JNHp1fDh4sFJMxUS_fG6XskKP3sDaXNPhUUnt99aQruS3sDkUFZ9NT2enBm1pDl_1DWAHQYsvFw3UveMh5ASWeMga/w508-h640/20230517_133548%20cem%20poem%20.jpg" width="508" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">When this is all my
memory amounts to<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I guess I will be happy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">if happiness is relevant<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">and I'm able to care.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">(Old Cemetery, Southampton)
<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBifneYeVkdraOjgLCK6E-ZyCOervcZgkPB5NvYPQSlthUoYipqJ5G6mWYcz2XkSwMKYz5b4aaTcVoUPQQzWnbjJZTtV56toQL1PckDKYFVGxk_hyLREfEkz5sIACDJlDvv7Dwhe6Rlunr4YD-4qKhazUeCmpwvdfEGUC_zmrzAA1eRUiWoESQ2__e/s4000/20230516_175359%20filing%20poss%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBifneYeVkdraOjgLCK6E-ZyCOervcZgkPB5NvYPQSlthUoYipqJ5G6mWYcz2XkSwMKYz5b4aaTcVoUPQQzWnbjJZTtV56toQL1PckDKYFVGxk_hyLREfEkz5sIACDJlDvv7Dwhe6Rlunr4YD-4qKhazUeCmpwvdfEGUC_zmrzAA1eRUiWoESQ2__e/w480-h640/20230516_175359%20filing%20poss%20.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">When I saw <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">that he’d had to split his in-tray <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">to avoid its collapse,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I understood why I’d received no reply.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">(St James’s, London)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfNXcg25Piz9ElwDhcNtD0LRaBoA9JAMrz-Zc4NTchQIVCl9gPNl-tVy1lgA8L25EnMOM2HX2yYmjwL5UtZhTcBQayuq-bN0llo2BlkEZtx5VGzPT_bzc9dinWujRTxeYWy1NArKHo9PznQObEjSURJM8acZZ6OVC2cyTz2W_CYQ3bEH_VfYsTlbk3/s1093/daisy%20poem%20final%20Screenshot%202023-05-23%20185211.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="718" data-original-width="1093" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfNXcg25Piz9ElwDhcNtD0LRaBoA9JAMrz-Zc4NTchQIVCl9gPNl-tVy1lgA8L25EnMOM2HX2yYmjwL5UtZhTcBQayuq-bN0llo2BlkEZtx5VGzPT_bzc9dinWujRTxeYWy1NArKHo9PznQObEjSURJM8acZZ6OVC2cyTz2W_CYQ3bEH_VfYsTlbk3/w640-h420/daisy%20poem%20final%20Screenshot%202023-05-23%20185211.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></b></div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">How much irregularity<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">is too little or too much?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Maybe oxeye daisies <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">have the answer.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZSJ2JdKPpYUpafOfNqBhhXlOAHSpS9wj420RpD2GJFh6arQ3WCDwhn-47SLOc_9Iwoi6H0XcWbNMOG756-Q5SppzYX_s1QXnpRI8aoJshNIcOBTSdjOFXOZ0nU5Q42v4XdP0IXxwyucqSuUz_apGk3j4c41JCegh8z3E4jj1O3dK2NBC7A8u0Wi5Q/s2619/garage%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2619" data-original-width="2269" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZSJ2JdKPpYUpafOfNqBhhXlOAHSpS9wj420RpD2GJFh6arQ3WCDwhn-47SLOc_9Iwoi6H0XcWbNMOG756-Q5SppzYX_s1QXnpRI8aoJshNIcOBTSdjOFXOZ0nU5Q42v4XdP0IXxwyucqSuUz_apGk3j4c41JCegh8z3E4jj1O3dK2NBC7A8u0Wi5Q/w554-h640/garage%20poem%20.jpg" width="554" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">At what point <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">do you stop
referring to peeling paint<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">and start
to say:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">‘this
door used to be painted’?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>(Totton)</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTZF6QpoNrO4leuXRF4D7lA1BjkNNKEWmopW3P51DqsU_TknwhAJPCWhtjRgmmqTkL2Ck6twdGvE3cJpl4c8TGxgpRQhCoy8JCCNQ0_OGXYADW11bnH94XLonZnqva4QhJfGVaTneR4eYoSznDDLjk_8iOhxUrABcxBaCVm02XfhiNtfhHUIkAFUtz/s1695/20230512_104358%20flower%20head%20poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1695" data-original-width="1695" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTZF6QpoNrO4leuXRF4D7lA1BjkNNKEWmopW3P51DqsU_TknwhAJPCWhtjRgmmqTkL2Ck6twdGvE3cJpl4c8TGxgpRQhCoy8JCCNQ0_OGXYADW11bnH94XLonZnqva4QhJfGVaTneR4eYoSznDDLjk_8iOhxUrABcxBaCVm02XfhiNtfhHUIkAFUtz/w640-h640/20230512_104358%20flower%20head%20poss.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">If I'm to be transformed into a flower<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I hope
it's not like this.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I'd
rather dwell in pink restraint<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">against a
field of grass.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">(Balthazar, Covent Garden, London)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqO6qg1yUAcM42wr5CJGBIoIamjDuuApdrcYov6TNjxeLvvIYH2uEWlV1RYSC_0_CVtkOUjZBo-QEip_Fo3xc1PN1dY-gcQ1oNdXPf3FXgXeJ7i2nLFXnxVLFf4X-HgL5N_CzOScPfS1LgyrU6ehdiLQzik4YdM9q7cIuNMsrxim1Le4Aeo1VgSvLm/s2803/20230512_130348%20basketball%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2803" data-original-width="2803" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqO6qg1yUAcM42wr5CJGBIoIamjDuuApdrcYov6TNjxeLvvIYH2uEWlV1RYSC_0_CVtkOUjZBo-QEip_Fo3xc1PN1dY-gcQ1oNdXPf3FXgXeJ7i2nLFXnxVLFf4X-HgL5N_CzOScPfS1LgyrU6ehdiLQzik4YdM9q7cIuNMsrxim1Le4Aeo1VgSvLm/w640-h640/20230512_130348%20basketball%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></i></div><i><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></i><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">How many times<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">did that basketball <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">need to be hurled <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">before the right accident occurred?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">(Marylebone, London)</span><o:p></o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO0RFTvNk5FzYpdY2efEOs3ZtpN8FENj1ohq2Op1j74ayed_WIllDmmkgLHRhTaFMDEgDGTc9fTL4gJ_7zqAFnySApSDTteveLU7mVuxCfC8Cpnml_NOMv9efY9kTZDujRLaSVyApG52WRJVi1HDjbN38LPJlqRIK4VMtoquI59LTj9TS_F-GsdxVY/s2646/20230512_130317%20poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2646" data-original-width="2646" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO0RFTvNk5FzYpdY2efEOs3ZtpN8FENj1ohq2Op1j74ayed_WIllDmmkgLHRhTaFMDEgDGTc9fTL4gJ_7zqAFnySApSDTteveLU7mVuxCfC8Cpnml_NOMv9efY9kTZDujRLaSVyApG52WRJVi1HDjbN38LPJlqRIK4VMtoquI59LTj9TS_F-GsdxVY/w640-h640/20230512_130317%20poss.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I was going to say<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">‘the sun is having a ball today,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">having come down to play on the lawn’<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">but that’s not sun, nor ball, nor grass.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(children’s playground, Marylebone, London)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_-Z0ff4mXieU1BtOqLbfSOR_rsvwRGmV9YlLHNtaHWIBNNw_25NL2cEgXwf1z_CSph8PCFTaw766iN1LK_ova7LRyMMWvQTlHdZl0-a-jg_j6BitQHcrnaTYueNJ8-PBVce5P7nIA18UDJUEqyO5AJfYK887WCO34zUy3_d_bI-iRQ-Yp7g8xDG7z/s1312/20230523_162644%20forget%20me%20nots%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1158" data-original-width="1312" height="564" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_-Z0ff4mXieU1BtOqLbfSOR_rsvwRGmV9YlLHNtaHWIBNNw_25NL2cEgXwf1z_CSph8PCFTaw766iN1LK_ova7LRyMMWvQTlHdZl0-a-jg_j6BitQHcrnaTYueNJ8-PBVce5P7nIA18UDJUEqyO5AJfYK887WCO34zUy3_d_bI-iRQ-Yp7g8xDG7z/w640-h564/20230523_162644%20forget%20me%20nots%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>I understand if forget-me-nots</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">can’t make up their colour-minds.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I suppose their mental faculties<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">are more attuned to memory.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZsCRcidwGy5dvHlUlNsJtvuoDkixu9NYrAnXRX_rQRSggXnVqNcCPtOoZ5yxSgIgkKN_XC3mDieze5H20IGFiUcvKkAwq-3YG8YBPhbqzeQQB10iDaBUTDVWCN2vkAoWWZE-IplEpAKY9LXCGjnhmWyMz3Xl-XUUpPGkraxFPBw18g56SIIJd6z4e/s2495/cow%20parsley%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2495" data-original-width="2495" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZsCRcidwGy5dvHlUlNsJtvuoDkixu9NYrAnXRX_rQRSggXnVqNcCPtOoZ5yxSgIgkKN_XC3mDieze5H20IGFiUcvKkAwq-3YG8YBPhbqzeQQB10iDaBUTDVWCN2vkAoWWZE-IplEpAKY9LXCGjnhmWyMz3Xl-XUUpPGkraxFPBw18g56SIIJd6z4e/w640-h640/cow%20parsley%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Do cows love their
parsley?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I don't know.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I guess I would be wiser<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">if I were a cow.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; text-align: start;"><i>(</i>Anthriscus sylvestris</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-style: italic; text-align: start;">, known as </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-style: italic; text-align: start;">cow parsley, in Ashurst. I believe sheep, goats and cattle all relish it)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPURz0kdiDz7Fg8izRcimlsKc_9HbXM5CDrpUByyS-uh-VuSu3qG-3NUHojf3gRUezWAdrDPRkgV-w9SOJ8knIs4kLYbKHT7tEFf1TLVSGO8-mXPbUftVpzvLu4EgQyuyy4w2DQ-cGszWjVnGLXcJMUS8TgoJ-R3f796tgbvPD6J_zri_s5cwGOhkA/s4000/orange%20poem%2020230506_161909.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPURz0kdiDz7Fg8izRcimlsKc_9HbXM5CDrpUByyS-uh-VuSu3qG-3NUHojf3gRUezWAdrDPRkgV-w9SOJ8knIs4kLYbKHT7tEFf1TLVSGO8-mXPbUftVpzvLu4EgQyuyy4w2DQ-cGszWjVnGLXcJMUS8TgoJ-R3f796tgbvPD6J_zri_s5cwGOhkA/w480-h640/orange%20poem%2020230506_161909.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">This is as far</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">as orange can go<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">before it starts the try-too-hard<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of luminescent glow. </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Azeleas in Ashurst)</i></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYdCwop5Os8z8m0KEFyt6oHFXTm_mFo_fWtOdvzmPtcQWPd1xeniHiPJ0evbAYrehW5YjwKUObdDgtocP6mJSMuNTnEIA3uyh5CEunAt62eNfayTzL2w3_1YEr9fqX0LRqHTPAsSqDwHtqSDUHNPPhNaVx4iVCsCmVkG3rX-3xleEWc49Jjj3yaGvd/s4000/20230505_184122.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYdCwop5Os8z8m0KEFyt6oHFXTm_mFo_fWtOdvzmPtcQWPd1xeniHiPJ0evbAYrehW5YjwKUObdDgtocP6mJSMuNTnEIA3uyh5CEunAt62eNfayTzL2w3_1YEr9fqX0LRqHTPAsSqDwHtqSDUHNPPhNaVx4iVCsCmVkG3rX-3xleEWc49Jjj3yaGvd/w640-h480/20230505_184122.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Will gutter gardens<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">become a trend,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">or is that taking the greening agenda <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">a little too far? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Elephant & Castle, London)</i></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtjAa_L0KvHR48EjUbLDOC5oXOxn2LUKZr64iPY6xgBGRQGInhOSkgrar9VaJk_av1tNZ9-uT_68qHf14i9eQYnhzhutIPaCoCYAyRPF_bOUDBfI5yniDzXZYGlSLm9Kl-RLW5vjSLQyZzKlgSq9TGeHs_FhPNsLwAtr8Um0oU_6b5dQ6SLZt7rscK/s4000/20230507_113525%20dand%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtjAa_L0KvHR48EjUbLDOC5oXOxn2LUKZr64iPY6xgBGRQGInhOSkgrar9VaJk_av1tNZ9-uT_68qHf14i9eQYnhzhutIPaCoCYAyRPF_bOUDBfI5yniDzXZYGlSLm9Kl-RLW5vjSLQyZzKlgSq9TGeHs_FhPNsLwAtr8Um0oU_6b5dQ6SLZt7rscK/w480-h640/20230507_113525%20dand%20poem.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Dandelions are
stalked by death<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">If I call the post-floral stage<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">a ‘residual receptacle’<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">they might as well be their own coffins.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>By way of reminder:</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguqLVrClK8bBCtpltDtTdJUWohgGn7wCgbY1pAmyxaWXBMfJioCarbssK5uAQ70amywcdS7K3WnWT0Lq8a4hXdeMBV4RCQrFlRzjjPsKdXj8LYixF6x6lA8GcmBwQqZ-LOCFG2HzaUhSBHekk5GmGv5YVLRrTcvGGphFMDzMscs4KnqQ24BPYqI5x9/s6666/parts%20of%20a%20plant%204bf325de5fc04ad6a2b7258ce7e40feb.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5000" data-original-width="6666" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguqLVrClK8bBCtpltDtTdJUWohgGn7wCgbY1pAmyxaWXBMfJioCarbssK5uAQ70amywcdS7K3WnWT0Lq8a4hXdeMBV4RCQrFlRzjjPsKdXj8LYixF6x6lA8GcmBwQqZ-LOCFG2HzaUhSBHekk5GmGv5YVLRrTcvGGphFMDzMscs4KnqQ24BPYqI5x9/w400-h300/parts%20of%20a%20plant%204bf325de5fc04ad6a2b7258ce7e40feb.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3y0govKYqvKgX57JbVd28BkyNG35CNaRpmB-gA_WMd7m__Q_21NJheDT6ketcIw9SewyfMzk_EWNuMpAQnK0wW-NUnYTV_3E69zWElCSVczYGct3oHEEZNWABfSK9MLltXzvruXe5iNaecHeEbh2vz-Mt61aoDtGuVaXU4NQ_HxZVj2Zd_wsMK7SG/s2635/20230430_100900%20hat%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2635" data-original-width="2356" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3y0govKYqvKgX57JbVd28BkyNG35CNaRpmB-gA_WMd7m__Q_21NJheDT6ketcIw9SewyfMzk_EWNuMpAQnK0wW-NUnYTV_3E69zWElCSVczYGct3oHEEZNWABfSK9MLltXzvruXe5iNaecHeEbh2vz-Mt61aoDtGuVaXU4NQ_HxZVj2Zd_wsMK7SG/w572-h640/20230430_100900%20hat%20poem.jpg" width="572" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">If you have a glass head<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">you’d be advised<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to wear a hat.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Will a woollen one suffice?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(<span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">Charlottenburg, </span>Berlin)</span></i> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT9chYw-Pv2l8KK-r5WzpuN3F2KIb4DfE8NtEkqzqhBnzyDyzziVjuZPWsLm6wUxGiyH5d_HK51aynZdq-M8cVm-_py2mtIlhtELXVFNOrfpnwr8PolAqmzJcl4h2Zn_oEkKueuzphvM_lugU9DRIBsKE3pHrhjh2xVzVqrGGLG819asJ62LUNQjfr/s2919/20230427_160147%20super%20droop%20poss%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2390" data-original-width="2919" height="524" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT9chYw-Pv2l8KK-r5WzpuN3F2KIb4DfE8NtEkqzqhBnzyDyzziVjuZPWsLm6wUxGiyH5d_HK51aynZdq-M8cVm-_py2mtIlhtELXVFNOrfpnwr8PolAqmzJcl4h2Zn_oEkKueuzphvM_lugU9DRIBsKE3pHrhjh2xVzVqrGGLG819asJ62LUNQjfr/w640-h524/20230427_160147%20super%20droop%20poss%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">These super-droopers<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">look like they've grown this way<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">to suck up the spillage <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">from careless drinkers.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(<span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">Charlottenburg, </span>Berlin)</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ716XvlWINK86tToBOjb-f_UjCBAr4fYbRk4YmjVF-Epi7rCrSopC98FavUGBQgkXWf3X1vPmJK0a9kMbpbKv6iT2w1w9tBZ2LbuhJYMFfyuxOt5E-GGkmM8FQ_4VHDfRQalC4zo3WJq7Tm3J2eCzELd5rQY9FP808PO8qKU4sdF0kG7YG_vFsugm/s2700/20230427_220718.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2700" data-original-width="2322" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ716XvlWINK86tToBOjb-f_UjCBAr4fYbRk4YmjVF-Epi7rCrSopC98FavUGBQgkXWf3X1vPmJK0a9kMbpbKv6iT2w1w9tBZ2LbuhJYMFfyuxOt5E-GGkmM8FQ_4VHDfRQalC4zo3WJq7Tm3J2eCzELd5rQY9FP808PO8qKU4sdF0kG7YG_vFsugm/w550-h640/20230427_220718.jpg" width="550" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">To say the sun<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">does not come out at night<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">would be ridiculous,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">which is why I frame the thesis purely with denial.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Berlin)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdpOysi_4p9DDbCoFF8FOY1aSfmEW2_ZrOskJP7MV16KR0Zf9RBSyfCphjngaaJm6PdQMrof4pOJXkNNiIsEIPvOc8NppIJDCZohAP70AIbAejyC5oU_Zv1gt3f3LU17OYfCsTmI2yLvsBELlaiyyhBCaJiVrZMsnI66GfgZfsHgtXcam0yrzh2bmW/s4000/20230428_140321%20dand%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdpOysi_4p9DDbCoFF8FOY1aSfmEW2_ZrOskJP7MV16KR0Zf9RBSyfCphjngaaJm6PdQMrof4pOJXkNNiIsEIPvOc8NppIJDCZohAP70AIbAejyC5oU_Zv1gt3f3LU17OYfCsTmI2yLvsBELlaiyyhBCaJiVrZMsnI66GfgZfsHgtXcam0yrzh2bmW/w480-h640/20230428_140321%20dand%20poem%20.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Yes we've had
dandelions<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but these are German. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Think of the history <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">their soil has seen…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Berlin)</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWjmcQcWP2IbjdOCm_CpJZJEBnn2RP2P8dVXL0lSeuQGEdbS3KjV-l7gULcMVc68GdXj0B8aGKjKQLsEFhvVjnji9G5DIqHVeKJ3pdZhd0s-JpcuvFWhpM0hHgYMI6gU32msoYtUqj1oH28gZDabZzBiVmx_VXfjz3H-iknrv0GNzlWzyyaXzJTRQo/s4000/20230429_184440%20poem.jpg" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWjmcQcWP2IbjdOCm_CpJZJEBnn2RP2P8dVXL0lSeuQGEdbS3KjV-l7gULcMVc68GdXj0B8aGKjKQLsEFhvVjnji9G5DIqHVeKJ3pdZhd0s-JpcuvFWhpM0hHgYMI6gU32msoYtUqj1oH28gZDabZzBiVmx_VXfjz3H-iknrv0GNzlWzyyaXzJTRQo/w640-h480/20230429_184440%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">How many definitions <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of 'superfluity' do you require? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">OK here's another:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">seven chucked copies of the magazine 'Plus'.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(<span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">Kurfürstenstraße, Tiergarten, </span>Berlin)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i> </i> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6pAQPvVn60nRTcD6iuIa0y5qbjJBrv_mx0UvH4vAiBgixm1eILW_vGNvhw7TQ1fPCPW-eyKsCLd7Npj0IZ7UW-7EOOZtvlZpksjn5erloUQIJHitW066mytgOlhJ6l-6n16mV8BL5JzAVhTJTuTA8vvbk52shpw59lCWjOGIlbEvpd1F8icfi4UTr/s4000/20230429_191508%20dummy%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6pAQPvVn60nRTcD6iuIa0y5qbjJBrv_mx0UvH4vAiBgixm1eILW_vGNvhw7TQ1fPCPW-eyKsCLd7Npj0IZ7UW-7EOOZtvlZpksjn5erloUQIJHitW066mytgOlhJ6l-6n16mV8BL5JzAVhTJTuTA8vvbk52shpw59lCWjOGIlbEvpd1F8icfi4UTr/w480-h640/20230429_191508%20dummy%20poem.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">You dummy!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Even were she real, lust would be pointless.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Consider your scruffy appearance, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">not to mention the glass.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><o:p> </o:p>(<span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">Kurfürstendamm, </span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">Charlottenburg,</span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"> </span>Berlin)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSZJsyTDy8-d2GUnV-6ICFMMfUSuRBcaHFTBUaNQvsSYf_cDUKXjb6hXeeZulXMqijOQun2_QMRbaVdcyOeeQrd9VizC4pRWRFRHArtAuF780GXbAxMDf4DQuwQ07z15bHytKXrYc1GBJO5uDRD_ANqolZZ2AIWbqq11lk9PaoG45k2MT9Gy1-nRlr/s4000/20230430_104931.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSZJsyTDy8-d2GUnV-6ICFMMfUSuRBcaHFTBUaNQvsSYf_cDUKXjb6hXeeZulXMqijOQun2_QMRbaVdcyOeeQrd9VizC4pRWRFRHArtAuF780GXbAxMDf4DQuwQ07z15bHytKXrYc1GBJO5uDRD_ANqolZZ2AIWbqq11lk9PaoG45k2MT9Gy1-nRlr/w480-h640/20230430_104931.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Not much goes
on <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">at Hausvogteiplatz <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">on a Sunday morning.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">But if anything does... <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Mitte, Berlin)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPyhEcIIjpS-Fk3Q9XghN1IJdtOeFPvhR-dit5-3vKlp9RnskOIy8GGKgaKTCiOkfaOGW6YbYY2yC1b2guTBvOqRw_LoPVliTXC4w4ZGN1YiyaJXiZx2UuSHkIAX4oqxhGe5zy6gfX73dwWf3XUE3KKHgr7zbVRpzeTIvY9hTqD10AG35phXN6IWaU/s3357/20230429_214159.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3357" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPyhEcIIjpS-Fk3Q9XghN1IJdtOeFPvhR-dit5-3vKlp9RnskOIy8GGKgaKTCiOkfaOGW6YbYY2yC1b2guTBvOqRw_LoPVliTXC4w4ZGN1YiyaJXiZx2UuSHkIAX4oqxhGe5zy6gfX73dwWf3XUE3KKHgr7zbVRpzeTIvY9hTqD10AG35phXN6IWaU/w572-h640/20230429_214159.jpg" width="572" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Of course, I have
questions<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">How many apes live around here?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Do they tend to be keen on tattoos?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Assuming some are, how do they pay?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(<span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; text-align: left;">Charlottenburg, </span>Berlin)</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx2ePZlkntg0_wLMXLaVAOcpnPT7n9U9lKWI2ahNgAQSpMBZ63usza2V2WRkyyBNjzrCwLxubawaKeS8yF4-FrGjKaixGkjD8JK4FJ6_0HkE00oeYpKwi-Ts1I1DZ6gjiRq6ib52ZklBUoR6ApkZg-FOApv_OuJM1QxkVtg8oovXiviBHE0m-AsDwo/s4000/20230427_222322.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx2ePZlkntg0_wLMXLaVAOcpnPT7n9U9lKWI2ahNgAQSpMBZ63usza2V2WRkyyBNjzrCwLxubawaKeS8yF4-FrGjKaixGkjD8JK4FJ6_0HkE00oeYpKwi-Ts1I1DZ6gjiRq6ib52ZklBUoR6ApkZg-FOApv_OuJM1QxkVtg8oovXiviBHE0m-AsDwo/w480-h640/20230427_222322.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /> </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">My kind of painting
doesn’t need paint</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">My kind of novel doesn’t need a story.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">My kind of journey need never arrive.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">But I do like a fountain to have water.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #202122;">(</span><span lang="DE" style="color: #202122;">Brigitte &
Martin Matschinski-Denninghoff</span><span style="color: #202122;">’s design ‘C</span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">olumn in the
midst of waves’,1975, at Adenauerplatz, Berlin takes the form of a fountain
spewing water, but currently has no actual water. It is meant to flow.) </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy4mUr3UHZUiVo32CuUnO33EETC3kLacDXz9H55QqhrYG-d_u8WA2289k1gjrAoz91MdQ7ZjGrvf_-0FuEermvaJtfZCobQJmCtZK9ieE5EWy7otYFIaT6TIGIwn7VnsZoZ0UXvo0NKxFBO_LDk4v50hkIDpnRxzyROZ6Qyb1jC-WLp7R9ONmHB265/s3798/20230424_101208%20bluebell%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2176" data-original-width="3798" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy4mUr3UHZUiVo32CuUnO33EETC3kLacDXz9H55QqhrYG-d_u8WA2289k1gjrAoz91MdQ7ZjGrvf_-0FuEermvaJtfZCobQJmCtZK9ieE5EWy7otYFIaT6TIGIwn7VnsZoZ0UXvo0NKxFBO_LDk4v50hkIDpnRxzyROZ6Qyb1jC-WLp7R9ONmHB265/w640-h366/20230424_101208%20bluebell%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The modern bluebell <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is just as likely pink or white:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">identity issues <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">may not be merely human.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>(Totton)<br /></i></span><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_wPwpM8rBaB96axdIDgzlRa8g6yFZMSHQ4l6WTdd5V36Pp6jF2guukzTLIyl1g_QoOgCgt1SeBMN73xwoGb_nYVcFVkpgXWGlomVDddH26YbuPQn7GvMGY72tHvol-sEst8zdQfOT0Lv8USGsKtXP0mEhzFvEj_IHkgM4-Gk-BUwv7D-CxZmopPZ3/s2022/20230424_100749%20dand%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2022" data-original-width="2022" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_wPwpM8rBaB96axdIDgzlRa8g6yFZMSHQ4l6WTdd5V36Pp6jF2guukzTLIyl1g_QoOgCgt1SeBMN73xwoGb_nYVcFVkpgXWGlomVDddH26YbuPQn7GvMGY72tHvol-sEst8zdQfOT0Lv8USGsKtXP0mEhzFvEj_IHkgM4-Gk-BUwv7D-CxZmopPZ3/w400-h400/20230424_100749%20dand%20poem%20.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">In nature, at least<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">those white with age <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">don’t hang around in a home for old dandies.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">One puff and they’re gone. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK-2v0Zw9qA-D412Xc7xkbzq64bsFyADfEMxkTKHIskUEPM2TsJVPyUHtwICMHaEp4n5Mc0VVIpixaMHH5A44EpDT37IW4GCIFYt7reCj58cFun-Q6GepWCcQx3sgyOFjRcS-DfQ_rVOgCmLab39RpfQBj625FlrIAGk2HTfAqa9NZ3pCq67dLve-L/s2687/20230422_163003%20max%20dandelion%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2687" data-original-width="2687" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK-2v0Zw9qA-D412Xc7xkbzq64bsFyADfEMxkTKHIskUEPM2TsJVPyUHtwICMHaEp4n5Mc0VVIpixaMHH5A44EpDT37IW4GCIFYt7reCj58cFun-Q6GepWCcQx3sgyOFjRcS-DfQ_rVOgCmLab39RpfQBj625FlrIAGk2HTfAqa9NZ3pCq67dLve-L/w640-h640/20230422_163003%20max%20dandelion%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Would a roar of
dandelions<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">be the collective?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">For sure they’re much louder<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">seen in a pride. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLCNC4crWXeDo_bztCRQfRjTgt2krhWXbQ20k7F5QcylNPmI2JsXrq8byWHiAoCfpnX-cjLdQ6ZQi_wLnycOEuXD2-L1YSY9QTDLKnjBOuSC3Uif5XJzL3fVxesiWO4CQK9ujk9BhlBkvwR8qsD7w7j6Qu2u77ovFQTBhzoM8upPS4xhmWVYE7tDs3/s2778/20230417_081107%20poem%20shellf.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2600" data-original-width="2778" height="598" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLCNC4crWXeDo_bztCRQfRjTgt2krhWXbQ20k7F5QcylNPmI2JsXrq8byWHiAoCfpnX-cjLdQ6ZQi_wLnycOEuXD2-L1YSY9QTDLKnjBOuSC3Uif5XJzL3fVxesiWO4CQK9ujk9BhlBkvwR8qsD7w7j6Qu2u77ovFQTBhzoM8upPS4xhmWVYE7tDs3/w640-h598/20230417_081107%20poem%20shellf.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">How bad can it be<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to be left on the shellf<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">if it’s comfortably bespoke<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and you get a view of gardens and the sea? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(View from the 2nd floor of the Grand Hotel and Spa, St Helier, Jersey, of just-washed shells drying in the sun collected for my grandchildren)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVLnjwf9Ah1hhr9HAJesWfT6h8vzGFviAPhAw8fdfb3a2Jh1a63fvlUqgMTlDUTgyrhp0WkCabHLMBF8aWJi9m26RzU4U2DDVnenXpUYizm1BiEA6FA0ZWqPOAx1csV4F-VsuQLdYdOEbIYiINE_mI0UljxpXNlRo5zQLC1hQfqWy0qQtph1_Xq5L8/s4000/20230416_094231%20poem%20lugworm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVLnjwf9Ah1hhr9HAJesWfT6h8vzGFviAPhAw8fdfb3a2Jh1a63fvlUqgMTlDUTgyrhp0WkCabHLMBF8aWJi9m26RzU4U2DDVnenXpUYizm1BiEA6FA0ZWqPOAx1csV4F-VsuQLdYdOEbIYiINE_mI0UljxpXNlRo5zQLC1hQfqWy0qQtph1_Xq5L8/w480-h640/20230416_094231%20poem%20lugworm.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Between the headspace
and the poo-cast<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the lug lies in its burrow -<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">living the beach life, true enough,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but eating what one might prefer to bask on.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(St Aubin's Bay, Jersey: to be precise there must be a blow lugworm, </i><span style="background-color: rgba(80, 151, 255, 0.18); text-align: start;">Arenicola marina<i>,</i></span><i> beneath. That makes irregularly disordered casts, as opposed to the neatly concentric coils of </i><span style="background-color: white; font-style: italic; text-align: start;">the black lugworm, </span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">Arenicola defodiens</span><i>)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEra_a8kd1FTWsp8XfRsf3WBUXQLbIfZGUK0SZoSlpvy1b_lqVmQsUaem4z2-se2b_YZ0fOzGHgnyLCM0Tvn7othDnXoqMUKncJZHalEAkZV52ImvmUt4DI3BvJRmrZWcofQjRst9QLpuW0z3F5zIngPWcoap5wYh__adt5ztDJvEaYh8iU4-1Y6t2/s2846/20230416_154954%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2134" data-original-width="2846" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEra_a8kd1FTWsp8XfRsf3WBUXQLbIfZGUK0SZoSlpvy1b_lqVmQsUaem4z2-se2b_YZ0fOzGHgnyLCM0Tvn7othDnXoqMUKncJZHalEAkZV52ImvmUt4DI3BvJRmrZWcofQjRst9QLpuW0z3F5zIngPWcoap5wYh__adt5ztDJvEaYh8iU4-1Y6t2/w640-h480/20230416_154954%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The hyacinth girl<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is feeling off-colour.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">That’s why she hasn’t been watering<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">what are now lowacinths. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></i></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(St Helier, Jersey - the hyacinth girl first appeared in TS Eliot's 'The Wasteland' in 1922)</span><o:p></o:p></i></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaKb6t-FAi0awVaG87caK7st64bLZOYHoJdvn7tPGnSHMlsPWgM2qX8yANKgNTh-S65L5NUYIsszPRtSR9CiOjFfLukDhQudBA0-9g1FEJfsmPH5QnAUVeTqQ4qEHp6lFGhwuvGofmhqqe5o3ydpmJGUlEVd6P93d30GwoxpJDZm9qDYYsfsgW7gf8/s2771/umbrella%20poem%20.jpg" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2771" data-original-width="2771" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaKb6t-FAi0awVaG87caK7st64bLZOYHoJdvn7tPGnSHMlsPWgM2qX8yANKgNTh-S65L5NUYIsszPRtSR9CiOjFfLukDhQudBA0-9g1FEJfsmPH5QnAUVeTqQ4qEHp6lFGhwuvGofmhqqe5o3ydpmJGUlEVd6P93d30GwoxpJDZm9qDYYsfsgW7gf8/w640-h640/umbrella%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">This is the sort<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of windy-wet weather<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to make me grateful to have an umbrella <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that’s already broken.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Kings Cross, London)</i></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHXFFlXRgu9d1lrkKAgBaXLLZcfzEfxvb4PzBkZ8Tg9I6wB0TZKJSgfufoKA3SMAv2uTN3XvWjoEQ0Slj_o9D5np9lcAlHFluB3jfF4HNpPPDluyf7Md45xXawBX-ujS3fwRb9wmsEVMvqL7SrUIL6isLNsVYaoFQKe9mRBwKG61mrpKcpC95vjuGt/s2505/20230410_180607%20veil%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2397" data-original-width="2505" height="612" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHXFFlXRgu9d1lrkKAgBaXLLZcfzEfxvb4PzBkZ8Tg9I6wB0TZKJSgfufoKA3SMAv2uTN3XvWjoEQ0Slj_o9D5np9lcAlHFluB3jfF4HNpPPDluyf7Md45xXawBX-ujS3fwRb9wmsEVMvqL7SrUIL6isLNsVYaoFQKe9mRBwKG61mrpKcpC95vjuGt/w640-h612/20230410_180607%20veil%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><i><br /></i></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The odd shy house<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">does take the veil,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but I’ve noticed that they tend to lose their inhibitions<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">within a few months.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ54OaM3G93amU8xxb27umNyxZYQWDYP4XTW8v7quCuBz3R-fC49I5sgXnacairnYvFxiriS9xzuTGavd-lHfrT668eNDyRljuA78U_EjWp7vhnPj3nbGkSj_2OtMrQGVQPiBd5hLJE1lHN3rk0mncLZPdCo6MyCCepQHE6MG_itbmkCt4_D4h0zML/s3865/20230412_124429%20tree%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3865" data-original-width="2899" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ54OaM3G93amU8xxb27umNyxZYQWDYP4XTW8v7quCuBz3R-fC49I5sgXnacairnYvFxiriS9xzuTGavd-lHfrT668eNDyRljuA78U_EjWp7vhnPj3nbGkSj_2OtMrQGVQPiBd5hLJE1lHN3rk0mncLZPdCo6MyCCepQHE6MG_itbmkCt4_D4h0zML/w480-h640/20230412_124429%20tree%20poem.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It's a difficult art<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">cutting a
tree <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">with a
spade.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I'm
tempted to watch.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Fitzroy Square, Fitzrovia, London)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyIGeH80AFpGbEtELkFM3yJ9l2tFLqONWmxwcB5-ELIcGj8rkFGPGG-omUh_O_7XY9LjCoGPnAiws1wrhTEbqH81IDMJd-wJFkk-yk39FMss0cArI-XOxFEe60dnG34Hs6PVN0KCN2d4aOBCdJbeg35VeKxYp7SRWZ2ETAcIRAu6d13g2sTCTujpZR/s2885/20230412_115110%20shirt%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2885" data-original-width="2282" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyIGeH80AFpGbEtELkFM3yJ9l2tFLqONWmxwcB5-ELIcGj8rkFGPGG-omUh_O_7XY9LjCoGPnAiws1wrhTEbqH81IDMJd-wJFkk-yk39FMss0cArI-XOxFEe60dnG34Hs6PVN0KCN2d4aOBCdJbeg35VeKxYp7SRWZ2ETAcIRAu6d13g2sTCTujpZR/w506-h640/20230412_115110%20shirt%20poem.jpg" width="506" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">'I’m sorry, sir<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but we
can’t clean that:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">we had a
shirt in identical style<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">three weeks
ago.'</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Kensington, London)</i></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0XUoJqlTMYZoP6KWF31qPjEv0EMDF0fdEVzFjZznVDrNsV_tcY4wfCjLAIFVO_kNpQqWyWL_JEM0A3jxTHraarSioLPQdD2a1wCHXVccVtY6BdxJ56B7_XrN9D_5V6mcqSDGq7rcodeKx-xCNsPoWzw5uqCANiFhg9J8c9iU2wayJd7t1ddvdLpkR/s2335/mix%20poss%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2335" data-original-width="2335" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0XUoJqlTMYZoP6KWF31qPjEv0EMDF0fdEVzFjZznVDrNsV_tcY4wfCjLAIFVO_kNpQqWyWL_JEM0A3jxTHraarSioLPQdD2a1wCHXVccVtY6BdxJ56B7_XrN9D_5V6mcqSDGq7rcodeKx-xCNsPoWzw5uqCANiFhg9J8c9iU2wayJd7t1ddvdLpkR/w640-h640/mix%20poss%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Why don’t nature’s
yellows<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">conversing under the yellowing sun<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">turn the same shade <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">beneath the same rays?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivyAo67ZFia_Dd_zUGSt4K7tmirtP5obv8qHQPY7OBZSJq0pj9KUMZ6jZLFowC7p0hx9lKeqJfNV2XqvnBS-4AOwwCOigz6qXK99dERSiwYvGp6lfmEGSQiIFUz06UTdpHAU7qiJrO237m32f3K1m_wtXmqCWFRSntnl4jPjUb6cSujA0bYHKGRfTp/s3496/20230402_093843%20rain%20poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3496" data-original-width="2622" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivyAo67ZFia_Dd_zUGSt4K7tmirtP5obv8qHQPY7OBZSJq0pj9KUMZ6jZLFowC7p0hx9lKeqJfNV2XqvnBS-4AOwwCOigz6qXK99dERSiwYvGp6lfmEGSQiIFUz06UTdpHAU7qiJrO237m32f3K1m_wtXmqCWFRSntnl4jPjUb6cSujA0bYHKGRfTp/w480-h640/20230402_093843%20rain%20poss.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: medium;">The rain's running down</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: medium;">the<b> </b>garden wall - </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: medium;">which is only a surprise <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: medium;">because we're so far underground.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: medium;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(Covent
Garden underground station, London)</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtvQ6_5bNMTdvXlS0BJgqWir3C2nvS2h6Bh52loQmNHtOw4RkDinaQyPMK_HP-eJ8ooDeXy_6QqxKIThbJu7aul-DdJsBPaCWvUcWLkO8YSUfSq_1HcW3TwLz6MPD3fX4SHNEqNG9KOgYHWj66qTQ8kGaN_9oh1QUxIAyhStRSeqlYaVy6I1gRQLQ4/s2748/20230401_152200%20catkins%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2748" data-original-width="2748" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtvQ6_5bNMTdvXlS0BJgqWir3C2nvS2h6Bh52loQmNHtOw4RkDinaQyPMK_HP-eJ8ooDeXy_6QqxKIThbJu7aul-DdJsBPaCWvUcWLkO8YSUfSq_1HcW3TwLz6MPD3fX4SHNEqNG9KOgYHWj66qTQ8kGaN_9oh1QUxIAyhStRSeqlYaVy6I1gRQLQ4/w640-h640/20230401_152200%20catkins%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>I've heard that the worms</b></span></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">are breeding like catkins round here -</span></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">improving the soil</span></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">to help the trees make their green confreres.</span></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Bermondsey, London)</i></span></div></span><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijfRtwrSRGS2tCv_0yAIR92R81riF-FgXZxBRHSbV2ZjlFU3TW0CSuxFe3VkCksB2-paqt_Wq5KXMlG_YLDldH7WgDZrtpsyEWOgevfrEyXMjfXs4421Rc3tNcL5c13geANtGsLWTQ5_3CGyUPq17XFNmD4XRIU69wyxoSOM_TLajD1nWDAelZyN8Y/s2949/20230330_115737%20no%20p%20poss.jpg" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2949" data-original-width="2949" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijfRtwrSRGS2tCv_0yAIR92R81riF-FgXZxBRHSbV2ZjlFU3TW0CSuxFe3VkCksB2-paqt_Wq5KXMlG_YLDldH7WgDZrtpsyEWOgevfrEyXMjfXs4421Rc3tNcL5c13geANtGsLWTQ5_3CGyUPq17XFNmD4XRIU69wyxoSOM_TLajD1nWDAelZyN8Y/w640-h640/20230330_115737%20no%20p%20poss.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Clearly <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I shouldn't have taken this photo. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">But, having got away with it,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">my reason to want it has faded right away.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(London Original Print Fair, Somerset House) </i></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMHA73Na3vEKI0yYEN3hAIPfT50J3tHgus9LcfsN0lCQei3q75Rb6xml4K667kFfWvh_eiNXR6jNW0ZC3fO5j0YgGchZqv1DmelNgqwBzDNcuIX-NA_YYF1qEgBZ39opNp7oKov4oubcc6T_AGTbqVXRZqfmaxEuiWe8JS6Yb_V-b9A76ZSEElQ-Hf/s4000/20230411_200507%20sheep%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMHA73Na3vEKI0yYEN3hAIPfT50J3tHgus9LcfsN0lCQei3q75Rb6xml4K667kFfWvh_eiNXR6jNW0ZC3fO5j0YgGchZqv1DmelNgqwBzDNcuIX-NA_YYF1qEgBZ39opNp7oKov4oubcc6T_AGTbqVXRZqfmaxEuiWe8JS6Yb_V-b9A76ZSEElQ-Hf/w640-h480/20230411_200507%20sheep%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></div><b><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Do you do coffee with milk?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Do you
serve humans?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Do you
get fed up with questions like those<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and this?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Black Sheep Coffee, King's Cross, London)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiEI_6iq8gSgGJETxvw52NUpzvzjwtJfUB2js9vySbc6C0BZ3tOxWmOlMasf1fbe9JHnJZbY34tYkPeRsGT1JeWtskRom8pc2KXMdeAoQGrPsGB-YLNImjw30HXinlUCluNfrQwCn3t39w05gj7VOLo6CMR2wivany8F32jUp7FFeosHCjTpzd7TV2/s3000/20230328_122617%20roadworks%20lon%20poss.jpg" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiEI_6iq8gSgGJETxvw52NUpzvzjwtJfUB2js9vySbc6C0BZ3tOxWmOlMasf1fbe9JHnJZbY34tYkPeRsGT1JeWtskRom8pc2KXMdeAoQGrPsGB-YLNImjw30HXinlUCluNfrQwCn3t39w05gj7VOLo6CMR2wivany8F32jUp7FFeosHCjTpzd7TV2/w640-h640/20230328_122617%20roadworks%20lon%20poss.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">There are so many
roadworks <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">they've taken the signs down </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">in favour of one -</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">saying ‘NO ROADWORKS’ - </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in the spot where that's true.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Peckham, London)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhroKw9slsogqy3OcaaJ3PA6dv3wJVHipTvSSk6G_Pus2hR7UbcrGjvjDbqfDwQQqNGbsUaYPwvnt7tuw7H6SauOB-DXd8EY_kBJTMszUio8pFFHOBQ9a__7h7Sr0M2_UariHFO05m4N_l5DV7Ez1Fh4FT1MQpnv_1m8mjYWQ4bfP2FtZgvRDlkptZ4/s2053/20230329_114829%20due%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2053" data-original-width="2053" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhroKw9slsogqy3OcaaJ3PA6dv3wJVHipTvSSk6G_Pus2hR7UbcrGjvjDbqfDwQQqNGbsUaYPwvnt7tuw7H6SauOB-DXd8EY_kBJTMszUio8pFFHOBQ9a__7h7Sr0M2_UariHFO05m4N_l5DV7Ez1Fh4FT1MQpnv_1m8mjYWQ4bfP2FtZgvRDlkptZ4/w640-h640/20230329_114829%20due%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Rain was due<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Now it’s fallen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and isn’t dew,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">though it does have the glisten.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbhbM3tJ6SMDq9F7lIStEpxPLJmUraQonV04DH0YqGnwhMQkgbVcf2niIxMi5pPSqC-oyMkdHKQ_OvGNrxYs_GcIfZ2N262_nl_UXoyGXBj0zL7mB9UZpjLS6_G0TKbTAohHGtnTYZCxhFSPWJOBS1KsH5sMiW8gG0Djryxybj5nIg0RYlYD8CthP5/s1232/20230325_155416%20ukraine.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1232" data-original-width="1232" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbhbM3tJ6SMDq9F7lIStEpxPLJmUraQonV04DH0YqGnwhMQkgbVcf2niIxMi5pPSqC-oyMkdHKQ_OvGNrxYs_GcIfZ2N262_nl_UXoyGXBj0zL7mB9UZpjLS6_G0TKbTAohHGtnTYZCxhFSPWJOBS1KsH5sMiW8gG0Djryxybj5nIg0RYlYD8CthP5/w640-h640/20230325_155416%20ukraine.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">A year</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of flag-supported war <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is not enough <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">yet far too much.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSFCcXxjd1MVpq8h1a7SgVLoNcxPTrbOwpPRjcNt2OfZolcti9Rd_F-4yIoD3Q2afjposLky0QsJSrn68hjtHRDTqJV5BVLJCrekqDlS9dWQlYuKnRRVdRJgaLoFZvrLHZGaeWx1XBJEmqcC2JxIzzQddJkxfk2L1O_OQcj76BpMJl-qGEHHPq53ht/s3178/20230328_122002%20drown%20lon%20poss%202%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3178" data-original-width="2383" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSFCcXxjd1MVpq8h1a7SgVLoNcxPTrbOwpPRjcNt2OfZolcti9Rd_F-4yIoD3Q2afjposLky0QsJSrn68hjtHRDTqJV5BVLJCrekqDlS9dWQlYuKnRRVdRJgaLoFZvrLHZGaeWx1XBJEmqcC2JxIzzQddJkxfk2L1O_OQcj76BpMJl-qGEHHPq53ht/w480-h640/20230328_122002%20drown%20lon%20poss%202%20.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>When a drink</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is drowning
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">who can
tell what used to be <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">from the
cause of its demise? </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">(Peckham, London)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdetO2-TEZ_atsJSw4bdm0lHDhGogZW29JRXHZM0noPN4GO2Yw4q20GvpuZRUv3F6JP55tROB9YBaioa4eG2np-lWY1DYzn2hcCWdN88GBhap9v5_kVITrLg1meMrbN2uywcC8zztDt2XJv3oocyXfL12fDvLxPh3OZdDtvaW7ashApPUiEWub2IHT/s2647/20230329_152836%20adverts%20poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2647" data-original-width="2647" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdetO2-TEZ_atsJSw4bdm0lHDhGogZW29JRXHZM0noPN4GO2Yw4q20GvpuZRUv3F6JP55tROB9YBaioa4eG2np-lWY1DYzn2hcCWdN88GBhap9v5_kVITrLg1meMrbN2uywcC8zztDt2XJv3oocyXfL12fDvLxPh3OZdDtvaW7ashApPUiEWub2IHT/w640-h640/20230329_152836%20adverts%20poss.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></i><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I assume these are
adverts<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">for an exhibition of abstract paintings<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">imitating torn-off posters -<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">which, one might argue, aren't abstract at all.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">(Southampton)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFpu8ZGED7SkihtqlsWT7DNkFwJRI6CW7ZLOO_-2gp9s3bkTYVqfY95wT9zZe8xs1MR7rPi4OJCw3qap-PUn-hKz-iSStTkmqrjY9ZDUh7Eclwytwq-FD12cKeAeJq8WwBdPYwo3P4AWUU7dKqhj6uhnjkDY4GuYcdJ9wRvhFfHXUk_0PJH1MCmkY1/s1835/20230326_160940%20store%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1376" data-original-width="1835" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFpu8ZGED7SkihtqlsWT7DNkFwJRI6CW7ZLOO_-2gp9s3bkTYVqfY95wT9zZe8xs1MR7rPi4OJCw3qap-PUn-hKz-iSStTkmqrjY9ZDUh7Eclwytwq-FD12cKeAeJq8WwBdPYwo3P4AWUU7dKqhj6uhnjkDY4GuYcdJ9wRvhFfHXUk_0PJH1MCmkY1/w640-h480/20230326_160940%20store%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The flagrant
mismanagement and their now-redundant staff<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">do thank you - <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but it's only fair for them to point out<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that you should have bought more, you bastards!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Oxford)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0wvN-jhqGP7_zQRmrU1ORU3giIpNjIoVD_IXFkQPRYvkKFOit6nptN2bemiCgxsgdEKcPlwtwxHnG0uhPYP-8A-mi0_qxecxkqbyD9xdaoynbcTyN-Haa0XPJvOVHebUwphr7Z0reDxcPTnqUMx2BJNJS6RlHAPtjlllD5As775rI9F18jmCAvyYv/s4000/20230326_161244%20bike%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0wvN-jhqGP7_zQRmrU1ORU3giIpNjIoVD_IXFkQPRYvkKFOit6nptN2bemiCgxsgdEKcPlwtwxHnG0uhPYP-8A-mi0_qxecxkqbyD9xdaoynbcTyN-Haa0XPJvOVHebUwphr7Z0reDxcPTnqUMx2BJNJS6RlHAPtjlllD5As775rI9F18jmCAvyYv/w640-h480/20230326_161244%20bike%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I can’t complain<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I was warned that I wouldn’t be warned<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and now no bike is there.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Lucky I don’t have one.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i style="font-size: large;">(Oxford)</i><b><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWiLPoXsG85tL4C8k8y-UivtQLEDmqPLZmLeEyy6MYvgH1X6G9OsQ-vA5anrNUOYYOAbTwQHBNlnAZLLPDITsEkpV1o1IlOeQITyE04HpTTj1Q_vI7oDCTUICTQQ4XOeKqLmoqXsoVzWnQk0_eV58CUTI5LB0h2Ng-m94NbEVTo5m0bEDUEGkCzilZ/s4000/20230325_154756%20crack%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWiLPoXsG85tL4C8k8y-UivtQLEDmqPLZmLeEyy6MYvgH1X6G9OsQ-vA5anrNUOYYOAbTwQHBNlnAZLLPDITsEkpV1o1IlOeQITyE04HpTTj1Q_vI7oDCTUICTQQ4XOeKqLmoqXsoVzWnQk0_eV58CUTI5LB0h2Ng-m94NbEVTo5m0bEDUEGkCzilZ/w640-h480/20230325_154756%20crack%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Water is straightforward<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but how do tarmac rivers work? <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">are tributaries joining at the major
crack,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">or is the main line splitting into
two? </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZgWRjv915p1AxXGtTzEWNpjAzwzb5ngql3F2Iz3PK3d6PcgHdAi2N1gqOMtdW9JROux1LUbD0YDG97EuxQvAe7eVAqQuKP4yx042t-msftDZma5FBqeHZ8jW7Sfd0nt0x6m5jG4W700TIG753nqhdKCF8nqbak2MXo55pmVQdggO3SnfqKoN1QQuk/s2936/20230321_164835%20poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2936" data-original-width="2936" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZgWRjv915p1AxXGtTzEWNpjAzwzb5ngql3F2Iz3PK3d6PcgHdAi2N1gqOMtdW9JROux1LUbD0YDG97EuxQvAe7eVAqQuKP4yx042t-msftDZma5FBqeHZ8jW7Sfd0nt0x6m5jG4W700TIG753nqhdKCF8nqbak2MXo55pmVQdggO3SnfqKoN1QQuk/w640-h640/20230321_164835%20poss.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">Religion </span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is high,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but secular is higher - <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">or closer...<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i> </i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Kensington, London)</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyjYn9_N1TrGP5odpf-SS7kmgZj804r21S04bHyYsHVALuLVo3CLehoicYKYqOTy8sbCZVnIfzjoKBZ4N3egfGizMXUERdV6LXa9gWjO_1tAVhKusRc0UFmQnAU1sAuSsr3I0L4qarbtrZn0hrkKNcKsyiY72ZSU8Tnux0H1iVDrXC0ibBdtGQtelK/s2759/20230321_123118%20poss%20cup%20.jpg" style="font-size: 16px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2759" data-original-width="2380" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyjYn9_N1TrGP5odpf-SS7kmgZj804r21S04bHyYsHVALuLVo3CLehoicYKYqOTy8sbCZVnIfzjoKBZ4N3egfGizMXUERdV6LXa9gWjO_1tAVhKusRc0UFmQnAU1sAuSsr3I0L4qarbtrZn0hrkKNcKsyiY72ZSU8Tnux0H1iVDrXC0ibBdtGQtelK/w552-h640/20230321_123118%20poss%20cup%20.jpg" width="552" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">How brazen<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to dump such an enormous cup -<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">even while exhorting us <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to dispose more thoughtfully of our humbler sizes...<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Aldgate, London)</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGWLS5xGm2SFzz7ZNhrj8bHYnKOZV_gBRe2i9HvGmhmno40DFUKFOVmCQ5QDJHI_lKa67lTTQX6KImSKCVMVn4rAeAMc5-_EHepcmcRMR5R4HjX7qpxPlwSTtByIihAr_-NnKmIQLQAKktGvZIHglz6e9PlfGCBDtUiQ1TGiPqhzFsdc9WAuOFk0DW/s2683/20230321_085402%20yellow%20poem.jpg" style="font-size: 16px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2683" data-original-width="2683" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGWLS5xGm2SFzz7ZNhrj8bHYnKOZV_gBRe2i9HvGmhmno40DFUKFOVmCQ5QDJHI_lKa67lTTQX6KImSKCVMVn4rAeAMc5-_EHepcmcRMR5R4HjX7qpxPlwSTtByIihAr_-NnKmIQLQAKktGvZIHglz6e9PlfGCBDtUiQ1TGiPqhzFsdc9WAuOFk0DW/w640-h640/20230321_085402%20yellow%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: 107%;">Which way to go</span></b><b><span style="line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in yellow land?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Towards the gold, the
sun, the heavens?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Or just the humdrum train?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Southampton Railway Station)</i></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzIWzdjk9OJEUEnjuIwzNw-wkzos3av2BBKRvskTmD2wubcpekJT-I8WdLc1B11NoNLLfcu09lYYdW4Ehh2fQiFQ-uTLQk58QZIoeOhVzdlZdiXQDUCT80w2XA1RoBSZJwNLrWiseIooW_K3WgvBTGqpJ0jxhu-IkBkMhK3E_B5TdW_dX63Nzkb6FP/s3367/20230321_154813.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3367" data-original-width="2525" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzIWzdjk9OJEUEnjuIwzNw-wkzos3av2BBKRvskTmD2wubcpekJT-I8WdLc1B11NoNLLfcu09lYYdW4Ehh2fQiFQ-uTLQk58QZIoeOhVzdlZdiXQDUCT80w2XA1RoBSZJwNLrWiseIooW_K3WgvBTGqpJ0jxhu-IkBkMhK3E_B5TdW_dX63Nzkb6FP/w480-h640/20230321_154813.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><i><br /></i></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Just as I suspected<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">There will be no change<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">other than as caused by how, in its absence,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">everything will go down the pan.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Kings Cross Underground Station, London)</i></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMlqSoA4SbJF9CrrCLd3K1fQaCQoNWqbT4elJiasrdQtjT4jlWjkFXRks-3TMUJ_qiuPXPCUgEIEYA2WuuikQH2eMSpTk_8hd1QRrRPC6CwI1WjopcvQuPGzqITp3DYOhHwINv9v7fJ20UCILBY6TDAVk12tzRRpQ19I7PpJTpTOGiQnHl5EjwpMUy/s2544/20230319_145404.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2544" data-original-width="2544" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMlqSoA4SbJF9CrrCLd3K1fQaCQoNWqbT4elJiasrdQtjT4jlWjkFXRks-3TMUJ_qiuPXPCUgEIEYA2WuuikQH2eMSpTk_8hd1QRrRPC6CwI1WjopcvQuPGzqITp3DYOhHwINv9v7fJ20UCILBY6TDAVk12tzRRpQ19I7PpJTpTOGiQnHl5EjwpMUy/w640-h640/20230319_145404.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">No sign of trains<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">despite the lack of adverse weather, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">engineering works or strikes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Perhaps I'll have to fly.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Bournemouth Railway Station)</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT_70Wxt16XswCQmkhI0AekRwI3_TVq81S40MYnRbV4b95m3YoyRueMql0BEn5zd4yuDhccPwVvPpuXYa9L4hRwuAxz-DICeGFBB6gAh1ZQQeBbi5LpWU4nM1xbqldpDQ93Jr2BuoGYKASuEs9T_xr9BTVK7tRdN3AlobpSQgaSt-2pdztaNmyJYYK/s4000/20230319_155600%20poss%20nothing.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT_70Wxt16XswCQmkhI0AekRwI3_TVq81S40MYnRbV4b95m3YoyRueMql0BEn5zd4yuDhccPwVvPpuXYa9L4hRwuAxz-DICeGFBB6gAh1ZQQeBbi5LpWU4nM1xbqldpDQ93Jr2BuoGYKASuEs9T_xr9BTVK7tRdN3AlobpSQgaSt-2pdztaNmyJYYK/w640-h480/20230319_155600%20poss%20nothing.jpg" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The art of fencing
nothing off<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">or, rather, of fencing off nothing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">has been perfected here – <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but why?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5x0Y2usFyOLT2_KozCgpAqa6evgxvsGBGKqOTKAMfJ19Fe0P4WGYwgdZhfOgHCpAAu83pF3CgjR9SlEzSKB9CS9co-u5EibZr-FHz1ir0x2qww7TzbKeaKJ3Ant-F17MHUlAXdf3U-rrBKDk_v_RH6V5nvjWfKqTgVu25hz19h1gBdFvt2GNSJAOP/s1024/daff%20image.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1024" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5x0Y2usFyOLT2_KozCgpAqa6evgxvsGBGKqOTKAMfJ19Fe0P4WGYwgdZhfOgHCpAAu83pF3CgjR9SlEzSKB9CS9co-u5EibZr-FHz1ir0x2qww7TzbKeaKJ3Ant-F17MHUlAXdf3U-rrBKDk_v_RH6V5nvjWfKqTgVu25hz19h1gBdFvt2GNSJAOP/w640-h360/daff%20image.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><p></p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">If you’ve had your
fill of daffs</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">you may have had your fill of life,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">be what the Welsh call ‘daffod ill’.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I still love them with a will. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNWd0pLuLjVCKG3jsY1UOEgQ03meO9R-qwNm-K01CtrBLODLWWZvLyKce-GS9-_7cR19-3kjSoN1qSqTpctcCU50d2WKDc9QVZ0pE0jCb4iWBGB21GXiFLiQ7VwxxvKLlUoCxSwL-QVbci1_5NzegQj3U2WrSSj7lt4Et3GeHywSkmfbDpypYf3uLP/s1024/tree_rings.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNWd0pLuLjVCKG3jsY1UOEgQ03meO9R-qwNm-K01CtrBLODLWWZvLyKce-GS9-_7cR19-3kjSoN1qSqTpctcCU50d2WKDc9QVZ0pE0jCb4iWBGB21GXiFLiQ7VwxxvKLlUoCxSwL-QVbci1_5NzegQj3U2WrSSj7lt4Et3GeHywSkmfbDpypYf3uLP/w640-h426/tree_rings.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></b></div><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Would it be better to
be a tree<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Your wrinkle-equivalents on the inside<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">so no-one can guess your age<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">until you’re dead?</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzwb90I2eiiTPwydEVxx_GIwG7SHh8DwHrQ9oPaCQGgchH8_RjTxyE4Waz8R7HO6pHZveIfZwRn6jqr2qJmdp-lSKCvkzv-TFt-t2N2W-uCC_NRD8dS5lYUmGetSC-EVr1WqwcBgseTTYaNQ6kghQKGSl8XbaI0eUPvy8ZSl_VY6Bpt5XxVMP5TSkJ/s2028/20230315_142238.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2028" data-original-width="1798" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzwb90I2eiiTPwydEVxx_GIwG7SHh8DwHrQ9oPaCQGgchH8_RjTxyE4Waz8R7HO6pHZveIfZwRn6jqr2qJmdp-lSKCvkzv-TFt-t2N2W-uCC_NRD8dS5lYUmGetSC-EVr1WqwcBgseTTYaNQ6kghQKGSl8XbaI0eUPvy8ZSl_VY6Bpt5XxVMP5TSkJ/w568-h640/20230315_142238.jpg" width="568" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Out of the way!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">My check-in closes at X o'clock<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and it looks as if<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">it may be that already!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Schipol Airport, Amsterdam)</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnvvZ1SymgTltjXsUjac0zFdAT25HQNnW5aPnHErswjCeC5kKgivDxT7Ym7EcyilNVqsoTYc1z8yFuxXqS4yXz0d_RKm2EyD8xz2KePaoZkUOM6_3lr19hiL99bnJYQpW6lStlajpk9Ojs7kdizywBZ0q-WLA7Fxe8WCWE9BDVwtq0Q1HMrrPmGOoB/w480-h640/20230314_093512.jpg" width="480" /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The Dutch<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">are the tallest </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">nationality in the world<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but even they can stretch to the max along this bench </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">in full reclining comfort.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Amsterdam)</i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh30SHlKcHnkKqdSay6cOqfH8Y6_yABEE8olI9k19Y8joMEiAe4aX400HzabLvo3VrqVUBpVz3Lrf9H2-O4H9HBmBleJxwuFCNfvECJoM39-SHL71Fox0xXATfXTqhjApLJYk8wekxyYy2cT9BCZcCJC5ObYWAsHT_WYiKSs6RBkZxJHu56mcAyGY17/s4000/20230313_163444(0)%20z%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh30SHlKcHnkKqdSay6cOqfH8Y6_yABEE8olI9k19Y8joMEiAe4aX400HzabLvo3VrqVUBpVz3Lrf9H2-O4H9HBmBleJxwuFCNfvECJoM39-SHL71Fox0xXATfXTqhjApLJYk8wekxyYy2cT9BCZcCJC5ObYWAsHT_WYiKSs6RBkZxJHu56mcAyGY17/w640-h480/20230313_163444(0)%20z%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">This is the last
letter</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I expected to find<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in 'A for Amsterdam'.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">But who wantz all their expectationz<i> </i>met?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Amsterdam)<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIw1pn4vezdoF7UuRk1zZN5Qgkdvt3D-vfXbTGLailINGRNo4Ze7NdGYpqzPi2VLPQmjw4YUevWYtNNgJvGSKwC6oOy_h_J5-QyoX9G8Py2v22t_wvVtCne0iDHDDdPgAPV1k_UkJuT1P5OwBT1VuI0sIS-W88qv6iC_otraQu4Jzf8zz2GoMgXJjg/s835/Screenshot%202023-03-14%20055531.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="565" data-original-width="835" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIw1pn4vezdoF7UuRk1zZN5Qgkdvt3D-vfXbTGLailINGRNo4Ze7NdGYpqzPi2VLPQmjw4YUevWYtNNgJvGSKwC6oOy_h_J5-QyoX9G8Py2v22t_wvVtCne0iDHDDdPgAPV1k_UkJuT1P5OwBT1VuI0sIS-W88qv6iC_otraQu4Jzf8zz2GoMgXJjg/w640-h434/Screenshot%202023-03-14%20055531.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">We are not paving stones </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">we are mere props in the service of notices <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">for roadworks far more important than roads –<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">let alone pavements.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Amsterdam)</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidmWlfAEchBnw52rhetGTsPA699eqq4Y_mROzMmeTJbLk_LEcitlzOMJxakJR35irBCpr6_u25T37oLldYsUp-pYBcmFNWEAYzTlwT_wjUhSeWJGJqr2MmCSlxGJZYg-qWZ9ORJT9_ovGq4mA5ky5YHsuPW5-z5YTP-iNGCXNyn7wqNsAQXxJOvYrK/s2501/chips%20poss%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2501" data-original-width="2501" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidmWlfAEchBnw52rhetGTsPA699eqq4Y_mROzMmeTJbLk_LEcitlzOMJxakJR35irBCpr6_u25T37oLldYsUp-pYBcmFNWEAYzTlwT_wjUhSeWJGJqr2MmCSlxGJZYg-qWZ9ORJT9_ovGq4mA5ky5YHsuPW5-z5YTP-iNGCXNyn7wqNsAQXxJOvYrK/w640-h640/chips%20poss%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">I can understand</span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">why no-one has eaten this portion of chips yet <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and though I'm keen on bucking trends, <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">this may be where the buck has to
stop.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Amsterdam)<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqljb0Fbh9DV2-d0_nLOw6eM0fSHdIrkUJDJralmTrNsmEEWP8bX6xMWIQ6aC2u4S-vHYBl4KXWVs8f8VbGTMXPzFWkUTdAXDJSG2e5RBi0AKhzIaJod0kIBO5ZpSa7W4-freI_NuhMEKLfBR7n-EhZTse8wb-dxODwaNt-HJl6mz-J4wdPjPllRb0/s3392/20230312_182431%20poss%20pony.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2746" data-original-width="3392" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqljb0Fbh9DV2-d0_nLOw6eM0fSHdIrkUJDJralmTrNsmEEWP8bX6xMWIQ6aC2u4S-vHYBl4KXWVs8f8VbGTMXPzFWkUTdAXDJSG2e5RBi0AKhzIaJod0kIBO5ZpSa7W4-freI_NuhMEKLfBR7n-EhZTse8wb-dxODwaNt-HJl6mz-J4wdPjPllRb0/w640-h518/20230312_182431%20poss%20pony.jpg" width="640" /></a><i><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">This pony is stupid<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">leaving lush growth to wither away<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">while its focus stays determinedly
down <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">among the weedier nibbles of the
pavement.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Maastricht)<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-9HI5vb-uhV5ILfKv8g3ANkVxdOR8yQo1o9qNMSQ07l2mRLe4Nim3NW061zTbQ9lpnUHZiDI4nD5vtuyUSjzCMqQhZtdrdfQ8Noy_FFqJyY9t1cM3QJBcWl98XonTciI7Yw4ofWvU7VLE1AY8cbX2qDgyqE38fpwIicETaE_PnuMLxR709fLFX_GJ/s2752/20230314_182247%20poss%20notice.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2752" data-original-width="2752" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-9HI5vb-uhV5ILfKv8g3ANkVxdOR8yQo1o9qNMSQ07l2mRLe4Nim3NW061zTbQ9lpnUHZiDI4nD5vtuyUSjzCMqQhZtdrdfQ8Noy_FFqJyY9t1cM3QJBcWl98XonTciI7Yw4ofWvU7VLE1AY8cbX2qDgyqE38fpwIicETaE_PnuMLxR709fLFX_GJ/w640-h640/20230314_182247%20poss%20notice.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Why are they complaining?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I was firmly on the stairs<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and braced, come to that, against the
bannister<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">as I shouted for my mates to hurry
down.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Hotel Continental, Amsterdam)<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj_FcoF7ma9qdOUhZ18DNFncPK2sTOA8cHPfAP3GX-DcuoKTEDrqUReoNBEDsXX3P48SSeD6epKS1GlzuQzrIHKRdfavmWft53l9CTv5JxTbXaXEtbloweb30_ZzibbuN3WoaoUkpUn3a2Fjt7okdJe6l8xfiKhlqXic0XMr2XvNzxo0PGtGNz5Pn4/s4000/20230313_122853%20car%20park%20poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj_FcoF7ma9qdOUhZ18DNFncPK2sTOA8cHPfAP3GX-DcuoKTEDrqUReoNBEDsXX3P48SSeD6epKS1GlzuQzrIHKRdfavmWft53l9CTv5JxTbXaXEtbloweb30_ZzibbuN3WoaoUkpUn3a2Fjt7okdJe6l8xfiKhlqXic0XMr2XvNzxo0PGtGNz5Pn4/w640-h480/20230313_122853%20car%20park%20poss.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">Some boring items</span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Complete a sort of circling round <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and back to oddball interest<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Underground car parks don't.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Amsterdam)</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ZI4NKsA66LsR42w7yImAd8iY6Ou2TVGwm8QQTjh8dsA1ii_bhH_ilnJNdmKGvHwLn6ItYSD2fROeGhqgnLNRbPNJWDCXPj-QvVtk3FcQAtbG-EQypHpcCviES4hm_va5Lw6JNdyfIItrHxW1SBUf3qoR4LntzzbGaUwRQvITZ7p3uHf8fvApIUYi/s2747/20230311_140828%20poss%20shadow%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2060" data-original-width="2747" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ZI4NKsA66LsR42w7yImAd8iY6Ou2TVGwm8QQTjh8dsA1ii_bhH_ilnJNdmKGvHwLn6ItYSD2fROeGhqgnLNRbPNJWDCXPj-QvVtk3FcQAtbG-EQypHpcCviES4hm_va5Lw6JNdyfIItrHxW1SBUf3qoR4LntzzbGaUwRQvITZ7p3uHf8fvApIUYi/w640-h480/20230311_140828%20poss%20shadow%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">I am a post, not a shadow</span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">My physical manifestation<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is entirely contingent, <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">reversing - and yet reinforcing - Plato.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><span style="line-height: 107%;">(Amsterdam. </span></i><i><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 107%;">The post would appear to refer on the
one hand to the parable of the cave, in which the shadows are taken to be
evidence of a different reality, and on the other hand to the doctrine of ideal
forms, taking itself to be the ideal form of the physical post.)<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvM0DSz6HaqLt8x86PZMneaVnsoxwntpK9KPj27NGbR_cEhlbTz2k6TEltHEuRhqnXk_mOivOfMuPtmHZvJvpDt1Ung3PjnepBHDcskP4RW6QuuQn4c-DwTFGqUqTReuVfaUHI5-XilckEB1pcORfRrxMs9FGF46aUjEgFmtdG8Sctov4SuartGF5N/s4000/20230312_075930%20poss%20layers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvM0DSz6HaqLt8x86PZMneaVnsoxwntpK9KPj27NGbR_cEhlbTz2k6TEltHEuRhqnXk_mOivOfMuPtmHZvJvpDt1Ung3PjnepBHDcskP4RW6QuuQn4c-DwTFGqUqTReuVfaUHI5-XilckEB1pcORfRrxMs9FGF46aUjEgFmtdG8Sctov4SuartGF5N/w480-h640/20230312_075930%20poss%20layers.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Here are the layers<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Window; the rain on it; reflection
of me;<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">a light that believes it’s a moon;<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the rush of the fleeting without.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Train Amsterdam – Maastricht)<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVmsC3ZIEYOC0Fq5YsaBwH7-cOybI61z1tsVenUYkaKc1cZVl2iU1jjf-G5GVVZ5kbeUc0ljPqcxAK3MyIlDBdktsZ81_iOChPf-u8_uVeg4al2U1rW88lo_svO3fcKnny_Ba-dEfBrbuYuxmCJerZCRhzBMK3rKCz_pwf0Bx08vNV4nXuY-XBFY7h/s4000/20230313_123318%20pigeon%20poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVmsC3ZIEYOC0Fq5YsaBwH7-cOybI61z1tsVenUYkaKc1cZVl2iU1jjf-G5GVVZ5kbeUc0ljPqcxAK3MyIlDBdktsZ81_iOChPf-u8_uVeg4al2U1rW88lo_svO3fcKnny_Ba-dEfBrbuYuxmCJerZCRhzBMK3rKCz_pwf0Bx08vNV4nXuY-XBFY7h/w640-h480/20230313_123318%20pigeon%20poss.jpg" width="640" /></a><b><i><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">As you can tell from this photograph<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Dutch pigeons <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">are nothing like their British
cousins.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It’s probably the pot.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> (Amsterdam)<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI1Ea-A5bkEMzZhy9K0GaeB8hhw0SJLZdk-KcAXuT9C6j2g-uIKcj92kDvvXeP-4ENmI3FcYTzY0qBIMzpqvf3_d2AJbAR0Wy8HZCaytgcYYcPJtMxzSu07ZHxNBKzbpCflaGgi0ghnm_P-YiWVoD2Xv26O0O2UysU_mcS54GP7qe1mSbsQl3JHOch/s2616/20230311_172843%20poss%20barber.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2616" data-original-width="2442" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI1Ea-A5bkEMzZhy9K0GaeB8hhw0SJLZdk-KcAXuT9C6j2g-uIKcj92kDvvXeP-4ENmI3FcYTzY0qBIMzpqvf3_d2AJbAR0Wy8HZCaytgcYYcPJtMxzSu07ZHxNBKzbpCflaGgi0ghnm_P-YiWVoD2Xv26O0O2UysU_mcS54GP7qe1mSbsQl3JHOch/w598-h640/20230311_172843%20poss%20barber.jpg" width="598" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Van isn't van <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and
hare isn't hair, I don't suppose, <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but it
makes me think that ‘The Well Groomed Hare’ <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">would
make a name and logo for a barber. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: 107%;">(Amsterdam - in fact, 'van' id 'by' and 'hare' is 'hers' )</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3xss4J8SVFaooPcO88vRffrmfs9q-gVBKiK1FjEBzwn490BkUzIa6v1yWWbkRkaKN9LmZn5RHPWRQk9OKvzWBwv3yYeFD6osixaHE3SHHHXUGIXBHoApTu2mROmDkOSadOh4hoTkmPJzc32YAAc5K04oQOxraBSULjRJ0BzW2RNIkpbjcAefs_Vt8/s3703/20230312_182705%20poss%20word%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2823" data-original-width="3703" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3xss4J8SVFaooPcO88vRffrmfs9q-gVBKiK1FjEBzwn490BkUzIa6v1yWWbkRkaKN9LmZn5RHPWRQk9OKvzWBwv3yYeFD6osixaHE3SHHHXUGIXBHoApTu2mROmDkOSadOh4hoTkmPJzc32YAAc5K04oQOxraBSULjRJ0BzW2RNIkpbjcAefs_Vt8/w640-h488/20230312_182705%20poss%20word%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It goes without
saying – <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">why have I said it? – <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that the obvious should not be stated,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">least of all in a poem.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></i></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Maastricht)<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR7wb7rz7A5JCEZJtJ6xEZWwTSYZYW2bBDiY3_S2QqTGqBx6cTTTk8ucXrrZNfU-j5RvSQbpIw32mV-8CPGO_Ov6dO93ocFpMiV-7R7ktwexF8BC916vywW9YDONIzuFEYBRcnCpNmISg-zTtipGFupuSWuBvxspDurI-wIkgAAqgNL-2SjDIrUDhM/s4000/20230309_172320%20clearance%20poem%20.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR7wb7rz7A5JCEZJtJ6xEZWwTSYZYW2bBDiY3_S2QqTGqBx6cTTTk8ucXrrZNfU-j5RvSQbpIw32mV-8CPGO_Ov6dO93ocFpMiV-7R7ktwexF8BC916vywW9YDONIzuFEYBRcnCpNmISg-zTtipGFupuSWuBvxspDurI-wIkgAAqgNL-2SjDIrUDhM/w480-h640/20230309_172320%20clearance%20poem%20.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">We're rubbish at clearance</span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I can't think why anyone uses us. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Phone box ads<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">can't have persuaded many.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Hackney, London)</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1aKiULHVwEcKSZ0gLDZAQKoO9H-yMy1lWMKyjzIJa9XQls3s-8TF-mcTF6Z1TieRaJdlF6J5AqbMjgRhT8jpW4FtFAFu58wQutIJD5bcxu9N6_bLf3ytDJd2V-eIld2sS1giypqqAYo70goJjlVRYwZaXyAnr9Fop1_4wCdy_X3aa72Rsrbj-Y8Rj/s1541/20230305_120009%20boat%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1520" data-original-width="1541" height="632" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1aKiULHVwEcKSZ0gLDZAQKoO9H-yMy1lWMKyjzIJa9XQls3s-8TF-mcTF6Z1TieRaJdlF6J5AqbMjgRhT8jpW4FtFAFu58wQutIJD5bcxu9N6_bLf3ytDJd2V-eIld2sS1giypqqAYo70goJjlVRYwZaXyAnr9Fop1_4wCdy_X3aa72Rsrbj-Y8Rj/w640-h632/20230305_120009%20boat%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">Shall we set out to
sea</span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">or should we wait<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">until the wind is steadier<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and the tide is on the turn?</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(<i>Eling</i>)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin1TJJzRC4inVWu-4b8LfeHZHy4hA-hKgU8aNKp1VTyZ7kfPULdkfJRjDJiPtAvKxXSHRVeEeMGFCkw9-1tOiUf2at5lKBZmX-Ci--1uvcsnDpE7UYUJX6RurPf-Q4pQdJ-h4hgR2EMHlX12oZu2d0k-kprC-MCpaLCv5hBw6-iL-b5Y6PUEk-gyaI/s1531/scars%20poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1531" data-original-width="1531" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin1TJJzRC4inVWu-4b8LfeHZHy4hA-hKgU8aNKp1VTyZ7kfPULdkfJRjDJiPtAvKxXSHRVeEeMGFCkw9-1tOiUf2at5lKBZmX-Ci--1uvcsnDpE7UYUJX6RurPf-Q4pQdJ-h4hgR2EMHlX12oZu2d0k-kprC-MCpaLCv5hBw6-iL-b5Y6PUEk-gyaI/w640-h640/scars%20poss.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">One becomes four</span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">albeit the additions<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">will be keyhole-sized<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and harder to show off than their plasters.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMcoC8B2ZqZFSl2eIhwz8RA3i01hE0TQYX6Iu5UE3VmXX8t0qz0VvCyWQEoDEARxEFuMqFrLLs_i0AfkMv-_iyK1n2atEeKtIhvC-0e5WzVt-LwcNE3M1RadUT7khnzvnR2xF98P1v7lLnJJPKapJ3RGBQXMRUnzP40A4O4CsPCTxKGm0q0LkZj_ZF/s2982/20230303_211220k%20%20hosp%20drink.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2982" data-original-width="2982" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMcoC8B2ZqZFSl2eIhwz8RA3i01hE0TQYX6Iu5UE3VmXX8t0qz0VvCyWQEoDEARxEFuMqFrLLs_i0AfkMv-_iyK1n2atEeKtIhvC-0e5WzVt-LwcNE3M1RadUT7khnzvnR2xF98P1v7lLnJJPKapJ3RGBQXMRUnzP40A4O4CsPCTxKGm0q0LkZj_ZF/w640-h640/20230303_211220k%20%20hosp%20drink.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">After the laparoscopy <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">my
bladder’s full <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but I
can't pee the way I must<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">before
they'll tell me to piss off<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">(Southampton General Hospital)</span> </i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWWKw0WxbGnsqqlt6_YlP6LsKigZZoxoKRAt5TDZpjml2B5J3oM46vyUP44FBQXpZqCbppd42DUcYwzVnrdvsGCKuw5F8Ve0ZZqXaZSjVSNb7IlYJPsXixRVf2RYPEaqhNrK-6bvEIjq3aq3lKM-ntbjez8TSdyhJ0v1ybaooo-HYIuaFokLHeElSJ/s3729/20230302_183935.jpg" style="background-color: white; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3729" data-original-width="2754" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWWKw0WxbGnsqqlt6_YlP6LsKigZZoxoKRAt5TDZpjml2B5J3oM46vyUP44FBQXpZqCbppd42DUcYwzVnrdvsGCKuw5F8Ve0ZZqXaZSjVSNb7IlYJPsXixRVf2RYPEaqhNrK-6bvEIjq3aq3lKM-ntbjez8TSdyhJ0v1ybaooo-HYIuaFokLHeElSJ/w472-h640/20230302_183935.jpg" width="472" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Would you be the green<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">disrupting
the blue<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">or even
the yellow, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">making a
point of your absence?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Mayfair,
London)</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicP6E71pfEo0t1xL47dj9M1jCZTuzTsh6QKRdu1nMQCgKHJ92cpWumchfh6vedTX0lraSu5ZiaU-WQ8hi0voP6Dzqa1wLKcvvRMXy3y8dTQHiKjMMyK1G4khd39PPfvsevN_fsVAOo6XZsrDrfuLBKxWsqepr5OHtyeOhtE79V8TSFNk9K5OkMAtnM/s3610/20230302_145636%20poss%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2778" data-original-width="3610" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicP6E71pfEo0t1xL47dj9M1jCZTuzTsh6QKRdu1nMQCgKHJ92cpWumchfh6vedTX0lraSu5ZiaU-WQ8hi0voP6Dzqa1wLKcvvRMXy3y8dTQHiKjMMyK1G4khd39PPfvsevN_fsVAOo6XZsrDrfuLBKxWsqepr5OHtyeOhtE79V8TSFNk9K5OkMAtnM/w640-h492/20230302_145636%20poss%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Consider <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">what the iron can do <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and ask yourself: <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">what role remains for the cane?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(King’s Cross, London)</i></span></span><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnkVH7Q0xPnWoKaXEInN6TRpkMCOubE5nfSjsCOTCzX-H5hP47DQRVjKwW6MNFfL7VHw1Jro6kyPyRrERBGPq6qUFyLQJtfbf0zAKgaT9ABhmn_ShtH4X3Lw9oJaK5JlF2WIaPPjxznAklZKK1YxzJv5KUU9gIkXaGukv4J7BbiBKljA4SWc3srMsz/s3336/20230302_144426%20poss%20euston.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3336" data-original-width="2502" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnkVH7Q0xPnWoKaXEInN6TRpkMCOubE5nfSjsCOTCzX-H5hP47DQRVjKwW6MNFfL7VHw1Jro6kyPyRrERBGPq6qUFyLQJtfbf0zAKgaT9ABhmn_ShtH4X3Lw9oJaK5JlF2WIaPPjxznAklZKK1YxzJv5KUU9gIkXaGukv4J7BbiBKljA4SWc3srMsz/w480-h640/20230302_144426%20poss%20euston.jpg" width="480" /></a><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I'm in Euston <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">obviously
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and
pretty square in most respects.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Do I get
a discount?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Euston, London)</i> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzhihQBYYLSHSw7MFmpJnEXZ6hA1ymGolWshpHg9hFl3BZpttVNBbBmMcYAVFcoULn03qQyZfRWxWVnem8QC524XV0rBxVxLtqMINjaIkGyhkx1AM4RrVYewKT7OK3P7kTD19NlBbXvBzG07N896BywU1nqOS_1lTkz1dvNyF5JuX24ItvPnrwm3X0/s4000/20230302_113909%20catkin.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzhihQBYYLSHSw7MFmpJnEXZ6hA1ymGolWshpHg9hFl3BZpttVNBbBmMcYAVFcoULn03qQyZfRWxWVnem8QC524XV0rBxVxLtqMINjaIkGyhkx1AM4RrVYewKT7OK3P7kTD19NlBbXvBzG07N896BywU1nqOS_1lTkz1dvNyF5JuX24ItvPnrwm3X0/w480-h640/20230302_113909%20catkin.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The differences
between catkins and worms<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">lie in colour, biology, season, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">activity, substance and reproductive methods.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Perhaps I should have started with the similarities. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJcxGJCcMMEuPX1Ryw_SLv0FGx6up8KnDm3Yhg3junE1nsTL6JbrqdQp82ehcH1AzW0qlCU8z6P1T3aYuUOObsBwx0YK3eh1no4qeMH-5jaHFYDnPtf3WEX2pEc47TrsFJ-C21RJk9lPlkp7zy9nl2pdu_Ksbv0qHjyNTG1nAPhXFQ68rW4VcBvICt/s4000/20230228_150535.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJcxGJCcMMEuPX1Ryw_SLv0FGx6up8KnDm3Yhg3junE1nsTL6JbrqdQp82ehcH1AzW0qlCU8z6P1T3aYuUOObsBwx0YK3eh1no4qeMH-5jaHFYDnPtf3WEX2pEc47TrsFJ-C21RJk9lPlkp7zy9nl2pdu_Ksbv0qHjyNTG1nAPhXFQ68rW4VcBvICt/w480-h640/20230228_150535.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It seems the last leaves on this tree<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">are kept in place by their branch having broken.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I’m tempted to read this metaphorically<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but can’t quite work out how.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i>(Totton. The reason for this phenomenon, incidentally, lies in the
fact that leaves don’t simply fall off or get blown away from deciduous trees,
they are actively thrown off by the tree. Shorter, colder days trigger the hormone
abscisic acid, which sends a chemical message to every leaf causing ‘abscission’
cells to appear – a thin line of bumpy cells that push the leaf, bit by bit,
away from the stem. Any breeze is just accelerating the task. But if a branch
is broken, there’s no connectivity of vascular tissue, no hormones, no cell
growth, no leaf fall)</i><o:p></o:p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh86WtEjSwbNzqKulV217W5gfAVf8mHS57KQ4Wj09gX7CNiaznIkJr7z0pY-Rz_LGM-RmnZrxxyQfBINsz__GNSVVyCbJHWf5A4_sLKCMT6pgO_aYlit-HZ5BrVYY_08pD4bjEYP-AurAy25xfrVgcRkcI_3GyFufqobQXemFGeO7eNYFOM1ltNxl1_/s3649/20230228_093045.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2690" data-original-width="3649" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh86WtEjSwbNzqKulV217W5gfAVf8mHS57KQ4Wj09gX7CNiaznIkJr7z0pY-Rz_LGM-RmnZrxxyQfBINsz__GNSVVyCbJHWf5A4_sLKCMT6pgO_aYlit-HZ5BrVYY_08pD4bjEYP-AurAy25xfrVgcRkcI_3GyFufqobQXemFGeO7eNYFOM1ltNxl1_/w640-h472/20230228_093045.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Surely we’re too cute
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to be chomped up for chocolate?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The wrapping would be plainer were we going to be <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>Ouch! Those were my ears!</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrQLnuUVCfKVHpA7TM-IO9Y7PzOxgTTNIb2RolrWF-C9DYedQZ4J6x0s-EXfaahDS5tiqt4xW41xJ1B5bQ60Zn9-1t3he7p-XjIkR2zcIKDDoyJzSTG9XfkDiRYjMnb_ipNNVOyPv7S6FbbxA6j_P7ZUvzlXTRuFesVreqvxNkoi6vzNEtClnQj7nI/s1790/20230228_092715.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1790" data-original-width="1751" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrQLnuUVCfKVHpA7TM-IO9Y7PzOxgTTNIb2RolrWF-C9DYedQZ4J6x0s-EXfaahDS5tiqt4xW41xJ1B5bQ60Zn9-1t3he7p-XjIkR2zcIKDDoyJzSTG9XfkDiRYjMnb_ipNNVOyPv7S6FbbxA6j_P7ZUvzlXTRuFesVreqvxNkoi6vzNEtClnQj7nI/w626-h640/20230228_092715.jpg" width="626" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><i><br /></i></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">To make a solid cup of coffee<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">keep a quarter tin <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of Azera instant Americano<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">for two years past its use-by date.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwKk2rOtXUW56WCpKYl9o8p5fYLPj9ODwnQ1hNf1dasjgWAb9urXO2RzQrWYoXsJCwU2u8EAm1gP2iPXH-qSm1y7NhWbUHJWSg1cl-nh-TE-uy91QDY1d2Rnoi9WTPggH779xZrYoJcyv29mWVhRMxeeI2Mlec5UFlpQ5dlOySNnfIq4ZQrHDnOgdz/s3000/20230226_130908ll%20poss%20wall%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwKk2rOtXUW56WCpKYl9o8p5fYLPj9ODwnQ1hNf1dasjgWAb9urXO2RzQrWYoXsJCwU2u8EAm1gP2iPXH-qSm1y7NhWbUHJWSg1cl-nh-TE-uy91QDY1d2Rnoi9WTPggH779xZrYoJcyv29mWVhRMxeeI2Mlec5UFlpQ5dlOySNnfIq4ZQrHDnOgdz/w640-h640/20230226_130908ll%20poss%20wall%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The empathy of
objects<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is a lesson to us all:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">see how one wall protects another<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that’s fallen on hard times.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Totton )</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJPnoB3GlN5SgN8suTDNvprrLUtT7yHvUJHLfGYR_bR6QbPxyHptFcBBvPCfgLBgaFeWzR0PGaUzlf6yeLGt-B8RK7Btj4K0FtyXyYERclhB-EWVwQ22Db_Gzrmi_KeZAOeb4rY-Pzt79LHC55sBBasnm9dW81TKgdyZpXtdmx9CZ4NJVXV-yVDah4/s3794/20230225_082838%20poss%20line%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3794" data-original-width="2845" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJPnoB3GlN5SgN8suTDNvprrLUtT7yHvUJHLfGYR_bR6QbPxyHptFcBBvPCfgLBgaFeWzR0PGaUzlf6yeLGt-B8RK7Btj4K0FtyXyYERclhB-EWVwQ22Db_Gzrmi_KeZAOeb4rY-Pzt79LHC55sBBasnm9dW81TKgdyZpXtdmx9CZ4NJVXV-yVDah4/w480-h640/20230225_082838%20poss%20line%20.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><i><br /></i></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">They’re laying down
the line<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in a most assertive yellow.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">If only the line were<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘TRAINS MUST RUN ON TIME!’</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Southampton Railway Station)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyctgL-mbTWzYREiuDrWqwQhTv84_zu9CZZCiznZpd-PojR6cJzrUiG7wFQDy705my_lcVKrLtwTWTu6wMYKMnIv8tDyOpcxg40M6DKD5xHakhTOaJjN0c1UWw4O9-S_VwGAqdq-MUtlf6h95PyplVGoFatKkqYKZ5HlZaiL4-uPmNZllqLsBcXOSj/s3619/20230223_110500%20poss%20drugs.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3619" data-original-width="2821" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyctgL-mbTWzYREiuDrWqwQhTv84_zu9CZZCiznZpd-PojR6cJzrUiG7wFQDy705my_lcVKrLtwTWTu6wMYKMnIv8tDyOpcxg40M6DKD5xHakhTOaJjN0c1UWw4O9-S_VwGAqdq-MUtlf6h95PyplVGoFatKkqYKZ5HlZaiL4-uPmNZllqLsBcXOSj/w498-h640/20230223_110500%20poss%20drugs.jpg" width="498" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What doesn’t this
place promise?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Only, it seems, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the food and drink <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">it actually provides…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(The Huxley, Fitzrovia, London)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAPupGbOlehK08yj-gtzRn1A_CZuR5JOSFZJc-1C9OGLyknhUeEmW9A9Drt-CKgypwXRCBmWLYG7rg8S9jMQvSRhPq6fA6fXQTPzbAQMsEAhEslrf-xbdTGwR2ansMYSyuZVMy5DacWn_z8enWgGRs6V-0_hSyh1mY-K7MHttiDPy0YfWe8za9xAWq/s2732/20230227_060532%20bag%20poss.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2732" data-original-width="2732" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAPupGbOlehK08yj-gtzRn1A_CZuR5JOSFZJc-1C9OGLyknhUeEmW9A9Drt-CKgypwXRCBmWLYG7rg8S9jMQvSRhPq6fA6fXQTPzbAQMsEAhEslrf-xbdTGwR2ansMYSyuZVMy5DacWn_z8enWgGRs6V-0_hSyh1mY-K7MHttiDPy0YfWe8za9xAWq/w640-h640/20230227_060532%20bag%20poss.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The bag of bags<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">holds bags of bags,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of course it does, and bagging rights<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">over plastic, hand and carrier alike.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEianJZfrvDAIoZTI8K5wPT4rVSfRr5DioWVnKSBKpw2KK9Sk83tVsx2C2g68tpllcjvYtNIHgqcUaPwY2rPUJc4NQCT7_vOrzdIscEInI9TDEVhM0tDh89UgZor9IvVUK8DRGIYKf9anGaB_Ig3pSHq_N5UJpwEMEI6a8LO0xG1qKECSOSxAAHhwbfy/s2828/20230225_111103%20poss%20socks%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2828" data-original-width="2828" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEianJZfrvDAIoZTI8K5wPT4rVSfRr5DioWVnKSBKpw2KK9Sk83tVsx2C2g68tpllcjvYtNIHgqcUaPwY2rPUJc4NQCT7_vOrzdIscEInI9TDEVhM0tDh89UgZor9IvVUK8DRGIYKf9anGaB_Ig3pSHq_N5UJpwEMEI6a8LO0xG1qKECSOSxAAHhwbfy/w640-h640/20230225_111103%20poss%20socks%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I understand <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">how you
leave an umbrella, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">forget a
phone or let a glove fall. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">But how
do you drop a sock? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Mayfair, London) </i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRy9PFUniOSDwBMs1z7PdrKiece5j1pHwfZBEMJLYZMp928UV1GuRixqRO_NjQZeBKEP283Y0S2rt6m2ry9iFQl0MkWR5jr0FAGz2UTDW0KlFTvKvObE7Hpx5SaI75bEQ_NVM_daKAHnGx5FmNRCO-jHh_nCX8I43zonclitr6wD1IQHyj0nhCwgy-/s3710/20230225_101839%20poss%20country%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3710" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRy9PFUniOSDwBMs1z7PdrKiece5j1pHwfZBEMJLYZMp928UV1GuRixqRO_NjQZeBKEP283Y0S2rt6m2ry9iFQl0MkWR5jr0FAGz2UTDW0KlFTvKvObE7Hpx5SaI75bEQ_NVM_daKAHnGx5FmNRCO-jHh_nCX8I43zonclitr6wD1IQHyj0nhCwgy-/w518-h640/20230225_101839%20poss%20country%20.jpg" width="518" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">When the countryside comes to London<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I tend to
take notice – <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">even
while suspecting <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">it’s just
a horticultural simulacrum.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Piccadilly, London) </i></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs6dGn4Dn5gmE7wIg7MXq7KtLFVF8Uea7p66s3K_SUaSlJFwXFKujzGa7H3S9JlfvZknQAFTcGcvglxakDQG7n5j_uomgL46BSk0s0moH-IXqsuet9r359Jx0fSYqNosqaGumtg_W-XuvqtBo9t2BgeVdbmlxEtl8yc2OvFYSfsvLnldnnT4ZUMfC0/s3611/20230326_184518%20poss%20station%20work.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3611" data-original-width="2708" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs6dGn4Dn5gmE7wIg7MXq7KtLFVF8Uea7p66s3K_SUaSlJFwXFKujzGa7H3S9JlfvZknQAFTcGcvglxakDQG7n5j_uomgL46BSk0s0moH-IXqsuet9r359Jx0fSYqNosqaGumtg_W-XuvqtBo9t2BgeVdbmlxEtl8yc2OvFYSfsvLnldnnT4ZUMfC0/w480-h640/20230326_184518%20poss%20station%20work.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Say what you will
about the railways<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">they do excel in one regard:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">finding ways to waste our money<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">on anything other than running the trains.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Southampton Railway Station)</i></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5wF78H2eQHlMp1nQHbxyUhTX3BCCYBYUmNLDCNSENK3PM7k7eG7Xi3XIy8wu3jbAg8bs8riB5wseKbWHcxOM3UuiZDLc5IED_O4rLHty_gfOmrXIla585TpzsdLuixqJRGX1cuEqz9fIXAVYuxRUVXCVwZFxsi6zCNSYKZP4_V0p1wxUGN-tC3X5i/s3659/20230222_154130%20poem%20duck.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3659" data-original-width="2744" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5wF78H2eQHlMp1nQHbxyUhTX3BCCYBYUmNLDCNSENK3PM7k7eG7Xi3XIy8wu3jbAg8bs8riB5wseKbWHcxOM3UuiZDLc5IED_O4rLHty_gfOmrXIla585TpzsdLuixqJRGX1cuEqz9fIXAVYuxRUVXCVwZFxsi6zCNSYKZP4_V0p1wxUGN-tC3X5i/w480-h640/20230222_154130%20poem%20duck.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I was, of course, hoping<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to get a duck in this shot,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">posed near enough to be reading the
sign. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">But not even a seagull substitute flew
in.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Hampden Park, Eastbourne)</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1nLUNjzWw1nAya2lH970eAKr7ZIxDMCD5sqXKAhfxYU4pZku9CgeNtkxy6fnKZR1o9enhjlsjq5oa4B0eddkUFs3nvv5Sbb5K0yqkLPgbdc7tvF0DPCDmQJBYPw9tjozvyijmteTGiV-lM3vF-6jqRYES7joK8RLWvdQLgIdQG0WWSlXk7eYZSJ6-/s4000/20230222_100430%20swan%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1nLUNjzWw1nAya2lH970eAKr7ZIxDMCD5sqXKAhfxYU4pZku9CgeNtkxy6fnKZR1o9enhjlsjq5oa4B0eddkUFs3nvv5Sbb5K0yqkLPgbdc7tvF0DPCDmQJBYPw9tjozvyijmteTGiV-lM3vF-6jqRYES7joK8RLWvdQLgIdQG0WWSlXk7eYZSJ6-/w640-h480/20230222_100430%20swan%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Raising the</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> questions<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Do they bake swans?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Do swans do the baking?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">What is the setup if neither of those? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">(Swan Bakery, </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">St Leonards on
Sea) <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM81WnvMTB-7snariUVYaw_9bqlu7bSo0Uipy8TVd7dQCdXxRWghWRu3Lk7-uUgG3_aV5cFNUSXO0J8SRtVurS6vnX4p7w-tcGET1hBrIl0Zw32_uppRbjiZa_zAJmLpCPzgqZIgOZvZt98Kw0AcMGICVUkhd4RijGMtNnC8oddWdZfQKXrRVXutrf/s4000/20230222_100842%20back%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM81WnvMTB-7snariUVYaw_9bqlu7bSo0Uipy8TVd7dQCdXxRWghWRu3Lk7-uUgG3_aV5cFNUSXO0J8SRtVurS6vnX4p7w-tcGET1hBrIl0Zw32_uppRbjiZa_zAJmLpCPzgqZIgOZvZt98Kw0AcMGICVUkhd4RijGMtNnC8oddWdZfQKXrRVXutrf/w480-h640/20230222_100842%20back%20poem.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Five hours later<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">no-one had arrived. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I was rather cold but not surprised.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Did they mean five months?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(St Leonards on
Sea)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKQqg_L7QCsG0kCViVNf7UGl5oioGr8MpJGHRvzocJak1mT-Xda9nfgi-Ej-VkEDcBF0E0Ttjdtn4s9_iFWzqwZGA6qSwzTdUrs6vYRABMJyYPW2RGg__EaD9KitabWNedX9N7ccPj70tlAZhXdwIxhB5Ypovy-mQjv5Kf2bm89VZBp1iVZrPGy-Bu/s4000/20230221_140933%20buenos%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKQqg_L7QCsG0kCViVNf7UGl5oioGr8MpJGHRvzocJak1mT-Xda9nfgi-Ej-VkEDcBF0E0Ttjdtn4s9_iFWzqwZGA6qSwzTdUrs6vYRABMJyYPW2RGg__EaD9KitabWNedX9N7ccPj70tlAZhXdwIxhB5Ypovy-mQjv5Kf2bm89VZBp1iVZrPGy-Bu/w480-h640/20230221_140933%20buenos%20poem.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Just how <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">did the Buenos Aires Guesthouse land in Bexhill? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Did the owners suppose that guests wouldn't mind <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the 6,885 miles of inconvenience? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #4d5156;">(Buenos Aires Guesthouse, Bexhill on Sea – I guess its name may be intended to evoke fair winds
and good air in the locality, rather than make any Argentinian reference)</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZynCSsHsds2am3FLyDIYCbGvfc5Fch9uQ65lUyF5W2W62UUvsX80kdB1DZG1gY1qZUSgH41tt1zCt72l97P_caHisQYpBjnJPniFXrM1NHG-SgPwiigXqeOTS7zkF0UXCS092yB_BhYw7cTT2qh7pMkAIgJblJ6FPpDjj0HueOe81jaEpjRnTy9L0/s4000/20230222_102855%20poss%20plant%20stl.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZynCSsHsds2am3FLyDIYCbGvfc5Fch9uQ65lUyF5W2W62UUvsX80kdB1DZG1gY1qZUSgH41tt1zCt72l97P_caHisQYpBjnJPniFXrM1NHG-SgPwiigXqeOTS7zkF0UXCS092yB_BhYw7cTT2qh7pMkAIgJblJ6FPpDjj0HueOe81jaEpjRnTy9L0/w480-h640/20230222_102855%20poss%20plant%20stl.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Not all plants</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">are born equal,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">so why should every human be?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Then again, why not?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(St Leonards on
Sea) <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></span></i></div><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPS3LcYyfm4NGRCzsEpXtCUb7w9wwZ-A2PYkyJJkS6BPRDfuKJpWC-V6ZL0dbvfl82Vi2IHOCKNrVTD4dI38TUhfXY2DH9Tyyj0Y6SOBgwd28StPRn1DY9jcZjYpT_o4QAuviWeOnbc-1xeg70tUoUksR1TTjQlxpdgSA14tdUWHdPNXV4HAv1vzVz8Gc/s2960/20230927_104848%20factory%20reboot%20pos.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2813" data-original-width="2960" height="608" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPS3LcYyfm4NGRCzsEpXtCUb7w9wwZ-A2PYkyJJkS6BPRDfuKJpWC-V6ZL0dbvfl82Vi2IHOCKNrVTD4dI38TUhfXY2DH9Tyyj0Y6SOBgwd28StPRn1DY9jcZjYpT_o4QAuviWeOnbc-1xeg70tUoUksR1TTjQlxpdgSA14tdUWHdPNXV4HAv1vzVz8Gc/w640-h608/20230927_104848%20factory%20reboot%20pos.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Now that beauty</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is just another product <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">can we get away <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">from linking it to virtue, or to truth? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Beauty Factory, Eastbourne) <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjvpMGDU3FE6rOfudv_Y0zvcMLrRva1hz_wRMXSCDowp1FK7SIDUG38ucsoBKuuqXuUrMrE2E3HCGqneEb6hXNFh7qw0z97PN2ssluHwW1Sjiix-d1utDMm_Iawh2RptIjRi-Ou5sVZmSQYsfVoFU8TtJDC9bPnZyARnFAVYzXcw8QsneXV146yKFY/s4000/20230220_112902%20loop%20poem.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjvpMGDU3FE6rOfudv_Y0zvcMLrRva1hz_wRMXSCDowp1FK7SIDUG38ucsoBKuuqXuUrMrE2E3HCGqneEb6hXNFh7qw0z97PN2ssluHwW1Sjiix-d1utDMm_Iawh2RptIjRi-Ou5sVZmSQYsfVoFU8TtJDC9bPnZyARnFAVYzXcw8QsneXV146yKFY/w480-h640/20230220_112902%20loop%20poem.jpg" width="480" /></a> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What’s the point
of this root<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%;">f</span></b><span style="line-height: 107%;">ree
of soil as it loops the loop? <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I suppose its aim must be<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to make us wonder what its aim is.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Lyndhurst)</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3oe2rdKOj5aCeT_9FZUedtJxKoP6pvzRXODUsUUt7N7I1hD6AfwmhO3TcrY1m6cSkq1waWJWKmzQWpYzH_6UZzpQ0-LjeFiIiop91to32y9tevo0pRCVqOog6YDEFSNpok0--v1fBG37Dl_lfOGPJg968E_R2tM92zHuV4vV1zhq4Kt16qf0MH9K6/s4000/20230215_083223%20spikes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3oe2rdKOj5aCeT_9FZUedtJxKoP6pvzRXODUsUUt7N7I1hD6AfwmhO3TcrY1m6cSkq1waWJWKmzQWpYzH_6UZzpQ0-LjeFiIiop91to32y9tevo0pRCVqOog6YDEFSNpok0--v1fBG37Dl_lfOGPJg968E_R2tM92zHuV4vV1zhq4Kt16qf0MH9K6/w480-h640/20230215_083223%20spikes.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">By 8 a.m. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">some
subtlety's apparent in the frost...<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I can’t say
the same for the creeping thistle’s <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">sharp-cut
crenellations. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJKHBZ0ScSZHGfXf3dM_FTeompdana-bN0y3CgwTnYgsw0Gor3XZ0QKZ_gEvt1Ksq5zhefCH8XH2hOMlsjxwF3AijfepxkkLwy_ip5MwPMUa4dgapD9V6Xk2pfjRSMI-iaU6WzORC34FUDRPWlqfPxsQM_7FmGCcFdXNUP_U3jJmSb3iYImX3FLMR4/s735/mouse%20Screenshot%202023-03-01%20113116.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="735" data-original-width="730" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJKHBZ0ScSZHGfXf3dM_FTeompdana-bN0y3CgwTnYgsw0Gor3XZ0QKZ_gEvt1Ksq5zhefCH8XH2hOMlsjxwF3AijfepxkkLwy_ip5MwPMUa4dgapD9V6Xk2pfjRSMI-iaU6WzORC34FUDRPWlqfPxsQM_7FmGCcFdXNUP_U3jJmSb3iYImX3FLMR4/w636-h640/mouse%20Screenshot%202023-03-01%20113116.jpg" width="636" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">An abstract mouse</span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is still a mouse.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">You can't remove its mousiness<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">by making it hard to see.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKKtXeh-tu0P3E_fZuZx8lg8jxP-Bkid07TIPOJFUIWX_LeTaQK54r8G_hZXU04tQea0J2688L_5_Pes1CGovflvrQGK6r7RRB5JaTPSSc-Nkgrfvw7zIu8_JzOhb5_9edwth8Z8XHE4TvEhj6tF1TXCRGtZx-CRU4QREUfIkRnngljcypnr0iMIFd/s4000/20230218_10573%20poss%20scooters.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKKtXeh-tu0P3E_fZuZx8lg8jxP-Bkid07TIPOJFUIWX_LeTaQK54r8G_hZXU04tQea0J2688L_5_Pes1CGovflvrQGK6r7RRB5JaTPSSc-Nkgrfvw7zIu8_JzOhb5_9edwth8Z8XHE4TvEhj6tF1TXCRGtZx-CRU4QREUfIkRnngljcypnr0iMIFd/w640-h480/20230218_10573%20poss%20scooters.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><br /> <p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I skip to
the shops <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">past a scatter of scooters<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that I’m tempted to take as proof<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that skipping is best.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Southampton)</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeCB3YNSuPaBVUOL_Kj8bUk2ZLVs2OVe6qWDnWNpgw_rZKx5f2O-OwgbYwdXET4P9xHxCfuCpIF9nBgZvXaVJdhjLxq2PcHUR4c5DdNvhubrAwnyrMSIayuUwfQVDrKt4eMbftQXKf0-XHnQt79mxncsk5LsL8O7-38CeJOyC9AHJfy4gEmhfTK5zq/s823/Screenshot%202023-02-19%20171544%20crocus%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="412" data-original-width="823" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeCB3YNSuPaBVUOL_Kj8bUk2ZLVs2OVe6qWDnWNpgw_rZKx5f2O-OwgbYwdXET4P9xHxCfuCpIF9nBgZvXaVJdhjLxq2PcHUR4c5DdNvhubrAwnyrMSIayuUwfQVDrKt4eMbftQXKf0-XHnQt79mxncsk5LsL8O7-38CeJOyC9AHJfy4gEmhfTK5zq/w640-h320/Screenshot%202023-02-19%20171544%20crocus%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Grow where it will<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the crocus is my redemption plant.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">All I need to work out now<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is how to be redeemed. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj52Abx9KV7wKB0ZIfLkzjtIn0Bc2dhAaAaSkmGLo7Jg8wF3peRsYvZ2aUsTw8VCpvpdsqQzREuSbQ8hg-l2DVbn1qS5smS-akkAhflxm9NRN_nieER2_h3DtWLka-AtMY1lrsp5pyeh-2qlx5f-U_sUK7nSn3cwXYU7b_QsRhqSvusYVD17oBuH4tR/s3255/20230218_123804%20screw%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3255" data-original-width="2549" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj52Abx9KV7wKB0ZIfLkzjtIn0Bc2dhAaAaSkmGLo7Jg8wF3peRsYvZ2aUsTw8VCpvpdsqQzREuSbQ8hg-l2DVbn1qS5smS-akkAhflxm9NRN_nieER2_h3DtWLka-AtMY1lrsp5pyeh-2qlx5f-U_sUK7nSn3cwXYU7b_QsRhqSvusYVD17oBuH4tR/w502-h640/20230218_123804%20screw%20poem%20.jpg" width="502" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>But what can you fix<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">by
screwing it up?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Other
than a sheet of A4 paper<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that
wants to be a Martin Creed sculpture?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Southampton: refers to Martin Creed’s notorious ‘Work No. 88 -
A sheet of A4 paper crumpled into a ball’, </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">1995)</span></i></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg13iWTQwUKbXuqnYEdpisTTf8T05Rj2NtlZznTH97eMq-MYtCdVBMmgAxP3BUIq2UE6IfJ3iiuacea_mbIEAq2Om5mpLIw5T1gGbH3pF41uzwuuDAVKIJkG0H-kRGwRSOUfP5x3pW0PVP_hDEMcGXD45CSP9mnBpKBNarkWdgPwwENC2rYgRwVXld9/s4000/20230217_170048%20poss%20bramble%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg13iWTQwUKbXuqnYEdpisTTf8T05Rj2NtlZznTH97eMq-MYtCdVBMmgAxP3BUIq2UE6IfJ3iiuacea_mbIEAq2Om5mpLIw5T1gGbH3pF41uzwuuDAVKIJkG0H-kRGwRSOUfP5x3pW0PVP_hDEMcGXD45CSP9mnBpKBNarkWdgPwwENC2rYgRwVXld9/w480-h640/20230217_170048%20poss%20bramble%20.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I like a good
tangle<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Especially with my wife…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">And brambles are exemplary, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">whether they’re embracing or
fighting each other off.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><i>(Bournemouth)</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqNzOO7qwvO06MbZjCBJD9LrzvtdfX_q_fQzc8waERLWWEsQFkGlF7d_QMPwMLELrhu1-qZlu0r00VmvxXiH3EW9fP2IFRqAXoEHdMHodHX4iz9HsMJxC4UBqQhqm5BS7cYyTCplYM-1F0BMhPW9_8JC98D4PKLdFvl9DyhHjv5MPuKTxcwrb7C9Hb/s2853/20230217_164122%20poss%20bed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2853" data-original-width="2853" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqNzOO7qwvO06MbZjCBJD9LrzvtdfX_q_fQzc8waERLWWEsQFkGlF7d_QMPwMLELrhu1-qZlu0r00VmvxXiH3EW9fP2IFRqAXoEHdMHodHX4iz9HsMJxC4UBqQhqm5BS7cYyTCplYM-1F0BMhPW9_8JC98D4PKLdFvl9DyhHjv5MPuKTxcwrb7C9Hb/w640-h640/20230217_164122%20poss%20bed.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The teasing prickle of teasel heads<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">makes for a justified test:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to sleep
in a museum<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">you
really have to need the rest.</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, Bournemouth)</i></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2wVmamlmLmRXOLyZNqghXtVX3WMntvca5yoWV87jJn1lmnj55tv-XU9_3smRe9_y_P1Cjs4Qcst4h8oStAIMqWy59Vq_WQUfyuq1bbbn18-M4OIKiO-tpPm7-HtEZ9oop-bDwJ1lKPa83Nfe7DEX1GBieptSFPRfxizdn9I5uMaTwi2fw04AQeI8k/s4000/20230215_083301%20pipe%20poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2wVmamlmLmRXOLyZNqghXtVX3WMntvca5yoWV87jJn1lmnj55tv-XU9_3smRe9_y_P1Cjs4Qcst4h8oStAIMqWy59Vq_WQUfyuq1bbbn18-M4OIKiO-tpPm7-HtEZ9oop-bDwJ1lKPa83Nfe7DEX1GBieptSFPRfxizdn9I5uMaTwi2fw04AQeI8k/w480-h640/20230215_083301%20pipe%20poss.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">This is a pipe<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">to nowhere. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I suppose Magritte would say<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">‘Ceci n’est pas une pipe’. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">(René Magritte’s ‘The
Treachery of Images (This is Not a Pipe)’, 1929 depicts a pipe but plays
through the inscription ‘Ceci n’est pas une pipe’ on the fact that it is a
painting, not a pipe. Might complete dysfunctionality have a similar
category-shifting effect?)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrWAfA6N8QWv8t7JcjEHsHAMZs5KJM7OF1UyC0HraHmjRtAzp6eUqLFX6Wiy-FGi1g1oTzIcHtKyGhlcxxRJRa5G7BZqoxpZnNAEORRxhmeFE_XNrqz7N-qntp7tmEMVVrkQBAWnGi0jPVMiLXQIa-yuRdo_JEuexysHoJLD8bDEV143AIQm8PtBrL/s682/Stewd%20apple%20screenshot%202023-02-18%20075908.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="645" data-original-width="682" height="379" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrWAfA6N8QWv8t7JcjEHsHAMZs5KJM7OF1UyC0HraHmjRtAzp6eUqLFX6Wiy-FGi1g1oTzIcHtKyGhlcxxRJRa5G7BZqoxpZnNAEORRxhmeFE_XNrqz7N-qntp7tmEMVVrkQBAWnGi0jPVMiLXQIa-yuRdo_JEuexysHoJLD8bDEV143AIQm8PtBrL/w400-h379/Stewd%20apple%20screenshot%202023-02-18%20075908.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;">My name is Stuart
Dapple</b></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">though I’ve taken off my scarcely-dappled skin.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My friends, who are admittedly bananas, call me Stu.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Shall I bowl round super-naked with my cloves?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>(stewed apple)</i></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyE_uOSOnbbPJjg8dvFoewD8Pfs4dOptDLfMSwLFWz2x_rLQIovnEn4puCiFcKs4DEJed5Gmbxp6n4yq1jSZSmmdoBVUAI24ZkQcIxIyJfPQwo69OHIE0_L0TKjbEwf8YaF61gabhg95O1-io2GnjptN2PRw4HjJk930dvt5Ipln9cepioB5t7_1Ep/s2262/20230211_135710%20poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2110" data-original-width="2262" height="596" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyE_uOSOnbbPJjg8dvFoewD8Pfs4dOptDLfMSwLFWz2x_rLQIovnEn4puCiFcKs4DEJed5Gmbxp6n4yq1jSZSmmdoBVUAI24ZkQcIxIyJfPQwo69OHIE0_L0TKjbEwf8YaF61gabhg95O1-io2GnjptN2PRw4HjJk930dvt5Ipln9cepioB5t7_1Ep/w640-h596/20230211_135710%20poss.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">... because it looks so very closed <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and I'm
not sure I want to know<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">why what arrives<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is not
the pizza / pasta that I ordered.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Deptford, London)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilk3fxOCwUL5Q4pHW9MApDw7x7OJFih5ep0Jl2OCgU6bTBL2lFNivUF7k4TFGr8Aol5xOmZwQbpPflTZkx__X_hQJdqacowZSwEwplStlk9sTDGZ3icrADg5TB2smimxrPAK7pZRhmJ05wCvkFpe4ho4mvXNhyWTD-pbIUWhtZ6sAPOCfTGhDM8YlM/s4000/20230211_121556%20poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilk3fxOCwUL5Q4pHW9MApDw7x7OJFih5ep0Jl2OCgU6bTBL2lFNivUF7k4TFGr8Aol5xOmZwQbpPflTZkx__X_hQJdqacowZSwEwplStlk9sTDGZ3icrADg5TB2smimxrPAK7pZRhmJ05wCvkFpe4ho4mvXNhyWTD-pbIUWhtZ6sAPOCfTGhDM8YlM/w640-h480/20230211_121556%20poss.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Here’s a tasty scene<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The zing
of lime <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">blended
with <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the subtler
tang of orange.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Camden, London)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQF5IT8rssA5CIOkYqBX_Bo6gyOdpAlMLbVK7FRlfpgo7YT8efdMJVPZgW_u6LYr11Q9ZUgnaydHVHnXDS2Dt1al90cHhe4B1NusYp17gzIDuYXG5vbSvbKdDH3dAV_SmTTgeRPiuls_rdT8t9NZmtmQMsb4f9KTvPRCD7sljvpWzKsJ4KKJtnJHPT/s2959/20230211_141741%20poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2959" data-original-width="2530" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQF5IT8rssA5CIOkYqBX_Bo6gyOdpAlMLbVK7FRlfpgo7YT8efdMJVPZgW_u6LYr11Q9ZUgnaydHVHnXDS2Dt1al90cHhe4B1NusYp17gzIDuYXG5vbSvbKdDH3dAV_SmTTgeRPiuls_rdT8t9NZmtmQMsb4f9KTvPRCD7sljvpWzKsJ4KKJtnJHPT/w548-h640/20230211_141741%20poss.jpg" width="548" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Were I to return to table tennis<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">it could
be with a frog on board<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to leap
around distractingly<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and give
my shots the unexpected.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(from <span style="text-align: center;">Cinzia Ruggeri's show at Goldsmiths CCA, London)</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv1HTf_bwrPxy32aGF0mRhY4mP4UosmBF6aJgj3oSsbaOVpU9gx0d8jdt0x8608RS3bPhgqAcV6JkCRwZbUD7xL5BcjervRaOLaotqRvMMVR_yYhX6JA-13ltl80iyBqMQKo77boXX4ca3PTu7DNZ7_hJBgHT8wsGL12SEzhpm2JDZden5uUD7Abxu/s4000/20230211_141429%20poss.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv1HTf_bwrPxy32aGF0mRhY4mP4UosmBF6aJgj3oSsbaOVpU9gx0d8jdt0x8608RS3bPhgqAcV6JkCRwZbUD7xL5BcjervRaOLaotqRvMMVR_yYhX6JA-13ltl80iyBqMQKo77boXX4ca3PTu7DNZ7_hJBgHT8wsGL12SEzhpm2JDZden5uUD7Abxu/w480-h640/20230211_141429%20poss.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Step to it!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">But not
in shoes <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">at least a
size too big -</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">as did
the last six steppers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(from <span style="text-align: center;">Cinzia Ruggeri's show at Goldsmiths CCA, London)</span></i></span></p><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></i></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiDC1igPrvRrpO0Ytbnno8d9cIA3xbiH9aAe0Fba6m8satAuDxRLtujA6uDCH3syt5540ZJVmoHx9E51bcAby717oKRtEvEdFxDJzNKWe1DC2kwbenknQGBU5-N19B_Fdf3pRFrQVLtNbLZ_DNdCV0W_E_chSQUfUlvWY7hoxDegBWy_GX9zNNP6Eg/s3624/20230209_152511%20poss%20closure%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2718" data-original-width="3624" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiDC1igPrvRrpO0Ytbnno8d9cIA3xbiH9aAe0Fba6m8satAuDxRLtujA6uDCH3syt5540ZJVmoHx9E51bcAby717oKRtEvEdFxDJzNKWe1DC2kwbenknQGBU5-N19B_Fdf3pRFrQVLtNbLZ_DNdCV0W_E_chSQUfUlvWY7hoxDegBWy_GX9zNNP6Eg/w640-h480/20230209_152511%20poss%20closure%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">How soon is soon?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Unless
we're talking geological time<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I don't
believe this restaurant-as-was<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is soon to
be a restaurant-as-is.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">(Lancaster Gate, London) </i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy6HEVLEK_zqLa_YAi2EFdThakELTxVcPSy-YYH-3-z7uLrKxG96a_-jXL0Qcb0XmhgzXw5qaZoHryVc9Pa6RCt3Cn6_vnkaZ_FUZ8gSeIYgH0U_iGbczgQFt9-6KQuLnm7cAce5xYNr99ff21DAh_OrtXnxVg6YoW_4JCmVP6jfiqCM_KaLcq7Tfm/s4000/20230209_145328.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy6HEVLEK_zqLa_YAi2EFdThakELTxVcPSy-YYH-3-z7uLrKxG96a_-jXL0Qcb0XmhgzXw5qaZoHryVc9Pa6RCt3Cn6_vnkaZ_FUZ8gSeIYgH0U_iGbczgQFt9-6KQuLnm7cAce5xYNr99ff21DAh_OrtXnxVg6YoW_4JCmVP6jfiqCM_KaLcq7Tfm/w480-h640/20230209_145328.jpg" width="480" /></a><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Maximum
fluffage<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in the matter of grass <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">puts me in mind<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of tickle-wiping my arse...<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Hyde Park, London)</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHfPu2un2yPjrCQOyV57-R55aKujZJI8tfKARlKcU2PgCzDqJUIWreVxNiUYByUiIwIM1SOuD0SYN1-cnCDhl61Se-2g8jn30-ICZkLcItBNmWZ_QfaRRNJiPI90IHAPjGYiLx5b5xoudHZmnJ_fFT_MAXDRt5hk_iWxv-Nhy7awaTnhBS7ppeoH7A/s4000/20230209_142846%20willow%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHfPu2un2yPjrCQOyV57-R55aKujZJI8tfKARlKcU2PgCzDqJUIWreVxNiUYByUiIwIM1SOuD0SYN1-cnCDhl61Se-2g8jn30-ICZkLcItBNmWZ_QfaRRNJiPI90IHAPjGYiLx5b5xoudHZmnJ_fFT_MAXDRt5hk_iWxv-Nhy7awaTnhBS7ppeoH7A/w640-h480/20230209_142846%20willow%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I see now <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">what I
hadn’t thought through:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that when a
willow weeps<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">it's more a
matter of twigs than of leaves.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Hyde Park, London) </i></span></o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMm-5QNV8Fe5n41UX0Jaapy368RSuaOll5RBr4Glwznc0dVg2khSSi2CmhRCbZggUYYmSmGatK65QsBEBUSI66q7EzGU46Wun26l6PK1J7TfXfuCN6ZQH6AnH4BbdARMNpavnG8AmCTwn8hqmOZaYWP6l9j9X7yNBxB9ukgToatxmuWj2Ryt4w0WHP/s804/dist%20Screenshot%202023-03-01%20095732.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="618" data-original-width="804" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMm-5QNV8Fe5n41UX0Jaapy368RSuaOll5RBr4Glwznc0dVg2khSSi2CmhRCbZggUYYmSmGatK65QsBEBUSI66q7EzGU46Wun26l6PK1J7TfXfuCN6ZQH6AnH4BbdARMNpavnG8AmCTwn8hqmOZaYWP6l9j9X7yNBxB9ukgToatxmuWj2Ryt4w0WHP/w640-h492/dist%20Screenshot%202023-03-01%20095732.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">These four distributions <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">foreground
natural equalities <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of a sort
we humans can’t achieve <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">even when
we’re trying. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Being the ungoverned spill / spread of leaves, lichen, pebbles and petals)</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDWDi_ZVqqUL7qzlwRkVww2sRFbENXnnGZW6sMn53SgYNUKmh67K7ExKeJ_kDzUnkhn0S7BYQyCCAX5z4slx5EjR6ThqtZb38CJXFwwnzWxn5zwK6jwwMVnmHBPm0Gz1z-kidf8RAzY2lFmHLw_lQ5InZ05xlM1ECv6JPdqHAj0TlLVqeX0SAT9BnX/s4000/20230205_124000%20fence%20poss%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDWDi_ZVqqUL7qzlwRkVww2sRFbENXnnGZW6sMn53SgYNUKmh67K7ExKeJ_kDzUnkhn0S7BYQyCCAX5z4slx5EjR6ThqtZb38CJXFwwnzWxn5zwK6jwwMVnmHBPm0Gz1z-kidf8RAzY2lFmHLw_lQ5InZ05xlM1ECv6JPdqHAj0TlLVqeX0SAT9BnX/w480-h640/20230205_124000%20fence%20poss%20.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">This gap in the fence<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">comes complete with the proof - </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">or does it? - <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that there was once a fence </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">where the gap now is.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Totton)</i></span></p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFSGyzZ-DaLvXl-nDlY4r-_vFFPv3vdb-mLVvM1cRX2f_krGTn8RhZVBWzI1JdXl_F8RVBZOMUJ8N1ngACPdT3enj_hNkvX6-r5cC3UaGwK1e1rI7Suk3FJyxXUdEJS6FNW49Fze1n_mTEccGH7OzZ-lFF_rdjImRxIDuJrSKctfH6I4RLZ98vnUhF/s4000/20230130_160619%20shadow%20poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFSGyzZ-DaLvXl-nDlY4r-_vFFPv3vdb-mLVvM1cRX2f_krGTn8RhZVBWzI1JdXl_F8RVBZOMUJ8N1ngACPdT3enj_hNkvX6-r5cC3UaGwK1e1rI7Suk3FJyxXUdEJS6FNW49Fze1n_mTEccGH7OzZ-lFF_rdjImRxIDuJrSKctfH6I4RLZ98vnUhF/w480-h640/20230130_160619%20shadow%20poss.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">In the land of long
shadows <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">a ball cannot compete <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">with a tree,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">or even with me.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Awbridge, Hampshire)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg96b3EQEo-163EukeZXUzQNkHn3-mWDn2Dw88G7gQ29FXQlD4YWlWTW7Hu-sVlOr2ki7vcdlcs_PQelpLq7m9ynEriz5fVoWw5nkKK-GdUjQrJG9_Wts1b5wmGLsE_mxcj45hZJoof_XK49ciVMpoU17I9RrCHbjLEpoe6pvVkAVoaBItg5eQkfJxT/s4000/20230130_152958%20moon%20poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg96b3EQEo-163EukeZXUzQNkHn3-mWDn2Dw88G7gQ29FXQlD4YWlWTW7Hu-sVlOr2ki7vcdlcs_PQelpLq7m9ynEriz5fVoWw5nkKK-GdUjQrJG9_Wts1b5wmGLsE_mxcj45hZJoof_XK49ciVMpoU17I9RrCHbjLEpoe6pvVkAVoaBItg5eQkfJxT/w480-h640/20230130_152958%20moon%20poss.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; text-align: justify;"> </span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">How much astronomy<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">do trees comprehend<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">when they reach for the moon?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Do they expect to touch it?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Awbridge, Hampshire)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvJKeSq938ZwmuSM0nC9vAeS5UkzJnuEp5ABGBUJSyv8u00xUJ4ogk1pKUbgEF629Fi8mtmWQTrc3ytsMvR4W_5gmSeBmBQP3NI5McNSDb-_laujn_LXlp2htzyPmmmyDcbJ25W8cppDt80Sp3JhggqYNgQ5u4XTl6ofKOoICqUFq5JhOOeEm9joyj/s1811/20230103_144739%20fragile%20poss%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1811" data-original-width="1393" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvJKeSq938ZwmuSM0nC9vAeS5UkzJnuEp5ABGBUJSyv8u00xUJ4ogk1pKUbgEF629Fi8mtmWQTrc3ytsMvR4W_5gmSeBmBQP3NI5McNSDb-_laujn_LXlp2htzyPmmmyDcbJ25W8cppDt80Sp3JhggqYNgQ5u4XTl6ofKOoICqUFq5JhOOeEm9joyj/w492-h640/20230103_144739%20fragile%20poss%20.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What is it that’s fragile here?</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Surely it can’t be the tape<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">proclaiming itself so vulnerable<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">it really shouldn’t have been exposed like this?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Southampton)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeyUb95JYivgy2ApFotR65NSO02JTa4iWByg51PZRjbwDgrGpZir869jobxUZPGUkA68Tcd6bEM9VTsFsIGPkSPFN-EWTRtW6ddNiYwe3wF4pF55nIJ7_WjoSUdUPfCR3V-jamejaYHth52i5wLUMcYEofw0TH5LfG0OXipi9Iz_VO4tNzV62Sl0P6/s942/poo%20Screenshot%202023-02-01%20150312.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="723" data-original-width="942" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeyUb95JYivgy2ApFotR65NSO02JTa4iWByg51PZRjbwDgrGpZir869jobxUZPGUkA68Tcd6bEM9VTsFsIGPkSPFN-EWTRtW6ddNiYwe3wF4pF55nIJ7_WjoSUdUPfCR3V-jamejaYHth52i5wLUMcYEofw0TH5LfG0OXipi9Iz_VO4tNzV62Sl0P6/w640-h492/poo%20Screenshot%202023-02-01%20150312.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Some like it fresh<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Some like it older.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Some like it ancient.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Some don’t like it at all.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(New Forest pony poo)</span><o:p></o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir6EAfvgnXDQUGx0lQWAktvnMin01UZRcEPOHJSckzE4MWp_Jk4l6M1kPpGzEY8S3XGJUi8BY9lBh0orh2Z5sP62_7KZ2EUmTqiIBQAY-mLa1-bq0VKtOkDrv7p6IMcN_6RvYFsMTaGCvQGr7RElRdPpjUAW58Se0LKe8T6fHug08KKs-KVHtGfyjR/s3085/20230128_143925.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3085" data-original-width="2263" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir6EAfvgnXDQUGx0lQWAktvnMin01UZRcEPOHJSckzE4MWp_Jk4l6M1kPpGzEY8S3XGJUi8BY9lBh0orh2Z5sP62_7KZ2EUmTqiIBQAY-mLa1-bq0VKtOkDrv7p6IMcN_6RvYFsMTaGCvQGr7RElRdPpjUAW58Se0LKe8T6fHug08KKs-KVHtGfyjR/w470-h640/20230128_143925.jpg" width="470" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Big orange meets
little orange<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but I’m well aware that the seniority<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">could be reversed<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">if I only took a different perspective.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Brussels) </i></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4-09QM3MiVJPGS1ftSwglRlwZ0QNq_ZVT4lb7tDp1K03GtQoNIArFCmj7X3IGgIvAor5B7lAVGr_LT6VskdN1BR72Co0NEqev7fvEQJN0m0yYfzx0NNTThjXzspWrYkXYFr3CUqwqHUuyB9tBzlDVx6jkUOW_gghomNsw0jn5eeWSVLH9dFn4V8Jv/s3266/20230128_144522%20poss%20brus.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2449" data-original-width="3266" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4-09QM3MiVJPGS1ftSwglRlwZ0QNq_ZVT4lb7tDp1K03GtQoNIArFCmj7X3IGgIvAor5B7lAVGr_LT6VskdN1BR72Co0NEqev7fvEQJN0m0yYfzx0NNTThjXzspWrYkXYFr3CUqwqHUuyB9tBzlDVx6jkUOW_gghomNsw0jn5eeWSVLH9dFn4V8Jv/w640-h480/20230128_144522%20poss%20brus.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">You might get away<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">with a redundant second chain if<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(a) you didn't tangle them; and<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(b) you didn't demonstrate so close-by that one is quite enough.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i style="font-size: large;">(Brussels) </i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i style="font-size: large;"><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb0pEUzRzRAlaf6SNT8gCsL3cK6QmANG3X6DyBr20KnQFNlU1yKYBDSXVjeX_QCZCGcfmpyyMDOPG_Qp_f-YFxa9owUIH5yiJRbN0owTzocQvhxPfjPj2kPCR6P8NibZuZutMHILh4Nk7H_Z_BgGP1ppwhcG9Rwn2lLicWh4FoCi7cCfO8wR5CeKFd/s3068/20230127_161057%20poss%20brus.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3068" data-original-width="2263" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb0pEUzRzRAlaf6SNT8gCsL3cK6QmANG3X6DyBr20KnQFNlU1yKYBDSXVjeX_QCZCGcfmpyyMDOPG_Qp_f-YFxa9owUIH5yiJRbN0owTzocQvhxPfjPj2kPCR6P8NibZuZutMHILh4Nk7H_Z_BgGP1ppwhcG9Rwn2lLicWh4FoCi7cCfO8wR5CeKFd/w472-h640/20230127_161057%20poss%20brus.jpg" width="472" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Even at Christmas<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the Belgians prefer an anorexic tree<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to a one with enough burgeon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to cope with decorations. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><i style="font-size: large;">(Brussels) </i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOA3TX71wjgQlCOMtgUu2g4CErPlsrLNmZig99unCnLlZwrwR8Ns51gAOGtyIH0qOgBmNH0f8tjlkg5xoRnsH7pQDv54dVOmz6WD8UeciSom9xcl8TLoYFQTRQZ57N6_FBsfZ0bVO7kYD-BwpHLEznUQJWyjobqOgDMUFz8r0tqmNcEtNDgsVblLwy/s1683/20230128_135719%20poss%20pigeons%20bruss.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1683" data-original-width="1683" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOA3TX71wjgQlCOMtgUu2g4CErPlsrLNmZig99unCnLlZwrwR8Ns51gAOGtyIH0qOgBmNH0f8tjlkg5xoRnsH7pQDv54dVOmz6WD8UeciSom9xcl8TLoYFQTRQZ57N6_FBsfZ0bVO7kYD-BwpHLEznUQJWyjobqOgDMUFz8r0tqmNcEtNDgsVblLwy/w640-h640/20230128_135719%20poss%20pigeons%20bruss.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What kind of pet <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is a pigeon? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I wouldn't want one <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and this chap seems to have four.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i style="font-size: large;">(Brussels) </i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhmgB5gaNyh7akDGEAbTEEds_GZjgpRVARl9RyHKjF0-C_6LBHk2NjpPXB6n86BSzP-GhMkS5IA_PAUMUNf1ngboA-vGIzhkPQ470HCyqDLzYzHGw5ytD_HhLp2O9jiBMZPXwHjp5pVvhkpBRbON-MYnd-V5V3PqxZji_0oqLBUFanvTx5_bz4bEnX/s2896/20230128_152944%20poss%20brus.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1922" data-original-width="2896" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhmgB5gaNyh7akDGEAbTEEds_GZjgpRVARl9RyHKjF0-C_6LBHk2NjpPXB6n86BSzP-GhMkS5IA_PAUMUNf1ngboA-vGIzhkPQ470HCyqDLzYzHGw5ytD_HhLp2O9jiBMZPXwHjp5pVvhkpBRbON-MYnd-V5V3PqxZji_0oqLBUFanvTx5_bz4bEnX/w640-h424/20230128_152944%20poss%20brus.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">They could fit <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the full ‘Copenhagen’ here<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">with room to spare.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It’s the frontage that needs to be abbreviated.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i style="font-size: large;">(Brussels) </i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPs-cpNOsv0V0m0iSwYyUMWegp2Bljui-LpM8UC_fXaHehpKmZT1dq841WFERa15Bp4YKm-L81q-jFvfY8WHy1FZBaq8npaKVv05-NK5NTrMbaaE50vGpJTjOpy3UySLLoRpmrQ6g1J9wby07L_EPKTXFdjaDcxk05C9B4SbDFsWsof1fKtskgiLTl/s2601/20230128_130051.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2601" data-original-width="1951" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPs-cpNOsv0V0m0iSwYyUMWegp2Bljui-LpM8UC_fXaHehpKmZT1dq841WFERa15Bp4YKm-L81q-jFvfY8WHy1FZBaq8npaKVv05-NK5NTrMbaaE50vGpJTjOpy3UySLLoRpmrQ6g1J9wby07L_EPKTXFdjaDcxk05C9B4SbDFsWsof1fKtskgiLTl/w480-h640/20230128_130051.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Losing an eye was
traumatic<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of course, but to be<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">fucked up the arse by a post<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">until someone takes pity...<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i style="font-size: large;">(Brussels) </i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7fQDJ8OA6gCQ9Jn1mmxlqtb6P87WYxnNiJHI5uGbks8B0fkb7QJZOwVXnepSA5keiScxmHy92DHqFiEGiDo6D8DuVn2GMWl-Cqb74CstK0RscAuhlDfK6uhgfqR7UUqalbktcHkhPl5HnVG2zPYlIseown416rANZJs9a7NS7xikMGx-cwWbbzC5W/s3808/20230127_174351%20blackboard%20scrape%20poss%20brus.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2856" data-original-width="3808" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7fQDJ8OA6gCQ9Jn1mmxlqtb6P87WYxnNiJHI5uGbks8B0fkb7QJZOwVXnepSA5keiScxmHy92DHqFiEGiDo6D8DuVn2GMWl-Cqb74CstK0RscAuhlDfK6uhgfqR7UUqalbktcHkhPl5HnVG2zPYlIseown416rANZJs9a7NS7xikMGx-cwWbbzC5W/w640-h480/20230127_174351%20blackboard%20scrape%20poss%20brus.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The illusion being<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that a giant blackboard scraper<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">has combed the mud <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">into some semblance of a hairstyle.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i style="font-size: large;">(Brussels) </i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0VU4JA-IBY4iNqS_Fc9e1_HN0BkLwPSBYq1bRhnSP2g5Tzf4g8JUG3YSSNPGntlx1kdlvKvM8adwl7huAgiyw3yckdNzRA4dhhRn0wk6B8pwYRD4EpzD_JWzLxwxirw5Mc7wKYo3aK7_ZJydGXmv8KpZX2L65U2PQ52GcxPDqH9-JKuCh1ZtIOJH1/s3078/20230128_074145%20poss%20brus.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3078" data-original-width="2080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0VU4JA-IBY4iNqS_Fc9e1_HN0BkLwPSBYq1bRhnSP2g5Tzf4g8JUG3YSSNPGntlx1kdlvKvM8adwl7huAgiyw3yckdNzRA4dhhRn0wk6B8pwYRD4EpzD_JWzLxwxirw5Mc7wKYo3aK7_ZJydGXmv8KpZX2L65U2PQ52GcxPDqH9-JKuCh1ZtIOJH1/w432-h640/20230128_074145%20poss%20brus.jpg" width="432" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Yuri Geller <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">bent his spoons with no purpose <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">beyond deception.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Here is how to fold them into function.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i style="font-size: large;">(Hotel Amigo, Brussels - I admit the function is rather spurious) </i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipXKJ3UcCmWtFegC-pWb8koEDe-nw-v-IsF-YfDVfP_drub0JWAZ59_2zPbMVA0y6wJwMkqxKR3Lq3aZDvQI7nH2ZfVMrRVawskks56E9GHqRaUhOunjxHfp9MyZCtQ1E0epNZeSR4gwF4ZXQWWjSaeDsuYpfa7nI3OLj1MWX13_4MW_57ZzaPaJYR/s2633/20230128_110154%20poss%20brus.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2633" data-original-width="1974" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipXKJ3UcCmWtFegC-pWb8koEDe-nw-v-IsF-YfDVfP_drub0JWAZ59_2zPbMVA0y6wJwMkqxKR3Lq3aZDvQI7nH2ZfVMrRVawskks56E9GHqRaUhOunjxHfp9MyZCtQ1E0epNZeSR4gwF4ZXQWWjSaeDsuYpfa7nI3OLj1MWX13_4MW_57ZzaPaJYR/w480-h640/20230128_110154%20poss%20brus.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">A chambermaid knocked
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to offer me a ‘turn down service’.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘Can we fuck?</span><span style="font-size: large;">’</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">, I asked. She turned me down.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘Thanks’, I said, ‘I guess you can go’.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Hotel Amigo, Brussels, 20.00. Apparently a luxury hotel’s‘turn down service’ involves preparing one’s
bed for sleep and tidying the room and bathroom. I turned it down. The
conversation above is somewhat imaginary) <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzEOApvKUAGZre9QrLaFPJcImExWEkH4QPQhrb43RzOC33n0GCtG9DXZzGKPImFLKIOklNX1jL41irxZhMUdFnL8eBJGuLVGaaqV6J6fAbDnR9CgI5HTCa8j3PeqQF-V6KwjcPD3yQL6mod_q9s16dPYt22ocfHTP1Cww6QQmvucwjcDTFawF2dlK4/s3256/20230125_151343%20poss%20complex%20pavement.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3256" data-original-width="2851" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzEOApvKUAGZre9QrLaFPJcImExWEkH4QPQhrb43RzOC33n0GCtG9DXZzGKPImFLKIOklNX1jL41irxZhMUdFnL8eBJGuLVGaaqV6J6fAbDnR9CgI5HTCa8j3PeqQF-V6KwjcPD3yQL6mod_q9s16dPYt22ocfHTP1Cww6QQmvucwjcDTFawF2dlK4/w560-h640/20230125_151343%20poss%20complex%20pavement.jpg" width="560" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Life Lesson 277<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Even something <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">as simple as a pavement<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">can intersect with complexity.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Aldgate, London)</i></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW9xy1MKZpyN37xTQtqPRMGVbmngcXAs4mfjUOMeRFtuxvGEY0lReHRECehEGhW9YT8QRFmC75DwVTtzRxlH4PLprRbscSAvIpKLBRAPa6rFYVGir17Jdmjn6ot2ivcKEuT28IYoO7V-ELrw9xrVLwJOvkwUy-MF5YdPnEEwkks5sLy7py_hEfUMDm/s4000/20230208_135203%20cracks%20s.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW9xy1MKZpyN37xTQtqPRMGVbmngcXAs4mfjUOMeRFtuxvGEY0lReHRECehEGhW9YT8QRFmC75DwVTtzRxlH4PLprRbscSAvIpKLBRAPa6rFYVGir17Jdmjn6ot2ivcKEuT28IYoO7V-ELrw9xrVLwJOvkwUy-MF5YdPnEEwkks5sLy7py_hEfUMDm/w640-h480/20230208_135203%20cracks%20s.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">If you’ve had a bad
break up<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I sympathise. The more so <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">if you are a road<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and cannot – as your users will – move on.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7PaVB3_DqOcEFQqnel2gfeQGvPL7EYQyoiINVqEJuPpIFNCez9RcuEak0Kz8wnEeZTrhKRVdW53h2D-Zvgq42rNGDsXy6YnESc_wsfV8VtKJhUvhcMfDAy_nlEuB8bbssMXwavnMvr7yYUGicM2z5uqjpYqcZVlGfufMDfkd9K-eIMtFM681GEF68/s2737/20230118_110459%20poss%20j.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2737" data-original-width="1810" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7PaVB3_DqOcEFQqnel2gfeQGvPL7EYQyoiINVqEJuPpIFNCez9RcuEak0Kz8wnEeZTrhKRVdW53h2D-Zvgq42rNGDsXy6YnESc_wsfV8VtKJhUvhcMfDAy_nlEuB8bbssMXwavnMvr7yYUGicM2z5uqjpYqcZVlGfufMDfkd9K-eIMtFM681GEF68/w424-h640/20230118_110459%20poss%20j.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #222222;">Last night was cold</span></b><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I fear for the deciduous<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">when even the evergreens</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">have wrapped themselves in scarves.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigDI7Y_ITxZw0K_p1MLq2KRRnMvn6w8WFWmB_7C1gSnW1N8Pqo4B0PZPgZkR6ysCLhokXxJdCdg9XwyWwM-Wr9WvC_osKhhTseWCVV9FImLlN_QqhhwMojBmKlmPKgAJ4BAtCQGq6qC9ompoQnkQnBmdwIqN-ZGzBpPJHtJ-07whz_VM_6_k2PDnis/s4000/20230124_152603%20logs%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigDI7Y_ITxZw0K_p1MLq2KRRnMvn6w8WFWmB_7C1gSnW1N8Pqo4B0PZPgZkR6ysCLhokXxJdCdg9XwyWwM-Wr9WvC_osKhhTseWCVV9FImLlN_QqhhwMojBmKlmPKgAJ4BAtCQGq6qC9ompoQnkQnBmdwIqN-ZGzBpPJHtJ-07whz_VM_6_k2PDnis/w640-h480/20230124_152603%20logs%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Conversation between
logs<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘Length is the thing.’ ‘What about girth?’<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘Plainness is the thing.’ ‘Or lichen décor.’<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘Smoothness is the thing.’ ‘I like myself rough’.</span><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsGgU21KR0FhR7K3_43fnJ3TOWcKySY8nSBPAh8LMiZy8JYzWe0u-QESTCn3K3lqke-9hBrWJLa6bT9_HrSxJvO6KW_n9PiaJqFXRFnwcxpil-ON0umFeFy_gfRnIhw6k0qA3iOZcgJcCrAQZMbWaWNG666XZ1r1fxaAxVdz_2lXLGo81OcEXM_ez2/s3448/20230121_111638%20shadow%20frost%20possj.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3448" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsGgU21KR0FhR7K3_43fnJ3TOWcKySY8nSBPAh8LMiZy8JYzWe0u-QESTCn3K3lqke-9hBrWJLa6bT9_HrSxJvO6KW_n9PiaJqFXRFnwcxpil-ON0umFeFy_gfRnIhw6k0qA3iOZcgJcCrAQZMbWaWNG666XZ1r1fxaAxVdz_2lXLGo81OcEXM_ez2/w556-h640/20230121_111638%20shadow%20frost%20possj.jpg" width="556" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Inverting the dance <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">between
shadow and substance<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the
shadow is the frost<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and what
isn’t shadow has no substance.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuIMhVSc1VuulSiVESkbDJqX14gnjEnb-dxD3PgMRJZBkXrgyyMOhGO5Ncrc2txtuSWFyN1m30qx1IlSIMxZmMZl2VcN6Hx9OfdlwFp88lLMPfkhRgWJ2xdYe8zScRpr-_omWc0r7tQoqA83EbFtnjidkKh8gUbQdqtVWE0lzYQwZfPG3wgLxee49j/s3155/20230120_154546%20possj%20steps.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2165" data-original-width="3155" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuIMhVSc1VuulSiVESkbDJqX14gnjEnb-dxD3PgMRJZBkXrgyyMOhGO5Ncrc2txtuSWFyN1m30qx1IlSIMxZmMZl2VcN6Hx9OfdlwFp88lLMPfkhRgWJ2xdYe8zScRpr-_omWc0r7tQoqA83EbFtnjidkKh8gUbQdqtVWE0lzYQwZfPG3wgLxee49j/w640-h440/20230120_154546%20possj%20steps.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">They walked past <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in the muddy past.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I walk
past in the muddy present<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">which has
now passed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>(Flattened box in Chapel Market, Islington)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGZ9jqX6UCCeikp5B-82I8clG_YPrQMeNe2u5sEh7XM9YNj2pWOarOk-u7DO12P7OA837BGWWrzzp5xfjVDdHUHkT7AbpbodJaZKVCHC2LNDW0W99CHALFiklamMP-TdEslZguO6id7AdJhNj1i1eQoqZbXQrhC_6uQqXA7XDEniNW5gmbAs4wSiwL/s4000/20230120_095342%20possj.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGZ9jqX6UCCeikp5B-82I8clG_YPrQMeNe2u5sEh7XM9YNj2pWOarOk-u7DO12P7OA837BGWWrzzp5xfjVDdHUHkT7AbpbodJaZKVCHC2LNDW0W99CHALFiklamMP-TdEslZguO6id7AdJhNj1i1eQoqZbXQrhC_6uQqXA7XDEniNW5gmbAs4wSiwL/w480-h640/20230120_095342%20possj.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The post-Christmas
caterpillar <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is as hairily unlikely <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">as a hippy who thinks he's an angel <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">come down from rather higher than a tree</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Kensington, London)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTOzhd5hN1GpWlRlYOXRHIZzvyJdfuemKI_b8nXJfTOOvpw56nRZD0kTPNjcNjqZu3zoRezcxnJYFMR1-hEIAxVcDFJj5B95wA6K1UJlnEkx2-9T6DstsqXUdRxJvqzXJbUeU527I7wYUlUGvbcn5H2_UXPx4P02vO1GDkDbXdq-tleK178mKd2MFs/s2722/20230119_142515%20possj.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2722" data-original-width="2722" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTOzhd5hN1GpWlRlYOXRHIZzvyJdfuemKI_b8nXJfTOOvpw56nRZD0kTPNjcNjqZu3zoRezcxnJYFMR1-hEIAxVcDFJj5B95wA6K1UJlnEkx2-9T6DstsqXUdRxJvqzXJbUeU527I7wYUlUGvbcn5H2_UXPx4P02vO1GDkDbXdq-tleK178mKd2MFs/w640-h640/20230119_142515%20possj.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Is a handle on its own </span></b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>still a
handle? </b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Does it hold </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">onto to
its former life</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">or pass
right out of being </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">with no body left to be lifted?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Mayfair, London)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu4Vu00hqRBNXmlYaDdwMPXugmpQkUvEzTpCLya-KzQa7yq8ZB1Kc-Xm3nPwhHXlI-kN0lO-Eyw5fez6qMWl66sL4Y0YVYQKpwliSYNwimBLfFPgT6tP9jc8_nnkrOV_I3qU6MAaSvztCediZ9JpB64TYqbIRPjEk1t5nd6IsRAI8FhqHNDQ9wOdLL/s4000/20230119_122143%20possj.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu4Vu00hqRBNXmlYaDdwMPXugmpQkUvEzTpCLya-KzQa7yq8ZB1Kc-Xm3nPwhHXlI-kN0lO-Eyw5fez6qMWl66sL4Y0YVYQKpwliSYNwimBLfFPgT6tP9jc8_nnkrOV_I3qU6MAaSvztCediZ9JpB64TYqbIRPjEk1t5nd6IsRAI8FhqHNDQ9wOdLL/w480-h640/20230119_122143%20possj.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">It seems you can park here</b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">...</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Well,
somebody has…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">But I
guess one car is not allowed<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to park
on top of another.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Mayfair, London)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><o:p style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhepQbbDIvT7wGnn2ijDWw09spwFhcN-qe9j78vbQuED0SjNtaWdS8VCPfdre18zPQfzMjMJNJKQcFYRMp2rrBXFnid_xhStxrTai4SN1Eg6EL9WLzhlMhcBJPXy41zALE1T5uqr9dGnyNkJ6suIDTtYmGMBFS4gFEgo-zuWzaJ27n2bWD_L_ea8l2o/s3811/poss%20brick%20flesh%20.jpg" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2730" data-original-width="3811" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhepQbbDIvT7wGnn2ijDWw09spwFhcN-qe9j78vbQuED0SjNtaWdS8VCPfdre18zPQfzMjMJNJKQcFYRMp2rrBXFnid_xhStxrTai4SN1Eg6EL9WLzhlMhcBJPXy41zALE1T5uqr9dGnyNkJ6suIDTtYmGMBFS4gFEgo-zuWzaJ27n2bWD_L_ea8l2o/w640-h458/poss%20brick%20flesh%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><b>The bodily side<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">of bricks is revealed:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">they do have flesh,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: center;"></span><span style="text-align: center;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">although I’ve never seen them bleed.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPjSNyn-vCtR9bYKe4TSoVOS2me2qcOKrFV0BX17YPrt2bK6PZilTIxwKkerSSVt9968rPS6UAUwgbsq5F8Txp4ZhL3p1Iv2-jz3gdt6K3YNBBdcLu_NdYnof4L-KnN2fYUZyMkXkQd7GWpnAke24mPhdFXJt5XSGrX7RVbHmIVxkqmG529xgC4gCS/s4000/20230204_104313%20wall%20bleed%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPjSNyn-vCtR9bYKe4TSoVOS2me2qcOKrFV0BX17YPrt2bK6PZilTIxwKkerSSVt9968rPS6UAUwgbsq5F8Txp4ZhL3p1Iv2-jz3gdt6K3YNBBdcLu_NdYnof4L-KnN2fYUZyMkXkQd7GWpnAke24mPhdFXJt5XSGrX7RVbHmIVxkqmG529xgC4gCS/w480-h640/20230204_104313%20wall%20bleed%20.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br style="font-size: medium; text-align: center;" /><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><br /></span></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It turns out that a wall can bleed<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but I didn’t expect that the blood would be red -<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">given the yellow of sea cucumbers, the green of leaches,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the blue of snails, or mortar's greyish white.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Shoreditch, London)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixH0LEoAApbod5kfEMKbXxlk7wixARyagGRSW_tnVZBvCxT_ch4kI_qb_KAJrEk_HbRY5Hm6QIX9pUYtuojw6dSE4zQW6JVJG1b292MeglYAcjwW9-myJmXQIYj4kw0v-eQBZpbVXz_Rzu5Qhdlnv0w1D2Cr9ARP-p5MoqujHCEasB83tXpZgEAiA9/s2832/20230120_100057%20possj.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2832" data-original-width="2336" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixH0LEoAApbod5kfEMKbXxlk7wixARyagGRSW_tnVZBvCxT_ch4kI_qb_KAJrEk_HbRY5Hm6QIX9pUYtuojw6dSE4zQW6JVJG1b292MeglYAcjwW9-myJmXQIYj4kw0v-eQBZpbVXz_Rzu5Qhdlnv0w1D2Cr9ARP-p5MoqujHCEasB83tXpZgEAiA9/w528-h640/20230120_100057%20possj.jpg" width="528" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Bad news </b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I suppose <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">if you like pasta <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">for how you've enjoy ed it to date.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Kensington, London) </i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRlUkHgfPHGe7wIFAqpCZ6AmH-QIIoJFmzQRVqWL5csOyjjrD_59ij740oCPpXeB2CYTlCCMsREozWC1Yxrj0QI1hhkBylyGVuylYzcFVYaBC3W-76s_bjfBSdjqPsQkC_dXLOpy1Uuge3eKpdyenwx60W1ILIViPpC_ybXjgryb04aSRX24GhV1pv/s3441/20230122_114410%20palm%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3441" data-original-width="2580" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRlUkHgfPHGe7wIFAqpCZ6AmH-QIIoJFmzQRVqWL5csOyjjrD_59ij740oCPpXeB2CYTlCCMsREozWC1Yxrj0QI1hhkBylyGVuylYzcFVYaBC3W-76s_bjfBSdjqPsQkC_dXLOpy1Uuge3eKpdyenwx60W1ILIViPpC_ybXjgryb04aSRX24GhV1pv/w480-h640/20230122_114410%20palm%20poem.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></span></div><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>You have
to hand it </b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to tropical
palms <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">carrying
on, calm as ice,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">fingering the frosty air.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOWyRCmECuEzyqZumWk7EvD_iiWp_9oH2TdElzb3VcXWKly8CWnVfXBnwLPvt8gaX4phlIxgfYYKW5ZeOsbdJVRM_uGDKBnQHXAMIGa7EvBpikcbRsLMGXMopz3YOPqwO7jXCYxk6tXrftnaND40L6EQgrFzxPKf_lXUpxC_jIFBN6OPITyxhS5BLT/s4000/20230121_123244%20possj.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOWyRCmECuEzyqZumWk7EvD_iiWp_9oH2TdElzb3VcXWKly8CWnVfXBnwLPvt8gaX4phlIxgfYYKW5ZeOsbdJVRM_uGDKBnQHXAMIGa7EvBpikcbRsLMGXMopz3YOPqwO7jXCYxk6tXrftnaND40L6EQgrFzxPKf_lXUpxC_jIFBN6OPITyxhS5BLT/w640-h480/20230121_123244%20possj.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Down by the tracks <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the sleepers rest.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I guess the trains might wake them <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but it hasn't happened yet.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZGBAgyojntCNL6GvHkUm3ANICY32bgNPJqKGZRiTPIdS-Ucv1kXhXLR2PcesA2aPvUHAEjm397COTYTK87MBqKknuzXbw6tilbBApt1tOLUkApR-PwAakWCiPAJuyy7LWxsIwiuCt7_ottyeTIunsPClJ9f6iF08EvVzoYiressFA7qCqI5I89W5m/s2770/20230122_115636%20ice%20alt%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2770" data-original-width="2339" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZGBAgyojntCNL6GvHkUm3ANICY32bgNPJqKGZRiTPIdS-Ucv1kXhXLR2PcesA2aPvUHAEjm397COTYTK87MBqKknuzXbw6tilbBApt1tOLUkApR-PwAakWCiPAJuyy7LWxsIwiuCt7_ottyeTIunsPClJ9f6iF08EvVzoYiressFA7qCqI5I89W5m/w540-h640/20230122_115636%20ice%20alt%20poem%20.jpg" width="540" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #222222;">Life should be embraced </span></b><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in all its ups and downs.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Here's a good place <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">for a slip.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0OCfssr4rV1lwlfjrefnEVA6GlCKCD2pvHM9HCURKsBgTVTIVxMYCdI0Wi6HNSnluZdSTCgBrKl8B1XXFtMpSEXTxt2iWLcOonaJ21f3PtSd1baVyyrBftuFx9L9fN2jZ9_jR1asuhZlIYROqlz2IXl3AhWNJ1-9hXGwcEkhgDlfL6qat51Q_npM-/s4000/20230121_124225%20possj.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0OCfssr4rV1lwlfjrefnEVA6GlCKCD2pvHM9HCURKsBgTVTIVxMYCdI0Wi6HNSnluZdSTCgBrKl8B1XXFtMpSEXTxt2iWLcOonaJ21f3PtSd1baVyyrBftuFx9L9fN2jZ9_jR1asuhZlIYROqlz2IXl3AhWNJ1-9hXGwcEkhgDlfL6qat51Q_npM-/w640-h480/20230121_124225%20possj.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The shadow world <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is not my world, though it may well be yours:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I prefer to focus <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">on the fire of its cause.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbdxkFLUf--qd9f_I6Ml2nCugH3sHcZMcY3ECrf1p-KeDMW-JPtLTUm7Zi_xMwPe18Q6Xe2NUaXNzNTNPsu1aJQCAgCQtEglgdFfe9CC-ZEPGhKEz9CF12E0drsF0RcNcIEU1bvkXKlqicli3LBmzaiunTlQdWGBqPtrsBbfoIWA-_RT8um2Ita-vP/s2912/20230118_105015%20possj.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2912" data-original-width="2912" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbdxkFLUf--qd9f_I6Ml2nCugH3sHcZMcY3ECrf1p-KeDMW-JPtLTUm7Zi_xMwPe18Q6Xe2NUaXNzNTNPsu1aJQCAgCQtEglgdFfe9CC-ZEPGhKEz9CF12E0drsF0RcNcIEU1bvkXKlqicli3LBmzaiunTlQdWGBqPtrsBbfoIWA-_RT8um2Ita-vP/w640-h640/20230118_105015%20possj.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #222222;">Pointless enquiry </span></b></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><b>No. 638</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Why does frost </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">disappear faster<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">from some sections of tarmac than others? </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAgjNZJ5c8JiD5zLb-H9F54nmpEmhaaRK-Z9MzPR-V30a6MGdZ5SfvnR2GDpUice-zbBTfwFtTR6CXO15AvYVL3PN6QOi2o4FHowQeW77STP3Jzt1BdtHmHLm-9i2N0YcdlBllYoafHgJjpvwW3EkBxHl2oSbV4XGSoCTy9MNUWEgZ8ozzi7QrJ1LR/s4000/20230116_112341%20poem%20tube.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAgjNZJ5c8JiD5zLb-H9F54nmpEmhaaRK-Z9MzPR-V30a6MGdZ5SfvnR2GDpUice-zbBTfwFtTR6CXO15AvYVL3PN6QOi2o4FHowQeW77STP3Jzt1BdtHmHLm-9i2N0YcdlBllYoafHgJjpvwW3EkBxHl2oSbV4XGSoCTy9MNUWEgZ8ozzi7QrJ1LR/w480-h640/20230116_112341%20poem%20tube.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><br /> <p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">How should I use the mystery tube <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in light
of my fear – <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">even with
breathing arrangements in place – <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of live
burial?</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Qluz72qJpOZhGpYfjqknb80AvIyIiuZ_g_mCGtce6XxfQWIPwea2RJ3XQk0i_ZKUXVc2Z6AZkEd1tJyePvA58iDIa7y_lsWeD01CsxMzBib5P4gKxV5v8AbyB5wYMdCgEa2n9jziScxN-vQEkD2gcbgnIjZZQcGbIbYmxU8jQu9fQijOSvbOhcAK/s4000/20230112_125248.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Qluz72qJpOZhGpYfjqknb80AvIyIiuZ_g_mCGtce6XxfQWIPwea2RJ3XQk0i_ZKUXVc2Z6AZkEd1tJyePvA58iDIa7y_lsWeD01CsxMzBib5P4gKxV5v8AbyB5wYMdCgEa2n9jziScxN-vQEkD2gcbgnIjZZQcGbIbYmxU8jQu9fQijOSvbOhcAK/w480-h640/20230112_125248.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What happens</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">if I like
a photo<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but
cannot think of anything to say?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It's
quite a conundrum.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Warren Street, London)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNjBCyqQodkTikffPkAxA5AcEjuvuRSW0hQs4hmLvsYiHfMMNDiErX_TizJqWFKnhP9T_Sh3Or6p5FB2AIIUYhHDAlazvtAqizLPN57YACb7L-oJdhpZwepWQpPnfkfGk_7IMNXWTYnvBCNamwvgSmfdDKSKkqq9Oj9UB3kDfd2OgZG2PrUcuryWQq/s4000/20230114_150300spoon%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNjBCyqQodkTikffPkAxA5AcEjuvuRSW0hQs4hmLvsYiHfMMNDiErX_TizJqWFKnhP9T_Sh3Or6p5FB2AIIUYhHDAlazvtAqizLPN57YACb7L-oJdhpZwepWQpPnfkfGk_7IMNXWTYnvBCNamwvgSmfdDKSKkqq9Oj9UB3kDfd2OgZG2PrUcuryWQq/w640-h480/20230114_150300spoon%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">If you plan to eat <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">a rock with a spoon,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">you’re going to need<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">a little bit more water.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(St Stephen's Canonbury churchyard, London)</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdm2nkZvHEBVw9o9YgLXlO_KQe58rO191XSTr9pATITWwYqkxL58hKU_TlZMw3a4WPTCxo0E7pA9s-gFmEDW2xtxLCtAy1wsWpKqwG_XNfRTapIam-Qu6VbFMFVkWSe4rQVfKw6Zs5nBg2A2BvbiMAwmuNqjAoCABfvu9LI21PrfuCqCJ9-TvusWnR/s2947/20230114_104030%20talk%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2947" data-original-width="2002" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdm2nkZvHEBVw9o9YgLXlO_KQe58rO191XSTr9pATITWwYqkxL58hKU_TlZMw3a4WPTCxo0E7pA9s-gFmEDW2xtxLCtAy1wsWpKqwG_XNfRTapIam-Qu6VbFMFVkWSe4rQVfKw6Zs5nBg2A2BvbiMAwmuNqjAoCABfvu9LI21PrfuCqCJ9-TvusWnR/w434-h640/20230114_104030%20talk%20poem%20.jpg" width="434" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">I'm not surprised </span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">they're talking to each other - <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">probably, like all of us today,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">about the serial failings of the
railways.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Winchester Railway Station)</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXCknkgO8YTdfb8jhLzQqlOPm96h2exLnWRpU_zJibTtx2w0SFEcJSwRCzsGBfQbxQWdIuxKWgFNKB-IKTbkKUVjVOqiTnZccZQDic8EOPSOVg07Lr-RZO2KfTJSEVq617x-ZosB7Lj9KbUKkZXGkL3Iyam4LKJuhmkSWu1g46EGByxwUlsLMqEhGs/s3580/20230114_085852%20disney%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2816" data-original-width="3580" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXCknkgO8YTdfb8jhLzQqlOPm96h2exLnWRpU_zJibTtx2w0SFEcJSwRCzsGBfQbxQWdIuxKWgFNKB-IKTbkKUVjVOqiTnZccZQDic8EOPSOVg07Lr-RZO2KfTJSEVq617x-ZosB7Lj9KbUKkZXGkL3Iyam4LKJuhmkSWu1g46EGByxwUlsLMqEhGs/w640-h504/20230114_085852%20disney%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">Think you know Disney?</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">If so <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">you may not have caught up with the
news<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that its HQ is now in Halifax.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i> (Southampton)</i></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiFl65soHbgGpEmy8BFqFqwtlpvdzmqDF0IC5tepTqqaV3KBv8iHyN51O0ZaUo2mKkMSKuPQ4eLmWCDcEQP0s7MDjaxDRHAqMzFMwAnRd_G96ANu6VzHCPjCgtJXHEnPA7xMM9dQn6l33Ju7byrohWSOcBn_16lp2qkNaPsjnlMqQkmBMn1skLMAgq/s3415/20230114_150430.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2561" data-original-width="3415" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiFl65soHbgGpEmy8BFqFqwtlpvdzmqDF0IC5tepTqqaV3KBv8iHyN51O0ZaUo2mKkMSKuPQ4eLmWCDcEQP0s7MDjaxDRHAqMzFMwAnRd_G96ANu6VzHCPjCgtJXHEnPA7xMM9dQn6l33Ju7byrohWSOcBn_16lp2qkNaPsjnlMqQkmBMn1skLMAgq/w640-h480/20230114_150430.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">We have not yet
arrived <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">at the point at which the world –<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">or even binmens’ livelihoods – <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is threatened by lack of waste.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Islington, London) </i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX7Te8IMaJZESiy6_CrGLeMGcaqS8aU2PLaJPrYs3zW0nqCcRzgTcrFqSiHFJbf44Y8wlKaX7lW9wT39O9r_eb4IVLlk2qlwm7HI0kX3rx_Bm5SWeeMLdLTffaVDwoDQjZgiiM3HGDlrh_K055LtWXBoK8AAGcaVltyHzIxtYWPa8Gm_ENbjhYVjbC/s3480/20230114_135349%20waste%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2716" data-original-width="3480" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX7Te8IMaJZESiy6_CrGLeMGcaqS8aU2PLaJPrYs3zW0nqCcRzgTcrFqSiHFJbf44Y8wlKaX7lW9wT39O9r_eb4IVLlk2qlwm7HI0kX3rx_Bm5SWeeMLdLTffaVDwoDQjZgiiM3HGDlrh_K055LtWXBoK8AAGcaVltyHzIxtYWPa8Gm_ENbjhYVjbC/w640-h500/20230114_135349%20waste%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></b></div><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Is this a wasted
opportunity to deal with waste? <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Or an invitation – <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I’m not inclined to take it – <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to post it to uncertain effect?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Canonbury & B</span><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">arnsbury station, London)</span></span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk1ppad_T9Llb5NM_QGrfckC5b4UWMeLsdwgmSg7bImgzkyz2oKfE2OnlVQTRSB-XAv6yP2mialP2_wtlG1XdrQ9Re2O4hCpVaVdocwEzOHMGrzKNjHiXrnNkCi7aQ3y87u7NSRP0DRmLQfzFigN6cqTi1FgInrtD4uVZxoQ5ezYDjvONixhjFa7yA/s2790/20230204_123348%20fallen%20sign%20poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2790" data-original-width="2790" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk1ppad_T9Llb5NM_QGrfckC5b4UWMeLsdwgmSg7bImgzkyz2oKfE2OnlVQTRSB-XAv6yP2mialP2_wtlG1XdrQ9Re2O4hCpVaVdocwEzOHMGrzKNjHiXrnNkCi7aQ3y87u7NSRP0DRmLQfzFigN6cqTi1FgInrtD4uVZxoQ5ezYDjvONixhjFa7yA/w640-h640/20230204_123348%20fallen%20sign%20poss.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Even signs<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">needs to lie down from time to time<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">for a proper rest - <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">assuming that this isn’t a strike.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Bethnal Green, London - rail, bus, health, civil service, university and teacher strikes were ongoing in January 2023)</i></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK_lIMTm8-gEdM6oNZe9bin5klS3Q2ZBVj_5jcGuiB7fWMGDUolgW1xIdxssHgMyCbP0A7Ef6YHYex-l-NzV2PIIVnb-Gl_b5KbUQIbYRK3kAs2s9Di0tmK6rdyoHQB0pJ_IZRjHqGQC6_E_XR0MwEQTxir7KJXL3VICEWLgfaGLXLzrkvtd4JEG5Xlzo/s1434/20231116_100621%20gold%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1434" data-original-width="1434" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK_lIMTm8-gEdM6oNZe9bin5klS3Q2ZBVj_5jcGuiB7fWMGDUolgW1xIdxssHgMyCbP0A7Ef6YHYex-l-NzV2PIIVnb-Gl_b5KbUQIbYRK3kAs2s9Di0tmK6rdyoHQB0pJ_IZRjHqGQC6_E_XR0MwEQTxir7KJXL3VICEWLgfaGLXLzrkvtd4JEG5Xlzo/s320/20231116_100621%20gold%20poem.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLVATXCXyiyp2imWiWkreQXnmlD9z132dkgR_fh0P_GA_44LI3AaacNQofz9rKh8ypnZImntJ3Kg1csYSxHc-bZ_VXZJ16EhLmGzP8X5IviGr64WKNBv-bFmxxoHTXmR5WDGdMbIL2d3y6xMupYK7vsia-g7AmdiHXof-94CZt85i_1YeQkH3Vqcfx/s2996/20230107_174305%20moon%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2996" data-original-width="2996" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLVATXCXyiyp2imWiWkreQXnmlD9z132dkgR_fh0P_GA_44LI3AaacNQofz9rKh8ypnZImntJ3Kg1csYSxHc-bZ_VXZJ16EhLmGzP8X5IviGr64WKNBv-bFmxxoHTXmR5WDGdMbIL2d3y6xMupYK7vsia-g7AmdiHXof-94CZt85i_1YeQkH3Vqcfx/w640-h640/20230107_174305%20moon%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The moon is bright <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but blurry
tonight.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Perhaps
it's enveloped in a luminous mist<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">dispersing
around from the unseen side…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(through windscreen on M4, near Swindon. The car's movement may also explain the blur)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYPXl8P3bRQlVK-MblwWSMEkqRlk2xeHDHCZWSu69lrd682GduqRjsDHzvV7R406UFNJ7vtqjGhuGqfoSteRsv9NJh1pFyp4jiJuw7OU885LRnltDhJbdMVZSLpC92b6zch7-FP3w4OZAID3t6oiozb6_QuMD0yFH8p_gsuXlEchUZ4vhRwyJRngMf/s3226/20230108_142917wall%20poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2419" data-original-width="3226" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYPXl8P3bRQlVK-MblwWSMEkqRlk2xeHDHCZWSu69lrd682GduqRjsDHzvV7R406UFNJ7vtqjGhuGqfoSteRsv9NJh1pFyp4jiJuw7OU885LRnltDhJbdMVZSLpC92b6zch7-FP3w4OZAID3t6oiozb6_QuMD0yFH8p_gsuXlEchUZ4vhRwyJRngMf/w640-h480/20230108_142917wall%20poss.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><i><br /></i></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I could
have been a bricklayer<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Not through any aptitude,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">but judging by the standards <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">required around here.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ0liNWETIWIE5AU8xKmZyuNju1x84AUei2eHvrmbxvQ_pGpQkT4qqehKQdM5ZmPtpLzO2njGouSzBZgNTCsV5hJpXazVyzcvZ3SryQbWK5bkoZ3FCRnjwVesH4DACK7GlhPogur1GCECoGQrzmHwIxVcl-oqQ6uc2yV53hm4SffbdDtR9BfwT1lm4/s4000/20230108_142758%20leaf%20veins%20poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ0liNWETIWIE5AU8xKmZyuNju1x84AUei2eHvrmbxvQ_pGpQkT4qqehKQdM5ZmPtpLzO2njGouSzBZgNTCsV5hJpXazVyzcvZ3SryQbWK5bkoZ3FCRnjwVesH4DACK7GlhPogur1GCECoGQrzmHwIxVcl-oqQ6uc2yV53hm4SffbdDtR9BfwT1lm4/w480-h640/20230108_142758%20leaf%20veins%20poss.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">You need a fair old press of leaves<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to realise that they - that trees -<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">have veins flowing through them<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in line with their role as the heart of the earth.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Southampton)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMop6DRXYhAmPR-HAdqDAbVu9UpgL6PCG5Y5KN3yOLeuGFKjY8wAqU63j31Eg-MeBIthkVWvbOxfDdzT7i3f8JXOqog4ibi2RgMkny0BZW-41a7xXCvWbLKq-ROmF2JAilx1Nnu6WHsA1CuPFjjTzrxm5abVEiIWAuiezw6KjQCwjMHJ5rIgyBnep1/s4000/20230108_145017%20focus%20poss%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMop6DRXYhAmPR-HAdqDAbVu9UpgL6PCG5Y5KN3yOLeuGFKjY8wAqU63j31Eg-MeBIthkVWvbOxfDdzT7i3f8JXOqog4ibi2RgMkny0BZW-41a7xXCvWbLKq-ROmF2JAilx1Nnu6WHsA1CuPFjjTzrxm5abVEiIWAuiezw6KjQCwjMHJ5rIgyBnep1/w640-h480/20230108_145017%20focus%20poss%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><i><br /></i></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I realise I should concentrate<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but life is not so simple<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">as its homilies suggest.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What’s that over there?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Sign in Southampton General Hospital car park)</i></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9vpmB_qWZ-y2Bf-NeDM5rtkrZJbMcM8YTcD8A8L4nwvaripfBQsIJJC51Oyc_PNDUuaFyDHgi3P8A9l3vp0JklDZMjPJKWGDCgiUasnHgFISetI3qMffx3bcvbsxw4tALCVkReULJnRh_YakTbE7__YEnHpqFUNFfHDQQv07EcGfwguz_mJ2PAS2U/s4000/20230108_150254%20holly%20masks%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9vpmB_qWZ-y2Bf-NeDM5rtkrZJbMcM8YTcD8A8L4nwvaripfBQsIJJC51Oyc_PNDUuaFyDHgi3P8A9l3vp0JklDZMjPJKWGDCgiUasnHgFISetI3qMffx3bcvbsxw4tALCVkReULJnRh_YakTbE7__YEnHpqFUNFfHDQQv07EcGfwguz_mJ2PAS2U/w480-h640/20230108_150254%20holly%20masks%20poem.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I don't know the purpose <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of its
level of protection <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but the holly
by the hospital <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is masked
to the max.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(outside Southampton General Hospital)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwKQ5rYd-VwfCeFzwcBuAL7iRVgemonqhxZZ5Y80-nFoUIYX4HqUQZDwfHKphopEEMot-hYxd8J7iQnQ1kj0mIWKr6I6i3msvKXb_-PF4-VL01BLhLGPSA3JCTxHP47KzAsA1PuGVi_5QOqb83mZXOFqorZEk5L7D2BLId2BTwXNSXWFGs39-nGuB0/s2626/20230106_115235%20poss%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2626" data-original-width="2108" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwKQ5rYd-VwfCeFzwcBuAL7iRVgemonqhxZZ5Y80-nFoUIYX4HqUQZDwfHKphopEEMot-hYxd8J7iQnQ1kj0mIWKr6I6i3msvKXb_-PF4-VL01BLhLGPSA3JCTxHP47KzAsA1PuGVi_5QOqb83mZXOFqorZEk5L7D2BLId2BTwXNSXWFGs39-nGuB0/w514-h640/20230106_115235%20poss%20.jpg" width="514" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><i><br /></i></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It may
have seemed unlikely – <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘Classic flower in leaded glass<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">seeks post-modern body in gaffer tape’ – <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but here it is. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(The Red Lion, St James's, London)</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNfIIGOd5tmHGx7zn2WRud9SC6VqF6Cu16AkfWP_meUE-XLuT9es9J1fwC0N8f4i5bbDj9IVw2LCaeJQ-6JlfobEtvIo4tDeT7xXOY3pmJo3I6-w6sp_4g_KWfRekZwdXaW5cXO6XFqAeGzlmelHCNLC2EqgloqEBYu_mO9lXW8ohFMmaQq-whyrhu/s4000/20230106_110914%20poss%20sign.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNfIIGOd5tmHGx7zn2WRud9SC6VqF6Cu16AkfWP_meUE-XLuT9es9J1fwC0N8f4i5bbDj9IVw2LCaeJQ-6JlfobEtvIo4tDeT7xXOY3pmJo3I6-w6sp_4g_KWfRekZwdXaW5cXO6XFqAeGzlmelHCNLC2EqgloqEBYu_mO9lXW8ohFMmaQq-whyrhu/w480-h640/20230106_110914%20poss%20sign.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It's all very well <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">for a
sign to indicate<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">which way
it wants to get out and about <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but has
it the means to follow its own directions? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> (</span><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: large;">St James's, London)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCLh1yQ3864oC0etuq-iIwa6qgiM1eXktRDO3ITyNKMWeoENVXsXb0NDxDmQmK-ikccM5-lzdg8O0lNRFNAqhVY4z1IlO_4NTIhX_kYp9DikPmYryOf-1MzME-higbiz5FiFitm6T25gDMyoHqinA683_OPW8rsm5aoRGT_shHz0cYnzbBocrl5Zdp/s2840/20230106_111020%20duke%20poem.jpg" style="background-color: white; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2840" data-original-width="2840" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCLh1yQ3864oC0etuq-iIwa6qgiM1eXktRDO3ITyNKMWeoENVXsXb0NDxDmQmK-ikccM5-lzdg8O0lNRFNAqhVY4z1IlO_4NTIhX_kYp9DikPmYryOf-1MzME-higbiz5FiFitm6T25gDMyoHqinA683_OPW8rsm5aoRGT_shHz0cYnzbBocrl5Zdp/w640-h640/20230106_111020%20duke%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The rumours <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that this
road is going to be renamed <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">are almost
as groundless as the suggestion <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that it
will then be Andrew Street instead.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> (</span><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: medium;">St James's, London - in honour of</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">Prince Andrew, Duke of York</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">,KG, GCVO, CD</span></i></span><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">being stripped of royal duties and publicly funded protection)</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 19.26px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9WyrUSfa2HuYcVTbUT0-ufj_H2CyJGrlgGGOWxxIIX9De7zhsMoCHi_asqqKxVGxMD_NPi325BczX0NYS77ZxFcRtu54YL9CNyADwTLSiDMcR1BAbJ2HeLfj_Abijm7THJD10UR5xSnJwJPkg-QqLvyAYpRsbqAIgrVWB9aZiQjcUWXP4vp1QUPZh/s3683/20230104_145427%20tree%20leaf%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3683" data-original-width="2486" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9WyrUSfa2HuYcVTbUT0-ufj_H2CyJGrlgGGOWxxIIX9De7zhsMoCHi_asqqKxVGxMD_NPi325BczX0NYS77ZxFcRtu54YL9CNyADwTLSiDMcR1BAbJ2HeLfj_Abijm7THJD10UR5xSnJwJPkg-QqLvyAYpRsbqAIgrVWB9aZiQjcUWXP4vp1QUPZh/w432-h640/20230104_145427%20tree%20leaf%20poem%20.jpg" width="432" /></a></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 19.26px;"><br /></span></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-size: large;"><b>The cypress<o:p></o:p></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">is a synecdoche:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">the leaves contain the form of a tree<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;">just as the tree’s replete with leaves.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvejbaurqH6d67UKrhaLy-TW46nHrcFuIWDf5aK6b25gUqLcKyPVUuosxDAS-wULZCUI7ZVoajypYgGdlrdHcxrqogwX7AhxZ68b-8BnJZ4OcYAdHe5uHWcqLTS8sCze-a72-K8EZSwTTD1-mbx5uBEaRidnHazouSwtZzFxWGYPNJ2eQWmnocubC3/s2522/poss%20holes%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2522" data-original-width="2522" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvejbaurqH6d67UKrhaLy-TW46nHrcFuIWDf5aK6b25gUqLcKyPVUuosxDAS-wULZCUI7ZVoajypYgGdlrdHcxrqogwX7AhxZ68b-8BnJZ4OcYAdHe5uHWcqLTS8sCze-a72-K8EZSwTTD1-mbx5uBEaRidnHazouSwtZzFxWGYPNJ2eQWmnocubC3/w640-h640/poss%20holes%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">These are
not my holes<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">but I do feel <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">they’re just where I’d have drilled them <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">had they been.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #666666;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">(The
holes were probably made to allow herbicide, intended to kill the tree stump
and prevent any regrowth, to seep inside and be absorbed by the roots more
quickly)</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large; text-align: left;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ScYLtIDDJHI4ofppSftr1I68cqBBMa1Bh9ux4N_bcb1us_hpbQMUJNVHtIJwXRyciE7kCZAGgOcXnh-BuNpLJ2aBx_YmOwZFrhBH6VqXVbvKHntdPVnnTlAa3BELCs7ymPOp_mkcOO9wlcPY0PIRUStkTBE8y17ir3ymlHnq4ll8EtQaiIcQTBPz/w480-h640/20230101_111719%20lichen%20snow.jpg" width="480" /></span></b></div><b style="color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span></b><p></p><p><b style="color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Lichen snow</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is here again<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">its mystery quickened<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">by how rarely I’ve seen it fall.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Lyndhurst)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA51ZHQfLwRu9XCgzecyX91FdeYaVEXzieanoFMryW5aiAzHk1qFwDT-KhoAWbMMxUPfytAlFz5tlWTOn18ff-rWRgncxHkkaOzGBCmVYlD1k2SHXjL4SjhxEyr4tz1NL-OQVVKpdqKG_tITsjLB3kgchxxH1o4smdDcjdgplTA_YUPcZ43B6ZIpV-/s4000/20230108_143029%20sentires%20poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA51ZHQfLwRu9XCgzecyX91FdeYaVEXzieanoFMryW5aiAzHk1qFwDT-KhoAWbMMxUPfytAlFz5tlWTOn18ff-rWRgncxHkkaOzGBCmVYlD1k2SHXjL4SjhxEyr4tz1NL-OQVVKpdqKG_tITsjLB3kgchxxH1o4smdDcjdgplTA_YUPcZ43B6ZIpV-/w640-h480/20230108_143029%20sentires%20poss.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Three sentries guard the pavement</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I don't know what against,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but I doubt that it’s me.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.26px;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I shall approach.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Southampton)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKTiKFUuS_U50fWpjqkupxEEr-CqPSU1sQO9U1l-Z_sIqqy7jzvSmrx6bIrgZZGh1jwR2qHwCYN46qL1GN0etxLTMuU6bpb8LSjJHHmcaomhZjXGddLLLV636ZcU7Tx5-M12eEStjLzM3U4woJ0jVOoel5cTOtju8sgmXDhgaU8CcGU3Ju5EQ98CP0/s3395/20230103_141223%20pavement%20sea%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2546" data-original-width="3395" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKTiKFUuS_U50fWpjqkupxEEr-CqPSU1sQO9U1l-Z_sIqqy7jzvSmrx6bIrgZZGh1jwR2qHwCYN46qL1GN0etxLTMuU6bpb8LSjJHHmcaomhZjXGddLLLV636ZcU7Tx5-M12eEStjLzM3U4woJ0jVOoel5cTOtju8sgmXDhgaU8CcGU3Ju5EQ98CP0/w640-h480/20230103_141223%20pavement%20sea%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">When the paradigmatically<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">flat and stable pavement<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is all at sea<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">what are the chances for you and me?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Southampton)</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHjknaYaZ2fGll-EuMIVVmMAPuwXhDRKI_Y43O2lUPVTCARBDSBCuISr9N6ZameOtLPFxs4q4JolWSVvvSBdKghG9F0xY7LH71xlLsM0rdGuS1S2JwiztPprLxs3NJinfKRrM-Je0v9DmXfdVhbC45s4dGTBwDrHwZiTzvc3q0lqf32OvvManI2Ngq/s3126/20230103_144723%20wigggle%20poem.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2542" data-original-width="3126" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHjknaYaZ2fGll-EuMIVVmMAPuwXhDRKI_Y43O2lUPVTCARBDSBCuISr9N6ZameOtLPFxs4q4JolWSVvvSBdKghG9F0xY7LH71xlLsM0rdGuS1S2JwiztPprLxs3NJinfKRrM-Je0v9DmXfdVhbC45s4dGTBwDrHwZiTzvc3q0lqf32OvvManI2Ngq/w640-h520/20230103_144723%20wigggle%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It looks as if<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">they ran right out<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of wiggle room<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
<span style="line-height: 107%;">in the company accounts.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><i style="text-align: left;">(Southampton)</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpqo52lPfYSps0ITP3OZdX2Fpg7RElSxdNHuximcb5oJ3J3NJqnQTGOeNft5eHPVD8jQjImUh2gy3gYB4Z6-gG43upIzLyyLedgGfVFAMh7ouucQ1COFL6YbbgORDWgHO4--3tgYEPWYePX-UULLJ_D-73NDv90OOaiGYYMjUHSn-YbSCuv4-xYx1Q/s4000/20230104_142238%20flood%20poem%20.jpg" style="font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpqo52lPfYSps0ITP3OZdX2Fpg7RElSxdNHuximcb5oJ3J3NJqnQTGOeNft5eHPVD8jQjImUh2gy3gYB4Z6-gG43upIzLyyLedgGfVFAMh7ouucQ1COFL6YbbgORDWgHO4--3tgYEPWYePX-UULLJ_D-73NDv90OOaiGYYMjUHSn-YbSCuv4-xYx1Q/w480-h640/20230104_142238%20flood%20poem%20.jpg" width="480" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">This isn't a stream <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">but a floodle.
The streams <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">are
currently rivers, the rivers lakes,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">the lakes
on their way to seas.<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Paul Carey-Kenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01842249388250530953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432330092345249234.post-22378726759735843032023-11-25T00:20:00.000-08:002023-11-27T23:23:27.248-08:00THE ARRANGEMENTS<p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Land art meets the photo-poem in this set, in which I allow myself the liberty of rearranging what I find on my walks. Photographs taken in Ashurst, New Forest, unless stated otherwise.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7zs7C0tLI-nE12GemlMVsCPAXSk4yFq7s08ZWyrAdJRbHvcyp1u-HEfVs9qcNh00vN9FcHMfY78y5BC5seIaAGXBpFoHxp440RAG8yY-oeF2SG7Xqtrb7Lgm9XsDsGZTuoiNtZ0ccG6G_7FaCPHCvZKgDoK4rtPlkzIerExAG4csLMjEeBZ8-5n1W/s2689/poss%20feather%20cone%2020221022_111944.jpg" style="color: #9ea323; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2689" data-original-width="2673" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7zs7C0tLI-nE12GemlMVsCPAXSk4yFq7s08ZWyrAdJRbHvcyp1u-HEfVs9qcNh00vN9FcHMfY78y5BC5seIaAGXBpFoHxp440RAG8yY-oeF2SG7Xqtrb7Lgm9XsDsGZTuoiNtZ0ccG6G_7FaCPHCvZKgDoK4rtPlkzIerExAG4csLMjEeBZ8-5n1W/w636-h640/poss%20feather%20cone%2020221022_111944.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="636" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Some joker<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">must have popped a feather<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">into the top of this cone.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Maybe it was me.</span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4T9DnAwjz3nPmGPr4kOCQD9ygJ5FAp6fIHI5sA6_rvilr10ahfkINjSRjDnsQWh4JD-dE5kY-fS78dWIpqGSvECjhg_qliL-jRXDJD2yklg41M5k5Y50Ual8MwMUiR1u-VpOiWR00XAtnhxxTDMFrLPkQIaUSVufIKwS2gWTSm67x5gVi_adG0c1X/s4000/drain%20poem%2020221113_162622.jpg" style="color: #9ea323; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4T9DnAwjz3nPmGPr4kOCQD9ygJ5FAp6fIHI5sA6_rvilr10ahfkINjSRjDnsQWh4JD-dE5kY-fS78dWIpqGSvECjhg_qliL-jRXDJD2yklg41M5k5Y50Ual8MwMUiR1u-VpOiWR00XAtnhxxTDMFrLPkQIaUSVufIKwS2gWTSm67x5gVi_adG0c1X/w480-h640/drain%20poem%2020221113_162622.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="480" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The seasons persist</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in the ancient ritual<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of draining the leaves<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">from the trees.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh31etHzq5yDajp3Ag2W0AEKIRitBPL4g9EtnilPgD_6h-Em4qHVltPBuxpeZuIX11yIHZeR_xdCnlMKkrC-Ck3DTEZH1IuQl_IUeYiMp-lXYHbDMZYdXFqaJyMg8JXnIGvdsf9AWAhjOoNEwPfcN0nSXfuQISuUUmyeEdb2wkqdiBz0H80Dbla87-r/s3583/feathers%20poem%20.jpg" style="color: #9ea323; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2712" data-original-width="3583" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh31etHzq5yDajp3Ag2W0AEKIRitBPL4g9EtnilPgD_6h-Em4qHVltPBuxpeZuIX11yIHZeR_xdCnlMKkrC-Ck3DTEZH1IuQl_IUeYiMp-lXYHbDMZYdXFqaJyMg8JXnIGvdsf9AWAhjOoNEwPfcN0nSXfuQISuUUmyeEdb2wkqdiBz0H80Dbla87-r/w640-h484/feathers%20poem%20.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The birds seems to manage<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but even the collected feathers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">from a stroll around the park<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">won’t be enough to get me airborne.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibT61RVviwaUl06OihOS7x7TzCUT7c_KzRcVoxN2iW4U-mSB5Vjly4intFMi_JI8s2tq0FSwH6BIRTvt3ar-JwTh8KnSI2M2U6QeBt9dALZWurXlxHbybuMIvloNw1ObrWXTgrwhSTy9dHVTh_eppDN-XR2BlRcl_W6bfi0qchkFOT50tU8DrzUSam/s2573/drain%20leaf%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2573" data-original-width="2573" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibT61RVviwaUl06OihOS7x7TzCUT7c_KzRcVoxN2iW4U-mSB5Vjly4intFMi_JI8s2tq0FSwH6BIRTvt3ar-JwTh8KnSI2M2U6QeBt9dALZWurXlxHbybuMIvloNw1ObrWXTgrwhSTy9dHVTh_eppDN-XR2BlRcl_W6bfi0qchkFOT50tU8DrzUSam/w640-h640/drain%20leaf%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><br /><span><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">As a leaf<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I’d avoid drains:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">it's bad enough to descend to the ground from a giddy prime.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Why risk going down further? </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXbu69lnGX70epgXKM8JhLGDi7y5D2B7ipDaqX4VRw4AH0sl0TzSCSKhHJspS7juSozrbmSsWn89BYWO4OZ9LgPIX2V7CHugFunr5KgUGZtC90xu-dyD_2dtx7hLck0nd71odksOInhMw334KY2fl4rfjXZ6WMojqgZkCNnS2ukooWTlU0_eybpKfx/s2774/20230219_135106.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2774" data-original-width="2081" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXbu69lnGX70epgXKM8JhLGDi7y5D2B7ipDaqX4VRw4AH0sl0TzSCSKhHJspS7juSozrbmSsWn89BYWO4OZ9LgPIX2V7CHugFunr5KgUGZtC90xu-dyD_2dtx7hLck0nd71odksOInhMw334KY2fl4rfjXZ6WMojqgZkCNnS2ukooWTlU0_eybpKfx/w480-h640/20230219_135106.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Here's where natural number theory<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">seems to break down:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">you really need seven cones, or nine,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to make a fully satisfactory ‘8’.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdPXC3JdP6T5MKqSBg6cjH-JXzFgqC3Eg05laKC8AKPLkQxSkUz3h7SWMe-jAylwaX94E2dF29XrxZWLTLszI9nveXdVcE2iuS76Toy_zp0qjprpIDGG5F9q1Bs5d155f9Eqjlq8eDXHWAROzVB76BB0WpqLPdAQrJAPcRc_dlS2Rg1OlIZB8KqAmr/s3708/20221129_120141%20bench%20poem.jpg" style="color: #9ea323; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2781" data-original-width="3708" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdPXC3JdP6T5MKqSBg6cjH-JXzFgqC3Eg05laKC8AKPLkQxSkUz3h7SWMe-jAylwaX94E2dF29XrxZWLTLszI9nveXdVcE2iuS76Toy_zp0qjprpIDGG5F9q1Bs5d155f9Eqjlq8eDXHWAROzVB76BB0WpqLPdAQrJAPcRc_dlS2Rg1OlIZB8KqAmr/w640-h480/20221129_120141%20bench%20poem.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="640" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘Leave it out!’</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: left;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I want to say, ‘why take my bench</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">when I’m not even sure </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: left;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>what it means for you to sit down?’</span> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p> </o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii8Kdtko1wf8BPFONhZrl-IZnJgNX1bUADiYHpi8eNS7lbJBqsKx8Y9u1I4wIja2v4EM0vk8hmOGkVueOITYsH3UhzmOWQPy5tgHRZ_LQLmlgcPSXliwtRNrNDSrt5p52pHBxbo9MzUYTIr9RyHhDbSGq7ZApF2Rts1QxzEegvp2X9c6RNJweAcdaz/s3577/acorns.jpg" style="color: #9ea323; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3577" data-original-width="2564" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii8Kdtko1wf8BPFONhZrl-IZnJgNX1bUADiYHpi8eNS7lbJBqsKx8Y9u1I4wIja2v4EM0vk8hmOGkVueOITYsH3UhzmOWQPy5tgHRZ_LQLmlgcPSXliwtRNrNDSrt5p52pHBxbo9MzUYTIr9RyHhDbSGq7ZApF2Rts1QxzEegvp2X9c6RNJweAcdaz/w458-h640/acorns.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="458" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The acorns are ready</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to hop into their cups,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">so spring must be coming –<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">though not for a while…</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5oeryj4KnFqGW6eTyJOOMIHjfnCOTMMe6odOT-ieydF25aR7cNRzNwSwDtoVWhgujdzHfRLkGBICJUkTYND1PKSJBkwiB6XICia8KQmpHay1c-Owmo0SrQ_SH2S6_faYTiQSlivkJSaWaiDmSFXe74jliowGOVe3d-3HkQu6uMgqrIvv4E17QypH9/s3354/20221114_114639.jpg" style="color: #9ea323; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3354" data-original-width="2516" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5oeryj4KnFqGW6eTyJOOMIHjfnCOTMMe6odOT-ieydF25aR7cNRzNwSwDtoVWhgujdzHfRLkGBICJUkTYND1PKSJBkwiB6XICia8KQmpHay1c-Owmo0SrQ_SH2S6_faYTiQSlivkJSaWaiDmSFXe74jliowGOVe3d-3HkQu6uMgqrIvv4E17QypH9/w480-h640/20221114_114639.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="480" /></a></span></b></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div></span><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">There are no cars<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in a wood.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">So what is the function<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of traffic lights?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbZYKWol6qZmzFeah_RQt3_2W8owGpd1DAMcykwu_PP12XLoJUECmu4vDhKPjTPbjnl1LidPW-Gui4SMZ5-ILsdm1gLfT6WGpoXS-PColbc5M6GqrgKIBqtZO41-Jh7nKoDy8nfSsymOK2HpZUEhO8w3tmpTeOcY5OpDv63E4xRw45BeJIq4pbNrIL/s2566/20221223_151833%20ivy%20poem%20.jpg" style="color: #9ea323; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2566" data-original-width="2566" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbZYKWol6qZmzFeah_RQt3_2W8owGpd1DAMcykwu_PP12XLoJUECmu4vDhKPjTPbjnl1LidPW-Gui4SMZ5-ILsdm1gLfT6WGpoXS-PColbc5M6GqrgKIBqtZO41-Jh7nKoDy8nfSsymOK2HpZUEhO8w3tmpTeOcY5OpDv63E4xRw45BeJIq4pbNrIL/w640-h640/20221223_151833%20ivy%20poem%20.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="640" /></span></a></b></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>In Roman times</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">IV ivy leaves<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">were considered a portent of sufficient power</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to offset the fact that I just made it up.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Though ivy does play a part in Ancient Roman myth, being associated with Bacchus, god of wine and sex, who used the former to inebriate to acceptance, the latter to bind for the longer term)</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPbSi0KEIR4Ou53Jru_6bWoriZTnG_p6uGJAQqphnN5hBRHOzWrUNMZBQyLdxrFEB777KzqDTrp2cFETziiVPbpAobWAzf8a4pS85gcykCFTYsAoGN7B7yKzz_8Ca7ENr1pwgz7lD4ve0Hx10AxMjn2HdjnJ1tIg2WcpSxrkjc0_Sqqn_rdFOE8A0i/s4000/twigs%202.jpg" style="color: #9ea323; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPbSi0KEIR4Ou53Jru_6bWoriZTnG_p6uGJAQqphnN5hBRHOzWrUNMZBQyLdxrFEB777KzqDTrp2cFETziiVPbpAobWAzf8a4pS85gcykCFTYsAoGN7B7yKzz_8Ca7ENr1pwgz7lD4ve0Hx10AxMjn2HdjnJ1tIg2WcpSxrkjc0_Sqqn_rdFOE8A0i/w640-h480/twigs%202.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="640" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: left;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>This is as straight as it gets</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">for twigs<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">trying to stay on the right side<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: left;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of the laws of nature.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibSaGeDCD-iXidaXbNSUXyejJFCnl08-6p3tK_h-zgXTfbRbqkTrVU-HZMizomLVjeLo1jVTsl8o2v_Q-r_0nU7qe0LWD4j2B27M_X_N9Nw8ND9b8hiaXV3vqPsBTrJsPco6eRgbI7QXUo1EfklYA7tGG11VUrmhfyDEtTcu7FLlQzKHhItg_eYvxh/s3612/leaves%20poss2%20.jpg" style="color: #9ea323; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2525" data-original-width="3612" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibSaGeDCD-iXidaXbNSUXyejJFCnl08-6p3tK_h-zgXTfbRbqkTrVU-HZMizomLVjeLo1jVTsl8o2v_Q-r_0nU7qe0LWD4j2B27M_X_N9Nw8ND9b8hiaXV3vqPsBTrJsPco6eRgbI7QXUo1EfklYA7tGG11VUrmhfyDEtTcu7FLlQzKHhItg_eYvxh/w640-h448/leaves%20poss2%20.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Who'd have thought leaves<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">apparently so driven by whim,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">would take any notice<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of the markings on the road?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiwr3LS999_UFV5K_039WX1L6royiD_wGxAgjyX_Tz1FjvA_Zeu1SUr2q7loUk_qYF7_NDk2wwUVfY2fLIilvsbZb4fJ2zGTkgv-Z5rYndqMbF8DoEXrS22SSeVp_FL8XJZ6Se22XMbeKvxODj6XV3KIOOQ4hwYMNQXNrJ8jM_IE9qkbBC9G-05dIi/s3844/20230110_113212.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3844" data-original-width="2883" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiwr3LS999_UFV5K_039WX1L6royiD_wGxAgjyX_Tz1FjvA_Zeu1SUr2q7loUk_qYF7_NDk2wwUVfY2fLIilvsbZb4fJ2zGTkgv-Z5rYndqMbF8DoEXrS22SSeVp_FL8XJZ6Se22XMbeKvxODj6XV3KIOOQ4hwYMNQXNrJ8jM_IE9qkbBC9G-05dIi/w480-h640/20230110_113212.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: left;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">To grow through a fence<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is
impressive enough. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">To grow <i>on</i> a fence<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">suggests new
potential for the life of plants.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYkkOzOs8CTVEwhOFo-G_oZNFDGHuCeI9KuDpManroLgErVdubaasytWluhUSSOf6M-S84XcLJTaaOPw33b1iOvuSk4xOIb-R62XmG4oi9vhtVaVjWDhJrPavd9yjIKmbx0JYw-m-68W60PkuuLWI9kt2w5pqeSiVPl6N0RdMtojlBCX-no5oxaeSt/s3717/horse%20peacock%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2788" data-original-width="3717" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYkkOzOs8CTVEwhOFo-G_oZNFDGHuCeI9KuDpManroLgErVdubaasytWluhUSSOf6M-S84XcLJTaaOPw33b1iOvuSk4xOIb-R62XmG4oi9vhtVaVjWDhJrPavd9yjIKmbx0JYw-m-68W60PkuuLWI9kt2w5pqeSiVPl6N0RdMtojlBCX-no5oxaeSt/w640-h480/horse%20peacock%20.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Few people know<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that the lyrebird’s tail<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">evolved from the prehistoric mare’s tail<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and that's why the lyrebird calls it a tail.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">(May be a tall tale, though it's true that <span style="color: #202122; text-align: start;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Equisetum - pulled in its annual dotage here -</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> is a '</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">living fossil' dating back to the </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">late </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Paleozoic</span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #202122;"> forests</span></span> )</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></i></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxZhHIm7WEkLshsJPKKsM3fVYCNkalSHvVPVevnm5TIHMFHJagKXESN4ggXfkPTPdmvE8alTdUdF_fcNEPEZhbMPz1lX69FsSGeKvNTAo-Crq4zbCWv7zICNzTTOGBxpEH5rdt4iAzZ0dOhHZK0W24Y5i2Dzh5OkliU7yyPsa7G3ZHfMh0-5A6NbEd/s2360/20230124_152850%20chips%20alt%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2360" data-original-width="2360" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxZhHIm7WEkLshsJPKKsM3fVYCNkalSHvVPVevnm5TIHMFHJagKXESN4ggXfkPTPdmvE8alTdUdF_fcNEPEZhbMPz1lX69FsSGeKvNTAo-Crq4zbCWv7zICNzTTOGBxpEH5rdt4iAzZ0dOhHZK0W24Y5i2Dzh5OkliU7yyPsa7G3ZHfMh0-5A6NbEd/w640-h640/20230124_152850%20chips%20alt%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; text-align: left;"><b style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Here sits</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">the tree –<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>too short a stump to stand up far –<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">in the grisly cover<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 19.26px;"></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">of its own demise.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_HZGhAxZMz54mYsHhyBHaL9qg2fhD0MwsKTL6SDoutbQp0sGoBrOst9J3lqFPF_4QwfRMxm2uuBd0Anpn2fTF-gdTjoOygKwe-BZVg5vgrejP_ccVOmnq6yJ-QdwuUZWGpLNux0UdINbEMD_BJFjCu_x2jux9LAsFc8DrVPqhtBQLHgC2_MTLu6ju/s4000/20230118_143725%20possj.jpg" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_HZGhAxZMz54mYsHhyBHaL9qg2fhD0MwsKTL6SDoutbQp0sGoBrOst9J3lqFPF_4QwfRMxm2uuBd0Anpn2fTF-gdTjoOygKwe-BZVg5vgrejP_ccVOmnq6yJ-QdwuUZWGpLNux0UdINbEMD_BJFjCu_x2jux9LAsFc8DrVPqhtBQLHgC2_MTLu6ju/w480-h640/20230118_143725%20possj.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #222222;">Twig aerials are ingenious</span></b><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but are they worth having<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">when trees can communicate <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">so well underground?</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: black;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUW1nPfSC0R8ajiTKffCBOzDFjCM9qcRvBay5tOoGmtV71fAfWf_CJi9R-NJiCoQiIP8TsvAwq0AMHd5B0xxIjBR_f6sawQQKtDKpOTwip1UEHb0sRaB6_ESJUYTOQotjXPi0ptudOUhwmduKiLWM0Yo9ZXdWHINZTVBGOo3EjBZDJmRQWVcXFiT04/s4000/20230204_110759%20coffee.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUW1nPfSC0R8ajiTKffCBOzDFjCM9qcRvBay5tOoGmtV71fAfWf_CJi9R-NJiCoQiIP8TsvAwq0AMHd5B0xxIjBR_f6sawQQKtDKpOTwip1UEHb0sRaB6_ESJUYTOQotjXPi0ptudOUhwmduKiLWM0Yo9ZXdWHINZTVBGOo3EjBZDJmRQWVcXFiT04/w480-h640/20230204_110759%20coffee.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br style="color: black; font-size: medium; text-align: center;" /><span style="color: black; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: black;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Was this enough coffee<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to keep Sleeping Beauty awake?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Far from it. More like my daily consumption -<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and I don't sleep ugly, so far as I can see.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i>(Dalston, London)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0-mvFVgEPyER_vesJRqVH5d6HcfYB6qXSXL_ex1a8c_PUu5OXBLOxdOky9M0DagQcHWxYKHf7xpehzTcYI_WiSJOQ79x5IVSpTHQSPcwwFb2biTxPZ-2XXEFufIlT5LNeGTImEXu1psDYyOn07U_yYwcQT1h887t0HZ9ZwhfLdPM_Tu51otNnu4YU/s2838/cones%20poem%20.jpg" style="color: #9ea323; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2838" data-original-width="2838" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0-mvFVgEPyER_vesJRqVH5d6HcfYB6qXSXL_ex1a8c_PUu5OXBLOxdOky9M0DagQcHWxYKHf7xpehzTcYI_WiSJOQ79x5IVSpTHQSPcwwFb2biTxPZ-2XXEFufIlT5LNeGTImEXu1psDYyOn07U_yYwcQT1h887t0HZ9ZwhfLdPM_Tu51otNnu4YU/w640-h640/cones%20poem%20.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I’<span>m no doctor<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but I’m fairly sure<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that shitting cones<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">must mean you’re very ill.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgmVrSwkTYzyfVZ7GbziwbsaE9lskMRI0eSdYqzH2U5YuKiDKQNicxXJg97t-SzVJR4UP6zQ51DjLwLckWRqpYrEN7306W_6Bml54D4k-OE7thgdD3slUmSvocEg_dTBg3M9m4ZH5Lk8mShOMEXD4W0FiinwRZ23jLC33dapDFs7WMeIqjLmBTiDUa/s2975/leaf%20clock%2020221126_105453.jpg" style="color: #9ea323; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2975" data-original-width="2940" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgmVrSwkTYzyfVZ7GbziwbsaE9lskMRI0eSdYqzH2U5YuKiDKQNicxXJg97t-SzVJR4UP6zQ51DjLwLckWRqpYrEN7306W_6Bml54D4k-OE7thgdD3slUmSvocEg_dTBg3M9m4ZH5Lk8mShOMEXD4W0FiinwRZ23jLC33dapDFs7WMeIqjLmBTiDUa/w632-h640/leaf%20clock%2020221126_105453.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="632" /></span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">How many hours<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">does a leaf-clock have?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">In autumn, at least,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">it doesn’t appear to be twelve.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Camberwell, London)</i></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJs-xWr0oyK8NrEk-dIT6e3oCRQtEB5Huev7YC6EQjztrrrl0nTLbZFG4hRGlVVlRauM_cBfvS7xaWACQr-FOCtB7w_1Wrq3rkNyZumP4_23cWhJEsq2-QzTgyduAGUBCTqPy0TvOU1FI2wPgtIDzrNthrAzg4TH5NSAnpqtmlIfbqM86yFF4ai2ki/s2721/20230120_095752%20possj.jpg" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2721" data-original-width="2721" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJs-xWr0oyK8NrEk-dIT6e3oCRQtEB5Huev7YC6EQjztrrrl0nTLbZFG4hRGlVVlRauM_cBfvS7xaWACQr-FOCtB7w_1Wrq3rkNyZumP4_23cWhJEsq2-QzTgyduAGUBCTqPy0TvOU1FI2wPgtIDzrNthrAzg4TH5NSAnpqtmlIfbqM86yFF4ai2ki/w640-h640/20230120_095752%20possj.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Christmas is over</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">along with its trees.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The shadows are sharper<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">than the needles proved to be.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Kensington, London)</i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIslJhr9YjNV3Ey0IzS4itBygCUKKUzsLVRwo69kgoUSpLUioZ3XdHgfNmn18WzRBGtXoEwVeOU1An_Vzau1wII6jwDQ5fwWn_XJsWvew7uMrdHeyUqZijZ6Jw8Upd6BWAKuS4HUDH2pyPKaTnxbJQW6kYr8uWrWbOg8cBx9YWWPrhO70cDQ48DpdF" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="628" data-original-width="625" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIslJhr9YjNV3Ey0IzS4itBygCUKKUzsLVRwo69kgoUSpLUioZ3XdHgfNmn18WzRBGtXoEwVeOU1An_Vzau1wII6jwDQ5fwWn_XJsWvew7uMrdHeyUqZijZ6Jw8Upd6BWAKuS4HUDH2pyPKaTnxbJQW6kYr8uWrWbOg8cBx9YWWPrhO70cDQ48DpdF=w637-h640" width="637" /></a></i></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p style="font-size: medium;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">My take away from Islington<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">is this:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">it was windy for arranging polystyrene boxes,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">but I didn't mind.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>(food container litter in Islington, London)</i></span></p></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif5n-3vBvQXm58jY3fctk7XeM9vrt5wvev_3No3P3F-tPg_0Bkxn6tVYcz4W8ZuWheU3-8a6XenfctN_wgVOyCgC5Ff4jbTU6wg1Vpe8wXN3-pgQVotA657cEXbcY0DWAWj-MsgfnargRlrOjBvtp7wysi-l8evweDuAbDtBlDrlvONYd2Ibx7zBmw/s4000/20221127_150732%20berries%20leaves%20.jpg" style="color: #9ea323; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif5n-3vBvQXm58jY3fctk7XeM9vrt5wvev_3No3P3F-tPg_0Bkxn6tVYcz4W8ZuWheU3-8a6XenfctN_wgVOyCgC5Ff4jbTU6wg1Vpe8wXN3-pgQVotA657cEXbcY0DWAWj-MsgfnargRlrOjBvtp7wysi-l8evweDuAbDtBlDrlvONYd2Ibx7zBmw/w480-h640/20221127_150732%20berries%20leaves%20.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I like it that nature<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is full of surprises <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">how often do you see this:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">brown leaves and berries?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Southampton)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><div><span style="color: #0000ee; text-decoration-line: underline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghVfHcGCxFWEniQZfWeE7fFF0-JNq6CRY8lkODNi_o6AWa20FmvC1oONLcsiQzsnVL2wrAvcq9q9T_T7e4fD6G6ua9v1RkG3k6MYJatsbJCg4_UNuBBRAoFBkkNA_PIowzSOiwUzqE3Ps9GiZcl--u6s4AzGnq6waP0lm-z49uW8mNO4CIWLBim4R0/s2282/worm%20question%20.jpg" style="color: #9ea323; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"></a></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiRryJ3HLWeCd3UhTiSYijZu65Dx6MehFPCf8b_hXdlbxK5ePdOm_F58TxeCRyb3LXgJ7dum-7FACKOzELnEqt5K1hrq443yFgEOayexs92a7aN6p8JMbvo8uDOP4jpglsbMHECzwgA4k_yY1KYHW4Rbj0U3kCEuoasCyFCnRbAFQjqAaPRcG_GyrA/s2486/worm%2020221125_120717.jpg" style="color: #9ea323; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2486" data-original-width="1864" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiRryJ3HLWeCd3UhTiSYijZu65Dx6MehFPCf8b_hXdlbxK5ePdOm_F58TxeCRyb3LXgJ7dum-7FACKOzELnEqt5K1hrq443yFgEOayexs92a7aN6p8JMbvo8uDOP4jpglsbMHECzwgA4k_yY1KYHW4Rbj0U3kCEuoasCyFCnRbAFQjqAaPRcG_GyrA/w480-h640/worm%2020221125_120717.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="480" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0000ee; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">On the question of worms</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">all I can say is<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I don’t have the answer,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and neither – by the looks of it – do they.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh60YO0hjoWdRN5h68zMQMEWK3UvnGBY0UNChvvmB4uHMnhPqFzwJFwQXDyxJxJpVJyMOBJc0WQrD42HeQEe2H_G5ZVs7MfIWHbMo47AaT1UvmG25_LaRsnViOnAaUS2FLtaCMLwyhhdLHE38ZUG0W4vwtJ2S1s2G3Swu1x9Iya__JLHoVmQC3vcCni/s2215/20230422_163624%20mag%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2215" data-original-width="2215" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh60YO0hjoWdRN5h68zMQMEWK3UvnGBY0UNChvvmB4uHMnhPqFzwJFwQXDyxJxJpVJyMOBJc0WQrD42HeQEe2H_G5ZVs7MfIWHbMo47AaT1UvmG25_LaRsnViOnAaUS2FLtaCMLwyhhdLHE38ZUG0W4vwtJ2S1s2G3Swu1x9Iya__JLHoVmQC3vcCni/w640-h640/20230422_163624%20mag%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The magnolia clock</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">says now is the time</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">to come into season.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;">There are hardly the hours in a day.</div></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtPxVzYxjTv1CW1r9P0q4ifhDY4opvUSihQ4iGcTAj96wrVUgh2OLchJiSO84KrygGmnlVdjeu7l4C0oYybCbATGLSKzd7NF6CEcjkP66zokd1_7XO-NkKfbN08uISSdmGel8xCK47GcLL7MeQgjifrTNjIC_aGq6_mGwLZcmvuQ_yXPCXYis-EVRc/s3000/20230103_155603%20waste%20arrangement%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtPxVzYxjTv1CW1r9P0q4ifhDY4opvUSihQ4iGcTAj96wrVUgh2OLchJiSO84KrygGmnlVdjeu7l4C0oYybCbATGLSKzd7NF6CEcjkP66zokd1_7XO-NkKfbN08uISSdmGel8xCK47GcLL7MeQgjifrTNjIC_aGq6_mGwLZcmvuQ_yXPCXYis-EVRc/w640-h640/20230103_155603%20waste%20arrangement%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I’m not too confident<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">changing a fuse,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">so where am I meant <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to start with this circuit?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Southampton)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh24supWjRVBcKBrrFvYPdONphkunXMJ7Sht4jPFG1FnkKlIQ2Qr8Iw-ZS7YoGn-qx7OOtih7OT9wRxVXEsTzMKD5tsuR8dsWNf_VkkzSNZ4E0IREM8WADZxZe3MEQ2dEtzifESHGh6o1uoxaAkvsqmjfpxeTD-JNQs3g_Po7hrHkNO0XtF2EJY5ZVx/s4000/20221123_114335.jpg" style="color: #9ea323; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh24supWjRVBcKBrrFvYPdONphkunXMJ7Sht4jPFG1FnkKlIQ2Qr8Iw-ZS7YoGn-qx7OOtih7OT9wRxVXEsTzMKD5tsuR8dsWNf_VkkzSNZ4E0IREM8WADZxZe3MEQ2dEtzifESHGh6o1uoxaAkvsqmjfpxeTD-JNQs3g_Po7hrHkNO0XtF2EJY5ZVx/w640-h480/20221123_114335.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It took<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">bloody hours<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to arrange these leaves<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">into such a natural formation. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4uN6puJSQa4736vx6uqhF4yY3uM7zoVhPHz2PucFntdp6mKiIifr87iHnAECAo1-P5lmJFL4zzfzxj5T0_uZOWZ5epAO7OIahfVmg-cdyqtwtNQwShh2OCEteYXN85KI-v7inqWidFlW5zvQFROfVKWpKgCwQNda1x3ZMAt5i2RHoDH5fV8jsl1nB/s2656/nuts.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2656" data-original-width="2656" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4uN6puJSQa4736vx6uqhF4yY3uM7zoVhPHz2PucFntdp6mKiIifr87iHnAECAo1-P5lmJFL4zzfzxj5T0_uZOWZ5epAO7OIahfVmg-cdyqtwtNQwShh2OCEteYXN85KI-v7inqWidFlW5zvQFROfVKWpKgCwQNda1x3ZMAt5i2RHoDH5fV8jsl1nB/w640-h640/nuts.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">To write about three almonds</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">two brazils and a cashew<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">would be completely nuts.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So I'm eating them instead.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUdeB4NTu3pkDNBG8He1JPUPg3keSwhE7gFFzm8AJfbcjoWSRSFfISPaEEouZAKhDi3gs1ADMtHxftE8VzDcqlTjJqQ1By2vl2b3fiKep_opSqi2asP5iIEVClBwv470w9p64lk0QQwP-SMCNSGClYau0Y32BJnKognmtstRuDmEw31fg3BdvVMSu5kEg/s3667/20230627_120246%20poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2708" data-original-width="3667" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUdeB4NTu3pkDNBG8He1JPUPg3keSwhE7gFFzm8AJfbcjoWSRSFfISPaEEouZAKhDi3gs1ADMtHxftE8VzDcqlTjJqQ1By2vl2b3fiKep_opSqi2asP5iIEVClBwv470w9p64lk0QQwP-SMCNSGClYau0Y32BJnKognmtstRuDmEw31fg3BdvVMSu5kEg/w640-h472/20230627_120246%20poss.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Politics, football</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">climate change, leaves…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">There comes a time<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">when you have to take sides.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht0D6N8_ibNG8EIoE_UYrYUJ6MtMks479-u6wH8qH_UovwQPWo8FKG-2_wRj7TwbM8uXO11RdthL1R_Br0xOWF7WxnOy7w0HLd_gkggXOZU-c8DxKMQfRPrMrHJGpS9LYPWdemfnN_d_MvedPMVVgYuTzdH8KqTs-zvj4sSa6yc7aB76jXIiYKs-4F/s4000/20221221_130608%20rinf%20lichen%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht0D6N8_ibNG8EIoE_UYrYUJ6MtMks479-u6wH8qH_UovwQPWo8FKG-2_wRj7TwbM8uXO11RdthL1R_Br0xOWF7WxnOy7w0HLd_gkggXOZU-c8DxKMQfRPrMrHJGpS9LYPWdemfnN_d_MvedPMVVgYuTzdH8KqTs-zvj4sSa6yc7aB76jXIiYKs-4F/w480-h640/20221221_130608%20rinf%20lichen%20.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">When the lichen moon is full</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">winter
waxes ever so slightly<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">badgers hunker
into their sleep<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and the
tides froth mildew green.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8FkzDpl8JIR3DbE4ZA8mUBaRBjdTOxSOyfk7pHugbr1KD41_xbzLAKw3T9RyxoURc6CX73Xm4uagx6855S3xtfXK6RXfnqByWLhMtMS9FsMiRSMvDuE8JztA3xNfvUfGEpVk1cskQB7o_qB1XFBxb7SRJAR0UA06ys3sSkHMxYstuLmIBuDMHNT7q6FI/s3689/20230830_124215%20crec%20moon%20imp%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3689" data-original-width="2767" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8FkzDpl8JIR3DbE4ZA8mUBaRBjdTOxSOyfk7pHugbr1KD41_xbzLAKw3T9RyxoURc6CX73Xm4uagx6855S3xtfXK6RXfnqByWLhMtMS9FsMiRSMvDuE8JztA3xNfvUfGEpVk1cskQB7o_qB1XFBxb7SRJAR0UA06ys3sSkHMxYstuLmIBuDMHNT7q6FI/w480-h640/20230830_124215%20crec%20moon%20imp%20.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnmPj6ZajegJJIiMvJ2C2uCw9no9TnoSdDVucdOcLJ6Qxy8XPHs3arVO9yg474wxFcaa96otE0hYQifWGDqmxGSQ62UHx6zuRVGOtSWXTrXswm5GSTRxsfDWyoKnjdey4nyiSk_dF339cMbBqBeSJgxO37F4GgfEm8s7CGVxSkHwi1e96gBOBJPfeKo6g/s3620/20230630_121225%20poem%20lichen%20moon.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3620" data-original-width="2715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnmPj6ZajegJJIiMvJ2C2uCw9no9TnoSdDVucdOcLJ6Qxy8XPHs3arVO9yg474wxFcaa96otE0hYQifWGDqmxGSQ62UHx6zuRVGOtSWXTrXswm5GSTRxsfDWyoKnjdey4nyiSk_dF339cMbBqBeSJgxO37F4GgfEm8s7CGVxSkHwi1e96gBOBJPfeKo6g/w480-h640/20230630_121225%20poem%20lichen%20moon.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">When the lichen moon is crescented</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">winter
wanes just fractionally<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">badgers
stir but do not wake<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and the
sea makes sickle waves.<span style="text-align: center;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMRs43L8DQ3QWJ2mBquec1pmtMZvcssdaDObIum16iC2Jptt-huLAaNb8Y3r41tgAY8oQhvdxTAr4E5gJwfaK2ZFclMjKbtrb8GmrrOBWL_jCFosxeh6_kB-2r8GhzSppoG2mEJrNvKK1QtowKlh7IQ6ND2aH5CC1O_x_m5A_4VBWmHQ1F5nw9o7oh/s3387/20230113_124656%20waste%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3387" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMRs43L8DQ3QWJ2mBquec1pmtMZvcssdaDObIum16iC2Jptt-huLAaNb8Y3r41tgAY8oQhvdxTAr4E5gJwfaK2ZFclMjKbtrb8GmrrOBWL_jCFosxeh6_kB-2r8GhzSppoG2mEJrNvKK1QtowKlh7IQ6ND2aH5CC1O_x_m5A_4VBWmHQ1F5nw9o7oh/w566-h640/20230113_124656%20waste%20poem.jpg" width="566" /></a></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">This is a public
service arrangement<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of the pieces of litter from Whartons Lane.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Don’t worry, I mapped the places of origin<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">
</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">ready for their exact return. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg29FGKQX47yRe1IY2phEkipTLCyt6RcLM4qafgHCgr9n07Emv-8CETNZnqsocwWvxw8gpx3mRth54VCL38qFkoDgWA2GxHtce2PHxG091RdrR5MNHYZvbrlFIQlEatAP4Kj_bd9cQB9ZmvIY7znMPk4z_CmWByBS3YzrL4tKmuNDfhsnM1fcVZygny/s4000/20230304_143927%20feather%20road%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg29FGKQX47yRe1IY2phEkipTLCyt6RcLM4qafgHCgr9n07Emv-8CETNZnqsocwWvxw8gpx3mRth54VCL38qFkoDgWA2GxHtce2PHxG091RdrR5MNHYZvbrlFIQlEatAP4Kj_bd9cQB9ZmvIY7znMPk4z_CmWByBS3YzrL4tKmuNDfhsnM1fcVZygny/w480-h640/20230304_143927%20feather%20road%20poem%20.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">If it seems unlikely</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that feathers will make good the cracks in the road<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">consider the plausibility<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of the plans to hold back climate change.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGcDGx9U8j5UEPyeVlN_WTJ04qhmfpa940Y1JAvrFEa-GttoFrTziJqVls6zrbo4Tl1FNHwvA5hLcJJWBNv-USJHIwBNLBAa8_ITSvRpUidV_2jVRlfHul46csIxTHLmmLOgs6iL01YnkX5H4h8oWZjuMI89EVRMOvzPvrF1Xlm2WAydNSx5jIjiQ6/s2032/20230328_152229%20lon.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2032" data-original-width="2032" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGcDGx9U8j5UEPyeVlN_WTJ04qhmfpa940Y1JAvrFEa-GttoFrTziJqVls6zrbo4Tl1FNHwvA5hLcJJWBNv-USJHIwBNLBAa8_ITSvRpUidV_2jVRlfHul46csIxTHLmmLOgs6iL01YnkX5H4h8oWZjuMI89EVRMOvzPvrF1Xlm2WAydNSx5jIjiQ6/w640-h640/20230328_152229%20lon.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I threw these petals in the air</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and they landed<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">on the branches of the trees<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">as if that were meant to be.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Aldgate, London)</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: black; text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6ZhDAtfyJM0h_EVOsQvH4MUfqOezsNYDaKRjyFDk3WEr6zJWilA08fvn45lzmFIOLu0DQsKeo6UeXWpGNNZUJ6pWrZC7l8T97PrTerlXCn48QJoiF4Fg46PpqFnQuV4DwV2B-QDdCxauzgLWfDVc3CnzZyCceKJ_enHQJEs_iUWfUtNYbRSww_1LW/s4000/20230407_115144.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6ZhDAtfyJM0h_EVOsQvH4MUfqOezsNYDaKRjyFDk3WEr6zJWilA08fvn45lzmFIOLu0DQsKeo6UeXWpGNNZUJ6pWrZC7l8T97PrTerlXCn48QJoiF4Fg46PpqFnQuV4DwV2B-QDdCxauzgLWfDVc3CnzZyCceKJ_enHQJEs_iUWfUtNYbRSww_1LW/w640-h480/20230407_115144.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Five suns<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">may seem better than one<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but think of the impact<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">on global warming.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Totton)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-QJiP5ZDDhDDVAASoxxDdmV_rQsI4j8Byrs52RtaxlIZkT1XcEq-jFJnEntyU0z21qOwD16tWPa5wsIL1Zm1zYKbM8ZMHCf3P8fMQLItUfPUlNHoQQebfE35Lq80_MZY5giNlj4ywHY7RLqVWh2NF_gQV-kCll4Fb5dIaesh5F5125G2XCowxrs0j/s4000/20230131_111730%20moss%20poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-QJiP5ZDDhDDVAASoxxDdmV_rQsI4j8Byrs52RtaxlIZkT1XcEq-jFJnEntyU0z21qOwD16tWPa5wsIL1Zm1zYKbM8ZMHCf3P8fMQLItUfPUlNHoQQebfE35Lq80_MZY5giNlj4ywHY7RLqVWh2NF_gQV-kCll4Fb5dIaesh5F5125G2XCowxrs0j/w480-h640/20230131_111730%20moss%20poss.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The Moss Brothers -<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">as they’ve
been nicknamed by balder branches<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">green
with envy at their greenness -<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">tend to bed down together. </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Lyndhurst)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUucm0Q4eYUANrdpkDwr1i36rIl6tDVZVcukmX6HTpAvPefVlyvprE1XfIEHjIgAqLWzRFhC7Dl-8LOCd3xnl-spIwqQC52G95dP6a6veT_zV2ZDYcxPFjua-2bSzCzviXjMw8G4mLgWconMfH5UQadnkDlmmik9uhO_BOe-IeN2EdTOAJktz052I8/s3590/20230222_094509%20peel%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2693" data-original-width="3590" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUucm0Q4eYUANrdpkDwr1i36rIl6tDVZVcukmX6HTpAvPefVlyvprE1XfIEHjIgAqLWzRFhC7Dl-8LOCd3xnl-spIwqQC52G95dP6a6veT_zV2ZDYcxPFjua-2bSzCzviXjMw8G4mLgWconMfH5UQadnkDlmmik9uhO_BOe-IeN2EdTOAJktz052I8/w640-h480/20230222_094509%20peel%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The orange appeals<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">for flavour, not for pity.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I shouldn't think of Marsyas<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">yet I do. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">(St Leonards on
Sea)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7-64rQhNVQh8Sr8bfleS0-rBh_gt3QWTxmKDQL2hbIIS2XLfnT-nfjmRX6gigNXKjqt8SPqFAVG0zJbAEaEMo_8NwtY6FqIFnHOC5fHcp9CWq3WPykfvJS3F5S_Sj4TQLeoUsr3Gz5tpIa5_ANN4RYZpKori5km7fdZQQGkLvWWUNFiTw-9PzGl1l/s3172/20230324_113949.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3172" data-original-width="2756" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7-64rQhNVQh8Sr8bfleS0-rBh_gt3QWTxmKDQL2hbIIS2XLfnT-nfjmRX6gigNXKjqt8SPqFAVG0zJbAEaEMo_8NwtY6FqIFnHOC5fHcp9CWq3WPykfvJS3F5S_Sj4TQLeoUsr3Gz5tpIa5_ANN4RYZpKori5km7fdZQQGkLvWWUNFiTw-9PzGl1l/w556-h640/20230324_113949.jpg" width="556" /></a></i></div><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></i><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Conditions <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">seem blustery<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">making the even fall of petals<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that much more surprising. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj8qCDUbfbMesKa59iZWuoChnmdXvtWvBEPzQjkEsiuP2JDHnQ2gKFlNMTziRA5JzPReWb2g00QrDeoiVksC1xCTM5sD_4mDx_vun60XL761FEeqjiR6G-lSycDR9pivraUnBKH0oIU_f-PE6z1XX2FKICyA03y9144dazPkvGPYysYr2m-lCMKCSz/s2294/20230224_162957.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2217" data-original-width="2294" height="618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj8qCDUbfbMesKa59iZWuoChnmdXvtWvBEPzQjkEsiuP2JDHnQ2gKFlNMTziRA5JzPReWb2g00QrDeoiVksC1xCTM5sD_4mDx_vun60XL761FEeqjiR6G-lSycDR9pivraUnBKH0oIU_f-PE6z1XX2FKICyA03y9144dazPkvGPYysYr2m-lCMKCSz/w640-h618/20230224_162957.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The catkin stars<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">are coming out.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Will everything I hoped might be<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">now turn into an ‘is’?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiforxJ6-O3GFBH3uHGK0zm12m1w9JqlrV2KIYdyCe7RWfKfJ3VK2PGO-0gUwSxYSGO6VX_Djtpfe32A3ynGw2LrCB1lG_rLXfqHxdLWjg7hEfFsjsJk5USZpRVHyVr69ih_c1U73iSeB6UbguZf8KiYPZvBblAP8n_yKcHF6WW3hQoo9H2eJj4-MZh/s3257/20230518_110810%20rude%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3257" data-original-width="2735" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiforxJ6-O3GFBH3uHGK0zm12m1w9JqlrV2KIYdyCe7RWfKfJ3VK2PGO-0gUwSxYSGO6VX_Djtpfe32A3ynGw2LrCB1lG_rLXfqHxdLWjg7hEfFsjsJk5USZpRVHyVr69ih_c1U73iSeB6UbguZf8KiYPZvBblAP8n_yKcHF6WW3hQoo9H2eJj4-MZh/w538-h640/20230518_110810%20rude%20poem%20.jpg" width="538" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">I know what you're thinking<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">and you should be ashamed<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">of making the assumption<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">that I might have thought that too.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>(Hythe)</i></span></p><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9OAHUkK_FRKNLnbSkNrhB4D4Bxvqx-_DjMus5oRxcm4rIy8Em187O7KfmUaq8B89isvSoDobKDF8cSLpOr3GgXq5QsBvuLnXL4aaKpoP-NorqGSe0qc3RN69SomBnsCvCbchE2Tbehw17NlraHaIUbaTM89FwZEEQS9aaYuMQHAGCVF_b0-Uhh4_mA4M/s2814/20230714_173812%20petal%20poem%20.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2814" data-original-width="2630" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9OAHUkK_FRKNLnbSkNrhB4D4Bxvqx-_DjMus5oRxcm4rIy8Em187O7KfmUaq8B89isvSoDobKDF8cSLpOr3GgXq5QsBvuLnXL4aaKpoP-NorqGSe0qc3RN69SomBnsCvCbchE2Tbehw17NlraHaIUbaTM89FwZEEQS9aaYuMQHAGCVF_b0-Uhh4_mA4M/w598-h640/20230714_173812%20petal%20poem%20.jpg" width="598" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">This is the way<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to the petal-precious garden<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">where pink is so predictable<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">it's pretty well perverse. </span></p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: black;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfLFSge9tCyw_1a-uz-_bwxJtY_WsNl6ZsChlhsiBZ8jX-wysltdQDYyk2dZQ0rUDManCP4dxTnP6F0XOHxgP_XSZaQSSvKhr3tV1dCnpKdTyleKQ3MDTE_sbDZm9TDBK0gzIRGljU7ZP0j8V10LR9w0625xSbPapaWTcymzlXoK5ZNnGXivtGlvAy/s2286/20230416_121330%20Tower%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2286" data-original-width="2286" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfLFSge9tCyw_1a-uz-_bwxJtY_WsNl6ZsChlhsiBZ8jX-wysltdQDYyk2dZQ0rUDManCP4dxTnP6F0XOHxgP_XSZaQSSvKhr3tV1dCnpKdTyleKQ3MDTE_sbDZm9TDBK0gzIRGljU7ZP0j8V10LR9w0625xSbPapaWTcymzlXoK5ZNnGXivtGlvAy/w640-h640/20230416_121330%20Tower%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: black;"><br /></div><p style="background-color: white; color: black;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Soaring to over two hundred metres<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the razor tower<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is a very sharp climb.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Of course, this is just a maquette.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(St Aubin's Bay, Jersey)</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: black; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnadP9RiWN17ci4EoxrULogDmkWXddO6_dpwAp5iTzmJn8rPczl3c7HhIPrke6w-g8tB6JUmwqD4B7iKFTYkk-PZcMRyW4dlLVMeBCKqsV7pgrGYMcMhXVrnuKiqO82u6WUGElPnNBuAxu1JMjM2wwxRZKj14HxLpc7-uy14M13SBRrCpi3wEaZpYb7Qk/s2333/20230621_151315%20tangram.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1989" data-original-width="2333" height="546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnadP9RiWN17ci4EoxrULogDmkWXddO6_dpwAp5iTzmJn8rPczl3c7HhIPrke6w-g8tB6JUmwqD4B7iKFTYkk-PZcMRyW4dlLVMeBCKqsV7pgrGYMcMhXVrnuKiqO82u6WUGElPnNBuAxu1JMjM2wwxRZKj14HxLpc7-uy14M13SBRrCpi3wEaZpYb7Qk/w640-h546/20230621_151315%20tangram.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Were nature and I<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">to play a match of Petal Tangram,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">here’s how I claim<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">that I would win.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiavO266SYqx6lOU0iV5l2He-MwzF-wtZweFDLK3oCVd47Q0sn9oHeNHU9LFUKg-y6l8pFyYKYuy86bYEaAiEVJJHZpKrtsR4jzdKHJv3mDT_zI6DuzAuHTO2--0-dLgJjbpeFgG43A7I26pJvIeHkAiJz4hTmuX7TlqEsEBp7Jo63fCst44JsM_euh0mc/s2899/20230701_163202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2899" data-original-width="2899" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiavO266SYqx6lOU0iV5l2He-MwzF-wtZweFDLK3oCVd47Q0sn9oHeNHU9LFUKg-y6l8pFyYKYuy86bYEaAiEVJJHZpKrtsR4jzdKHJv3mDT_zI6DuzAuHTO2--0-dLgJjbpeFgG43A7I26pJvIeHkAiJz4hTmuX7TlqEsEBp7Jo63fCst44JsM_euh0mc/w640-h640/20230701_163202.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I’m a fan of plantains<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">for being their own distinctive little group.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">But I very much doubt if plantains are set<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to act as a fan for me.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p style="font-size: large;"> </o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpBKbjXFDZHxQA5D2gKNvf4oNEAmUuDze750uuhZbJYfN-dN4Avor26LnfGB1JqTgFpx2cggh8k9r2oLeM-UMQzTHP4s807EFMeV8DHoHC-qFpszNLwJbcrxD6OuL3h3RkAWiThoOpsRiiIIchnGq-LrKzFD7N5sgta1K3z1jODagwWKDXnIQ8aclrAV0/s2298/20230806_172459%20holly%20poem%20.jpg" style="font-style: italic; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2298" data-original-width="2298" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpBKbjXFDZHxQA5D2gKNvf4oNEAmUuDze750uuhZbJYfN-dN4Avor26LnfGB1JqTgFpx2cggh8k9r2oLeM-UMQzTHP4s807EFMeV8DHoHC-qFpszNLwJbcrxD6OuL3h3RkAWiThoOpsRiiIIchnGq-LrKzFD7N5sgta1K3z1jODagwWKDXnIQ8aclrAV0/w640-h640/20230806_172459%20holly%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><b>Strange times indeed <o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The holly’s berried<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">early this year<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">and clustered all to fuck.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(St Leonards-on-Sea)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8HAefZkPlvg5bGiUzKSNsCS9Eq2yGil7YzWGwtDVJpk2OR85CycOm0-zqZqNAxz_1Av-CCsORQJFMBT5xtXWAntn-FShVW5X6P7CVXqbhArxgMrHuK4_O8P4NOgR3FTIgVoIIXHjdm0HIvF-qQoIbhOOVdusoSSDtln6S7X0xz1pyx-iJRLtTV7tMaNM/s4000/20230724_141917%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8HAefZkPlvg5bGiUzKSNsCS9Eq2yGil7YzWGwtDVJpk2OR85CycOm0-zqZqNAxz_1Av-CCsORQJFMBT5xtXWAntn-FShVW5X6P7CVXqbhArxgMrHuK4_O8P4NOgR3FTIgVoIIXHjdm0HIvF-qQoIbhOOVdusoSSDtln6S7X0xz1pyx-iJRLtTV7tMaNM/w640-h480/20230724_141917%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">There’s no room for
racism<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">in the word of leaves.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">After all, what couldn’t be<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span> just a passing phase?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZUQgYknBTc2IFdIUg2_9mFPk2nnhiVRyu5TY4jUOckUGw9FbKnkDEvVehVEdc7YWl7gp-sM87TvSeHPCXrTTh61ZxdIlzxUGC9keI83Hy3kCDY2h6KIdz7tF6JbofQA5VsSm_wBZgcDz7vGolwhbZvFccormmQ_sglqoPrGYqcMRRFDJ2faX_dvZMOdw/s3382/20230830_124857%20blacberry%20orange%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3382" data-original-width="2917" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZUQgYknBTc2IFdIUg2_9mFPk2nnhiVRyu5TY4jUOckUGw9FbKnkDEvVehVEdc7YWl7gp-sM87TvSeHPCXrTTh61ZxdIlzxUGC9keI83Hy3kCDY2h6KIdz7tF6JbofQA5VsSm_wBZgcDz7vGolwhbZvFccormmQ_sglqoPrGYqcMRRFDJ2faX_dvZMOdw/w552-h640/20230830_124857%20blacberry%20orange%20.jpg" width="552" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The blackberry and currant tree <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">may not be common <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and I've never sampled the drink that it makes <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but if it tastes as good as it looks...<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhccDGF5D1D3cmbm4j7ExhBY9U4Lr868P-ah656sTAQsM19hMbDp25UbSiPlwYRu61uWNmVHPctbXFf4_iv3yf2V2jE8fNghno5733XHvt02WIoZvSZUi_Sun9CHVy45UW0MANvPbURiZTTPxD-J7ruHkzurgIlhBj4aFngZGzi2S8TNo-zFhwWX5j9d44/s2992/20230926_161225.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2992" data-original-width="2992" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhccDGF5D1D3cmbm4j7ExhBY9U4Lr868P-ah656sTAQsM19hMbDp25UbSiPlwYRu61uWNmVHPctbXFf4_iv3yf2V2jE8fNghno5733XHvt02WIoZvSZUi_Sun9CHVy45UW0MANvPbURiZTTPxD-J7ruHkzurgIlhBj4aFngZGzi2S8TNo-zFhwWX5j9d44/w640-h640/20230926_161225.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><b style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Chestnut stuff</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">goes well beyond the stuffing:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">hence the sweet environmental<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">chestnut version of draughts.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222;">(St Leonards-on-Sea)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEjbXk3eYTgzVVxO-42Myl5qiOIK_W6VFuPPqPdDYlWtQoMwcCElMCZeNY1oavMoKSbysqi-62ARPff_H5IHG3_Y9RMAkoMKaufrYjISa61fW9PdrIfqBoWsiuCbnwc-mqeTtPhQrhbKxXziuwM8D1qccYP0X7mxAg9UxR2srR488EUTyzGrqhV0URGBw/s3486/20230924_171853%20conker%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2615" data-original-width="3486" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEjbXk3eYTgzVVxO-42Myl5qiOIK_W6VFuPPqPdDYlWtQoMwcCElMCZeNY1oavMoKSbysqi-62ARPff_H5IHG3_Y9RMAkoMKaufrYjISa61fW9PdrIfqBoWsiuCbnwc-mqeTtPhQrhbKxXziuwM8D1qccYP0X7mxAg9UxR2srR488EUTyzGrqhV0URGBw/w640-h480/20230924_171853%20conker%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;"><b>Just one conker-eye’s </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;">still on the blink.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;">The others are open wide,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;">scanning the park for boys who’ll adopt them.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaeCUaUjRcyeOzWKuU9JJvphk9iDobMfiFw917Te84wq5NH4LmRZadgZ_87mGA6hyphenhyphenwXH-gG7o2k89DWEO5Em4FWUX6loAtuOYF1lLuoRqBZSYWBDaoHyAE3dIjUMFOPnVhVlK9eCPdxYIF7mLIOyYyOVDfxCB91lmusBZX6v10J8mkSZSplSQkjdvL4Uo/s2599/20231008_121501%20dand%20rose%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2599" data-original-width="2599" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaeCUaUjRcyeOzWKuU9JJvphk9iDobMfiFw917Te84wq5NH4LmRZadgZ_87mGA6hyphenhyphenwXH-gG7o2k89DWEO5Em4FWUX6loAtuOYF1lLuoRqBZSYWBDaoHyAE3dIjUMFOPnVhVlK9eCPdxYIF7mLIOyYyOVDfxCB91lmusBZX6v10J8mkSZSplSQkjdvL4Uo/w640-h640/20231008_121501%20dand%20rose%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></i></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It’s a pity<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that the rosehip <span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">dandelion<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is a protected species in the National Park<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">because it makes a refreshingly healthy drink.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><i>(Ashurst Bridge)</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioP_2AZqa_U68ATZhnu4ynMsDlCsPMWamr8IurLGTe1LSzJBMciz5b3rI01Qq8X0jpiQ0AkStJxnwCYL7jFyMrQDhG7hL39AJ7zTnVof2VHLW_o7PaP3uWurUD1Ids9UfXS81WSGh3vOBzsymDHb567aBg_t3MCdgVUo05SeQJN_xrNufXJqI1ldppnJQ/s2605/20231022_095047%20petal%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2605" data-original-width="2455" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioP_2AZqa_U68ATZhnu4ynMsDlCsPMWamr8IurLGTe1LSzJBMciz5b3rI01Qq8X0jpiQ0AkStJxnwCYL7jFyMrQDhG7hL39AJ7zTnVof2VHLW_o7PaP3uWurUD1Ids9UfXS81WSGh3vOBzsymDHb567aBg_t3MCdgVUo05SeQJN_xrNufXJqI1ldppnJQ/w604-h640/20231022_095047%20petal%20poem.jpg" width="604" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /><i><br /></i></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">After the rain<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the petals lie<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">exactly as they used to do<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">before they had branches on which to hang.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwp2qnQc9BPB-z3h0R42AJa1fwdOqSor6ufIio7L91fpWUMiJHf4_poShgt4rTdj1CtphN2gDSdHla1OgcRIn95bdFSutQQo_182IXvJGPn4mMqVHdcCmIj7hCobqpQleBMNRNcHdZvv2mIj13LNF6I8uVZ-l4ckQd6rAKAsZBTCqs8VU8bQR9dfFivOk/s2418/20231022_142120%20poss%20oak%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2418" data-original-width="2418" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwp2qnQc9BPB-z3h0R42AJa1fwdOqSor6ufIio7L91fpWUMiJHf4_poShgt4rTdj1CtphN2gDSdHla1OgcRIn95bdFSutQQo_182IXvJGPn4mMqVHdcCmIj7hCobqpQleBMNRNcHdZvv2mIj13LNF6I8uVZ-l4ckQd6rAKAsZBTCqs8VU8bQR9dfFivOk/w640-h640/20231022_142120%20poss%20oak%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Back in the old days<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the leaves used to drift down one a time.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Now they fall in clusters<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">cognisant, doubtless, of the changing world.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCypKnNWx6dvqZ5sXPIkXvPvoD7p308pZEz07joi-V052KG1V8lwnGTncQ6oRaEiilTT7Se1pcfpnS6UWnBYkZ-XKXoKa1HubKxvpBDDrzA3HdqeuZ8w-7mtWOMGrgpzwWxgPpB7ZIef72mwoyb9E9QKSwz9jZheEAfLgnPk24w0clmiqGAfMJ3C_RsgQ/s2862/20231101_105203%20stopped%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2147" data-original-width="2862" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCypKnNWx6dvqZ5sXPIkXvPvoD7p308pZEz07joi-V052KG1V8lwnGTncQ6oRaEiilTT7Se1pcfpnS6UWnBYkZ-XKXoKa1HubKxvpBDDrzA3HdqeuZ8w-7mtWOMGrgpzwWxgPpB7ZIef72mwoyb9E9QKSwz9jZheEAfLgnPk24w0clmiqGAfMJ3C_RsgQ/w640-h480/20231101_105203%20stopped%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Here we are<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">pretty much stopped</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">while waiting </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">for the green light of spring.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Winchester)</i></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4eQw2aNIiz-Wt1agU33OwhxH-brW0LmARLorBW9xZkFd-MhIuFbSKdNj7iDa633D9w70A6_h8369DO17D3GGPWYWJPI9CALlUh3xSW3ca5eIHULoUDCCEfadoxODPFdid3JWrXm9PstAqGbSsOuXlb3pIqOVEExPWQA45A8nv9tMh2aXHDPTYQTphOEM/s2975/20231127_151019%20leaf%20poem.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2975" data-original-width="2257" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4eQw2aNIiz-Wt1agU33OwhxH-brW0LmARLorBW9xZkFd-MhIuFbSKdNj7iDa633D9w70A6_h8369DO17D3GGPWYWJPI9CALlUh3xSW3ca5eIHULoUDCCEfadoxODPFdid3JWrXm9PstAqGbSsOuXlb3pIqOVEExPWQA45A8nv9tMh2aXHDPTYQTphOEM/w486-h640/20231127_151019%20leaf%20poem.jpg" width="486" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><b style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">Leaves may
not be</span></b></div></b></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">all that equal on the tree<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but that counts for nothing<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">when they hit the ground. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOi-HGqo1vvElLdBvyI2lbznwgTwbnbYp35GHP7tQeZGjQXnbUzoZqpwU61aa3ygOjC6xEEsICsrUz1Yw7OAJ-xH5ArFanU9sQFeJgfesKJvGBgFSbZdjZ1y2kREDz0YS3UqKHcsBVJwbWsNqC4AMuuHQxlRCabZ9LvmNzdBOuJfFiGcPHFFpOzgFPCdo/s4080/20231122_133733%20poem%20obverse.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3060" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOi-HGqo1vvElLdBvyI2lbznwgTwbnbYp35GHP7tQeZGjQXnbUzoZqpwU61aa3ygOjC6xEEsICsrUz1Yw7OAJ-xH5ArFanU9sQFeJgfesKJvGBgFSbZdjZ1y2kREDz0YS3UqKHcsBVJwbWsNqC4AMuuHQxlRCabZ9LvmNzdBOuJfFiGcPHFFpOzgFPCdo/w480-h640/20231122_133733%20poem%20obverse.jpg" width="480" /></a></p></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I was going to observe that ‘converse’ <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is the opposite of ‘reverse’ - or is it ‘obverse’?
- <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">when I realized it isn't: <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">it's the opposite of silence</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL80Z9uVk2KEwDnYe4Y4SJItzhXW7KrerlwqEL2uRMg3fWwn2pS0ZLY8U_I6rkqyBxEZyhyhiTcgVMIoMAOzI7LZcfJzYTpcssBwOqXPznlC6USNwwj9sjAppKwKS3A_GWhuSt24ra9Cy1_4ZKaMMy0MVsFVH1tF_09TKm-iMXP62FNJQ8ESHWWmZSZrU/s3636/20231124_160217%20live%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3032" data-original-width="3636" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL80Z9uVk2KEwDnYe4Y4SJItzhXW7KrerlwqEL2uRMg3fWwn2pS0ZLY8U_I6rkqyBxEZyhyhiTcgVMIoMAOzI7LZcfJzYTpcssBwOqXPznlC6USNwwj9sjAppKwKS3A_GWhuSt24ra9Cy1_4ZKaMMy0MVsFVH1tF_09TKm-iMXP62FNJQ8ESHWWmZSZrU/w640-h534/20231124_160217%20live%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.96px;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">To feel the pain<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.96px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of separation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.96px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is to live -<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.96px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and isn't that what life is all about?</span></p><br /></div></div>Paul Carey-Kenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01842249388250530953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432330092345249234.post-89345479864325235102023-09-11T01:00:00.003-07:002023-11-06T12:22:02.510-08:00AFTER THE PERFORMANCE<p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">AFTER
THE PERFORMANCE<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Curated
by Paul Carey-Kent and Rosie Gibbens<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Rog8bgHOPZgxyNHUZN1KeiNoaItmwgo7xqlOC6TbfOn3fgBhrsbayX4B7lAF_PvVyTDUAQmzuD1rrsLJWqDEoYMFURezkosQc4t5URtZ0GwuXNd4Ar1a1UUE0Z2FOLehpqDWC5KO-R_Ag781DF0mG298Mu5RZ9NJkP3EKyKzQOL_o37hweHjCL2egoo/s3415/20230907_174729%20curators.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3415" data-original-width="2988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Rog8bgHOPZgxyNHUZN1KeiNoaItmwgo7xqlOC6TbfOn3fgBhrsbayX4B7lAF_PvVyTDUAQmzuD1rrsLJWqDEoYMFURezkosQc4t5URtZ0GwuXNd4Ar1a1UUE0Z2FOLehpqDWC5KO-R_Ag781DF0mG298Mu5RZ9NJkP3EKyKzQOL_o37hweHjCL2egoo/w560-h640/20230907_174729%20curators.jpg" width="560" /></span></a></b></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The curators - photo by Anna Perach</div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">At Tension Fine Art, 135 Maple Road, Penge to 30 Sept 2023 - </span></b><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">Thursday - Saturday</span></span></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">11am - 5pm or by appointment</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It’s
tempting to contrast object and performance, but a physical object often
results from a performance, and the making of an object – be it sculpture,
painting, drawings, film etc. – is itself a performance of sorts. ‘After the
Performance’ highlights eight artists whose performative practice leads to a
result that might be categorised differently, and artists whose production,
even if it isn’t categorised as a ‘performance’, carries a strongly
performative element. In all these examples, the indirect presence of the
performance is a significant contributor to the charge generated by the
apparently non-performative result.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Works:</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8QN3LB2dNakM7qehBKX1gQluVJlOMYWhxYifMljH-XmJjvV_90fwm2cpNha_MPWLkocmTaY_41uOPW2EQbxsbC6mJ18C00gHxyuzBOEe8BpFq4oSQZ3jfi_XIyinh4Lj3mx2_L7JRA-BOUB3od0JX3HsiMlqoMtq8yaS8fzb2DuF4jvmBto2SPofFLoY/s1230/aa%20Screenshot%202023-09-11%20075210.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="634" data-original-width="1230" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8QN3LB2dNakM7qehBKX1gQluVJlOMYWhxYifMljH-XmJjvV_90fwm2cpNha_MPWLkocmTaY_41uOPW2EQbxsbC6mJ18C00gHxyuzBOEe8BpFq4oSQZ3jfi_XIyinh4Lj3mx2_L7JRA-BOUB3od0JX3HsiMlqoMtq8yaS8fzb2DuF4jvmBto2SPofFLoY/w640-h330/aa%20Screenshot%202023-09-11%20075210.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></span></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Alice
Anderson</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">: </span>« Technological Dances - Google Smartphone Virtual
Reality Headset », 2023 - gouache on canvas, rain drops, <span style="background: white; color: #222222;">VR mask
in bowl, </span>151 x 151 cm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Over the past decade, Alice Anderson
has developed an animist approach that advocates a reconnection to nature in
line with ancestral cultures through ritual dance. Initially she ‘memorised’
elements through a performative engagement that records them in copper-coloured thread
– referring to digital connectivity. That has recently led her in a related
direction which also speaks to how contemporary developments challenge the
human connection to the physical world: <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">she dances with technological objects as
she animates them to make paintings<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">she dances with technological
objects hitting the canvas on the ground creating a political and poetic
gesture<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Here Anderson applied the paint
directly onto the virtual reality headset featured in the
installation. That, she says, ‘is an extension of my body. This action refers
to prehistoric times, when humanity was augmented by technology. Human
evolution was made through tools that served as an extension of our bones and
muscles: these tools have amplified our knowledge by increasing and
externalizing our memory outside of the body.’ <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGtFS-L-oW-IyDbcKT6t0f8zU4gQkw9i5pdN0_44BbNF-hws6_bn8oDhOCxzpHb4MoEOtflJxceW1xpXIkGxVIfArY8Bsj4gux4dnqCko3Ohb5N6ImzrY7rdivSd9d2KMKRg0GpeZAYdlANcJ1mQxzMs-YGX7ugnHnqZR1BDg1xAH-RUJzRM0kBVkmt-4/s541/Matt-Calderwood-still-from-Suspension-video-2009.jpg" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="541" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGtFS-L-oW-IyDbcKT6t0f8zU4gQkw9i5pdN0_44BbNF-hws6_bn8oDhOCxzpHb4MoEOtflJxceW1xpXIkGxVIfArY8Bsj4gux4dnqCko3Ohb5N6ImzrY7rdivSd9d2KMKRg0GpeZAYdlANcJ1mQxzMs-YGX7ugnHnqZR1BDg1xAH-RUJzRM0kBVkmt-4/w640-h354/Matt-Calderwood-still-from-Suspension-video-2009.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Matt
Calderwood</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Suspension</i>, 2009 –
video, 7 mins 10 secs, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Untitled
(Springmount 15th August 2021)</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Untitled
(Altarichard 15th June 2023)</i> - Archival inkjet prints, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>Matt Calderwood is probably best known
for the balancing acts of his sculptures, whether ‘live’ or performing in films
such as ‘Suspension’, when the possibility of danger is replaced by the
anticipation of a collapse. One could read the arrangements as those of a
society: the objects rely on each other for mutual support - and when that
fails, all comes crashing down.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span>Calderwood also shows drone-captured images of a junction in Northern
Ireland, on which markings appear. Were they made deliberately by the artist as
performative drawings, making us the audience? Or were they made by ‘donut’
spins of local youths? If the latter, the ‘drawings’ are the purely contingent
results of a different sort of performance: showing off your driving skills and
daring, and the intended audience is your mates. Calderwood points out that
such activity can be heard for miles around: a sonic performance is also
implied by the photographs.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbGzvV87xbmd1S7rK-TRaOoWZdjn6sSFQ0ri82sDHPKFp8tqvaRqWum57BYjPgDdN24dZf9hfkgK4g53mhG-dfq-SNjZGj0E1fKoJg506tJgMKZhXV98ob5smo9KWfmae8366AH2rM6E7ml5QVfZYMsw_sCVWkr0fmEXrTg5s1MXs5dRO2o1Ra4Nr7KI8/s1738/cobbing%20Screenshot%202023-09-05%20222924.jpg" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="991" data-original-width="1738" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbGzvV87xbmd1S7rK-TRaOoWZdjn6sSFQ0ri82sDHPKFp8tqvaRqWum57BYjPgDdN24dZf9hfkgK4g53mhG-dfq-SNjZGj0E1fKoJg506tJgMKZhXV98ob5smo9KWfmae8366AH2rM6E7ml5QVfZYMsw_sCVWkr0fmEXrTg5s1MXs5dRO2o1Ra4Nr7KI8/w640-h364/cobbing%20Screenshot%202023-09-05%20222924.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">William Cobbing</span></b><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">screensaver</i>, 2022/23 – video, looped<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">William Cobbing is known for combining
clay and performance, most often by masking his protagonists to striking,
absurd and psychologically ambiguous effect. He has talked of generating
slapstick energy, and inhibiting sight so more attention is given to touch.
‘screensaver’ has a related effect, even though all we see are hands clutching
at a bed of clay to a sound of squelching. That could represent the creative
process of the artist working the material; and the effect is mesmerising if we
concentrate purely on the digital dance. Yet we’re surely likely to wonder
about those involved: have they been maliciously imprisoned, or are they
attempting to escape from the aftermath of an earthquake or a bomb? Are they
reaching futilely for each other? Or might the title’s suggestion that this
forms a backdrop to everything point to humanity’s broader fate, trapped – in a
manner of speaking – by what the Earth will do to us as a result of our own
actions? <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: #c00000; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #c00000; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKVja7bJq1rKCmxZG46Hzqu3JudQiaD-MJhM12e6nisUYTi_H7CYc2J9rEjFakNf8m3Y_M7XLQMDkJxT7FOV4f-DwpbPjGJKnJm7DWr0Dciv0xKICPwaB8EsHD7z17hoSccSvS8yDyGY5SGnhMoTEApqAG8ns5WVDum6OFH9ryJUuD49YQ5MX5Ur99ZJ0/s1125/After%20The%20Performance-At%20Tension%202023-Installation%20Photos%20By%20Ken%20Turner707.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="845" data-original-width="1125" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKVja7bJq1rKCmxZG46Hzqu3JudQiaD-MJhM12e6nisUYTi_H7CYc2J9rEjFakNf8m3Y_M7XLQMDkJxT7FOV4f-DwpbPjGJKnJm7DWr0Dciv0xKICPwaB8EsHD7z17hoSccSvS8yDyGY5SGnhMoTEApqAG8ns5WVDum6OFH9ryJUuD49YQ5MX5Ur99ZJ0/w640-h480/After%20The%20Performance-At%20Tension%202023-Installation%20Photos%20By%20Ken%20Turner707.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></b></div><b><i><span style="color: #c00000; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span></i></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Quilla
Constance<i>: </i></span></b><i><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Well Hung</span></i><i><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></i><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">and <i>Self</i>, 2018/21<i> -</i></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> Perspex-mounted
performative photos, 59.4cm x 84.1cm and <i><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Intervention</span>, </i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">2023<i>
- </i></span>framed pencil drawing: 29.7cm x 42cm<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Quilla Constance is an
interdisciplinary artist of (Black) Jamaican and (White) British heritage who
seeks to agitate, amuse, surprise and liberate audiences – all in the course of
drawing attention to the absurdity of hegemonic systems which restrict and marginalise
BAME, female, LGBTQ+ and working-class identities. Constance grew up in
inner-city Birmingham; trained as a disco dancer and cellist; worked on the
cabaret theatre circuit for two years; and then studied in the privileged
environment of Oxford University. That varied background affords the license,
in her words, ‘to cross between established structures… and to highlight what
feminist theorists have long asserted – i.e. the performative nature of
identity and power.’ Here the images challenge conventional categorisations as
she gives the middle finger to the exoticisation / othering she sometimes
encounters. ‘Just how much of society is a circus of sorts?’ one might ask ‘Is
carnivalesque clowning as much of an art as painting? Is fashion? Does abstract
painting operate as a trapeze act?’</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKQogpAbBxRgoGmvx1LWCCHiyVpIPOkxBPagJSWglX-Kc_UiQqOkhTvYwpwUJ15w8hUgCAg4-aQpGjx_VkFdbey9IMBalRcMCPp_oMXQnGUoxW95XuByz7J_dGuCWnGbBj0SEu00pB_dmrEnumE1tMiYGJtj7eW3V-b2gONKt2ipi9Uu4PoL6pJbMt5q8/s846/lf%20Screenshot%202023-09-04%20074413.jpg" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="613" data-original-width="846" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKQogpAbBxRgoGmvx1LWCCHiyVpIPOkxBPagJSWglX-Kc_UiQqOkhTvYwpwUJ15w8hUgCAg4-aQpGjx_VkFdbey9IMBalRcMCPp_oMXQnGUoxW95XuByz7J_dGuCWnGbBj0SEu00pB_dmrEnumE1tMiYGJtj7eW3V-b2gONKt2ipi9Uu4PoL6pJbMt5q8/w640-h464/lf%20Screenshot%202023-09-04%20074413.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Liv Fontaine</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Could Have Would Have Should Have</i>, 2023
– pen and pencil on paper<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Liv Fontaine made her name with surreal in-your-face feminist
rant-narratives, often linked to body issues, and explained ‘How to be a
Performance Artist’ in Frieze in 2020. That led her to a distinctive style of
densely detailed drawing picking up on the performative themes. In this
sequence of five drawings, a film director requires a Liv-like leading lady to
undergo a nose job which proves a mere warm-up for 50 years of tyranny,
including the widespread destruction of all signs of ancient civilisation to
ensure his masterwork’s conviction and dignity. ‘He would stop at nothing’,
says Fontaine, ‘to make the perfect film but it was all in vain. Critics hated
it, his set caused a natural catastrophe and by the time it was finally
released he had forgotten he had directed it. He did like it very much though.
It is called Could Have Would Have Should Have and is really about regret.’</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiB0baEAN2U5x3xASDwHIH3SjblLTqVPfz2v9o9jR1hHM4mjq72wUtxXLEKcYBa3erj0Vo8s-xpz8jl7LkjyodZC65EjTyeA8gKehiT2Uw8O67tj7Tu-ttPVRDuGfswcQ55QqYncLyrbgYrXJcD1YnXn1XqG_RtAk-BWf2Fs2yAeNvqLpaNiW1gbB8Iy0/s4771/Rosie%20Gibbens%20'Spite%20Face'%20'Eating%20Myself'.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4771" data-original-width="3960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiB0baEAN2U5x3xASDwHIH3SjblLTqVPfz2v9o9jR1hHM4mjq72wUtxXLEKcYBa3erj0Vo8s-xpz8jl7LkjyodZC65EjTyeA8gKehiT2Uw8O67tj7Tu-ttPVRDuGfswcQ55QqYncLyrbgYrXJcD1YnXn1XqG_RtAk-BWf2Fs2yAeNvqLpaNiW1gbB8Iy0/w532-h640/Rosie%20Gibbens%20'Spite%20Face'%20'Eating%20Myself'.jpg" width="532" /></a></span></span></div><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;">Rosie Gibbens</span></b><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #222222;">: </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Spite Face</i></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">, 2023 - Headrest for massage table, fabric, stuffing, thread, rope, elastic, eyelets</span> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Eating Myself</i><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">, 2023 - 3D printed resin body scan, electric plugs, satin tongue digital print, fabric, stuffing, thread, rope, eyelets</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222;">Rosie Gibbens makes performances, videos and sculptures that feature her own body in
various ways as a means of magnifying the absurdities of contemporary life,
saying that ‘I often approach my work as an alien visitor attempting to
participate seamlessly in contemporary life, but not quite managing’. She is
particularly interested in gender performativity, sexual politics, consumer desire
and the slippery overlaps between these, and often approaches her works as
perverse product demonstrations where the term ‘sex sells’ is taken excessively
literally. She shows sewn soft-sculptures that she uses performatively,
but can also operate independently as avatars for her body. ‘Spite Face’
references – while pointedly resisting – the claims of products suggesting how
we should seek the socially-approved forms of self-optimisation. ‘Eating
Myself’ confuses modes of desire to propose the impossible to comically
disturbing effect. </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvQ1xoZSxcY_K4wQN2CumJIPcS407z_TaQb7I562_d4nBf1HDijaMXVtV7pCCaHxCs19oGh2CDvIe-wfm_PaBwAh51O8A-cUKusdurhsmXPqbjV3nPnl3pjII1P8DmmzTF6kHRaTrDdigXeLpQPxZwlYQl7eBdPKMdxIE4yQ38VsgT48wvljIUN41d3oc/s4000/20230907_181850%20tension.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvQ1xoZSxcY_K4wQN2CumJIPcS407z_TaQb7I562_d4nBf1HDijaMXVtV7pCCaHxCs19oGh2CDvIe-wfm_PaBwAh51O8A-cUKusdurhsmXPqbjV3nPnl3pjII1P8DmmzTF6kHRaTrDdigXeLpQPxZwlYQl7eBdPKMdxIE4yQ38VsgT48wvljIUN41d3oc/w640-h480/20230907_181850%20tension.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></b></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Jenny Klein</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">: ‘Scary Monsters’, 2023 – five photographs with
fabric collage, each 32 x 26cm</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222;">Jenny Klein spent several years working in theatre
before training as an artist. Here she combines her own solo performative
actions – captured using a timer and remote control - with embroidered
additions. The </span><i style="color: #222222;">Scary Monsters</i><span style="color: #222222;"> series hides most of her:
abstract shapes made up of collage and hand-stitched textures leave only the
legs in view, as if she’s literally enacting geometric art. But, as
Klein says, ‘these legs are still active, caught in motion, awkward, expressive
and alive. And the images evoke associations from dance and play to
hiding and concealment.’ We’re not scared of these monsters – they
look too comical and familiar – but we might also wonder whether the body
covered by sewing makes a feminist point? Whether they are for real, or will
something or someone else emerge? Would we like to become one – or do we feel
like a monster anyway? Klein isn’t answering her questions, but inviting
viewers to channel their own experiences into an interpretation. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsnM5e9NGBEqce5CDgYFTR4eW-i2wnl_Aacsp7CLwVpWh3280NBv0JMHNqM0GCEK-OUYwsm8qzKWklw84JuyBHiptz7oP7-vxBRECjOj9e__RIGRldHR7HBstjCfTSCsr7PXYQWHRFMvhjKk89hYedKnnpOxYhwBbuvQsYTc_Tzinlfy062x_Lv22glBw/s3000/gm%20unnamed%20(67).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsnM5e9NGBEqce5CDgYFTR4eW-i2wnl_Aacsp7CLwVpWh3280NBv0JMHNqM0GCEK-OUYwsm8qzKWklw84JuyBHiptz7oP7-vxBRECjOj9e__RIGRldHR7HBstjCfTSCsr7PXYQWHRFMvhjKk89hYedKnnpOxYhwBbuvQsYTc_Tzinlfy062x_Lv22glBw/w640-h640/gm%20unnamed%20(67).jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Graham </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Silveria </span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Martin</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A Portal</i>,
2022 - photographic image transfer and acrylic on found ply screen with brass
hinges with steel chain and lock - 170 x 120 x 20cm <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘A Portal’ stems from Martin’s
research into the cruising territory of the ruined warehouses on New York's
abandoned waterfront in the late 70s and early 80s and the associated art
of such as David Wojnarowicz and Peter Hujar. Connecting with the idea that
time itself was in ruins there, Martin wondered whether we might feel distant
presences, happenings and people more intimately through ‘the performance of
queer utopian memory'. So he documented a series of warehouse rituals with
the aim of accessing the collective experience of a community that was obscured
by the onslaught of AIDS, seeking to reframe personal experiences as a way
of deconstructing ‘the oppressive narratives we have become accustomed to
and internalised, and which remain ingrained in a broader collective
unconscious’. In an exhibition context, the viewer is invited to participate
furtively in the results of his ‘cruising as a research method’.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVOQ1Y5nqy6A6Z1v4iRpgJrjOCq2QORWaVsvWBjxjlcomzhF8JaRlC17LqyaQxoo985BnRQXaxCgnzFMaKqemCZv0gVlUXQ-Zi7LW1PC1kKdtLNTTEouCFRrwIPtgW5g3fXZEdEtxlD09bPvMF6V3DEftLZ13wGIyqckXaZQkl1dboGHuwVZnNQWwxnRs/s1024/Anna-Perach-Mistress-of-the-Desert-2023-Performance-documentation-1-1024x682.jpg" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVOQ1Y5nqy6A6Z1v4iRpgJrjOCq2QORWaVsvWBjxjlcomzhF8JaRlC17LqyaQxoo985BnRQXaxCgnzFMaKqemCZv0gVlUXQ-Zi7LW1PC1kKdtLNTTEouCFRrwIPtgW5g3fXZEdEtxlD09bPvMF6V3DEftLZ13wGIyqckXaZQkl1dboGHuwVZnNQWwxnRs/w640-h426/Anna-Perach-Mistress-of-the-Desert-2023-Performance-documentation-1-1024x682.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Anna
Perach</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Wandering Pelvis</i>, 2022
- Axminster yarn, faux leather, metal wire and birch wood stand, 168 x 82 x 47cm
and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Warrior</i>, 2023 - Axminster yarn,
artificial hair, fabric and birch wood stand 175 x 69 x 32cm<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Anna Perach uses hand-tufting to make
carpet textiles which she transforms into sculptures - many of which are
wearable, and can be activated - as these have been through a performance
exploring the liminal space between the self and the other and the tension
between the desire to merge and separate. The Wandering Pelvis plays with
the ancient idea of the womb that moves freely in the woman's body. During the
performance (as in image) the sculpture grows organs and mutates into a living being. As
that suggests, Perach explores the dynamic between personal and cultural myths,
and 'how our private narratives are deeply rooted in ancient storytelling and
folklore and conversely how folklore has the ability to tell us intimate,
confidential stories about ourselves'. These particular works were inspired by
ancient rock carvings found in the Judean desert in Israel, depicting scenes of
hunting, animals and enigmatic abstract shapes. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Production of the works was supported
by Fireflies projects and Goldsmiths CCA. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7MSjRx2R45ImqFexEYr7oZkoee9uh8dCd-nxxbeVbfNHjTSLTvMDxpLvsAuyOlzlKcq1bqNsuqn1ujriV9Gdx3NZa4LvKpf7rE7XZBB95uZBeW0NxDiJV9InChRkCwiOzq0bwTXQGdqhI2DOv_2ssh5NbuKU2CYqZa1nzpyU3sVPhs1flx2mDH5LDozU/s640/20_percent_1.jpeg" style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="640" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7MSjRx2R45ImqFexEYr7oZkoee9uh8dCd-nxxbeVbfNHjTSLTvMDxpLvsAuyOlzlKcq1bqNsuqn1ujriV9Gdx3NZa4LvKpf7rE7XZBB95uZBeW0NxDiJV9InChRkCwiOzq0bwTXQGdqhI2DOv_2ssh5NbuKU2CYqZa1nzpyU3sVPhs1flx2mDH5LDozU/w640-h360/20_percent_1.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Katarina
Ranković</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Twenty Percent</i>,
2017<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- Video, 2 mins 49 secs, and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Story of Room 03</i>, 2023 – Audio, 32
mins 28 secs<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Katarina Ranković presents two works
that follow her decade-long practise of entertainingly tweaking philosophical
thought by inhabiting characters. ‘When I enter a state of performance’, she
explains, ‘I feel as though I am returning to my main operating system and
choosing a different application to run on the machine of the self.’<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>‘Twenty Percent’ features the implausible yet
telling claim that 20% of all things that happen, do not in fact happen at all.
And ‘The Story of Room 03’ invites us to pull up a chair and listen to what
Ranković describes as ‘a fraught encounter between an artist and a haughty
exhibition space... With only 10 days to go until the scheduled art exhibition,
artist and room cannot see eye to eye on creative matters and risk having
nothing to show to the public. With the artist's reputation, the room's
dignity, and the visitor's satisfaction at stake, unlikely intimacies develop
between the three...’<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Prices
available on application<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;">Artists:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Alice
Anderson</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> studied Fine Art at the École nationale supérieure des
Beaux-Arts in Paris and Goldsmiths College, London (MA, 2009), and is
represented by Koenig Gallery, Berlin and Galerie Valérie
Bach, Brussels. Institutional shows include the Stedelijk Museum,
Amsterdam and Centre Pompidou, Paris in 2022. She lives in London. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Matt
Calderwood</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> studied at Sunderland University (BA, 1997). Charles Saatchi
famously purchased an early work -<span style="background: white;"> of rope
constructed from 50 rolls of toilet paper. </span>He lives between London and
County Antrim. Northern Ireland.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">William
Cobbing</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> studied
at Central Saint Martin’s College and de Ateliers in Amsterdam (2000). He
recently featured at the Whitechapel Gallery and has a solo show 'Social
Substance' at Airspace in Stoke-on-Trent from 23 September. He lives and works
in London.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Quilla
Constance</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> is an interdisciplinary artist, TV personality and Senior
Lecturer in BA Fine Art Sculpture at Camberwell College of Arts. She studied at
The Ruskin School of Art and Goldsmiths. Her solo exhibition ‘Teasing Out
Contingencies’ (Funded by Arts Council England) runs until 7 Jan 2024 at The
Higgins, Bedford - Albertina Campbell's FAD <a href="https://fadmagazine.com/2023/09/18/quilla-constance-teasing-out-contingencies/">review</a> of that gives an excellent insight into QC's work.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Rosie
Gibbens</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> studied Performance Design and Practice at Central Saint Martins
and Contemporary Art Practice: Performance at the Royal College of Art (MA,
2018) and has performed widely since then. She lives in London.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Liv
Fontaine</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> studied at Chelsea College of Art and Design and Glasgow School
of Art (MLITT Fine Art Performance, 2018). Her performance personae include Viv
Insane and Treacle Fuckface as well as Liv Fontaine. She lives in
Newcastle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Jenny Klein</span></b><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> studied English and Philosophy at Bristol University and Fine Art
at Central Saint Martins (MA 2020), and has worked extensively in theatre and
education. She lives between London and Puglia, Italy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Graham
Silveria Martin</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> studied at the University of Edinburgh and the Royal College of
Art (MA Painting, 2021). He is a co-founder and director of the South-East
London gallery Trafalgar Avenue. He lives in London. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Anna Perach</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> studied at Bezalel Academy of Arts
and Design, Jerusalem and Goldsmiths, University of London (MFA 2022). She is
represented by Cooke Latham Gallery, London, and has upcoming solo shows at </span><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; padding: 0cm;">ADA, Rome;
Gasworks, London; and The Lightbox, Woking.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> She lives in London.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span>Katarina Ranković</span></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span> studied at Central St Martins and
Goldsmiths College (PhD, 2023). She lives between Cardiff and Glasgow, where
she lectures at the Glasgow School of Art.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span>From the opening: my photos unless stated</span></span> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></div><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: inherit; 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font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="text-align: left;"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Photo </span><span style="text-align: left;">Ken Turner - @tensepressure</span></span><p style="font-size: medium;"></p></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></p></span></span><p></p>Paul Carey-Kenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01842249388250530953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432330092345249234.post-83137714477359373472023-07-23T03:18:00.001-07:002023-07-23T03:19:12.694-07:00WAITING FOR THE TIME <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0flD47zzN7MgYDKLCZ0VySV1TjB0LOs9xwXWqrK1NbvQ_tv0uZViCZ9N4bVJ15SKhUUdsnNOS0fmfJJfunwolHQk322lZBk1ZLj7wx7Z39OEZPxVg0l5FNmgShFfbTfCrdueliRKy2V3fIVYe_To79hTALLOoPZmixkL1qDg23levvQJ9OEmOdK9w/s2886/20230330_140338%20lon%20s%20c.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2886" data-original-width="2886" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0flD47zzN7MgYDKLCZ0VySV1TjB0LOs9xwXWqrK1NbvQ_tv0uZViCZ9N4bVJ15SKhUUdsnNOS0fmfJJfunwolHQk322lZBk1ZLj7wx7Z39OEZPxVg0l5FNmgShFfbTfCrdueliRKy2V3fIVYe_To79hTALLOoPZmixkL1qDg23levvQJ9OEmOdK9w/w640-h640/20230330_140338%20lon%20s%20c.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;">L</div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">For all that death<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">appears on screen more commonly than clichés,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">the real thing’s undermentioned.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Here we go…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ZNtNl3I60IhM3RMLfBApex8mDc8OyKPeq_-qLrVlQ5si4-_QXFgnJLx6mI2VklkA0Yb7UCC2f70Qvafr4LYu5TKf8uF7UWBYXfmyyRYgoBULTCNBNSJspHdq323N_i0VLvK-hW3GhESrOe6rb7L_twBjaknbJAmC6rTz3V56T9w0dDE21KSEQzmS/s3000/20230222_094101%20stl%20age.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ZNtNl3I60IhM3RMLfBApex8mDc8OyKPeq_-qLrVlQ5si4-_QXFgnJLx6mI2VklkA0Yb7UCC2f70Qvafr4LYu5TKf8uF7UWBYXfmyyRYgoBULTCNBNSJspHdq323N_i0VLvK-hW3GhESrOe6rb7L_twBjaknbJAmC6rTz3V56T9w0dDE21KSEQzmS/w640-h640/20230222_094101%20stl%20age.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;">St L</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Life is bad<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Death is good.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Life is bad. Death is good.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">No, I don’t think repetition’s going to crack it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ3WBnhVjBSeWRtFGgVo0cGQrKFs2HX5OIUvZhBqljQcRN-YOh8bcASG2BKLY-kSSRL-aznAoLzIFiaTmyCErGdf6ReBkEocmtSgra4QEF8ztLgyt8I6JM5KXSgiGzr-kas-OkLj83ojFM6Af2wRDv06aZNHbup1OMuj_mDZ84BaMTXMH0l-r9Y_jF/s3000/20230428_130400%20berl.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ3WBnhVjBSeWRtFGgVo0cGQrKFs2HX5OIUvZhBqljQcRN-YOh8bcASG2BKLY-kSSRL-aznAoLzIFiaTmyCErGdf6ReBkEocmtSgra4QEF8ztLgyt8I6JM5KXSgiGzr-kas-OkLj83ojFM6Af2wRDv06aZNHbup1OMuj_mDZ84BaMTXMH0l-r9Y_jF/w640-h640/20230428_130400%20berl.jpg" width="640" /></a><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: right;">Be</div><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">After the chemo<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">comes the waiting<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and the - rather oddly timed <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>–<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">splitting of my thumbs.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDYAscA_QNZlHrZoyYm0uw7HLzkLTmWH4xFtdnEgYsDpbA1XTr7V15IgYUk_72WiQnZBhALgZjCu1pwZf3WWZAdhnZ5CF8b4SwltSuRTRDwAsyHCPtOjNuIjekRgbBJr1L_zM8BU28WkmjAtAo1Bkj8Pe4cipiMIneddVgbG7OpHMgaKn_ZDimgjc9/s2983/sou%20car%20%20trav.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2983" data-original-width="2983" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDYAscA_QNZlHrZoyYm0uw7HLzkLTmWH4xFtdnEgYsDpbA1XTr7V15IgYUk_72WiQnZBhALgZjCu1pwZf3WWZAdhnZ5CF8b4SwltSuRTRDwAsyHCPtOjNuIjekRgbBJr1L_zM8BU28WkmjAtAo1Bkj8Pe4cipiMIneddVgbG7OpHMgaKn_ZDimgjc9/w640-h640/sou%20car%20%20trav.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">S</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What nonsense is this diagnosis?<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I can feel the life-force<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">pulsing through me -<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">or is that it draining away?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Z8zBTTQPESp6-BukJDfeXRvPJ35pLLcoiBAoAhA4-_9QCRWlEfpw-PHcd6U52R65Stz-u60Cy3ti9yDYP5Sz1Pgz_ZcUye4THfIlJr2PwE9_zsr-iOrZ2O2cA-rA7qQKfWJ4oNKjLOiB2z1jQ8Rt4lw58q5Q8tWPgyPEYanSL138ubIFxskWSHQC/s3000/20230428_120848%20berl%20use.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Z8zBTTQPESp6-BukJDfeXRvPJ35pLLcoiBAoAhA4-_9QCRWlEfpw-PHcd6U52R65Stz-u60Cy3ti9yDYP5Sz1Pgz_ZcUye4THfIlJr2PwE9_zsr-iOrZ2O2cA-rA7qQKfWJ4oNKjLOiB2z1jQ8Rt4lw58q5Q8tWPgyPEYanSL138ubIFxskWSHQC/w640-h640/20230428_120848%20berl%20use.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;">Be</div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I'm a little fed up<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">with being told I look better<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">than when I was well. What will I gain<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">from being the halest of corpses?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span><img border="0" data-original-height="1557" data-original-width="1557" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNTBV9nRt1WjZR4fns0K0uC9EsCJE8J2Hrd4lLuR6mAsyX9I6tG4q8BWLQSO_08vnX4cWwunmwSuNW0zuaPMZ9qDZu0bLauxrGC8oMDBJFGXA_MPqCDar3sclfMx0DpzN4-y21baw-dyWAx-iJlAJmxPOAREZLbFSAisXgSM4TSqbwgnis41e27vyf/w640-h640/Londonish%20transition%20017.jpg" width="640" /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">L</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Am I living with death</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">or dying with life?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">What sounds important<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">may be no distinction…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZpC3GfiyUHKkD68FIVzYh7yVgBRplLDZUlTOoXXLZFKVni1vLhZUBW27K-x5Xy5gEWgLhGX1vuQK9fxNfj3OBvwMVbMC5B7cWWku1JZUzmESDOrHUitz9FsBQSG5G4DNqgWAo3Y9oBnC_7i0lQOMEgOdKO8uXIjW8-TMDkURVe21_SzPIU1WC_9-w/s2070/20230425_110842%20lon%20new%20use%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2070" data-original-width="2070" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZpC3GfiyUHKkD68FIVzYh7yVgBRplLDZUlTOoXXLZFKVni1vLhZUBW27K-x5Xy5gEWgLhGX1vuQK9fxNfj3OBvwMVbMC5B7cWWku1JZUzmESDOrHUitz9FsBQSG5G4DNqgWAo3Y9oBnC_7i0lQOMEgOdKO8uXIjW8-TMDkURVe21_SzPIU1WC_9-w/w640-h640/20230425_110842%20lon%20new%20use%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;">L</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Here’s my chintzy cheeriness<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The half-alive is what you see,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">the half-dead what the doctors say<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">is plotting from within.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUixj96nUqbNpbH7tFFfaigyBNKD3v-CAMrujbrV-fMRukm3HitRzKUG7VZunsXTWnsrCXtXzNofvxephZ2C_TS8NgTvZkT5oV9lEsP-lL95H8teYmofqCzcrZOBdnIKT1cXePfgFH9h0ihbzwgyUSgEk6YLcR44yevI4A5nwf7k_Aegfm2PWGx-oe/s3000/20230319_145347%20bmth%20c.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUixj96nUqbNpbH7tFFfaigyBNKD3v-CAMrujbrV-fMRukm3HitRzKUG7VZunsXTWnsrCXtXzNofvxephZ2C_TS8NgTvZkT5oV9lEsP-lL95H8teYmofqCzcrZOBdnIKT1cXePfgFH9h0ihbzwgyUSgEk6YLcR44yevI4A5nwf7k_Aegfm2PWGx-oe/w640-h640/20230319_145347%20bmth%20c.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Bo </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">If you're going to have a run-in</b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">with death -</span> and you are -</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">you might as well have it<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">while you’re still feeling good. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdzlVlDo0PTAtIBSXa2yek0HZNqJEFxGO88wunvABNstdkbGpJR5bKF8c8oDct7wS8SddmUZ-lvBXP-K4tkcyxUhMMcpjvaJtEwrHnVibYVLPSX9YSWCdLP8bSvI7xn6JT2fZj_LWQAaC_KDzLUOmrwXnEQjxMbPm7Tl5BcXxupp0bRS-SgfGx4fMu/s3000/20230222_094339%20stl%20age.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdzlVlDo0PTAtIBSXa2yek0HZNqJEFxGO88wunvABNstdkbGpJR5bKF8c8oDct7wS8SddmUZ-lvBXP-K4tkcyxUhMMcpjvaJtEwrHnVibYVLPSX9YSWCdLP8bSvI7xn6JT2fZj_LWQAaC_KDzLUOmrwXnEQjxMbPm7Tl5BcXxupp0bRS-SgfGx4fMu/w640-h640/20230222_094339%20stl%20age.jpg" width="640" /></a></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">St L</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">People say I’m stoic<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">but the pain’s been nothing much.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And as for death,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I’m not expecting anything at all.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm3sTluq4vr6n0hq1hcbMdl6NSn0-uT6qg0oxw4SGl84GWXPjVIhtvESZBUVWqZs-8EXLCwLQckf3_0ZZpf6_d48V1ejfn4OQl_Iue9i3FqZwQJDsQa3__r0ssrUbEHd2syetEAI10-2oolM3WOubwLVCde9xIW5Aw2SlVkLxwHivQTiau9EhjMjeu/w640-h640/20230315_100602%20amst%20t.jpg" width="640" /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: right;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Am</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">We all need death<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">to come to terms<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">with horror and injustice:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">without it we’d be stuck with them.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsfPlASjankbX481uLji31PJvoKRGXDOvlhukEQC6Vt9kplekOT3ZKaD9-q-6bUqKVrCYiLcvqIL0635PkcyBLh-8DrEZCCnIZozIRDVgqZjM-B2C5JfUow9MrSRmPCQAO6ekgfS9TT32v-ZnMS4lp4HzEEbZNaDE-k4Sge26DyK5iM_DiNpYeilDt/s1599/20230308_123810%20lon%20water.jpg" style="font-weight: 400; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1599" data-original-width="1599" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsfPlASjankbX481uLji31PJvoKRGXDOvlhukEQC6Vt9kplekOT3ZKaD9-q-6bUqKVrCYiLcvqIL0635PkcyBLh-8DrEZCCnIZozIRDVgqZjM-B2C5JfUow9MrSRmPCQAO6ekgfS9TT32v-ZnMS4lp4HzEEbZNaDE-k4Sge26DyK5iM_DiNpYeilDt/w640-h640/20230308_123810%20lon%20water.jpg" width="640" /></a></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">L</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Spilling water onto my laptop<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I feared the worst.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">But my data arose in a new body<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and I began to wonder…</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx5CiGLjSXUb3d51IwDhwAI_vQEYcSsm2q1VpkSP-XB-MwskvcwkpsLW9H-3U1turR4btJXKPdJnNMo7e7Xv8yyDoBAKe5em7aaH1_BtVrhIWAFXw__n7ko3oIsXbbit6Mv0phbS71pyhmg1gBMaxSAieJ5Yz8KZOBShUkqx0bvjgNK3KTUQj4c-br/s2901/20230221_144605%20stl%20%20w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2901" data-original-width="2901" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx5CiGLjSXUb3d51IwDhwAI_vQEYcSsm2q1VpkSP-XB-MwskvcwkpsLW9H-3U1turR4btJXKPdJnNMo7e7Xv8yyDoBAKe5em7aaH1_BtVrhIWAFXw__n7ko3oIsXbbit6Mv0phbS71pyhmg1gBMaxSAieJ5Yz8KZOBShUkqx0bvjgNK3KTUQj4c-br/w640-h640/20230221_144605%20stl%20%20w.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></b></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br /></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">St L </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Writing my computer off<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">made me think of all the things<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">that haven't yet gone wrong.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">They'd better get a move on if they're serious.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2755" data-original-width="2755" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXE40bThIbKDMBMXJ8OSXdt_IvvmiRcoOSqDbzrFSaqcHH-cLaWQLquLtEWnhkf7fH7u3_J3U7rq_m8NHiSRpz4imrwLjltufctZJ8QHSuyIkByxV1KigFcMzyZnJTD6fDS80Y6pGEPABFoeo4_p9oudxRQNRdd4nhxqcOVAXD6U1myM0c8BZJb6x9/w640-h640/20230106_110914%20poss%20sign%20%20w.jpg" width="640" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; text-align: left;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; text-align: left;">L</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; text-align: left;">How soon</b></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">will I be able to say -<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">supposing I can say it at all –<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">‘I’m dead and I am perfectly content’?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFc2lECgIpEaxjn_mWud7wlJqrJIsjOWMTecCzqdjy-NkI_m91N6lw9NPy0rU-OdxhVSjMNTBqTemh2e3hlHefOlyU56Grr-Qxk21sxy6qvv3MaDIMrFYyVeDqwFfnfj6S2MY5AJzrJKFVaVFUCsbAJ_TLL7UReR96lZ0zrHgASOUH6d3Cll7moSvQ/s2154/20230428_141312%20berl%20use.jpg" style="font-weight: 400; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="2154" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFc2lECgIpEaxjn_mWud7wlJqrJIsjOWMTecCzqdjy-NkI_m91N6lw9NPy0rU-OdxhVSjMNTBqTemh2e3hlHefOlyU56Grr-Qxk21sxy6qvv3MaDIMrFYyVeDqwFfnfj6S2MY5AJzrJKFVaVFUCsbAJ_TLL7UReR96lZ0zrHgASOUH6d3Cll7moSvQ/w640-h640/20230428_141312%20berl%20use.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Be</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Why the plaintive note<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">in ‘you can’t take it with you’?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Nothing you could take would help<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">to deal with an eternity of nothing.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7sJ9VEzLjb3qBEMun_NIlqv_UcxYD5dhfn5bn8f4VCa9bAk47pUoWOogrjK7mk52NJUsrhVdZAi0ORJGKgbdIIchHxDYvRxmC3NhwCA8gvJHz14Gii_cPcUeZynIoBHrU0s91Df62aqe_Pcw9wk9UydkPYfax0YjAocnAhXIKV_uYnha6cLQGYtFf/s2544/20230321_165938%20lon%20n%20wind%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2544" data-original-width="2544" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7sJ9VEzLjb3qBEMun_NIlqv_UcxYD5dhfn5bn8f4VCa9bAk47pUoWOogrjK7mk52NJUsrhVdZAi0ORJGKgbdIIchHxDYvRxmC3NhwCA8gvJHz14Gii_cPcUeZynIoBHrU0s91Df62aqe_Pcw9wk9UydkPYfax0YjAocnAhXIKV_uYnha6cLQGYtFf/w640-h640/20230321_165938%20lon%20n%20wind%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">L</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Is death<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">stronger than life?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Not really: they are co-dependent<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and life, after all, comes first.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimrUQxJoQI10qx-SEb4ahRVGNs0aVPdinR-DOGIyuER7HrBe4kfYomqPHYyBNU6lLfP4xu6KMswSOQ4XQ2ht9dk4qKCIr_0am6MOjkaTNM_p40W-KQzRYQoMz-vkmEwI9oCsoJGj4GvqF3cYEc1AN7supWhKKcvvEAOTsQk7OAlysrDCoCHO3NO_pR/s3000/20230428_120011%20berl%20use.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimrUQxJoQI10qx-SEb4ahRVGNs0aVPdinR-DOGIyuER7HrBe4kfYomqPHYyBNU6lLfP4xu6KMswSOQ4XQ2ht9dk4qKCIr_0am6MOjkaTNM_p40W-KQzRYQoMz-vkmEwI9oCsoJGj4GvqF3cYEc1AN7supWhKKcvvEAOTsQk7OAlysrDCoCHO3NO_pR/w640-h640/20230428_120011%20berl%20use.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Be</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I have my senses<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and my sense of having senses<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and now the sense that they’ll be lost<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">before I’ve even come to them in full.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjumrt5fOrDEwbEesoSfZnq7twOwhKhCIF342TCvY1idNeOH9FvfKGq5YqIbi9-qAsdInzoU1Yx9uLzd-SJIBDDZSd9qHX62spEXOF8zJPHXVV1CNPpFSNSy6E5gOhkfj9nwbJR-XfUA9DgaC6a03pya0VaOeuIs54haPdQ8bardm30Scg0iSZEq8sV/s2999/London%20April%20022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2999" data-original-width="2999" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjumrt5fOrDEwbEesoSfZnq7twOwhKhCIF342TCvY1idNeOH9FvfKGq5YqIbi9-qAsdInzoU1Yx9uLzd-SJIBDDZSd9qHX62spEXOF8zJPHXVV1CNPpFSNSy6E5gOhkfj9nwbJR-XfUA9DgaC6a03pya0VaOeuIs54haPdQ8bardm30Scg0iSZEq8sV/w640-h640/London%20April%20022.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">L</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">When the big death’s on your mind</b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">the little ones are quite a nice distraction.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">What nonsense is that?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">They always were.</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDHaLo5pPQQrBEetTVVOIObgo5msDP4Yq_w8uR6vGb8A8kG5CjVXcMSLys3p2e1Dd8wLI-RHF-rdSj2Lcy_sEOVa5oFY2_RzuJ3PO2E0w9kjQumGUOJvqwmLRJKwMb9DIXxvwoa09TfHIw0tCYNLiAHXIENYIqaZa7uTOkQTyLh-fiXzudCGTXzgvU/s3000/20230228_145932%20w%20c%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDHaLo5pPQQrBEetTVVOIObgo5msDP4Yq_w8uR6vGb8A8kG5CjVXcMSLys3p2e1Dd8wLI-RHF-rdSj2Lcy_sEOVa5oFY2_RzuJ3PO2E0w9kjQumGUOJvqwmLRJKwMb9DIXxvwoa09TfHIw0tCYNLiAHXIENYIqaZa7uTOkQTyLh-fiXzudCGTXzgvU/w640-h640/20230228_145932%20w%20c%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">L </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Of life<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I know enough to understand my ignorance.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Of death,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I know as much as anyone.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH1KCexiurBdFzwyjei6YFl5WWgAoTbiOYIf2NZP7De7hMOtauoGa1hqr9JRs4rf9p0fnoMsqMjnwzfli6W-J5nmcEmw6p2KVZL7JvnYsNL46MUllm5viWOTFl9Hb1uXwKu5_jK0QOkoyq3lXhYwdlx9BIY7_GDJnlxFQGXhLdDj6XvHR1DcjrDh-7/s2736/20230321_121148%20lon%20timez%20.jpg" style="font-weight: 400; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="2736" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH1KCexiurBdFzwyjei6YFl5WWgAoTbiOYIf2NZP7De7hMOtauoGa1hqr9JRs4rf9p0fnoMsqMjnwzfli6W-J5nmcEmw6p2KVZL7JvnYsNL46MUllm5viWOTFl9Hb1uXwKu5_jK0QOkoyq3lXhYwdlx9BIY7_GDJnlxFQGXhLdDj6XvHR1DcjrDh-7/w640-h640/20230321_121148%20lon%20timez%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">L</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">My birthday was fun<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">Presents, grandchildren, cake, meal out…<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">How about another one,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">same time next year?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTcwI2DzD9VBogq8TV5n9YVlT8turir7gAC5Qwf5RyO8wImQ0PhHmylIgFQnEaZ7jhwIMbSuloxyhTiEgKun1BI6r1aF8kam16HP-JQQGtwClwFSIjjM7tTUCE8uYTEuIXfW35kZB6KmQ7htShqaoMLZa2r7gwKn8Zj5WN41V_zpT26LlxLfQPgWiG/s2963/20230326_184302%20t.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2963" data-original-width="2963" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTcwI2DzD9VBogq8TV5n9YVlT8turir7gAC5Qwf5RyO8wImQ0PhHmylIgFQnEaZ7jhwIMbSuloxyhTiEgKun1BI6r1aF8kam16HP-JQQGtwClwFSIjjM7tTUCE8uYTEuIXfW35kZB6KmQ7htShqaoMLZa2r7gwKn8Zj5WN41V_zpT26LlxLfQPgWiG/w640-h640/20230326_184302%20t.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">S</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I have just two questions<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">When am I crossing into the black?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">And, supposing that you’ve got the answer,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">do I really want to know? </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgars1b0bqKsFyRUvGxOk5JqcsvGl6temM3zlYXJLaPE_saobD2v8-wNerNcvvXg8PtcsChem5s9ISIp0aNv2NdledFA6qPvUIauvZdpVQq12RkWCYdcUm5FFWxwCZZ6mcs05-QavrAp5HAn3IqILnnilmPNcE59-v9caApJfPCvO9_5EthmRkJYrk4/s3000/20230308_181412%20lon%20water.jpg" style="font-weight: 400; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgars1b0bqKsFyRUvGxOk5JqcsvGl6temM3zlYXJLaPE_saobD2v8-wNerNcvvXg8PtcsChem5s9ISIp0aNv2NdledFA6qPvUIauvZdpVQq12RkWCYdcUm5FFWxwCZZ6mcs05-QavrAp5HAn3IqILnnilmPNcE59-v9caApJfPCvO9_5EthmRkJYrk4/w640-h640/20230308_181412%20lon%20water.jpg" width="640" /></a></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> L</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I’m dying too late<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">2010 was optimal - unalarmed by global warming,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">unaware that all these years<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">of Tory bodge-and-Brexit were to follow.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOXHDu6uTQNSd4ZqwB8t9_EkobGGdF8bsKLrIZL0Cma4LZOLgml8UmPw8xoFP6b0mS85AIOb0sB7zw136yRPJE9EmNMqfq0rlDMDNSaFDlLrEl98zLBUfbmBVI9AVTQWwBckkeIYJ4nnt0LiXmOaupLfQ7nbvZ7mAFY0RGmRQrB_T5zi9dFs_Rp0XZ/s1959/20230112_125238%20p%20wat.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1959" data-original-width="1959" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOXHDu6uTQNSd4ZqwB8t9_EkobGGdF8bsKLrIZL0Cma4LZOLgml8UmPw8xoFP6b0mS85AIOb0sB7zw136yRPJE9EmNMqfq0rlDMDNSaFDlLrEl98zLBUfbmBVI9AVTQWwBckkeIYJ4nnt0LiXmOaupLfQ7nbvZ7mAFY0RGmRQrB_T5zi9dFs_Rp0XZ/w640-h640/20230112_125238%20p%20wat.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">L</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I think, on reflection<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I’ll take a chance<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>on death –<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">even though I can’t yet know<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">how it’s going to be.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjht1YVHgbNWIrtJW1LcO4AJnO9xAlBALyy8chDa91dnZtnDKjLma5rK0h1Q2jdXtliGZvwWFOhsHImQWZhmU818CYz7VB2oFwYK6fzef4Q7paPVvrO_XG8AP_6el822XupcFFbOxNZUi_nC0zrpc38pcgDemEc3IkoP0WKJrgaTNOPy6v343oSKx6Q/s2621/20230404_123422%20lon%20s.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2621" data-original-width="2621" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjht1YVHgbNWIrtJW1LcO4AJnO9xAlBALyy8chDa91dnZtnDKjLma5rK0h1Q2jdXtliGZvwWFOhsHImQWZhmU818CYz7VB2oFwYK6fzef4Q7paPVvrO_XG8AP_6el822XupcFFbOxNZUi_nC0zrpc38pcgDemEc3IkoP0WKJrgaTNOPy6v343oSKx6Q/w640-h640/20230404_123422%20lon%20s.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">L</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Most cattle only exist<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">because they can be killed for beef.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">will I – even though less tasty –<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">be delivering a purpose in death?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI74UQO1ymDX6lXR8u4wdVIk49u8YPxo-cd2HdvHnbJYBNEZRDM71KfOjo7oACIpXbgE7CIxTefqJadetsbXs16fTSE_raPqPVe_BQSZESV5JY2GbCrWIu3n-a3EyDWHfX9duhEPI_YoFGNV7cD0hFblfLfNbJIqZAR3ZATW_7p4dZM5lCn8V_Fgg0/s2992/20230309_121415%20lon%20trav%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2992" data-original-width="2992" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI74UQO1ymDX6lXR8u4wdVIk49u8YPxo-cd2HdvHnbJYBNEZRDM71KfOjo7oACIpXbgE7CIxTefqJadetsbXs16fTSE_raPqPVe_BQSZESV5JY2GbCrWIu3n-a3EyDWHfX9duhEPI_YoFGNV7cD0hFblfLfNbJIqZAR3ZATW_7p4dZM5lCn8V_Fgg0/w640-h640/20230309_121415%20lon%20trav%20.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">L</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Why is the expression<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">‘take it <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">or</i> leave it’<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">when ‘take it <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">and</i> leave it’<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">would get closer to the core of life?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidm93S4yC1jC0EgnT7YmZy3Jmq8EhdmTh1-NsxnSk5o8FpMxwgaAzteuHdsBF3SAzSZh1JSDVl143xGBmK49W0b7uEnQZN1NYS5kH2ObrdXEvZmNWXrTTulG7v47FOXakvwJEOc2QK1-1Rj5IPX4KIPoJkQ5n1VrcuD64acFLlv3bs-USPGWWViFIi/s2895/20230308_122453%20LON%20c.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2895" data-original-width="2895" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidm93S4yC1jC0EgnT7YmZy3Jmq8EhdmTh1-NsxnSk5o8FpMxwgaAzteuHdsBF3SAzSZh1JSDVl143xGBmK49W0b7uEnQZN1NYS5kH2ObrdXEvZmNWXrTTulG7v47FOXakvwJEOc2QK1-1Rj5IPX4KIPoJkQ5n1VrcuD64acFLlv3bs-USPGWWViFIi/w640-h640/20230308_122453%20LON%20c.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> L</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Procedure postponed<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I should be pleased to be judged<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">less likely to die soon than whoever’s bumped me.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And yet I am not.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidWYL0gXE664fxmDa--uZY_q9oVPFxAKWPlLZZL5YiisRbTvreF6v1NRAdr_Iu_ToExxmjddljB8rbO9XxrJdSCs5Vi13CkhSSQ96IyH2-S3KklgGBq5bAQGBqrAq5LTSE_8bysbG05Byuo-zWEkuU6R2-1vmmd8aighknilTJSpJ7Z1rW6QeXU6kg/s2080/20230412_124637%20lon.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2080" data-original-width="2080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidWYL0gXE664fxmDa--uZY_q9oVPFxAKWPlLZZL5YiisRbTvreF6v1NRAdr_Iu_ToExxmjddljB8rbO9XxrJdSCs5Vi13CkhSSQ96IyH2-S3KklgGBq5bAQGBqrAq5LTSE_8bysbG05Byuo-zWEkuU6R2-1vmmd8aighknilTJSpJ7Z1rW6QeXU6kg/w640-h640/20230412_124637%20lon.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">L</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">‘Live in the present’<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">would be a more meaningful motto<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">we're there any other<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">opportunity to do so.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHglz97LmnBOk5EuOtpo4YusFiN74TdF1ntzBg-VMt_UP4Ev_KZQbJQdREDTFJQwaIeBIvWnykpUswLCVcDDYFnBEUMTqodFW5RWOwmaZZDPlpgclzgU23NvpceRK4iWddnOmp4rCGJOKEmoPl8WqtA2J1n0l7qTVwJSD--Oxpdvl7QmqoBACJdQFT/s1356/20230222_094935%20dis%20info%20stl%20%20circ%20w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="1356" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHglz97LmnBOk5EuOtpo4YusFiN74TdF1ntzBg-VMt_UP4Ev_KZQbJQdREDTFJQwaIeBIvWnykpUswLCVcDDYFnBEUMTqodFW5RWOwmaZZDPlpgclzgU23NvpceRK4iWddnOmp4rCGJOKEmoPl8WqtA2J1n0l7qTVwJSD--Oxpdvl7QmqoBACJdQFT/w640-h640/20230222_094935%20dis%20info%20stl%20%20circ%20w.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">St L </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I don't deal</b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">in certainties.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">And what would be the point of odds<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">if you didn't defy them?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU8VKVdEDwqsCWpXlU0_stiU_L23-zNDWE2ReXaJOliY6Kymnd5XR6Hq4njpYR6FBEVzwDxwI2635l6NoPrY3fg5F0bkqBP5fqVkOtbAMxj5W_44MTKkv3-ILKoomCQ7GEATuqUtOazSsli520q74wzOKo1raHXp-ecWZ7d-Wup1fEiWTnB5J3HE1S/s1440/20230315_142446%20amst%20t.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU8VKVdEDwqsCWpXlU0_stiU_L23-zNDWE2ReXaJOliY6Kymnd5XR6Hq4njpYR6FBEVzwDxwI2635l6NoPrY3fg5F0bkqBP5fqVkOtbAMxj5W_44MTKkv3-ILKoomCQ7GEATuqUtOazSsli520q74wzOKo1raHXp-ecWZ7d-Wup1fEiWTnB5J3HE1S/w640-h640/20230315_142446%20amst%20t.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;">Am</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">‘That’s Life’</b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">ran for 21 years on the BBC.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">There seems little danger<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">of anyone commissioning ‘That’s Death’.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p> </o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNu2Q4TC_6YR16-EFJGuvvap4VGSBcD43GX2bINZUox1Xuv48SA7AdgA1iwZfJ3NNDaa-Bxl39I6KVWlB4WF295PpoOuXPG2tosdaurSSO_jvJUT9Up7bNu6Ma8lSHESyTFQww1XjD55RCLGovhGTHKiwdAjKv5Qj7bIcMjO9fct1CS330391EcO4Q/s2059/2008%20brus%20024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2059" data-original-width="2059" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNu2Q4TC_6YR16-EFJGuvvap4VGSBcD43GX2bINZUox1Xuv48SA7AdgA1iwZfJ3NNDaa-Bxl39I6KVWlB4WF295PpoOuXPG2tosdaurSSO_jvJUT9Up7bNu6Ma8lSHESyTFQww1XjD55RCLGovhGTHKiwdAjKv5Qj7bIcMjO9fct1CS330391EcO4Q/w640-h640/2008%20brus%20024.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">L</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">How can I complain</b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Look what Alexander the Great,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Schubert, Keats and Seurat<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">achieved in less than half my time.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYO4gYaTvnr4-2lXc3LUIBlUVUG3ZGVOPzTQQJZRvvBPKGAC6X6jhCiSFzZhy9VVhs-Ig6ZaHQe_oT-p9bIOdrCtlg4-cTrY-hcAcBX6i77NgZtoonuBQoXLCfzh5m8DNWejFcMMOs7rUz8gZKozLEfiS18GEf-M_QxbK9dC4fNOjfCEaB-In4PC_w/s2941/20230309_122447%20sky%20lon.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2941" data-original-width="2941" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYO4gYaTvnr4-2lXc3LUIBlUVUG3ZGVOPzTQQJZRvvBPKGAC6X6jhCiSFzZhy9VVhs-Ig6ZaHQe_oT-p9bIOdrCtlg4-cTrY-hcAcBX6i77NgZtoonuBQoXLCfzh5m8DNWejFcMMOs7rUz8gZKozLEfiS18GEf-M_QxbK9dC4fNOjfCEaB-In4PC_w/w640-h640/20230309_122447%20sky%20lon.jpg" width="640" /></a></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">L</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Mine is such a tiny death<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">up against our species death,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">the planet's death, the universe's...<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I’m not sure it really counts at all.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikXEqptouoC1cYTm-ilT_tiAmm_LDCHACcDbbF0ZmNphMJjUkyhhCxpL3HVx_e0IZYWq7cj7gJXaYHHfhfGevX7wXjOc5ZwvW7fXIsuQ_Vfv9R1pD6K2s1mRc7K-BjWOJ7bDR0mf47ZKXxSDSCG9Juc-4opyP9lhgRm7spDEk3kxCt1lovxdzx9Yrc/s2466/20230204_155340%20poss%20weight%20lon%20%20circ%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2368" data-original-width="2466" height="614" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikXEqptouoC1cYTm-ilT_tiAmm_LDCHACcDbbF0ZmNphMJjUkyhhCxpL3HVx_e0IZYWq7cj7gJXaYHHfhfGevX7wXjOc5ZwvW7fXIsuQ_Vfv9R1pD6K2s1mRc7K-BjWOJ7bDR0mf47ZKXxSDSCG9Juc-4opyP9lhgRm7spDEk3kxCt1lovxdzx9Yrc/w640-h614/20230204_155340%20poss%20weight%20lon%20%20circ%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;">L</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">My plan’s to keep moving<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">onwards and upwards.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">My back-up plan’s to die -<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">but with no regrets.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtR2Nk8JiSHJOD5Pc1G8fVk8FOADAiy0K5cW3KC2vM1rjV8wF2XOTYhF6eAardwO0MxeeXa-TIXSKDZBdZLjAMWSYFJ41uM4kMmxMgsJUAp6-XODe7AmUu8uwbarZevwYFI76gWl5VjAmiOvnVI7-UGGPOCV5KLrDzhq3BQTfsWcFeCcJeuIOHPXDb/s3000/20230314_172108%20wat.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtR2Nk8JiSHJOD5Pc1G8fVk8FOADAiy0K5cW3KC2vM1rjV8wF2XOTYhF6eAardwO0MxeeXa-TIXSKDZBdZLjAMWSYFJ41uM4kMmxMgsJUAp6-XODe7AmUu8uwbarZevwYFI76gWl5VjAmiOvnVI7-UGGPOCV5KLrDzhq3BQTfsWcFeCcJeuIOHPXDb/w640-h640/20230314_172108%20wat.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;">Am</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Death is here <o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">as it always was,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">smuggling in<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">its opposite of ‘always’.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPXA3chYsP2APQqTmrbnalpvJHtfUfTyov2IOLegoRjksQ64X1QvuXJAsxwIqv5fh4ESFdhpG0NBFTEC7mvwbFRIyFyUd-zCA1bcmn4b4Ru_3XkJ-tqBMasxO6gHUnMyKO6UJH35C6A8vDIy9oWG-tMlA9yeSyVoMm2ZBi3ACMT3YnbhlFZ_5W-b1B/s2835/time%20poem%2020220801_185421.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2835" data-original-width="2835" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPXA3chYsP2APQqTmrbnalpvJHtfUfTyov2IOLegoRjksQ64X1QvuXJAsxwIqv5fh4ESFdhpG0NBFTEC7mvwbFRIyFyUd-zCA1bcmn4b4Ru_3XkJ-tqBMasxO6gHUnMyKO6UJH35C6A8vDIy9oWG-tMlA9yeSyVoMm2ZBi3ACMT3YnbhlFZ_5W-b1B/w640-h640/time%20poem%2020220801_185421.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">L</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I'm dying, which is interesting</b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I'd sooner not - or not just yet -<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">but why not make the most of it?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I'll only get one chance.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlIHka2wszEIuKf5ezTYGxr4vwUaOkVWguOHS7_JVRdjs3lz8kTS8_6kirqjKyfnB3jmmXISDwFR8vXPNtX_VcvmHRB-0inqcfsZO0gVwrJwTlP9H60HipHSSWl-8suRzh67IRIEKfNNLTje-FvJRbt8PLTLZjMWLJmOZvkVLP8Mm8tnCzXbRVTTVl/s2072/2007%20London%20F%20043%20wat%20%20p.jpg" style="font-weight: 400; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2072" data-original-width="2072" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlIHka2wszEIuKf5ezTYGxr4vwUaOkVWguOHS7_JVRdjs3lz8kTS8_6kirqjKyfnB3jmmXISDwFR8vXPNtX_VcvmHRB-0inqcfsZO0gVwrJwTlP9H60HipHSSWl-8suRzh67IRIEKfNNLTje-FvJRbt8PLTLZjMWLJmOZvkVLP8Mm8tnCzXbRVTTVl/w640-h640/2007%20London%20F%20043%20wat%20%20p.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">L</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Following a laparoscopy <o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">my bladder’s full <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">but I can't pee the way I must<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">before they'll tell me to piss off.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYeUvrsFEcyI_tXGi1M07MXH2_RZR-N3MXvn9VNXi0h1ENhfARMST-a_9Q7ZApmS17agmdLZAdJHB091u8tfc-fOnv6Clj0inpyvMWzd9d1NtfTRKe-WuRAHj1Rqw1DGK5jKQk7aYA2ggnRhaQu0_qBpNrE-pYwQhkwXJOo5ABXY6tKgAui4Vfk4TL/s2395/20230225_152932%20%20timez.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2395" data-original-width="2395" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYeUvrsFEcyI_tXGi1M07MXH2_RZR-N3MXvn9VNXi0h1ENhfARMST-a_9Q7ZApmS17agmdLZAdJHB091u8tfc-fOnv6Clj0inpyvMWzd9d1NtfTRKe-WuRAHj1Rqw1DGK5jKQk7aYA2ggnRhaQu0_qBpNrE-pYwQhkwXJOo5ABXY6tKgAui4Vfk4TL/w640-h640/20230225_152932%20%20timez.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;">L</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Will death suit me?<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I’m pretty sure so,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">same as it suits everyone<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">living in a world beyond fashion.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5MwYw1cqfk1RouU6y6Cop6vSjkLu-TlvoFTW665OVRVLdsuWhxJ0ojgBMCaV9v6UJvnyRF064FqPpxhgdxLoxCqX2XNRMfqdMhH6dDj4CG0O5Uss6sqiSP89Rojb8tNXmUWU4l9p6Iwpuz-yOfdydCNOKrCdVd5mOLAJSzA7y6tTRyn_h8q1TVHKW/s2974/20230215_110352%20lon%20moorgate%20t.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2974" data-original-width="2974" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5MwYw1cqfk1RouU6y6Cop6vSjkLu-TlvoFTW665OVRVLdsuWhxJ0ojgBMCaV9v6UJvnyRF064FqPpxhgdxLoxCqX2XNRMfqdMhH6dDj4CG0O5Uss6sqiSP89Rojb8tNXmUWU4l9p6Iwpuz-yOfdydCNOKrCdVd5mOLAJSzA7y6tTRyn_h8q1TVHKW/w640-h640/20230215_110352%20lon%20moorgate%20t.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;">L</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">It's my death<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and I'll smile if I want to<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">right up to the point when my expression is fixed<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">in what, by then, might look more like a grimace. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUgN9dLfs1X88uKvZXMhWB7_BqN4k8hW_3WyOzpepGPmh4EyG6UTDKZ02y80SQSauSZpRpwiKsAHg2s7j-zqEa48Om6nMkbyV7-LiDbInbm2qieKPUOvWrmcSr5ybT_mbvFvK12KBt6vKrcc8i4i1vgHwMngKTbt-eMKAv5ZOM4DAStLLDgfKsRWxy/s3000/20230313_163749%20c.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUgN9dLfs1X88uKvZXMhWB7_BqN4k8hW_3WyOzpepGPmh4EyG6UTDKZ02y80SQSauSZpRpwiKsAHg2s7j-zqEa48Om6nMkbyV7-LiDbInbm2qieKPUOvWrmcSr5ybT_mbvFvK12KBt6vKrcc8i4i1vgHwMngKTbt-eMKAv5ZOM4DAStLLDgfKsRWxy/w640-h640/20230313_163749%20c.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;">Am</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Somewhat ironically<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">– when you consider the depth of slumber it guarantees –<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">death never sleeps:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">you can go at any time.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCqnu5WcQFDiMQH49XXEJwtazWG4D_LTJADRJyZcovnrejC7fAaMfWT7ewVKvsqClSEfq5km7TKxL84mlTdpPOQqtGFiQHUQe4E20M8dvXyugEArM-6ZZtBV9hV1J0Fgpf8QBgKJS6qaUyG0E8uHs2wTNWQW9aoOf-Taa0YdZ5w6scWzmR4rAKD22W/s1830/20230104_141231.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1830" data-original-width="1830" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCqnu5WcQFDiMQH49XXEJwtazWG4D_LTJADRJyZcovnrejC7fAaMfWT7ewVKvsqClSEfq5km7TKxL84mlTdpPOQqtGFiQHUQe4E20M8dvXyugEArM-6ZZtBV9hV1J0Fgpf8QBgKJS6qaUyG0E8uHs2wTNWQW9aoOf-Taa0YdZ5w6scWzmR4rAKD22W/w640-h640/20230104_141231.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">L</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Too soon for me</b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">but maybe too soon for most.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In which case it’s simply<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">part of the condition.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu9qBf_nVIs4ih6XQOfVSDhaoDMvV3jGAjOKj6PeZN3fiaLFdilEyK6ntRS20FanrxIM3oO50XIxH3UonJVlRYYF-A-11RcpMuk-VzuQOMdC5RNw4onEdkKLrix8g6qa91eKNeelI_Bf5heiLUow_BdgSkN9aGLf5m48Gqpsf5VKZ080ysyCI0CWuY/s3000/20230127_161042%20poss%20brus%20%20n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu9qBf_nVIs4ih6XQOfVSDhaoDMvV3jGAjOKj6PeZN3fiaLFdilEyK6ntRS20FanrxIM3oO50XIxH3UonJVlRYYF-A-11RcpMuk-VzuQOMdC5RNw4onEdkKLrix8g6qa91eKNeelI_Bf5heiLUow_BdgSkN9aGLf5m48Gqpsf5VKZ080ysyCI0CWuY/w640-h640/20230127_161042%20poss%20brus%20%20n.jpg" width="640" /></a></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Br</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Dementia<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">seems to have sneaked ahead of cancer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">as public health enemy No. 1.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">But why should I fear it?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGqQ0kRmudLNWMcpB5OSOof-mWWgaqotEiYE1VFVv9Y2qt1PSQNgkxb138VrngvB7dcw_b6vlEqH4KWPSreq6xLob7orkXU52rNy23JQd3PzNJyhf4YSXIDAkZuwFJ_glDdtnklfcr7LBNiT3VYoZVLfLlkOCDrivHXaPLGQaF034pRDo-U4agAPRN/s2865/20230315_100419%20amst.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2865" data-original-width="2865" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGqQ0kRmudLNWMcpB5OSOof-mWWgaqotEiYE1VFVv9Y2qt1PSQNgkxb138VrngvB7dcw_b6vlEqH4KWPSreq6xLob7orkXU52rNy23JQd3PzNJyhf4YSXIDAkZuwFJ_glDdtnklfcr7LBNiT3VYoZVLfLlkOCDrivHXaPLGQaF034pRDo-U4agAPRN/w640-h640/20230315_100419%20amst.jpg" width="640" /></a></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Am</span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Allergic to life?<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">That will be sorted.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Allergic to death?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">It’s a little more tricky…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKitPHsNhlazaleqSs0f1BLpy7GVHG-leey43_rpMx0k7FOXeUv7eLUr2FlIZh3kYiD7lLq0gn2Y-qepQgz6k9N7x6nepCJeLjtIg_C5i2AXhVpbi2vtZOYuT96uEkX-mppWlklkD04jLqvJFPcATMp_LmvgkJYZ_rJnkrDAETa40sztwKCnXi5A6w/s862/20230308_123149%20lon.jpg" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="862" data-original-width="862" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKitPHsNhlazaleqSs0f1BLpy7GVHG-leey43_rpMx0k7FOXeUv7eLUr2FlIZh3kYiD7lLq0gn2Y-qepQgz6k9N7x6nepCJeLjtIg_C5i2AXhVpbi2vtZOYuT96uEkX-mppWlklkD04jLqvJFPcATMp_LmvgkJYZ_rJnkrDAETa40sztwKCnXi5A6w/w640-h640/20230308_123149%20lon.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">L</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">If death's been issued with a moral code<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">–<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>'though shalt kill', presumably –<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">would it be wrong of me,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">supposing I could, to resist it? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaEMzazP8MHmnmVddd1CDd6gLj_RXNy0X-uB0OCBHwHAyZPHIab4jiCU410Dgyu0hgCtUGjShy_zWOuD0dDWOar8jThbYm-v3aZUaHGsVlrz2JLDtHdZdIL_Sw5wcKcOP8gbH1xnSXpy3D3NyRRT153_ph2R_AftPpm1tUUQJsUmz0gOsLl30edzWy/s2757/20230302_153126%20lon%20wall%20t.jpg" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2757" data-original-width="2757" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaEMzazP8MHmnmVddd1CDd6gLj_RXNy0X-uB0OCBHwHAyZPHIab4jiCU410Dgyu0hgCtUGjShy_zWOuD0dDWOar8jThbYm-v3aZUaHGsVlrz2JLDtHdZdIL_Sw5wcKcOP8gbH1xnSXpy3D3NyRRT153_ph2R_AftPpm1tUUQJsUmz0gOsLl30edzWy/w640-h640/20230302_153126%20lon%20wall%20t.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">L</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">According to Gil Evans<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">there’s no such thing as a wrong note,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">it’s what you do next which can yield a mistake...<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">but death is a wrong note with nothing to follow.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFYz_JfneZ67bOOGFZK9km6ocLazjfvLlbQYBCYQj92LCVPgP9UZ_J2D4GRtlpurFMkjf2Ha7GCyHQzYwIhEaoNUWoSxQHW5oYD401TZfouVcHMSj6Yu8zXypx6shX5yjtS0Dx90poZ4s4DAZBT4OzYdWVSEIIHal4LhSB_mz93esnU9E9F9tx_nLn/s3000/20230211_142337%20poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFYz_JfneZ67bOOGFZK9km6ocLazjfvLlbQYBCYQj92LCVPgP9UZ_J2D4GRtlpurFMkjf2Ha7GCyHQzYwIhEaoNUWoSxQHW5oYD401TZfouVcHMSj6Yu8zXypx6shX5yjtS0Dx90poZ4s4DAZBT4OzYdWVSEIIHal4LhSB_mz93esnU9E9F9tx_nLn/w640-h640/20230211_142337%20poss.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><div><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: right;">S</div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">‘Since we’re all going to die’<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">says Camus, ‘it’s obvious<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">that when and how don’t matter’.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">It isn’t so very obvious to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqGlr6lP9E6-humBmoYtfy0YZ7HugykIckb-0dK1Rq_N99fBjSK5ANlRoKK7cDofgANguX59zh8S3IGWCjwKJ0vQObRFP8R0zLfYLs0obrKG3vfhIwhUuQjfxNDNST87_owq7xxBojFtzappuxHKhFSOi3RKaoEGmElHR_1hpAk1jMDbrmRyGxkOcX/s1933/20230222_122624%20stl%20age.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1933" data-original-width="1933" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqGlr6lP9E6-humBmoYtfy0YZ7HugykIckb-0dK1Rq_N99fBjSK5ANlRoKK7cDofgANguX59zh8S3IGWCjwKJ0vQObRFP8R0zLfYLs0obrKG3vfhIwhUuQjfxNDNST87_owq7xxBojFtzappuxHKhFSOi3RKaoEGmElHR_1hpAk1jMDbrmRyGxkOcX/w640-h640/20230222_122624%20stl%20age.jpg" width="640" /></a></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">St L</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Why should I hurry?<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I’ll be late soon enough<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">with no reason to care<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">about how soon I got there.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKTpWKRSfV70hWiw52Ou2oX9b4vaDes24vw3jPwsqgScArFgPDkkNgYufkIsnuZ9aGsakBvL5dQwMVVwJOzKPYQ41fmpA8ZHSvMi5n7HRgfyEKKZaUjEXYm9VfIRUFNS50tXhkFulxHZVV2JBQlOP0XaqnQoM_nbHF0KbP00pzbRdIfVV8UggLVeTT/s2789/20230321_140805%20pave%20lon%20p.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2789" data-original-width="2789" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKTpWKRSfV70hWiw52Ou2oX9b4vaDes24vw3jPwsqgScArFgPDkkNgYufkIsnuZ9aGsakBvL5dQwMVVwJOzKPYQ41fmpA8ZHSvMi5n7HRgfyEKKZaUjEXYm9VfIRUFNS50tXhkFulxHZVV2JBQlOP0XaqnQoM_nbHF0KbP00pzbRdIfVV8UggLVeTT/w640-h640/20230321_140805%20pave%20lon%20p.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;">L</div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">How does it feel<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">to be a rock<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">or a cloud or a clod?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The afterlife will tell me, I suppose.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU258SZwDxGrtH9gRZ_Rb5egzrSusPaQsrE7PiKFxBUEk0FyQaR_efmgucsuqImwq9FezaPBz_ssE4GsfP16t30zj1hVIHE5mHSsNZFVzZqLaOUG5up8FykWUenHBF9RIbnqFfvwKTFrW64G_NBERSrvmVcdXSb5jLG1z3wDXf-JPNTofR4xl87GAp/s1930/20230328_153053%20lon%20t.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1930" data-original-width="1930" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU258SZwDxGrtH9gRZ_Rb5egzrSusPaQsrE7PiKFxBUEk0FyQaR_efmgucsuqImwq9FezaPBz_ssE4GsfP16t30zj1hVIHE5mHSsNZFVzZqLaOUG5up8FykWUenHBF9RIbnqFfvwKTFrW64G_NBERSrvmVcdXSb5jLG1z3wDXf-JPNTofR4xl87GAp/w640-h640/20230328_153053%20lon%20t.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">L</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">It’s a pity<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">there’s no God.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">He’d know how I adore life<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and extend it, for sure.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0D-z5YZ0aQUV4b5OEXxZSG1OmR8_9uSA82T8VIWWW0dP6MZdzHJXTKcAC0LlNUGRrVhEW4O0-yM7jYpeI-rEPsTp5gC5F2Vka17g2GE1ADARUHa8t2pZCh_a5M-Hfa9V4EGyG-T0JwQHqpQ6jH9gPM0YLNWgKcmV3qQKvIbdHe23EfIQ1xwH3sO4C/s2833/20230315_095938%20amst%20water.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2833" data-original-width="2833" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0D-z5YZ0aQUV4b5OEXxZSG1OmR8_9uSA82T8VIWWW0dP6MZdzHJXTKcAC0LlNUGRrVhEW4O0-yM7jYpeI-rEPsTp5gC5F2Vka17g2GE1ADARUHa8t2pZCh_a5M-Hfa9V4EGyG-T0JwQHqpQ6jH9gPM0YLNWgKcmV3qQKvIbdHe23EfIQ1xwH3sO4C/w640-h640/20230315_095938%20amst%20water.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;">Am</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>I cannot know</b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">what I would be<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">were I not me<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">but I guess I am about to find out.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8I8lCnKfP49N5GESd4BwFU7m3M4jfkgUFWLvY7baMGcYMcql2UoBhJ318uzksHHF-BVSjlVqZwA6CcnvofMPeleVuDUDWC5eLj-ZxEy6DEmsak8MpKjQyCN60eH2dGOtx4sK5XdidqkVd4-VXkDNQNuYmcn_0Ju7LG-rVqWLp-Dc8zVTraAFBvsSw/s3240/amsterdam%20win%2013%20141.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3240" data-original-width="3240" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8I8lCnKfP49N5GESd4BwFU7m3M4jfkgUFWLvY7baMGcYMcql2UoBhJ318uzksHHF-BVSjlVqZwA6CcnvofMPeleVuDUDWC5eLj-ZxEy6DEmsak8MpKjQyCN60eH2dGOtx4sK5XdidqkVd4-VXkDNQNuYmcn_0Ju7LG-rVqWLp-Dc8zVTraAFBvsSw/w640-h640/amsterdam%20win%2013%20141.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /><div style="text-align: right;">Am</div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">God knows if he exists<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">His existence being proved<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">by just that the knowledge<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">in a way that ours - arguably - is not.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl6B_scJ5g8znMd9YzqjX70ErhrAslanGAqGLNpH_n7UbpS7s2xGG7ea2y63xECuNHlaLbHDJLz2EY4zi0QELm7cubiM0notbElpsvs0v-RqZyxS2TslUyfdxehvMsR9j7b7llChCDwfw9WRNkyPQBSOQ2YxOJuCPdGDqkBqeVXnIwv6NPC3y7wfe0/s1814/20230302_152014%20c.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1814" data-original-width="1814" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl6B_scJ5g8znMd9YzqjX70ErhrAslanGAqGLNpH_n7UbpS7s2xGG7ea2y63xECuNHlaLbHDJLz2EY4zi0QELm7cubiM0notbElpsvs0v-RqZyxS2TslUyfdxehvMsR9j7b7llChCDwfw9WRNkyPQBSOQ2YxOJuCPdGDqkBqeVXnIwv6NPC3y7wfe0/w640-h640/20230302_152014%20c.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /><div style="text-align: right;">L</div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">How can I prove that I exist?<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I’m content with the awareness<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">of how different it’s going to be<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">when I don’t.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLWc-uVhNOsOmU-zQnV1M2E76GwBVnB6QOISpteBZ1c4Q-d8ymNBmU199FBL4dEzW9zy_RDCHuPCZWN8Zy3j4P6PesurMWoQ7BaVszjxLIfN60utz5t79c5SEF5SzVYM0oO20MooRr5-3VT9zLPv2-jDi4uqnlcQAW3Mvu4T80PxO-j3hEtxQ333Hb/s3000/20230311_140421%20time%20to%20die%20poss%20f.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLWc-uVhNOsOmU-zQnV1M2E76GwBVnB6QOISpteBZ1c4Q-d8ymNBmU199FBL4dEzW9zy_RDCHuPCZWN8Zy3j4P6PesurMWoQ7BaVszjxLIfN60utz5t79c5SEF5SzVYM0oO20MooRr5-3VT9zLPv2-jDi4uqnlcQAW3Mvu4T80PxO-j3hEtxQ333Hb/w640-h640/20230311_140421%20time%20to%20die%20poss%20f.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /><div style="text-align: right;">Am</div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Will God mind<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">That I didn't believe in him?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">I don't suppose<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">I'll ever find that out. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2q75lXZMw-RZlxXneLnQlymK3mMvXq8k4WNrwygjwPU3D2Vh3xe0P30voc24iWDHeBde3N_OXLSwJ1AR6auRwv0UlNH23nQWCuztB5kTtSgPErKiHerNSlXp2x_vyIZklVhRHc6VC4evon4W9lQkzPLHWFA2zzlMrg4IbVJSOG6JFDtEBNmud4XJS/s2705/20210914_154510%20oil%20rainbow.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2705" data-original-width="2705" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2q75lXZMw-RZlxXneLnQlymK3mMvXq8k4WNrwygjwPU3D2Vh3xe0P30voc24iWDHeBde3N_OXLSwJ1AR6auRwv0UlNH23nQWCuztB5kTtSgPErKiHerNSlXp2x_vyIZklVhRHc6VC4evon4W9lQkzPLHWFA2zzlMrg4IbVJSOG6JFDtEBNmud4XJS/w640-h640/20210914_154510%20oil%20rainbow.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;">L</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">If death's intervention<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">doesn't prove the blank end I assume,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">take this as the apology<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I may, even so, be unable to make.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd6t8XlCylJUJ0GsnyP5hjm6qfY3mhLk_nr35aCJFWdDxCWm1BAYmrjGezZjqBSu9R-pvjzn_XQPns7mPm4dUDP9vMFVWrhTiTC3QAF-T5X4DRRMjvBVQEePOP-9sZloFt947mu4-ZudV4mLjimPoyUqFXcqZsMtpxVkT3rxsqpokjCj-0_m0InDQv/s2327/20230301_163245.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2327" data-original-width="2327" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd6t8XlCylJUJ0GsnyP5hjm6qfY3mhLk_nr35aCJFWdDxCWm1BAYmrjGezZjqBSu9R-pvjzn_XQPns7mPm4dUDP9vMFVWrhTiTC3QAF-T5X4DRRMjvBVQEePOP-9sZloFt947mu4-ZudV4mLjimPoyUqFXcqZsMtpxVkT3rxsqpokjCj-0_m0InDQv/w640-h640/20230301_163245.jpg" width="640" /></a></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">S</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The point to remember<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">is that I won’t have a body<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">so, even if there is a hell,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">no suffering can be involved?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /><!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrH67pVRUy-sR8lrNjiTb9JHZqBRgM9Uhuag94QWZMn01vjJ55cOvb_egSjAVqjC_IvpgeEgZm2TjpHUmVpnsawHcloEE1tHMruseFidYP0GGdVr95bRZvB7Trsvj6-p5g8m9tiJRbowXYkm9OB8FpUa1z5jClDkgQ1XiOvYgCtTr28qyVtg1CMq6I/s2488/20230221_141028%20poss%20pk%20bex%20t.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2488" data-original-width="2488" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrH67pVRUy-sR8lrNjiTb9JHZqBRgM9Uhuag94QWZMn01vjJ55cOvb_egSjAVqjC_IvpgeEgZm2TjpHUmVpnsawHcloEE1tHMruseFidYP0GGdVr95bRZvB7Trsvj6-p5g8m9tiJRbowXYkm9OB8FpUa1z5jClDkgQ1XiOvYgCtTr28qyVtg1CMq6I/w640-h640/20230221_141028%20poss%20pk%20bex%20t.jpg" width="640" /></a><!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: right;">St L</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b>Will this sequence </b><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">have an afterlife?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">All that I'll say is<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">it has a better chance than me.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIlUS8fpgtNpk06RqHWuTRFiQQelk2grQH9YnuN3jTJxhVE7sXUMJFm4yqrJmqQISfDwYaXVGI4baJMMDw7MQY21KMPFREum4X1GWL1LmkLk5izV87kQmY1G3QfJnM-O0qQaAHZJg3qcf9QlnTUTUU0xLptU_1ByBP8tLXSyuMCw8Cs1bB5WRY8qOM/s2698/20230412_110250%20lon.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2694" data-original-width="2698" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIlUS8fpgtNpk06RqHWuTRFiQQelk2grQH9YnuN3jTJxhVE7sXUMJFm4yqrJmqQISfDwYaXVGI4baJMMDw7MQY21KMPFREum4X1GWL1LmkLk5izV87kQmY1G3QfJnM-O0qQaAHZJg3qcf9QlnTUTUU0xLptU_1ByBP8tLXSyuMCw8Cs1bB5WRY8qOM/w640-h640/20230412_110250%20lon.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">L</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The éclat of death<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">is hardly something to applaud –<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">however nobly you may<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>go<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">to find there’s no maker to meet.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCC3ADjlaeRUpyuXrngg9_XH5qPNic30bRUWB9P1j0qZ4im0ht3A-P3XIF2oIKB6kdeu6DhONC5SdHx5RorJEowvLqn-z2Sj1GQwPyTGjRApQn_iaqq5CTAyH-j-se9RJTUj8UfqofMhlJN_6MvR__JGIQCFBBjYEGI14sLUbqiBBCA53iRRByvP9N/s1487/20230315_142238%20time%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1487" data-original-width="1487" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCC3ADjlaeRUpyuXrngg9_XH5qPNic30bRUWB9P1j0qZ4im0ht3A-P3XIF2oIKB6kdeu6DhONC5SdHx5RorJEowvLqn-z2Sj1GQwPyTGjRApQn_iaqq5CTAyH-j-se9RJTUj8UfqofMhlJN_6MvR__JGIQCFBBjYEGI14sLUbqiBBCA53iRRByvP9N/w640-h640/20230315_142238%20time%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;">Am</div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">‘There is no alternative’</b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">said Margaret Thatcher.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sure enough,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">she’s dead.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj0ey0jFrd3sG2AYnVdwbRIBCVcoK0lnGecBNE3zVeM4d32732BOGIi1-QpacMNuJ62odDGfXDoSbKXJru_UPOMPSwh86y5YqbLfIG1WOZxjxr8b0zuW64jA3wBs9Xs4kDGTLmcqO83bIpXAiUdpiJv6LNV-PIaMKhPkjn0-k11_5zYnons5gr4KgS/s2774/20230308_123514%20lon%20water.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2774" data-original-width="2774" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj0ey0jFrd3sG2AYnVdwbRIBCVcoK0lnGecBNE3zVeM4d32732BOGIi1-QpacMNuJ62odDGfXDoSbKXJru_UPOMPSwh86y5YqbLfIG1WOZxjxr8b0zuW64jA3wBs9Xs4kDGTLmcqO83bIpXAiUdpiJv6LNV-PIaMKhPkjn0-k11_5zYnons5gr4KgS/w640-h640/20230308_123514%20lon%20water.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;">L</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">So what’s it like<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">to know you're doomed?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">You tell me:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">we're all in this together. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwP6QiwZ2oq1H_mri4VHQCKoJMt-VQluE8WrWUIEYtji4RDMA9fUjs2Hg9jW3ogHhAJOd48Y0bK6bd2CeOQopxhbJCXjt46mL3SsiugeD2uWb-aIeexcDJhmmlEgPgvOyKBv9odVgcTDQgfNCbI9V-NAZ1bXYiAMLkAo1UuT5IszS70XAjZELZO6GN/s3000/20230215_131439%20lon%20holborne%20t.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwP6QiwZ2oq1H_mri4VHQCKoJMt-VQluE8WrWUIEYtji4RDMA9fUjs2Hg9jW3ogHhAJOd48Y0bK6bd2CeOQopxhbJCXjt46mL3SsiugeD2uWb-aIeexcDJhmmlEgPgvOyKBv9odVgcTDQgfNCbI9V-NAZ1bXYiAMLkAo1UuT5IszS70XAjZELZO6GN/w640-h640/20230215_131439%20lon%20holborne%20t.jpg" width="640" /></a></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">L</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Despite</b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">there being fewer pieces<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">the endgame<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">is not the easiest part of chess.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhUxoRDO_bZDTkQe4QEefeWBiiIL4gCF8l4JLiUoLCRBJGRgO56zVQW7DoUmoLtm9cAjtctNRTxx2BG9mfby3JWYrEMp1eYlHHNgUEPPzrcjcgzbuoUB45Vfh6-PzY9KJkNFn4ZLnBzLsOaVtZFdgtK-wIl5yecVlhJNJW1N9JKXT2vUbjaejT9qI2/s3000/brussels%20158.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhUxoRDO_bZDTkQe4QEefeWBiiIL4gCF8l4JLiUoLCRBJGRgO56zVQW7DoUmoLtm9cAjtctNRTxx2BG9mfby3JWYrEMp1eYlHHNgUEPPzrcjcgzbuoUB45Vfh6-PzY9KJkNFn4ZLnBzLsOaVtZFdgtK-wIl5yecVlhJNJW1N9JKXT2vUbjaejT9qI2/w640-h640/brussels%20158.jpg" width="640" /></a> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Br</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Is the date fixed at birth</b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">as determinists would have it?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">If so I’m determined in turn<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">to defy the run of fate.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMAo6rGJkKz0_9wEXu8yt95532TKkyXEbZV3N84hM4HfQuhtq8M_kw1HQzIzfnRy7NVuLg2nVQNnjqXz0AmXE3ECVukg0DHIMt-ONRHA8xCRakEdPkQeg0YWBp2cl1zGRnRsGP-6NgGMpiqdtwmxIEYE17AItnv3lM5IUKGhWrWJoyFqT_n9jseji6/s2743/20230321_165916%20lon%20n%20wind%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2743" data-original-width="2743" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMAo6rGJkKz0_9wEXu8yt95532TKkyXEbZV3N84hM4HfQuhtq8M_kw1HQzIzfnRy7NVuLg2nVQNnjqXz0AmXE3ECVukg0DHIMt-ONRHA8xCRakEdPkQeg0YWBp2cl1zGRnRsGP-6NgGMpiqdtwmxIEYE17AItnv3lM5IUKGhWrWJoyFqT_n9jseji6/w640-h640/20230321_165916%20lon%20n%20wind%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">L</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Would it be daft to ask of death<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">'What's in it for me?'<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">knowing that the answer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">is going to be 'nothing'.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXBsXhfWRrWJ62W6IVfGAbYTTSxemfRVDFFhsRJf8xHfNSNW2te4MOiz6W7I7WgJFyTslhE8ULNuCg6SyuEPe2pfJccgEJcXlhbr659AnRNHzdwtFeIBuwdXLtDPiLWtJxdBn2GIJvMEsOc_IybzC9nyOV6MHJIxKgK3zH0cSEeF0K9IA1pXCwvmt4/s3000/20230302_150017%20age%20wall.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXBsXhfWRrWJ62W6IVfGAbYTTSxemfRVDFFhsRJf8xHfNSNW2te4MOiz6W7I7WgJFyTslhE8ULNuCg6SyuEPe2pfJccgEJcXlhbr659AnRNHzdwtFeIBuwdXLtDPiLWtJxdBn2GIJvMEsOc_IybzC9nyOV6MHJIxKgK3zH0cSEeF0K9IA1pXCwvmt4/w640-h640/20230302_150017%20age%20wall.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><div><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: right;">L</div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Death: who needs it? <o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Everyone, eventually.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">But did Perec need it in 1982?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I rest my implausible case.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDHcxgUwx4EYIHnMKTydhNAYlQTKqswWoxilovUD7hIs7KNGktr5b5NdgXco5Z1Fs53zitWZfDBzPYCzLCoTTZuQY8Dm0AVvX0v4AEKyQIfpYcBfkOivgOAHBdTeNFDSI1yJrby_W_p_f6nEHEhawWCHzgOW9mFHVrK9HYY5AEeKpzlT23xqWaL436/s2646/20230309_200405%20c.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2646" data-original-width="2646" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDHcxgUwx4EYIHnMKTydhNAYlQTKqswWoxilovUD7hIs7KNGktr5b5NdgXco5Z1Fs53zitWZfDBzPYCzLCoTTZuQY8Dm0AVvX0v4AEKyQIfpYcBfkOivgOAHBdTeNFDSI1yJrby_W_p_f6nEHEhawWCHzgOW9mFHVrK9HYY5AEeKpzlT23xqWaL436/w640-h640/20230309_200405%20c.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /><div style="text-align: right;">Br</div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Would a world without death<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">be truly beautiful<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">or a terrible disaster<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">to make me regret that selfish hope?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipo7nXdem-7bj6-Q1YQYtOvwlmtF_iwQOt_h9HZHgG6Pi6A7MS9ctkukpDxUfExmD_DQsnNaUMWnfJOmyKSWdc5gpUjOLMkp-Fqi1jTs1MQlGqALdCp5yhc0Zti-_WLgPEEMEcCbXmXukGvBwaLm-80sZMn-LGuKMDoIP8YKV75T2fRh7shmdj5bjs/s3000/London%20049.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipo7nXdem-7bj6-Q1YQYtOvwlmtF_iwQOt_h9HZHgG6Pi6A7MS9ctkukpDxUfExmD_DQsnNaUMWnfJOmyKSWdc5gpUjOLMkp-Fqi1jTs1MQlGqALdCp5yhc0Zti-_WLgPEEMEcCbXmXukGvBwaLm-80sZMn-LGuKMDoIP8YKV75T2fRh7shmdj5bjs/w640-h640/London%20049.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> L</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Wakeful at three<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I imagine my coffin being borne<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">past the greatest works of art in turn<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">before getting back to sheep.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix5-okpHm3A-r5KLjs-qTiUAAHQJvcURH7pXnFbrE6-7JIGDLwitkbTWGINnsR7qyZMTQF5ETYrjXq6bmVzLdUuatjjTEknJr0DCUJG1a52wOGP4JOHZ-HHgOPzcZ179eGUyU9oh-O8WigNeUSaqPuHjBL1w7s7c24hgfxpIdN1hI_blC4dzv7-3ML/s2206/20230103_141223%20pavement%20sea%20poem%20p%20wat%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2206" data-original-width="2206" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix5-okpHm3A-r5KLjs-qTiUAAHQJvcURH7pXnFbrE6-7JIGDLwitkbTWGINnsR7qyZMTQF5ETYrjXq6bmVzLdUuatjjTEknJr0DCUJG1a52wOGP4JOHZ-HHgOPzcZ179eGUyU9oh-O8WigNeUSaqPuHjBL1w7s7c24hgfxpIdN1hI_blC4dzv7-3ML/w640-h640/20230103_141223%20pavement%20sea%20poem%20p%20wat%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> S</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">He wrote a hundred books…<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">scored five hundred goals…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">made a thousand women happy…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The best lines for a funeral are way beyond me now.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHn9FB5HO8aGWGmkM9CBVQJT2ehAypp1GUm0wnX8Nbc6orVyBjsmBV4dvDKSTOsujwwxhBr_is73zYa8vBnFYK82ppIJ8Ksb_l_zX0cgl2w5DBA6_FicCrTgMB9IO6w4aNvytae9ljIzR_h25DghcczvT9Q7Oglf0Cu1kroBDcRatzruM5wUMxki1T/s2997/20230321_121213%20lon%20t.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2997" data-original-width="2997" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHn9FB5HO8aGWGmkM9CBVQJT2ehAypp1GUm0wnX8Nbc6orVyBjsmBV4dvDKSTOsujwwxhBr_is73zYa8vBnFYK82ppIJ8Ksb_l_zX0cgl2w5DBA6_FicCrTgMB9IO6w4aNvytae9ljIzR_h25DghcczvT9Q7Oglf0Cu1kroBDcRatzruM5wUMxki1T/w640-h640/20230321_121213%20lon%20t.jpg" width="640" /></a></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">L</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I’m determined<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that my funeral will be fun for real.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">If anybody cries<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I'll never speak to them again.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF_rLd8xGYFNdM_ZGoxAzNNrKRT2q9R_ECySr-cKzDLXFj6g_nmh3ywkD5sSwxTYoy6t1EyOLrcQkQsvPtN4MUfAsnvv-ZzThxPLHzmNjRjaSYDpJWBaQiNqgJEr5x80bsdUwn2huHwlYyhaBZaW64oF9-Kf9fsuiNyHyBf02ifm-9vs0SDAW0zJbt/s3000/20230414_09362%20exit%20use%209.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF_rLd8xGYFNdM_ZGoxAzNNrKRT2q9R_ECySr-cKzDLXFj6g_nmh3ywkD5sSwxTYoy6t1EyOLrcQkQsvPtN4MUfAsnvv-ZzThxPLHzmNjRjaSYDpJWBaQiNqgJEr5x80bsdUwn2huHwlYyhaBZaW64oF9-Kf9fsuiNyHyBf02ifm-9vs0SDAW0zJbt/w640-h640/20230414_09362%20exit%20use%209.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt; text-align: right;">J</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">No <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to negativity:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I will not be
defined by what is not,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">even if it turns out
to be me</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><o:p style="text-align: left;"> </o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKUaPZBNvwT9yQon3OpLPa2R7i_JxbSHyePurJgFiA1TL1g6Xr5AUriWsAr8rP_6HbiYPSZyj-s8AuD-hZ1aHvLhmI1hzVM4GLrxnL3a3WGNGUOVvvcE15r2gFRAw9tMavisacwXCA84mwTwG7gvN7scRBnniU0uDAw-0Wu7f1eWpD_D7Cgpkd-Tef/s2005/20230330_201703%20lon%20s%20circ%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2005" data-original-width="2005" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKUaPZBNvwT9yQon3OpLPa2R7i_JxbSHyePurJgFiA1TL1g6Xr5AUriWsAr8rP_6HbiYPSZyj-s8AuD-hZ1aHvLhmI1hzVM4GLrxnL3a3WGNGUOVvvcE15r2gFRAw9tMavisacwXCA84mwTwG7gvN7scRBnniU0uDAw-0Wu7f1eWpD_D7Cgpkd-Tef/w640-h640/20230330_201703%20lon%20s%20circ%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">L</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What's the fuss?<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">Once you've gone<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">You might as well<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">be forgotten. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br clear="all" style="break-before: page; mso-special-character: line-break; page-break-before: always;" /></span></b><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Context</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I wouldn't claim my normal year is typical of many people - visit a thousand art shows in London and abroad, plus several art fairs; curate four or five exhibitions; write a hundred articles and catalogue essays; post regularly on three Instagram accounts; produce a few hundred photo-poems; talk to many artists, and interview twenty in depth. Too much, of course, but what I enjoy. Anyway, once I knew my case was probably terminal, in the period after chemo but before a definite diagnosis, I was keen to get back to my usual activity. That interim period lasted two months… Here I combine quatrains with photographs of</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #222222;"> points of opening, closure, time and transition</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> taken out and about in London (mostly), Southampton, Bournemouth, St Leonards, Jersey, Brussels, Amsterdam and Berlin – places I visited during February to April 2023.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><b>References and notes</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">As in 'The Death Suite' and ‘Death in the House’, there are echoes of others:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; text-align: left;">John Betjeman (‘</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; text-align: left;">Here’s my chintzy chintzy cheeriness’) - <span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Death In Leamington, 1932</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">Charlotte Gainsbourg (‘How soon’) - The Songs that We Sing, 2007<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Robert Wyatt, co-written with <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mark Kramer (‘I have my senses’<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> and </span></span>‘I cannot know’) – Free Will and Testament, 1997</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">The Fall (‘I’m dying too late’) - Living Too Late, 1986. Perhaps The Fall’s frontman, Mark E Smith (1957-2018), lived too long: he died of kidney and lung cancer, having had a better time in the 20th than 21st century.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">Around a quarter of the 1bn cattle in the world are dairy cows (‘Most cattle only exist’).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">There was a delay in my laparoscopy, i.e. the insertion of a camera through my stomach to check, in my case, the extent of abdominal cancer (‘Procedure postponed’)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white;">Seymour Gottlieb</span> <span face=""Arial",sans-serif">(‘It’s my death’) - It’s my party, originally sung by Lesley Gore in 1963 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">‘Allergic to life’ arose from mishearing Lee Scratch Perry’s ‘Allergic to Lies’, 1987<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i style="background-color: transparent;">‘</i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">According to Gil Evans’: the jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader said ‘<span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;">There is no such thing as a wrong note. It is always the note that follows that will define whether the first note was wrong or not’. Evans </span>was a major influence on Miles Davis, whose pithy rendering of that advice was ‘<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">If you hit a wrong note, hit it again!’</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">‘Since we’re all going to die’ refers to Albert Camus’ ‘The Stranger’, 1942. The narrating character says this while awaiting execution, adding ‘So, I was going to die. Sooner than other people, obviously, but everybody knows life isn’t worth living.’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">‘How does it feel’ derives from <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>William Cullen Bryant’s 1811 poem ‘<span style="background: white;">Thanatopsis’ (i.e. the sight of death)</span>, which muses on being ‘<span style="background: white;">a brother to the insensible rock / And to the sluggish clod’.</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">‘God knows if he exists’ and ‘How can I prove that I exist?’ touch on famous philosophical arguments. One claim is that God is perfect, and as such must exist because to fail to exist would be an imperfection. Descartes ‘Cogito ergo sum’ was his way of proving that he himself did exist. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">Beth Gibbons with Rustin Man, i.e. Paul Webb (‘It’s a pity’) – Mysteries, 2002<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">‘The point to remember’ cites the doctrine of Tibetan Buddhism, as in The Book of the Dead, c. 1340<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">Emily Dickinson (‘The éclat of death’) – collected poems 1,307: ’That short – potential stir’ c. 1874<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">‘Death: who needs it?’ - t</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">he French writer Georges Perec (1936-82) died of lung cancer aged 45, cutting off the supply of a remarkably imaginative oeuvre.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">José Saramango (‘Would a world without death’) - Death at Intervals, 2005<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">‘I’m determined’ derives from </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">a joke told by Stan Laurel (1890-1965)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Photographs<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">I have noted the locations as follows: L = London, Am = Amsterdam, Be = Berlin, Bo = Bournemouth, Br = Brussels, J = Jersey, S = Southampton, St L = St Leonards</span><br clear="all" style="break-before: page; mso-special-character: line-break; page-break-before: always;" /><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Now they are saying<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">the cancer’s spread further.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I think I know<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">when this bad news is going to end.</span></p></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I<span style="font-family: inherit;"> look disappointingly unlike</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">someone about to die.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The doctors believe it,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but should I believe the doctors?</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiud1gvyQakYwely-TsA6Q_BM2LPdmq_JcGqvTh9GuK_B4i_iqdKDMaWHkTLhLrq9QD94V101qrGEwSYbeGMDJJ8yn89SArJ2ZJtY29dfrEuYWmCCTuLyCmrpf0t5fAmdFkfa54e4sNNRyJsCCct5osa6kBX3u-RdQwjsGS6KAtjhQUEo5-8Lkp2cHC/s4000/20221123_144346%20house.jpg" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiud1gvyQakYwely-TsA6Q_BM2LPdmq_JcGqvTh9GuK_B4i_iqdKDMaWHkTLhLrq9QD94V101qrGEwSYbeGMDJJ8yn89SArJ2ZJtY29dfrEuYWmCCTuLyCmrpf0t5fAmdFkfa54e4sNNRyJsCCct5osa6kBX3u-RdQwjsGS6KAtjhQUEo5-8Lkp2cHC/w480-h640/20221123_144346%20house.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>Sickeningly healthy<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">might be the term.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Perhaps I'm pretending: <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">that would be sick. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmuXL4j9cCjr2zxFHYy7MMEw5rSjjNVAYI8YeNDlW_9nA3bNgx7TTQFKEfUU35BW1dkdKhdXavPEbTnRMMj8MbmFCHBspJIWGR0b0ho1N8lrTLxvhdskSksL4cL2YZkInx1-OFsj3NYVM191Grfz1q6JpHDjez77f1ml4PhoqgH-ruIHC-DAXdJsFx/s3392/table%20meds2%20.jpg" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2544" data-original-width="3392" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmuXL4j9cCjr2zxFHYy7MMEw5rSjjNVAYI8YeNDlW_9nA3bNgx7TTQFKEfUU35BW1dkdKhdXavPEbTnRMMj8MbmFCHBspJIWGR0b0ho1N8lrTLxvhdskSksL4cL2YZkInx1-OFsj3NYVM191Grfz1q6JpHDjez77f1ml4PhoqgH-ruIHC-DAXdJsFx/w640-h480/table%20meds2%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">My hair’s stopped growing</span></b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">as if it wasn’t bad enough – and good enough –</span></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">to feel as if I don’t have cancer,</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span><span style="color: black; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></span></span></b></p><div style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">now we’re into beneficial side-effects of chemo. </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2988" data-original-width="2282" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjatYGKnEp_VwOgztdZqzyyEV9MG0Gu_rQ_PCsStxc3J8hBWW2aGr05bzQ8F7Bfse_wH1q5e76-ZRra6aqvZIkg1ZUxByommdCi7sulAjYLUOGT5GPvS700Qp3Mdm789cj5ubj5XOlSiyWQlwTFKlquDkyQ-8qft9uCoaBUhczHG_NKfCzLuszLtEYd/w488-h640/homel%20ff.jpg" width="488" /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"></p><p style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sepsis didn’t kill me<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The bowel-blocking tumour didn’t kill me.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">It seems I am immortal<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">for a few more months. </span></p></div></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwxG-J-upoxeDT56ZAF12uRaEJyrF90d1B3nW_7VQynKwzphtnElMU1SKCY518Zt9PzH6aLWDpI0nKCTBWhHPF5MagTnr0Kh2PUd5aSxIhOCOYPreS-SeJ4dD6cy8_oquXQtusIY8z7LPzXP9xUvDVJ7PYfWh3tMI0UNv4g5_hoyAD-b5P6jxvKKDi/s2509/plant%20home%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2509" data-original-width="2509" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwxG-J-upoxeDT56ZAF12uRaEJyrF90d1B3nW_7VQynKwzphtnElMU1SKCY518Zt9PzH6aLWDpI0nKCTBWhHPF5MagTnr0Kh2PUd5aSxIhOCOYPreS-SeJ4dD6cy8_oquXQtusIY8z7LPzXP9xUvDVJ7PYfWh3tMI0UNv4g5_hoyAD-b5P6jxvKKDi/w640-h640/plant%20home%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></b></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It feels odd<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to be back in the world of not-ill<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and odder yet<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to know that I don’t belong. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxHmz06owDFgdz0NLwdWjHby472HRYcdRp23YB2g5C_o-rrgeRjgfMPjmsVmnd3dnxE8vwthOPUcuIbxXrQMhYu1k6WvDRDt4DhzQfDpi7nNviJxJMpUmiV6xq3tMch6euK8_spCwVjN384dGN97RNsQiTiw07jb64kvsJJuO41ZHrQBNBbK4kTIpa/s2237/homeg.jpg" style="font-weight: 400; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2237" data-original-width="2237" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxHmz06owDFgdz0NLwdWjHby472HRYcdRp23YB2g5C_o-rrgeRjgfMPjmsVmnd3dnxE8vwthOPUcuIbxXrQMhYu1k6WvDRDt4DhzQfDpi7nNviJxJMpUmiV6xq3tMch6euK8_spCwVjN384dGN97RNsQiTiw07jb64kvsJJuO41ZHrQBNBbK4kTIpa/w640-h640/homeg.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">My bowel is now short<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">but, like my big and crooked nose,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">no-one's impolite enough<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">to mention it.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtEmyrx8PC2hj2abx3X0_7xiSgm0W4DjiqYeZ4IUwqfBm0wr2Nh4sFZUQC-B7OjBYYuQg5ZHoYvyH7hcMNqPnclHOn2NLjLmV4xqEtX6utlouL4egNvRJHUR1HvunVIE4sKVgYyY5LqBvXsEGjbUJDgJ86IhTjsaq6Cc09YuNo00j5r8UQkRo6m1vg/w480-h640/20221125_131559%20house.jpg" width="480" /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Everyone says that I'm strong</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I’ll get through it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For once I'm resisting<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">the urge to prove everyone wrong. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg378mAx3BT5Zr2_gQv2xn9slg8wO0SAHGjoxoNzyDsD0Rfl00F_rBchN1a3f2J7PjescqnotCX4z-0AqwLhDD2jToYM2FgS6QuZsct9qoudiO_EkCT_JdZVDrCmam_qa9haOzlZdmM-tnJcwGt4RueGcn7H5hAJBev5ftmuDBHAR5fFZ_2wkWSrBa9/s3000/diary%2020221215_072203.jpg" style="font-size: x-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg378mAx3BT5Zr2_gQv2xn9slg8wO0SAHGjoxoNzyDsD0Rfl00F_rBchN1a3f2J7PjescqnotCX4z-0AqwLhDD2jToYM2FgS6QuZsct9qoudiO_EkCT_JdZVDrCmam_qa9haOzlZdmM-tnJcwGt4RueGcn7H5hAJBev5ftmuDBHAR5fFZ_2wkWSrBa9/w640-h640/diary%2020221215_072203.jpg" width="640" /></a><br style="text-align: left;" /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I've bought myself</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">a new diary.</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Is there no end<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222;">to my optimism bias?</span> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG0NrLDXIYQsrqh_kbI3RVtgQPG2MPa7LjPxm8P0o2qLOj72Egq8eArg8eM5tbq5NvuN7RALYKJdOM4aNafqp4-urSQBe2ZYxHu_mHCWRXundAnG-dMP8vOCcpPYsM2xsU74VaZqj75xIifd2B8pCdq-OIzqI-dOdW1s0Atw-Xnli1new8_ZtQWPmt/s4000/20230406_123209.jpg" style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG0NrLDXIYQsrqh_kbI3RVtgQPG2MPa7LjPxm8P0o2qLOj72Egq8eArg8eM5tbq5NvuN7RALYKJdOM4aNafqp4-urSQBe2ZYxHu_mHCWRXundAnG-dMP8vOCcpPYsM2xsU74VaZqj75xIifd2B8pCdq-OIzqI-dOdW1s0Atw-Xnli1new8_ZtQWPmt/w640-h480/20230406_123209.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Existence<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is only a brief reprieve<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">from the infinite opposite either end.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Segoe UI", sans-serif" style="color: #0f1419;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Why should it seem so significant?</span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Segoe UI", sans-serif" style="color: #0f1419;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnW2iNXWKEP1uYvfPWCW-QnbGNhq1KXvcByUNNHlVYb90bNEgeXy_UJlOUzhexnSZCbKU1KOq_mN9SyK9IOE41MkQnJ7PxKRwrhp84ru2OJRP_FODeh2_2-RFLNQxk3lcLeUATOQdn_gcRLgK0-SAn5YLFCxKGMfPWC9yYGh8oh6MjpgT4QRh5M9JL/s4000/20221208_023553%20homee.jpg" style="font-weight: 400; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnW2iNXWKEP1uYvfPWCW-QnbGNhq1KXvcByUNNHlVYb90bNEgeXy_UJlOUzhexnSZCbKU1KOq_mN9SyK9IOE41MkQnJ7PxKRwrhp84ru2OJRP_FODeh2_2-RFLNQxk3lcLeUATOQdn_gcRLgK0-SAn5YLFCxKGMfPWC9yYGh8oh6MjpgT4QRh5M9JL/w640-h480/20221208_023553%20homee.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Will I die tonight?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">If I tell myself 'yes, I’ll go in my sleep',<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">waking to find these weren’t my last words<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">will feel quite the bonus.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0f1419; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJPsyZoZiXZuAM1GHSzOP7gy5IuFEOmhBtCm-Tx8lFf6At6jl6vW2tkEoLf8TRuW_gTy-hSW6oC3D4TWB6mZ7B1LAH-xSQxgWqUX1ZQTBgUqZqbcGcdfJ8D3dlRlu7hbLz5HaAiUEWIZbpLiJp5Xqa2t7JD-umboRnO_b0H3vmL6qXEq78EdBlFi4l/s4000/20221125_131456%20house.jpg" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJPsyZoZiXZuAM1GHSzOP7gy5IuFEOmhBtCm-Tx8lFf6At6jl6vW2tkEoLf8TRuW_gTy-hSW6oC3D4TWB6mZ7B1LAH-xSQxgWqUX1ZQTBgUqZqbcGcdfJ8D3dlRlu7hbLz5HaAiUEWIZbpLiJp5Xqa2t7JD-umboRnO_b0H3vmL6qXEq78EdBlFi4l/w640-h480/20221125_131456%20house.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Life’s<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">been pretty great so far.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">What a comfort<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: medium;">that it hasn’t got long to go wrong. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ8lhfSwIX0OSOv0q45yXgQJl3HGnsi1X9mDlOmL5MxUBvCw586FT0BTZyJ5Ugb0kQOX_BVnOs4tEei8kyXTKXa_AgapkyTVTYAa2rMTL-JDymT8j1MOZtfqCHI2sI9V0RP5UzSZap11-_4DCGkIEIwHzASA1nzCzp14VTQ7Nkgs3JKPWkF0LTp4oW/s3189/homer%20knife%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3189" data-original-width="2391" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ8lhfSwIX0OSOv0q45yXgQJl3HGnsi1X9mDlOmL5MxUBvCw586FT0BTZyJ5Ugb0kQOX_BVnOs4tEei8kyXTKXa_AgapkyTVTYAa2rMTL-JDymT8j1MOZtfqCHI2sI9V0RP5UzSZap11-_4DCGkIEIwHzASA1nzCzp14VTQ7Nkgs3JKPWkF0LTp4oW/w480-h640/homer%20knife%20.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Would it be kind<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">to start being mean?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Just to make sure<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I’m not missed…</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqRz2Cz0AJxzQhmRp4_9qq8Fc-YuFmaMsxk-e0Witpbzc--3mLuA7qQb3NHrOxF4SUOlUYOh-yoyiN9koPVir8hiz8OW7HQiCxk5pnrk0-NttR-7_epXrI5QGfp_BW1dYeMt1K9FYiV1TCx8daktIjPqc71fc1TWIWvpHIvjYuViRjaba3hafWPtjF/s3579/homet%20scar20221223_085355.jpg" style="font-family: arial; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3579" data-original-width="2135" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqRz2Cz0AJxzQhmRp4_9qq8Fc-YuFmaMsxk-e0Witpbzc--3mLuA7qQb3NHrOxF4SUOlUYOh-yoyiN9koPVir8hiz8OW7HQiCxk5pnrk0-NttR-7_epXrI5QGfp_BW1dYeMt1K9FYiV1TCx8daktIjPqc71fc1TWIWvpHIvjYuViRjaba3hafWPtjF/w382-h640/homet%20scar20221223_085355.jpg" width="382" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The outside is healing<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">nicely, thanks -</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I like to claim it’s unusually neat.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">It’s the inside that I wonder on, blindly.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSreAb1REy7eMfcun7cde1fyTdhqccD1umhhJ-ypovR9G1YhvmtrSIk3G_f9Jw13CR14hoIJUgZnDdfui-mid63S2MPdpTaKe21J8LBy7jcbpPv0TS1mqqlKVOUT5kXBFbdYAeQhwkRiM2iK2em1HcW3Cuq4mJJHaaYQZxwv_Gm0hW-MIA64e1ymtc/s4000/20221208_13201%20poss%20house%201.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSreAb1REy7eMfcun7cde1fyTdhqccD1umhhJ-ypovR9G1YhvmtrSIk3G_f9Jw13CR14hoIJUgZnDdfui-mid63S2MPdpTaKe21J8LBy7jcbpPv0TS1mqqlKVOUT5kXBFbdYAeQhwkRiM2iK2em1HcW3Cuq4mJJHaaYQZxwv_Gm0hW-MIA64e1ymtc/w480-h640/20221208_13201%20poss%20house%201.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Is it only love </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">that will survive of us?<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I suppose the immaterial is the most natural fit</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">for immortality. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></p></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinaKq4RfY3dj_C8-QC2xbrspgRjo_F-9Zte7J7gHa0_MNNhV6t79Ox9CNTMEDEMjUMIFASCRSmqtuTfkfdlxSnuDts_mN-EgdsNwm0G3bfJS25RI-8KsS4RBnNzKj9TgncrOJ3FqlGjiVuwRynvE_tXch6r748SoLHTQhSrlRbE4wqOCT4VzcDdX3V/s3531/20221208_022803%20home%20r%20.jpg" style="font-weight: 400; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2649" data-original-width="3531" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinaKq4RfY3dj_C8-QC2xbrspgRjo_F-9Zte7J7gHa0_MNNhV6t79Ox9CNTMEDEMjUMIFASCRSmqtuTfkfdlxSnuDts_mN-EgdsNwm0G3bfJS25RI-8KsS4RBnNzKj9TgncrOJ3FqlGjiVuwRynvE_tXch6r748SoLHTQhSrlRbE4wqOCT4VzcDdX3V/w640-h480/20221208_022803%20home%20r%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></b></div></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">3.01 a.m</b>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">This is the steroids waking me,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">certainly not worry -<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">unless it's the worry that the steroids will wake me.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqccI--S5GDYCMv1B2DJ0A1YuPOUTzPuf5G6sT6tse2-zbEjjnu1eCTWnxkW6_cmIu_k1OBLMDk5XKo-p81Zc2HzUI83G1uZvAV93sGNXuhIM5xFtWcMTzpAPzMUVV27BGo0iOTNvc8kGtJwoT1Jd2TVPKLeDt6Fp3CqfBAGS-wD7XLmqS3SRmPY0v/s3081/eggs%20h.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2354" data-original-width="3081" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqccI--S5GDYCMv1B2DJ0A1YuPOUTzPuf5G6sT6tse2-zbEjjnu1eCTWnxkW6_cmIu_k1OBLMDk5XKo-p81Zc2HzUI83G1uZvAV93sGNXuhIM5xFtWcMTzpAPzMUVV27BGo0iOTNvc8kGtJwoT1Jd2TVPKLeDt6Fp3CqfBAGS-wD7XLmqS3SRmPY0v/w640-h488/eggs%20h.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">My tastes remain</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">annoyingly consistent.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The novelty of enjoying of eggs –<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">or opera, rugby or video games – is still denied me.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicgJCAyO_7XEb9ajdPqAr_2C196KTusIeC8AqbCp7hG-WsSK-_6cx9z7nKsLnCJRMM4wQ0GNNJyKhEc679kvtpXNBX3nwhiNNuOhNmj7Z3mc49tyPa5EbnxnBK-unfWgBGAtzZkPTn-ZHQAnxjljUDjLAR7VBQHCuLG4pkdJl-aKsfrVp6cLyurtWd/s3187/dates%2020221202_145555%20house.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3187" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicgJCAyO_7XEb9ajdPqAr_2C196KTusIeC8AqbCp7hG-WsSK-_6cx9z7nKsLnCJRMM4wQ0GNNJyKhEc679kvtpXNBX3nwhiNNuOhNmj7Z3mc49tyPa5EbnxnBK-unfWgBGAtzZkPTn-ZHQAnxjljUDjLAR7VBQHCuLG4pkdJl-aKsfrVp6cLyurtWd/w602-h640/dates%2020221202_145555%20house.jpg" width="602" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘Half of a date is sugar!’</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">warns Steph. She’s concerned <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in case sugar accelerates tumour growth.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘I’ll have the other half’.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; text-align: left;"> </span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM1Rdix2lTwlhRJHDIpLMlZaKz-lMfwOKKEvW1Mn8_P4L1_GOdMeCYN6Z3ljMIhJ3AaPC7o-TG-lJN3hQ3w0dLbAHa9oLVZLetCfJ0PgzXE6eTMchEjuWT4a3VupV-sdBqB8YeW1pK8Md7956pP54q2gttNGfuH0A_4xatOxROTc9vCQ3dJi5BbEjJ/s3446/homeg%202.jpg" style="font-weight: 400; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2585" data-original-width="3446" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM1Rdix2lTwlhRJHDIpLMlZaKz-lMfwOKKEvW1Mn8_P4L1_GOdMeCYN6Z3ljMIhJ3AaPC7o-TG-lJN3hQ3w0dLbAHa9oLVZLetCfJ0PgzXE6eTMchEjuWT4a3VupV-sdBqB8YeW1pK8Md7956pP54q2gttNGfuH0A_4xatOxROTc9vCQ3dJi5BbEjJ/w640-h480/homeg%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Is there comfort<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">in melancholy?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Not much. I’d rather<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">look to gallows humour.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXIU9muqIG7Oby9PAYRH41o0sxdow54vR8DdkCyfW44MrZ-Ta5SBujXbq6dcRdhMCecHdsoLt0gsPgpNDu2rJuuXbTiaUTmUS-CZm2el4uKUeyjJkDDTPqH4pTedOms1Qc3xANefXVdMgHcmp6_2gD06BXSKhB_a71V1fIZq7qfrM8D4N-pzdrawe4/s3462/20221208_091142%20r%20home.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3462" data-original-width="2597" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXIU9muqIG7Oby9PAYRH41o0sxdow54vR8DdkCyfW44MrZ-Ta5SBujXbq6dcRdhMCecHdsoLt0gsPgpNDu2rJuuXbTiaUTmUS-CZm2el4uKUeyjJkDDTPqH4pTedOms1Qc3xANefXVdMgHcmp6_2gD06BXSKhB_a71V1fIZq7qfrM8D4N-pzdrawe4/w480-h640/20221208_091142%20r%20home.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b0c0c; font-family: inherit;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Traffic jams, spam mail<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">call centre menus, Xmas jingles,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">bad grammar, heating bills…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What's not to not miss?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYqTE5MNQbrzcarJlCVcX1bUlLtJJoTS30nhuKgB-HySZCcCTUDMvLYZG1xRg_QLIx43pDWaWPuvLXIshEMY2iAG9JofRR9Kit_CnjIcGWrt4W0_PbTUATjpToQ17St2A5iA4WebLrhDSoCAyXvApVkm1AXBO_Dn1YfY4kyNXKbom35sbG-ONqEdsn/s2338/homeg%203%20new%20.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1754" data-original-width="2338" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYqTE5MNQbrzcarJlCVcX1bUlLtJJoTS30nhuKgB-HySZCcCTUDMvLYZG1xRg_QLIx43pDWaWPuvLXIshEMY2iAG9JofRR9Kit_CnjIcGWrt4W0_PbTUATjpToQ17St2A5iA4WebLrhDSoCAyXvApVkm1AXBO_Dn1YfY4kyNXKbom35sbG-ONqEdsn/w640-h480/homeg%203%20new%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The toaster’s refusing to pop<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">until the bread’s been pretty-much cremated.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">We’ll get a new one:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I will not be mocked. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZM67oLFrnDXfuS8ystNaF1sO-BZW6N1SwYwmCuu2QC3B6X50rJsVKZIMWLxFSaBnvdeYKx-GF87-kHjMmdoTMP0er8KLCIYgtGH14g8GUy5B1VNxVZCVxOUvQz7p1HsHGcVYM9iI20FxzrwZnaDbnka0vhFgoZoI7H-e9RfviL0YwdRvHljjFfljR/s4000/20221206_134330%20house.jpg" style="font-size: large; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZM67oLFrnDXfuS8ystNaF1sO-BZW6N1SwYwmCuu2QC3B6X50rJsVKZIMWLxFSaBnvdeYKx-GF87-kHjMmdoTMP0er8KLCIYgtGH14g8GUy5B1VNxVZCVxOUvQz7p1HsHGcVYM9iI20FxzrwZnaDbnka0vhFgoZoI7H-e9RfviL0YwdRvHljjFfljR/w480-h640/20221206_134330%20house.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The blinds are down.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The heating’s off.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Only the stand-by lights remain.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The house is with me.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPBOx9CpKRDTDeuPucSD-nf5tTphEbFOXfeybdKB9cpiglVVZhO1611LPWcVwO5YvS9Xr6BqPmC_uX2sP2il6uHXPP_wKwIibijeNb1UNaKJg__EPZUHlUCSn7WYbU1nSZachCV2RnrZ6_VOBSz-s80xg4F6Poex8QzhBLS6MeTA58xcWhAYb69PNK/w480-h640/20221123_145141%20house.jpg" width="480" /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Think of the global warming impact</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of widespread immortality.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">In times of crisis<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">we all have to do our bit. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSOcLDj-WRZigSxIyf7E8F0A5uJu6XzGr3OBTRKe6ELcFTfiswg8XJbL2dDkvaebNZvuVt7HiPkPxU_2qnmULrUI5pLFom-1_6d4SXqH_Hxp_NIUvJ_57RGP9hBK_DD8X1x3w-Hn_R2ROnEtKyQQz3Ez0vJguX95xuFOQZfrlk9y8JIM0fkzfdzkX_/s3557/house%20teeth%20.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3557" data-original-width="2668" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSOcLDj-WRZigSxIyf7E8F0A5uJu6XzGr3OBTRKe6ELcFTfiswg8XJbL2dDkvaebNZvuVt7HiPkPxU_2qnmULrUI5pLFom-1_6d4SXqH_Hxp_NIUvJ_57RGP9hBK_DD8X1x3w-Hn_R2ROnEtKyQQz3Ez0vJguX95xuFOQZfrlk9y8JIM0fkzfdzkX_/w480-h640/house%20teeth%20.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">My teeth are terrible<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The dentist was urging<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">major reconstruction<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">before the good news that they’ll probably see me out.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIh7F8Cy8pozxhq1XqPPDsWZv02-QI_iLFzVBQL-3gRYVM7pUl7WZYaNiXJB-VGL2x68UKOGcad6Q90ta-pfmHLH2hFir1seJGh-yWnJ3Y9JExGdYmRm9AzEFPa4o9lfqh9jbpyNZX7lnHUK04qChVhFp2HNnT42nt9KTukpT5r3NBD4kl3TC0WShJ/s4000/20221206_184754%20house%20dark%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIh7F8Cy8pozxhq1XqPPDsWZv02-QI_iLFzVBQL-3gRYVM7pUl7WZYaNiXJB-VGL2x68UKOGcad6Q90ta-pfmHLH2hFir1seJGh-yWnJ3Y9JExGdYmRm9AzEFPa4o9lfqh9jbpyNZX7lnHUK04qChVhFp2HNnT42nt9KTukpT5r3NBD4kl3TC0WShJ/w480-h640/20221206_184754%20house%20dark%20.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></b></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">You want it darker?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I’m not scared of that:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I write on </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">an illuminated screen.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM99b4fMHJ_hS3Jw7_B7lepqCVzYENubG8oC3_aQDjpk4nNTrRde2-KAGivyyRlJu3-Fy4wDkY-KkI-VPmi_uvgYTiz8AhB2-SerbpeqxX_8QjBzDVorP21oGJCpKkeorjC2szu0ZFG8onJ3At4tMOHcHlsZoYsJ3U7tck_yyuxJqw_2VkAHRZZE3j/s4000/20221123_144807%20house.jpg" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM99b4fMHJ_hS3Jw7_B7lepqCVzYENubG8oC3_aQDjpk4nNTrRde2-KAGivyyRlJu3-Fy4wDkY-KkI-VPmi_uvgYTiz8AhB2-SerbpeqxX_8QjBzDVorP21oGJCpKkeorjC2szu0ZFG8onJ3At4tMOHcHlsZoYsJ3U7tck_yyuxJqw_2VkAHRZZE3j/w640-h480/20221123_144807%20house.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white;">A bit of pain</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to sharpen the reality?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I recommend the sore mouth and the tingles:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">they're nothing much. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwfRvabLKSspxzbwJpmhDejjSER3ebbFSuXw8BYOBOtsOmbflpGDndqoaKU_HkiNNkEF_G_Dw7TqVpq2wo7pQfZuQwhbmd8cO0J71R_7xU4gDA9580UyLM-CUezhrlxPour90rdN2cP8aM5kSW7Ym8C6QQAvGP9Cs4BIJIuyPkIGNu8eOupQib1eg9/s4000/20221123_144046%20house.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwfRvabLKSspxzbwJpmhDejjSER3ebbFSuXw8BYOBOtsOmbflpGDndqoaKU_HkiNNkEF_G_Dw7TqVpq2wo7pQfZuQwhbmd8cO0J71R_7xU4gDA9580UyLM-CUezhrlxPour90rdN2cP8aM5kSW7Ym8C6QQAvGP9Cs4BIJIuyPkIGNu8eOupQib1eg9/w480-h640/20221123_144046%20house.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I seek no honorific<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">for death, but if I did<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">that exemplary failure to discriminate<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">would have to make it ‘Mx’.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinBHDEcwXx8B8UA9M86ZWzfVEyI8D6JvrcjWIbLi76g_IKGlTcQbb2yJBeoT0O6d3gDoXtOcBeLMeGiKrhh5V_LfPG3X9qvkYeUr0Llu1N3Yo3OBSW95zvNwWYhh68Kyx5QjxFtkaer3zl2Dh9bzYWbgFO6NJsWtWRPcAxPYQV6paTIyjs315LWvoJ/s4000/20221206_134952%20house.jpg" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinBHDEcwXx8B8UA9M86ZWzfVEyI8D6JvrcjWIbLi76g_IKGlTcQbb2yJBeoT0O6d3gDoXtOcBeLMeGiKrhh5V_LfPG3X9qvkYeUr0Llu1N3Yo3OBSW95zvNwWYhh68Kyx5QjxFtkaer3zl2Dh9bzYWbgFO6NJsWtWRPcAxPYQV6paTIyjs315LWvoJ/w480-h640/20221206_134952%20house.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">On the plus side<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">plenty have told me<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">of their chemo successes,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and no-one has told me they died.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsbTwNlpJ_czSXSRzew1z_uBhXhn5FpFcs4d6gG8Z8doJwqQRtVFQJ1-S2Pa3GbVTCEcAQksMfg7daVhgMSqIQce5lU4NDz9DEHK7x4qvuapzgxdBRAOMiL8zFRiXC0fydMoXhky6g5_lyzL8G3bEPODuc06jDwEL7iYeilyEsS0rWRrhILLTh74Rl/s4000/20221206_134930%20house.jpg" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsbTwNlpJ_czSXSRzew1z_uBhXhn5FpFcs4d6gG8Z8doJwqQRtVFQJ1-S2Pa3GbVTCEcAQksMfg7daVhgMSqIQce5lU4NDz9DEHK7x4qvuapzgxdBRAOMiL8zFRiXC0fydMoXhky6g5_lyzL8G3bEPODuc06jDwEL7iYeilyEsS0rWRrhILLTh74Rl/w640-h480/20221206_134930%20house.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Just another</span></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">day on earth?</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Only for those<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">who feel immortal <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">even though they know they're not.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7038g60zOlFz40bEObd47PfEWqLbqtvPzdxJ3d47HfzMSe4fgzCXrNWIz4sX4D1gWMhYuuOVN08nLM4kYjMMVmGTF4WoCiqzitXymXGmSusgqG2dk6Gfn3b8wwYk68w3Z28wOCWZYGAv33jmy3K52zQX9cnsbqR9_uvb9sDZi_DnZD212l7kGhDM4/s1071/grasses.jpg" style="font-weight: 400; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1071" data-original-width="1071" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7038g60zOlFz40bEObd47PfEWqLbqtvPzdxJ3d47HfzMSe4fgzCXrNWIz4sX4D1gWMhYuuOVN08nLM4kYjMMVmGTF4WoCiqzitXymXGmSusgqG2dk6Gfn3b8wwYk68w3Z28wOCWZYGAv33jmy3K52zQX9cnsbqR9_uvb9sDZi_DnZD212l7kGhDM4/w640-h640/grasses.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></b><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Is this the real death<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">or just a test to see<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">exactly what it feels like<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">to know it’s coming soon?</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXv5mptu_Fpz_jr5WM92i1BJdvLJUucmwV9TzLvw4ONzNBriqND8wer9vFjSsDRjid9o2Ebv86iVI5ZRECyjSDuqICAAzs276G3fRSxzRSO-5-_ZqFLRCldffMNNzagvEOJfsVlqjB-FaeGnl6sgANvekQmYoy2CGPcWDq2hbrg82wK0Ww1ym7-umQ/s4000/20221225_070831%20homel.jpg" style="font-family: arial; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXv5mptu_Fpz_jr5WM92i1BJdvLJUucmwV9TzLvw4ONzNBriqND8wer9vFjSsDRjid9o2Ebv86iVI5ZRECyjSDuqICAAzs276G3fRSxzRSO-5-_ZqFLRCldffMNNzagvEOJfsVlqjB-FaeGnl6sgANvekQmYoy2CGPcWDq2hbrg82wK0Ww1ym7-umQ/w480-h640/20221225_070831%20homel.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I’m not so sure<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that dying is an art,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but maybe it’s essential<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to the whole of art’s production.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixYqvDVEKc4uO2S0Oed7svhehao2_Z6x4Q6VZXuF089mUlXfWFZu3bnJLU1OrU0XXmGAD_yzXxsuxI4WATUWiomt2Vxe6BpZ0oTICfd_zh-aq7l823cvQZ4PONeZIntZ-qZn6CBy49U6RsQ0Vz22n88TUcQEyWds6mvTP_3XX9wl3g4Y-u5sWDzZ6c/s2660/rs%20home%20.jpg" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2660" data-original-width="2660" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixYqvDVEKc4uO2S0Oed7svhehao2_Z6x4Q6VZXuF089mUlXfWFZu3bnJLU1OrU0XXmGAD_yzXxsuxI4WATUWiomt2Vxe6BpZ0oTICfd_zh-aq7l823cvQZ4PONeZIntZ-qZn6CBy49U6RsQ0Vz22n88TUcQEyWds6mvTP_3XX9wl3g4Y-u5sWDzZ6c/w640-h640/rs%20home%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Art, after all</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is recuperation from time<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and right now I am out of it<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">trying to catch this.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9By-1zmWIi3g0at_F5BLnXqM7os-vjIwnjOzCz2Lqq6uC8aag0YuH-38pd6JNTsK30tkrvlao51BUhc7HAX5yCzQYWEywjJOAAUQB3nkLnzs3ObSIUfu7pyE_X9W4YEDmGNShDspjjchr8H60jRBnRM5jjDg_0mIM759JdjPQCvuqqA2JgacjYRKq/s2217/new%20homej%20bed%2020221217_140351.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2217" data-original-width="2217" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9By-1zmWIi3g0at_F5BLnXqM7os-vjIwnjOzCz2Lqq6uC8aag0YuH-38pd6JNTsK30tkrvlao51BUhc7HAX5yCzQYWEywjJOAAUQB3nkLnzs3ObSIUfu7pyE_X9W4YEDmGNShDspjjchr8H60jRBnRM5jjDg_0mIM759JdjPQCvuqqA2JgacjYRKq/w640-h640/new%20homej%20bed%2020221217_140351.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Should I go to London?</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">Steph prefers not: cautiously, touchingly,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">she wants me to live<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">I say yes: I want <i>to live.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi70wM9iEC9LzeKt83V92hpYdeElqaWagOjETXnHN9eQ-fT2pE2CB-eW1Mn11lw_t_JvZtrBvusVUqvv9Z8LWeViLhn3MtSfXxRkZcbUM2Sj32FFNAftCAe7EzeCvuZyK6axMQgDVvgxLjsuRadUeFUsGRqxBBCEVXNtgFDdHF1bYqgPPpL7y_FmijS/s3213/20221220_115813.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2410" data-original-width="3213" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi70wM9iEC9LzeKt83V92hpYdeElqaWagOjETXnHN9eQ-fT2pE2CB-eW1Mn11lw_t_JvZtrBvusVUqvv9Z8LWeViLhn3MtSfXxRkZcbUM2Sj32FFNAftCAe7EzeCvuZyK6axMQgDVvgxLjsuRadUeFUsGRqxBBCEVXNtgFDdHF1bYqgPPpL7y_FmijS/w640-h480/20221220_115813.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">It's a classic patient-carer tension<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">according to my colorectal nurse:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">that and the question of whether to talk about death<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">or bury it in the unsaid.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuVswpemSiGbZtJgZWOMDOHBXhEfVfccgI6KlshhLyfJyOmf1aJFWEE3Ea8vIznl-Rso-JTyAK5w0qOznkNnP_WJfIxDYrqayYhPlZF_IhShIR3WwFALL7unXUQoNnxhon4qHpliLv4xGrpttLmTdgClOJzHJmlDbP7H3AKsKaJI1U05DyVzAAVTHH/s4000/20221208_090945%20homee.jpg" style="font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuVswpemSiGbZtJgZWOMDOHBXhEfVfccgI6KlshhLyfJyOmf1aJFWEE3Ea8vIznl-Rso-JTyAK5w0qOznkNnP_WJfIxDYrqayYhPlZF_IhShIR3WwFALL7unXUQoNnxhon4qHpliLv4xGrpttLmTdgClOJzHJmlDbP7H3AKsKaJI1U05DyVzAAVTHH/w480-h640/20221208_090945%20homee.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">I wake at night<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">and thoughts occur<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">like streamers in extremis.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Is this one?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQaJ0RSt1riWdcvZjblEagElt5UCZpxZmyXMCC_JdjkBf_P8tCC1sur1n2AZFqSt2tvug1MprXiDhKq3i9KvQTnvTGX8gnv6cPIyBP_lHXJJkgu9IFWKCs447tc4HEaIbCyOMYru0DKLnauAR93t46IQ9A8R0V1KR9r-DT4ZPOXR4Fkr-4tqEuH9Xb/s4000/20221123_144151%20housek.jpg" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQaJ0RSt1riWdcvZjblEagElt5UCZpxZmyXMCC_JdjkBf_P8tCC1sur1n2AZFqSt2tvug1MprXiDhKq3i9KvQTnvTGX8gnv6cPIyBP_lHXJJkgu9IFWKCs447tc4HEaIbCyOMYru0DKLnauAR93t46IQ9A8R0V1KR9r-DT4ZPOXR4Fkr-4tqEuH9Xb/w640-h480/20221123_144151%20housek.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Will I return<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">as someone else?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I don't even I know<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">if I've had a prior existence. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-TY1Z4_zGrE_OEvNdADe6861VqHmuMrE-gTtt691hcTeCxvcdy43nS7J8vt3aQ40LRkwBG5UUZX62zy1Tllau95z8IL4awHTh5XS_dG9_2UNGKF-g5IEvZGnY2L7VKb8ifIgbRrAD1426zJ0uzS_pMFOPtwbseuCg71plMi_Y1bOOne2ecg9SIJJf/s4000/20221225_071617%20homel.jpg" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-TY1Z4_zGrE_OEvNdADe6861VqHmuMrE-gTtt691hcTeCxvcdy43nS7J8vt3aQ40LRkwBG5UUZX62zy1Tllau95z8IL4awHTh5XS_dG9_2UNGKF-g5IEvZGnY2L7VKb8ifIgbRrAD1426zJ0uzS_pMFOPtwbseuCg71plMi_Y1bOOne2ecg9SIJJf/w640-h480/20221225_071617%20homel.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Between the forceps and the stone?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Hardly: I came out easy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">and plan to go up<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">in smoke and scatter. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCPZkwYAaXAcXpq_2nvoLIs615-8a-MMGgb9uOdoYfpBRihfCDrcvfcN0SbqL02wrAQp_cCWmZsZhW9fUF7Ymsh2npJRzLX8sKX3DU89bCtZYZLZvseoXGrs8NE2v6fvZbgi45FqnIrYNPu7Xvw_xdvpMeKu05dncTmvukRro8ky5nKbwLDKdP8QtE/s2137/33%20homel.jpg" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2137" data-original-width="2137" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCPZkwYAaXAcXpq_2nvoLIs615-8a-MMGgb9uOdoYfpBRihfCDrcvfcN0SbqL02wrAQp_cCWmZsZhW9fUF7Ymsh2npJRzLX8sKX3DU89bCtZYZLZvseoXGrs8NE2v6fvZbgi45FqnIrYNPu7Xvw_xdvpMeKu05dncTmvukRro8ky5nKbwLDKdP8QtE/w640-h640/33%20homel.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Is naked cremation an option?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Why burn good clothes<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">at time when I expect to be <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">well beyond any pretence.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><o:p style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNmFAtQ6QFFzTaCJFnimESOk84xAGOrXuK064j5lf-hDat4lnAwlfogODj-WtJuZNhnyrRMXrEKqyxu5ogL6umC4Vjp-JDXJxktUB6IGyb8RfSFSlRFSYgUSQzamIppem4bu3eWBDPUVjnheqRcRhKqZQ2fkp2aypeu_e4jSDgAiiUdqgExZwcGHAi/s2720/jane%20h%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2025" data-original-width="2720" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNmFAtQ6QFFzTaCJFnimESOk84xAGOrXuK064j5lf-hDat4lnAwlfogODj-WtJuZNhnyrRMXrEKqyxu5ogL6umC4Vjp-JDXJxktUB6IGyb8RfSFSlRFSYgUSQzamIppem4bu3eWBDPUVjnheqRcRhKqZQ2fkp2aypeu_e4jSDgAiiUdqgExZwcGHAi/w640-h476/jane%20h%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></o:p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Can I have a double funeral please?</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">File right for classical: Bach, Schubert</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">and Shostakovich. Or left for indie rock:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Joy Divison, Cope and the Cocteau Twins…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif1hCp5bKZY1rgSSTmpyVx5_zRnOh5STChX1cm7GEWB6IuQtaBX25aya8acAtJVcD-7VqhrgF6h7SQ_FuijUG16_YPdHI1YZaeKc6kUG29EO2zHJLnBeD7ZGjq2gv3cVEGZ2NnhtvxhCnDJ6QjGp5KeSHDnvU8wMdOGgTTZeeBZs3kr8wV7YLL0uaO/s3110/20221225_100038%20homek.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2635" data-original-width="3110" height="542" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif1hCp5bKZY1rgSSTmpyVx5_zRnOh5STChX1cm7GEWB6IuQtaBX25aya8acAtJVcD-7VqhrgF6h7SQ_FuijUG16_YPdHI1YZaeKc6kUG29EO2zHJLnBeD7ZGjq2gv3cVEGZ2NnhtvxhCnDJ6QjGp5KeSHDnvU8wMdOGgTTZeeBZs3kr8wV7YLL0uaO/w640-h542/20221225_100038%20homek.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>I imagine observing</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">from the balcony of the dead<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">as the funerals stream in aftermath,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">trying to work out which group is most affected. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYaRyI2xiTT3aF4JOGhOwQtwDKIyIQgPsMQlHal5uvbMo6fEFhVK6vWjNOJf6TweQH8m1b6UKbGBx5iwxWwIb3fI9GaI0tzOKFWfmVjEL5eK1NsFnAOcDF99jXxx9GxST42aa8Zid7rxdV6m4n8WtoKERahRuwoN1gfHd7P8HlGixsOCX48m1fdK-V/s2897/20221224_040859%20homezx.jpg" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2897" data-original-width="2897" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYaRyI2xiTT3aF4JOGhOwQtwDKIyIQgPsMQlHal5uvbMo6fEFhVK6vWjNOJf6TweQH8m1b6UKbGBx5iwxWwIb3fI9GaI0tzOKFWfmVjEL5eK1NsFnAOcDF99jXxx9GxST42aa8Zid7rxdV6m4n8WtoKERahRuwoN1gfHd7P8HlGixsOCX48m1fdK-V/w640-h640/20221224_040859%20homezx.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">I am not afraid<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">of your anger, death.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Though sometimes I may pause to consider<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">your cunning and your stealth.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYaMDrCpvsITuv6n6x1x9JX7g3lQpRc6ZKkD0foopUzbq2tLtDbhOFlrJfqK13eb6qIMwzI6CpAI-lZQeIBbvmZlyfJ5p69ouZcetRsnSeN2gjZzTp1CS_MkJfA1-2qZcQIIidIF6M8_RoOIZ_ckjqvRQHuDBA2ZL0ihxIalJZCGFWL5a02MC_T58f/s3089/homezx.jpg" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2317" data-original-width="3089" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYaMDrCpvsITuv6n6x1x9JX7g3lQpRc6ZKkD0foopUzbq2tLtDbhOFlrJfqK13eb6qIMwzI6CpAI-lZQeIBbvmZlyfJ5p69ouZcetRsnSeN2gjZzTp1CS_MkJfA1-2qZcQIIidIF6M8_RoOIZ_ckjqvRQHuDBA2ZL0ihxIalJZCGFWL5a02MC_T58f/w640-h480/homezx.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>I hear I'm no angel</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">nor will I become one.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">But why would I want to be<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">a being that doesn't exist?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9bXKHTBVrXTrokol4weZD-1iP496rcRG7YycQ8IYVFCnQ-fgwqnu2cOjpjDu7bH7U44tLzje-svqw5MySWhdXOrGR0yUL7MZCNG8C5oLOKsLUBFSLSvCBvOjttqqNJC5QegLyiDsBNKaWS65Jfu87N0SHgBhp8F4Zmkpr9qoRoOpEQewtlaxHQYwT/s2073/homer%20sats%20.jpg" style="font-weight: 400; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2073" data-original-width="2073" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9bXKHTBVrXTrokol4weZD-1iP496rcRG7YycQ8IYVFCnQ-fgwqnu2cOjpjDu7bH7U44tLzje-svqw5MySWhdXOrGR0yUL7MZCNG8C5oLOKsLUBFSLSvCBvOjttqqNJC5QegLyiDsBNKaWS65Jfu87N0SHgBhp8F4Zmkpr9qoRoOpEQewtlaxHQYwT/w640-h640/homer%20sats%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></b></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #222222;">Allow me to appreciate</span></b><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">being alive, <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">as I'm not betting on the chances <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">of appreciating being dead. </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK1L2k_rFJiDQ0-eyV7GoKYrNsj94vO3Qb4ztisvEJBkGqIVqqTATxuLHQmsrP92q0SibN08s-ag3oKMeA4CKSDHTyEBFmGJi6kMuIkDl2nJK5cMBqZ2ryzk9fD7dkXg60H2r6GwZoc3Vr0-5c4bBzZI5F0jvyKpFfzq7mUeVLlt21RQaLZCofr_nX/s1963/20221208_021130%20home%20r.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="1963" data-original-width="1963" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK1L2k_rFJiDQ0-eyV7GoKYrNsj94vO3Qb4ztisvEJBkGqIVqqTATxuLHQmsrP92q0SibN08s-ag3oKMeA4CKSDHTyEBFmGJi6kMuIkDl2nJK5cMBqZ2ryzk9fD7dkXg60H2r6GwZoc3Vr0-5c4bBzZI5F0jvyKpFfzq7mUeVLlt21RQaLZCofr_nX/w640-h640/20221208_021130%20home%20r.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Patrick Caulfield<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">got there first<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">with a tombstone reading simply ‘DEAD’.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">And so, perhaps, I’ll have to go with ‘GONE’.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjckNBfY31SF0FpocxNL1MrSgxEmfyJPL8Q_mGJP6gHfARM_LX13vf3pjpPHZtuswhHu9fCyMdi0uocY-hEMMbnVqhlQC_54NH20dnViyUzjFkyntp0jB6UAkAmFdLiY2bFd0doJ02qdBbVufObbEMm28-PNlreOg_s_ZDA3uWgpGE8A7Q-tfuTSX8g/s3192/homex%20chard%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2978" data-original-width="3192" height="598" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjckNBfY31SF0FpocxNL1MrSgxEmfyJPL8Q_mGJP6gHfARM_LX13vf3pjpPHZtuswhHu9fCyMdi0uocY-hEMMbnVqhlQC_54NH20dnViyUzjFkyntp0jB6UAkAmFdLiY2bFd0doJ02qdBbVufObbEMm28-PNlreOg_s_ZDA3uWgpGE8A7Q-tfuTSX8g/w640-h598/homex%20chard%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The freest death<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">would make sense of my life<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">without looking backwards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">other than to prove the time is right.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyXuNtrSr2kV7kWYFWEIk4LKgI0sMc6MWxPiezClROe55XEc8VYKnQ3KrpbhDBTZqHVuVN10q5C1OOwbFrIZ938M4aGM9k3kKBXN4U6y1rqoUDk_KlJaPUGIeCbKi-ZhzrkZgcPMZoLL5urUGINYOTUPeM_ArNmXZztSlHwomoSWpa9K5oHLmXwLng/s4000/20221215_085158.jpg" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyXuNtrSr2kV7kWYFWEIk4LKgI0sMc6MWxPiezClROe55XEc8VYKnQ3KrpbhDBTZqHVuVN10q5C1OOwbFrIZ938M4aGM9k3kKBXN4U6y1rqoUDk_KlJaPUGIeCbKi-ZhzrkZgcPMZoLL5urUGINYOTUPeM_ArNmXZztSlHwomoSWpa9K5oHLmXwLng/w480-h640/20221215_085158.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: inherit;">Imagine a ‘Where's Wally?</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in which Wally is death<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and you start to wonder<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">if you'll ever find him... </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitmQ7ZRUhEQdM1PGstPixn2YaZ3iVoxyezW2NWo9UlhbJmedgks5bVK9vFbmBHxsanz0a6BEJsSuUzfx67bOTy7BSPHl7Bg8iW17ocRbS0ftithqZe6RRIyoFNzyy1LFPcV428yGWx5kpWB3_Jqx7dFMf7fqCIvZwILuES1sEWXEocJpQ6r-nMboOf/s4000/20221127_114720%20house.jpg" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitmQ7ZRUhEQdM1PGstPixn2YaZ3iVoxyezW2NWo9UlhbJmedgks5bVK9vFbmBHxsanz0a6BEJsSuUzfx67bOTy7BSPHl7Bg8iW17ocRbS0ftithqZe6RRIyoFNzyy1LFPcV428yGWx5kpWB3_Jqx7dFMf7fqCIvZwILuES1sEWXEocJpQ6r-nMboOf/w480-h640/20221127_114720%20house.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><b style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">I guess it would be interesting</span></b></div></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">to see posterity,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">but I’m happy to delay <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">the opportunity. </span></p><p><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEianX6Y8-F5AQa7hBI9zsRn1dz_cs5yHjYfrWi7sgCX76RPhGeCOooINSZPpBbFDUz5PX4RUby0JmUccVE4U-_jYL4QUQkydWlK8VxwisnUNWegIaQHuvJTyGZCzZRqFK-qHNIAbcwt0g_P0Zt1CZ7qatLVyHI4kvhcKTHRVQLCYoCC58vD53a1s2Oc/s4000/20221123_144731%20house.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEianX6Y8-F5AQa7hBI9zsRn1dz_cs5yHjYfrWi7sgCX76RPhGeCOooINSZPpBbFDUz5PX4RUby0JmUccVE4U-_jYL4QUQkydWlK8VxwisnUNWegIaQHuvJTyGZCzZRqFK-qHNIAbcwt0g_P0Zt1CZ7qatLVyHI4kvhcKTHRVQLCYoCC58vD53a1s2Oc/w640-h480/20221123_144731%20house.jpg" width="640" /></a> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">People say I’m brave<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">but I’ve done nothing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">save carry on existing a bit longer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and acting as I please.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKteb1otxg0qxcfH5RMUPucRKMDO_haJ2oL-eZ6KolkGfwOhUnTXqLwIks98sW8C4Uyjeo-XMkVZj1oFogEQd-t0jPt1B4GzwWD1NAyz018NVgzpFwgAdqIVUUuxLxvievBTAcaVec1mWes5MV0fyBGCNFuxuv84HtkAI97JCiBLEuyDlKKLrP3RJK/s4000/20221206_134420%20house.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKteb1otxg0qxcfH5RMUPucRKMDO_haJ2oL-eZ6KolkGfwOhUnTXqLwIks98sW8C4Uyjeo-XMkVZj1oFogEQd-t0jPt1B4GzwWD1NAyz018NVgzpFwgAdqIVUUuxLxvievBTAcaVec1mWes5MV0fyBGCNFuxuv84HtkAI97JCiBLEuyDlKKLrP3RJK/w640-h480/20221206_134420%20house.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></b></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Everybody cuts me</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">a fantastic amount of slack.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">If only ‘dying’<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">could be a permanent state.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVuANGePKsgP7pV9RCzGsM70yDZjXnBRdxhVP5xBOn2rJ6c64B--qJKqsGDbUSQql_T7HEig5ApxR0_aESi4rBWdeXUirFj_Guf7o_yMN0fCcN9TzSjic0PgpuaECC4PjhOIGc5SdjldS3rJphcxaIck-4yNIQFFSRvQQh9pAaIJaYowQTTPu20DBk/s2701/20221208_13194%20poss%20house%208.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2701" data-original-width="2208" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVuANGePKsgP7pV9RCzGsM70yDZjXnBRdxhVP5xBOn2rJ6c64B--qJKqsGDbUSQql_T7HEig5ApxR0_aESi4rBWdeXUirFj_Guf7o_yMN0fCcN9TzSjic0PgpuaECC4PjhOIGc5SdjldS3rJphcxaIck-4yNIQFFSRvQQh9pAaIJaYowQTTPu20DBk/w524-h640/20221208_13194%20poss%20house%208.jpg" width="524" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Now I can be blasé<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A cracked pane? Fungal toenails? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A suitcase on its last wheels?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Do me a favour!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrWmH8w3wmmkG0UF64KW6OwNPWs_NOPyy7y-3UgbY0v3u_FLo0kM7_nyymoDD5CdWhxoTVy-o9LksuRvd4XPqU8FJBExJEJKLIWsH-IvaEL6IPCiX_9oNwC7gKsfGGoW7BG2kCx23lXKRYMYfn62zh3hA5hVgcIrAJQDeIArauja7Tmj0UUUhXshyr/s2211/20221208_131655%20poss%20house%20intersection%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2211" data-original-width="2211" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrWmH8w3wmmkG0UF64KW6OwNPWs_NOPyy7y-3UgbY0v3u_FLo0kM7_nyymoDD5CdWhxoTVy-o9LksuRvd4XPqU8FJBExJEJKLIWsH-IvaEL6IPCiX_9oNwC7gKsfGGoW7BG2kCx23lXKRYMYfn62zh3hA5hVgcIrAJQDeIArauja7Tmj0UUUhXshyr/w640-h640/20221208_131655%20poss%20house%20intersection%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">How ludicrous would it be<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">to worry that these thoughts<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">will seem to lack integrity<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">should I survive?</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHWfU_-wd6vZ_OXn8kMRFvtDjgzz4rHtqtbWkqEhEK5C6YzhVd2grlHuG4lMSMK0CbGP4i_uHIHfJ7ttocYbclngV62FCgRNaLXSIJXi70au-14ChZgqETS0KxhSUyWQgasTPkijVB6XTp8V2r8giiAcrn-LXWpjIsJvx9OzKM6ey4LWRidid4l3Vp/s4000/20230406_122900.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHWfU_-wd6vZ_OXn8kMRFvtDjgzz4rHtqtbWkqEhEK5C6YzhVd2grlHuG4lMSMK0CbGP4i_uHIHfJ7ttocYbclngV62FCgRNaLXSIJXi70au-14ChZgqETS0KxhSUyWQgasTPkijVB6XTp8V2r8giiAcrn-LXWpjIsJvx9OzKM6ey4LWRidid4l3Vp/w640-h480/20230406_122900.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I stroll out daily<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">to prove I’m not yet<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>–<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">even if I could be –<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">a dead man walking. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; text-align: left;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfU1LwkDpMNnA-UCdo5ifCqXkvg3hkvID7V3kD3gKsz2Vce2uctlJ7s1T9S-rH--4AS31GVJV0y8Saq2lsxkacCke3d2aFgNCBpntvX1N4PaWTfbjv95qXIOEXwiVAUO0QNDt7DYIbJ1ckU654WdzYXL3XcgIjjUbd8UQgPVYNwuaonDMbD3tbAGCk/s2817/homej%201.jpg" style="font-weight: 400; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2817" data-original-width="2817" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfU1LwkDpMNnA-UCdo5ifCqXkvg3hkvID7V3kD3gKsz2Vce2uctlJ7s1T9S-rH--4AS31GVJV0y8Saq2lsxkacCke3d2aFgNCBpntvX1N4PaWTfbjv95qXIOEXwiVAUO0QNDt7DYIbJ1ckU654WdzYXL3XcgIjjUbd8UQgPVYNwuaonDMbD3tbAGCk/w640-h640/homej%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; text-align: left;"> </span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I've bought myself</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">a new diary.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Value for money is less of an object<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">If you’ve only got a few months to spend it. </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuKNjBkrwqcmOORt29hT0zyklmCjcE67l1SqTWtPyXQtM55R941JZNzkDWNN99bk-osjhbY4-5owsNHQ1ytxI-hsWcpLsUXybXq4Lb9cRzTJJua4-_61A2F6aCiBvZaTQOj55gnLkVqmYK5b02XPa1PM66E70CX5yqTa8fU6raQ39JM0jzRrrfUhsM/s3000/houset%2020221223_102015.jpg" style="font-family: arial; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuKNjBkrwqcmOORt29hT0zyklmCjcE67l1SqTWtPyXQtM55R941JZNzkDWNN99bk-osjhbY4-5owsNHQ1ytxI-hsWcpLsUXybXq4Lb9cRzTJJua4-_61A2F6aCiBvZaTQOj55gnLkVqmYK5b02XPa1PM66E70CX5yqTa8fU6raQ39JM0jzRrrfUhsM/w640-h640/houset%2020221223_102015.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; text-align: left;"> </span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">If everything matters<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">then nothing matters.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">But does that work<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">the other way around?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMEoH1S1j-yPJKVTYdxJMmciBzycUF4SzcxfP8O78eqIUOGsa1g5Rlbb_1PKhgCv0PJT4LNTh95SJeHRPQ6I4NnkjD_Y7Q80CaknoKMe0HFYqdllF32zCNrMM2Ff6CqSOl7U_ReOOL2hurvfDdB9qhrHT5-7twkdLH97bfBRBcEsH2m3YYeV1G05dK/s3523/20221220_115631%20hosp.jpg" style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2642" data-original-width="3523" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMEoH1S1j-yPJKVTYdxJMmciBzycUF4SzcxfP8O78eqIUOGsa1g5Rlbb_1PKhgCv0PJT4LNTh95SJeHRPQ6I4NnkjD_Y7Q80CaknoKMe0HFYqdllF32zCNrMM2Ff6CqSOl7U_ReOOL2hurvfDdB9qhrHT5-7twkdLH97bfBRBcEsH2m3YYeV1G05dK/w640-h480/20221220_115631%20hosp.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">This is brilliant!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Any event I don’t want to attend<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">falls<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">‘at the wrong time in the chemo cycle’.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span></p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8TmrQVV-sL-KuJUwulQfO8mKyfIw2-bAT-VDijQLPV_iusZRe1lPxlnp-s-a83acf6GrLNcAEn4nARfjRRXUDzmYSYr3sZSE72igbeApKML4rQ_WeDi44JKy-0-oLwi3Jf_Xvjifk7w_GygEStsiUMn7_AX2hUUbcnWL09PjNGI38zPbUabgxzmJJ/s4000/20221211_120556%20homee.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8TmrQVV-sL-KuJUwulQfO8mKyfIw2-bAT-VDijQLPV_iusZRe1lPxlnp-s-a83acf6GrLNcAEn4nARfjRRXUDzmYSYr3sZSE72igbeApKML4rQ_WeDi44JKy-0-oLwi3Jf_Xvjifk7w_GygEStsiUMn7_AX2hUUbcnWL09PjNGI38zPbUabgxzmJJ/w480-h640/20221211_120556%20homee.jpg" width="480" /></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Soon I’ll be dead<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and people can say what they like.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hang on –<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">they’re ahead of me!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8qA6jc0tIo3ecf6tfTsVf-NQ6vtBS7yMKeknVsHizn99Ddt2h6RVqZuuYbvLQ57Vli9pZ3IoHEbnZMHFkQkS52zQMSuipDNgawXVzpPyVe5O_m_9FheIhgslP1446bEZxopCaLwGEdpFx2plBYPCbigGhZMCNqdN9kfTkCb9Nf6hVT_rof_0CDkAe/s2976/20221220_115733.jpg" style="font-weight: 400; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2232" data-original-width="2976" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8qA6jc0tIo3ecf6tfTsVf-NQ6vtBS7yMKeknVsHizn99Ddt2h6RVqZuuYbvLQ57Vli9pZ3IoHEbnZMHFkQkS52zQMSuipDNgawXVzpPyVe5O_m_9FheIhgslP1446bEZxopCaLwGEdpFx2plBYPCbigGhZMCNqdN9kfTkCb9Nf6hVT_rof_0CDkAe/w640-h480/20221220_115733.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I'd get high<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">on hope<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">if I could see the point -<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">for what would that change?<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikUBRVo8YvFzbnT0ovafbNW2Qxk82OS7L8je5649n90EXhMJMtJgQAprWPUQTaQrdmAWNp7yAlbdH2eckoYcTly3I7_tQIC8biceU9nSlPzUHmt6Hca6GUxcBUq2zsQFOvnpX-otEAKLYiHTFUsva1t5HxWIsgghVJOf6VC0EiSnZFaZdH-Ht-f1wS/s2821/20221215_085402%20homex.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2821" data-original-width="2821" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikUBRVo8YvFzbnT0ovafbNW2Qxk82OS7L8je5649n90EXhMJMtJgQAprWPUQTaQrdmAWNp7yAlbdH2eckoYcTly3I7_tQIC8biceU9nSlPzUHmt6Hca6GUxcBUq2zsQFOvnpX-otEAKLYiHTFUsva1t5HxWIsgghVJOf6VC0EiSnZFaZdH-Ht-f1wS/w640-h640/20221215_085402%20homex.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Surely it would be </b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">too pointed to be believed<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">were 'hated’<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the only anagram of death? </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjffpD5pW3wGvcPwfNdpHrdHIDVcaX7IQRiciYxTKDYt-U2bBzHWjLVoq_lKxpJuehrnmsIhaOrhT9twp_Oxa4AAFIIfD_JNy2lGQ3gkfGYovZ8OSIh8x9rWNmKxY4SJo7HI93TO8v1Eew7IfsW17XfWpx7WnIm3egdB6tp8AJ8Gir0QF86yVmjaNw2/s4000/homet%2020221222_075240.jpg" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjffpD5pW3wGvcPwfNdpHrdHIDVcaX7IQRiciYxTKDYt-U2bBzHWjLVoq_lKxpJuehrnmsIhaOrhT9twp_Oxa4AAFIIfD_JNy2lGQ3gkfGYovZ8OSIh8x9rWNmKxY4SJo7HI93TO8v1Eew7IfsW17XfWpx7WnIm3egdB6tp8AJ8Gir0QF86yVmjaNw2/w480-h640/homet%2020221222_075240.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I've always thought </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">biennial Christmases would be quite enough. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">But this year better not be fallow<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">if it's going to be my last. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b style="background-color: transparent; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></b><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj75gLJP1TrtePhV_6XA6xClpFG8_474HJWaUlGAMTlJDUxAvM6-tcHHO5jzfF8AMrLeSQ9zOB_aNPD_wGsLq0le9DjyRKdW2ip2qRexmrBrGMkQ1eMAJSJ75Fv9F6CB9TOUVD8iwDR5l-HmWNC39B15A9IpWG9Qf6OlEEot3LRUnl4109wNy6aPyem/s4000/20230406_122716.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj75gLJP1TrtePhV_6XA6xClpFG8_474HJWaUlGAMTlJDUxAvM6-tcHHO5jzfF8AMrLeSQ9zOB_aNPD_wGsLq0le9DjyRKdW2ip2qRexmrBrGMkQ1eMAJSJ75Fv9F6CB9TOUVD8iwDR5l-HmWNC39B15A9IpWG9Qf6OlEEot3LRUnl4109wNy6aPyem/w480-h640/20230406_122716.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I feel the kiss of death<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">But does Death kiss?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Surely I'm more likely<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to be fucked.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0lzfGGfV5qzJ79v2NIlvJpAOQlym8pEYzBPXctXcgXy8Ks86f5pkvd5q1bBB24wAyXFbkK55QaNBNIcZ88mJ0pcSWJtj85wbQJ1bqOzEjhV-luJCwF42kmkbXvqYvP-bSnSTaHwHWjHffrAUmZC0WLy78jMbMeW9rxAFkofcS45wqyOHQ2Fv__5gT/s4000/20221206_134452.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0lzfGGfV5qzJ79v2NIlvJpAOQlym8pEYzBPXctXcgXy8Ks86f5pkvd5q1bBB24wAyXFbkK55QaNBNIcZ88mJ0pcSWJtj85wbQJ1bqOzEjhV-luJCwF42kmkbXvqYvP-bSnSTaHwHWjHffrAUmZC0WLy78jMbMeW9rxAFkofcS45wqyOHQ2Fv__5gT/w480-h640/20221206_134452.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">Can I have a Golden Death?</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">One that makes<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">my life seem<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that it had to be as was? </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcFHUE3gUUwv-4OJd8JbFDKt29byevoMPNuT69wkeYDDErwShesVveNwry8mBc7MkO6HZGhHuw5ZB6uKcvyur9AcXo5LS7uYiOgWrBwvuaMIOLCZDSK1D0pDk7xCWQwIpgh9xJg3OzEQoTGBqciBMLbNLFMR4cQnK1L87SJPtiqGvOUYei93t09nne/s2995/20230406_183245.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2995" data-original-width="2995" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcFHUE3gUUwv-4OJd8JbFDKt29byevoMPNuT69wkeYDDErwShesVveNwry8mBc7MkO6HZGhHuw5ZB6uKcvyur9AcXo5LS7uYiOgWrBwvuaMIOLCZDSK1D0pDk7xCWQwIpgh9xJg3OzEQoTGBqciBMLbNLFMR4cQnK1L87SJPtiqGvOUYei93t09nne/w640-h640/20230406_183245.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;">Perhaps they’ll say</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;">‘He took to death<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;">like a fish to water’.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;">Water in which the fish drowned. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBgXNeA6Rn89BQY-F3aKIVqdbh59pMnlHr4L-XAibA61tck8YBOuOcBuEXOp--qvhBLaXECgyRHXFPvAI4bRmcXxM-65uRe_1KD9j_hMmIe_30L1n6CZJ7CRTjbyzM91cqisjmwE9-AyPO0O91Y0D9khqKEbhPorsHWVSzE0C7Go9_JFeQWP_aW4El/s4000/20221127_115057%20house.jpg" style="font-weight: 400; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBgXNeA6Rn89BQY-F3aKIVqdbh59pMnlHr4L-XAibA61tck8YBOuOcBuEXOp--qvhBLaXECgyRHXFPvAI4bRmcXxM-65uRe_1KD9j_hMmIe_30L1n6CZJ7CRTjbyzM91cqisjmwE9-AyPO0O91Y0D9khqKEbhPorsHWVSzE0C7Go9_JFeQWP_aW4El/w640-h480/20221127_115057%20house.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Idiot!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Saving up my finest achievements<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">for my last two decades<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">only to find I’ve already lived them…</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7gsgwxla3FZfyWeHVjHL2t7ruTFrPpdfSHbmZyYFwIDBAKGVQG8TFh0CNTAy4WHuQ7filVnK7-qyUppaK7bGbavY2ezEybAnj2yaU7SELtU_oVSdEn7PS1gxSvRjaumrOfDvQVpkOwtQeShZ0c2dDOrSt57xQ6Sh-of41AF1xEcwA0azpoAUkPI63/s2091/new%20houseb5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1568" data-original-width="2091" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7gsgwxla3FZfyWeHVjHL2t7ruTFrPpdfSHbmZyYFwIDBAKGVQG8TFh0CNTAy4WHuQ7filVnK7-qyUppaK7bGbavY2ezEybAnj2yaU7SELtU_oVSdEn7PS1gxSvRjaumrOfDvQVpkOwtQeShZ0c2dDOrSt57xQ6Sh-of41AF1xEcwA0azpoAUkPI63/w640-h480/new%20houseb5.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Is it too late to change my afterlife?</span></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I say it ought to be:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">why should a craven end-fearing switch<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">outweigh sixty years of denial?</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw5PDNwLajo5u95yasRo6vmeca-ZDTmObe83ppsjw2BJXX35L-wXHHkHI-gUin2yMnb1e2D0rxVwhqehKTq5cZT_gUSBe5Y7wqDRvQLl886lbIWuIGSM1u9FkaONKxDw6ALlzMQseOJ2S-Ni-CTx7eADue6Pvd9w6zQz7xYuWSzyxLX5IqPCUWWwdj/s4000/20221208_093555%20homee.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw5PDNwLajo5u95yasRo6vmeca-ZDTmObe83ppsjw2BJXX35L-wXHHkHI-gUin2yMnb1e2D0rxVwhqehKTq5cZT_gUSBe5Y7wqDRvQLl886lbIWuIGSM1u9FkaONKxDw6ALlzMQseOJ2S-Ni-CTx7eADue6Pvd9w6zQz7xYuWSzyxLX5IqPCUWWwdj/w480-h640/20221208_093555%20homee.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">It isn’t so much that death becomes me<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">as I’ll become death -<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">in which state<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I might as well be anyone.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYKEZUcXqEIxWXKiZGxtn5LcuRLq8gxA2kGpdJYMx2t1C8Oy58nHbdYs7SsR6D5Rc6CMXP9EPGClQ4JeJV5TfrikrfJoIuGndvDY-TNuGcvvoPOYwSjhH6eZvXWGinov4ulX-18dpg_bFrMdexCaarjTqXMAaWjsocGCQ41dE7ikVjnYum1zeft5vU/s4000/20221208_093603%20homee.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYKEZUcXqEIxWXKiZGxtn5LcuRLq8gxA2kGpdJYMx2t1C8Oy58nHbdYs7SsR6D5Rc6CMXP9EPGClQ4JeJV5TfrikrfJoIuGndvDY-TNuGcvvoPOYwSjhH6eZvXWGinov4ulX-18dpg_bFrMdexCaarjTqXMAaWjsocGCQ41dE7ikVjnYum1zeft5vU/w480-h640/20221208_093603%20homee.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Abducted from nowhere<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I ended up here.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I guess I’ll get<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">right back where I came from.</span></p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="line-height: 19.26px; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span><b style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxH_FB-0sRMT5GRxztUWfs40iObJvBPiwiGtqkx7WsqgERet_3S4GhCmcjKLt_u4VZylH96H--bq53gKiCdGO_ysWiTGXrFsPBiVMaVkPU1MUL9PYd505iYb5kUEnk1NAEo9iQHYMf2YvggMx8ysSQtL10vJ7gcbvGjy21MhG9uHYEXVCYwRAhqnuw/s2125/20221211_050513%20homee.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1815" data-original-width="2125" height="546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxH_FB-0sRMT5GRxztUWfs40iObJvBPiwiGtqkx7WsqgERet_3S4GhCmcjKLt_u4VZylH96H--bq53gKiCdGO_ysWiTGXrFsPBiVMaVkPU1MUL9PYd505iYb5kUEnk1NAEo9iQHYMf2YvggMx8ysSQtL10vJ7gcbvGjy21MhG9uHYEXVCYwRAhqnuw/w640-h546/20221211_050513%20homee.jpg" width="640" /></a></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">I’ve got the darkness<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">nailed down tight.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The question being<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">if the other side is light. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Ya9vUTTqxAjeXcyk8lKg0C4zfFj8Kx3ipmTiiSV0GeGtUorRq6M39v3IR3NNNxOutNKNcqny1gs1t3T54A9xzcuupf-ji6MSRb5eWJYH9gSZOpzVlampnTaenB8zkloFcD3fhYCCpUe4Dnl0iX8FckhW7ejzUFfOY3eIQCNfCUsdy8vbSgyGJP6N/s2135/perec%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2135" data-original-width="1944" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Ya9vUTTqxAjeXcyk8lKg0C4zfFj8Kx3ipmTiiSV0GeGtUorRq6M39v3IR3NNNxOutNKNcqny1gs1t3T54A9xzcuupf-ji6MSRb5eWJYH9gSZOpzVlampnTaenB8zkloFcD3fhYCCpUe4Dnl0iX8FckhW7ejzUFfOY3eIQCNfCUsdy8vbSgyGJP6N/w582-h640/perec%20.jpg" width="582" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="font-size: medium;"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I've bought myself</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">a new diary.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I need to schedule blood tests, chemo,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="line-height: 19.26px; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">operations, funeral.</span></p></span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.12px; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 19.26px; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIfkroyGfHFhg2Ay_jbQ4ug8h3cO68cpP7hH0ZdUsDn2PYECYiyMk8izM7BJNf9uYu-cHvk32arxRGVGukNDfAbtUr3kL9j8fdcC-j9AVm9G7X6dE5mwdyIV6kdrfUNtTiR9rO1IiOrb8eTMf42jdpeoL3OzMlZigJS1QwVPK-fHnmfwzUYC9NLdnK/s4000/20230102_164051.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIfkroyGfHFhg2Ay_jbQ4ug8h3cO68cpP7hH0ZdUsDn2PYECYiyMk8izM7BJNf9uYu-cHvk32arxRGVGukNDfAbtUr3kL9j8fdcC-j9AVm9G7X6dE5mwdyIV6kdrfUNtTiR9rO1IiOrb8eTMf42jdpeoL3OzMlZigJS1QwVPK-fHnmfwzUYC9NLdnK/w480-h640/20230102_164051.jpg" width="480" /></a></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><b>It’s one thing to know<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that I should welcome death<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">when the moment comes,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.12px; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 19.26px; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">another thing to live it.</span> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.12px; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.12px; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><br /></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>Context</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I spent 17 September – 11 October 2022 in Southampton General Hospital with sepsis followed by an operation to remove a tumour from my bowel: see 'The Death Suite'. Shortly after discharge I received the news ('Now they are saying') that the cancer had spread not just to the liver but also to the </span><span style="font-family: arial;">peritoneum (wall of the abdomen) - tricky because the abdomen can't be removed. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">‘Death in the House’ was written in the run-up to Christmas </span><span style="font-family: arial;">during a 12 week course of chemotherapy, to be followed by an ass</span><span style="font-family: arial;">essment of whether further operations were feasible to deal with the secondary cancers. Doctors said the odds were against me, though there was a chance. There are 69 photo-poems here, matching my 64 years plus the five years of survival which tend to be cited in the analysis of cancer death rates. That's optimistic, as the online stats give me a 17% chance of reaching that landmark with my condition.</span></div></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>The medical and research consensus seems to be that the widespread claims that ‘sugar fuels cancer’ are false, but a balanced diet without too much sugar is certainly a valid goal ('Half a date is sugar!'). My super-supportive wife, Steph, is well on top of diet issues. I didn't suffer much during chemotherapy: common side-effects I avoided include sickness, fatigue, hair loss and changes to taste ('My tastes remain'). </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">There's a difficult judgement call to be made during chemotherapy ('Should I go to London?' and 'It's a classic patient-carer tension') - should you get on with normal life, or stay at home and avoid contact with others - given that the drugs compromise your immune system so it is more dangerous than usual to catch a virus. Apparently the 'ill one' always wants to do more than the carer would like (and typically the man in heterosexual couples prefers to avoid talking about death - so we're not wholly predictable).</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">References</span></b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">As in 'The Death Suite' there are echoes of others, though the chemo life seems to have reduced the number and lightened them up. Or maybe I was just running out...</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Seneca </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: arial;">(</span><span style="font-family: arial;">'Will I die tonight?') -</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: arial;"> </span><span lang="en" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: arial;">On the Shortness of Life</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: arial;">, c. 49 AD </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">'Is there comfort' derives from Victor Hugo's 1866 statement 'Melancholy is the happiness of being sad’, as picked up by Joni Mitchell's 'Hejira', 1976, which also includes the line 'Between the forceps and the stone')</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Friedrich Nietzsche </span><span style="font-family: arial;">('The freest death') -</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> Thus Spoke Zarathustra, 1883-5 </span></div><div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Forest Bess ('</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Can I have a Golden Death?')</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;"> - </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;">‘Golden Death’ is the </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;">title of a 1957 painting</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Sylvia Plath ('I'm not sure') - </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">Lady Lazarus, 1960</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Philip Larkin ('Is it only love that will survive?') - An Arundel Tomb,1964</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Simone de Beauvoir</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">('Existence') - </span><span style="font-family: arial;">A Very Easy Death, 1965</span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Queen: </span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">'Is this the real death' </span><span style="font-family: arial;">echoes </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Bohemian Rhapsody, 1975 </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">RS Thomas (‘Art, after all’) - Pissarro: Kitchen Garden, Trees in Bloom, 1981 (curiously enough, that poem is omitted from the Collected Poems shown on the shelf)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Robert Wyatt (‘I cannot know’) – Free Will and Testament, 1997</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Wolfgang Tillmans' 2003 exhibition title 'If One Thing Matters, Everything Matters' </span>is tweaked in 'If everything matters'</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Brian Eno </span><span style="font-family: arial;">('Just another day on earth?') -</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> Just Another Day, 2005 </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Leonard Cohen </span><span style="font-family: arial;">('You want it darker?') -</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> You Want It Darker, 2016 </span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Photographs</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">All images were taken either inside our bungalow in the New Forest or else in its enclosed backyard. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">It's curious how the Oral B toothbrush matches the Colgate toothpaste. Those must be the accepted colours of cleanliness! ('My teeth are terrible')</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">'I seek no honorific' shows the work clothes I kept on retiring from my public finance jobs in 2018. I thought I might wear them again from time to time, but it hasn't happened yet!</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Kathy Acker </span><span style="font-family: arial;">(1947-97) </span><span style="font-family: arial;">died of cancer ('I guess it would be interesting'), as did </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Georges Perec (1936-82), </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Philip Larkin (1922-85), </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Amy Clampitt (1920-94) and Ted Hughes (1930-2017) ('I've bought myself'). Adeline de Monseignat and I wrote 'The Book of Ladders' (2022). </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Patrick Caulfield</span> (1936-2005) also died of cancer: his grave is in Highgate Cemetery.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>There are a lot of art works in our home. Some are glimpsed here. They are by </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;">Denys Short ('Is this the real death</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span>'), </span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Rachel Whiteread ('Should I go to London?</span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">'), Julie Verhoeven (hand-drawn get well card in '</span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Soon I’ll be dead'), Fiona G Roberts ('Will I return') and Albert Irwin ('I'd get high' - it's a postcard-sized work up on a pelmet). It would be ludicrous if anyone could spot that works by Maggie Hambling, </span></span></span><span><span style="font-family: arial;">Kathy Prendergast, Helen Williams and Glyn Baines appear in 'How ludicrous would it be'. The central Christmas card in 'I hear I'm no angel' is designed by Liv Fontaine.</span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: arial;">The photograph of me ('Life's') was taken in 1995.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">While in hospital I spoke to an artist on Zoom most days, finding the 40 minute conversation format ideal. Jane Harris was due to be one of those, but before we could exchange treatment stories, she died of ovarian cancer. We have ('Can I have a double funeral please?') a wonderful drawing by her: <st1:time hour="13" minute="51" w:st="on"><i>13:51</i></st1:time>, graphite on Fabriano paper, 2004. Jane is well-remembered in her <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/dec/07/jane-harris-obituary">Guardian obituary</a></span>. I carried on my Zoom habit during chemo, and had spoken to a hundred artists by the time the course finished. It’s a great shame that Jane couldn’t be one of them.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Steph's collection of model horses </span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">('Just another day on earth?') is very popular with the grandchildren. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">'It isn’t so much that death becomes me' and 'Abducted from nowhere' show frost on the attic window.</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">'If everything matters' shows a cardboard box being soaked so it can be integrated into my brother-in-law's compost. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Our TV's </span><span style="font-family: arial;">volume control failed, but I mended it successfully - if oddly - by taping a coin across it </span><span style="font-family: arial;">('I've got the darkness').</span></div></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; 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My aim, rather simply, is to discuss some of the work in in more depth than is achieved in the typical press release. Here they are, most recent first, uploaded the month after they appear.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">March 2024: </span></span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0a0a0a;">Shuvinai Ashoona </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0a0a0a;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Feb 2024: Emma Cousin</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0a0a0a;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Jan 2024: Roland Hicks </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0a0a0a;">Dec 2023: </span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0a0a0a;">Paulina Olowska</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0a0a0a;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Nov 2023: Ghislaine Leung</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0a0a0a;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Oct 2023: Shirin Neshat</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0a0a0a;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Sept 2023: William Cobbing</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0a0a0a;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Aug 2023: Nick Hornby</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0a0a0a;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">July 2023: </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; letter-spacing: 1px;">Mark Godfrey on Alighiero Boetti</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0a0a0a;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">June 2023: Callum Innes</span></span></p><p><span style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">May 2023: </span>Sabine Moritz</span></span></p><p><span style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;">April 2023: Carey Young</span></span></p><p><span style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;">March 2023: Haroon Mirza</span></span></p><p><span style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;">Feb 2023: Jonathan Baldock</span></span></p><p><span style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;">Jan 2023: Jonny Briggs</span></span></p><p><span style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit; 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font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;">June 2022: Peter Buggenhout</span></span></p><p><span style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;">May 2022: Martin Parr</span></span></p><p><span style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;">April 2022: David Nash</span></span></p><p><span style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;">March 2022: Rana Begum</span></span></p><p><span style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;">Feb 2022: Allison Katz</span></span></p><p><span style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;">Jan 2022: Jyll Bradley</span></span></p><p><span style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;">Dec 2021: Magnus Plessen</span></span></p><p><span style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;">Nov 2021: Tania Kovats</span></span></p><p><span style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;">Oct 2021: Ibrahim Mahama</span></span></p><p><span style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;">Sept 2021: Alexandre da Cuhna</span></span></p><p><span style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;">Aug 2021: Rosie Gibbens</span></span></p><p><span style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;">July 2021: Spencer Finch</span></span></p><p><span style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;">June 2021: Ena Swansea</span></span></p><p><span style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span></p><header class="entry-header article__single" style="align-items: center; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0a0a0a; display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-family: "Inter Tight", serif;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="align-self: flex-start; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "Nunito Sans", sans-serif; height: 80px; letter-spacing: 1px; margin: 0px auto 2rem 0px; max-width: 1200px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px; width: 1073px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Emma Cousin: Interview of the Month February 2024 – Paul Carey-Kent</span></h1></header><p><span style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;"><img alt="Emma Cousin Lead Artlyst" class="article__img article__img-big wp-post-image" decoding="async" height="490" loading="lazy" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/20240119_130429-emma-.jpg" style="background-color: white; 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font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;"></span></span></p><div class="entry-content article__single" style="align-items: center; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0a0a0a; display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-family: "Inter Tight", serif; margin: 10px; padding: 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Emma Cousin’s show ‘Tunnel Vision’ is the first in Niru Ratnam’s new space in Fitzrovia. The vibrant paintings were made either side of her giving birth in late 2022, and that experience is central to the figures who populate them. Not only do they perceive the world with the intensity of focus – or tunnel vision – that motherhood and art-making can both engender, they are revealed as incorporating interior tunnels in line with the enhanced awareness that Cousin found pregnancy bringing to her own interior structure. As ever, her work is fizzing with ideas…</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">What is ‘tunnel vision’?</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Tunnel vision is the loss of peripheral perception with retention of central sight, resulting in a constricted, circular, tunnel-like field of vision. Goggles, glasses, and binoculars as well as medical illnesses are physical causes. For me, morning sickness felt like tunnel vision, everything apart from what I was directly looking at felt sickly. Painting through this lens was focusing and challenging. Psychologically, tunnel vision is when individuals focus on cues that are consistent with their opinion and filter out cues that are inconsistent with their viewpoint. In a political context, that can be negative. But this obsessive focus, where everything else falls away, is a mindset of funnelling that is useful in the studio.</p><span style="height: auto; margin-top: 1rem;"><img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-81333" decoding="async" height="1030" loading="lazy" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Screen-Shot-2024-02-02-at-17.08.27.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%;" width="900" /></span><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">‘Tsog’, 2023 – Oil on canvas, 140 x 120 cm</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">All the figures seem to combine a ‘tunnel vision’ way of perceiving the world with an awareness of their inner structure of tunnels, but does ‘Tsog’ concentrate mainly on the internal aspect?</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Perhaps… That’s about bringing the body back together, tunnelling inside, working out where how the tunnel would end – something comes out and you have to close the tunnel somehow. That’s the first time I’ve put figures in the background. They’re from Rembrandt’s ‘The Anatomy Lesson’, but they’re not watching the body being dissected, they’re watching how it’s put back together. It relates to my own body after birth: how to reassemble myself, how to deal with the void of the tunnel that had been filled. I imagined tunnelling to meet the baby, though of course you can’t – the baby tunnels towards you. But psychologically you do think like that, so it’s the union of inside and outside experiences. I was also thinking about tunnelling into yourself, to do with post-natal anxiety, when all the thoughts pile up like soil. Or how something was cut away, but to make something more beautiful. Beautiful and maybe gross at the same time. It’s like I’ve been inside-out for a bit! What would the flesh inside look like, and what would the flesh outside look like? It’s kind of amazing to have someone’s body inside you, and makes you aware of how much space there is inside you, and how you’re rejigged after having a baby. The way I’ve come back together is better than before in some ways – more efficient digestion!</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">What’s a tsog?</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">That’s a tool you use to cut peat. It looks like an extension of the body, fitting well within the hand. It works like a trowel, but also slices – that’s quite a brutal act but it creates these perfect bricks of geometry – an architecture of the land. That comes from remembering a holiday in the Outer Hebrides where I had watched peat cutters delve into the turf and hefting, turning, and laying out wedges of the inner soil in neat rows along the cleft they had cut into. They tunnelled into the earth and laid out its damp inner parts in tidy layers like sedimentary rock, each layer a slightly different tone of brown-black. After the birth, I saw an osteopath who described connecting me back together in slices, like a landscape that had become dislocated. So this painting is also about earth, sustenance, and pigment – thinking of how Rembrandt ground his own colours.</p><span style="height: auto; margin-top: 1rem;"><img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-81334" decoding="async" height="1064" loading="lazy" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Screen-Shot-2024-02-02-at-17.12.22.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%;" width="900" /></span><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">‘Den or Cornetto’, 2023 – Oil on Canvas, 120 X 100 cm</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">The tunnel as a constraint on viewing is prominent in ‘Den or Cornetto’. What’s going on there?</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">I was thinking about dens as in tunnels, and how they might be built. Cornetto could be some version of a cone as used in ice-creams – sharp end, open top; or the cornet instrument, that uses pistons to trap air; or the shape, like a possible puncturing tool. I was thinking about: where do you get your vision? I heard of a writer who eats as he writes so that his gut can play a role – activating an organ to feed his writing as if it were an engine. So maybe the tunnel of vision could be from the mouth, the mouth could be a portal to other realms. It’s a bit sci-fi: could you reverse the seeing process? The eyes are blinded but the mouth sees…</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Is there something of a child’s playfulness in that?</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">As a kid I remember collecting empty toilet rolls to build things with. These redundant tubes, once heavily sellotaped and connected, could morph into limb augmentations, eye extenders and viewfinders, often becoming absurd glasses or rudimentary telescopes. Attaching them to eyes or mouth, sound could be carried further, and it seemed sight could be supplemented. I rehearsed this in the studio with two sawn-off tubular poles I had found. I felt like a horse wearing blinders in traffic, fixed and dangerous, externally oblivious.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Does your baby’s own ‘tunnel vision’ come into the show?</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Yes! Early in the pregnancy, I read that the baby has tunnel vision in the womb, and reading about their sight development and understanding of object permanence in science and child psychology reference books is fascinating and very weird. After the birth I was reading ‘Diary Of A Baby: What Your Child Sees, Feels, And Experiences’ (Daniel Stern, 1990) which describes the development of a baby from the baby’s point of view.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Who’s that in the detail from ‘Dogger, Rockall and Malin’?</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">That’s me inside myself, painting myself with myself (my guts, thoughts, feelings etc). I put myself in a cave, embracing where I was with all these tunnels. It’s a literal depiction of the outside-inside. I did visit some caves and tunnels for real. Stalagmites and stalactites are always crazily lit, so they look toxic. And they look like gut systems…</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Installation view with ‘hmeep hmeep’, 2024 Photo: Damian Griffiths (the title comes from how the film’s sound creator, Paul Julian, spelt Road Runner’s version of ‘beep beep’)</p><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-81338" class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_81338" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.7rem; margin: 1rem 0px 1.5em; max-width: 100%; width: 900px;"><img alt="Installation view with ‘hmeep hmeep’, 2024 Photo: Damian Griffiths (the title comes from how the film’s sound creator, Paul Julian, spelt Road Runner’s version of ‘beep beep’" class="size-full wp-image-81338" decoding="async" height="600" loading="lazy" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ec-install-DSC7208-EditHR.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="900" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-81338" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.8rem; margin-top: 0.5rem;">Installation view with ‘hmeep hmeep’, 2024 Photo: Damian Griffiths (the title comes from how the film’s sound creator, Paul Julian, spelt Road Runner’s version of ‘beep beep’</figcaption></figure><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">You’ve also made a mural that channels another tunnel inspiration from the violent comedy of the ‘Road Runner’ cartoons. Could you tell us about that?</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">The Looney Tunes cartoons feature the painted tunnel as one of Wile E. Coyote’s stunts to trick the Road Runner. In the episode ‘Fast and Furry-ous’ (1949), Coyote paints a tunnel onto a rock, instantly giving the optical illusion of an open tunnel, then lays in wait for the Runner. To Coyote’s chagrin, Road Runner ploughs on through the imaginary tunnel, confounding Coyote. He then takes a run-up to the painted tunnel and smacks hard into the rock face, bouncing off, dazed and comedically crumpled like an accordion. It’s shocking how quickly you can create an illusion like that, and there’s a slapstick pleasure to it. In March 2016, Yahoo News reported that a street artist had recreated Wile E. Coyote’s fake painted tunnel so successfully that a Fiat drove into the wall on which it was painted!</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Recreating Coyote’s tunnel in the studio to better understand it, I appreciated that taking on ‘tunnel vision’ could be a way out of my stuckness, faced with an empty studio – the idea of tunnel vision could become an escape route for me, like Road Runner. The tunnel is based on a screenshot from the cartoon. I wanted the surrounding figures to be spontaneous, to be playing with where things could go, where they could tunnel, and what depth of the tunnelling metaphor I could get away with.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Top Photo: Emma Cousin demonstrating ‘tunnel vision’ © Courtesy of the Artist</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">‘Tunnel Vision’ runs 18 Jan – 24 Feb at Niru Ratnam, 71-73 Great Portland Street, London W1W 7LP. Cousin’s 2,000-word artist’s statement is available there, and I recommend it for a fuller exploration of all things tunnel vision. </strong></p><header class="entry-header article__single" style="align-items: center; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="align-self: flex-start; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "Nunito Sans", sans-serif; height: 80px; letter-spacing: 1px; margin: 0px auto 2rem 0px; max-width: 1200px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px; width: 1073px;"><span style="font-size: 29px;">R</span><span style="font-size: large;">oland Hicks: Interview of the Month, January 2024 – Paul Carey-Kent</span></h1><h1 class="entry-title" style="align-self: flex-start; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "Nunito Sans", sans-serif; height: 80px; letter-spacing: 1px; margin: 0px auto 2rem 0px; max-width: 1200px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px; width: 1073px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Inter Tight", serif; font-size: 14px;"> recent years Roland <span style="font-weight: normal;">Hicks has used gouache, paper and coloured pencil to refashion and scrupulously reproduce the texture of plywood and Oriented Strand Board (OSB), so that first we are deceived, and then surprised by such an investment of time and effort in what look like discarded offcuts. He sees them as ‘trompe l’oeil still life paintings of fictional artworks’. It’s only at the level of finely graduated detail that we can tell what has been done. In 2021 he won the biennial Evelyn Williams Drawing Award, which sponsors the making of an exhibition at Hastings Contemporary. For that, Hicks has expanded his approach to make a site-specific installation. Two whole sea-facing walls are covered with a patchwork of apparently found materials – ‘The Fourth Wall I’ and ‘The Fourth Wall II’ – while the interstitial window with a sea view hosts two of three ‘Guardians of the Fourth Wall’, sculptures picking up on the materials used to construct the famous fishermen’s huts nearby.</span></span></h1></header><div class="entry-content article__single" style="align-items: center; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-size: 16px; margin: 10px; padding: 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"> </p><img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-81029" decoding="async" height="621" loading="lazy" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/rh-Screenshot-2023-12-30-073316.png" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%;" width="900" /><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Roland Hicks in the studio with previous works, photo by Laura Wright</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">How long did the show take to make?</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">I tried it all out on a wall in my studio beforehand, using the same sort of methods, so I knew the work in theory – but there were two walls in Hastings, both bigger. So most of it had to be done on site over five weeks. I had a couple of weeks before the opening to make one wall, pretty much according to my plans. Then after the show opened, I made the second wall in public, so visitors could watch me. For that, I was happy to let things happen. People engaged very actively, and most were delighted when they found out how the illusion worked. Several came back to track my progress or bring their friends. The Fourth Wall refers both to the literal description of the number of walls in each room, as well as the theatrical tradition of breaking the illusionary fourth wall between a stage and an audience, so I was both building and breaking the fourth wall simultaneously.</p><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-81033" class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_81033" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.7rem; margin: 1rem 0px 1.5em; max-width: 100%; width: 900px;"><img alt="Roland Hicks ‘The Fourth Wall I’ and ‘Guardians of the Fourth Wall’" class="size-full wp-image-81033" decoding="async" height="554" loading="lazy" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/rh-Screenshot-2023-12-30-073214.png" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="900" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-81033" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.8rem; margin-top: 0.5rem;">Roland Hicks ‘The Fourth Wall I’ and ‘Guardians of the Fourth Wall’</figcaption></figure><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Do you think ‘The Fourth Wall’ looks like art – given that you wouldn’t normally expect to find such a mixture of objects?</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">I’d probably say my separate smaller works tend to look more like art because they’re presented in isolation on the wall in the usual way. I’m interested in at what point something starts to look like an artwork, and what is deliberate and what is accidental in that. Because it covers the whole wall, there’s a suggestion that ‘The Fourth Wall’ might not have another wall behind it, so it weakens the fabric of the building and makes it look shoddy. I started by imagining a fictional creator who wasn’t me – the potential non-art backstory is that these were things that had been found in skips, perhaps, and brought together by a collector here for reasons open to interpretation. There’s more than a hint of folly about both the real and imaginary versions of the wall’s creation.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">How have you responded to the site?</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">There are connotations of sea defence because of the location – the sea could come in. One of the ‘doors’ is the same as one in the gallery itself, so the work refers directly to where it is, as do the ‘Guardians’.</p><img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-81030" decoding="async" height="685" loading="lazy" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/rh-Screenshot-2023-12-30-073010.png" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%;" width="900" /><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Detail from ‘The Fourth Wall’</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">You’ve mixed the ‘real’ and the ‘illusionary’?</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Yes, it’s the first time I have allowed myself to use real items. That sets up the question of what is real and what isn’t. There are, for example, real door handles. But all the tape and rust effects are illusionary. The rust was very much informed by spending time in Hastings, where the sea air makes any metal rust, and stains the buildings. I found a way to recreate that with chalk pastel. That’s an ageing effect, though, of course, it isn’t old. And the whole arrangement isn’t meant to look as if it’s been there very long, more as if it’s been made from elements which have been thrown out from elsewhere. There’s a suggestion it isn’t finished, as where there’s an unused reel of (unreal) gaffer tape…</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Is that a moth towards the top?</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">I did that because a real moth landed on my studio mock-up, and at first, I thought ‘Hang on, what’s that?’ Then I thought: ‘I didn’t do that, but I really should’ – and so I did!</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Is your main purpose to make us wonder what is real?</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">All illusionistic art involves some kind of deception, and I’m interested in how these walls are effectively built from misinformation and misdirection. But the guessing game of trompe l’oeil can fizzle out once you’ve got it. So I try to find a balance by keeping other questions open.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">What are those other questions?</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">I like to play with the degree of spontaneity, to take something that looks as if it’s been put together quite quickly, then slow it down so it takes a long time to recreate it. I’m also interested in the point at which the art happens, in confusing that moment. In a way it messes around with time, so that a fast creative thing and a slow creative thing happen at the same time. Time becomes elastic – you’re not quite sure where the moment of creativity is located. That leads to the question of how much aesthetic decision-making is intentional – what if you make the considered look accidental? Interesting things happen when you roll those two things up against each other.</p><img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-81032" decoding="async" height="814" loading="lazy" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/20231220_145418-rh.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%;" width="900" /><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">‘Guardians of the Fourth Wall’ (Detail)</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Might we also read the work politically?</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Certainly, building walls at a border location brings in possible issues around migration or climate change. Or it could be shoring up a cultural institution against hostile opinions. The apparent poverty of materials used and precarious, the makeshift appearance of the work could be read as a metaphor for other kinds of social fragility.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Do the whole walls also operate as abstract paintings?</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">I aim to find a balance between an abstract painting and an accidental cobbled-together thing, without settling too clearly on either side. If it starts to become too knowing a reference to a particular type of abstraction, I’ll try to pull it back a bit. There are hints of Piet Mondrian, or Victor Pasmore – whose 2020 retrospective was the first show I saw at Hastings Contemporary. That’s hard to avoid in presenting constructive geometric elements. The other echo is of how Kurt Schwitters incorporated what look like found bits of stuff into his Merzbau. In 2017 I curated a show in the Lake District at his Elterwater Merz Barn (1947-8).</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Did your curation pick up themes present in your own work?</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Yes, that was titled ‘Humble as Hell’, and included some work which you might think is just an insignificant thing with no artist behind it. Is such work a humble and Zen-like contemplation of everyday ephemera, negating the artist’s ego? Or does it take a rampant ego to think it can transform bits of rubbish into creative gold? My works are probably a bit of both in some ways.</p><img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-81031" decoding="async" height="563" loading="lazy" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/20231220_145457-rh-.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%;" width="900" /><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Detail from ‘The Fourth Wall’</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">How do you relate to the notion of truth?</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">I’d say I have a committed but slippery relationship with the truth. I curated a show called ‘The Tiresome Truth’ (at ASC Gallery, London in 2019). That asked whether there is more honesty in allowing materials to just be themselves than in simulating them faithfully – does the deception in that rule out the truth? Picasso said that ‘art is a lie that makes us realise truth’.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">But ‘truth versus fiction/realism versus deception’ is just one of several points of balance in your works.</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Yes, you can also ask if they’re painting or sculpture, still life or abstraction, accidental or deliberate, fast or slow, playful or serious, ugly or beautiful, old or new…</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Roland Hicks: ‘The Fourth Wall’ runs to 3 March at Hastings Contemporary. Hicks will be in conversation at the gallery with Graham Crowley, winner of the 2023 John Moores Painting Prize, on 2 Feb.</strong></p></div></div><p><span style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span></p><header class="entry-header article__single" style="align-items: center; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0a0a0a; display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-family: "Inter Tight", serif; font-size: 16px;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="align-self: flex-start; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "Nunito Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 29px; height: 80px; letter-spacing: 1px; margin: 0px auto 2rem 0px; max-width: 1200px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px; width: 1073px;"><br /></h1></header><header class="entry-header article__single" style="align-items: center; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0a0a0a; display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-family: "Inter Tight", serif;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="align-self: flex-start; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "Nunito Sans", sans-serif; height: 80px; letter-spacing: 1px; margin: 0px auto 2rem 0px; max-width: 1200px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px; width: 1073px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Paulina Olowska: Interview of the Month December 2023 – Paul Carey-Kent</span></h1></header><p><span style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;"><img alt="Paulina Olowska: ‘Squelchy Garden Mules and Mamunas’ Costumes’, 2023 – costumes, wigs and mannequins – dimensions variable" class="article__img article__img-big wp-post-image" decoding="async" height="441" loading="lazy" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/20231201_124501-po-.jpg" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Inter Tight", serif; font-size: 16px; height: 739.469px; 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font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;"></span></span></p><div class="entry-content article__single" style="align-items: center; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0a0a0a; display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-family: "Inter Tight", serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 10px; padding: 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Multi-media artist Paulina Olowska has said that what fascinates her the most is ‘the non-linear history hidden beneath the surface’ and that growing up in the 1980’s ‘amid two opposing visions and mentalities in socialist Poland and the United States’ significantly shaped her artistic outlook. That has led her to engage with the political and social histories of Eastern Europe and America – most often in the context of female perspectives and narratives – and to investigate how they feel in the present by revisiting them through her work. Her new show ‘Squelchy Garden Mules and Mamunas’ recasts her interests in the context of natural landscapes and Slavic myths. It incorporates work developed for her major solo show ‘Her Hauntology’ at Kistefos Museum in Norway, and fills the whole of Pace’s extensive London gallery until January 6.</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">You show five videos of ‘Mamunas’ and ‘Garden Mules’? What are they?</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">A mamuna, literally translated from Polish as strangewife, is a female swamp demon closely associated with rivers, streams, and thickets. They appear in various forms in folk stories across the Slavic region, and contrast interestingly with the mythologies of Christianity which we all know. The ‘Garden Mule’ is the white little boy with horns: that name came out of my discussions with curator Kate Smith when we were filming in Norway. After telling her what mamunas are, I said: ‘let’s make up some other names of deities from the forest’, and she suggested ‘garden mules’ – it sounded good and I like it that the mule lives between animals, being half-horse, half-donkey, so it’s a metaphorical title.</p><img alt="Paulina Olowska" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-80729" decoding="async" height="1045" loading="lazy" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/20231201_123637-po-.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%;" width="900" /><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Paulina Olowska: detail from ‘Squelchy Garden Mules and Mamunas’, 2023 – five channel framed video installation, dimensions variable</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">So we have four mamunas and the garden mule. How have you presented them?</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Making a show in the middle of the woods in Norway, was as inspiring as running a foundation (Artist House Kadenówka Foundation) in the middle of the countryside in Poland. Both are surprising and unexpected locations to present contemporary art. To amplify the spirit of the Museum in Norway, in what is called ‘The Twist’ – a twisted building over a river – I decided to add more fake trees inside and place the Mamunas videos in the hollows of them. At Pace they are on screens set in carved frames like woodland hollows. I love making amplifications of spaces, as in the performance The Mother in Tate Modern in 2015, where I created set of a Huculian hut with paintings by Pablo Picasso , Meredith Frampton and Henri Matisse.</p><img alt="Paulina Olowska" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-80730" decoding="async" height="1308" loading="lazy" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Paulina-Olowska_Branislav_88249.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%;" width="900" /><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Paulina Olowska: ‘Dziewannas (After Branislav Šimončík)’, 2023 – oil on canvas, 310 x 209 cm</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Several large paintings feature the same cast, but others – such as ‘Dziewannas (After Branislav Šimončík)’ don’t. Why is that?</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Most of the works come from my photoshoot and films made in Norway, but I wanted to take this show beyond just those ideas. So others, like Cepelia, Dziewannas or Glisne are paintings based on found photography that I reappropriated with a more personal narratives. For example I found these amazing portraits of a young androgynist couple on an oak tree in recent Vogue Czech shoot by Bransilav Simoncik. I present them as Dziewannas, the wood demons, as archers guarding the forest – the arrows are my addition.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">You show your studies for the costumes in which the mamunas performed, and also puppets wearing the costumes. I guess that fits in with your long-standing interest in fashion? </strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Yes, I love to connect art with fashion, and for two years I worked as artistic director of Polish Art Vogue: I did photoshoots, met models, saw the industry. A lot of my work comes with the belief that fashion is a metaphor for personal and social revolution. Pose and hair style become symbolic. And the parallels and differences from art were fascinating for me. Fashion deals with theatricality through colour, form, space, people… I started to look at fashion photographer’s portfolios and find the images which resonate with me. I often create outfits for my models, as in the downstairs space of Pace, where I include the outfits from the photo session in Norway.</p><img alt="Paulina Olowska" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-80731" decoding="async" height="970" loading="lazy" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/po-20231201_124158.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%;" width="900" /><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Paulina Olowska: detail from ‘Squelchy Garden Mules and Mamunas’, 2023 – five channel framed video installation, dimensions variable</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Who are the mamunas?</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Mine are mystic creative professionals (laughs)… While at Vogue I met a lot of incredible people working in fashion. One of them was Lou, from ‘Let it go’ agency in Amsterdam. Lou was managing talents such as Amy Morgan, Rick Geene, Sayuri Chetty, Kamil Sznajder and Yasmin El Yassini…. They are my muses – my mamunas and mules. They’re all in their twenties, they do part time studying while modelling or being actors or musicians. Filming them was great fun.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">They seem more mischievous than demonic?</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">One thing about demons is that we’re scared of them, and their power, so if they’re too friendly it’s not good! But what is true about Slavic goddesses – as well as Hindu goddesses – is that they have their yin / yang virtues, their either / or, the friendly side covering the more evil side.</p><img alt="Paulina Olowska" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-80732" decoding="async" height="712" loading="lazy" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Paulina-Olowska_Strzygla-with-Mamunas_88155.jpeg" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%;" width="900" /><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Paulina Olowska: ‘Strzygla with Mamunas’, 2023 – oil on canvas, 260 x 333 cm</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">How were the paintings of the five characters – such as ‘Strzygla with Mamunas’ – made?</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">The idea was we met to make films in the tree hollows, but I grabbed Kacper Kasprzyk, the photographer, and Monika Kucel, who helped me make the outfits, and we had a photoshoot day outside. We did plein air photos, middle of the winter with Mamunas exploring the rivers and forests of Jevneker village in Norway. It was spontaneous – and I’ve found that spontaneity works well for me. I was looking at them throughout the year, left them on my studio wall, I thought ‘they are excellent, I want to make paintings from them’. Then I took the time to explore in my painterly head how to work with paint gesture and weave in the painting the expression of nature. And I liked the connection with how back in the day painters had an entourage – models, assistants, students – always this aspect of the artist being present with others – now I feel painters are more solo in the studio, so the idea of recreating images from my tableaus was special. And the mamunas have come to the openings…</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Why not show the photographs?</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Perhaps I will get there, I am interested in exploring the language of photography, but at the moment when I reflect on the photographs, I feel a desire to transform them into a deeper visual language, echoing the moment. Photography is a split second while painting is a duration, a constant re-entrance into the scene, a mind game, a kind of head projection combined with the alchemy of the process. A painting emerges from months of being with the image in the studio – I really like painting as a method of mediation. My aim is to achieve what Bernard Frize, one of my teachers, called the ‘economy of painting’ – how to represent an image with the most persuasion in the gesture. In this show, inspired by Norway and seeing the divine nature painting in its new National Museum, there is a new direction for me in the representation of nature. I like to have question in mind when I make a show, and here it was not so much Slavic folk art as ‘how do we represent the landscape as a painter?’ And so with every image I moved between different approaches and techniques.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Your previous work has often reinterpreted historic female muses for modern times, and you’ve spoken about how the past haunts the present. Could you say something about that and how it applies in this show?</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Here I’m looking to research the missing links to modernity not through historic muses, but through folk art. That’s an alternative setting for the theory which dear Mark Fisher developed to apply to music, in which elements from the past persist in the manner of a ghost. His approach made sense of my take on feminism – can you make a new future for feminism through figures from history coming back to you, by re-envisaging them for what they can give us now? That’s why my book of the Norwegian show is called ‘Her Hauntology’ – as it’s my take on it.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Top Photo: Paulina Olowska: ‘Squelchy Garden Mules and Mamunas’ Costumes’, 2023 – costumes, wigs and mannequins – dimensions variable</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Paulina Olowska: ‘Squelchy Garden Mules and Mamunas’ runs Nov 22, 2023 – Jan 6, 2024 at Pace Gallery, 5 Hanover Square, London</strong></p></div><header class="entry-header article__single" style="align-items: center; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0a0a0a; display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-family: "Inter Tight", serif; font-size: 16px;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="align-self: flex-start; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "Nunito Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 29px; height: 80px; letter-spacing: 1px; margin: 0px auto 2rem 0px; max-width: 1200px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px; width: 1073px;">Shirin Neshat: Interview of the Month, Oct 2023 – Paul Carey-Kent</h1></header><p><span face=""Nunito Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><img alt="Shirin Neshat: The Fury – installation view, courtesy Goodman Gallery" class="article__img article__img-big wp-post-image" decoding="async" height="427" loading="lazy" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/lfTTfsrQ.jpeg" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Inter Tight", serif; font-size: 16px; height: 715.333px; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; object-fit: cover; object-position: center center; padding: 0px; width: 1073px;" width="640" /><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Inter Tight", serif; font-size: 16px;"></span></span></p><div class="entry-meta" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Inter Tight", serif; font-size: 16px; 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box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 15px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span aria-hidden="true" class="fab fa-linkedin" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: "Font Awesome 5 Brands"; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1; text-rendering: auto;"></span></a></p></div><p><span face=""Nunito Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="entry-content article__single" style="align-items: center; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0a0a0a; display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-family: "Inter Tight", serif; margin: 10px; padding: 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">I talked to New York based Iranian artist Shirin Neshat in her current show at Goodman Gallery, which presents an immersive video installation and a series of nude portraits considering the female body both as an object of desire and as an object of violence and shame. In the chilling 15-minute double-screen film work ‘The Fury’, Neshat’s protagonist dances seductively for a room of impassive soldiers. Then we see bruises on her body, indicating the abuse she has suffered, followed by her emergence onto the streets of Brooklyn. Physically displaced and mentally disturbed, she walks the streets reliving the horrors of her past. From the street’s vantage point, she is one among many in her cocoon, alienated and atomised. Yet, at the film’s conclusion, she sparks a mini-revolution as women throw trash into the air and dance wildly.</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">How did ‘The Fury’ come about? </strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">For some reason, I got drawn into following the trial of the notorious prosecutor Hamid Nouri, who was captured by luck in Sweden by the international court. He was among those responsible for the massacre of nearly 3,000 young political prisoners in Iran. The victims’ families, who are now living outside, came to give testimonies. What struck me the most was how the regime would rape the young women before execution because, according to Islamic laws, virgins cannot be executed. I couldn’t stop thinking about these incredibly horrifying reports. I’ve also known several Iranian women who have spent time in prison and heard their stories about women who are sexually assaulted in prison and how they could never recover. They would often sit in a corner, wouldn’t speak, and many would commit suicide after they were freed. So, the concept of “The Fury” developed during 2021-2022, and I shot the video in June of 2022 before the Woman Life Freedom movement in Iran. In this highly fictionalised and stylised narrative, the female protagonist cannot disconnect from her haunted past and her psychological trauma, even in the state of freedom in a new country. I wanted to make a work which draws this boundary between the interior of her mind, the exterior of her mind, the interior of her apartment, the public space – and how everything was disconnected – like she wasn’t present till the end until she was most vulnerable and asked for help. So everything was created around the notions of sanity/insanity, illusion/reality, interior/exterior, Iran/USA.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">And the setting is personal to you?</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">This video was shot where I live, in Bushwick, Brooklyn, a working-class, primarily Hispanic community. Most of the neighbourhood barely speaks English, yet these are the people I am closest to and see more than anyone else. They are my community in New York, even if we all come from different cultures and religions and speak other languages. I feel safe and at home here.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Is the woman based on an actual person?</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">No, she’s a fictionalised character I created and is not merely meant to represent a female political prisoner in Iran but to capture some of the trauma and dichotomies experienced universally under such conditions.</p><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-80253" class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_80253" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.7rem; margin: 1rem 0px 1.5em; max-width: 100%; width: 900px;"><img alt="Shirin Neshat: The Fury – installation view, courtesy Goodman Gallery" class="size-full wp-image-80253" decoding="async" height="600" loading="lazy" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/3EAWkgw.jpeg" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="900" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-80253" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.8rem; margin-top: 0.5rem;">Shirin Neshat: The Fury – installation view, courtesy Goodman Gallery</figcaption></figure><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">You use a double-channel video. What is the advantage of that? </strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">This video wasn’t designed initially in two channels; I decided on that later. Everything became about creating two different points of view and putting the audience in an uncomfortable position. So, in a way, the audience becomes the editor, deciding where to look and how to put the story together. I wanted the audience to distinguish between the way she viewed the world and the way the street bystanders and the uniformed men viewed her.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">She begins in a seductive manner. Why is that?</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">There is a development in this short narrative. First, the female protagonist appears as an object of desire through her erotic dance, and then slowly, we reveal the brutality of what has happened to her. She’s at first seductive because that’s often the story of women: we have the power to seduce and create temptation, yet due to the same reason, we can fall victim to violence. This subject is not exclusive to Iranian women, of course – I am a firm believer that most women around the globe have experienced some form of sexual assault or molestation at some point in their lives, but they don’t talk about it. We tend to internalise such experiences and even become ashamed of ourselves and our bodies.</p><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-80254" class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_80254" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.7rem; margin: 1rem 0px 1.5em; max-width: 100%; width: 900px;"><img alt="Shirin Neshat: The Fury – installation view, courtesy Goodman Gallery" class="size-full wp-image-80254" decoding="async" height="545" loading="lazy" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/jFHP0_tg.jpeg" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="900" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-80254" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.8rem; margin-top: 0.5rem;">Shirin Neshat: The Fury – installation view, courtesy Goodman Gallery</figcaption></figure><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">And that’s picked up in the poems on the photographs in the show? </strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Yes, the poems I transcribed on the surface of the photographs are from ‘Another Birth’ by Forugh Farrokhzad, who died in 1967 at the age of 33. I have often used her poetry in my photographs. She was one of the most radical among Iranian women poets in how she expressed the problematics of the female body in relation to traditional and religious values – taboos. Her poems have often been considered blasphemous, and at some point, her books were banned in Iran. I remember one of her poems. I believe it was called ‘Face to Face with God’; she poses the question to God: if you are the creator, why am I supposed to feel so much shame about a body that you’ve given me?</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Unusually for your work, both the film and the photographs feature women naked or near-naked. Why is that? </strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">I couldn’t imagine the depiction of sexual exploitation without showing the naked flesh of a woman in “The Fury.” In the video, it was necessary for me to show both the seductive and yet brutalised body of a captured woman. In the photographs, I tried to take a similar approach. Some images resonated with notions of power, pride, dignity and beauty regardless of the women’s size and age – and in other images, we are faced with women in pain whose bodies have obviously been brutalised.</p><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-80255" class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_80255" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.7rem; margin: 1rem 0px 1.5em; max-width: 100%; width: 900px;"><img alt="Shirin Neshat: The Fury – installation view, courtesy Goodman Gallery" class="wp-image-80255" decoding="async" height="600" loading="lazy" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/QWux1xbg.jpeg" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="900" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-80255" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.8rem; margin-top: 0.5rem;">Shirin Neshat: The Fury – installation view, courtesy Goodman Gallery</figcaption></figure><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">What led to how do you show the men? </strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">The men’s gazes expressed everything: the sense of hate and violence. I didn’t need to show them doing anything to her; their bodies and uniforms represented their power and control over her. The interesting thing is that their blank expressions never changed from the time she dances seductively to when she finally fell to the floor bruised. They remained emotionless, which is so typical of men who are incapable of humanity-only atrocities. I hate to say it, but some people enjoy other people’s suffering. I’m an optimist and would like to think there is a good side to every person, but you just have to look at the last few days in the Middle East to see how hatred, violence and evil are so deeply ingrained in people. When she’s on the floor struggling, you see the men looking at her as if they enjoy it. Lastly, I was careful to make the uniforms generic and not specific to any culture.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Why is the whole show in black and white? </strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Initially, we shot the video in colour, but later, I changed my mind. I think there is a severity in black and white that felt right to my narrative. Also, we occasionally used Infrared with the camera, which turns everything into negative, and that was used each time we went to her point of view on the streets. Overall, I felt that the black-and-white look also helped with the melancholic mood of the story. I slowed down music – a Persian song with lyrics rewritten in Arabic – to make it more melancholic but also beautiful. That goes back to the mysticism in Iran – things are terribly sad and emotional but highly beautiful and affecting.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">You made the film before Masa Amini was killed, yet there are echoes?</strong></p><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-80256" class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_80256" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.7rem; margin: 1rem 0px 1.5em; max-width: 100%; width: 900px;"><img alt="Shirin Neshat: The Fury – installation view, courtesy Goodman Gallery" class="size-full wp-image-80256" decoding="async" height="590" loading="lazy" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/j7t2XTaQ.jpeg" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="900" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-80256" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.8rem; margin-top: 0.5rem;">Shirin Neshat: The Fury – installation view, courtesy Goodman Gallery</figcaption></figure><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">It’s almost uncanny how the story of “The Fury” is similar to what transpired in Iran a few months later. Here, we have a woman who becomes a victim. Her victimisation unleashes other people’s rage, which culminates in a protest, and that is exactly what happened in Iran: a revolution unravelled immediately after the murder of an innocent woman, Mahsa Amini, who became the victim of the Iranian government.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Dance is important in the film?</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Yes, dance is central to the film, both as the female protagonist danced for the uniformed men and how, in the street, bystanders turned their protest into a strange ritual of dance and destruction. Oddly enough, during the Woman, Life, Freedom revolution in Iran, dance, which is forbidden in public, became an expression of protest as well.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Top Photo Shirin Neshat: The Fury – installation view, courtesy Goodman Gallery</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Shirin Neshat’s ‘The Fury’ runs to 4 November at Goodman Gallery, 26 Cork Street, London W1S 3ND</strong></p><header class="entry-header article__single" style="align-items: center; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="align-self: flex-start; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "Nunito Sans", sans-serif; height: 80px; letter-spacing: 1px; margin: 0px auto 2rem 0px; max-width: 1200px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px; width: 1073px;"><span style="font-size: 29px;">Ghislaine L</span><span style="font-size: large;">eung: Interview of the Month November 2023 – Paul Carey-Kent</span></h1></header><span style="height: 751.094px; object-position: center center; width: 1073px;"><img alt="Ghislaine Leung" class="article__img article__img-big wp-post-image" decoding="async" height="448" loading="lazy" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20230927_130031-gl-.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 751.094px; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; object-fit: cover; object-position: center center; padding: 0px; width: 1073px;" width="640" /></span><div class="entry-meta" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: var(--gap); margin-top: 2rem; padding-bottom: 1rem; width: 1073px;"><p class="entry-meta--" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px;">11 November 2023 • Share — <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https://artlyst.com/features/ghislaine-leung-interview-of-the-month-november-2023-paul-carey-kent/&text=Ghislaine%20Leung:%20Interview%20of%20the%20Month%20November%202023%20%E2%80%93%20Paul%20Carey-Kent&via=" style="border-bottom: 3px solid var(--c-links-main); box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 15px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank" title="Tweet this"><span aria-hidden="true" class="fab fa-twitter" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: "Font Awesome 5 Brands"; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1; text-rendering: auto;"></span></a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://artlyst.com/features/ghislaine-leung-interview-of-the-month-november-2023-paul-carey-kent/" style="border-bottom: 3px solid var(--c-links-main); box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 15px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"><span aria-hidden="true" class="fab fa-facebook" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: "Font Awesome 5 Brands"; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1; text-rendering: auto;"></span></a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://artlyst.com/features/ghislaine-leung-interview-of-the-month-november-2023-paul-carey-kent/&title=Ghislaine%20Leung:%20Interview%20of%20the%20Month%20November%202023%20%E2%80%93%20Paul%20Carey-Kent&source=FAD%20Magazine" style="border-bottom: 3px solid var(--c-links-main); box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 15px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span aria-hidden="true" class="fab fa-linkedin" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: "Font Awesome 5 Brands"; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1; text-rendering: auto;"></span></a></p></div><div class="entry-content article__single" style="align-items: center; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-size: 16px; margin: 10px; padding: 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Ghislaine Leung is one of the four artists nominated for this year’s Turner Prize, the winner of which will be announced on 5 December.</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Her show in Eastbourne consists of ‘score-based’ works: they repurpose found objects, but Leung’s parameters for how to show them leave plenty of scope for the hosting Towner Gallery to influence the outcome. That relinquishing of control allow the socio-political and spatial conditions of art production, its presentation and re-presentation, to come to the fore. That may sound worthy but potentially dry – yet Leung goes about things with an appealing wit, and the results are compelling in themselves.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">As explained in detail in your recent book ‘Bosses’, your starting point is how to make work rather than what work to make?</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Yes, I aim to work with what I have, rather than what I don’t have – it’s untenable trying to work with what you don’t have, which is the position faced by many artists who can’t access the resources they need – which, of course, also exacerbates existing class, gender and racial hierarchies in our industry. I was interested in finding a mode of production that made space for a different kind of work. And this came from something I probably initially conceived of as a problem, I always thought you can make an artwork and you can perfect it in some way yourself. And then the work goes into a context that you can’t control and it has a different read or it changes or it shifts, and this was something I wanted to control. It was the wish to control that seemed like a clear problem to me. I wondered how to embrace the contingency of works instead, to embrace their vulnerability. Rather than thinking ‘how can I fix and control this? How can I maintain its integrity in the way that I have conceived it?’ I shifted to thinking that the resilience of the work could come from its vulnerability, its total contingency, its complete dependency, my trust in a situation.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Is that in line with Sol LeWitt’s approach as set out in ‘Sentences on Conceptual Art’, 1969, such as ‘Once the idea of the piece is established in the artist’s mind and the final form is decided, the process is carried out blindly’?</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">I’d see my work as more of a dialectical flip on LeWitt’s methodology. He starts with concepts which lead to the material form. For me, materials, inclusive of the sets of conditions and limitations I’m working with, are generative towards concepts. I don’t know the final form, and – given the highly contingent nature of the scores – I can’t and, in fact, don’t want to. This is why the works are scores rather than instructions, just as a musical performance isn’t quite the composer’s or the performer’s. In that sense, I am theoretically the composer, and the institution is the performer, and the work, in each iteration, comes from both. I like to be surprised by my work when I come into a show!</p><img alt="Ghislaine Leung" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-80419" decoding="async" height="600" loading="lazy" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Ghislaine-Leung-at-Simian_12.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%;" width="900" /><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Ghislaine Leung: ‘Violets 2’, as installed at Simian, Copenhagen – GRAYSC Images, courtesy the artist & Simian</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Can you say something about the largest work in your Turner Prize display? </strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">The score for ‘Violets 2’ reads: ‘All parts of a ventilation system removed from Netwerk Aalst Bar during its 2017 refurbishment are reinstalled within the space of the exhibition and fixed on the floor. Using as much of the material as possible while keeping it all interconnecting. Spare pieces that do not fit this configuration are bracketed together in smaller formations. A welcome sign is installed.’</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">I was working there in Belgium from 2017-19, and we were thinking about who the institution was speaking to – about how often ‘the public’ is referred to like a separate and somewhat mysterious entity to be spoken to or placated. I was aiming to bridge this externality by thinking about the internality – the politics of the institution and my position in that – an immanent form of critique looking at the structures of power inside, rather than outside, the place. What about the people already in this room, the politics that are already here? So how the institution was organised in both social and physical structures. So many of the circuits of power, the things that allow for the functionality of the building, are rendered invisible. At the time, the institution was undergoing a renovation and discussing what was going to be removed and what was going to be inserted. The ventilation system that makes up ‘Violets 2’ was going to be removed as smoking was no longer allowed in the building, which made it surplus. And I was interested in what these forms of institutional waste were, who and what was considered valid or useful within these public-facing spaces. I took the ventilation system which had been on the ceiling of the bar, and mounted it on the floor of the gallery space above that bar, which had the same spatial footprint. And installed a welcome sign alongside it. I’m always interested in this institutional welcome, on who is being welcomed and why, especially in how ex-industrial spaces become art industrial spaces. Violets 2 has been on almost permanent tour since 2018, it flexes to fit into different spaces, and it shows something different about these spaces each time, as its parameters are shaped by these limits.</p><img alt="Ghislaine Leung" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-80420" decoding="async" height="600" loading="lazy" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/001_Ghislaine_Leung_Towner_T4A5041-Edit.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%;" width="900" /><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Ghislaine Leung: ‘Violets 2’, Towner Gallery, Eastbourne – Angus Mill Photography</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">You’re asking one institution to do something with another institution’s structures?</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">The way an institution performs a score says a lot about them, e.g. their Health and safety rules, what they want to achieve – that was my aim at that time, to acknowledge the systems of the institutions.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">The sculpture we see reminded me somewhat of the 1960s ‘Square Tubes’ of Charlotte Poseneske – another artist who emphasised the cooperative aspects of her work.</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Yes, and I think this is exactly what I mean about how materials can be generative. This becomes especially interesting in relation to historical artworks that refer or even enact forms of industrial production like Poseneske’s. What happens if you use existing industrial objects rather than fabricating them? What shifts what doesn’t? In a way, I’m trying to take something back into the use of art and to understand that as already an industrialised social structure, one that is often unacknowledged but shapes so much of what constitutes not only the art object but who can and can continue to, make art.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Why does the title refer to violets?</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">I had been thinking about how systemic prejudices are so often perpetuated by our own internalised ‘micro-violences’ that we do to each other and also ourselves. Ones that are fabricated into the internal structures of our institutions. And was struck by how close the pretty and flowery word ‘violets’ is to the loaded term ‘violence’.</p><img alt="Ghislaine Leung: ‘Violets 2’, " class="alignnone size-full wp-image-80421" decoding="async" height="600" loading="lazy" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Ghislaine-Leung-Hours-2022.-Installation-view-at%E2%80%A6.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%;" width="900" /><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Ghislaine Leung: ‘Hours’, 2022 – photo Paul Carey-Kent</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">‘Monitors’ broadcasts a baby monitor from one room to another, and ‘Hours’ divides the week between your studio hours, indicated by a Malevich-like black square, and the rest. I note you spend only 8% of your time in the studio – presumably, you’re constrained by factors such as being a mother?</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Yes, being a mother, and working, and in multiple jobs. I think the earlier works like ‘Violets 2’ and ‘Public Sculpture’ were very much about institutional systems, and how they constitute the work, what their labour conditions are, how they work. In the past few years, especially since having a child, I’ve become more and more interested in how I work, how I have internalised various expectations and ideas about labour and value; questions that are about how I institute, and taking a position of critique into a more reflexive and lived form of actionism. As such the more recent scores have become less about the interrelation between two institutions, and more about my form of instituting, how my labour, life, limits, collide, are in conflict or grow… about that intra-institutional aspect of bringing myself in. For many years I felt I couldn’t do that, felt that how I lived didn’t have enough value to speak about, but more and more I feel that speaking about that situation is a necessity. And if you’re trying to make work inclusive, then life is really important within the work.</p><img alt="Ghislaine Leung: ‘Violets 2’, " class="alignnone size-full wp-image-80422" decoding="async" height="675" loading="lazy" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20230927_130210-gl.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%;" width="900" /><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Ghislaine Leung: ‘Public Sculpture’, 2018 – Photo: Paul Carey-Kent</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">‘Public Sculpture’ presents a group of toys from the collection of the public library in Reading. They struck me as unusual toys?</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">They are fascinating, yes. Toy libraries often have a lot of these kind of role play toys, leading to questions about what roles we play, or the roles played in the construction of such roles. And there are two companies – Theo Klein in Germany and Casdon in the UK – who specialise in miniatures of branded goods, so you’ll get a Theo Klein Miele washing machine or a Casdon Henry Hoover etc.… I was interested in that double identity – in that one object has two brands attached. And the toys have another double identity: as individual objects they are toys in the library; as a set of objects, they are a loanable artwork by me. Both exist in the library system, and you have to join the library to access them, either way. So I’m interested in how the work circulates as well as how it is actioned through the score. And this doubling – or troubling – of identity is important to me, as a mother and an artist, as someone with a father from Hong Kong and a mother from London. I’m asking what identity is if you think of it as not so much as the objectifying question of ‘what you are’, but ‘how you are’.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Work by the four artists shortlisted for the Turner Prize 2023 (Jesse Darling, Ghislaine Leung, Rory Pilgrim and Barbara Walker) is on show at the Towner Gallery, Eastbourne to 14 April 2024. The winner will be announced on 5 December. Ghislaine Leung was nominated for her solo exhibition ‘Fountains’ at Simian, Copenhagen.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Top Photo: © Artlyst 2023</p></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></strong></p></div><header class="entry-header article__single" style="align-items: center; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0a0a0a; display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-family: "Inter Tight", serif;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="align-self: flex-start; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "Nunito Sans", sans-serif; height: 80px; letter-spacing: 1px; margin: 0px auto 2rem 0px; max-width: 1200px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px; width: 1073px;"><span style="font-size: large;">William Cobbing: Interview of the Month, September 2023 – Paul Carey-Kent</span></h1></header><p><span face=""Nunito Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><img alt="William Cobbing" class="article__img article__img-big wp-post-image" decoding="async" height="415" loading="lazy" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/work-in-progress-video-still-2023-Wcobbing.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Inter Tight", serif; font-size: 16px; height: 696.552px; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; object-fit: cover; object-position: center center; padding: 0px; width: 1073px;" width="640" /><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Inter Tight", serif; font-size: 16px;"></span></span></p><div class="entry-meta" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Inter Tight", serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: var(--gap); margin-top: 2rem; padding-bottom: 1rem; width: 1073px;"><p class="entry-meta--" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px;">18 September 2023 • Share — <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https://artlyst.com/features/william-cobbing-interview-of-the-month-september-2023-paul-carey-kent/&text=William%20Cobbing:%20Interview%20of%20the%20Month,%20September%202023%20%E2%80%93%20Paul%20Carey-Kent&via=" style="border-bottom: 3px solid var(--c-links-main); box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 15px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank" title="Tweet this"><span aria-hidden="true" class="fab fa-twitter" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: "Font Awesome 5 Brands"; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1; text-rendering: auto;"></span></a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://artlyst.com/features/william-cobbing-interview-of-the-month-september-2023-paul-carey-kent/" style="border-bottom: 3px solid var(--c-links-main); 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box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: "Font Awesome 5 Brands"; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1; text-rendering: auto;"></span></a></p></div><p><span face=""Nunito Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="entry-content article__single" style="align-items: center; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0a0a0a; display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-family: "Inter Tight", serif; margin: 10px; padding: 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">William Cobbing has three shows opening in September: he’s in the group shows ‘After the Performance’ (with the film ‘screensaver’ at Tension Fine Art, Penge 7-30 Sept) and ‘Full House’ (ceramics including ‘Float’, presented by Canopy Collections at Cromwell Place, South Kensington 14 Sept – 1 Oct) and has a solo show at Airspace Gallery as part of the British Ceramics Biennial in Stoke (23 Sept – 5 Nov), with a series of new videos, sculpture, and performance, exploring a playful and ambiguous interaction between people immersed in mounds of formless clay. ‘These earth-clad people, says the press release, ‘are caught in an ouroboros loop of transforming themselves’ and ‘individual identity is effaced, with the protagonists becoming hybrid forms somewhere between themselves and the material’. It seemed a good time to talk…</strong></p><span style="height: auto; margin-top: 1rem;"><img alt="William Cobbing" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-79715" decoding="async" height="561" loading="lazy" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/will.ni_.naiz-2022.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%;" width="900" /></span><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">‘Will.ni.naiz’, 2022 – video stills</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">PCK: You might say that clay is foregrounded in your work performatively, in a more radical way than just using it to make ceramics. What’s the appeal?</em></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">WC: It’s the clayiness, the clagginess, the tactility, the squelchyness of clay I like to work with before it turns into beautifully honed pots. I’ve been reading Petra Lange-Berndt’s catalogue essay for the exhibition I was in: ‘Further Thoughts on Earthy Materials’ at Kunsthaus Hamburg. She examines creation myths, as in the bible, in which clay is a passive material that gets shaped and always with a gendered contract that man has autonomy over the material. She looks at the feminist critique of this, in terms of ‘material’ signifying ‘mother’, subverting Western ideas that material is passive and needs to be conquered, with clay having its own innate qualities, its own personality. That also made Lange-Berndt think of Kazuo Shiraga’s, ‘Challenging Mud’ (1955), in which he wrestled mud with the lovely takeaway line ‘and the earth won’. I’m also interested in the Jewish myth of the Golem, in which once the Golem is formed, a ‘shem’ is put under the tongue, and that gives life to the clay. It’s a mutable myth, but there’s a 1915 film ‘Der Golem’ in which the Golem, created from clay, rampages through the streets, out of control – the myth of decisive agency over material is countered.</p><span style="height: auto; margin-top: 1rem;"><img alt="William Cobbing" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-79716" decoding="async" height="547" loading="lazy" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/screensaver-2022_3-video-still-copy.jpeg" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%;" width="900" /></span><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Still from ‘screensaver’, 2022</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Do you also associate your work with the environmental agenda? ‘screensaver’ might be seen that way?</em></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Yes, ‘screensaver’ shows an expansive clay ground of which we are a part, as opposed to being separate from it. There are no digital interventions: it features four performers, directed by me with no special effects – what you see is what you get. And it suggests that the world can cope without us, in contrast to the humancentric idea that the world in some sense can’t exist beyond us. It can, which is humbling. I also think of how Georges Bataille, in ‘The Big Toe’ (1929) explains that ‘the function of the human foot consists in giving a firm foundation to the erection of which man is so proud (the big toe, ceasing to grasp branches, is applied to the ground on the same plane as the other toes).’ Yet even though the big toe is central to the human as vertical and separate from the earth and looking towards the heavens – we have our feet in the mud…</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">You could look at ‘screensaver’ as a dark work, as if for example an earthquake has just occurred. But the hands do also seem to be enjoying the clay. How do you see it?</em></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">I’m hoping there is ambiguity in all my videos. They elicit a variety of responses from attraction to repulsion – some people find them abject, revolting, nihilistic. Others find them funny. Here I do also see elements of sensuality with the material, and a reference to the process of making – but without the result. That’s a kind of artistic limbo, so ‘screensaver’ deals with the state of limbo.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">The single head video works, made with the constraints of lockdown, have been widely viewed online. They strike me as quite painterly, as the colour bleeds out of, for example, ‘Will.ni.naiz’ (as above)</em></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">I did start out painting at school, but switched to sculpture soon after starting art college. I don’t paint now, but I loved Auerbach, Bacon and Guston– who use paint in a visceral way. That slicing away of layers isn’t quite destructive – people saw it as ‘peeling back into the self’.</p><span style="height: auto; margin-top: 1rem;"><img alt="William Cobbing" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-79717" decoding="async" height="1200" loading="lazy" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Float-XL-2021-WCobbing-_0481.jpeg" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%;" width="900" /></span><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">‘Float XL’, 2023</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">The ceramic ‘Float XL’ relates to the solo videos?</em></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Yes, it came out of modelling clay on my head, but has a kind of impossibility. I sometimes try to maximise the qualities of each medium, and you can’t separate head and body on film! It’s wanting to draw attention to this poor guy with a clay mass ball for a head. Materiality in sculpture is often about heaviness and gravity, and this is evading the normal physical constraints. The videos are referenced, playing jokily between the rough and smooth clay, by the more realistically sculpted arms. I made this on a residency at the European Ceramics Centre (EKWC) in Oisterwijk, The Netherlands, where I had the chance to work with top technicians. That enabled me to experiment with different effects on clay – the arms use a Chinese celadon glaze, a semi-translucent pale green; the rougher parts are sprayed with an underglaze.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">‘Float XL’ might also suggest carrying a rock?</em></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">That fits with a view I have of the video heads as a whole as picking up on a possible interpretation of Camus’s ‘The Myth of Sisyphus’ (1942). Sisyphus, in ancient Greek myth, was condemned to repeat forever the same meaningless task of pushing a boulder up a mountain, only to see it roll down again. Yet Camus concludes: ‘the struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man’s heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.’ A daily repeated routine can give a sense of meaning, as opposed to seeing that only in the achievement of a final objective. Being engaged in a process can be engrossing.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Top Photo: Still from work-in-progress (2023)</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">You will be showing eight new films in an immersive installation in the appropriate location of Stoke, the historic home of the ceramics industry. Like ‘screensaver’, they feature more than one performer, as indicated by the exhibition title ‘Social Substance’. What are they about?</em></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">They return to my pre-lockdown consideration of inter-relationships, and what happen when communication – or miscommunication – occurs. I’m not one for dramatic renderings in my own performances or when directing others: I try to keep actions very rudimentary, almost underperformed, deadpan – with the idea of pulling back, allowing the clay to have more of a say. And almost like an animal movement, here perhaps a bear with big paws.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">The performers’ senses are restricted. How does that play out?</em></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">I want to think of actions that put obstacles in the way, slow down the movements, and make us think about the restriction of senses, especially on sight. And there’s a difference between viewing the films and experiencing them as a performer. The performances are short enough not to be too claustrophobic, and it becomes quite meditative when you can’t see. The attention given to sight, which tends to be seen as primary, reduces and you then get an increased awareness of touch and hearing – the pecking order of the senses is changed. I’m happy that some people will think it looks horrendous and suffocating while others see it as meditative and sensuous as well as abject. And it’s physical, slapstick humour. People have a particular taste for humour, so not everyone will find them funny, but I see humour as a lubricant to help process more difficult emotions.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">You can follow William Cobbing’s work via his Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/william.cobbing/" style="border-bottom: 3px solid var(--c-links-main); box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 15px; text-decoration-line: none;">@william.cobbing</a>. His three shows are at <a href="https://www.tensionfineart.co.uk/current-exhibition/" style="border-bottom: 3px solid var(--c-links-main); box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 15px; text-decoration-line: none;">Tension Fine Art</a>, <a href="https://canopy-collections.com/blogs/news/full-hous" style="border-bottom: 3px solid var(--c-links-main); box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 15px; text-decoration-line: none;">Canopy Collections</a> at <a href="https://www.cromwellplace.com/whats-on/" style="border-bottom: 3px solid var(--c-links-main); box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 15px; text-decoration-line: none;">Cromwell Place</a> , and <a href="https://www.airspacegallery.org/" style="border-bottom: 3px solid var(--c-links-main); box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 15px; text-decoration-line: none;">Airspace Gallery</a>.</p><header class="entry-header article__single" style="align-items: center; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-size: 16px;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="align-self: flex-start; 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box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 15px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span aria-hidden="true" class="fab fa-linkedin" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: "Font Awesome 5 Brands"; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1; text-rendering: auto;"></span></a></p></div><div class="entry-content article__single" style="align-items: center; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin: 10px; padding: 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">You will soon be able to follow a London trail of three major public sculptures made by Nick Hornby. As he explains, ‘they have the guise of tradition but are, in fact, far from traditional: they unravel tropes of the monument, but in a way which is accessible and, I hope, not too didactic. I want the viewer to be in conversation with these forms, to feel they are in on the question.’ It seemed a good time to talk to Hornby in his London studio.</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">You’ll shortly have three permanent public sculptures in London as well as one in Harlow. How did that come about?</em></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">In the 2010’s I was shortlisted for several commissions, but lost out to more established artists. In 2019 I won my first public commission. My somewhat cheeky pitch was to say: you’ve just had proposals typical of the main options for a public sculpture – a man on a chair and a shiny blob. The first, a memorial, may be accessible to the public but is deeply problematic, stumbling on critical questions about who is being represented and by whom. The second, an abstraction, avoids those pitfalls, but at the cost of being ‘just another of those’ kinds of nonspecific abstract sculpture. So I suggested we present that dilemma as a question – by taking Michelangelo’s ‘David’, the apotheosis of human perfectibility, and intersecting that with an abstract line from Kandinsky, one of the first artists to set out “theory” behind abstraction. That intersection became ‘Twofold’, in Harlow, Essex. Completing that sculpture made a huge difference: once I had shown that I could be trusted to deliver a massive and structurally complicated public sculpture, I was quickly shortlisted for three other commissions – and won them all.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">We can already see ‘Power over others is Weakness disguised as Strength’ opposite St James’s Park tube station and ‘Here and there’ close to the Albert Memorial. ‘Do It All’ will be unveiled in Kensington Gardens on 27 September. What do they address?</em></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">The first critiques the trope of the equestrian statue, the second deals with the monumental figure in the urban landscape, and the third combines the silhouette of the Albert Memorial with the profile of Nefertiti, perhaps the most powerful woman in ancient history. Collectively they pose the question: what does a monument mean in the 21st century? Each sculpture asks that question from a very particular site, and embodies my enduring interest in form, material and objectness.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">How do they emerge from your long-running sculptural concerns?</em></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">From 2010 onwards, I devised a system for intersecting components from multiple trajectories. The method creates new, synthetic forms, but from certain vantage points you can still see the original elements. There is a strangeness to this relationship between the new object and the quotations.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">How does ‘Power over others is weakness disguised as strength’ operate?</em></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">The artwork responds to its surroundings —Westminster, a national seat of power, where sculptures of men on horseback are numerous. But if those statues celebrate power, this sculpture challenges it through two visual quotations. The first references a statue located outside the Palace of Westminster. On that site there’s a nineteenth-century celebratory depiction of Richard I, unveiled during a period of Industrialisation and Imperialism. The second is a reference from Laurence Sterne’s experimental novel ‘Tristram Shandy’. In the book, a curling line suddenly interrupts the printed text. It describes a conversational gesture, where the speaker waves his stick in the air to describe the experience of freedom. The line escapes the confines of words and embodies the freedom it describes. The presence of that line in this sculpture invites us to think about storytelling, history and the fictions that support the figures we turn into statues. If this sculpture repeats the image of Richard I, it is to suggest the fragility of power and its monuments. After all, he is only visible from certain angles. From others, the image collapses: the figure of power is toppled within his own statue.</p><span style="height: auto; margin-top: 1rem;"><img alt="Nick-Hornby_Power-over-others-is-Weakness-disguised-as-Strength-Westminster-June-2023_©-Nick-Hornby-Studios" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-79431" decoding="async" height="578" loading="lazy" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Nick-Hornby_Power-over-others-is-Weakness-disguised-as-Strength-Westminster-June-2023_%C2%A9-Nick-Hornby-Studios_4.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%;" width="899" /></span><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Nick Hornby: Power over others is Weakness disguised as Strength, 2023, © Nick Hornby Studios</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">And the title – a quote from Eckhart Tolle – points towards that meaning?</em></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Yes—in the public realm, I really wanted to avoid misinterpretation: this is a critique of the equestrian statue format, rather than a celebration of Richard I. To shine a light on this subject, I had to incorporate an image of the very thing I’m trying to critique. This is a conundrum and I was sensitive to the fact that you do clearly see his image at a certain point – so I wanted to make it abundantly clear that I’m trying to propose an alternative, and not celebrating military men on horses.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">So there is a collage of timelines?</em></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">My relationship to time is very flattening – things like love, betrayal and sex are timeless, and you can access just as much truth in something from 500 years ago as today. So here I combine several times into a sort of flat object: a 12th century king, a depiction of him from 1850, a line from Tristram Shandy (published in 1759), and a title from 1997, all in a 21st century sculpture.</p><span style="height: auto; margin-top: 1rem;"><img alt="Nick-Hornby_Power-over-others-is-Weakness-disguised-as-Strength-Westminster-June-2023_©-Nick-Hornby-Studios" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-79432" decoding="async" height="505" loading="lazy" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Here-and-There_003.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%;" width="900" /></span><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Nick Hornby: Here and There, 2023, © Nick Hornby Studios</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">What comes together in ‘Here and There’?</em></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">The same line from Sterne – a thread between the sculptures – is combined with the 1818 figure of the Wanderer from Caspar David Friedrich’s famous painting. The sculpture is very close to the Albert Memorial, which in turn connects it to ‘Do It All’. You see ‘Here and There’ first from far down the road, when it looks like a classic monument of man on a plinth, but as you get closer it unravels into Sterne’s line. The Wanderer in the painting is looking out from the top of a mountain, evoking that mixture of beauty, and wonder and fear of the unknown. The painting has become attached to the philosophical idea of the sublime. It’s also strange because we only see back of the man. It’s about presence and distance, and I want to reorient viewer to include the park. There’s also a personal connection: my father has late stage Alzheimer’s, and I am increasingly dwelling on memories. I have exquisitely precious childhood memories of sailing model boats on Hyde Park Pond, when model boats seemed huge and the pond oceanic, so I think that’s where the Lilliputian play with scale comes from.</p><span style="height: auto; margin-top: 1rem;"><img alt="Nick-Hornby_Power-over-others-is-Weakness-disguised-as-Strength-Westminster-June-2023_©-Nick-Hornby-Studios" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-79433" decoding="async" height="604" loading="lazy" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Here-and-There_006.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%;" width="900" /></span><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Nick Hornby: Here and There, 2023, © Nick Hornby Studios</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">‘Tristram Shandy’ is clearly important to you?</em></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">I can trace my practice back to structuralists and the epiphany of reading Saussure, Barthes and Derrida at art school. Tristram Shandy fits with that: it’s non-linear, full of distractions and anecdotes, the first book to make the visual layout of words on the page a component – really the start of modernism. And I love that line for being neither text nor image – not a word, and yet not a drawing.</p><span style="height: auto; margin-top: 1rem;"><img alt="Nick-Hornby_Power-over-others-is-Weakness-disguised-as-Strength-Westminster-June-2023_©-Nick-Hornby-Studios" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-79435" decoding="async" height="560" loading="lazy" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Warwick-Road-Render_5.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%;" width="900" /></span><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Nick Hornby: render for Do It All, to be unveiled Sept 2023, © Nick Hornby Studios</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Does ‘Do It All’ refer to DIY?</em></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Yes: in 1988 the post-modern architect Ian Pollard designed the extraordinary Egyptian revival Homebase on Warwick Road. It was perfect example of postmodernism – a basic rectangular warehouse with a theatrical cladding. I grew up close by and as a child would regularly buy timber and electronics there. Like tea-drinking, I feel DIY is a classic British institution. Sadly, the building was knocked down but is now the site for a new development and my sculpture. The brief for this commission asked the artists to refer to one of the ten historical figures the new buildings were named after. I was rather shocked to see they were all Victorian men. By chance, Howard Carter, who discovered King Tutankhamun, was one of them, which brought me right back to the mock-Egyptian Homebase that I loved so much. In opposition to Prince Albert, I juxtaposed the incredible and iconic head of Nefertiti. The sculpture’s other component is the Albert Memorial: as a neo-Gothic Victorian monument it has a post-modern quality to it in as much as one period is imitating another. And it is problematic too, with inappropriate depictions from the corners of the Commonwealth around the outside. My goal is to shine a light on contrasting architectural styles and what lies behind them.</p><span style="height: auto; margin-top: 1rem;"><img alt="Nick Hornby: render for Do It All, to be unveiled Sept 2023, © Nick Hornby Studios" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-79436" decoding="async" height="474" loading="lazy" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Warwick-Road-Render_1.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%;" width="892" /></span><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Nick Hornby: render for Do It All, to be unveiled Sept 2023, © Nick Hornby Studios</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Finally, how are these works made?</em></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">The process is incredibly exacting and intrinsically linked to conceptual backbone of the series. Where these sculptures are pitting two contrary images against one another, the mode of fabrication has two distinct steps. The objects are designed parametrically (scripted in code and text), and the resulting 3D object is then digitally flattened into distorted 2D pieces. These pieces are laser-cut from sheet metal (corten or bronze) and then, under huge mechanical force, manipulated from their distortions back into their correct forms, where they are wielded together by hand. The laser cutting is rapid, with pin-point accuracy whereas the manipulation is a slow exertion of huge force. The sculptures are collaborative effort between myself, my engineers (The Structure Workshop) and the fabricator (Benson Sedgewick).</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">….And the materials?</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">All three are metallic – two are bronze and one is corten. Bronze is the traditional material for historic monuments and is loaded with history and associations. The equestrian work is in corten – ostensibly a “rusty steel”—which sets up a clearer material distance from the monument being referenced. Corten protects itself by developing a rust-surface, which becomes a protective barrier, like a scab – which is stronger than the original material. What appears to be self destructive in fact creates resilience – perhaps like a self-toppling statue – the fragility is the strength of this sculpture.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Top Photo: Power over others is Weakness disguised as Strength, 2023 – Corten Steel, 5 x 3.5 x 1.3m. Commissioned for Northacre Curated by @nativeartsadvisory. Designed in collaboration with @structure.workshop and fabricated by @bensonsedgwick.@nickhornbyartist.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Here and there, 2023 – Bronze 3.3 x 1.2 x 1.2m. Commissioned by Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council and the Victoria Road Area Residents’ Association with public art funding from One Kensington Road W8@nickhornbyartist. Designed in collaboration with @structure.workshop and cast by @bronzeagelondon. Curated and commissioned by Ann Elliott</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Go to Nick Hornby’s <a href="https://www.nickhornby.com/" rel="noopener" style="border-bottom: 3px solid var(--c-links-main); box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 15px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">website</a> for more about his public sculptures and his work as a whole.</p><header class="entry-header article__single" style="align-items: center; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="align-self: flex-start; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "Nunito Sans", sans-serif; height: 80px; letter-spacing: 1px; margin: 0px auto 2rem 0px; max-width: 1200px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px; width: 1073px;"><span style="font-size: 29px;">Mark Godfr</span><span style="font-size: medium;">ey on Alighiero Boetti: Interview of the Month, July 2023 – Paul Carey-Kent</span></h1></header><span style="height: 504.302px; object-position: center center;"><img alt="" class="article__img article__img-big wp-post-image" decoding="async" height="301" loading="lazy" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/BBFA-25.05.23-04.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 504.302px; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; object-fit: cover; object-position: center center; padding: 0px; width: 1073px;" width="640" /></span><div class="entry-meta" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: var(--gap); margin-top: 2rem; padding-bottom: 1rem; width: 1073px;"><p class="entry-meta--" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px;">4 July 2023 • Share — <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https://artlyst.com/features/mark-godfrey-on-alighiero-boetti-interview-of-the-month-july-2023-paul-carey-kent/&text=Mark%20Godfrey%20on%20Alighiero%20Boetti:%20Interview%20of%20the%20Month,%20July%202023%20%E2%80%93%20Paul%20Carey-Kent&via=" style="border-bottom: 3px solid var(--c-links-main); box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 15px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank" title="Tweet this"><span aria-hidden="true" class="fab fa-twitter" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: "Font Awesome 5 Brands"; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1; text-rendering: auto;"></span></a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://artlyst.com/features/mark-godfrey-on-alighiero-boetti-interview-of-the-month-july-2023-paul-carey-kent/" style="border-bottom: 3px solid var(--c-links-main); box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 15px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"><span aria-hidden="true" class="fab fa-facebook" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: "Font Awesome 5 Brands"; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1; text-rendering: auto;"></span></a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://artlyst.com/features/mark-godfrey-on-alighiero-boetti-interview-of-the-month-july-2023-paul-carey-kent/&title=Mark%20Godfrey%20on%20Alighiero%20Boetti:%20Interview%20of%20the%20Month,%20July%202023%20%E2%80%93%20Paul%20Carey-Kent&source=FAD%20Magazine" style="border-bottom: 3px solid var(--c-links-main); box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 15px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span aria-hidden="true" class="fab fa-linkedin" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: "Font Awesome 5 Brands"; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1; text-rendering: auto;"></span></a></p></div><div class="entry-content article__single" style="align-items: center; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-size: 16px; margin: 10px; padding: 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Anyone wanting to understand the innovative art of the Italian conceptualist Alighiero Boetti (1940-94) should head to Ben Brown Fine Arts / Claridge’s ArtSpace, where ‘Regola e Regolarsi’ gives them all they need. There are some 90 career-spanning works, informatively presented to demonstrate Boetti’s explorations of serial schemes and systems; his innovative approach to self-portraiture; his use of language; and his way of producing work with the assistance of unknown third parties. I spoke to Mark Godfrey, who curated the Tate’s seminal 2012 survey ‘Alighiero Boetti: Game Plan’ as well as this, the largest subsequent presentation of Boetti in London.</strong></p><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-79263" class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_79263" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.7rem; margin: 1rem 0px 1.5em; max-width: 100%; width: 900px;"><img alt="Alighiero Boetti: " class="size-full wp-image-79263" decoding="async" height="555" loading="lazy" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/bo-BBFA-25.05.23-crop-04.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="900" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-79263" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.8rem; margin-top: 0.5rem;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px;">Alighiero Boetti: </span><em style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px;">Ononimo</em><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px;">, 1973 – Ballpoint pen on card 11 parts, 73 x 103 cm each – installation view</span></figcaption></figure><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">How have you put the show together?</em></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">The first room roughly coincides with the world <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Regola</em> (‘Rules’), and considers the key concepts that Boetti worked with in the first eight years of his practice. It looks quite dry and conceptual, even though it contains a lot of his personal interests. The second part of the show has an explosion of colour and textures, so even though the rules still exist, there is an adjustment to them – Regolarsi means ‘adjustments’. The third space, viewable on request, contains a selection of drawings from his studio. Boetti is celebrated mostly for works operating through some sort of fabrication process. He was, though, the kind of artist who could never stop doing things with his own hands – but he felt that work was very much secret. He would make drawings by experimenting with such techniques as blowing ink, using stamps, or dipping elastic bands in paint and dropping them on sheets of paper. And had his own cosmology of animals which he drew – he liked animals with a great sense of energy and movement.</p><img alt="Alighiero Boetti: " class="alignnone size-full wp-image-79264" decoding="async" height="847" loading="lazy" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/BOE00588.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%;" width="900" /><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Alighiero Boetti: <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Regola e Regolarsi </em>(Order and Disorder), 1978 – Embroidery, 23 x 24 cm</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">How does the word square ‘Regola e Regolarsi ’ illustrate Boetti’s approach?</em></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">When it came to embroidery he would write the phrases out and send the canvases off to the embroiderers, initially in Afghanistan, then in Peshawar, leaving the individual colour choices to the embroiderers. They were women commissioned by men, so there was an intermediary between Boetti and the embroiderers. That contrasts with most artists in the sixties: they would either have work fabricated by people that they visited a lot, or might have assistants in their studios – but Boetti set up a system of production whereby people unknown to him completed the work. He liked the idea that the final appearance of the work was as much down to their input as his. The union of order and disorder – Regola e Regolarsi – is something Boetti was obsessed by as a good way of making art. In the word square the order is in that it’s a 16 letter phrase that fits perfectly into a square, and in the fact that every letter gets the same amount of space. The disorder is in the way that the three words are run together, and also in the choice and combination of colours not being controlled by him.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">There are several biro works. How do they operate?</em></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Boetti’s biro drawings would be made by students – he worked with a woman in Rome who would commission someone to fill in the biro sheets, so they are anonymous. But they are also eponymous, because they give a sense of the individual draughtsperson’s sensibility. He made up the word ‘ononimo’ – combining the Italian for ‘anonymous’ and ‘eponymous’ – to capture this idea that something was both anonymous and individual. Boetti didn’t know – and didn’t want to know – the people who finished the work for him, and therefore something is left to chance. The show includes an eleven panel biro work using the word ‘ononimo’, which is very lush in its blue. It was made by eleven different people who each took their own approach to the task of filling out the paper. In some drawings, the vertical lines are compact, the horizontal bands are tidy and even and there is little overlap, so there is a consistency of colour. In other drawings, the lines are more dispersed and the bands wavy, or there is more overlap – and consequent darkening. Boetti was able to achieve a real beauty with blue biro which is quite remarkable, given it’s an office tool, really.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Was the number 11 important to Boetti?</em></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Yes, very important: he was interested in pairs and twins – he actually photographed himself as a twin – and 11 was like a twin but with internal difference, as one of the ones has a value of one, and the other has a value of ten. That’s why there’s an eleven-part Ononimo work.</p><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-79265" class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_79265" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.7rem; margin: 1rem 0px 1.5em; max-width: 100%; width: 894px;"><img alt="Alighiero Boetti: " class="size-full wp-image-79265" decoding="async" height="672" loading="lazy" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Boetti-Alighieroboetti-1973-BOE00249.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="894" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-79265" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.8rem; margin-top: 0.5rem;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px;">Alighiero Boetti: </span><em style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px;">Mettere al Mondo il Mondo </em><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px;">(Bringing the World into the World), 1973 – Ballpoint pen on paper laid down on canvas 2 parts, 71 x 100 cm each</span></figcaption></figure><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">The biro works often feature commas. What role do they play?</em></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">What would be handed to the people making the biros was a blank sheet with stencilled letters and commas in Boetti’s specified font – their job was to fill in the paper but not go over those parts. He liked commas because they suggested movement rather than the stasis of a full stop, a place of pause but where something continues. They indicate the letters to be read from the alphabet above. You go back and forth between the alphabet and the commas, and that spells it out. It’s pretty simple, but the commas seem to float in space, so it’s more difficult than one would think to figure out the phrase. In ‘Mettere al Mondo il Mondo’ they spell out another rule of his that I like to translate as ‘putting the world into the world’ – that the artist takes things that are already in the world, and puts them back into the world. Where Yves Klein invented a particular kind of blue, Boetti just takes the available four colours of biros – he often uses readymade colours. Or he takes phrases, number sequences or office calendars and puts them back in the world.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><img alt="Alighiero Boetti: " class="alignnone size-full wp-image-79266" decoding="async" height="316" loading="lazy" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/BOE00581-image.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%;" width="900" /> </em></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Alighiero Boetti: <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">La Metà e il Doppio</em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">, </em>(Half and Double) 1974 – Ballpoint pen on paper in two parts, 70×200 cm</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Here he took the number 1974 and divided it in half, so one side reads 987 in Italian. On the other side he doubled it, so that reads 3948. The numbers look random but in the middle of them is the date of the work, so it’s a way of taking something that exists at that point – the year it was made – and putting it back in the world.</p><img alt="Alighiero Boetti: " class="alignnone size-full wp-image-79267" decoding="async" height="856" loading="lazy" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Boetti-Alternando-da-uno-a-cento-e-viceversa-1993-BOE004351.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%;" width="900" /><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Alighiero Boetti: <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Alternando da Uno a Cento e Vice versa </em>(Alternating from One to a Hundred and Vice Versa), 1993 – Woven fabric 300 x 290 cm.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">What’s the logic of these black and white patterns?</em></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">There’s an embroidery and a rug which come out of a kind of number game he invented, which is called ‘alternating from one to a hundred and vice versa’. It sounds dry but is actually very playful. He created a grid of 100 squares, with each square itself divided into 100 squares. In the top square you have one black and 99 white squares. In the next square that alternates to two white and 98 black, then three black and 97 white and so on… Once he’d invented this schema, he got other people to plot out the squares, and would make embroideries or rugs from their designs. Of all his schemas, this is probably the most expansive, as there are billions of ways to do it – as for example there are 100 options for where to put the first black square – and so the realisation becomes incredibly open. The chromatic and numeric schema provides an order, and the disorder lies in not knowing how it will be fulfilled.</p><img alt="Alighiero Boetti: " class="alignnone size-full wp-image-79268" decoding="async" height="433" loading="lazy" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/BBFA-25.05.23-05.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%;" width="900" /><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Alighiero Boetti: installation view. Including two <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Mappa</em></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Mappa might well be Boetti’s most famous works…</em></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">The idea of the world maps was to fill in the border of each country with the design of its flag. The difficulty was what to do when there was a civil war, and so a dispute about what the flag should be. In those instances – a beautiful idea – he kept the map as a blank, showing that there is a dispute, but undecided. Boetti saw the maps as particularly good examples of his principle of non-intervention. As he put it in 1974: ‘For me the embroidered Map couldn’t be more beautiful. I did nothing for this work, chose nothing myself, in the sense that: the world is shaped as it is, I did not draw it; the flags are what they are, I did not design them. In short, I created absolutely nothing.’</p><img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-79273" decoding="async" height="422" loading="lazy" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/BOE00478-image.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%;" width="900" /><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Alighiero Boetti <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Aerei </em>(Planes), c. 1987 – Ballpoint pen on paper laid down on canvas 3 parts, 139 x 100 cm each</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Why was he interested in planes?</em></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Boetti had collected images of aeroplanes whenever they appeared in newspapers and magazines, and had made transfer drawings of them. In 1977 he teamed up with an illustrator called Guido Fuga, who made the composition – a triptych of the sky filled with aeroplanes, all flying in different directions and of various sizes. A lot were to do with the Cold War – they’re mostly American and Russian planes – so you could see it as a romantic image of concord instead of violence. Working with Fuga he made this arrangement – an example of order and disorder because the planes are in complete disorder, but there’s an order in that there are no crashes. Boetti liked Fuga’s drawing so much he photographed it and printed it at different scales, allowing him to make many aeroplane works from small to very large, some with watercolour, some with biro.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Alighiero e Boetti: Regola e Regolarsi </strong> is at <a href="https://www.benbrownfinearts.com/exhibitions/201-alighiero-e-boetti-regola-e-regolarsi-curated-by-mark-godfrey/" style="border-bottom: 3px solid var(--c-links-main); box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 15px; text-decoration-line: none;">Ben Brown Fine Arts</a>, 12 & 52 Brook’s Mews London W1K 4DG, and <a href="https://www.claridges.co.uk/claridges-artspace/" style="border-bottom: 3px solid var(--c-links-main); box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 15px; text-decoration-line: none;">Claridge’s ArtSpace</a>, Brook’s Mews – to 31 August. Images courtesy of Ben Brown Fine Arts.</p></div></div><header class="entry-header article__single" style="align-items: center; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-size: 16px;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="align-self: flex-start; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "Nunito Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 29px; height: 80px; letter-spacing: 1px; margin: 0px auto 2rem 0px; max-width: 1200px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px; width: 1073px;">Callum Innes: Interview of the Month June 2023 – Paul Carey-Kent</h1></header><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><img alt="Callum Innes,Paul Carey-Kent,Frith Street Gallery" class="article__img article__img-big wp-post-image" decoding="async" height="323" loading="lazy" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Callum-Innes-installation-5-L.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; height: 540.969px; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; object-fit: cover; object-position: center center; padding: 0px; width: 1073px;" width="640" /><span style="font-size: 16px;"></span></p><div class="entry-meta" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: var(--gap); margin-top: 2rem; padding-bottom: 1rem; width: 1073px;"><p class="entry-meta--" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px;">29 May 2023 • Share — <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https://artlyst.com/features/callum-innes-interview-of-the-month-june-2023-paul-carey-kent/&text=Callum%20Innes:%20Interview%20of%20the%20Month%20June%202023%20%E2%80%93%20Paul%20Carey-Kent&via=" style="border-bottom: 3px solid var(--c-links-main); box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 15px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank" title="Tweet this"><span aria-hidden="true" class="fab fa-twitter" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: "Font Awesome 5 Brands"; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1; text-rendering: auto;"></span></a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://artlyst.com/features/callum-innes-interview-of-the-month-june-2023-paul-carey-kent/" style="border-bottom: 3px solid var(--c-links-main); box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 15px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"><span aria-hidden="true" class="fab fa-facebook" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: "Font Awesome 5 Brands"; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1; text-rendering: auto;"></span></a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://artlyst.com/features/callum-innes-interview-of-the-month-june-2023-paul-carey-kent/&title=Callum%20Innes:%20Interview%20of%20the%20Month%20June%202023%20%E2%80%93%20Paul%20Carey-Kent&source=FAD%20Magazine" style="border-bottom: 3px solid var(--c-links-main); box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 15px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span aria-hidden="true" class="fab fa-linkedin" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: "Font Awesome 5 Brands"; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1; text-rendering: auto;"></span></a></p></div><div class="entry-content article__single" style="align-items: center; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-size: 16px; margin: 10px; padding: 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Over the past four decades, Callum Innes has worked in series, creating luminous abstractions which expose the fundamentals of painting: pigment, surface and space. His tenth show at Frith Street Gallery is the first to include new circular paintings alongside rectangular canvases. The two streams of work are made in the two studios between which Innes divides his time: Tondos on birch ply in his home city of Edinburgh, rectangular canvases in Oslo.</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">You’re known for the play between addition and removal in your work, in particular for using turpentine to ‘unpaint’ the canvas, leaving only vestigial traces of colour. How does that operate in, for example, ‘Exposed Painting Delft Blue / Violet Red Oxide’, 2019?</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">I’m reducing and adding repeatedly. What people don’t see is that there been a blue put down first, then a violet, then a red, then a green, then a blue again, and a black over it all, and it’s been gone into several times. The history of all that is there. For example, the black line you see running across horizontally halfway up on one side actually runs all the way across. This is the biggest size I’ve ever worked on – I can still just about go across in one stroke on a platform. If I couldn’t do that, it would be too big. And this work achieves a ‘watercolour effect’, which I’d always found difficult on canvas before. This is also the oldest painting in the show, and one I didn’t see for two years as it was in Edinburgh while I was in Oslo when Covid shut the borders.</p><img alt="Callum Innes" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-78922" decoding="async" height="723" loading="lazy" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/20230519_120917-innes-.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%;" width="900" /><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">‘Exposed Painting Delft Blue / Violet Red Oxide’, 2019 – oil on canvas, 250 x 242 cm Photo: Paul Carey-Kent</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">You have consistently used black?</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Yes, but in the early exposed paintings I would mix all the colours into the black and then reveal the colour. With these recent works I’ve been into the painting maybe five or six times, putting different colours on, exposing that side, drying off, evaporating. There’s much more addition than there used to be.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">And the white of the canvas is equally important?</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">It is. When I have studio guests who are seeing my work for the first time, and they ask ‘how do you paint the white bit at the bottom there?’, then I know it’s working, that there’s spatial ambiguity. I like when the painting spirals from something very simple to something very complex. You don’t know what’s behind what, where’s the foreground. I like that idea of ‘where is space in the painting?’, and how you physically react to it.</p><img alt="Callum Innes" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-78923" decoding="async" height="730" loading="lazy" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/20230519_120031-innes.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%;" width="900" /><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">‘Untitled Lamp Black / Deep Purple Dioxazine’, 2023 – Oil on Birch Ply, 180 cm. Photo: Paul Carey-Kent</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">What led you to the circular format?</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">The round form originally emerged when painting the end of a whiskey barrel for charity. I really enjoyed working on the hard surface of oak, later birch, and the fact it was wood, so I could see the grain and leave it coming through. After that I thought it would be quite nice to extend it, and to push the work forward through the Tondo.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Why do you make the Tondos in Edinburgh?</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Because they’re quite heavy – about 70 kilos each, they’re backed with aluminium to prevent warping – and I have assistants there. I’ve been working on them for about two years, on and off, as I travel back and forward to and from Oslo. There I have a smaller studio and no one really to help me lift things around – so I carry on with the rectangular format on canvas. For me it works really well having two studios. I’ve discovered that it’s very helpful to make something in Edinburgh, not see it for three or four weeks, then come back and see it afresh. My paintings are all about landscape and light, and the studios have very different light: Edinburgh has a very beautiful north top light, Oslo has a hard sidelight – sometimes I have to cover the window to kill the light.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">What difference is made by the change of surface?</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">It changes the physicality of my painting. It’s tough on wood. I knackered my wrist the first few weeks. And it has a very different grip. Canvas sits very comfortably, the birch ply has more physical presence. And they’re heavier metaphorically, as well as physically. I keep the bevel facing out, which expands the painting, so – depending on where you stand – one side can look larger than the other. I found it surprising, the first time I showed one, how physical they are.</p><img alt="Callum Innes" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-78924" decoding="async" height="656" loading="lazy" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/CI-TP-04-2023-Press.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%;" width="900" /><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">‘Exposed Painting Imperial Blue’, 2023 – Oil on Birch Ply, 180 cm. Courtesy the artist and Frith Street Gallery, London.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Do you hope to generate a spiritual dimension?</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">That’s for someone else to say. They are about light and landscape, how you look up and see that sky. The research for my practice is actually being outside and walking down the coast or through the countryside. But I won’t title them like that because that shuts it down a wee bit. They’re moments in time.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Do you draw on your walk</strong>s?</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">If I’m out I’ll sit down and sketch the landscape, but I haven’t shown them. It something that’s always there. I think by sketching I am absorbing. I’m happiest walking – that’s my pleasure – and the colours are all there in the landscape. Also, every day in Oslo I take these beautiful fold-out books and try to make ten or more abstract drawings before I start, like a musician playing scales, and that’s really helped me. I have over 300 books now, but I’m not sure what I’ll do with them.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Do you have a skill you enjoy other than painting?</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">I’m an OK cook. I enjoy it, and it’s the same process as mixing paints: a bit of this, a bit of that, you don’t know what you’ll end up with.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Top Photo: Installation view, Callum Innes, Frith Street Gallery,Golden Square. Photo: Ben Westoby, Courtesy the artist and Frith Street Gallery, London</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Callum Innes is at Frith Street Gallery, 17-18 Golden Square, London to 1 July. You can also see him on the gallery website, talking in his Edinburgh studio.</p><header class="entry-header article__single" style="align-items: center; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="align-self: flex-start; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "Nunito Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 29px; height: 80px; letter-spacing: 1px; margin: 0px auto 2rem 0px; max-width: 1200px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px; width: 1073px;">Sabine Moritz: Interview of the Month May 2023 – Paul Carey-Kent</h1></header><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><img alt="Sabine Moritz" class="article__img article__img-big wp-post-image" decoding="async" height="430" loading="lazy" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/20211013_PILARCORRIAS_Portrait1_SabineMoritz_388_1.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; height: 721.052px; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; object-fit: cover; object-position: center center; padding: 0px; width: 1073px;" width="640" /><span style="font-size: 16px;"></span></p><div class="entry-meta" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: var(--gap); margin-top: 2rem; padding-bottom: 1rem; width: 1073px;"><p class="entry-meta--" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px;">7 May 2023 • Share — <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https://artlyst.com/features/sabine-moritz-interview-month-may-2023-paul-carey-kent/&text=Sabine%20Moritz:%20Interview%20of%20the%20Month%20May%202023%20%E2%80%93%20Paul%20Carey-Kent&via=" style="border-bottom: 3px solid var(--c-links-main); box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 15px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank" title="Tweet this"><span aria-hidden="true" class="fab fa-twitter" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: "Font Awesome 5 Brands"; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1; text-rendering: auto;"></span></a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://artlyst.com/features/sabine-moritz-interview-month-may-2023-paul-carey-kent/" style="border-bottom: 3px solid var(--c-links-main); box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 15px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"><span aria-hidden="true" class="fab fa-facebook" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: "Font Awesome 5 Brands"; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1; text-rendering: auto;"></span></a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://artlyst.com/features/sabine-moritz-interview-month-may-2023-paul-carey-kent/&title=Sabine%20Moritz:%20Interview%20of%20the%20Month%20May%202023%20%E2%80%93%20Paul%20Carey-Kent&source=FAD%20Magazine" style="border-bottom: 3px solid var(--c-links-main); box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 15px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span aria-hidden="true" class="fab fa-linkedin" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: "Font Awesome 5 Brands"; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 1; text-rendering: auto;"></span></a></p></div><div class="entry-content article__single" style="align-items: center; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin: 10px; padding: 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Sabine Moritz was born in East Germany in 1969: her family managed to move west in 1985, but her early work often took its subjects from recollections of the Soviet era, and she remains engaged in exploring memory and its interpretations. Now she is presenting a series of new paintings across both Pilar Corrias’ London spaces. The gallery state that ‘Under the Skin’ (at Savile Row) and ‘Heart of Drought’ (at Eastcastle Street) focuses on ‘the juxtaposition of the external and internal world, setting the works within a larger continuum of an ever-immediate present… Moritz confronts the viewer with uncertainty, questioning whether memory can ever be an unmediated representation of the past’.</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">How did you arrive at your abstract style?</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">It begun in 2015 with a painting called ‘Heaven’. At the time I was working with photographs – in that case of Ukraine in 1947 – but I always made changes or erased parts of them. One painting imagined a child lying in the grass, looking up to heaven. The idea of what the child could have seen became abstract. Later I thought this could be the beginning of something. For a long time I couldn’t make the idea work, but after many attempts the abstract paintings started to look after themselves.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">What is your process?</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">I start without a plan. As the painting develops it becomes its own law, then I have to respond to what is there. All my marks are made with brushes, but in a wide range of sizes, mostly wet-in-wet, but sometimes on dry colours so that there is variation across different areas. I may mix colours in advance, on the brush, or on the canvas – I’m not dogmatic about that. I work on several paintings at once, often in series, across many sessions. I’ll hang them, look at them, turn them around… I’ll think ‘It’s 30% ready’, ‘It’s 70 % ready’, ‘It’s 90% ready’… The last 5% often becomes tricky.</p><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-78709" class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_78709" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.7rem; margin: 1rem 0px 1.5em; max-width: 100%; width: 800px;"><img alt="Sabine Moritz For The Lovers" class="size-full wp-image-78709" decoding="async" height="905" loading="lazy" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/MORI-2022053-For-the-lovers-V.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="800" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-78709" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.8rem; margin-top: 0.5rem;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px;">Sabine Moritz ‘For the lovers V’, 2022 – Oil on canvas, 170 x 150 cm</span></figcaption></figure><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">What makes the two halves of the show different? For example, if we look at ‘For the lovers V’ (from Savile Row, the ‘inside’ half) and ‘Heart of Drought II’ (from Eastcastle Street, the ‘outside’ half)?</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">I see what sort of answer you are seeking. But my abstracts are always abstract. There is nothing figurative hidden in them. While painting I have different things in my mind, so the paintings express sub-conscious feelings and thoughts. This feeds into the titles, which refer to the worlds outside and inside. Probably for the viewer the difference is apparent mainly in the narrative of titles. My memories and emotions are involved, and in the broadest sense I associate some paintings with the inner world and some with the outer world.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Were the paintings named to match the concept?</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">No, the idea of the division came quite late, when I already had the paintings and the titles and saw how they could fit together.</p><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-78711" class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_78711" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.7rem; margin: 1rem 0px 1.5em; max-width: 100%; width: 800px;"><img alt="Sabine Moritz" class="size-full wp-image-78711" decoding="async" height="940" loading="lazy" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/MORI-2023002-Heart-of-Drought-II.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="800" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-78711" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.8rem; margin-top: 0.5rem;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px;">Sabine Moritz ‘Heart of Drought II’, 2023 – Oil on canvas, 200 x 170 cm</span></figcaption></figure><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">You also cite some specific inspirations for this body of work?</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">To give a few examples, alongside a multitude of unconscious influences: the Titian exhibition “Love, Desire, Death” at the National Gallery in 2020-21; a documentary about the explorer Magellan; my strolls; looking out the window; and, regrettably, also the daily news.</p><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-78712" class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_78712" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.7rem; margin: 1rem 0px 1.5em; max-width: 100%; width: 800px;"><img alt="Sabine Moritz" class="size-full wp-image-78712" decoding="async" height="1030" loading="lazy" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/MORI-2023022-Meeting.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="800" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-78712" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.8rem; margin-top: 0.5rem;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px;">Sabine Moritz ‘Meeting’, 2023 – Oil on canvas, 90 x 70 cm</span></figcaption></figure><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Is ‘Meeting’ the only figurative work in the two shows? </strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Yes, I used to paint mostly figuratively until a few years ago, but now I have made just one other still life and two landscapes. It requires a different mind-set to make figurative paintings. I did wonder at one point about the possibility of having a figurative-abstract split across the two galleries, but in the end included just this one, from the Vanitas tradition, but with a humorous title. I thought it fitted.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">It’s as if the skulls are talking to each other, but they can’t?</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Yes, but also we are not alone, we all have the same fortune ahead of us.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Is the ‘Heart of Drought’ the negative half of the show?</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">No, there is positive and negative in everything. Negatives are part of our lives, we can’t work without our shadow. I try to give you more, so you can link negatives to positives, such as in the painting Rain III (2022) downstairs at Eastcastle Street.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Is there a suggestion of flowers or people in your abstract language?</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">No. People often see flowers, but I have painted and drawn a lot of flowers, so that’s how I can say strictly: no, never flowers. Maybe you can sometimes sense the energy of writhing figures, for example in Artemis and Actaeon, which was inspired by Titian’s rendition of the same subject in which the goddess Artemis turns Actaeon into a deer upon him seeing her naked, only for him to then be devoured by his hounds. Once a person said to me ‘I see a duck’. Well, that was his choice! I prefer them not to see a duck, of course, but I like people to be free to make their own associations, to let them drift into their own ideas about life…</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">But if you yourself saw a duck, you would change it?</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">Oh yes!</p><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-78713" class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_78713" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.7rem; margin: 1rem 0px 1.5em; max-width: 100%; width: 800px;"><img alt="Sabine Moritz" class="size-full wp-image-78713" decoding="async" height="425" loading="lazy" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Sabine-Moritz-Under-the-Skin_Heart-of-Drought-2023-13.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="800" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-78713" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.8rem; margin-top: 0.5rem;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px;">Sabine Moritz Installation view of Sabine Moritz: ‘Under the Skin’, Pilar Corrias, London, 2023. Photography: Agnese / Eva Herzog Studio. Courtesy the artist and Pilar Corrias, London</span></figcaption></figure><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">It looks as if you have thought carefully about the background colours, with both spaces split between a greenish grey and darker reds?</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;">I like to experiment with the wall colours. My idea was to have a light grey that no one should notice, then dark walls to change the character of the space and make it more atmospheric. And at Savile Row I felt the wooden and the stone floor gave too much information, so I asked for that to be covered, making the two spaces more similar.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Sabine Moritz: ‘Under the Skin’ is on view at Pilar Corrias, Savile Row: 27 April—17 June 2023. ‘Heart of Drought’ is on view at Pilar Corrias, Eastcastle Street: 27 April—3 June 2023.</strong></p></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; width: 50rem;"><br /></p></div></div><p><span face=""Nunito Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><b>Carey Young</b>: Interview of the Month, April 2023 – Paul Carey-Kent</span></p><p><span style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;"><img alt="Carey Young" class="article__img article__img-big wp-post-image" decoding="async" height="360" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/11.-Still-from-Palais-de-Justice-1200x675.jpg" srcset="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/11.-Still-from-Palais-de-Justice-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/11.-Still-from-Palais-de-Justice-200x113.jpg 200w, https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/11.-Still-from-Palais-de-Justice.jpg 1500w" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Nunito Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; height: 90vh; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; object-fit: cover; object-position: center center; padding-top: 18px; text-align: start; width: 1073px;" width="640" /><span face=""Nunito Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;"></span></span></span></p><div class="entry-meta" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Nunito Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: var(--gap); margin-top: 2rem; padding-bottom: 1rem; width: 1073px;"><p class="entry-meta--" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;"></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box;"> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://artlyst.com/features/carey-young-interview-of-the-month-april-2023-paul-carey-kent/" style="border-bottom: 3px solid var(--c-links-main); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"><span aria-hidden="true" class="fab fa-facebook" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: "Font Awesome 5 Brands"; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1; text-rendering: auto;"></span></a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://artlyst.com/features/carey-young-interview-of-the-month-april-2023-paul-carey-kent/&title=Carey%20Young:%20Interview%20of%20the%20Month,%20April%202023%20%E2%80%93%20Paul%20Carey-Kent&source=FAD%20Magazine" style="border-bottom: 3px solid var(--c-links-main); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span aria-hidden="true" class="fab fa-linkedin" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: "Font Awesome 5 Brands"; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1; text-rendering: auto;"></span></a></p></div><p><span style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;"></span></span></p><div class="entry-content article__single" style="align-items: center; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0a0a0a; display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-family: "Nunito Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 10px; padding: 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Ca</strong><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">rey Young explores systems of power and gender equality in her solo show at Modern Art Oxford. ‘Palais de Justice’, 2017, is a surreptitiously-filmed view of the operation of courts in Brussels, edited to give the impression that the legal system is run by women. ‘The Vision Machine’, 2020, applies a parallel thought experiment by concentrating on the female workers only in a Japanese lens-manufacturing factory. And ‘Appearance’, 2023, is a silent ‘filmic portrait’ featuring 15 female judges. All three films, says Young, try to reverse ‘the male gaze’ by playing with some idea of a female gaze. And all three act as ‘thought experiments’: speculative fictions which turn documentary footage into the imagined future of a female world.</span></p><img alt=". Image from Appearance" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-78273" decoding="async" height="506" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/5.-Image-from-Appearance.jpg" srcset="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/5.-Image-from-Appearance.jpg 900w, https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/5.-Image-from-Appearance-200x112.jpg 200w" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%;" width="900" /><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;">Carey Young: still from <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Appearance</em>, 2023. © Carey Young. Courtesy of the artist and Paula Cooper Gallery, New York</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">What themes are you tackling in the show?</em></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;">There are two main themes. The first is around my engagement – for over twenty years now – with law. The show includes many new pieces and traces a line through my law-based work … I’m interested in law as artistic medium and as a form of power in society. What is law? What are its aesthetics? Who gets to administer it? What are law’s performances, rituals, languages, materiality and what is its effect on us? These are questions which fascinate me, and I keep going back to them.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;">The other theme, equally pressing to me but more recently as a particular interest, is in women, and especially women’s relationship to cameras and to the regimes of cinema and photography, including in the social media era. I’m thinking about power in that sense, too.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;">Those themes relate to each other in different ways throughout the show. I wanted to create a triangular relationship between the overlapping themes of ‘Palais de Justice’, ‘The Vision Machine’, and ‘Appearance’. Then I added photographic and text works in the central space, which push the themes in other related directions. I wanted those works to have a sense of realism. They relate to contracts, prisons, land, Brexit – things we can recognise as being about law and the body, borders, transitions, something being at stake.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">What proportion of court judges in Britain are women?</em></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;">I only have figures for England and Wales, as that is one jurisdiction, and Scotland is another. At the moment, 35% are female, which is 10% more than a decade ago. In proportional terms, most women judges work in the lower courts, and only one on the highest court, the UK Supreme Court, so that is another imbalance. There also needs to be much more done to recruit more ethnically diverse judges, who account for 4% of court judges (and 9% if we also count male judges), as of 2022 figures, but are 18% of the UK population. And only 1% of judges are from black backgrounds – a figure that has not changed since 2014 (although some of the UK’s most senior non-white judges feature in <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Appearance</em>). Efforts are being made to diversify the judiciary further but it is a slow process.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Appearance </em>features judges who are diverse in age, seniority and ethnicity. I wanted to defy the stereotype – which is backed up by ongoing statistics – that judges are older white men. Here, the judges are a wide mix of women, from the youngest ever female judge (even six years on, she is only 37), to judges of various non-white ethnicities, to the UK’s only trans female judge, or the only female judge on the UK’s Supreme Court. Many went to state school. They are all trailblazers in one way or another, showing a future of the judiciary that better represents the UK population.</p><img alt="Carey Young" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-78275" decoding="async" height="506" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/6.-Appearance-detail.jpg" srcset="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/6.-Appearance-detail.jpg 900w, https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/6.-Appearance-detail-200x112.jpg 200w" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%;" width="900" /><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;">Carey Young: still from <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Appearance</em>, 2023. © Carey Young. Courtesy the artist and Paula Cooper Gallery, New York</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </em></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">What guidance did you give the judges in ‘Appearance’?</em></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;">They appear as they wish: all are wearing their real robes and their choice of shoes and jewellery; they could choose their make-up and how their hair was done. They could act as they wanted to on camera, although I did ask them to sit in a judge’s chair placed in the centre of the film studio, and if they were going to look at the camera, they should make eye contact with it. It wasn’t at all like acting – they could have any expression on their face, as they wished – they were conveying their own feelings. This resulted in a wide variety of expressions, from cool toughness to warmth, benevolence or self-consciousness. They remain enigmatic, though because they don’t speak. Most said the experience reminded them of being in court because they were surrounded by crew all facing them with rapt attention, which led to several of them replaying trials in their heads, which is visually very interesting on camera because the judges change expression throughout their takes. One of them – a very senior judge – decided to bow to the camera as she entered and exited the shot because she would bow to the court. It’s very surprising because she wears a gold-encrusted robe and is clearly very powerful, but those bows reverse that power, just for a moment.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">But you did ask them not to wear wigs?</em></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;">I wanted the work to be international, and judges outside the UK and Commonwealth don’t wear wigs. Also, I think the wigs look anachronistic. The judges defend them as a disguise: because they are vulnerable to possible retribution when they leave court, they cherish the anonymity provided by wig and robe. The piece hovers between this idea of the official identity of the judge and their personal aspects of self-expression – their subjectivity – which you see through close-ups: shoes, eyes, hair, earrings, glasses, even bat-shaped cufflinks. This conveys their individuality and humanity, as well as differences between them. The judges were happy with the idea that <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Appearance </em>is about them as people as well as in their roles. I hope viewers will have the strange experience of feeling, as I did, slightly guilty watching the footage, as if they are facing each judge in court. That’s why I made it a single-screen work. By giving such a direct, frontal encounter with the judiciary, the work effectively puts the viewer ‘in the dock’. Along with Velasquez’ <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Pope Innocent X</em>, Warhol’s ‘Screen Tests’ were an initial inspiration. It was an added extra – though I only found out later – that Warhol was originally inspired by the ‘Most Wanted’ ads of the New York Police Dept.</p><img alt="Carey Young" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-78277" decoding="async" height="506" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2.-Image-from-Appearance.jpg" srcset="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2.-Image-from-Appearance.jpg 900w, https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2.-Image-from-Appearance-200x112.jpg 200w" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%;" width="900" /><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;">Carey Young: still from <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Appearance</em>, 2023. © Carey Young. Courtesy of the artist and Paula Cooper Gallery, New York</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">The title suggests that appearance matters?</em></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;">Judges rely on their robes to help them seem an anonymous and objective manifestation of ‘the law’. The title also relates to the idea – which persists, in which we’re indoctrinated – of judging women on their appearance. And it also refers to appearing – being formally summoned in person – at court. The appearance of law fascinates me for what it says about what law is. How a courtroom looks, sounds or even smells is very evocative. Such sensory experiences are often what we’ll remember most about a place. The aesthetics of law go far beyond black type on white paper. The more we examine this, the more we can understand the aesthetic vocabulary of how the state manifests its power.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">How does the law need to improve?</em></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;">The law claims to be neutral, but it really isn’t, especially in how it’s applied and in terms of who has power in it currently. In terms of the tenets the law holds dear, the scales of justice are balanced, justice is blind, and we’re all supposedly equal under the law – but we know that isn’t the case. Most people can’t afford legal representation; women are not believed by police or when they testify in court; racial bias abounds in policing and the legal system; and most judges are privileged older white men who don’t understand many societal issues. So, the quality of judging will be open to question until this is fully addressed. And legal language is so abstruse people can’t understand it without a lawyer, who of course, is unaffordable… So, part of my interest in law is a political one, of helping people to engage with and understand it as a system and a phenomenon and to emphasise that it belongs to us. We could change it. And we need to understand its power – it remains one of the few options to rein in corporate power.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">What do the judges make of ‘Appearance’?</em></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;">They trusted me and were happy not to see the footage before the work was exhibited. Some came to the exhibition opening. So far, they’ve been thrilled by all the sections that aren’t about them – and steel themselves for seeing themselves on screen, like most of us would. I’m looking forward to more discussions with them, such as at the public symposium at Modern Art Oxford on May 19<sup style="box-sizing: border-box;">th</sup>, at which a panel of participating judges will discuss the work with me.</p><img alt="Carey Young" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-78276" decoding="async" height="506" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/9.-Still-from-The-Vision-Machine.jpg" srcset="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/9.-Still-from-The-Vision-Machine.jpg 900w, https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/9.-Still-from-The-Vision-Machine-200x112.jpg 200w" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%;" width="900" /><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;">Carey Young: still from <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Vision Machine</em>, 2020. © Carey Young. Courtesy of the artist and Paula Cooper Gallery, New York</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Your speculative fiction in ‘The Vision Machine’ is that women are running the factory. How close is that to the true position?</em></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;">There were a lot of male workers at the factory. I don’t think women have power positions in Japanese factories. SIGMA is a global corporation, but in essence, it is a family firm run by a man who inherited it from his father. But I don’t think that matters: I’m using the factory as a metaphor to talk about visual culture. What if women made tools that propagated an idea of female-centric visuality? What might that be?</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">So what the women are making is critical?</em></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;">Yes… they are making lenses for photographic or cinema cameras, and I shot the piece with lenses made by those workers, so it’s a self-reflexive work about the act of making films. We also see the women testing lenses, so it’s about the means of production – in a Marxist sense – to make tools for vision. It’s also about paying respect to women as artists and as artisans: beyond the fact that women artists have long been sidelined or written out of art histories, the artistry and technical skill of women is another thing that’s completely side-lined. And that extends to how cameras and lenses are sold – the number of times I’ve been in a camera shop and the sales assistants have assumed that I must be an amateur because I’m a woman! That did help me when I was making ‘Palais de Justice’, though: I wasn’t authorised to shoot the footage, but I tended to get away with it because nobody thought I was a serious filmmaker – or even a filmmaker at all. They took me to be an assistant for someone else – presumably a male director. Being female was a kind of disguise.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Is there anything about you that people tend to find surprising?</em></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;">I’m from that original house music generation and never stopped being into it, especially deep house and mellow techno. I don’t actually listen to anything else, and buy a lot of tracks online. In another life, I would have been a DJ.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;">Top Photo: Carey Young: still from <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Palais de Justice</em>, 2017. © Carey Young. Courtesy of the artist and Paula Cooper Gallery, New York</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;">Carey Young’s show ‘Appearance’ is at <a href="https://www.modernartoxford.org.uk/whats-on/carey-young" style="border-bottom: 3px solid var(--c-links-main); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Modern Art Oxford</a> to 2 July.</p></div><header class="entry-header article__single" style="align-items: center; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0a0a0a; display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-family: "Nunito Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="align-self: flex-start; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 2rem; height: 110px; margin: 0px auto 2rem 0px; max-width: 900px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 2rem 10px 2rem 120px; width: 900px;"><br /></h1></header><div class="entry-content article__single" style="align-items: center; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0a0a0a; display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-family: "Nunito Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 10px; padding: 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;">Rea</p></div><p style="background: white;"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Haroon
Mirza: Interview of the Month, February 2023 – Paul Carey-Kent <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style="background: white;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif">Haroon
Mirza’s exhibition of new work consists of installations that play ingeniously
between sound, light and electric current in the manner that has gained him
international acclaim. Here, a constellation of works is thematically connected
around the so-called ‘Holy’ or ‘Divine’ frequency of 111Hz, which provides a
sonic bathing experience that permeates the gallery spaces. They include
explorations of drug-induced shamanic practices; a <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">series of <em>Solar
Cell Circuit Compositions</em> that act as scripts to the film; </span>and
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">glass chambers housing an ant colony
and a fungal bed of organic matter, powered by halogen lamps that provide heat
and light - not only to ensure the ecosystem’s survival but also to illuminate
solar panels that activate sounds created by the ants’ movements. This </span>rich
content provided plenty for me to ask about…<span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="background: white;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVogJekONNcr3amScZoVj7bhhnESZPJhu3mTliOchGB3Iq9adx8dlgvPjN9jLYMaESG-mYA2l14yJY0bsLTATTXZb67SkgVV_pOYPKGhIOw-bd2zBdfdvUCy1jArBU6wmKSoc9zLpgKmAtXv64OTeRZz16fd2_5ltofYnWNPinh6-B6hwXQN7Mqzks/s3582/harooon%20mirza.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2687" data-original-width="3582" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVogJekONNcr3amScZoVj7bhhnESZPJhu3mTliOchGB3Iq9adx8dlgvPjN9jLYMaESG-mYA2l14yJY0bsLTATTXZb67SkgVV_pOYPKGhIOw-bd2zBdfdvUCy1jArBU6wmKSoc9zLpgKmAtXv64OTeRZz16fd2_5ltofYnWNPinh6-B6hwXQN7Mqzks/w640-h480/harooon%20mirza.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 9pt; text-align: left;">Haroon Mirza with ‘For(a)micarium’, 2023 - Photovoltaic panels,
century stands, floodlights, bespoke loudspeakers, glass, heat matt,
thermostat, plaster, bell jar and collected items -dimensions variable,
© Haroon Mirza, Courtesy Lisson Gallery</span></div><p></p><p style="background: white;"><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">
What connects these works?<o:p></o:p></span></i><p></p><p style="background: white;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The show is called ‘|||’, which could be Roman numerals or an
indication of phasing – I like that ambiguity - but refers primarily to 111Hertz
(Hz), an audio frequency I have been fascinated by for some years. Studies have
shown that exposing people to light and sound in the range 110-112Hz can bring
about strange neurological effects, most specifically reversing the functions
between the left and right sides of the brain. I commissioned a bespoke Shruti
box, tuned to 111Hz, and chose a Tibetan singing bowl, also at 111Hz, that
together create a quasi-therapeutic sound that reverberates throughout the
exhibition. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white;"><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">So people
could be altered by the resonance as well as by the art?<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style="background: white;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Yes, though curiously it is quite a normal frequency. Standard
western musical notation centres on 440Hz as middle A, meaning that 110Hz is
two octaves down the scale and therefore only slightly different and within the
human voice range, although it’s typically harder for a woman’s voice to extend
that low. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUm9pxyDAOnJypaVEe89JaNI-PW5dFQ2dBQMynk4H7g3esL6XtP75rlgvLC5TtAMiTOFqqOUWdawAximVf32j9h5WWCzHmz_Md1x5H72eqTBDF4tRRadCdJp8yvv9NIe9LdN02xDidHLJq0SLrd-4HIr1gLA4WBby_ftDxWSwh020muDxFcbKdbHd_/s1500/MIRZ_Install_London_2023_003.4.jpeg" style="font-style: italic; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1124" data-original-width="1500" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUm9pxyDAOnJypaVEe89JaNI-PW5dFQ2dBQMynk4H7g3esL6XtP75rlgvLC5TtAMiTOFqqOUWdawAximVf32j9h5WWCzHmz_Md1x5H72eqTBDF4tRRadCdJp8yvv9NIe9LdN02xDidHLJq0SLrd-4HIr1gLA4WBby_ftDxWSwh020muDxFcbKdbHd_/w640-h480/MIRZ_Install_London_2023_003.4.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 107%;">Haroon Mirza: </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Exhibition
view of ‘The Ancients call it Ataraxia’, 2023 -
Photovoltaic panels, aluminium profile, bespoke media device,
electronics, DMX dimmer pack, wire, fixings, bespoke loudspeakers, bongo drums,
hand crafted drum, Yew tree branch, floodlights, solenoid device - dimensions variable,
© Haroon Mirza, Courtesy Lisson Gallery</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style="background: white;"><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br />
In the main room you present ‘The Ancients call it Ataraxia’. That includes a dual
video work in collaboration with filmmaker Helga Dóróthea Fannon in which
mushrooms are collected and a tea ceremony is conducted. What are we seeing and
hearing?<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style="background: white;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The installation has two films running simultaneously, each 15
minutes long, acting as both a meditation and a trip. You can switch between
them, although I like the idea of people watching one screen at a time while
maintaining the presence of the other. Solar panels – which also feature in the
films - are triggered periodically by the soundtrack, and that in turn sets off
an automated shamanic drum. ‘Ataraxia’ is a kind of un-word; it means ‘calming
of the mind’ – rather like meditation – but is something we don’t experience
much anymore, at least not in normal western life. ‘The Ancients call it’
brings in the history of shamans summoning spirits. The films are based on true
life stories, including the murder of a shaman in the Amazonian basin, whose
character is combined with another type of shaman in Siberia. There they work
with <em>amanita
muscaria</em> mushrooms, the equivalent to the better-known
Amazonian tradition of using <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">ayahuasca</span>.
It’s not the classic psychedelic magic mushroom psylocibin - linked to
hallucinations - but the deliriant
strain also known as Fly Agaric, which is associated with toxicity, dizziness,
loss of coordination and the stimulation of dreams. I recently tried
micro-dosing it and it induced vivid dreams. The Siberians often drink it
boiled as tea, as seen in the tea ceremony captured in the film. The more extreme
method is via reindeer, who eat the mushrooms as part of their diet – the
mushroom has two components: muscimol and <span class="MsoHyperlink"><span color="windowtext" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span color="windowtext" style="text-decoration-line: none;">ibotenic acid</span></span></span>
– the muscimol is the active ingredient and the acid is toxic. But when it
passes through the animal’s body it is purified, so drinking reindeer urine is
also a known practice. But I haven’t tried that! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white;"><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Do you take a
lot of drugs, rainbow urine aside?<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style="background: white;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">People often assume that I do, but no – I’m mostly just hanging
out with my kids!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTQfncQWM2wl_FgSg83zfA5FdzTo9kMwoIdlTxFK_wCwqQbUJy1HmTiCnnfpYO48X1UljWugxdJcfR8jx9cs3BcJWmn3zVc5Nh04echl_83lZ5p52XAyurvnUy_lXhsw-SFTegsOGNUu58dyTOZd4sFAh5JMr3phxNnwolaNk23aD_H_lFsfgOi66C/s1500/MIRZ_Install_London_2023_014.jpeg" style="font-style: italic; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1500" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTQfncQWM2wl_FgSg83zfA5FdzTo9kMwoIdlTxFK_wCwqQbUJy1HmTiCnnfpYO48X1UljWugxdJcfR8jx9cs3BcJWmn3zVc5Nh04echl_83lZ5p52XAyurvnUy_lXhsw-SFTegsOGNUu58dyTOZd4sFAh5JMr3phxNnwolaNk23aD_H_lFsfgOi66C/w640-h480/MIRZ_Install_London_2023_014.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="background: white;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Haroon Mirza ‘Light Work xlviii’, 2023 - COB LED tape, wire,
aluminium, copper tape, PWM device - dimensions Variable, © Haroon Mirza,
Courtesy Lisson Gallery<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p><p style="background: white;"><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The second
downstairs space contains two works inspired by your trip to the Arctic. Why is
‘Light Work xlviii’ on the floor? <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style="background: white;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I showed similar works on the wall until recently, but the latest
in LED lighting works just as well on the floor, and I like the way light is
then cast onto the ceiling. The colours are set up to create white light: combining
six parts red, two parts green, one part blue. You can see this on the ceiling,
especially in the evening when it gets dark. The LEDs also oscillate at a frequency
of 111Hz. The technology for LED lights is to scintillate light, and one
frequency is as good as another for that – 111Hz is quite a slow frequency, a
designer would probably use a higher one. There is also a nod to the
minimalists here – LeWitt, Judd and in particular Fred Sandback; in my first
show here at Lisson I recreated a Sandback piece in light. So the work is about
light and formalism, and how in the Arctic Circle light plays such an important
role in the culture, whether it’s 24 hour light in the summer or the different
types of Aurora in the winter. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheuLqUJk2b8rfi5Txt0n-nzzDKOmy0wzz-4pvMxrnNNWfBPpclN3OJtm0j5BETSyuCNYY1_5v46OrTtxYH0B9ufPFvTnUKqELadWVBv6D0hGqZsLR9dQBmmcHP2l2TDENLQ4ieXgTwqY6hVgJgDYA_rso7SOft6fm_F38TVk2FDitb_EoI9aWzJLnE/s1500/MIRZ_Install_London_2023_007.jpeg" style="font-style: italic; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1500" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheuLqUJk2b8rfi5Txt0n-nzzDKOmy0wzz-4pvMxrnNNWfBPpclN3OJtm0j5BETSyuCNYY1_5v46OrTtxYH0B9ufPFvTnUKqELadWVBv6D0hGqZsLR9dQBmmcHP2l2TDENLQ4ieXgTwqY6hVgJgDYA_rso7SOft6fm_F38TVk2FDitb_EoI9aWzJLnE/w640-h480/MIRZ_Install_London_2023_007.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="background: white;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Haroon Mirza: ‘After the Arctic Circle’, 2023 - Glacial erratic
stone, polyurethane resin, silicone, CPB LED tape, twisted electrical cables,
photovoltaic panel, pigment, copper tape, aluminium tape - dimensions variable,
© Haroon Mirza, Courtesy Lisson Gallery<br />
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<!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white;"><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">What about
the big rock tethered to a solar panel in ‘After the Arctic Circle’? <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style="background: white;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">This is more about nature and the landscape. It’s a glacial
erratic rock that travelled to Wales at some stage, so it’s a found object, which
has moss on and an ammonite fossil visible. My intervention is to carve into
the stone and put a light in there. What looks like string on the solar panel
is actually electric cable. The panel provides the energy for the light on the
rock, so if you stand in front of it, the light dims. The surface of the panel
acts as an abstract painting, but references the Aurora lights. There are also
parallels to be drawn with the Sisyphus myth.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFPlAD-k7Nme5IYfpKVcQz_EJeSRyn7JMjivqPiVcfFZcaJqaJfQ7_SoH5ZgW21CqtBfHWnKnIk_Ic1Crn5dgBadkMvQkpBEOBPNukkN-bFYgqqizy-cySuZBqu3FUHq2apbpBuAVU8VNXIeJwJtluR8yr7ANLiiAhhIrEnE0ZRDLOtSsmZK2CeiuZ/s864/mirza%20combined%20Screenshot%202023-02-28%20062046.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="583" data-original-width="864" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFPlAD-k7Nme5IYfpKVcQz_EJeSRyn7JMjivqPiVcfFZcaJqaJfQ7_SoH5ZgW21CqtBfHWnKnIk_Ic1Crn5dgBadkMvQkpBEOBPNukkN-bFYgqqizy-cySuZBqu3FUHq2apbpBuAVU8VNXIeJwJtluR8yr7ANLiiAhhIrEnE0ZRDLOtSsmZK2CeiuZ/w640-h432/mirza%20combined%20Screenshot%202023-02-28%20062046.jpg" width="640" /></a><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"> </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 107%;">Haroon Mirza: ‘Illuminated Amanita Harvest (Solar Cell
Circuit Composition 22)’, 2023 - Solar cells, Polyurethane resin, copper tape,
electrical wire, magnet wire, LED tape, miniature painting by Brishna Amin
Khan, cables on glass, anodised aluminium - 147 x 147 x 8 cm,</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> © Haroon Mirza, Courtesy Lisson Gallery<br />
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<!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white;"><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">You’re showing
two miniature paintings. How do they fit in? <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style="background: white;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">They are – very elaborate - story boards for the film: I
commission paintings from Brishna Amin Khan, a miniaturist based in Lahore, by
giving her the description of the scene to paint in her style. Then I
illuminate them, not with the traditional gold leaf, but by using copper tape and
solar cells in a circle to make a sort of halo. The energy is picked up from
the lighting in the room. The solar cells are placed on the glass using resin,
which seeps out and creates an aesthetic of its own. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCs4-X6hhVNza75gBjx6pLJoj_3FAEAPlCREZHsNbSPlykTTKcEb8Exq3sW2YIsJvoyljdLnYI8KIA-3fJdniFHUIM5L3r0P9br5Bn-lW7vbSW5tidIhzeTVBZdSNP9mW0njzShFSbs6REHl5_BkX6KwzweQEStqVNYHbhz1FopfD7KRdykOeWXn2z/s1500/mirza%20-6vsvDcQ.jpeg" style="font-style: italic; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1125" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCs4-X6hhVNza75gBjx6pLJoj_3FAEAPlCREZHsNbSPlykTTKcEb8Exq3sW2YIsJvoyljdLnYI8KIA-3fJdniFHUIM5L3r0P9br5Bn-lW7vbSW5tidIhzeTVBZdSNP9mW0njzShFSbs6REHl5_BkX6KwzweQEStqVNYHbhz1FopfD7KRdykOeWXn2z/w480-h640/mirza%20-6vsvDcQ.jpeg" width="480" /></a></p><p style="background: white;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Installation detail from ‘For(a)micarium’, 2023, © Haroon
Mirza, Courtesy Lisson Gallery<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white;"><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">‘For(a)micarium’
centres on leafcutter ants. What are they doing?<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style="background: white;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">They’re tending a fungus garden – the ants don’t actually eat the
leaves: they take them back to the garden to feed the fungus, which they do
eat. They are the only non-human farmers. I also supply sugar syrup, which is
like crack to them. Ants are very interesting creatures: researchers talk about
how an ant colony is a super-organism rather than being made up of individuals.
So there’s always this tension between the whole and the individual, which you
can read across to human societies, too. Ants are very simple, with a tiny
amount of neurons, but they do incredibly complex things. When people talk
about the signs of consciousness emerging, they refer to the emergence of
agriculture and the beliefs associated to burying the dead. The ants have a separate
place to which they carry their dead, and they’ve been farming for longer than
us… <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white;"><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">There’s sound
and light, too. How does the set up operate?<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style="background: white;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">As the ants pass a sensor – which they must cross to reach their
food - they activate sounds in the musical composition. The lights come on and
then go off as required to regulate the heat: they act like an artificial sun.
The fungus needs a humid 20-27 degrees to flourish. And the sound is influenced
by how much light is needed to heat the fungus. Also incorporated is my
personal collection of psychedelic cacti – San Pedro and Peyote.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;">
</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Haroon
Mirza’s ‘|||’ runs </span></b><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">24 February – 8 April 2023 at the <span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: #4472c4; mso-themecolor: accent5;"><a href="https://www.lissongallery.com/exhibitions/haroon-mirza-e19e1f14-8bb9-4090-96ee-c1c5842e59c8"><span style="color: #4472c4; mso-themecolor: accent5;">Lisson Gallery</span></a></span></span>.
An associated NFT called ‘Solstice Star’ is available at <span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: #4472c4; mso-themecolor: accent5;"><a href="https://solsticestar.xyz/"><span style="color: #4472c4; mso-themecolor: accent5;">solsticestar.xyz</span></a></span></span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><br /></span></span></b></p><header class="entry-header article__single" style="align-items: center; background-color: #eaeaea; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-family: "Inter Tight", serif;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="align-self: flex-start; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-heading); margin-bottom: 2rem; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-bottom: 2rem; padding-top: 2rem; width: 1073px;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Jonathan Baldock: Interview of the Month, February 2023 – Paul Carey-Kent</span></h1></header><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUqBFrPmG9K110eH6vhfyhe7nAjJ1mctICjlphzgsBsfL9g-tU2V87zljZMZsWmoZ8ACzCQ0tM-yqjiyJ2tA6xN-8jS8K4CAtkHi9FCanldJENFIIAbM_vuTpibKvJ2lK-b1tJfeeFqG5qqqq3M31iv_Dmp0TCjbJVxgJjEDcSD3CBKnj3UugqzFDE/s3387/baldock%20mother%20flower%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3387" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUqBFrPmG9K110eH6vhfyhe7nAjJ1mctICjlphzgsBsfL9g-tU2V87zljZMZsWmoZ8ACzCQ0tM-yqjiyJ2tA6xN-8jS8K4CAtkHi9FCanldJENFIIAbM_vuTpibKvJ2lK-b1tJfeeFqG5qqqq3M31iv_Dmp0TCjbJVxgJjEDcSD3CBKnj3UugqzFDE/w566-h640/baldock%20mother%20flower%20.jpg" width="566" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><span style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;"></span></span></p><div class="entry-content article__single" style="align-items: center; background-color: #eaeaea; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0a0a0a; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin-bottom: 4rem;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Jonathan Baldock works across sculpture, installation and performance. He has a way with unexpected faces – as in his long-running series of ceramic masks – and it’s plants that take them on in his solo show ‘we are flowers of one garden’. The installation is humorous, theatrical and camp but also macabre, simultaneously considering change, ageing, grief and loss in the context of his personal history and the history of working-class culture. </span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What’s with the pinstripe coat? </span></strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I thought I’d fit in with the business style of Mayfair without going so far as wearing a suit…</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">We enter a garden of sorts?</span></strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Yes, the front space is set up like a garden, with vase pieces like figures, flowers like faces, hands like flowers…</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What’s the show about?</span></strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">My Mum and her garden. I was sitting in my Mum’s garden, and though I’ve always told people I don’t come from an artistic background, I suddenly thought, ‘I do!’ – seeing the garden as an outpouring of creativity. My Mum’s a really keen gardener, and that her outlet – there’s pride, yes, but also something deeply personal and spiritual about it. And I thought I wanted to make an exhibition about this. We moved house a lot, but every time Mum made the most of the garden. The garden she has now isn’t big – maybe 10m x 10m – but she really packs the plants in, so the borders have taken over the centre.</span></p><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-77866" class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_77866" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1rem 0px 1.5em; max-width: 100%; width: 900px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img alt="Installation view Courtesy of the artist and Stephen Friedman Gallery, London. Photo by Mark Blower" class="size-full wp-image-77866" decoding="async" height="550" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/jb-install-download.jpg" srcset="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/jb-install-download.jpg 900w, https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/jb-install-download-600x367.jpg 600w, https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/jb-install-download-768x469.jpg 768w" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="900" /></span><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-77866" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0.5rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Installation view Courtesy of the artist and Stephen Friedman Gallery, London. Photo by Mark Blower</span></figcaption></figure><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Is it a rather personal show?</span></strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It’s more personal than any show I’ve done, so I can’t separate myself from it in the way I usually can. My Mum is directly present – this is the first time I’ve cast a body other than my own. There is something about me moving away from the countryside to London, how I look to nature for comfort now. And flowers are a metaphor for life – they need nurturing and looking after – so the mirroring with the relationship of gardener to a parent seemed really beautiful. And the year making the show allowed me to spend time with my Mum. I hope I’m not candy-coating it, but it absolutely comes from a place of love – Mum’s my number one. And I hope that’s reflected in the work. Any relationship has its ups and downs, but I do think my Mum did her best for me and I adore her for that. And as you get older, you start seeing your parents in yourself.</span></p><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-77877" class="wp-caption alignright" id="attachment_77877" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1rem 0px 1.5em; max-width: 100%; width: 600px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img alt="Jonathan Baldock: 'Wildflowers don't care where they grow', 2022. Ceramic, hessian, linen, boning, dried chamomile. Flower: 112 x 111 x 18cm. Courtesy the artist and Stephen Friedman Gallery, London. Photo by Todd-White Art Photography." class="size-full wp-image-77877" decoding="async" height="800" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/BALD-270-1.jpg" srcset="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/BALD-270-1.jpg 600w, https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/BALD-270-1-450x600.jpg 450w" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="600" /></span><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-77877" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 1rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Jonathan Baldock: ‘Wildflowers don’t care where they grow’, 2022. Ceramic, hessian, linen, boning, dried chamomile. Flower: 112 x 111 x 18cm. Courtesy the artist and Stephen Friedman Gallery, London. Photo by Todd-White Art Photography.</span></figcaption></figure><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Do the flowers represent you and your mother?</span></strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">No, I look at them as their own beings, even though the Mother Flower is the only work which doesn’t have any casts from either my body or my mother. That represents the interconnectedness of nature. The roots are about connectedness and the mother tree philosophy. It’s about how we understand the natural world, how we used to think we were above it but now we realise we’re all just a part of it. ‘Mother Flower’ is covered with European folk emblems. There’s a Hungarian flower motif with a razor blade look. The nose is from Germany, the eyebrows are Polish, and the eyes are from a Dutch shape. I love folk motifs as they tell of people who worked closely with nature, and they probably go back further than we know, as history isn’t written by the poor. And they seem to have a common aesthetic, so they work well together.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Why do some flowers have roots and some not?</span></strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The sculptures have roots, though not all are displayed with them. Buy a flower and you get a root free! I wanted to vary it so that some have that rat’s tail look, but others are more floating and solar. I see the roots as mandrakes – as having a limb-like quality.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What materials have you used?</span></strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Everything you see is either from plants or else is clay – the earth they grow in. So you have hessian, linen, and felt. I also wanted some scent, so there are dried flowers in the mouths: rose, lavender, hibiscus, and chamomile. I’ve used applique – I love that because it’s an embroidery technique rooted in the history of working people as a way to put scraps of fabric together to make clothes and decorations. And the trace of the hand in the stitch is important to me, like handwriting or a trace of the body.</span></p><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-77867" class="wp-caption alignleft" id="attachment_77867" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1rem 0px 1.5em; max-width: 100%; width: 600px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img alt="Jonathan Baldock: 'Just a wild mountain rose', 2022. Ceramic stoneware, linen, boning, stuffing, dried hibiscus, Flower: 60 x 60 x 6cm. Copyright Jonathan Baldock. Courtesy of the artist and Stephen Friedman Gallery, London. Photo by Mark Blower." class="size-full wp-image-77867" decoding="async" height="720" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/BALD-278-Just-a-wild-mountain-rose-3.jpg" srcset="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/BALD-278-Just-a-wild-mountain-rose-3.jpg 600w, https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/BALD-278-Just-a-wild-mountain-rose-3-500x600.jpg 500w" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="600" /></span><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-77867" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 1rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Jonathan Baldock: ‘Just a wild mountain rose’, 2022. Ceramic stoneware, linen, boning, stuffing, dried hibiscus, Flower: 60 x 60 x 6cm. Copyright Jonathan Baldock. Courtesy of the artist and Stephen Friedman Gallery, London. Photo by Mark Blower.</span></figcaption></figure><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Some of the colours are more bodily than floral?</span></strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Totally. I wanted to present them as fleshy, and I’ve reversed the colours so that the petals are always drained of colour and the centre is bright.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What’s the soundtrack?</span></strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">My mother’s family were hop pickers. That’s a way of life that doesn’t really exist anymore. And hops also have flowers. You can hear samples from my granddad – who worked in the hop fields – playing the accordion and my mother and I singing the Dolly Parton song ‘Wildflowers’, the lyrics of which provide the titles for all the works. Dolly is an artist I love, and apart from being a beautiful song about flowers, ‘Wildflowers’ is essentially a song about being free to be yourself. From a queer perspective, that was always going to resonate.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘Just a wild mountain rose’ is cast from your mother’s face?</span></strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Yes. Casting faces relates to death masks – but this is about keeping her forever. It also makes her a little psychedelic, blissed out. And the use of linen adds a theatrical element, as in stage backdrops.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘Wildflowers don’t care where they grow’, is you?</span></strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Me with chamomiles in my mouth.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Are the flowers particular species?</span></strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">No, I looked at lots of flowers, but these are all imaginary hybrids of their features. Some have a folk motif; some are more real.</span></p><img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-77872" decoding="async" height="451" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/jb-install-2-download.jpg" srcset="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/jb-install-2-download.jpg 900w, https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/jb-install-2-download-600x301.jpg 600w, https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/jb-install-2-download-768x385.jpg 768w" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%;" width="900" /><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Installation view (back room): Courtesy of the artist and Stephen Friedman Gallery, London. Photo by Mark Blower.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">They strike me as more active than most flowers in art? </span></strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Yes, I like the idea that the flowers are powerful beings in their own right. They could do something, could carry emotions, and are a little bit… scary! Perhaps they could eat you…</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">And extrovert – like you?</span></strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">People think I’m a gregarious and outgoing extrovert, but that’s not really true; it’s performative. And that’s in the work – it’s like a mask – there’s performativity. I’m an introverted extrovert, constantly trying to communicate what it is to be human.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The works look as if they were fun to make?</span></strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Totally. A lot of this is channelling joy, and as a maker, I love making; that’s my favourite part of being an artist.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What did your mother make of the show?</span></strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I am very happy and relieved to report that she loved it!</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Top Photo: Jonathan Baldock with ‘Mother Flower’ 2022, photo © Paul Carey-Kent Artlyst 2023</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 50rem;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Jonathan Baldock’s ‘we are flowers of one garden’ runs at Stephen Friedman Gallery until 25 February 2023.</span></strong></p></div><p><span style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;"></span></span></p><h1 class="entry-title" style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Jonny Briggs: Intervie</span><span face="Cabin, Arial, sans-serif">w of the Month, January 2023</span></span><span face="Cabin, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></h1><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsJLRwITpPIHnoTXXkBQ3GF6oktBuAjyHSnXlGY9qT8LSqmd-3ZFp6caDZw5hq3oRRJIJUkSqO1T9QZjpejPji1S0vl6dab1HbafF9rnTsuBDRDK6DSY0W59rp6VwmSGGxFSx8Gd5E3vAEl1hPhwrQdNgjFM3fZNwJHSDmuqVGBaWVACdgAngcNjPO/s3498/jonny%20briggs%2020221207_161522%20briggs.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3498" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsJLRwITpPIHnoTXXkBQ3GF6oktBuAjyHSnXlGY9qT8LSqmd-3ZFp6caDZw5hq3oRRJIJUkSqO1T9QZjpejPji1S0vl6dab1HbafF9rnTsuBDRDK6DSY0W59rp6VwmSGGxFSx8Gd5E3vAEl1hPhwrQdNgjFM3fZNwJHSDmuqVGBaWVACdgAngcNjPO/w548-h640/jonny%20briggs%2020221207_161522%20briggs.jpg" width="548" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><header style="background-color: whitesmoke; box-sizing: inherit;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="color: #5a5a5a; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Jonny Briggs combines photography, performance, and sculpture to explore issues around childhood and identity. Archival family portraits trigger his entry into a complex and painful past, breaking apart rigid structures and conventions to create space for new perspectives. I talked to him about some of the twenty works in his current show at Kristin Hjellegjerde’s London Bridge space, which features many ingenious means of suggesting psychological states through the forms of presentation.</span></span></h1></header><div class="entry-content" style="background-color: whitesmoke; box-sizing: inherit; color: #5a5a5a; font-family: Cabin, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17.28px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="row" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px -0.86806rem; max-width: 69.4444rem; padding: 0px;"><div class="medium-9 columns" style="box-sizing: inherit; float: left; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0.86806rem; width: 900px;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">How would you describe your work as a whole?</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">I look at the constructed reality of the family through the constructed reality of photography. I’ve felt personal resistance to the medium of photography, and restricted within the requirements of the family photograph, of having to perform in it in a particular way. I’ve found that dishonest, and rebelled against it in the work. I’ve noticed that the more works I make, the more they start to feel like clues.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">Clues to what?</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">To the back story, or the past, or the patterns which recur in the work as a whole once I look back across it. I’ve found one recurring theme is confinement and restriction. That used to take place within the image, but now I’ve found the presentation and framing can achieve it.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">Is that your ear at the exhibition entrance?</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Yes! I made this on a residency at a glass lab in Stroud. It took hundreds of attempts – there were fleets of failed ears. It’s frosted glass, sand-blasted to create blur. I cast my ear in alginate, made a plaster positive, made a silicon mould, cast that in wax, corrected that and filled in holes, then made it out of plaster, then cast it in glass from there. I nearly gave up! I call it ‘Window’ as it’s surveilling the space. I like the precarity of it resting on just two nails, and think of the fragility of glass clashing with the hammer used to put it up.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><img alt="Jonny Briggs" class="alignnone size-full" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Smile-2022-briggs.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Smile (Spoon Holding Photograph of Artist’s Mother to Ceiling), 2022 – Mixed Media, Photograph, 8 X 10 cm – Photo Courtesy Jonny Briggs / Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">And what’s that up there?</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">That’s ‘Smile’: a teaspoon holds a photograph of my mother – holding me as a baby – to the ceiling. I like the thought that most people won’t spot it! The spoon follows the curve of my mother’s smile. It’s an object that helps us to provide for someone or be provided for, and I think of this connection between mother and baby through the mouth, and of the mouth as a site for both speaking and eating – but the spoon gags. The breeze blocks are rather delicious looking. There’s no glue: I found a spot with a gap that would hold the spoon, and there was only this one place.</p><div class="wp-caption alignright" style="box-sizing: inherit; float: right; margin: 1em 0px 1em 1em; max-width: 608px; padding: 0.23148rem;"><img alt="Photo-Labyrinth 2 (Artist Holding Photograph of their Grandmother to their Own Eye), 2022 - Mixed media Photography, 58 x 40 cm Photo Courtesy Jonny Briggs / Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery" class="size-full" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Photolabrynth-2-2022-1.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /><p class="wp-caption-text" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #666666; font-size: 15.552px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0.5787rem 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Photo-Labyrinth 2 (Artist Holding Photograph of their Grandmother to their Own Eye), 2022 – Photo Courtesy Jonny Briggs / Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery</p></div><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">The ‘framing’, widely defined, seems to take up 90% of the work in the ‘Labyrinths’ and the oddly-shaped photographic image 10%. What’s going on there?</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Reading from the outside you see a black frame, a white window mount, the black backing board, the white border around the photo (which is mounted on aluminium), all around the colour photograph of me holding up (and almost hidden by) a black and white photograph of my paternal grandmother – with the eyes cut out, through which you can see my eye. Almost like an attempt to see through her eyes, or maybe there’s an aspect of considering my place within the family or even my place in the world. And all those hypnotic corners generate a sensory-questioning Op Art experience.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">I can see why you reference a labyrinth! What are you aiming to express?</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">My resistance to the frame comes from a childhood feeling of confinement in terms of gender, trying to find my place within the family and to live up to my father’s expectations. There’s something restrictive and formal about the aesthetics of the frames, something strict and rigid about their designs, with frames within frames within dead ends and mazes. I also think of the pinstripes of a formal suit, of restrictions I felt when I was younger, of social systems I felt confined within, and within the family the expectations of what a boy should be or do. The discovery of my sexuality had an aspect of learning to hide to survive – when it’s safe to show yourself, when on the other hand you should camouflage yourself. So hiding and the gaze runs through the work. In some works I cut into the frames to liberate the content, to disrupt the formality. And sometimes it’s as if the family photograph is being role-reversed.</p><div class="wp-caption alignleft" style="box-sizing: inherit; float: left; margin: 1em 1em 1em 0px; max-width: 608px; padding: 0.23148rem;"><img alt="Held (Photo Of Artist's Paternal Grandmother Held To Wall By Frame), 2022 - Mixed Media, Photography, 50 x 26 x 39 cm - Photo Paul Carey-Kent" class="size-full" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/briggs-20221207_170817.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /><p class="wp-caption-text" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #666666; font-size: 15.552px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0.5787rem 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Held (Photo Of Artist’s Paternal Grandmother Held To Wall By Frame), 2022 – Mixed Media – Photo Paul Carey-Kent</p></div><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">What’s happening in ‘Held’?</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">This is my paternal grandma, it’s a frame large enough to hold the image that holds the image to the wall.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">So the frame is doing its job, but by an unusual means. Presumably it doesn’t actually penetrate the wall?</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">That’s for the viewer to decide. I love not knowing how something is done. And I love how often that’s a question in photography – what’s real, what’s not? That takes me back to how I felt as a child, not knowing what’s real and what’s not, like a magician’s trick. It’s as if it’s just been thrown. And I like how the glass reflects the other side of the head from some angles. Maybe there’s also an aspect of Pinocchio. And the mouth, again, is gagged.</p><div class="wp-caption alignright" style="box-sizing: inherit; float: right; margin: 1em 0px 1em 1em; max-width: 608px; padding: 0.23148rem;"><img alt="Retrospect (Folded Photograph of Artist's Paternal Grandfather), 2022 - Mixed Media, Photography, 28 x 13 x 23 cm - Photo Courtesy Jonny Briggs / Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery" class="size-full" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Retrospect-2022-2.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /><p class="wp-caption-text" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #666666; font-size: 15.552px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0.5787rem 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Retrospect (Folded Photograph of Artist’s Paternal Grandfather), 2022 Photo Courtesy Jonny Briggs / Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery</p></div><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">‘Retrospect’ is equally surprising…</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">I hope it looks casual, but then you see how fully it’s engineered. It’s important to me that it’s very precise and considered and sort of restricted. I wanted to encourage peeping up and around to see the image of my paternal grandad. The frame almost dipping its head feels anthropomorphised, as if it’s encountering shame, and I think of those expectations that my dad and granddad tried to fulfil, and that I couldn’t. So maybe this is asking where trauma comes from – have I inherited a susceptibility?</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">There is a certain violence in the show. Does that suggest the trauma, too?</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">I don’t feel like a violent person, but it is in the work, yes – a lot of cutting, pinning and restricting. I’ve been thinking of the monstrous, of the departure of the human form. Sometimes I identify with the monster as an outcast not accepted in the social group. I feel embraced in the art world and can express myself safely as a liberated monster, but what I’m making now still derives heavily from the challenges of my younger years – an attempt to work through my suffering, surrounding my relationship with my father, and silenced queer past. Now is the purge. I was terribly well behaved at school, but now I have the opportunity to rebel!</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Top Photo: Jonny Briggs with ‘Window (ear in glass)’, 2022 – Photo Paul Carey-Kent</p></div></div></div><h1 class="entry-title" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #5a5a5a; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Richard Schur: Interview of the Month, December 2022 </span></h1><p><span style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;"></span></span></p><div class="entry-content" style="background-color: whitesmoke; box-sizing: inherit; color: #5a5a5a; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><header id="featured-hero" role="banner" style="background-image: url("https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Richard-Schur-Photo-Courtesy-of-the-Artist-Kristin-Hjellegjerde-Gallery.jpeg"); background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; box-sizing: inherit; height: 34.7222rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.85185rem; position: relative;"></header><hr style="border-bottom-color: rgb(202, 202, 202); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; box-sizing: content-box; clear: both; height: 0px; margin: 1.15741rem auto; max-width: 69.4444rem; overflow: visible;" /><div class="row" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px -0.86806rem; max-width: 69.4444rem; padding: 0px;"><div class="medium-9 columns" style="box-sizing: inherit; float: left; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0.86806rem; width: 900px;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">For two decades the Munich-based painter Richard Schur made rectangular compositions taking the grid to new levels of looseness and complexity. Those paintings generate emotions, suggest place, construct architectural effects, seduce and play with us – but only insofar as those qualities emerge from his central concern: the primacy of colour and what colour evokes. Lately he has moved towards shaped paintings incorporating curves, but they remain intuitively driven by colour. I spoke to him at his new solo show in Kristin Hjellegjerde‘s London Bridge space.</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What led you to change your underlying language?</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I was building up the virtual worlds of my compositions as an ‘architect of colour’, based on squares. That provided both gravity and the horizon, but at some point I developed the intention of adding one other elementary form. I’m 50 now, and I don’t want to be just repeating the things I know how to do. The circle was obvious from the sun and the moon, so I thought I could use that to go further. That led me to the concept of a shaped canvas. Once I’ve developed a shaped form, I can experiment with different decisions and colours, and look at how they respond to the outer form. That shaped form became the stage for a classical interaction of colour.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">But complete circles do not appear?</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">For me a painted circle is a bit of a cliché. And there are many reasons to use rectangles – just look at your phone – but not a circle. And the partial circles create more of a back and forth with the rectangular elements. They introduce an extra complexity: the implied full shapes and the partial shapes. They are also like silhouettes of sculptures.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img alt="Richard Schur-Courtesy Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery" class="alignnone size-full" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Courtesy-Kristin-Hjellegjerde-Gallery-.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Richard Schur: Sunset Story, 2022 – Acrylic on Masonite Photo Courtesy Richard Schur/Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Why does the title of ‘Sunset Story’ encourage us to see a landscape?</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Mondrian – who is my hero – said that colour and line should be consciously composed as other than in nature, that non-objective art should not have references. In that context it’s playful – ‘serious play’ – that a composition that starts from zero can arrive at the possibilities, as here, of mountains and the sea. So when I call a consciously non-narrative work ‘Sunset Story’, I am teasing Mondrian a little.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Could it also be a speech bubble?</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Not yet, but I like that.</span></p><div class="wp-caption alignright" style="box-sizing: inherit; float: right; margin: 1em 0px 1em 1em; max-width: 608px; padding: 0.23148rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img alt="Richard Schur Only Us 2022 - Acrylic on Masonite -Courtesy Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery" class="size-full" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Richard-Schur-Only-Us-2022-Acrylic-on-Masonite-Courtesy-Kristin-Hjellegjerde-Gallery-.jpeg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></span><p class="wp-caption-text" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #666666; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0.5787rem 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Richard Schur: Only Us 2022 – Acrylic on Masonite Photo Courtesy Richard Schur/Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery</span></p></div><p data-wp-editing="1" style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What about the sides? There’s an ambiguity between apparent and real shadows. Is that why they’re black?</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The open sides look best with the dark colours. They’re not black but a very dark brown, slightly warmer than black, softer. The painting is consciously flat, but you see the side and it changes with your viewing angle: that kinetic aspect sometimes supports, sometimes changes the perception of the composition. The Masonite boards I mount together consist of wood fibres – it doesn’t warp and you can do what you like with it. As it comes out of the router you can see what it is made of: up close it looks like a fabric, like dark velvet, and I like that.</span></p><div class="wp-caption alignleft" style="box-sizing: inherit; float: left; margin: 1em 1em 1em 0px; max-width: 608px; padding: 0.23148rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img alt="Red Sun, 2022 - Acrylic on Masonite" class="size-full" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/richard-schur-red-sun-2022-119x96cm.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></span><p class="wp-caption-text" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #666666; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0.5787rem 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Richard Schur: Red Sun, 2022 – Acrylic on Masonite, Photo Courtesy Richard Schur/Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery</span></p></div><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘Red Sun’ has a different sort of space, doesn’t it?</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Yes, it suggests a cut-out or zoom-in, or looking through a lens or periscope, a frame – you see through to beyond. And you look through somewhere that’s square, contradicting the colour’s evocation of a sun. I do make sketches for these works – I called this one ‘Sunset for Me’, it felt very personal – but I paint very much alla prima, mixing directly on the board. It took three layers to get the right vibration between the colours.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">How many separate pieces are involved?</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Two, cut with a router and saws. If you split it up they are made from circles and squares, subtraction and addition. I order circles, then cut them back myself. There is something very industrious and serious about it. And I like the ambiguity between the cut divisions and the painted divisions. Sometimes I do fuse two pieces together to read as one, but here I intuitively liked the gap where red meets yellow. And I am also attracted to the possibility of bigger gaps – I have experimented with 5mm – I still have the thrill of newness so I’m exploring the possibilities.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The colour in ‘We’ operates rather differently?</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Yes, most works have the classical warm and cold contrasts, but this all warm. I worked a long time on the yellow, which was very tricky to make not too yellow, not too warm, not too cold. I mixed it on the board directly until I found the right level – you have to keep spraying to stop it drying. I called it ‘We’ because all the reds are together, but there are two shapes separate – what unites and separates those things made me think it might be about how society works. It’s a formalist work, of course, but Mondrian and Malevich were always asking: why are we doing this? It has to do with life and we are human beings…</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">So there’s a transcendental aspect?</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Yes, there is something behind, but it should be a mystery. You see a clear form, a clear setting – the hard edge doesn’t lie – but at the other end there is this hovering moment of transience, hard to grasp but visually happening. It’s like when music evokes emotions – it was seeing how painting could operate that way that first touched me and drew me in to art as a teenager. Perhaps, to simplify, it has to do with ‘ideals’, maybe in some utopic way. Also, of course, creating beauty. I guess that sounds old fashioned…</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img alt="richard-schur-inter2022" class="alignnone size-full" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/richard-schur-inter2022.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Richard Schur: Inter, 2022 Photo Courtesy Richard Schur/Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What’s happening with that dark, narrow vertical shape in ‘Inter’, almost like a line between the wider dark sections?</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">My old art teacher said to figurative painters: avoid the outline, when two colours meet that’s also a line. I avoid conscious lines, but this was about how the different tones meet. I didn’t want them to meet directly. It’s as if the interactions of colour represent universal relationships. Two similar colours meet, but not fully. They can’t get together as there’s something in between.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Your American paintings have previously felt different from your European paintings. Where were these made?</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Normally I am influenced by where I am, and its light, but these were born in the reset mode of the lockdown, so I was withdrawn in my studio in Munich. It could be they reflect a desire to imagine places elsewhere. And with lots of looking through something, they feel like gazing out to a far horizon.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Is that a tightly organized studio in which you were locked down?</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">No, it’s messy! I’m very informal, chaotic rather than organized, more ‘play it by ear’ than scheduled. My wife says people looking at my art would not expect me to be like that!</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Interview: Paul Carey-Kent with Richard Schur Top Photo: Richard Schur with We, 2022 – Acrylic on Masonite All Photos: Richard Schur Courtesy Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Richard Schur: ‘Edge of Abstraction’ is at Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, 2 Melior Place, London SE1 3SZ from 9 December 2022 – 21 January 2023. You can see a full range of Schur’s past works on his own website.</span></span></p></div></div></div><header style="background-color: whitesmoke; box-sizing: inherit; color: #5a5a5a;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></h1><h1 class="entry-title" style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Romuald Hazoumè: Interview of the Month, November 2022 </span></h1><hr style="border-bottom-color: rgb(202, 202, 202); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; box-sizing: content-box; clear: both; height: 0px; margin: 1.15741rem auto; max-width: 69.4444rem; overflow: visible;" /></header><p><span style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;"></span></span></p><div class="entry-content" style="background-color: whitesmoke; box-sizing: inherit; color: #5a5a5a; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><header id="featured-hero" role="banner" style="background-image: url("https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Romuald-Hazoumè.jpg"); background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; box-sizing: inherit; height: 34.7222rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.85185rem; position: relative;"><header style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span class="article-info" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span class="fa fa-twitter" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1; text-rendering: auto;"></span> </span><hr style="border-bottom-color: rgb(202, 202, 202); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; box-sizing: content-box; clear: both; height: 0px; margin: 1.15741rem auto; max-width: 69.4444rem; overflow: visible;" /></header><div class="entry-content" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><header id="featured-hero" role="banner" style="background-image: url("https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Romuald-Hazoumè.jpg"); background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; box-sizing: inherit; height: 34.7222rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.85185rem; position: relative;"></header><hr style="border-bottom-color: rgb(202, 202, 202); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; box-sizing: content-box; clear: both; height: 0px; margin: 1.15741rem auto; max-width: 69.4444rem; overflow: visible;" /><div class="row" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px -0.86806rem; max-width: 69.4444rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div></header><hr style="border-bottom-color: rgb(202, 202, 202); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; box-sizing: content-box; clear: both; height: 0px; margin: 1.15741rem auto; max-width: 69.4444rem; overflow: visible;" /><div class="row" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px -0.86806rem; max-width: 69.4444rem; padding: 0px;"><div class="medium-9 columns" style="box-sizing: inherit; float: left; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0.86806rem; width: 900px;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><span>Beninese artist Romuald Hazoumè has been making his well-known masks for many years, but ‘Carnaval’, his show at the October Gallery, is unusual in bringing together a large number in conversation with each other. </span></span><span>The masks, combining Yoruba traditions with salvaged contemporary materials, always consist of three elements: a jerry can, one other item, and an activating title. It might be tempting to see them simply as wittily unexpected conjunctions – in, perhaps, a surrealist manner – but that would be to overlook two things. First, the fact that they are always portraits, either of individuals or ‘types’; and second, the particular local significance of the jerry cans. Since gas is far more expensive in Benin than in neighbouring oil-producing Nigeria, organised gangs use the cans to transport contraband gas by moped – so the containers represent a profitable but dangerous activity, as well as connecting more broadly with the highly charged topic of the oil industry. Hazoumè spoke to me from his studio in Porto Novo.</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">When and how did you make your first mask with a jerry can? </span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">My first mask was made in the 80s. But even before this period, I made masks with everything that came to hand for a children’s game called KALETA (mask). This led to making further pieces that came to the attention of the art world.</span></p><div class="wp-caption alignleft" style="box-sizing: inherit; float: left; margin: 1em 1em 1em 0px; max-width: 608px; padding: 0.23148rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img alt="Pintade, 2022 - Found objects, 45 x 43 x 35 cm" class="size-full" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/pintade-RH329.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></span><p class="wp-caption-text" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #666666; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0.5787rem 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Romuald Hazoumè Pintade, 2022 – Found objects, 45 x 43 x 35 cm</span></p></div><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What has kept you going with the masks for so long? </span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I continue to make ‘Masks’ for my community. It’s my duty because there is a quality and a strength that a mask exudes. But that doesn’t mean I can do it all the time; it has become increasingly difficult for me to create masks unless I’m in my workshop. And the work takes a lot of time for the result that you finally see.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">How do you see the particular significance of the jerry can as the consistent basis for the mask?</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The jerry can is a metaphor for an individual left on the ground. It’s not that the individual is important to me, but rather their story, which can be read through the traces left on the plastic container.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">October gallery summarises this particular installation of masks as ‘a whimsical form of contemporary African portraiture’ which ‘in typically ironic fashion…addresses the material exploitation of the African continent throughout colonial history whilst at the same time paying homage to the breadth, originality and independence of Africa’s cultural traditions and values.’ Can you expand on that?</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">We Africans are still not conscious of exactly what it means to be African. There’s so much ignorance and misunderstanding, and we have no idea about what we could be or even what we should be. What we most need to talk about today is how did we get into this state? More importantly, how do we get out of this state? What retrograde forces prevent progress, and who are the obstacles? That’s what all these masks are discussing between themselves, giving voice to these necessary questions. Certain masks represent the smooth-talking heads of state and politicians, those who give long speeches and have ready-made answers for every problem. Some masks represent the other side of the coin, the people who have no say at all but whose opinions are equally valid. This plurality of peoples and diversity of opinions is the masquerade: a multitude of different voices talking about youth, age, pain or greed; speaking of unimaginable wealth and grinding poverty, of unconscionable excess and unfathomable sorrow. From this torrent of sound emerges the sonorous voice of the ancestors; out of the confused hubbub comes the voice of the people, resonating with the ring of truth. This is Africa; and this is our carnival!</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img alt="Romuald Hazoumè" class="alignnone size-full" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Blaireau-RH335.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Romuald Hazoumè Blaireau, 2022 – Found objects, 34.5 x 26.5 x 10 cm</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Can you say something about some of the specific masks? What lies behind ‘Blaireau’? </span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It’s a symbol of a type of president that exists in Africa and all over the world. When you call someone ‘Blaireau!’ it’s deeply insulting because you’re implying he’s a blithering idiot. The word has also come to mean a ‘shaving brush’, formerly made using badger hair. So, this is my portrait of one leader, an African badger whose hairstyle I’ve represented using shaving brushes. His type have no idea what they’re supposed to do to lead their countries forward. But badgers can be very long-lived animals. They survive by keeping in lockstep with the ‘great powers’—America, Russia, China and Europe. Not only does he create mayhem all around him, his standard response is to call on God, thinking that’s going to save him. That’s why I selected this particular container, which already had a white cross on the black ground. He’s just ridiculous, a real joke!</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What about ‘Pintade’?</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Politicians have nicknames given by the people they govern. ‘Pintade’ is a ‘guinea hen’, one of Africa’s oldest birds. They have the same political personality, but you have to search for them. But there is one thing they cannot hide – their true face, which they end up revealing.</span></p><div class="wp-caption alignright" style="box-sizing: inherit; float: right; margin: 1em 0px 1em 1em; max-width: 608px; padding: 0.23148rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img alt="Le Sapeur, 2022 - Found objects, 42 x 31 x 14 cm." class="size-full" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Sapeur-RH-Screenshot-2022-11-03-134359.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></span><p class="wp-caption-text" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #666666; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0.5787rem 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Romuald Hazoumè Le Sapeur, 2022 – Found objects, 42 x 31 x 14 cm.</span></p></div><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">And ‘Le Sapeur’?</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Today, everyone knows how the urban subculture of people dressing as dandies (‘sapeurs’) flourishes despite the unrelenting poverty. Poor people scrape together complete outfits that take years to assemble and parade in the streets wearing their regalia, striking elegant poses and performing dramatic routines. It’s pure masquerade! If you visit their homes, the reality is they have nothing to eat. These countries, blessed with immense oil and mineral wealth, should be amongst the leading economies on the continent, but they’re controlled by incompetents, so they are instead plagued by poverty, disease and violently divisive conflicts. When you look at their leader’s fine clothes—the Yves St. Laurent suit, the expensive Rolex, the Italian leather shoes—you see the illusion of sophisticated refinement. However, these are not men of vision or political acumen, they are merely clothes horses for deluxe western brands, who believe wearing such finery implies superiority. This Sapeur guzzles his way through enormous riches simply to flaunt his baubles, never realising they’re only of value because he imagines they are. The large spoons decorating this mask focus attention on the ‘special accessories’ others don’t have. In Africa, when we say someone eats with a large spoon, we imply they’ve plenty of food to fill their bellies and live comfortably. These fools scoff all their countries’ riches, which, if properly distributed, could easily feed all the people.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img class="alignnone size-full" src="https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Romuald-Hazoume%CC%80-Kpadje%CC%80-2016-Image-courtesy-October-Gallery.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Romuald Hazoumè ‘Kpadjè, 2016</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The exhibition also includes some striking photographs. What do they show?</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">They capture the dance of ‘The Egun-gun’, or ‘those who return from the dead’, venerated by a very large community in West Africa, where all religions intersect among the followers. The photos depict ceremonies created in honour of the ancestors.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Why do you wear a kepi, a military hat covered with badges? </span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">This is my own visual recognition sign. When I arrive in a country, those who come to welcome me can easily recognise me by my hat.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I have heard that there are many different languages in Benin. How many do you speak? </span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Yes! There are exactly 55 different languages and I speak six. I believe that the multitude of languages implies many different cultures, however, there is a common language: and that is the visual language of Art.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Photos Courtesy October Gallery London and the Artist</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Romuald Hazoumè solo exhibition ‘Carnaval’ runs to 26 November 2022 at October Gallery, London. Images of works Copyright R. Hazoumè, Courtesy the Artist and October Gallery, London.</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p></div></div></div><header style="background-color: whitesmoke; box-sizing: inherit; color: #5a5a5a;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Wolfgang Laib: Interview of the Month, September 2022 </span></h1><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><hr style="border-bottom-color: rgb(202, 202, 202); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; box-sizing: content-box; clear: both; height: 0px; margin: 1.15741rem auto; max-width: 69.4444rem; overflow: visible;" /></header><p><b style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;"></span></b></p><div class="entry-content" style="background-color: whitesmoke; box-sizing: inherit; color: #5a5a5a; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><header id="featured-hero" role="banner" style="background-image: url("https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/GHE4029_300dpi-jpg-1.jpg"); background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; box-sizing: inherit; height: 34.7222rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.85185rem; position: relative;"></header><hr style="border-bottom-color: rgb(202, 202, 202); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; box-sizing: content-box; clear: both; height: 0px; margin: 1.15741rem auto; max-width: 69.4444rem; overflow: visible;" /><div class="row" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px -0.86806rem; max-width: 69.4444rem; padding: 0px;"><div class="medium-9 columns" style="box-sizing: inherit; float: left; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0.86806rem; width: 900px;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Wolfgang Laib is an unusual artist: infused with the natural world and Eastern philosophies, he has made consistent and relatively unchanging use of his favoured materials for fifty years, resisting the conventional view of how an artist should develop. He is perhaps best known for his ‘Milkstones’, pure rectangles of white marble made complete with a surface of milk, and for his installations of the pollen which he harvests by hand close to his home in a village near Biberach in southern Germany. Laib’s current London show at Thaddaeus Ropac presents sculptures of three other long-favoured materials – beeswax, brass and rice – together with a room of works on paper.</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">You didn’t have formal art training. Is that important for your art?</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Very much… if I hadn’t studied medicine for six years, I never would have done what I have in art. I like to say I didn’t change my profession, I set out with the ideals to study and help humanity. So I feel I do with my artwork what I wanted to do as a doctor. Yet medicine is about the physical body, and though it can do incredible things, I felt that art could go further to include everything.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">You’ve said that ancient Chinese philosophy, especially that of Laozi, is a significant influence. Does his thinking, such as the preference for ‘non-action’, for collaborating with the natural order, feed into your work</span>?</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Yes, that’s how I see things… Laozi says the less you do, the more – as everything is already done. It’s a very simple but very serious approach, the opposite of our society’s way of striving for achievement.</span></p><div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 908px; padding: 0.23148rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img alt="installation views of Wolfgang Laib: ‘City of Silence’ at Thaddaeus Ropac London" class="size-full" src="https://artlyst.com//wp-content/uploads/2022/09/6X8YvZFE.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></span><p class="wp-caption-text" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #666666; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0.5787rem 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Installation Wolfgang Laib: ‘City of Silence’ Thaddaeus Ropac London</span></p></div><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">You also have a close relationship to India?</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I have a long connection with India, my father became very interested in Tantric art: he said the abstract drawings looked like Mondrian, but 400 years earlier – so he wanted to travel to where they were from. My thesis at University was on the purity of drinking water in India. And for sixteen years now I’ve had a studio outside a small village in the south of India. I am, I think, the only western artist with such a studio, because the bureaucracy makes it very difficult to arrange.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I know you spend a lot of time harvesting pollen. Do you also keep hives to obtain the beeswax you use?</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">One beekeeper would probably have 5-7 kg of wax left over in a year, but here I have around 200-300 kg. For one of the walk-in chambers I might use 2,000-3,000 kg – and I’ve just made a 40 metre long corridor installation for Anselm Kiefer which uses six tonnes of beeswax. I work with a candle factory close by in Germany, or else it would be impossible to obtain so much. You can buy commercial beeswax, which is purified and lacks the qualities I like … when it contains still a lot of pollen. I had to learn how to use it, which isn’t easy, and has rarely been done – if you think of previous examples, such as Medardo Rosso’s wax sculptures, you find they are made of plaster covered with just a thin layer of beeswax. My works are only beeswax, there’s nothing underneath it, and that is not so easy technically.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What do you like about beeswax?</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I like the aroma. And the golden colour. In natural light it loses most of that colour and becomes a little transparent, but I realised that if you show it in artificial light, the colour stays. Most of all I like that beeswax, like pollen or rice, is a material far beyond me and beyond European culture. It’s like the difference between a blue painting and the sky: the sky is much more than a blue painting, and my pollen squares are much more than yellow paintings.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">You are presenting ‘City of Silence’ – beeswax houses, towers and ziggurats. How did that come about?</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">They come from a dream in which I saw a medieval tower in Italy, surrounded by an abandoned village, and I was so in love with this tower I am still dreaming of making it as an artwork 20 metres high. I have made smaller towers: I call them ‘Towers of Silence’ – after the structures built by Zoroastrians in Iran.</span></p><div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 908px; padding: 0.23148rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img alt="installation views of Wolfgang Laib: ‘City of Silence’ at Thaddaeus Ropac London" class="size-full" src="https://artlyst.com//wp-content/uploads/2022/09/rnvAQtfk.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></span><p class="wp-caption-text" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #666666; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0.5787rem 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Installation Wolfgang Laib: ‘City of Silence’ Thaddaeus Ropac London</span></p></div><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">You are also showing boats in a sea of rice. How are they made?</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Originally I made boats out of beeswax, sometimes very large, installed in rows on a wooden scaffolding, up to 20 m long. More recently I’ve made small boats from brass, which I cut myself and fold like paper. I’ve shown them on the floor, or on shelves as here. I always put them in a row of rice, else they would fall over. I have used rice over many years as a symbol of nutrition, and not only for the physical body. As long ago as 1983 I made the pieces ‘the sixty-three rice meals for a stone’ and ‘the rice meal for the nine planets’ – rice is universal, it is not only for me to eat.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Do you worry about repeating yourself by making similar work over a long period?</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I feel uncomfortable with the art world’s desire for new work – new work – new work. I’m very content if I can make today a milkstone which I made forty years ago. If Mondrian had made a painting every day, we wouldn’t look at them at all anymore. In the exhibition I have one room of drawings made over many years, some of which I hadn’t seen for a long time: I was pleased to discover one drawing twenty years old with an image of a beeswax tower I’ve made this summer. Art is not a fashion show.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">Are you religious</span>?</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I think it is a serious life, and I am searching for a content beyond the material world. I have studied Sanskrit. Gandhi is important to me. I have been very interested in Jainism, which is much more radical than Buddhism – in its emphasis on non-violence. Jain monks walk with a brush to clear the space in front of them to avoid treading on insects; they eat before dark lest they don’t see any insects on their food; they put a cloth below taps to filter out any insects in the water. And I like Jain art… the figures are always the same, there is no individual expression. But I am not a Buddhist and I never became a Jain. My religion is art.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>Wolfgang Laib: ‘City of Silence’ at Thaddaeus Ropac London. 8 September – 3 October 2022. Photos: Eva Herzog. © Wolfgang Laib. Courtesy Thaddaeus Ropac gallery, London · Paris · Salzburg · Seoul Top Photo: Wolfgang Laib portrait, 2015 Photo: Ulrich Ghezzi © Wolfgang Laib Courtesy Thaddaeus Ropac gallery, London · Paris · Salzburg · Seoul</i></span></span></p><header style="box-sizing: inherit;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Charmaine Watkiss: Interview of the Month August 2022 </span></h1><hr style="border-bottom-color: rgb(202, 202, 202); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; box-sizing: content-box; clear: both; height: 0px; margin: 1.15741rem auto; max-width: 69.4444rem; overflow: visible;" /></header><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"></span></span></p><div class="entry-content" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><header id="featured-hero" role="banner" style="background-image: url("https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Lead-Charmaine-Watkiss--e1659365194630.jpg"); background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; box-sizing: inherit; height: 34.7222rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.85185rem; position: relative;"></header><hr style="border-bottom-color: rgb(202, 202, 202); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; box-sizing: content-box; clear: both; height: 0px; margin: 1.15741rem auto; max-width: 69.4444rem; overflow: visible;" /><div class="row" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px -0.86806rem; max-width: 69.4444rem; padding: 0px;"><div class="medium-9 columns" style="box-sizing: inherit; float: left; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0.86806rem; width: 900px;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Charmaine Watkiss is the daughter of Jamaicans who came to post-war Britain in the 1960s when immigration from former colonies was encouraged to help with the significant labour shortage. That experience is central to the life-sized drawings she makes – of herself, but as characters constructed to explore ideas around diaspora, ritual, tradition, ancestry and cosmology. I caught up with her at her first institutional solo show, <em style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit;">The Wisdom Tree</em>, at Leeds Art Gallery, where five of those large drawings are complemented by smaller works.</span></span></p><div class="wp-caption alignright" style="box-sizing: inherit; float: right; margin: 1em 0px 1em 1em; max-width: 313px; padding: 0.23148rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img alt="They Didn't Come to Stay, 2017- Pencil, graphite powder, silver wax, acrylic and ink on Fabriano paper, 175 x 135 cm." class="size-full" src="https://artlyst.com//wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Picture1.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></span><p class="wp-caption-text" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #666666; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0.5787rem 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">They Didn’t Come to Stay, 2017- Pencil, graphite powder, silver wax, acrylic and ink on Fabriano paper, 175 x 135 cm.</span></p></div><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">‘They Didn’t Come to Stay’ is the oldest drawing here. What does it show</span>?</span></em></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="box-sizing: inherit;">It’s a homage to the Caribbeans who came to Britain in the 1940s–70’s </span><a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://artlyst.com/features/charmaine-watkiss-interview-month-august-2022-paul-carey-kent/#_edn1" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">[i]</a><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="box-sizing: inherit;">. The figures can be seen as three separate women from different times or one woman at different stages of her life. On the right, a young maiden is about to set out on her journey. The central figure embodies the fight for equality in the 1970s. The woman on the left represents the Windrush generation today.</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Why do they overlap?</span></em></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Whenever I draw inter-generational figures, I overlap them. </span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What is the golden flower on the young woman’s dress?</span></em></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">When I was making this work – a year before the Windrush scandal broke – I googled ‘Windrush’ and this floral motif popped up prominently, as it wouldn’t now. So I wove some of this William Morris design (from 1881-3) into the clothing, and it’s become a trope: whenever I speak about the Windrush generation, I use this motif. The myth was of being invited to a country where the streets are paved with gold. But we know that wasn’t the reality, so I used acrylic paint – Fool’s Gold, not 24-carat gilding on the floral motif to drive this message home. </span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The central figure looks assertive…</span></em></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="box-sizing: inherit;">I remember going to Brixton Market with my Mum, and that way of standing with hands on hips is typical, lots of people recognise it. You’re not going to mess with that woman! The dress has a collage</span><a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://artlyst.com/features/charmaine-watkiss-interview-month-august-2022-paul-carey-kent/#_edn2" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">[ii]</a><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="box-sizing: inherit;"> recording a march in the 1950s – referring to the struggles that generation had trying to settle into the country. </span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Is she owning the issue by wearing it?</span></em></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Yes, though I’m also thinking of the way we can have images or concepts projected onto us, but with the clothing, you can remove that. All three are in their Sunday best, with the gloves. My Mum was a dressmaker, and for people from the colonies, the way you present yourself was very important. That links to the expectation of politeness and decency, which is a source of pride but with an element of repression, of not being true to yourself. I was very aware of the difference between the Caribbean Patois-speaking culture inside the home and the outside world where you had to be English. </span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">And the older woman?</span></em></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="box-sizing: inherit;">I gave this character armour because lots of my parent’s generation were saying: ‘This is our country now, we belong’, but I just felt that wasn’t quite so… By the time of the protests in the 1970s, we’d been told we were not welcome, despite being invited, so there was a need for protection. I used silver gilder’s wax to reference Leonardo’s silverpoint drawing</span><a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://artlyst.com/features/charmaine-watkiss-interview-month-august-2022-paul-carey-kent/#_edn3" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">[iii]</a><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="box-sizing: inherit;"> of a man with a lion on his armour.</span></span></p><div class="wp-caption alignleft" style="box-sizing: inherit; float: left; margin: 1em 1em 1em 0px; max-width: 324px; padding: 0.23148rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img alt="Facing the Wind, 2021 - Pencil, graphite and silver wax on Fabriano paper, 175 x 130 cm" class="size-full" src="https://artlyst.com//wp-content/uploads/2022/08/facing-the-wind.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></span><p class="wp-caption-text" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #666666; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0.5787rem 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Facing the Wind, 2021 – Pencil, graphite and silver wax on Fabriano paper, 175 x 130 cm</span></p></div><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">In 2018 it emerged that hundreds of the Windrush generation had been wrongly detained, deported and denied legal rights. How does ‘Facing the Wind’ respond to that?</span> </span></em></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Some Windrush claimants had died before receiving compensation</span><a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://artlyst.com/features/charmaine-watkiss-interview-month-august-2022-paul-carey-kent/#_edn4" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">[iv]</a><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="box-sizing: inherit;">, so there are two figures instead of the three, because that generation is aging and dying. I incorporate the Justice and Chariot archetypes from Tarot cards – the former representing fairness, the latter determination to overcome challenges. Justice has the scales in her hand, and keys – but the lock can’t be opened. The Home Office’s symbol is on her boot as a play on the designer logos you find on clothes. The other figure has the Yarl’s Wood detention centre</span><a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://artlyst.com/features/charmaine-watkiss-interview-month-august-2022-paul-carey-kent/#_edn5" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">[v]</a><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="box-sizing: inherit;"> on her skirt, and is wearing a charioteer’s armour. She’s taken charge and is ready for the battle. </span></span></p><div class="wp-caption alignright" style="box-sizing: inherit; float: right; margin: 1em 0px 1em 1em; max-width: 324px; padding: 0.23148rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img alt="The Matriarch I, 2021 – Graphite, pencil, coloured pencil, watercolour, gum, ink and Reckitts Blue on paper, 175 x 130 cm" class="size-full" src="https://artlyst.com//wp-content/uploads/2022/08/the-matriach.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></span><p class="wp-caption-text" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #666666; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0.5787rem 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The Matriarch I, 2021 – Graphite, pencil, coloured pencil, watercolour, gum, ink and Reckitts Blue on paper, 175 x 130 cm</span></p></div><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘The Matriarch I’ combines history with botany. How did you arrive at that?</span></em></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">My Mum was raised in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica, where they lived off the land. When I was growing up, she treated me and my brother with herbs. The scene is about the different ways in which women have used agency, each have their own story to tell about liberation. </span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What are the plants?</span></em></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The standing figure has the pride of Barbados flower on her back, designed to look like a beautiful blouse but telling the story of how the seeds of this flower were used as an abortifacient by enslaved women. In her hand she holds a fertility doll. The seated figure, the matriarch inspired by the African ‘Queen Mother’ archetype, wears sage around her neck, used when dried for clearing a space – so not just for ingestion, but in ritual. At the front is a cutting from the highly toxic manchineel tree. You can’t eat the apples, and if you just stood under a tree during rain you would get burned. The sap was used as a poison by the enslaved, and so represents resistance.</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">These full-colour drawings are a new development, well suited to flowers. But you don’t colour the flesh?</span></em></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I want to retain the integrity of drawing, which is why I use just graphite for the figure itself. If I coloured the faces too, it would become more like a watercolour. I love the intimacy of drawing: it feels private, it allows for attentive mindfulness. Also, colour would raise the question of skin tone, which is not the focus of my work – and so could detract from the story itself….</span></span></p><div class="wp-caption alignleft" style="box-sizing: inherit; float: left; margin: 1em 1em 1em 0px; max-width: 301px; padding: 0.23148rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img alt="Threshold Guardian of Light and Truth, 2021- Graphite, pencil, watercolour and ink on paper, 76 x 56 cm" class="size-full" src="https://artlyst.com//wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Threshold-Guardian-of-Light-and-Truth.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></span><p class="wp-caption-text" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #666666; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0.5787rem 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Threshold Guardian of Light and Truth, 2021- Graphite, pencil, watercolour and ink on paper, 76 x 56 cm</span></p></div><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Two of your six medium format’ Plant Warriors’ are also on display in Leeds. In what sense are they ‘warriors’?</span></em></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I picked six plants which my parents’ generation used as healing balms, strengthening their bodies in preparation for leaving the home space and needing to be warriors in the world. I wondered what it would be like to embody the plants in human form. So the warriors wear neckpieces of the flowers of the plants, the kingdoms of which rule over them. </span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Is your work about the Caribbean specifically, or is it wider than that? </span></em></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The Caribbean comes with historic and cultural connections to Africa, and I’ve done my ancestry DNA: mostly Nigeria, partly Benin. So in looking at women of the diaspora, I’m interested in what got from Africa to the Caribbean, as well as what came from the Caribbean to Britain. It’s also worldwide, as leaving your homeland and having to adjust is a common experience now – many people find elements of their own stories in my work. </span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Finally, you’re a slight 5ft 1″. What do people make of that?</span></em></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">They always seem surprised that I am a foodie – love food, love eating, love cooking, love talking about food… I guess being a small person people are not expecting that of me.</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Charmaine Watkiss continues at Leeds Art Gallery to 30 October. You can also see her work in ‘Drawing attention – emerging British artists at the British Museum to 28 August. Images courtesy the artist.</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="box-sizing: inherit;"> </span><a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://artlyst.com/features/charmaine-watkiss-interview-month-august-2022-paul-carey-kent/#_ednref1" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">[i]</a><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="box-sizing: inherit;"> The generation often named after the Empire Windrush, the ship that brought one of the first groups of West Indian migrants to the UK in 1948.</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="box-sizing: inherit;"> </span><a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://artlyst.com/features/charmaine-watkiss-interview-month-august-2022-paul-carey-kent/#_ednref2" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">[ii]</a><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="box-sizing: inherit;"> The dress has a drawing referencing the demonstration against the Commonwealth Immigration Act, led by Claudia Jones, 1962. She founded the West India Gazette, Britain’s first black newspaper, and set up the Notting Hill Carnival</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="box-sizing: inherit;"> </span><a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://artlyst.com/features/charmaine-watkiss-interview-month-august-2022-paul-carey-kent/#_ednref3" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">[iii]</a><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="box-sizing: inherit;"> ‘I made a few study drawings of Leonardo da Vinci’s </span><em style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Profile of a Warrior in Helmet</em><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="box-sizing: inherit;"> (1742) at the prints and drawings study room at the British Museum, and was then inspired to incorporate the warrior’s armour on the older woman in my drawing.’</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="box-sizing: inherit;"> </span><a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://artlyst.com/features/charmaine-watkiss-interview-month-august-2022-paul-carey-kent/#_ednref4" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">[iv]</a><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="box-sizing: inherit;"> At the time I started this drawing in November 2020, I had read that 9 people had died whilst waiting for compensation. Now that figure is considerably more – 23 to date)</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://artlyst.com/features/charmaine-watkiss-interview-month-august-2022-paul-carey-kent/#_ednref5" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">[v]</a><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="box-sizing: inherit;"> Many who were accused of being illegal were held at the Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre in Bedford, even though they had lived in Britain most of their lives</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><header style="box-sizing: inherit;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Mali Morris: Interview of the Month, July 2022 </span></h1><hr style="border-bottom-color: rgb(202, 202, 202); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; box-sizing: content-box; clear: both; height: 0px; margin: 1.15741rem auto; max-width: 69.4444rem; overflow: visible;" /></header><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit;"></span></span></p><div class="entry-content" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><header id="featured-hero" role="banner" style="background-image: url("https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/MayfairFlagsEdit_03.jpg"); background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; box-sizing: inherit; height: 34.7222rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.85185rem; position: relative;"></header><hr style="border-bottom-color: rgb(202, 202, 202); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; box-sizing: content-box; clear: both; height: 0px; margin: 1.15741rem auto; max-width: 69.4444rem; overflow: visible;" /><div class="row" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px -0.86806rem; max-width: 69.4444rem; padding: 0px;"><div class="medium-9 columns" style="box-sizing: inherit; float: left; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0.86806rem; width: 900px;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Mali Morris is a popular and notably active member of the Royal Academy of Arts, making her an appropriate choice for the annual commission to make flags over Bond Street. She also has new paintings in the RA Summer Show, and a retrospective of her prints. In Sam Cornish’s words, her abstract paintings feature ‘opacities and translucencies overlaid and juxtaposed to create an image in which space moves through colour and colour through space’. I caught up with her just as the flags were being hung.</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What was your response to the invitation to make flags for Bond Street?</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">At first I wasn’t sure if it was the right project for me. On the one hand, I liked the idea of making a celebratory work to invite interest in the Summer Exhibition, just around the corner. I was part of the team that selected and hung last year’s show, so I know how much hard work goes in to making it such a popular and enjoyable tradition, and felt it would be an honour to be involved again. On the other hand, my paintings develop out of a complex process, they’re definitely not ‘designed’. And I didn’t really want to just photographically reproduce a painting. But a few hours later it seemed more like an interesting challenge, and I decided I should have a go.</span></p><div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 908px; padding: 0.23148rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img alt="Mali Morris Flags London" class="size-full" src="https://artlyst.com//wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Mali-Flags-Edit_04-resized-.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></span><p class="wp-caption-text" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #666666; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0.5787rem 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Mali Morris RA’s flags on Bond Street for Art in Mayfair Photo: © courtesy Mali Morris</span></p></div><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">How did you tackle it?</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I tried various formats, realising they needed to work visually on three flags across, moving down the street in 11 bands. I eventually revisited a structure I’d used in a series of paintings called ‘Ashbery’. They have a loose, dark lattice brushed directly over a patchwork of bright colour; two or three circular forms are then cleared when the dark paint is still wet, revealing random accents of yellows, reds, and blues. The print show at the RA includes two related prints, ‘Staith’ and ‘Bridge’. I hoped the lattice would read across the three flags as a graphic visual link and the bright circles would bounce around down the street, with a randomly varied order across the three flags keeping things lively.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Were you seeking effects similar to those in your paintings?</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">As it turned out, yes. I’m always preoccupied in painting with how colour relationships can create luminosity, which in turn creates pictorial space – not illusionist space, but an alive and moving space. I enjoy getting lost in paintings, of any style and period, as the eye meanders around and in and out – not unlike moving through the world, but as an experience, not an illustration. I made designs at 1/10 scale because that is familiar to me, and got excited when Matt Hunt (the designer at the Royal Academy) showed me the computer mock-up he’d made of how they might look in situ. That’s when I realised that the flags might operate as active images in real space, in the ever changing light of day – that the properties I look for in my paintings might explode outwards, as it were.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">How do you go about titling works?</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The titles come after the works have been made. They aren’t to do with the meaning of the paintings, but they have to have a ring to them which suits the painting.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Presumably the ‘Ashbery’ series is named for the American poet John Ashbery (1927-2017)?</span></span></p><div class="wp-caption alignleft" style="box-sizing: inherit; float: left; margin: 1em 1em 1em 0px; max-width: 608px; padding: 0.23148rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img alt="Ashbery, 2013 - Acrylic on wood, 24 x 28cm (Private Collection)" class="size-full" src="https://artlyst.com//wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Ashbery-2013-_MG_4818-resized.jpeg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></span><p class="wp-caption-text" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #666666; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0.5787rem 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Ashbery, 2013 – Acrylic on wood, 24 x 28cm (Private Collection) Photo: courtesy Mali Morris</span></p></div><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Yes, I love his work; I was reading Ben Lerner’s 2011 novel Leaving the Atocha Station, in which he describes Ashbery as ‘compelling us to attend to our attention, making us conscious of our reading as we read’. That seemed completely in tune with how you find out more about a painting as you go.</span></p><div class="wp-caption alignright" style="box-sizing: inherit; float: right; margin: 1em 0px 1em 1em; max-width: 608px; padding: 0.23148rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img alt="Impeller, 2021 - acrylic on canvas, 168 x 192 cm" class="size-full" src="https://artlyst.com//wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Impeller-2021-1H9A2271-resized-.jpeg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></span><p class="wp-caption-text" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #666666; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0.5787rem 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Impeller, 2021 – acrylic on canvas, 168 x 192 cm Photo: courtesy Mali Morris</span></p></div><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">You also have new paintings in the RA summer show, the biggest being ‘Impeller’. How do you make this type of work?</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I start out with what I call a checkerboard, on which I put down colours that advance and recede, and apply the paint in a variety of ways – using different size brushes, for example. When that is totally dry, a circle goes on. The degree of transparency in that colour is absolutely crucial as I need the checkerboard colours to come through enough, but not too much. And that circle has to be done in one shot because the colour is in the medium, which shows the brush marks. So that has to be a very fast process following on from the slow process of making the checkerboard patchwork. Once the circle is dry, I put the rectangles on: they need to relate to both the checkerboard and the transparent circle. All that juggling across chromatic and tonal and spatial shifts is done by eye, intuitively, without a system.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Where does that all take place?</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I work on the large paintings on the floor, and it can be a difficult stretch to reach the centre. It’s quite an athletic activity – I sometimes have to rig up a makeshift plank to walk along!</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘Impeller’ is quite close to the language of the flags, as are some of the prints at the RA, but how did you arrive at the rather different-looking ‘Tipitina’?</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">A rectangle of white was printed onto the ivory coloured paper, before anything else went down. It’s barely noticeable at first, but vital to the way the image works. Toussaint I – IV and Mardi Gras are similar, the most graphic prints I’ve come up with so far. The key was to find ways for the dots/circles to animate the white space, to make it swing and twist, so that I was constructing pictorial space rather than a flat design. I made very many works in paint on paper to explore this, before I found what I wanted to see. As for the title, ‘Tipitina’ seemed to fit the sensation of ‘tipping/touching’ along a horizontal spread – it’s a song written by the legendary Professor Longhair (who also composed ‘Mardi Gras in New Orleans’). I made this series, and others, with Master Printer Kip Gresham, and Alan Grabham, in Cambridge. We all liked the song when we played Allen Toussaint’s version on our phones when the work was done.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Talking of songs, I hear you are a Dylan fan?</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Yes – and I heard him go electric on 21 May 1966 when I was a 21 year old student in Newcastle – the night after ‘Judas’ was infamously called out in Manchester!</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Top Photo: British artist Mali Morris RA during the unveiling her new specially designed flag installation on London’s Bond Street, as part of Art in Mayfair, an annual six-week celebration of art and culture that runs alongside the Royal Academy of Art’s Summer Exhibition 2022. Picture date: Monday June 20, 2022. PA <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">Photo: Doug Peters/PA Wire courtesy Mali Morris RA</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Mali Morris’s flags can be seen on Bond Street to 31 July 2022. The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2022 runs to 21 August. Mali Morris’ prints are in The Sir Hugh Casson Room, Royal Academy (open to all to look) to 15 August 2022.</span></span></p><header style="box-sizing: inherit;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Peter Buggenhout: Interview of the Month, June 2022</span></h1><hr style="border-bottom-color: rgb(202, 202, 202); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; box-sizing: content-box; clear: both; height: 0px; margin: 1.15741rem auto; max-width: 69.4444rem; overflow: visible;" /></header><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"></span></span></p><div class="entry-content" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><header id="featured-hero" role="banner" style="background-image: url("https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/pb-Screenshot-2022-05-16-153425-1.jpg"); background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; box-sizing: inherit; height: 34.7222rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.85185rem; position: relative;"></header><hr style="border-bottom-color: rgb(202, 202, 202); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; box-sizing: content-box; clear: both; height: 0px; margin: 1.15741rem auto; max-width: 69.4444rem; overflow: visible;" /><div class="row" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px -0.86806rem; max-width: 69.4444rem; padding: 0px;"><div class="medium-9 columns" style="box-sizing: inherit; float: left; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0.86806rem; width: 900px;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Belgian sculptor Peter Buggenhout makes slippery, near-formless sculptures that typically repulse with their abject materials, yet draw you in to an uncanny unknowability. Now you can see his work, in a rare London outing, at Holtermann Fine Art. Formally, they operate rather like abstract paintings – and Buggenhout trained as a painter – and they actually carry very definite meanings. I asked him to tell me more…</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">PCK: Your sculptures may be abstract, but they do have a rather consistent subject, don’t they?</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">PB: Yes, I’m so much intrigued by complexity, and by how this world around us is completely incomprehensible, unpredictable, is a world we cannot grasp with our limited minds.</span></p><div class="wp-caption alignright" style="box-sizing: inherit; float: right; margin: 1em 0px 1em 1em; max-width: 608px; padding: 0.23148rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img alt="I Am The Tablet #7, 2022 - Marble, plastic, wood, epoxy, iron, wood, silver tape, aluminium, cardboard, epoxy, synthetic plaster, 197 x 212 x 47 cm" class="size-full" src="https://artlyst.com//wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Screen-Shot-2022-06-11-at-11.11.44.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></span><p class="wp-caption-text" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #666666; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0.5787rem 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I Am The Tablet #7, 2022 – Marble, plastic, wood, epoxy, iron, wood, silver tape, aluminium, cardboard, epoxy, synthetic plaster, 197 x 212 x 47 cm</span></p></div><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">PCK: How did that way of thinking start?</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">PB: When I was 17 I had ten hours of maths lessons a week, the ultimate counterpoint to what I’m doing now. But I realised I didn’t want to continue studying maths. It was like putting grids on top of the world and trying to make the world fit the grid. People said ‘You’re good at maths and languages, you should do something worthwhile, like engineering’, but I said: ‘No, I’m going to art school.’</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">PCK: So how do you make a work, and does that process enact your thinking?</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">PB: Imagine you buy a house. You have two children so you change the house to provide bedrooms for them. Then you sell and it becomes a gallery. It’s sold again, and each time that leads to changes so that eventually it becomes difficult to see where you started from. I see that sort of complexity in the state of the world, and that way of thinking is also my working practice. I start with something that attracts me, and then I say ‘that’s nice, but I’d like it larger’, then maybe I cut it back, then ‘I’d like something blue’, but I actually find something yellow… So yes, the work is a metaphor for this approach. There are no rules.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">PCK: But you depict nothing?</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">PB: I try not to. When you walk around a sculpture you have different gestalt moments: that’s the way the brain works, we need to classify the world. So you will see one thing, perhaps a face, then something else, as you circle it. I consider a work finished when you can’t put those moments together coherently, when you have no clue any more: I aim to exclude the possibility of recognising one thing as dominant.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">PCK: Is there a pessimism in this view that the world is too complex for us?</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">PB: Over the years I’ve became rather accepting of the situation. What is the answer to complexity? Simplification. But in simplifying, we are not respectful of the world – every different type of chair, for example, deserves a proper name – but that would make it impossible to communicate. It would show the complexity of things yet be self-defeating. So I came to accept things the way they are – a definition of hope, in a way. It’s not that we’ll get to the happier world that the western approach to science promised, but that as every day proves it’s not the solution, you should accept the complexity just the way it is – then a lot of stress falls away.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img alt="peter_buggenhout_blind21" class="alignnone size-full" src="https://artlyst.com//wp-content/uploads/2022/06/peter_buggenhout_blind21.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The Blind Leading The Blind #21, 2007. Household dust, hair, wood, polyurethane, foam, aluminium, polyester, polystyrene</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">PCK: You work in long-running series, and ‘The Blind Leading the Blind’, of works covered in dust as if happened upon after decades of abandonment, is probably the series best known to British audiences…</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">PB: I still make the dust pieces – everything is continuous, circling round the same ideas but from different angles – but I realised it didn’t make much sense to talk about the complexity of the world when you have only one way to come at it! And if I wanted to grasp the complexity fully, I had to use other colours and other materials – not just hide it under dust.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">PCK: Three other series appear in the show. The ‘Mont Ventoux’ works all use a cow’s intestine as a starting point. What’s behind them?</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">PB: The title doesn’t say anything about what you see, but about the spiritual approach, the philosophy behind the work. Every series has its state of mind leading to the title. ‘Mont Ventoux’ refers to Petrarch sitting on top of the mountain in France, looking down. He invented the Renaissance, in a way, by saying we can master this world by dividing it, by cutting it up into pieces, by trying to understand it. But he forgot he was standing at a distance. From up there it looks possible, but it’s an illusion to think you can master things. I like to use abject materials – that have been removed from their original context, that have lost their use and shape and meaning. They repulse us at first, but then their indefinability attracts us. Some materials are abject in their essential being – intestines, blood, dust… Other materials can become more abject as they become less recognisable or traceable.</span></p><div class="wp-caption alignright" style="box-sizing: inherit; float: right; margin: 1em 0px 1em 1em; max-width: 608px; padding: 0.23148rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img class="size-full" src="https://artlyst.com//wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Screen-Shot-2022-06-11-at-11.12.23.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></span><p class="wp-caption-text" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #666666; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0.5787rem 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">On Hold #21, 2022 – Plaster, synthetic plaster, iron, inflatable, textile, wood</span></p></div><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">PCK: The biggest work in the show is from the ‘On Hold’ series</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">PB: I think I’ve done 35 of those. They all start with an inflatable object. This one is mainly made with part of a bouncy castle – the idea was to squeeze it between different shapes, then I pumped it, and filled it with polyurethane so it did the same thing as air in a bouncy castle. And it’s important that it’s somewhat unstable: it’s a frozen moment.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">PCK: Then there’s ‘I Am The Tablet # 7’?</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">PB: That series is mainly about human culture rather than the whole world. The marble refers to the Tablets of Moses and the Ten Commandments – the ultimate simplification of society: ten rules, keep to them and you’ll go to heaven. Then I add other materials, just as in the Talmud there are comments on the commandments, and comments on the comments… Soon, we cannot read the history in the stone any more, we cannot read the thing as a whole – that’s my comment on the ultimate simplification of society.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">PCK: Your wife of over 30 years, Berlinde de Bruyckere, is also a sculptor – and with a comparable sensibility. What difference does that make?</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">PB: We are different, as Belinde always remains more symbolic and narrative, whereas I try to push that away. But you might say we are really making art for each other, fighting to please, impress and push each other, trying to convince each other of our values. Sometimes her work comes to me, or I go to her, then it goes away…</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Photos: Courtesy Paul Carey-Kent, Holtermann Fine Art and the artist</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Peter Buggenhout: ‘On Hold’ continues to 23 July at Holtermann Fine Art, 30 Cork Street.</span></span></p><hr style="border-bottom-color: rgb(202, 202, 202); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; box-sizing: content-box; clear: both; height: 0px; margin: 1.15741rem auto; max-width: 69.4444rem; overflow: visible;" /><header style="box-sizing: inherit;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Martin Parr: Interview of the Month May 2022</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></h1><h1 class="entry-title" style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></h1></header><div class="entry-content" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><header id="featured-hero" role="banner" style="background-image: url("https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/martin-parr-artlyst-lead.jpg"); background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; box-sizing: inherit; height: 34.7222rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.85185rem; position: relative;"></header><hr style="border-bottom-color: rgb(202, 202, 202); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; box-sizing: content-box; clear: both; height: 0px; margin: 1.15741rem auto; max-width: 69.4444rem; overflow: visible;" /><div class="row" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px -0.86806rem; max-width: 69.4444rem; padding: 0px;"><div class="medium-9 columns" style="box-sizing: inherit; float: left; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0.86806rem; width: 900px;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Martin Parr is famous worldwide for over 50 years of intensely colourful and wittily affectionate photographic observations of people. Indeed, he’s so popular and has so many shows that told me he does three or four interviews every week! There wasn’t much chance, then, of asking him new questions, but he was still happy to discuss his exhibition ‘Life’s a Beach’. Appropriately located in the archetypal resort of Bournemouth, it brings together two of his most enduring themes: the British and the beach.</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img alt="Martin Parr" class="alignnone size-full" src="https://artlyst.com//wp-content/uploads/2022/05/martin-parr-artlyst.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Martin Parr Margate, England, 1986</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">PCK: What particularly attracts you to people at leisure?</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">MP: I have documented many other things, including work, but if I have one overall project, it is depicting leisure. I like it when people are free to act as they wish.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">PCK: The beach is one of your favourite locations. Why?</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">MP: Beaches are open-ended spaces where people can relax and be themselves, and they’re just lying there, you know, ready to be photographed. My parents were bird watchers, so the seaside I was taken to as a child was mainly marshes and cliffs, where we were looking for warblers and waders. There wasn’t a slot machine or a fellow beachgoer in sight. That was OK, and as my parents were leading the bird-watchers, I would of course be watching the bird-watchers. But there is a degree of catching up on what I missed out on.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">PCK: You have photographed beaches all around the world and all around Britain. Are they different in different places?</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">MP: They can be. On Indian beaches, the women are largely covered up, on Brazilian beaches they wear as little as possible. And the activity varies. Sunbathing is constant, but in India or Mexico, there are lots of people selling things on the beach, which doesn’t happen in Britain. And I’m drawn to the fact that it’s slightly shabby in this country, it’s slightly falling apart. I’m a photographer, not a sociologist, but northern beaches tend to be working class, whereas the middle-class beach has developed more in the south. Bournemouth, I guess, is a mixture, though I’ve photographed more often in Weymouth, which is included in the show.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">PCK: I think you like to use flash outdoors?</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Yes, if you combine colour negative with flash you get very intense colours. But I don’t use it as regularly as I used to do – perhaps my palette has calmed down a bit. And recently I’ve been using a telephoto lens when no such heightening is possible.</span></p><div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 908px; padding: 0.23148rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img alt="New Brighton, Merseyside, England, 1983-85" class="size-full" src="https://artlyst.com//wp-content/uploads/2022/05/martin-parr-interview-artlyst.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></span><p class="wp-caption-text" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #666666; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0.5787rem 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Martin Parr New Brighton. From ‘The Last Resort’. 1983-85.</span></p></div><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The litter in the New Brighton photograph from ‘The Last Resort’ series is particularly striking</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It is what it is. I’m taking a picture of reality and exaggerating it. There were photos without litter, but I chose one in which it was particularly prominent. Photography is used as a propaganda tool, which serves to sell products and ideas. I use the same approach to show aspects of reality, a mixture of documentary observation and staged comment.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Do you ask people whether you can photograph them? That very characterful woman in Margate, for example?</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Sometimes I ask permission, often I don’t. She just walked across my field of vision, I didn’t speak to her. Even then, she looked like a dated character – and I like Margate, Broadstairs and Ramsgate for their old-fashioned air. Sometimes people object: that’s an occupational hazard. I accept that all photography is voyeuristic and exploitative, and obviously, I live with my own guilt and conscience. It’s part of the test and I don’t have a problem with it. Some people even accuse me of acting illegally, but in fact, there is no law against photographing in a public space the way I do. And I can use the results as I like, except as advertising.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Do you see the deckchair as operating rather as if she’s carrying an abstract painting?</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I don’t know, that’s something for you to ask yourself. It works in the picture and I can’t explain why.</span></p><div class="wp-caption alignright" style="box-sizing: inherit; float: right; margin: 1em 0px 1em 1em; max-width: 608px; padding: 0.23148rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img alt="Eastbourne, East Sussex, England 1995-99" class="size-full" src="https://artlyst.com//wp-content/uploads/2022/05/martin-parr-artlyst-3.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></span><p class="wp-caption-text" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #666666; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0.5787rem 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Martin Parr Eastbourne, East Sussex, England 1995-99</span></p></div><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">How come the Eastbourne photograph is dominated by plants and ice cream?</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">A surreal touch results from using something big in the foreground, that’s come out of experiments over the years. It’s the only photograph of mine to be featured on a British stamp!</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It isn’t real ice cream, but reminds us that you were an early photographer of food before it became an Instagram convention?</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I was ahead of the crowd, yes. Phone cameras make it easy to take such photos, with older cameras you’d have to be further away to get a good shot. I like to photograph food because what we eat is part of who we are. And not many people were taking natural shots of food thirty years ago, especially not of junk food. There was magazine and advertising food photography, but that wasn’t about junk food, which is much more interesting.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img alt="GB. England. Cornwall. St Ives. 2017." class="alignnone size-full" src="https://artlyst.com//wp-content/uploads/2022/05/martin-parr-artlyst-interview4.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Martin Parr St Ives, Cornwall, England, 2017</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The St Ives image is from your ‘Beach Therapy’ project. Why did you choose a telephoto lens for that? </span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Within art and documentary photography, it’s a lens that isn’t used at all frequently. It’s quite an expensive bit of kit, but the sharpness is mind-blowing. In fact, at that end of the lens, you see things you can’t see with the human eye. The compression is also interesting – it’s almost artificial. But again, it’s part of photography and part of what I want to explore and incorporate into the pictures. What’s good is the excitement you generate when you explore and new things start to happen.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What led you to that particular photo?</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It was a windy day, the surf was good. I took half a dozen photographs and chose the best.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Is that usual?</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Yes, I take lots of photos, and I gather momentum as I explore a subject. Many are ‘alright’, but that isn’t much good to me. I want spectacular images. When I look through them it’s obvious to me which is the best. I’m happy if one image from a day is spectacular.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Martin Parr: Life’s a Beach is at GIANT Gallery, Bournemouth, to 26 June 2022</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">You can also see his football photography in a solo show at the Oof Gallery, London until May 8</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Words: Paul Carey-Kent © Artlyst 2022 Images © Martin Parr / Magnum Photos Top Photo: Gabriel Bush </span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Martin Parr ‘Life’s a Beach’ at GIANT Gallery, 2022 </span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><a href="https://artlyst.com//features/paul-carey-kent-artist-interview-of-the-month-index-artlyst/" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Read More</span></a></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><a href="https://www.giant.space/" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Visit</span></a></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><hr style="border-bottom-color: rgb(202, 202, 202); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; box-sizing: content-box; clear: both; height: 0px; margin: 1.15741rem auto; max-width: 69.4444rem; overflow: visible;" /><header style="box-sizing: inherit;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">David Nash: Interview of the Month April 2022 </span></h1><hr style="border-bottom-color: rgb(202, 202, 202); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; box-sizing: content-box; clear: both; height: 0px; margin: 1.15741rem auto; max-width: 69.4444rem; overflow: visible;" /></header><div class="entry-content" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><header id="featured-hero" role="banner" style="background-image: url("https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/david-nash-lead-artlyst.jpg"); background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; box-sizing: inherit; height: 34.7222rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.85185rem; position: relative;"></header><hr style="border-bottom-color: rgb(202, 202, 202); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; box-sizing: content-box; clear: both; height: 0px; margin: 1.15741rem auto; max-width: 69.4444rem; overflow: visible;" /><div class="row" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px -0.86806rem; max-width: 69.4444rem; padding: 0px;"><div class="medium-9 columns" style="box-sizing: inherit; float: left; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0.86806rem; width: 900px;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Forty years ago, David Nash was the first artist to make work on-site for Yorkshire Sculpture Park –invited by the founding director Peter Murray, who has only just retired. Nash has worked frequently with YSP since, so it makes sense that his current presence there is dubbed ‘Full Circle’. What’s more, to explore the park is to experience a very full circle of Nash’s work: he has five permanent works spread around the grounds; a display of films, archival photographs and works on paper in the Bothy Gallery, charting the creation of his work for YSP over the years; a retrospective of four decades of drawings in the Weston Gallery, concentrating on trees; and a display of editions in the Upper Space of the visitor centre.</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">PCK: I thought you’d be bigger!</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">David Nash:</span> I am 5 feet 8 – but yes, people sometimes expect me to be six feet plus with a beard and an axe through my belt! I have hauled plenty of wood around, though, and got a bad back as a result!</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">PCK: How has your engagement with trees come about?</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">David Nash: </span>My early interest was putting colour into space. I liked demolition wood because it carried a history of human engagement, and I found wood a good material to bear the colour. But I didn’t want to just paint it on, I wanted to integrate the colour into the wood itself. That led me to staining the wood and then to using the wood itself in the natural state. By then, I was in Wales, where demolition wood was hard to find. There was a road-widening scheme locally and trees were being cut down, so I started using unseasoned wood. In art college, I was told that wood must be seasoned otherwise, it will crack and warp, but I liked the fact that it did that and decided to work with it. That’s become my general way of working: rather than starting with a fixed idea, so that any change from that is a potential problem, I like to go with what happens, seeing that as a positive.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">PCK: So are trees just a material to you?</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">David Nash: </span>No: as I came to understand their root systems and the workings of photosynthesis, I tuned in to their aliveness. Trees aren’t made of wood, wood is their body. Rudolf Steiner indicated that there’s a soul in Oak collectively; there’s a soul for each species – the individual tree is part of a much wider phenomenon. That’s consistent with the connection between fungi and trees, which is symbiotic: trees can’t absorb nutrients from the soil without the intervention of fungi, and in return, fungi get the sugars from photosynthesis.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">PCK: Do you think of trees differently now from forty years ago?</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">David Nash: </span>As I have grown older, my feeling for wood has grown deeper. I came to Wales when the environmental movement was kicking off, and I could see then that we weren’t operating in symbiosis with nature but raping it. I wanted to work with nature in a way that gives things back. I empathise with the Taoist view that we should seek to collaborate, not dominate. The way farmers grow hedges is a good example: they tend and shape and cut them, and that stimulates growth and creates a great habitat. Trees just take enough to thrive, and they give back more, and we need to learn from that.</span></p><div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 908px; padding: 0.23148rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img alt="David Nash Installation view of documentary photographs of the making of Black Mound, 2013" class="size-full" src="https://artlyst.com//wp-content/uploads/2022/04/david-nash-artlyst-1.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></span><p class="wp-caption-text" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #666666; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0.5787rem 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">David Nash Installation view of documentary photographs of the making of Black Mound, 2013</span></p></div><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">PCK: The Bothy Gallery shows the processes behind your permanent works at YSP. The images of the fire to make Black Mound are striking. How controlled was that?</span></span></p><div class="wp-caption alignright" style="box-sizing: inherit; float: right; margin: 1em 0px 1em 1em; max-width: 608px; padding: 0.23148rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img alt="Seventy-one Steps, 2010" class="size-full" src="https://artlyst.com//wp-content/uploads/2022/04/David-Nash-artlyst-2.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></span><p class="wp-caption-text" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #666666; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0.5787rem 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Seventy-one Steps, 2010</span></p></div><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">DN: </span>I have been charring wood since 1972. In 1986, I was asked to work in the Forest of Dean. There was lots of charcoal made there in the 19th century, and I saw the sites where the burning had taken place. I made a burned dome form with 900 pieces of larch, but people walked over it, which wasn’t safe. The answer was to fill the gaps with crushed coal. At YSP, I was keen to use coal again, as it is present close under the landscaped grounds and is what the original wealth of the house was built on. This time I used larger stumps spaced so that people could walk through the sculpture, and the Coal Board donated the coal. The process was actually closely controlled, and something of an ‘event’, with lots of people there. We set the stumps out in a big round hole, added kindling, and lit the fire. The kindling wasn’t as dry as I’d hoped, so my assistant and I strapped leaf blowers on our backs for the four hours of burning! Then we put it out with a hose and added the coal the next day.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">PCK: Seventy-one Steps also uses wood and coal, but as it takes the form of functional steps down a hillside, I suspect people might not realise it is an artwork?</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">DN: </span>That’s fine by me. I like low visibility art outside. I don’t like big things dominating the site. The steps were already there, but they were badly spaced and decaying. So I proposed to replace them with charcoal steps and to tamp them into coal.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img alt="David Nash" class="alignnone size-full" src="https://artlyst.com//wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nash-install-openpublicdocument.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Installation view with May 2020, July 2020 and Oaks Leaves Through May 2021.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">PCK: Some recent drawings appear abstract at first – what has led you to that?</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">DN: </span>The subject of Oak Leaves Through May is the transition of colour so that any figurative element would be a distraction. I had noticed, walking regularly past some oak trees, that when the leaves first appear, they are small and golden, then they turn a more ochre yellow as they get bigger. Only later do they move towards green as the chlorophyll comes through – first light, then darker. This process happens over two weeks. I apply the colour using pigment rubbed onto pads of fleece, and it took me ages to find the right colours to match what I’d seen. The soft dots came out of a birthday card I made for my wife: she’s a great colourist. I made dots onto the card to record the colours in the garden.</span></p><div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 730px; padding: 0.23148rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img alt="David Nash" class="size-full" src="https://artlyst.com//wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nash-tres.png" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></span><p class="wp-caption-text" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #666666; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0.5787rem 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Oak, Beech, Ash, 2017 – Pigment on paper stencil print, 76 x 57 cm, Edition of 19</span></p></div><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">PCK: You also have a gallery of stencil editions. How does Oak, Beech, and Ash characterise the different trees?</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">DN: </span>The way the branches attach is different in each of those species: ash has the sharpest angles, beech the long smooth curves, and Oak is in between. Here the colours pick up and exaggerate the differences in their natural hues – that’s one thing I like about a drawing rather than a photograph: you can show just what you are interested in, whereas, with a photo, you get everything.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Words/Top Photo: Black Mound, 2013 Paul Carey-Kent © Artlyst 2022</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">David Nash: Full Circle is at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park until 5 June 2022</span></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="medium-9 columns" style="box-sizing: inherit; float: left; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0.86806rem; width: 900px;"><header style="box-sizing: inherit;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></h1><h1 class="entry-title" style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Rana Begum: Interview of the Month March 2022 </span></h1><hr style="border-bottom-color: rgb(202, 202, 202); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; box-sizing: content-box; clear: both; height: 0px; margin: 1.15741rem auto; max-width: 69.4444rem; overflow: visible;" /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><hr style="border-bottom-color: rgb(202, 202, 202); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; box-sizing: content-box; clear: both; height: 0px; margin: 1.15741rem auto; max-width: 69.4444rem; overflow: visible;" /></header><div class="entry-content" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><header id="featured-hero" role="banner" style="background-image: url("https://artlyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Image-1.jpg"); background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; box-sizing: inherit; height: 34.7222rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.85185rem; position: relative;"></header><hr style="border-bottom-color: rgb(202, 202, 202); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; box-sizing: content-box; clear: both; height: 0px; margin: 1.15741rem auto; max-width: 69.4444rem; overflow: visible;" /><div class="row" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px -0.86806rem; max-width: 69.4444rem; padding: 0px;"><div class="medium-9 columns" style="box-sizing: inherit; float: left; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0.86806rem; width: 900px;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Rana Begum brings her viewers into an interactive world of colour, light and form. Initially, her geometric language could be traced back to cityscapes meeting the patterns of Islamic architecture from her early childhood in Bangladesh. In recent years she has increasingly added more organic elements, as can be seen in her major show ‘Dappled Light’, running in related but different site-responsive versions at the Mead Gallery near Coventry (13 January – 13 March) and Pitzhanger Manor in London (25 March-August). I caught up with Rana in her spectacular studio residence in Stoke Newington, building which has been a decade-long project, to discuss some of the work in the shows.</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">PCK: What’s your overall aim in these shows?</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Rana Begum: They explore how light, form and colour come together – in different ways, depending on the material and the idea… As with all my shows, it’s important that the work embodies change through how its appearance changes due to light or as the viewer moves around or through it.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">PCK: You are orchestrating works, some very large, that respond to the two sites and to each other. Are you aiming for a particular mood?</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Rana Begum: I guess it is a positive, uplifting experience of colour and movement, reflective of what we’re all craving for coming out of a pandemic. But I was thinking more about how to deal with the scale and how to curate a narrative in the space, such as by placing the hard-edged reflector works opposite the softness of the big painting. That shows some of what I’m juggling in the studio.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img alt="Rana Begum Installation shot of No. 1080 Forest, 2021" class="alignnone size-full" src="https://artlyst.com//wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Image-2.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Rana Begum Installation shot of No. 1080 Forest, 2021</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">PCK: You’re showing your first film. What led to that?</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Rana Begum: It came out of lockdown watercolours I made of views out of the window of my flat, which overlooks Abney Park Cemetery in Stoke Newington. I then started photographing moments in the day, as recorded in my alternative Instagram account @ranabegum_lightstudies. You are encased in a kind of forest, and you see this incredible change and movement of light – daily, and then monthly and yearly. It’s made up of stills taken every hour of the year with daylight, stretched across a 37-minute film. It is projected in a separate room at full height, so it replicates the experience of standing before the large window so that the viewer experiences the full effect of the change.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">PCK: It looks as if it’s breathing?</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">RB: Yes, there is a life to it. Sometimes the light is left on in the hallway, and that’s reflected in the window: I like how the general activity in the space comes through.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">PCK: Did you have to discipline yourself to take a photograph hourly, as Tehching Hsieh did for his One Year Performance1980-1981 when he punched a timeclock and took a self-portrait on the hour, day and night for a whole year?</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">RB: No, luckily, I had a timer!</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img alt="Rana Begum" class="alignnone size-full" src="https://artlyst.com//wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Image-3.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Rana Begum No. 1079 Painting Large (MG), 2021 – acrylic and spray paint on canvas, H370 x W1000 x D5 cm, with reflector works – installation at the Mead Gallery</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">PCK: No. 1079 Painting Large really is large, encompassing a whole internal wall of colourful splotches. How did that language develop? </span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">RB: Each time we start a body of work, we have to check the spray cans of paint we use, so that forms a mark on a piece of paper. That accidental by-product fed into a more deliberate imitation of the process on canvas, in which your entire perspective is taken up as you stand in front of it, and the repetition allows an idea of the infinite. That came from a dialogue between me and my team: I have an idea of the colour palette, and that’s the main direction for them to ‘spray without thinking’. It’s one huge piece of canvas fitted to the structure of the room. Even if you stand still, the way the colours are applied does lead to a sense of movement. It’s part of a gradual shift that’s creeping in towards work that’s more organic, with more flow and movement to it – sort of less controlling than the geometry. At the Mead Gallery, there’s natural light above through a skylight. Pitzhanger Manor will have a similar painting but responding to a space without natural light.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img alt="Rana Begum" class="alignnone size-full" src="https://artlyst.com//wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Image-4.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Rana Begum No.1081 Mesh (MG), 2021 – powder-coated galvanised mild steel</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">PCK: Does that relate to the cloud of mesh that also makes the most of the scale available in the Mead Gallery? </span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">RB: It does: I wanted to bring that to life in three dimensions, so there is form, structure, movement, and also transparency. I wanted to see how it could shift as the viewer walks around and through the work. There’s a static element to it, but it’s activated by people moving and by how it connects to the space.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">PCK: Can we read your Bangladeshi background into the work?</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">RB: I came to the UK from Bangladesh when I was eight. I feel very fortunate to have grown up having exposure to two cultures which contrast so completely. Despite my efforts to keep my work free from cultural comment and reference, I think that is naturally made manifest. I find myself turning to the intricate forms of Islamic art and architecture, with its bright colours and repetition. Having a strict Muslim upbringing, the rhythm and repetition of praying five times a day and reading the Quran was instilled from a young age. This rhythm has worked its way into my working process. However, I think it’s important to remember that my work isn’t about religion, culture, gender or politics. Rather it is a visual universal language that everyone can relate to and understand. This is one of the reasons that the works are titled by number – I don’t wish to dictate how the viewer should interpret the work. I prefer that they find their own meaning, their own kind of connection with it.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Words: Paul Carey Kent in conversation with Rana Begum Top Photo: mesh cloud No.1048, 2020 (all images: Angus Mill photography)</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘Dappled Light’ is at the Mead Gallery near Coventry (13 January – 13 March) and Pitzhanger Manor in London (25 March-30 September 2022)</span></span></p></div></div></div></div><div class="medium-9 columns" style="box-sizing: inherit; float: left; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0.86806rem; width: 900px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p><b style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;">Interview of
the Month February 2022:</span></b></p><p><b style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;">ALLISON KATZ </span></b></p>
<p class="Body" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US">What
is painting? The definitive means through which an artist gives us access to
their unique vision? Or a fascinating - but always provisional – dance around
the subjectivity and limitations of both artist and medium? London-based
Canadian Allison Katz relishes the second of those options at Camden Art Centre
through a recurring range of eccentric subjects - such as cockerels, cabbages,
the interiors of lifts, views from open mouths, other art, jokes, anecdotes,
and plays on her own name. I asked her about some of the 30 works that make up
the installation ‘Artery’ – a title that feeds the internally captured word
‘art’ into the heart’s connection to all our organs, the circulation of ideas
within the body of the show, and the gallery’s place within the systems and
communities of the locality. </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="Body" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgyKUn8mA8qCRlFhUQBOyFyNa3jc8hCvlI3hNIl2ogBapxzhpBcC2mXjXcDLJqzOWLRw0U9QR1EX0mcvJ9wHb7p2jPfC26tIOM_9XSygyzF46vR0Kz4hnh2gkXHJYiIPEDGMqJZEMHnA-Kt3Ql0xYALkNhC7Uc5iHYJjeKGvBJF1o4Ht_TbMCkLiD9m=s8192" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5464" data-original-width="8192" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgyKUn8mA8qCRlFhUQBOyFyNa3jc8hCvlI3hNIl2ogBapxzhpBcC2mXjXcDLJqzOWLRw0U9QR1EX0mcvJ9wHb7p2jPfC26tIOM_9XSygyzF46vR0Kz4hnh2gkXHJYiIPEDGMqJZEMHnA-Kt3Ql0xYALkNhC7Uc5iHYJjeKGvBJF1o4Ht_TbMCkLiD9m=w640-h426" width="640" /></span></a></span></p><p class="Body" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">Allison Katz: Installation with </span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="line-height: 107%;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>‘</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">The Other Side</span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="line-height: 107%;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>’</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, 2021 – oil and
rice on canvas, Photo Rob Harris. Courtesy the artist<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">‘The Other Side’ seems to
depict a cockerel crossing not a road, but a gap in the gallery</span></i><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><i><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="line-height: 107%;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>’</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">s display wall. What interests you in that?<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="line-height: 107%;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>‘</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">Why did the chicken cross
the road?</span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="line-height: 107%;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>’ </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">has the structure of a joke, but it is actually an anti-joke because
there</span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="line-height: 107%;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">s no punchline. So it</span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="line-height: 107%;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">s about deflation: you set up the expectation that he must have some
intention, somewhere to go, but he just wants to get to the other side. Somehow
that disappointment is funny, and I thought: that</span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="line-height: 107%;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">s exactly what painting
is, a big build-up and then a deflation, but one that leads to something more
interesting – the unknown. The joke can
also be interpreted as being about death and anxiety, so what you remembered as
a child turns out to have these other meanings. That</span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="line-height: 107%;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">s what</span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="line-height: 107%;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">s great about painting:
the idea evaporates as you chase it, and it ends up being about so many other
things. After twenty years of painting I still have no idea what I</span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="line-height: 107%;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">m doing until I get to the
other side, it renews itself in constantly surprising ways.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">There are several cocks in the show. Why do you paint
the same thing repeatedly? <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p class="Body" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">As with all the things
that end up being motifs, I don</span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="line-height: 107%;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">t set out for it to be like that. They start out as one-off engagements,
but then for one reason or another it interests me to return to the subject. So
they</span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="line-height: 107%;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">re all ongoing – I don</span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="line-height: 107%;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">t want to put a limit on anything, and I</span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="line-height: 107%;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">m against the idea of a
finite </span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="line-height: 107%;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>‘</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">series’ -</span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">as who knows when another idea will come that fits? Or when I</span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="line-height: 107%;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">ll want to return to a
work - the magnetic pull of a painting is that it</span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="line-height: 107%;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">s never really finished:
the surface remains open in a way that it doesn</span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="line-height: 107%;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">t in sculpture or film.
You can be tortured by that or made curious by it, and I like to stay on the
curious side. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="Body" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhr3OXkFRhVDwvPLcgvWeybJ88gJ3Dp-IUpjASAfDcFP93oeVXq4iPkqVA9GE590WLikULtmIZGNhJwKcXTXpk812rB0v8FEN4ymOj1lmJ0ZeIZXPSvTLO8HnySHrJsiisYJ-wVlCSS44m5CZJ5YRgzgXjtPIqGYs8SzXUvdBSan4X7jvSkAEXRp3dt=s442" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="439" data-original-width="442" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhr3OXkFRhVDwvPLcgvWeybJ88gJ3Dp-IUpjASAfDcFP93oeVXq4iPkqVA9GE590WLikULtmIZGNhJwKcXTXpk812rB0v8FEN4ymOj1lmJ0ZeIZXPSvTLO8HnySHrJsiisYJ-wVlCSS44m5CZJ5YRgzgXjtPIqGYs8SzXUvdBSan4X7jvSkAEXRp3dt=w400-h398" width="400" /></span></a></p>
<p class="Body" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;"> ‘Cabbage (and
Philip), No. 22</span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="line-height: 107%;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>’</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, 2020 – oil on linen, 35 x 35 cm <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">There are five painting of
cabbages. Why so? </span></span></i></p>
<p class="Body" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">There are actually thirty,
from which I chose five for Camden. They began in 2013 when I wanted to paint a
portrait of my husband, and he didn</span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="line-height: 107%;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">t want to pose. I spied a cabbage and felt it was functioning in a very
similar way: veiny with a heart and a brain. It seemed to be a suitable
surrogate in that moment, and as portraiture is bound to be a failed enterprise
- I wasn</span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="line-height: 107%;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">t going to capture him </span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="line-height: 107%;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>‘</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">for real</span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="line-height: 107%;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>’ </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">anyway - it was easier to imagine his presence in a kind of shadowy way.
I’m not interested in the cabbage on its own per se but for the dynamic it
creates in relation to this idea of deferral and failure, still-life and
portrait, so in every cabbage painting his profile is at the side. The shadow
is important as this stand-in for a lack, or a need. And the shadow activates
the edge of the painting when we normally want to look at the centre: it</span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="line-height: 107%;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">s a way to show how you
can</span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="line-height: 107%;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">t really paint your true desire, you have to go around it. It’s also a
complete pleasure to paint from observation, which I don’t do often, and that
sort of concentration often leads to a refreshment of other techniques and
ideas.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjn33aW5SdfyERpVx9tH3mYpwndg-TKqtM3vAg0c9gF9b5TcHDjFHdO86McNXrYKCzugsbCoB70dWrpJ5M5BX0B1_Pew-ndCcKjxKyDlOlAuyVlvw-ZSrsmj6G_x5OwgCiWhIBToV0bqTB1zXZlwHSzqTih96U9PnS0OR5QBRLwOxySD5AXztjatw36=s2500" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2500" data-original-width="1875" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjn33aW5SdfyERpVx9tH3mYpwndg-TKqtM3vAg0c9gF9b5TcHDjFHdO86McNXrYKCzugsbCoB70dWrpJ5M5BX0B1_Pew-ndCcKjxKyDlOlAuyVlvw-ZSrsmj6G_x5OwgCiWhIBToV0bqTB1zXZlwHSzqTih96U9PnS0OR5QBRLwOxySD5AXztjatw36=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Allison
Katz<i>: Elevator III (Camden Art Centre), </i>2021 – acrylic, iridescent and
metal pigments on linen<i> Photo Eva Herzog. Courtesy the artist.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></i></p>
<p class="Body" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">You</span></i><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><i><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="line-height: 107%;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>’</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">ve hung <span style="background: white;">a t</span></span></i><i><span lang="FR">rompe</span></i><i><span lang="FR" style="background: white; line-height: 107%;">-l'</span></i><i><span lang="FR">œ</span><span lang="EN-US">il</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; line-height: 107%;"> elevator interior on the wall at the point behind which
the actual service lift runs. Do you like elevator jokes?</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">I do, because they operate
on many levels! Ha. My interest in painting elevators began with an extremely
vivid, almost lucid dream I had… it rattled me, but still it is extremely rare
for me to paint the subject of a dream. The situation that activated it was a
site visit to Nottingham Contemporary, where the first iteration of ‘Artery’
took place. To my surprise their service lift actually opened up in Gallery 1,
where I was going to show. Because of this coincidence I knew I had to
investigate it further in paint. I had already done tons of research in regards
to my dream’s possible meaning online – that</span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="line-height: 107%;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">s the thing about the
Internet, there are forums for elevator dreamers! They had interpretations for
every aspect of the elevator: the material it was made of, the building it was
in, the others inside it with you or not, the floor number you went up or down
to… It just reconfirms that sense of how deeply complex and symbolic the
unconscious is. And painting is exceptionally good at taking a surface and
allowing it to operate on, yes, any number of levels… both visual and psychological. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgPcVYRpXrhBV9oxUWtpJWezFSJBD7oOpbYmPu0aljC1KAOINqnW8f9P4PfaV6PbSMZAv5E4gO8ufDfZR7I2dpn4eITbn1yfhmWSvQLO3nnhfQbwpExpmXVdAsrxewBxzBQyJKyMe83YoOrDm1TRKNheTxp08V9bdHHJ763sBfNE-DroAILwUC-06NN=s613" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="613" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgPcVYRpXrhBV9oxUWtpJWezFSJBD7oOpbYmPu0aljC1KAOINqnW8f9P4PfaV6PbSMZAv5E4gO8ufDfZR7I2dpn4eITbn1yfhmWSvQLO3nnhfQbwpExpmXVdAsrxewBxzBQyJKyMe83YoOrDm1TRKNheTxp08V9bdHHJ763sBfNE-DroAILwUC-06NN=w391-h400" width="391" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: justify;">Alisson
Katz in the studio with what will become a ‘mouth painting’</span></div></span><p></p><p class="Body" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">There are several
paintings where we seem to be looking out of a mouth. How do they work?</span></span></i></p>
<p class="Body" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">They use a mouth, measured
to my own height, as a framing device to suggest the point of view of both
language and the gut – the gut so that consumption and taste are built in, a
way to play on and challenge the idea that painting is just a matter of taste.
And we always look with our eyes, but what happens if other body parts do the
looking? You can</span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="line-height: 107%;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">t outrun your own frame, so I like to build it in so that you can see and
question it rather than taking it for granted. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgoijhF7pPCNHNz1dhRFl-KPcfBxQwuGyJ56OE6N508HwD5roSYQUoCv-5uVepNa3JI1A7VmKzoGOHVFXFvY6hu-52NwMmuOrKiriE9ZTDHNUblob2-OdW4bzWgMuxK7CAczBcwir91z0_yxhsLxu3fY3jT9zZ3GnSAJepwVMWiW09zGXRGMnOw4H6s=s1500" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgoijhF7pPCNHNz1dhRFl-KPcfBxQwuGyJ56OE6N508HwD5roSYQUoCv-5uVepNa3JI1A7VmKzoGOHVFXFvY6hu-52NwMmuOrKiriE9ZTDHNUblob2-OdW4bzWgMuxK7CAczBcwir91z0_yxhsLxu3fY3jT9zZ3GnSAJepwVMWiW09zGXRGMnOw4H6s=w640-h426" width="640" /></span></a></span></p><p class="Body" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 17.12px;">Installation view at Camden, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 17.12px;">Photo Rob Harris. Courtesy the artist</span></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="Body" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US">‘Artery’
runs 14 Jan – 25 March at Camden Art Centre, with an associated </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white;">off-site presentation of Katz’s announcement
posters at the Canadian High Commission on Trafalgar Square. </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-line-height-alt: 11.75pt;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Interview of the
Month January 2022: </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-line-height-alt: 11.75pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>JYLL BRADLEY </b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 11.75pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><br /><br />Pardes, the new commission by Jyll Bradley for the Fruitmarket Gallery in Edinburgh, is not just a sculptural installation, but the creation of an inclusive space for public interaction and events. As such, it follows on from her public commissions Green/Light (for M.R.), for The Folkestone Triennial (2014) and Dutch/Light for Turner Contemporary (2017), which used the generative structures of hop gardens and glasshouses to express the practical, spiritual and emotional work involved in growing a sense of self, place or community. For the most part, Pardes will host others, but one of those events will be the screening of Bradley’s new film M.R., 2021, which links the communal spirit of Green/Light (for M.R.) to her own life story. <br /><br /></span> <span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLrW5deyloFB9EhtF6l_GWL-Z7qAkitFkVaHBze2Q_CyztSMB4B93OIRuKWotrqYiJC_enGHaHO6rBTGlElHhiRBFiFqsTrXGHcQJPwn-kTZTOkyi06v-SfxF3IS283-Pxle-hD-CMuUi_zbVRi6Nj-f1rdBhu5E-LgXqBGKXl_njwwk1rUqDg8KKm=s4928" style="background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4928" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLrW5deyloFB9EhtF6l_GWL-Z7qAkitFkVaHBze2Q_CyztSMB4B93OIRuKWotrqYiJC_enGHaHO6rBTGlElHhiRBFiFqsTrXGHcQJPwn-kTZTOkyi06v-SfxF3IS283-Pxle-hD-CMuUi_zbVRi6Nj-f1rdBhu5E-LgXqBGKXl_njwwk1rUqDg8KKm=w640-h390" width="640" /></a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 11.75pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Jyll Bradley in <i>Pardes. </i>Photo:
Neil Hanna. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 11.75pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>In your new film, </i>M.R.<i>, we see your sculpture </i>Green/Light (for
M.R.)<i>. That work adopts structures from the hop industry, recalled from your
childhood in rural Kent. We hear a personal narrative about your adoption. How
do sound and vision connect? </i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 11.75pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The visuals are juxtaposed with the narrative,
effectively using the sculpture as a giant camera – both into the past and
reflecting the world around it. The sculpture is dedicated to my birth mother,
(M.R.) so it becomes a means of looking at my
own history through something I’ve made. I love how sculpture can become a
social phenomenon – you make the work and then you learn how it operates in the
world – and I spent a lot of time hanging about the sculpture and watching how
other people reacted to it. My film is autobiographical, but it is
also the portrait of an artwork. I wanted to show that <i>Green/Light (for
M.R.)</i> isn’t the static thing you might expect, but open and
reflexive: it reacts with light; the natural world evolves in and
around it. It has a private life; like us it has good days and bad days. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 11.75pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhjUyUYNMK7YIFg3nsWMn9Dkbqe-_rMWpwt19rvuiWbScuGSu4Ijaeo1nSbGZv8lfRgvPEJRCxfyii3rVvxNC12LDD6aAPPFf_qxIarO14HO2fAjgia-jisTlWt7IvN916bBDYuTBv3NCku5rALJ_zHwVAaQJ66emSDDHf91PBUpQ4lfG8fjlkgmarc=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1363" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhjUyUYNMK7YIFg3nsWMn9Dkbqe-_rMWpwt19rvuiWbScuGSu4Ijaeo1nSbGZv8lfRgvPEJRCxfyii3rVvxNC12LDD6aAPPFf_qxIarO14HO2fAjgia-jisTlWt7IvN916bBDYuTBv3NCku5rALJ_zHwVAaQJ66emSDDHf91PBUpQ4lfG8fjlkgmarc=w640-h426" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>Green/Light (for
M.R.) </i>2014. Photo: Thierry
Bal<i> </i><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 11.75pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>The film follows your younger self
searching for an identity both as a person and as an artist. That use of the
sculpture as a seeing device resonates with the revelation that you developed a
sight problem while studying at the Slade. What happened? </i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 11.75pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I woke up one morning at 24, and my left eye was
full of ‘floaters’. It seems that, while I was in the womb, my mum ate
something raw with the parasite toxiplasmosis in it, a creature that dies but
leaves dead cells floating around. For some reason it erupted then, rather than
in childhood as is usual. There’s no cure, and you can go blind. I’m always
aware of it, though I have learned to live with it. So it’s
something I have got from my birth mother that I relate to sight and insight of
all types. The ‘eruption’ was the catalyst for looking for her. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 11.75pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>That triggered you to write diary
entries exploring the experience of adoption, and you quote from those. There
are some striking statements about adoptees, for example </i><i>‘we were not chosen,
we were available’ and ‘we walk with an invisible twin – the life we didn’t
lead’… </i><i> </i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 11.75pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">You never get over the combination of how you are
always told you were chosen, but on the other hand you feel you were abandoned.
I’ve seen it explored in literature – Jackie Kay’s <i>The Adoption Papers</i> is
wonderful – but not in art. I grew up in the 60’s-70’s under a particular
system – closed adoption – in which the record of the biological parents is
kept sealed until adulthood. In the narrative of the film I access that
information for the first time. The story concludes with me writing to my biological
mother. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 11.75pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>If one part of your identity is ‘who
you are’, another part is ‘what you do’. How does that connect? </i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 11.75pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">As a child I was always told how good I was at
drawing… and as an adoptee you have extreme desire to please – so I wondered:
did I want to become an artist just to please people? And is artistic ability
something you can inherit, or is it a matter of conditioning? <i> </i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 11.75pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">M.R.<i> is the first part of a planned
trilogy. Will we learn what happened after you wrote the letter? </i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 11.75pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">You’ll have to wait and see! The other films are
only in my head at the moment. But they will also use my sculpture as a way
into autobiographical themes via my writing – I’ve always written alongside and
as part of my practice, including plays, dramatisations and documentaries for
BBC Radio 4. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 11.75pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4T05xqnVSrfwBUMSMsuGgNicaGkZr1eM3FCLnYRxUOQhLY8aCDUFXsySjPjFbkBYOWWz2uoRqB2q-9nLeZiYtZ9M2ZDDbQc16g7otblHUOAYhZllxZKUHeQSPQmJn4XZNws-Db-igUBM7QwKU_Bb5zzLZ2C8n_UEPnCEpnp-5xHRWWVC8aWA9rH8l=s1675" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1675" data-original-width="1380" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4T05xqnVSrfwBUMSMsuGgNicaGkZr1eM3FCLnYRxUOQhLY8aCDUFXsySjPjFbkBYOWWz2uoRqB2q-9nLeZiYtZ9M2ZDDbQc16g7otblHUOAYhZllxZKUHeQSPQmJn4XZNws-Db-igUBM7QwKU_Bb5zzLZ2C8n_UEPnCEpnp-5xHRWWVC8aWA9rH8l=w528-h640" width="528" /></a><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 11.75pt; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>Pardes</i>, 2021. Photo: Tom Nolan <i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 11.75pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>‘Pardes’, appropriately for a space
that was once a fruit warehouse, brings an apple green light to a structure
derived from the leaning design of historic glasshouses in Scotland. What were
you thinking about? </i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 11.75pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I wanted to make a hybridisation of the different
growing structures I’d found, and I also see it as an abstracted version of an
orchard turned on its side. I am interested in the connection between harvest
and structure - that universal connection between growth and shelter. <i>Pardes</i> can
read as a roof, upward growth and beams of sunlight as well as echoing the
beams of the warehouse. And it’s not so much occupying the building as
intersecting with it. As with my other sculptures the work acts like an eye you
can look through, picking up reflections and refractions from its environment.
The work sees the building - and us. In many ways it is one of my most abstract
works, I pared it back over lockdown. It reflects my questions during that time:
‘what is essential? What is not?’ <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 11.75pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>‘Pardes</i>’ <i>uses </i><i>fluorescent Edge-Lit
Plexiglas, which has become a signature material for you? </i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Yes,
rather as fruit takes in light and makes something of it, the Plexiglas sucks
in light and pushes it out at the edges, so they glow with a green light that
will sustain us through winter. This is the first time I’ve made such a
structure inside: I was going to flood the work with artificial light, but
instead I have embraced the dark light of the space, so the plexi just picks up
any light available to it. It is a gloaming work, evocative of landscape and
perhaps the times we are going through. <br /> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>Is that a
stuffed owl up there? </i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Yes,
that’s a detail you might not notice at first. Perhaps it will catch the mice
in the warehouse…In seriousness, the owl connects to a wonderful woman I met
during the course of researching this work. You can only access the full story
behind its presence by asking one of the gallery hosts. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 11.75pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> <o:p></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8ftc-4121PSOOnNH6-zyV3-IT_ti5GpvcFeU9TiPOuTV61rTDwAiGBDrbAc6P0WP74xT6PpZAdHKFjD7bvVsbPFM0VMok_KTUOJYso9KUl2b5RfXUPBZWD0TQyDuS1Xt_K3h50Sf3D8xgNZHmRW8JjcLOQea-MigrX5FE95kdnEGEx5jhvITVcC24=s1426" style="background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="811" data-original-width="1426" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8ftc-4121PSOOnNH6-zyV3-IT_ti5GpvcFeU9TiPOuTV61rTDwAiGBDrbAc6P0WP74xT6PpZAdHKFjD7bvVsbPFM0VMok_KTUOJYso9KUl2b5RfXUPBZWD0TQyDuS1Xt_K3h50Sf3D8xgNZHmRW8JjcLOQea-MigrX5FE95kdnEGEx5jhvITVcC24=w640-h364" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white;"><i> Still from M.R.</i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 11.75pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>Pardes</i> runs to 18 April at
Fruitmarket, Edinburgh. <i>M.R.</i> will be screened there in March, and will also be on view
in at the Hayward Gallery this summer. Dates and times to be confirmed.
Jyll Bradley is also in the group show ‘Trees Die Stand: Plants and Humans’ at
Pi Arts, London, to 15 January.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 19.9733px;">Interview of the Month, December 2021 </span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 19.9733px;">MAGNUS PLESSEN</span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXuv5mdpslDPC5Yle3mwYOWV5dYJYbY-GGgIePWy9reC1NFVA2K9ybRoV9lkWfH1Sp1SbdcA8LHYFjOXI9LgBZWNbVgK1bCs8KI7aIP5SPdYEV4V62eTGDLCR64z9c4hbRR-niQKcapWY/s1059/magnus-plessen-untitled-fig-21-2021.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="318" data-original-width="1059" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXuv5mdpslDPC5Yle3mwYOWV5dYJYbY-GGgIePWy9reC1NFVA2K9ybRoV9lkWfH1Sp1SbdcA8LHYFjOXI9LgBZWNbVgK1bCs8KI7aIP5SPdYEV4V62eTGDLCR64z9c4hbRR-niQKcapWY/w640-h192/magnus-plessen-untitled-fig-21-2021.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Untitled (Fig. 21), </i><span style="background-color: white;">2021 - </span><span style="background-color: white;">Oil and charcoal on canvas, 25 x 100 cm</span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: justify;">The
German painter Magnus Plessen tends to paint in thematic groups: in 2016 he
showed his ‘1914-1918’ series in London, looking at bodies armoured for, and
repaired after, combat in World War I. His new show ‘Hope Love Helium’ (White
Cube Mason’s Yard to 8 January) refers, says the gallery, to both ‘the
ineffable dynamics of affection’ and the ‘not unrelated’ process of nuclear fusion,
the </span><span style="background: white; text-align: justify;">transformation of hydrogen into helium</span><span style="text-align: justify;">
that powers the sun.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5jXyIrm3JPaRQsPzb4eHbWB6GgDezWgRm8w9C541ROmGq5rfRbkbHTM0Q5E1mf6sOY2OiAVJohGO9UJOUIjBJ2Xe8gwPjmWmSivlFNg3x3UwFXrr3BIKWepJVCGj2Wun-zTAJAEYTx98/s2048/Magnus+Plessen%252C+2021+portrait+shoot%252C+%25C2%25A9+White+Cube+%2528Theo+Christelis%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5jXyIrm3JPaRQsPzb4eHbWB6GgDezWgRm8w9C541ROmGq5rfRbkbHTM0Q5E1mf6sOY2OiAVJohGO9UJOUIjBJ2Xe8gwPjmWmSivlFNg3x3UwFXrr3BIKWepJVCGj2Wun-zTAJAEYTx98/w480-h640/Magnus+Plessen%252C+2021+portrait+shoot%252C+%25C2%25A9+White+Cube+%2528Theo+Christelis%2529.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Magnus Plessen, 2021 portrait shoot, © White Cube (Theo Christelis)</span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">You described your last show at White
Cube as providing a ‘mechanistic’ view of the world. What is the angle here?<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I’ve
moved on to an understanding of reality which is more about processes that we
don’t see. I love to think of realities which exist beyond what we can
perceive, to imagine that the matter we are composed of is attached to another
level of reality, to events that we don’t fully understand and can’t control. Events
which continuously take place and even began long before we were human. The
book ‘Journey of the Universe’ (<span style="background: white;">Brian Thomas
Swimme and Mary Evelyn Tucker, 2011)</span> talks about the stars being our ancestors,
meaning that the material that we are made of was actually prefabricated 14
billion years ago when the Big Bang happened. They say, far more beautifully
than I ever could: '</span><i><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Star
birth occurs when gravity squeezes a cloud of atoms together so tightly that nuclear
fusion ignites in the centre. In this process hydrogen fuses into helium. This
nuclear energy expands outwards and opposes gravity. Stars represent an
amazingly creative balance between gravitational collapse and nuclear
explosion. And as a star expands it creates all the elements (phosphorus,
oxygen, carbon, gold, etc.) it’s by this stupendous process that we can say the
stars are our ancestors. The carbon atoms of our body passed through an intense
explosion of a star.'</span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">What struck you in that?<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
thought that my existence starts long before conception, the history of my
family and more generally the history of mankind. I think about the idea that on
a subatomic level we as humans consist of the same particles as everything else
in the universe. That feels like a huge relief. I suddenly feel less isolated from
and helpless towards the world around me if I begin to understand that matter
some billions of years ago formed a </span><span class="s1"><span style="line-height: 107%;">constellation which reached a higher
complexity from which life came forth.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="line-height: 107%;"> </span></span><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Did this have us in mind, or is it just a
creative process that took place regardless of us? Scientist talk about how matter
self-organises. This feels incredibly creative yet independent of us and
indifferent to our desire to comprehend reality from a human perspective. What
used to be the domain of religion or esoteric speculation seems to have become the
domain of science.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSbVRSerxqxrlzBwsxKkdCMqZ_qOCI_ZYCdAXoK0G4sptUM8opVvRNDF2P3CAkLl3t86lD_b0N3c6hgTHlh_KiDjrAIgLRJq53zYNAqcs8F9cCNnYOgDriSplFrSlcvJo4Kus6jXuyC_0/s1200/magnus-plessen-untitled-fig-19-2021+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="901" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSbVRSerxqxrlzBwsxKkdCMqZ_qOCI_ZYCdAXoK0G4sptUM8opVvRNDF2P3CAkLl3t86lD_b0N3c6hgTHlh_KiDjrAIgLRJq53zYNAqcs8F9cCNnYOgDriSplFrSlcvJo4Kus6jXuyC_0/w640-h480/magnus-plessen-untitled-fig-19-2021+%25281%2529.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Untitled (Fig. 19)</i>,
2021 - Oil and charcoal on canvas, 200 × 250 cm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">How is that reflected in the
paintings? Take ‘Untitled (Fig 19)’, for example…</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">One
of the great things about being a painter is that I can follow different
representational systems simultaneously, be they micro or macro. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t have to be true to life-size. In the
context of a painting I can blow up electrons to the size of a pumpkin. The
micro and the macro are in parallel in my paintings. With this in mind I could start
to invent a world and show it to myself in the process of painting it. I become
the first person to see this world. My new paintings are less rooted in
experience or memory. They take me to an unknown place. I wish I could one day consider
the human figure from a quantum-mechanical perspective. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The idea of an image from the waiting
room of the universe came to me some years back before I had read about quantum
states of electrons. </span><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">At that point I thought about images as
pre-recordings</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">: a</span><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> pre-record
of my subject before it has been differentiated or materialized into our time</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">-</span><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">space continuum.</span><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: DE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I imagine them coming</span><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> from the
ante-room of the world - the waiting room of the universe - on the doorstep </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">of</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">D</span><span lang="DE" style="line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: DE; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">octor</span><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> Newton’s office</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">. He
would be the kind of character</span><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> who won’t hesitate to tell </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">you</span><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> what is wrong with </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">you</span><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> if you remain out there</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">!</span><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">My
new endeavour to imagine something physically impossible in the context of a painting
reminds me of my urge to see the underside of the brush mark when I started to
paint: as though I could step into the painted space, turn around and see the
underside of a painted mark. Today, however, it is not good enough to be on two
sides of an object. I try to think of myself in transit from a sub-atomic state
to a classical state of being. The old dualities - front and behind, imagined versus
palpable reality, abstract versus figurative – are beginning to shift. This time
it seems more about potential: what scientists call the superposition of
particles. Translated into a painting, that would mean for me possibly female or
male or up and down or undecided. This list goes on. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">This is a decidedly yellow and blue show?<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Absolutely,
the thinly painted yellow round shapes glow with energy and come towards me. The
indigo blue areas move away from me and create a deeper space in which I can
hide information as if underwater. The thickly painted yellow passages which
are painted using a brush are more about time. In these areas I feel like I gain
time because the colour dries so slowly. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">These
yellow passages, like the brown, fence-like structures, feel more closely
attached to the surface of the canvas. This could be because I exert pressure
on the canvas when I paint them. I literally push the paint into the surface.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">If
my canvas where to vibrate, these areas would only vibrate as much as the
canvas itself does, whereas the round yellow shapes and the blue passages would
freely swing and bounce up and down like a wave. Their flatness and volume,
stillness and movement resonates with my own situation of being caught between two
concepts of reality. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">What
I read fundamentally challenges my intellectual and practical tools. If I could
somehow integrate my eyes in my hands, I imagine I would feel more grounded in
the real world because I could apprehend and touch reality immediately. The
very concept of reality which I so urgently wanted to hold on to suddenly seems
secondary.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhOPL2jy09VY6p0ZdJUpVUwHdlk4YFQYa-LrPICy_6mDxmR4vbOqWz3nuJZfVGNmA2p6J6VL5FByVIZ9hYvuxTkBjdl1tYVDCC78aUlmd37O37fP-JYkqVf0bw3l1jaYWoS371C2N4tiU/s1600/magnus-plessen-untitled-fig-23-2021.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhOPL2jy09VY6p0ZdJUpVUwHdlk4YFQYa-LrPICy_6mDxmR4vbOqWz3nuJZfVGNmA2p6J6VL5FByVIZ9hYvuxTkBjdl1tYVDCC78aUlmd37O37fP-JYkqVf0bw3l1jaYWoS371C2N4tiU/w480-h640/magnus-plessen-untitled-fig-23-2021.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><i style="text-align: left;">Untitled (Fig. 23)</i><span style="text-align: left;">, 2021 - Oil and charcoal on canvas, 200 × 250 cm</span> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I see that in ‘Untitled (Fig, 23)’, the
stretcher bar behind the canvas is picked up in the painting, both horizontally
and diagonally?<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Yes,
the horizontal and diagonal brush marks are an impression of the stretcher bar.
I am used to attaching the image to something undisputedly real. When painting
my wife while she was pregnant with our first son, I measured her belly using tape,
much like a tailor takes measurements. I then stuck the tape directly onto the
canvas. I had found a way around subjective interpretation by touching reality directly
with my brush.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The female form looks rather ethereal…</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">She’s
more like a ghost, whereas the male is more solid and composed, often partially
of wood- a blockhead! They are depicted in different material states and yet
they freely connect. They form spontaneous impermanent constellations. I think
that the tenderness between female and male in my paintings comes without scripted
expectations of what should happen next. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD9XE2ZNnrGD-Ybw4ZtZKB0mh0WV0NXAC-w-cpTFbPbadN9Eio0zDiNtb2pHMtKjFErTxY6qU2CiH5LBZxCnqPWqd5Da-YzkbkjojVkVChEbAMV6Hvu4unjAnoH5SFAlejnAW2uqsbT3w/s1200/magnus-plessen-masons-yard-2021-26.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="901" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD9XE2ZNnrGD-Ybw4ZtZKB0mh0WV0NXAC-w-cpTFbPbadN9Eio0zDiNtb2pHMtKjFErTxY6qU2CiH5LBZxCnqPWqd5Da-YzkbkjojVkVChEbAMV6Hvu4unjAnoH5SFAlejnAW2uqsbT3w/w640-h480/magnus-plessen-masons-yard-2021-26.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><i>Installation view at White Cube</i></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Do you still turn the canvas around as
you paint?<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sometimes
images from the history of art emerge on my canvas as I work on it. By turning the
canvas, I can free it from interfering memories. What’s more, if I do that
several times, there comes a moment when an unexpected image comes towards me,
rather than me bringing an image to the canvas.<s> </s><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">What are people surprised to
hear about you?<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">That my wife and I
have</span><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> four sons.<span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I think that makes you one man in 300, as only
5% of men have four children, and the chances of them all being boys is 1 in
16…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Does that large family influence
your work?<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I don’t separate my artistic life from
my family: that’s a decision you take as an artist – do you treat them as one
thing, or as separate spheres? My studio is at our home, so there is a constant
exchange. I don’t paint portraits, but when I think of the female it is always
my wife. If you compared the shape of her eyes with women in the paintings, you
would recognise it. And the energy of the boys certainly feeds in as well! I
never really know what will happen next…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p>NOTE: This is a slightly expanded version of the interview published at <a href="https://www.artlyst.com/features/magnus-plessen-artist-interview-month-december-2021-paul-carey-kent/">Artlyst </a> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: whitesmoke; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Interview of the Month November 2021 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: whitesmoke; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">TANIA KOVATS</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">One can distinguish no fewer than seven diverse yet
thematically linked streams of work in Tania Kovats’ show ‘Oceanic’ (at <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://www.parafin.co.uk/">Parafin</a></span> to 20
November). We discuss three of them below, but you will also find a library installation
made up of various copies of ‘The Sea Around Us’, an inspirational text for the
artist; her ‘Books from the Flooded Library’, stained by water; several meditative
‘Sea Mark’ watercolours of the surface of the sea; and a sculptural
installation evoking the death of coral. Kovats lives in Devon and teaches at
Dundee University.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0Pt-CEJGquUIUfcETdfM8ZK3vwdRzbeY5MDknwWj-J5oGFKuczwSi7vWV7F0GRr7tlhHPaEYQVsebKw0DJBfIegnJVDz0CTn4ruy2ssXqhXMY_BmEFn3_nLheq_YBqWA9kQ7UVjddjwk-815sKm7-ZLcMlmkq5rvZslvVE-DpHZnMf3PeQ1KCI-7x=s845" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="633" data-original-width="845" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0Pt-CEJGquUIUfcETdfM8ZK3vwdRzbeY5MDknwWj-J5oGFKuczwSi7vWV7F0GRr7tlhHPaEYQVsebKw0DJBfIegnJVDz0CTn4ruy2ssXqhXMY_BmEFn3_nLheq_YBqWA9kQ7UVjddjwk-815sKm7-ZLcMlmkq5rvZslvVE-DpHZnMf3PeQ1KCI-7x=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘The Divers’, 2019 – installation
view of Oceanic at Parafin Gallery, photography by Peter Mallet<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Where does your name
come from?<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I am half Transylvanian, but I was born in my Nan’s council
house, where my parents were living at the time, in Whitehawk, Brighton. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘Brighton Rock’ comes
to mind…<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I remember being shocked when I read it as a teenager, a
book set in Brighton’s underbelly by a writer who does sex, guilt, and Catholicism
so well. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Walking into the show,
everyone will be struck by the ‘Divers’. How did you arrive at the idea of
casting in concrete from wet suits?<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It was more an impulse than an idea –<s> </s>I trust my
impulses, but post-rationalising a bit - wetsuits are the skin we wear to be in
water, we wrestle in and out of wetsuits, and we are slightly different
creatures when we’ve got them on. And I’ve always loved the Selkie myth of the
seal woman who slips off her skin to come on shore to dance. This is like that
in reverse: you slip on a skin to get into another element, the water. The
sculptures are figurative but boneless, they are about the flesh not the
skeleton. Their headlessness anonymises them and emphasises the euphoria of the
body. I wanted to give the impression
they are passing through the solidity of the architecture, joyfully moving
between worlds like when you enter water. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Do you dive?<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I love being in the water, but no, I’m not a diver. I get
‘vertigo’ in deep water, even though I know I can’t fall. I am fascinated by free
divers – for their discipline, and the incredible breathing exercises – that
enable them to do what they do, the depths they can reach on a single breath. I
see parallels with how I work across drawing and meditation, practising them
both in tandem, including through the ‘Drawing Breath’ workshops I run to
combining these two things. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">How do you make them?<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I suspend wet suits in a small scaffold tower, block them at
the end, and fill them up – even small wet suits can hold a huge bulk of
concrete, though some can take more than others. Then I bind them, so I can
then tension them against the vertical and make them bulge and fall in ways that
interest me. I wait three days, then
spend a day unpeeling them, which is another wrestle. I leave the zips in – I
see them as the navel, that show where these bodies have come from. I like how
the wet suits print details, such as seams, into the concrete. I finish them with cleans cuts at varying
points to reference both classical sculpture and the cleanly cut cuff. <o:p></o:p></span></p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjpsZ3WPGFRpX1OSYU369QWwW_lkaRlGiitiXdrqt5GXWH6s2DytmVmr6hmki7Ho9ZaLoLK0BFuAspvvPsdUDbUaQ3nLMTc8NGrsWzlh23X2y3UCCxi1z0wiwlwEsj5nifAGAenz5sHX-Z2aYEG_x-sipcw6SCHfl_QY6z2Pu0I1aZPM79jccpIa4a0=s2889" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2889" data-original-width="1586" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjpsZ3WPGFRpX1OSYU369QWwW_lkaRlGiitiXdrqt5GXWH6s2DytmVmr6hmki7Ho9ZaLoLK0BFuAspvvPsdUDbUaQ3nLMTc8NGrsWzlh23X2y3UCCxi1z0wiwlwEsj5nifAGAenz5sHX-Z2aYEG_x-sipcw6SCHfl_QY6z2Pu0I1aZPM79jccpIa4a0=w352-h640" width="352" /></a><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘Freediver’, 2020 – installation
view of Oceanic at Parafin Gallery, photography by Peter Mallet<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">That admiration of freediving
must feed into the title of the ‘Freediver’ works. How did they come about?<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I have my yoga mat in my drawing studio – they are both daily
practices. One morning I decided to combine them by making a body print. So I
covered my skin in linseed oil and Payne’s Grey oil paint, and carried out a
series of sun salutations, printing through repetition, more or less hitting
the same places as I repeated the poses. The feet slip, as I’m covered in oil. I called them ‘Freedivers’ because they feel
as if they are mobile, moving through space. ‘Freediver’ also suggests the state
of mind I hope to achieve in yoga and drawing. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>I suppose Yves Klein’s
</i>Anthropométrie<i> works are one
predecessor?<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Yes, I recently found some fascinating interviews with Klein’s
wife and models, describing how much they loved the process – they said that
they never felt naked, due to the paint on them, and felt they were printing
their souls rather than their bodies. That made me think again about the feminist
reading of those works that I had previously signed up to, that problematise
this work. The ‘Freediver’ works are me printing myself, though – I am brush
and artist at the same time. It’s a very primal impulse to print with the body:
you can go from handprints I’ve seen in caves in Patagonia right through to
David Hammons, Agnes Dene and Helen Chadwick using a photocopier to print her
body. I made ‘Freediver’ during lockdown at a time when touch was becoming
associated with contamination and danger. Touch is so important, and it has a unique
reciprocity: when we touch something it touches us back, and that’s not true of
our other senses like looking or listening. So I wanted to visualise a positive
language of touch. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: black; border: 1pt none black; line-height: 107%; padding: 0cm;"> </span><span style="background: black; border: 1pt none black; line-height: 107%; padding: 0cm;">’’</span>’Orgasm Drawings’,
2021 - installation view of Oceanic at Parafin Gallery,
photography by Peter Mallet<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i> </i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgwdoS6mwfgmHPM73kAo3_t4QEsQZ8Yv7D8qmfyZSZufI-6buDdjumIGt89IdQSUIj-IMl-bLJt4OrBfL_U2kjE1kq0vEKCylMQCW2DxsRgVN2SdUt9x_fkhgl0JPa5SsdMoRHVSo1r9ZsAyqM8IjEQ0GJ9S4hPNqpCgObzPUk0b0lyrrD9PkWkrUuX=s845" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="845" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgwdoS6mwfgmHPM73kAo3_t4QEsQZ8Yv7D8qmfyZSZufI-6buDdjumIGt89IdQSUIj-IMl-bLJt4OrBfL_U2kjE1kq0vEKCylMQCW2DxsRgVN2SdUt9x_fkhgl0JPa5SsdMoRHVSo1r9ZsAyqM8IjEQ0GJ9S4hPNqpCgObzPUk0b0lyrrD9PkWkrUuX=w640-h484" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The ‘Orgasm Drawings’
are another lockdown project, and again touch is evoked. Are they difficult to
make? <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It did take some work to establish how to make these and an
entry into a particular state of mind. My right hand is bringing me orgasm, while
my left hand holds a pencil and mirrors or copies the movement. It’s the most
extreme manifestation I could think of where I could make a drawing about touch.
The drawings I end up with are abstract expressionist scrawls that describe, I
think, a vagina. And I like the bizarre idea that you could say: ‘look, there’s
an orgasm!’ which is a little disruptive in a show that could seem polite. But they’re
also oceanic moments: the moment of orgasm is one in which you are less
separate from the world, you expand and are part of everything. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">How can I tell
whether, in line with general male insecurities about the female orgasm, you’ve
faked them? <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The question of truth and trust hangs over any artwork you
see. I suppose it would be possible to make a set of ‘fake’ orgasm drawings but
that doesn’t interest me. What I like more is the idea that it might be
possible to trace and hold an orgasm on a piece of paper. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh77wrQ5IYW5pcXT6IqIDn8aEk7xa54Dugu4xfgiOeHGrDzusyKq0X8dWffcnRPQVagMfdNOZ4KLHIlDd9C1zlsaBizBcjHR7Lt7oDiLsnzNAn4ped5Ly9ohPsl80ffYSjzTlgwDJKe9H20lumP3vQXxNJTTcZeCrsDthrtXTr-2FSh0-KLvzglrFuY=s960" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="960" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh77wrQ5IYW5pcXT6IqIDn8aEk7xa54Dugu4xfgiOeHGrDzusyKq0X8dWffcnRPQVagMfdNOZ4KLHIlDd9C1zlsaBizBcjHR7Lt7oDiLsnzNAn4ped5Ly9ohPsl80ffYSjzTlgwDJKe9H20lumP3vQXxNJTTcZeCrsDthrtXTr-2FSh0-KLvzglrFuY=w640-h280" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><br /><o:p><br /></o:p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: whitesmoke; margin-bottom: 5.3pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 107%;">Interview of the Month, October 2021 </span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: whitesmoke; margin-bottom: 5.3pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 107%;">IBRAHIM MAHAMA</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: whitesmoke; margin-bottom: 5.3pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 107%;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4rujo4BQeRDK2TlR-RBY8exub4pxTapPgSF2u_pUvI1q2HRUXepivmH7KgHxcggSHo0MdfkUbHyFzjpAUfZJLXPPFuwtwUpA_GwQzfm_bLoHk0f6hGYmoMK8cFRxHDn2389liFAunXB-SeDlfTr4VkB-hzVUk8fNFmQL1o-IRjUayEw376mZ7tzdu=s3437" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2542" data-original-width="3437" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4rujo4BQeRDK2TlR-RBY8exub4pxTapPgSF2u_pUvI1q2HRUXepivmH7KgHxcggSHo0MdfkUbHyFzjpAUfZJLXPPFuwtwUpA_GwQzfm_bLoHk0f6hGYmoMK8cFRxHDn2389liFAunXB-SeDlfTr4VkB-hzVUk8fNFmQL1o-IRjUayEw376mZ7tzdu=w640-h474" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Ibrahim Mahama came to
international attention for his monumental installation of jute sacks at the
Venice Biennale in 2013, a powerful way to reference how only £2bn of the £15bn
market value of Ghana’s cocoa production, largely transported in such sacks,
flows into the country. But that
represents just one strand of his hugely ambitious, socially engaged practice,
for which he acquires all manner of objects – and even buildings - in order to
tap into their histories. I caught up with him at the opening of his show
‘Lazarus’ (15 September – 7 November 2021 at White Cube Bermondsey).<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Is that the biblical Lazarus who rose from the dead?<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Yes, the ‘Lazarus Effect’
is collecting remnants from the past to reinterpret them, to make them live
again. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><span style="line-height: 107%;">That includes </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 107%;">Nkrumah Voli-ni,</span></i><span style="line-height: 107%;"> </span><i><span style="line-height: 107%;">an uncompleted grain silo in </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 107%;">the northern city of Tamale,
where you live and work</span></i><i><span style="line-height: 107%;">. How come?<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">I’ve been researching
the post-independence infrastructure in Ghana, buildings which were abandoned
in 1966 when our first president, Kwame Nkrumah, was overthrown in a military coup
d’état. They were part of a socialist programme to make Ghana self-sufficient,
but the subsequent regimes have wanted nothing to do with his legacy, so the
buildings were never finished - even though that would have made economic sense.
It was said that the silos, being built by Soviet architects, weren’t suited to
the climate, and even that</span><span style="line-height: 107%;"> Nkrumah Voli-ni was going to be
a prison. It had been abandoned for sixty years, b</span><span style="line-height: 107%;">ut I asked myself the question: if you can’t use it to
store cocoa or maize, why can’t you make another use of it? <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><span style="line-height: 107%;">How will you use the silo? </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I’m trying to bring
the building back to life – not to be as it was, as in the 60’s we didn’t have
the same environmental concerns that we have today, but using it an ecological
way – as a greenhouse. When I bought it, the occupants were bats, and I wanted
the bats to be co-inhabitants. The pandemic was starting, and bats were being
blamed for starting the virus – but, if anything, these species have not
endangered mankind, mankind have endangered every other species on the planet. So
I’m interested in the whole ecological system around the bats and what they
symbolise.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 107%;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgNekA_f6D8GWDnF9asih-9LwVV2fZRYKbhxqPejHa5ubJJXOQkGsDuTMN9CT_tKURXrQJSPObAT-Um233p5-rwWooUdFonr6og23nXy0YyKPMGluKrJXjWYlvBSdFHQw3Es-TsF29RH49EYgbO7QxPraxtkAzokskzJ0NOCKoJspiHXhzqw33zEz-o=s801" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgNekA_f6D8GWDnF9asih-9LwVV2fZRYKbhxqPejHa5ubJJXOQkGsDuTMN9CT_tKURXrQJSPObAT-Um233p5-rwWooUdFonr6og23nXy0YyKPMGluKrJXjWYlvBSdFHQw3Es-TsF29RH49EYgbO7QxPraxtkAzokskzJ0NOCKoJspiHXhzqw33zEz-o=w480-h640" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Appropriately, then, bats appear in the hanging sculptural
installation ‘Lazarus’ (2021). What is that made from? <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I am working with
armatures from old buildings, and pulling them together to create this gesture
of the bats by combining them with tarpaulins of the sort traditionally used to
cover goods which are being transported internationally. They’re dark, and
oil-drenched from contact with engines, so it almost looks as if oil has
spilled into the ocean and killed whales. The show also has collages, which
combine photos of the bats in the building with documents like receipts from Ghanaian
companies. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhldNJjN1ACjYhCuaBKe3uCx0ctvBSZXx3wi7E7c-quy0MzXWXutN5eofBGqdoNQZxvgadaHCLviVKiR0UGIoLJ7aPJpYB8-i6M2oMulpUD_5x5SSkrpRZA6wj_jBAxUskbfMeaKLw0fhLlrHwiexOvuRKuvwRX8BH7QU9IRWbrGvVU1atRX0k-JLlm=s633" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="633" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhldNJjN1ACjYhCuaBKe3uCx0ctvBSZXx3wi7E7c-quy0MzXWXutN5eofBGqdoNQZxvgadaHCLviVKiR0UGIoLJ7aPJpYB8-i6M2oMulpUD_5x5SSkrpRZA6wj_jBAxUskbfMeaKLw0fhLlrHwiexOvuRKuvwRX8BH7QU9IRWbrGvVU1atRX0k-JLlm=w606-h640" width="606" /></span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The most striking – and noisiest – work is ‘Capital
Corpses’ (2019-21), which consists of
100 sewing machines on school desks, operating in syncopated bursts, and
blackboards still showing the last lessons taught with them. What is that
about? <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I like the simple idea
of combining the classroom with these machines, typically used by young women
who, lacking a formal education, get a sewing machine as their means to keep a
family. I’m interested in the contradiction between what the machines and the
desks signify. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">How do you acquire so much old stuff?<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I often negotiate to
replace old for new, added to which there are many scavengers in Ghana, so if I
need anything I just commission them to go around. The desks are a colonial
design by British, and I like it that kids always write on them. I was less
interested in the sewing machines as formal objects than in the sound connected
to them – but they didn’t work. Often in Ghana people will buy second hand
clothing without worrying if it will fit or not, because we always have a
tailor available. So I worked with tailors, switching them from using the
machines to repairing them. When they came back on, it was another return of
the dead.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">You’re just finishing your PhD. What is your subject?<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It is based on the
project to resurrect buildings around the country – old swimming pools and
cemeteries as well as silos. I look into the political forms behind the spaces
– Marxist theories of capital, and the contradictions posed - and aim to
translate them into another kind of system that allows for hope to be bred
within a new generation. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What do people make of you back home?<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">They are surprised
that I consider myself an artist, given the sorts of thing I do, but I think
that is an important part of leading them into new perspectives.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">You come from a large polygamous family. Can you tell me about
that? <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">My father has four
wives and they have ten children, but there are many adopted children, too –
more than I can count, you always came across different people in the
house. Relations with my mother and the
other wives are very similar: the only reason you can marry more than one wife
is because you are deemed to be very responsible. Everything is equally shared,
and sometimes wives will give children to each other to raise. I don’t know if
my practice would have developed in the same way if I didn’t have that background
– even though my work doesn’t deal with my family, the spirit of it makes a
difference. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 19.9733px;">Interview of the Month, September 2021 </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 17.12px; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 19.9733px;">ALEXANDRE DA CUNHA</span></b></p><h3 style="background: whitesmoke; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCVTUCfilregQrLtR4slGHl74j2MOBwHqRfltQStfhXB8ESLW323Eiw2isZYlVbKeSuWw-Nef25V0T0pcOkucUouSHKUmGsR8qn_axXnXBIDes4XQdc5d1WbW_amJzqC0E7Avs7fY4qORtCb0r5piiJYVQFqayhIgAsjcU9pJW8deoafU4mYFV8NMv=s1500" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCVTUCfilregQrLtR4slGHl74j2MOBwHqRfltQStfhXB8ESLW323Eiw2isZYlVbKeSuWw-Nef25V0T0pcOkucUouSHKUmGsR8qn_axXnXBIDes4XQdc5d1WbW_amJzqC0E7Avs7fY4qORtCb0r5piiJYVQFqayhIgAsjcU9pJW8deoafU4mYFV8NMv=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></h3><h3 style="background: whitesmoke; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The
Brazilian artist Alexandre da Cunha has a major show at Brighton’s CCA. ‘Duplex’ (to 25 Sept) articulates ‘his
engagement with cultures of consumption, reuse, materiality and art history’
through found – but altered - objects. I talked to him about four works linked by their association
with labour and leisure - mops and concrete mixers on the labour side; beach
towels and part of a boat for leisure. </span><o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Hi Alexandre, you’re bang on
time!<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Yes… knowing I’m both
Brazilian and an artist people expect me to be an easy-going, laid back, untidy
kind of guy who goes with the flow - but I’m actually very punctual and
organised!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">You’ve worked between London and
Sao Paulo for 20 years. I guess that’s been difficult recently? <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I still have a place in
both, and normally I’m back and forth – typically a few times a year. I always
seem to have a good excuse to go back there when it gets cold! But I was stuck
here this last year, and so I experienced my first complete London winter. It
was horrendous – though there was something disruptive about continually
switching seasons. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Are your works readymades?<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I’ve never fully
embraced that term. There is always some alteration and usually a lot of work
behind them - not just a displacement of the object. So, for example, the mop
heads which make up ‘KENTUCKY (Napoli)’, 2020 are individually dyed by dipping them
in paint, then there’s a lot of work in knotting them together, like making a
tapestry.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">That’s a curious title: ‘KENTUCKY
(Napoli)’… <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Most of my titles come
from brands of products or labels which I find. ‘Kentucky mop’ is actually the
name for that type of mop, and I liked how it also irresponsibly appropriates a
place and a culture. This Kentucky was made in Naples for the Thomas Dane show
there, and uses colours I saw in the city. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Tell me about the mops<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">They’re a long-running
series. After a while I started dying them, but I’ve only just started with partial
dying – that suggests tie-dye, and makes them more painterly. I like to
establish a dialogue with the space – here the mops touch the floor, and that reminds
you to recognise their function – they could have been used for the labour of
cleaning the floor. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The Urn Series are cement
mixers. How did you come to use them?<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">That began from me
collecting images of mixers I saw both here and in Brazil. There are differences:
in Sao Paulo people will often use a mixer themselves, whereas in Hackney I’d
see them on commercial sites with several workers involved. But I realised what
I was mainly interested in was the shape, so I started collecting abandoned
ones, then bought them off EBay and so on. I remove the blades inside, and just
use the drum as a readymade that has a lot of life – I’m not appropriating the
object alone, but all the work that was done with it – all the history
indicated by dents and marks. I don’t
change that shape, just the surface. Some I do little to, some I polish until
they become shiny, returning them to the metal. That makes them look newer, but
actual new ones would be too boring, too regular. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I notice some of the five drums
are titled simply ‘Urn IV’ etc, but others are titled ‘Full Catastrophe’. Why
is that?<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">They were in a show
which used a quote from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Cacoyannis"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">Michael Cacoyannis</span></a>’s
1964 film <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9Dy_5zMfEM">Zorba the Greek</a></span> – picking up on
the struggle to build a home in the context of asking what defines masculinity:
‘Yes, I’m a man’, says Zorba, ‘…wife,
children, house, everything - the full catastrophe’. That fits with how the staging
on paving slabs in Brighton suggests a domestic patio. I’ve previously shown
the drums both on plinths - which emphasise their association with archaeological
relics and the museum display of treasures – and on paving, reminding us of how
the cement might be used.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgntYE3ONgjUtwH5eXbpsqVmtlTgiyV0zbzL-XaeVAgWnhTHsXdsFut-quiVhUXrXyJrzYl9yxl8Oyv9Df5bYEF74WyEFXKbfT8yLHnl9ntd-jJlKaVkekHWo4HUCB7dRoIpzOSJI-lkFTb184zooOZOXuZ-W7N9Tzh73cZIJf851mk0ACVNGxZp-cw=s900" style="background-color: whitesmoke; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="417" data-original-width="900" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgntYE3ONgjUtwH5eXbpsqVmtlTgiyV0zbzL-XaeVAgWnhTHsXdsFut-quiVhUXrXyJrzYl9yxl8Oyv9Df5bYEF74WyEFXKbfT8yLHnl9ntd-jJlKaVkekHWo4HUCB7dRoIpzOSJI-lkFTb184zooOZOXuZ-W7N9Tzh73cZIJf851mk0ACVNGxZp-cw=w640-h296" width="640" /></span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What’s the appeal of the beach
towels showing a woman, as used in ‘Amazons’?<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What first attracted me
was the underlying and somewhat disturbing weirdness of having an image of a
body painted on a towel, so you are lying on someone else. Then I discovered
the potential to use the leisure / tourism aspect to talk about other things,
e.g. dreaming, escapism, even time travel. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It acts as a figurative
painting, doesn’t it?<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It does: I always refer
to categories of representation through my work. I like it that the first
encounter with the viewer has an entry point – being seen as ‘a picture’, ‘a
pot’ etc. In this case tapestry, photography and sculpture are all in play, and
as I dye the towels with shades of one colour, that introduces the processes of
pop painting or printing – the repetition might suggest Warhol in particular.
And I enjoy how you still recognise the object within the work – the towel is
unashamedly there, no tricks or hiding. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjCEV3ZSt3O_l_26DLDEwqRIja1dKwFhfLl2eChtxP6BCANkEAVhnzDkVwbLuka7Fl416rjVcPtkUZt__wxQuc0NG8bp99C-DdGmxKzMoMdrr4AnBSJe5btDErLzBPkgtsL8BQiDmvGCE1osZNkUYO6f3_Un0WxHGCawfKzVA0gkbgSSIUzDUMHBFRk=s600" style="background-color: whitesmoke; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="600" height="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjCEV3ZSt3O_l_26DLDEwqRIja1dKwFhfLl2eChtxP6BCANkEAVhnzDkVwbLuka7Fl416rjVcPtkUZt__wxQuc0NG8bp99C-DdGmxKzMoMdrr4AnBSJe5btDErLzBPkgtsL8BQiDmvGCE1osZNkUYO6f3_Un0WxHGCawfKzVA0gkbgSSIUzDUMHBFRk=w640-h638" width="640" /></span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘Duplex’ is more like a drawing
or relief?<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Yes, it’s very spatial combination
of objects from two very different places in a forced marriage: the carpet from
a home or office, the railing from a boat, made strange by its vertical
placement. Indoors and outdoors come
together. You might hope to escape on the boat, but you’re going nowhere on a
carpet. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Is it relevant that all of the
works we’ve talked about relate to the body? <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Yes, it’s becoming clear
to me that if there’s one thing to say my work is about, it is about the body.
Both labour and leisure operate through the body, through tactile, physical
relationships with objects: handling the mop, shovelling the cement, using a
towel, holding a railing… <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjitHlWtBmhrGqpgJQP_bByrOyr4UPLt5vlFrvgPcysRYhwnmEU5cbMNdrmDh-isdqB4ffxlqNctksX6T_5l05vutcIonjkV1noKxwVwtUNoeu-lBmuR2IekDP1M5QBNrXTfZBF12f283-QtoRWTwT3p__IwrWYsdQy9k4xH7LgMUbzG6wSkkD3rh1I=s1200" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjitHlWtBmhrGqpgJQP_bByrOyr4UPLt5vlFrvgPcysRYhwnmEU5cbMNdrmDh-isdqB4ffxlqNctksX6T_5l05vutcIonjkV1noKxwVwtUNoeu-lBmuR2IekDP1M5QBNrXTfZBF12f283-QtoRWTwT3p__IwrWYsdQy9k4xH7LgMUbzG6wSkkD3rh1I=w640-h320" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 19.9733px;">Interview of the Month, August 2021 </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 19.9733px;">ROSIE GIBBENS</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 110%; margin-bottom: .4pt; margin-left: -.25pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.4pt -0.25pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The
entertaining and thought-provoking solo exhibition, ‘Soft Girls’, by <u><a href="https://www.rosiegibbens.com/">Rosie Gibbens</a></u>, is at the <u><a href="https://www.zabludowiczcollection.com/exhibitions/view/zabludowicz-collection-invites-rosie-gibbens">Zabludowicz</a> </u><u><a href="https://www.zabludowiczcollection.com/exhibitions/view/zabludowicz-collection-invites-rosie-gibbens">Collection</a></u>, London to 15 August. Gibbens has
cobbled together a dozen moveable semi-humanoid sculptures out of domestic
appliances, exercise equipment, sex toys, fabric and stuffing. She activates
them in an accompanying video and live performance to generate raise questions
about power and agency.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj3DSNIWSIKDw3sEEo4D5Mli9aTwn0oOVRpHFhoN7lXq5bed5OeRJW13e2YF8RF4W4ylspQRxJCmcVKizPNVQaMv381CvLqVzR85U3I0qaNplXqjxV_Gd0bvn8Q0jdaNcYjgUaZ_qj2FQDwpooTGjaYyDjcIMaqCS0mEDhZ-BwOyvR2Xl-CP1wXzw5u=s1512" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="847" data-original-width="1512" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj3DSNIWSIKDw3sEEo4D5Mli9aTwn0oOVRpHFhoN7lXq5bed5OeRJW13e2YF8RF4W4ylspQRxJCmcVKizPNVQaMv381CvLqVzR85U3I0qaNplXqjxV_Gd0bvn8Q0jdaNcYjgUaZ_qj2FQDwpooTGjaYyDjcIMaqCS0mEDhZ-BwOyvR2Xl-CP1wXzw5u=w640-h358" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 110%; margin-bottom: .4pt; margin-left: -.25pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.4pt -0.25pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 110%; margin-bottom: 8.25pt; margin-left: -.25pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8.25pt -0.25pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Rosie Gibbens in the ‘Soft Girls’
installation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 110%; margin-bottom: 8.35pt; margin-left: -.25pt; margin-right: 1.1pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 1.1pt 8.35pt -0.25pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>I
first saw you three years ago, in a film that Art Monthly described as making
‘a convincingly earnest comic turn out of performing sex acts on an office
chair’. How do you see that now?</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.1pt; margin-left: -.25pt; margin-right: .35pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0.35pt 8.1pt -0.25pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I made ‘Professional Body’ for my degree show in 2018. My
manipulation of an office chair developed out of mucking around while sitting
on one: something clicked and I imagined this bored office worker in a very
corporate space trying to entertain herself. The dynamic is unclear – perhaps
the chair (or whoever it stands in for) has power over her or perhaps she is in
control of the situation. I remember some teenagers watching: they didn’t
realise they were sitting on the same chair until I told them – they thought
that was gross and got off fast!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 110%; margin-bottom: 8.35pt; margin-left: -.25pt; margin-right: 1.1pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 1.1pt 8.35pt -0.25pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>The
installation at the Zabludowicz Collection has some of the same spirit but is
more like a gym. Do you go to the gym?</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.1pt; margin-left: -.25pt; margin-right: .35pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0.35pt 8.1pt -0.25pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">No, performance is my work out! Though it may not be very
effective, as I like incorporating objects which probably don’t work. For example I’m pretty sure the ‘vibrating
plate exerciser’ doesn’t really make you lose weight – but it was good for a
game at Christmas, when you had to sit on it and make a life drawing while
vibrating. And there’s a penis pump which I’m not sure works at all – I tested
it with my finger – I doubt it would
make anything bigger! I’m interested in niche products that are
advertised as ways to streamline and improve our lives but actually make things
more confusing and frustrating!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 110%; margin-bottom: 8.35pt; margin-left: -.25pt; margin-right: 1.1pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 1.1pt 8.35pt -0.25pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>Are
they sculptures or props?</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.1pt; margin-left: -.25pt; margin-right: .35pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0.35pt 8.1pt -0.25pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I don’t worry about that, or about whether the performance
documentation is an art work, which people often ask. You can get tangled up in
definitions, but at the end of the day it’s all part of the same project. I do
want the props to stand up materially and formally, though, to work in their
own right when I’m not there.<o:p></o:p></span></p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIdd-1rVg4ijbuconCXiXnLK6EuwZDFK0PaTrj9CqCOXYOMXuoeFzTRKCAdhUzp6RrPeDR8g_FLPvlGi-QG7fpljCqBlqB9_JMRvRIZ_1Rf7E423o8Vkbi4PgdlJiBvYtdbcsN0rnRqN86duYE2c3_ME6A2TWBfpmm3Z_-DPtsyWDUDSbbkJsFnf7P=s800" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIdd-1rVg4ijbuconCXiXnLK6EuwZDFK0PaTrj9CqCOXYOMXuoeFzTRKCAdhUzp6RrPeDR8g_FLPvlGi-QG7fpljCqBlqB9_JMRvRIZ_1Rf7E423o8Vkbi4PgdlJiBvYtdbcsN0rnRqN86duYE2c3_ME6A2TWBfpmm3Z_-DPtsyWDUDSbbkJsFnf7P=w480-h640" width="480" /></a><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 28.7pt; margin-left: -.25pt; margin-right: .35pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0.35pt 28.7pt -0.25pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 28.7pt; margin-left: -.25pt; margin-right: .35pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0.35pt 28.7pt -0.25pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘Gym Master’, 2020 – vibrating plate, hospital chair,
nipple tassels, rubber gloves, fabric and stuffing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 110%; margin-bottom: 8.35pt; margin-left: -.25pt; margin-right: 1.1pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 1.1pt 8.35pt -0.25pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>I
notice you always perform in the same high heels?</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.1pt; margin-left: -.25pt; margin-right: .35pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0.35pt 8.1pt -0.25pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Yes, they’ve become part of my character of myself. They
change how I move, and my posture and can reference different realms to me -
they have a slightly fetish aspect but also wouldn’t be out of place in a
wedding or boardroom. That fits with how my materials are a mix of medical and
sex shop supplies and things you’d have at home. I like to cross over these different worlds
– gym / office / hospital / porno / domestic – so it’s not clear what type of
space you’re in.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 110%; margin-bottom: 8.35pt; margin-left: -.25pt; margin-right: 1.1pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 1.1pt 8.35pt -0.25pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>Tell
me about the printed fabric ‘Tongue’ which can be pulled out some 13 feet</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.1pt; margin-left: -.25pt; margin-right: .35pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0.35pt 8.1pt -0.25pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">That comes from Looney Tunes: when a character sees
something they like – often a cartoon woman – their eyes bounce out of their
head and their tongue unrolls. So my tongue is responding to the other
sculptures and performances in the same way. You pull on a butt plug to pop out
the eyes – I saw some children who thought it was hilarious until their parents
stepped in on seeing what it was!<o:p></o:p></span></p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhNg52k52KYz413fDlVRdxiuxxzDH0TFP7YzkVyoYJ5GlmOJlp1gwTbQlm_1jCJo7QdZhoP6_EB2aiazpmWwcKBatF5PKbf4G-3yceSusIQo1AAkJ8SGOiomuYxmYHZ_sYcCBc__A84oQkEFJaUUKWTxa_FPUXg8h6SPQ1B-wibxS-3XPKn5LikJCf=s900" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="523" data-original-width="900" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhNg52k52KYz413fDlVRdxiuxxzDH0TFP7YzkVyoYJ5GlmOJlp1gwTbQlm_1jCJo7QdZhoP6_EB2aiazpmWwcKBatF5PKbf4G-3yceSusIQo1AAkJ8SGOiomuYxmYHZ_sYcCBc__A84oQkEFJaUUKWTxa_FPUXg8h6SPQ1B-wibxS-3XPKn5LikJCf=w640-h372" width="640" /></a><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.1pt; margin-left: -.25pt; margin-right: .35pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0.35pt 8.1pt -0.25pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.1pt; margin-left: -.25pt; margin-right: .35pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0.35pt 8.1pt -0.25pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Rosie Gibbens in performance<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 110%; margin-bottom: 8.35pt; margin-left: -.25pt; margin-right: 1.1pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 1.1pt 8.35pt -0.25pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>There’s
a film of you using your inventions. Can the audience join in?</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.1pt; margin-left: -.25pt; margin-right: .35pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0.35pt 8.1pt -0.25pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I’d encourage it in principle, but I’m not sure how long
the sculptures would last so only some can be played with in this show. I’d
like to build more robust sculptures in the future designed for other people to
activate. There’s a real joy in being able to try them out, and that would
change the dynamic.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 110%; margin-bottom: 8.35pt; margin-left: -.25pt; margin-right: 1.1pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 1.1pt 8.35pt -0.25pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>What
were you thinking about when you made the work?</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.1pt; margin-left: -.25pt; margin-right: .35pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0.35pt 8.1pt -0.25pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I was mixing together different references to how female
bodies are consumed, and trying to give new life to stereotypical images by
looking at them through my own lens. I was particularly interested by the
Anatomical Venus models of eighteenth-century Italy, languid women with
detailed reproductions of their innards exploding out of them for the purpose
of medical training. I love their mix of glamour and the grotesque. I combined
these with references to horror movie characters, sex dolls and nudes from art
history. Hopefully my sculptures and performance give different perspectives on
and agency to these.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 110%; margin-bottom: 8.35pt; margin-left: -.25pt; margin-right: 1.1pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 1.1pt 8.35pt -0.25pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>How
do you use these figures?</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.1pt; margin-left: -.25pt; margin-right: .35pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0.35pt 8.1pt -0.25pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Though my work has humorous elements, I think it marries
dark and light. I was imagining the Venuses coming to life through the horror
genre to seek revenge for the way they were originally portrayed in passive, sometimes
violated positions. I give them a new cartoonised way of living. I think of
them having their own personalities and as versions of me. And there’s the
‘Soft Girl’ internet aesthetic, a hyper-feminised cute look taken so far that
it appears ironic. These girls are playing with their identity around that
stereotype and being irreverent towards it. That’s my approach, too.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.1pt; margin-left: -.25pt; margin-right: .35pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0.35pt 8.1pt -0.25pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Interview of the Month: July 2021<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">SPENCER FINCH<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">In
his current exhibition at Lisson Gallery (‘Only the hand that erases writes the
true thing’, to 31 July), Spencer Finch presents new works which continue his
long-running investigation of the subtle beauty and mystery of nature and our
perception if it. The show contains fascinating considerations of snow, light
and a mountain walk, as well as the clouds, fog and mistakes he discussed from
his New York studio. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiirBb8ErglXKC4Ud2HnKGnFbtN4GcyL2GOV9brzEDtdbBwcyJ-EJSXIKBsRcbq2-h7eVRs26wG9WwWNGTPxfrcc6sTKVgtVoh3o2MAvs_cWUsOfdqXfyq9dRA9xUdyIxrPMSwQ77D8UN0OVzgsgzCMPwha5lsC5EaCMI9q6jRYsQ-9f16SemeVV7L7=s1000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="749" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiirBb8ErglXKC4Ud2HnKGnFbtN4GcyL2GOV9brzEDtdbBwcyJ-EJSXIKBsRcbq2-h7eVRs26wG9WwWNGTPxfrcc6sTKVgtVoh3o2MAvs_cWUsOfdqXfyq9dRA9xUdyIxrPMSwQ77D8UN0OVzgsgzCMPwha5lsC5EaCMI9q6jRYsQ-9f16SemeVV7L7=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Cloud
(cumulus fractus under stratus, Connecticut)<i>,
2021, is a drawing of layered clouds. When you get close, you can see it’s made
with Scotch Tape. How did you arrive at that medium? <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It
was an accident of experimentation. I was trying to make pictures of clouds
using translucent vellum, and they looked OK, but you could always see the spot
where I’d applied the adhesive. At one point I was using Scotch Tape to hold
the vellum to the paper, and I realised I could use the tape as both the
adhesive and the material that adhered. After that epiphany I found a way to
build it up to create light and shadow. That pares the work down to the
essence, and I’ve always liked work where there’s nothing superfluous.
Incidentally, the manufacturers won’t say that Scotch Tape is archival, but in
tests I’ve found it lasts much better than any ‘archival tape’!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgOwIeVb_8ultJFuKSCvJbDowmb9zDlFKl5UJSoUCvI8vCZQVcLewsuWiJpx3FYMkoZIaKYasFMzadCXzJThLv-_QFOMcM5pYA4HXFvim9NH7Y_Ij3mflpY1uUgh39-rj67vhskU8kHfTFtP1Y2AmyrHOKi4Nnr9aYAGm6-pw2hbQBoaFhmDR5_kPt6=s2000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1499" data-original-width="2000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgOwIeVb_8ultJFuKSCvJbDowmb9zDlFKl5UJSoUCvI8vCZQVcLewsuWiJpx3FYMkoZIaKYasFMzadCXzJThLv-_QFOMcM5pYA4HXFvim9NH7Y_Ij3mflpY1uUgh39-rj67vhskU8kHfTFtP1Y2AmyrHOKi4Nnr9aYAGm6-pw2hbQBoaFhmDR5_kPt6=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The ‘Usuyuki’ series summon ‘fog’ and
‘snow upon snow’ simply by layering rectangles of white fabrics on the gallery
walls. What is ‘Usuyuki’?<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">That’s
a Japanese term for ‘light snow’. I have explored making images of fog out of
different materials for more than ten years, because it is a subject that is
both material and immaterial, which conceals but also reveals in unexpected
ways. I worked with a Japanese fabric specialist and New York fashion shops to
accumulate the correct weights of tulle and chiffon, which I layered to create
suggestions of landscapes veiled by fog, mist or ice. They change in real time
as the light in the space changes, so it’s great to have them up at a time of
year when there’s so much daylight in London. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What do you hope people will see in
them?<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The
construction of these works is intentionally simple and matter-of-fact: I didn’t want any tricks – like theatrical
lighting or frame built up around it – I want it to be very clear what’s going
on. But the optics are quite complex.
Not only do the various layers of fabric vibrate back and forth in the
picture plane, but the shadows created by the edges of different layers add an
additional degree of visual complexity. What I enjoy most is the ever-changing
dialogue between the material and the light in the space - but that happens
very gradually, the changes are very subtle.
I remember as a student spending lunch hours with Ad Reinhardt paintings
that changed with the viewing conditions, and that’s the sort of meditative art
viewing experience I was striving for. It’s really about the edge of seeing,
where you question your own vision and perception – for a moment it can look
like fog or snow piled up, and then it all falls apart, becoming just this fabric on the wall. That
back and forth is really interesting to me: it’s about seeing ourselves seeing,
experiencing our own perception. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Do you ever worry that there’s ‘not
enough there’?<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I
do, but often if I put more in it looks bad and I take it out. As Wittgenstein
says in <i>Culture and Value</i><span style="background: white;"> ‘in art it is hard to say anything as good as saying
nothing.’ Perhaps that comes from my being trained by minimalists. Like them, I
don’t want to tell people what to think: rather than revealing truths, I create
situations to reveal the world in a subtle and complex way.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj10wIaYsZquk-Nc9NbjrYBXiNjurl6PEvon6hwSiroqztk3pOJwZUKz60dDDkdc51wmu2HJFk9qgGzWhJFsIUL6PCnOR2aDEOHZB9QWjbfWfYr5lrVU3zZvuEJUfO9ZiAFpRcbzLVYqbm0PfnU7z3fikdNHWFtbpKCwAHGcIduJlqJxrIy-FE4GXHH=s1000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="749" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj10wIaYsZquk-Nc9NbjrYBXiNjurl6PEvon6hwSiroqztk3pOJwZUKz60dDDkdc51wmu2HJFk9qgGzWhJFsIUL6PCnOR2aDEOHZB9QWjbfWfYr5lrVU3zZvuEJUfO9ZiAFpRcbzLVYqbm0PfnU7z3fikdNHWFtbpKCwAHGcIduJlqJxrIy-FE4GXHH=w480-h640" width="480" /></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The ‘Mistakes’ series of 25 pastels on
coloured paper record moments when you mistook one thing for another, such as
‘wet leaf mistaken for dog poop’ and ‘fleck of parsley on laptop screen
mistaken for malware icon’. What led to
these works?<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">For
years I have kept a record of perceptual errors that I encounter. I usually
laugh when I have one of these moments. For me, these mistakes point to the
slipperiness of perception and the beauty of subjectivity, but also to the
deeply psychological biases of perception. Sometimes I see what I want to see
or am afraid of seeing, rather than what is actually there. Deciding to
transform my notes into drawings, I included more detail at first, then
realised that they had to be more like a smear: when you make a mistake, you’re
obviously not seeing clearly. The coloured paper, I hope, gives a sense of
childlike wonder at the ridiculousness of the world and how we experience it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I found it hard to guess what was
shown, so I was drawn in close read the captions. <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">You
need the captions, yes, but then the images are intended to be looked at out of
the corner of your eye so they can appear to be both things at once,
re-creating the ambiguity that I originally experienced. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><span style="line-height: 107%;"> </span></i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCMLDs88WVl3KKptcMkfU7s5Mr0BGFQM9935hFYJZq9Lgy3zk3U3A9pmvX4iXa72kFUfm7neQ9qQ5jQGXOiVcn4Qk3crUMeoKBxv5oMHpvVfKxsHjQiFXTYJ3iQd4iImsxiCK5Foxb8giMd9zVVSFL2u9uM845yfE-y4xhqHYCAouHBTWR8rlq6FqV=s393" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="393" data-original-width="350" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCMLDs88WVl3KKptcMkfU7s5Mr0BGFQM9935hFYJZq9Lgy3zk3U3A9pmvX4iXa72kFUfm7neQ9qQ5jQGXOiVcn4Qk3crUMeoKBxv5oMHpvVfKxsHjQiFXTYJ3iQd4iImsxiCK5Foxb8giMd9zVVSFL2u9uM845yfE-y4xhqHYCAouHBTWR8rlq6FqV=w570-h640" width="570" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">How wide is the appeal of your way of
looking? <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I
know my work isn’t for everyone – I’ve seen enough people walk in and out
quickly! This is work made for people who share the spirit in which it is made.
That’s one of the great things about being a visual artist: you don’t have to
have mass appeal. I don’t want to be restricted to an elite, but I don’t mind
if not everyone finds it interesting, so long as all kinds of people do: not
just people previously engaged with visual art, but people walking in off the
street.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Interview of the Month: June 2021<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><b><span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">ENA SWANSEA<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgkAxKUPw5jYbcyiSI8YHE9HSQIBOKbUtfSSR7DupOVaya8t55VDJbouOuHNEyhETZoc1_t14K3dKwl9j1rcHyyXshJEZxbPO9aKLX3CS87vhpNzlZY8AbNn_OjEiG8CGrFrSs-_GowFur17LeQctwleemZJcEhvIcjkkrdttd5Ou8mXHuiB4Um96_b=s1600" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="1600" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgkAxKUPw5jYbcyiSI8YHE9HSQIBOKbUtfSSR7DupOVaya8t55VDJbouOuHNEyhETZoc1_t14K3dKwl9j1rcHyyXshJEZxbPO9aKLX3CS87vhpNzlZY8AbNn_OjEiG8CGrFrSs-_GowFur17LeQctwleemZJcEhvIcjkkrdttd5Ou8mXHuiB4Um96_b=w640-h356" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i style="text-align: left;">Central Park pond</i><span style="text-align: left;">, 2019 - </span><span style="background: white; text-align: left;">152 x 274
cm</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(241, 241, 241); line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">There’s an
aura of mystery to Ena Swansea’s big, impressive paintings at <u><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6432330092345249234/2876690240609919416">Ben Brown Fine Arts</a></u> (‘green
light’ to 30 July), and I wanted to know more. Just how are they made, and why
do they show what they do? So I arranged a Zoom with the artist in her New York
studio…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(241, 241, 241); line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>How does
your use of graphite in paintings operate?</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(241, 241, 241); line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I discovered
that graphite had this curious quality that it both sucks the light out of the
image and also reflects and so brings light back into the image as you move around
it. I’ve made many paintings on graphite grounds, but they only really thrive
in perfect lighting – they can die otherwise. So I evolved into using what you
might call graphite and its cousins… there’s oil, acrylic, mica, pulverised
marble, ink, graphite and pastel in these paintings, including luminous and
metallic pigments.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(241, 241, 241); line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>What effect
does that intend?</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(241, 241, 241); line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I hope my
paintings feel as if they could be turned on and off. As if you have just a
nanosecond ago pulled the plug on an old TV. The images look unstable, as if
part is missing or out of focus. That echoes how, when I was a kid,
US TVs only had 525 lines. Now, of course, we live by these glowing screens:
it’s as if we have a <i>doppelgänger</i> which has another life, who
lives in the screen and thinks everything is real in there…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(241, 241, 241); line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> <o:p></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgNGWSRRSCORwErFJYAR4sOCVf-CuUqQngJPQGUvqWP0UkR5eG3bfy_nuOatzarVo4mSsO0v53qWrOn8OBa_rh8OPB5NIIbdZJyY4kuwJep4nQpbdK7GSJZaOQQFkg189of0fQveseuSRQG_DhFOABvmxytCR-RZ_YffQqk4P2luc1UIyycs1Lqfp3g=s1600" style="background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1287" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgNGWSRRSCORwErFJYAR4sOCVf-CuUqQngJPQGUvqWP0UkR5eG3bfy_nuOatzarVo4mSsO0v53qWrOn8OBa_rh8OPB5NIIbdZJyY4kuwJep4nQpbdK7GSJZaOQQFkg189of0fQveseuSRQG_DhFOABvmxytCR-RZ_YffQqk4P2luc1UIyycs1Lqfp3g=w514-h640" width="514" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(241, 241, 241); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>pollarded trees</i>, 2021 - 152 x 122 cm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(241, 241, 241); line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>You have a
background in film, but I think it’s your photographs which provide your
starting points?</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(241, 241, 241); line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Yes, looking
back over the last few hundred paintings (see <u><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6432330092345249234/2876690240609919416">enaswansea.com</a></u>) they feel like frames
from a film which cannot be made. I’m revisiting things which I haven’t quite
figured out. But I don’t shoot much moving stuff – rather, I have a library of
165,000 photos organised by ideas, sometimes literary, sometimes particular
subjects like ‘pollarded trees’. They look weird to an American, we don’t
control our trees like Europeans. To me, they become anthropomorphic.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(241, 241, 241); line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> <i>What places
are we seeing?</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(241, 241, 241); line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Many
different locations, for example the North Carolina woods where I grew up, and
the ocean near LA, as well as New York. People have said, though, that they are
all infused with an urban feeling, even when they are
landscapes. I’m not sure how that happens, but you could say that
Frank O’Hara’s great poem ‘Meditations in an Emergency’, 1957, catches the
mood: ‘One need never leave the confines of New York to get all the greenery
one wishes—I can’t even enjoy a blade of grass unless I know there’s a subway
handy’.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(241, 241, 241); line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>These works
were made while you were locked down in New York. How did that influence them?</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(241, 241, 241); line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I think they
benefitted from the isolation. In New York life just collapsed, there was
nowhere to go and time crawled by… The studio was – technically
speaking – the same, but it felt very different…. And that affected what I was
doing, and for me it made the paintings talk about time.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(241, 241, 241); line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>Are there
also political aspects to that difference?</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(241, 241, 241); line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I think so,
yes. Lockdown made us realise together – collectively, wordlessly, like bees
communicating in a hive – that we are vulnerable. I think that made it clear
that a lot of work is needed to make things more balanced in society. I’m a
Southern woman who was indoctrinated in Victorian values that resist being too
explicit about such matters, but in a strange way I think that’s in the show.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(241, 241, 241); line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0GOwuZMVNvRn4eIPa4FsQE6_QNrIwundFYgvZgyTC0oSgjgt7I7I0z2Qo4KErCE7n80xU0rIwZmCIuzSge_RwZhB3HbehO-H661rUifXD1Vx7BY1N2cmPJoLqWo2OXTshZRjOre_svIJTYQINLVPx05wFFNPcU8qdhHSf8U5vClYFJUKlTEpIm1We=s2109" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2109" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0GOwuZMVNvRn4eIPa4FsQE6_QNrIwundFYgvZgyTC0oSgjgt7I7I0z2Qo4KErCE7n80xU0rIwZmCIuzSge_RwZhB3HbehO-H661rUifXD1Vx7BY1N2cmPJoLqWo2OXTshZRjOre_svIJTYQINLVPx05wFFNPcU8qdhHSf8U5vClYFJUKlTEpIm1We=w486-h640" width="486" /></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(241, 241, 241); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>area code</i> <i>2019</i>,
2019 274 x 208 cm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(241, 241, 241); line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>I was particularly
struck by ‘area code 2019′. What’s happening there?</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(241, 241, 241); line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">You could
say that dropping a phone booth into this location makes no sense, but I’m
drawn to phone booths as a plot device – miniature stages, places where
superheroes go to get transformed… I started to take photos of them, but they’re
vanishing – apparently only four working phone booths remain in Manhattan. I
got the idea of small child – not really old enough to make a call – trying to
use a phone booth at night in the woods, leaving you to wonder what the problem
might be. It’s a mysterious painting of something you’ve never seen – yet feels
familiar.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(241, 241, 241); line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhoW1_y3shiuqqpFV-tC3PBGrWby25NUHxBDFQTquUelZtgKgEYOIJ9yruFhURSfDHfR_bZ_403lggxNCx4s0fkSTqUgIQsEE8Jg5y8GpOcJkH4P9b9rTViJ0uRdQM2aXRYnQRV2gNNpjMV3Pl70HWpFLr1VqdtB4Fj-ZA0QCwDtWJaCEokCstr_xFn=s1000" style="background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhoW1_y3shiuqqpFV-tC3PBGrWby25NUHxBDFQTquUelZtgKgEYOIJ9yruFhURSfDHfR_bZ_403lggxNCx4s0fkSTqUgIQsEE8Jg5y8GpOcJkH4P9b9rTViJ0uRdQM2aXRYnQRV2gNNpjMV3Pl70HWpFLr1VqdtB4Fj-ZA0QCwDtWJaCEokCstr_xFn=w640-h426" width="640" /></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(241, 241, 241); line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>Finally, how
did you get your unusual name?</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(241, 241, 241); line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">My mother
was immersed in poetry and got the idea of naming me after Dylan Thomas – but I
turned out to be a girl. She somehow got the phone number of Thomas’s widow,
Caitlin, rang her up out of the blue and asked her to name her daughter. She,
unsurprisingly grouchy, asked what I looked like. ‘The ugliest baby you’ve ever
seen’, replied my mother, ‘Crossed eyes, a lumpy head, a big strawberry
birthmark and a tuft of red hair’. Caitlin said ‘she sounds like an Ena. That
means Ocean on Fire’. You wouldn’t choose to be a paradox, but I like the name
now…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(241, 241, 241); line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(241, 241, 241); line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Paul Carey-Kent</b> writes widely,
including for Art Monthly, Frieze, World of Interiors and Border Crossings, and
has a <u><a href="https://fadmagazine.com/author/paul/" target="_blank">weekly column</a></u> online at
FAD Magazine. He is visual arts editor of the science-meets-the-arts magazine <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://seismamag.com/visual-fine-art">Seisma</a></span>.
Paul’s next curation is <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://southwarkparkgalleries.org/a-fine-day-for-seeing/">‘A Fine Day
for Seeing’</a></span> at Southwark Park Galleries (28 July - 29 August).
You can find him on Instagram <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/paulcareykent/">@paulcareykent</a></span> and
read a wider range of writing, including photo-poems, at <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://paulsartworld.blogspot.com/">Paul’s Art
World</a></span>. </span></p>Paul Carey-Kenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01842249388250530953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432330092345249234.post-80458421170768963842023-03-25T03:54:00.002-07:002023-03-29T02:43:37.284-07:00Nadège Mériau: TENDED <p> </p><p class="Body"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: 0.6pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc0ABq-jIjbVbJIZif4fNbs4ytjfHQohDXh1PCwun7S3QFba5adoJiIshrt4OEa5dSQ8DL-UiTtNLsrNZjnruzK-mVnFlnPnM9gRWNB6eGJqp6sK-iIPiXlXnDydu2LpVfd6pmvAr16rrNAlCzvMhiFIcgBI5L2fdiOFdDSrBHQx0FoT3NFAKQMTI5/s2857/sept%20cropped%20image_file_537.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2857" data-original-width="2000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc0ABq-jIjbVbJIZif4fNbs4ytjfHQohDXh1PCwun7S3QFba5adoJiIshrt4OEa5dSQ8DL-UiTtNLsrNZjnruzK-mVnFlnPnM9gRWNB6eGJqp6sK-iIPiXlXnDydu2LpVfd6pmvAr16rrNAlCzvMhiFIcgBI5L2fdiOFdDSrBHQx0FoT3NFAKQMTI5/w448-h640/sept%20cropped%20image_file_537.jpg" width="448" /></a></div><br />TENDED<p></p>
<p class="Body"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: 0.6pt;">Nadège Mériau </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: 0.6pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Avenir Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Avenir Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="font-family: "Avenir Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Curated
by Paul Carey-Kent and Jessica Carlisle</span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="font-family: "Avenir Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Private
View</span></p>
<p class="Body"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">Tuesday
28 March 6-8pm</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Avenir Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Avenir Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Avenir Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Avenir Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Avenir Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">28
Mar - 1 April 2023</span></p>
<p class="Body"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">12-6pm
or by appointment</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Avenir Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Avenir Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Avenir Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Avenir Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">Somers
Gallery, 96 Chalton Street, London NW1 1HJ</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Avenir Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Avenir Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Light", serif; text-align: justify;">In ‘Tended’</span><span lang="NL" style="font-family: "Avenir Light", serif; text-align: justify;">, Nad</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Light", serif; text-align: justify;">è</span><span lang="DA" style="font-family: "Avenir Light", serif; text-align: justify;">ge M</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Light", serif; text-align: justify;">ériau finds
light and beauty in darkness and constraint through linked works emerging from
the successive challenges of the Covid pandemic and her own cancer diagnosis.
The healing qualities of plants are key to dealing with both imperilments as
she grows, harvests, displays and eats them.</span></p>
<p class="Body" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Light", serif;">In
the lockdown series '</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Book Oblique", serif;">Cropped'</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Light", serif;">, we see the artist’s hands holding vegetables. Careful
examination reveals that these are not photographs but scans, in the course of
which Mériau has moved the vegetables to provoke analogue distortions which add
a painterly touch while reading as digital glitches - suggesting the clash of nature and technology - and also suggesting the
presence of water. The frame of the scanner acts as the limit, cropping the
crops. Mériau grew the food herself and consumed it twice – first through a
bodily performance and then putting it into her body. 'Cropped' foregrounds
caring, but there is also some earthy humour in how a phallic courgette is
held, and an almost religious treatment of radishes or squashes as improbable
icons.</span></p>
<p class="Body" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Light", serif;">The
series '</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Book Oblique", serif;">Scanned'</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Light", serif;"> is also made with a flatbed scanner, but this time it
relates directly to medical scans, of which Mériau had plenty during recent – successful
– cancer treatment. ‘There was something comforting’, she says, ‘in scanning my
body in a different way’. By staying slightly ahead of the scanner’s movement,
she conjures an ethereal self along with such natural elements as seaweed and
peelings of beech bark, the latter rhymed with clumps of hair she lost during
chemotherapy. A different sort of care-driven beauty comes into focus.</span></p>
<p class="Body" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Light", serif;">Those
series are the results of performances not seen directly, so it not surprising
that their themes feed in to Mé</span><span lang="FR" style="font-family: "Avenir Light", serif;">riau</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Light", serif;">’</span><span lang="DA" style="font-family: "Avenir Light", serif;">s filmed performances. '</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Book Oblique", serif;">Future
Facing'</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Light", serif;"> is a playful yet unsettling </span><span lang="PT" style="font-family: "Avenir Light", serif;">precursor to '</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Book Oblique", serif;">Scanned'</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Light", serif;">: we
see Mériau Photoshopping the anticipated side effects of chemotherapy as she
braces herself for an experience she’s termed ‘un-selfing’. '</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Book Oblique", serif;">Traced'</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Light", serif;"> sees her treading a remarkably well-balanced,
Zen-paced path around the edge of a square. That reminds us of the limits of
the scanner’s frame, evoking constriction and even imprisonment. Yet the square
is made of light, countering the surrounding shadow. And '</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Book Oblique", serif;">Shared'</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Light", serif;"> has not just movement but sound, as Mériau makes music
of a sort by pouring water between three differently-sized pots. She teases us
with the possibility of a sequence as she measures out the liquid, an action
which refers to sharing, exchange and family, but also suggests urination – back
to that earthy humour – and the sort of ruefully futile repetition you might
find in Samuel Beckett. There will also be participative Kinhin walks with
artist, daily during the show’s run – adding an extra dimension to the sense of
sharing.</span></p>
<p class="Body" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Light", serif;">Finally,
Mériau herself does not appear in '</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Book Oblique", serif;">From Times of Fearing Touch'</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Light", serif;">,
but her unseen presence is evident in how she films ‘blindly’, her hands
feeling their way along walls and underwater with a small camera. The title
evokes the pandemic, and the work explores not only the sense of touch and our
need for it, but also our sense of belonging: to and from one another, our
environment and all that is beyond the human. Mériau says her inspiration was
snails’ tactile approach to exploration and communal encounters.</span></p>
<p class="Body" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Light",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Avenir Light"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Avenir Light"; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt;"><o:p>In tribute to that, Anna Frijstein will perform as a snail on 1 April. </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Light",serif; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt;">Put
the whole of ‘Tended’ together, and what’s striking is how delicately Mériau
keeps several related themes in play across apparently simple actions: that
integrated richness generates a sense of optimism from what could have been
plain adversity. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Light",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Avenir Light"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Avenir Light"; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Light",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Avenir Light"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Avenir Light"; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Light",serif; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt;">Paul Carey-Kent, March 2023</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Light",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Avenir Light"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Avenir Light"; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Heavy",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Avenir Heavy"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Avenir Heavy"; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt;"><o:p>Image: </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Heavy",serif; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt;">EVENTS</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Heavy",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Avenir Heavy"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Avenir Heavy"; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Light",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Avenir Light"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Avenir Light"; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Light",serif; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt;">Daily Kinhin Walks (with Artist): 12.30pm</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Light",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Avenir Light"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Avenir Light"; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Light",serif; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt;">Artist in Conversation with Janine Catalano: Thursday
30 March 6.30pm</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Light",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Avenir Light"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Avenir Light"; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Light",serif; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt;">Performances by Anna Frijstein and Paul Carey-Kent:
Saturday 1 April 4pm</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Light",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Avenir Light"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Avenir Light"; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Heavy",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Avenir Heavy"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Avenir Heavy"; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Heavy",serif; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt;">BIOGRAPHIES</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Heavy",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Avenir Heavy"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Avenir Heavy"; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Light",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Avenir Light"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Avenir Light"; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: rgb(255, 254, 254); font-family: "Avenir Book Oblique",serif;">Nad</span><span lang="IT" style="background: rgb(255, 254, 254); font-family: "Avenir Book Oblique",serif; mso-ansi-language: IT;">è</span><span lang="DA" style="background: rgb(255, 254, 254); font-family: "Avenir Book Oblique",serif; mso-ansi-language: DA;">ge M</span><span lang="FR" style="background: rgb(255, 254, 254); font-family: "Avenir Book Oblique",serif; mso-ansi-language: FR;">é</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: rgb(255, 254, 254); font-family: "Avenir Book Oblique",serif;">riau is a
French-British artist based in London. She completed an MA in Photography at
the Royal College of Art in 2011 and was shortlisted for the Bloomberg New
Contemporaries and the Conran Award in 2011, nominated for the Arts Foundation
Fellowship and the Arles Discovery Award in 2012 and the Prix Pictet in 2014. M</span><span lang="FR" style="background: rgb(255, 254, 254); font-family: "Avenir Book Oblique",serif; mso-ansi-language: FR;">ériau</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Book Oblique",serif;">
is principally a photographer yet she spins a varied practice from that core
which frequently sees new systems emerge from the conjunction of natural and
human</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Light",serif;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Light",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Avenir Light"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Avenir Light";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Book Oblique",serif;">Paul
Carey-Kent is a writer and curator. In addition to his weekly column in FAD art
news and his monthly interviews for Artlyst, he writes freelance for Art
Monthly, Seisma, STATE, Border Crossings and World of Interiors.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Book Oblique",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Avenir Book Oblique"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Avenir Book Oblique";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Book Oblique",serif;">Jessica
Carlisle is a contemporary art professional who has worked variously as gallery
director, curator, project manager and artist agent. In 2014 she established a
gallery programme presenting exhibitions first in Knightsbridge SW1 and
thereafter at 4 Mandeville Place W1. She is currently Managing Director of
Artistate, an organisation assisting artists and artist estates with legacy
planning.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Book Oblique",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Avenir Book Oblique"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Avenir Book Oblique";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-family: "Avenir Book Oblique",serif; mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD;">Janine Catalano</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Book Oblique",serif;"> is an art and food
historian, with a particular focus on modern and contemporary art. She
completed a Masters at the Courtauld and has since published on the
relationship between food and art, featured in conversations at Tate and on BBC
Radio 4, and taught and lectured at the Victoria & Albert Museum, the
National Gallery, the Courtauld and beyond, alongside designing and delivering
curated culinary events and leading gastronomic tours of London. She is
currently Director of Strategic Partnerships & Alumni Relations at
Sotheby's Institute of Art.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Book Oblique",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Avenir Book Oblique"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Avenir Book Oblique";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Book Oblique",serif;">Anna
Frijstein obtained her MA from the Royal College of Art in London in 2019 where
she currently lives and works. Frijstein</span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" face=""Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif" lang="AR-SA" style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Avenir Book Oblique"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Avenir Book Oblique";"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Book Oblique",serif;">s practice involves performance, painting,
drawing, collage, video, and sculptural installations executed in a playful
manner. Beneath the playfulness lies a more unsettling layer of dark humour
provoked by thoughts and feelings around socio-psychological and ecological
issues. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Avenir Book Oblique",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Avenir Book Oblique"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Avenir Book Oblique";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Paul Carey-Kenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01842249388250530953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432330092345249234.post-82963790087045920192023-02-24T21:47:00.001-08:002023-02-24T23:48:56.911-08:00THE DEATH SUITE<p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"> The Death Suite </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdYQepKKlCZjzV2UmP7T4A1-Iw0ZyCQqbkm-A9cvzWBcyQBPBm3HTVtbx9KyIe5pLGzKYVhcr6mo5FwjfYjVYykZGDgJ99ZWTIfYcN3u5OLpGP_c3vwNC1bQ2qFEvthfY1OINjNtYfofK0eKyoN8ENs6Wl6-UgLqMZtU9WjVxSYrxgpaJ0QM2_O4Br/s1904/seq%20self%2020220919_080547.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1904" data-original-width="1493" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdYQepKKlCZjzV2UmP7T4A1-Iw0ZyCQqbkm-A9cvzWBcyQBPBm3HTVtbx9KyIe5pLGzKYVhcr6mo5FwjfYjVYykZGDgJ99ZWTIfYcN3u5OLpGP_c3vwNC1bQ2qFEvthfY1OINjNtYfofK0eKyoN8ENs6Wl6-UgLqMZtU9WjVxSYrxgpaJ0QM2_O4Br/w502-h640/seq%20self%2020220919_080547.jpg" width="502" /></a></div><br /></span></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">In hospital <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">my diary thins in concert with my body:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I’ll be ill</span>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjypN49U4NK2aRjt6CZdC-d4zsshjilHJvhxQhp0JOin6QNYzXeEawXpWQ06XoeRRJ-UyYuSL2WnMUo3Ivcw0JsrlEn5aP6HWWoj76g6yAk-urCyAvcCOLfPEi4GlYaCQTeEsoLg0toYtd2jfItBv_TC8GG0eOn4wWrgEvdePcwARQW4mNAIEwJ9RT/s3519/light%20poem%2020220919_083012.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1415" data-original-width="3519" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjypN49U4NK2aRjt6CZdC-d4zsshjilHJvhxQhp0JOin6QNYzXeEawXpWQ06XoeRRJ-UyYuSL2WnMUo3Ivcw0JsrlEn5aP6HWWoj76g6yAk-urCyAvcCOLfPEi4GlYaCQTeEsoLg0toYtd2jfItBv_TC8GG0eOn4wWrgEvdePcwARQW4mNAIEwJ9RT/w640-h258/light%20poem%2020220919_083012.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Doctor, doctor!</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">There’s a corpse in my room.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">In fact there are fifty.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Am I not entitled to be spooked?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLv83K38l0-p2G4hQs16oBml9U40yeB6fQQzi-5bvikIzT0eZLWS9lmO0jaLnISHN9LOiAMhvfiPOKjcfcsy8kZHjW8DOiS4gU83sRHmMHwhYvcbHcknz9lGu-4oZyftMobWWTpc0FyPo9VQEg-cFmW_v_YijejXEB-i0nA87pQD6nPDkGM94JnYnm/s2981/20220928_073034.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2981" data-original-width="2554" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLv83K38l0-p2G4hQs16oBml9U40yeB6fQQzi-5bvikIzT0eZLWS9lmO0jaLnISHN9LOiAMhvfiPOKjcfcsy8kZHjW8DOiS4gU83sRHmMHwhYvcbHcknz9lGu-4oZyftMobWWTpc0FyPo9VQEg-cFmW_v_YijejXEB-i0nA87pQD6nPDkGM94JnYnm/w548-h640/20220928_073034.jpg" width="548" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">This is the way</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">to the Bitter Suite,<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">the place in which </span>they learn if something’s</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">looking rather bad.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglhi7-IJWce57hRrMIcKoGkQid92Wi_087-oGZ6G59AWRH6xo1E_kQ-ptJVwXeYO1UjB5BgCEh07EyCh_V7J0rLrMsZhdvvVm2nFYayF6KVydJyNCPxJcyf9fq_CZndwjXwlx-XF3fjHTMLrE_rVj6MTOQneeos1gT0rNecMjnyxxJsVdnJROGZ27N/s2331/sl%2020220928_071659.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2331" data-original-width="2331" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglhi7-IJWce57hRrMIcKoGkQid92Wi_087-oGZ6G59AWRH6xo1E_kQ-ptJVwXeYO1UjB5BgCEh07EyCh_V7J0rLrMsZhdvvVm2nFYayF6KVydJyNCPxJcyf9fq_CZndwjXwlx-XF3fjHTMLrE_rVj6MTOQneeos1gT0rNecMjnyxxJsVdnJROGZ27N/w640-h640/sl%2020220928_071659.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The nasty news<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">was going to be that I will die.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">But now I think the matter through<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">that isn’t even news.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-83hnvBvkX_kibE6XRhA6vRJe4Jm-CzrjGSW8r1IqrGgQTrmufDGZgXc1AENDlRjylNvciankRysiKGiB-3rt0LFybjzGLO5QmwGjXOXT_22tFsjamy1OrWuFLuvh45PK7y6bSBkYNHGSgD8Kp6JIYfT9-nGTbjOxEub9Cnbd5rbECbiw6Y1J-Z9t/s4000/20220922_074443%20extra.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-83hnvBvkX_kibE6XRhA6vRJe4Jm-CzrjGSW8r1IqrGgQTrmufDGZgXc1AENDlRjylNvciankRysiKGiB-3rt0LFybjzGLO5QmwGjXOXT_22tFsjamy1OrWuFLuvh45PK7y6bSBkYNHGSgD8Kp6JIYfT9-nGTbjOxEub9Cnbd5rbECbiw6Y1J-Z9t/w640-h480/20220922_074443%20extra.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I've been dying so long</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">one day at a time <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and never quite felt it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Now I can feel!</span></p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfq6MlBkQEPYOr7I3LyL5qupcoYwX8jB4DI7Fm2hhm8mtV7EDAoWXqjuw7LttQVwXsq3hz_6SFbqzBFIBD_Y8juFFo_Az2OgrXsGnwfB251e-ffX-3qSdbmcqTn69KUdyF1fz9zhN5kEzfKBcLFbQOgkycQlU8J3cBHg_YXEH9BPrKEracczJ_kzKT/s3441/sn%2020220922_074908.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2668" data-original-width="3441" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfq6MlBkQEPYOr7I3LyL5qupcoYwX8jB4DI7Fm2hhm8mtV7EDAoWXqjuw7LttQVwXsq3hz_6SFbqzBFIBD_Y8juFFo_Az2OgrXsGnwfB251e-ffX-3qSdbmcqTn69KUdyF1fz9zhN5kEzfKBcLFbQOgkycQlU8J3cBHg_YXEH9BPrKEracczJ_kzKT/w640-h496/sn%2020220922_074908.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> The art
of losing <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> may not be hard to master, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> but it seems a big ask <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> to pitch right in to losing everything at
once.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br />
</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXtgbM66xeA1BIsEDkZx6uM1aWvbN3sFqJHPqgGu9FsRLoIhi0sdkhxPsgHx9tefwdc961X1Jf1cnVXYSqsSOPPkDWLW6GR38nY7RCzj8hBzo_eTTeJSpjm7K6e93LErkWxMbzO0RVjN5a-xO3NCy8IHeBHep8_MkmoJblkYcG80ilAMYboYUeoIHh/s4000/20220924_145644.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXtgbM66xeA1BIsEDkZx6uM1aWvbN3sFqJHPqgGu9FsRLoIhi0sdkhxPsgHx9tefwdc961X1Jf1cnVXYSqsSOPPkDWLW6GR38nY7RCzj8hBzo_eTTeJSpjm7K6e93LErkWxMbzO0RVjN5a-xO3NCy8IHeBHep8_MkmoJblkYcG80ilAMYboYUeoIHh/w640-h480/20220924_145644.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">We know</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the runner will finish the race.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The interest’s entirely<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p><span>in the when.</span> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIYBKnjGUhzoLkSjQjIZaVliQGlKlyaYj7TyKUY19pB1ycyaulA99vy_EHCSBprTH4LImN179qelCAT8NWr7Qq0DSTRRqDn2-vU4Sa8fxMR8gmNH3nrjrRMgySKqtoxk9w2ZPOyjv1jbet0fLGtj8CjvnoJ8VD_V6_m9DwjAKWOIWHVQ3Wnq4_CqtZ/s4000/sl%2020220926_162442.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIYBKnjGUhzoLkSjQjIZaVliQGlKlyaYj7TyKUY19pB1ycyaulA99vy_EHCSBprTH4LImN179qelCAT8NWr7Qq0DSTRRqDn2-vU4Sa8fxMR8gmNH3nrjrRMgySKqtoxk9w2ZPOyjv1jbet0fLGtj8CjvnoJ8VD_V6_m9DwjAKWOIWHVQ3Wnq4_CqtZ/w640-h480/sl%2020220926_162442.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I might have
guessed...<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I was born the same year<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">as Michael Jackson, <o:p></o:p></span>Prince and Keith Haring -</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">and look where that got them.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_BNKPVHUREASg_yOEgzR6FoaqEd-rIpaHo_C5P7YqXUFOdxnMuiSV1VbvQENKlhirg4Ef9y_ds_q-EbKCwyxpUkNDzHnHcxD2W4Qa0SX-1PpiWNodW_oFFN4_NF1vFK7Ij4JgqpIg_B4IftMRrI0FxM_PsSCVTGilpV1tRmd0B3Q8pVNAU4GiXMNv/s4000/sl%2020220928_044855.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_BNKPVHUREASg_yOEgzR6FoaqEd-rIpaHo_C5P7YqXUFOdxnMuiSV1VbvQENKlhirg4Ef9y_ds_q-EbKCwyxpUkNDzHnHcxD2W4Qa0SX-1PpiWNodW_oFFN4_NF1vFK7Ij4JgqpIg_B4IftMRrI0FxM_PsSCVTGilpV1tRmd0B3Q8pVNAU4GiXMNv/w480-h640/sl%2020220928_044855.jpg" width="480" /></a><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Is that the dead bell?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It’s surprisingly quiet,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">tinkling the odds -<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but quiet can be insistent.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK5oxYSAfWnY7W85HJJcJcDuAqoBlfsGffQF9ErHhErB31vY6UULFNGc6YLETpFqXXWov5w8M3hQfCLGO0RagVEx2WZL19BjfPCLgMjSSHz31iUxfqziouPc58eayFl9Eld3v4xVO3AkXQjTCVyAO274ounkao_gEsOeczIN08pYPhYnvtCm4s_YDK/s4000/sl%2020220921_104424.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK5oxYSAfWnY7W85HJJcJcDuAqoBlfsGffQF9ErHhErB31vY6UULFNGc6YLETpFqXXWov5w8M3hQfCLGO0RagVEx2WZL19BjfPCLgMjSSHz31iUxfqziouPc58eayFl9Eld3v4xVO3AkXQjTCVyAO274ounkao_gEsOeczIN08pYPhYnvtCm4s_YDK/w480-h640/sl%2020220921_104424.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Death?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I know, it’s only a matter of timing.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Yet think of the difference that makes<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">when I’m playing tennis!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz2BdDL1EpLPjNKWPGIoVwKrPxZ61-g-jizbjo1wbp-yxeKtNnyaB2iXnIqgBVOiBCvkwcoTNlyS4wG7lQxvSmG_k2kPX01ojuvgbC5j1ujPJSZ3moAltiveadkgoUYaI0o2iip3bTaSWBT_CKC_8LFzS6hKqZCDAZhjPh1O3YPw1dyqBWlCl3ATuO/s4000/map%2020220921_111852.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz2BdDL1EpLPjNKWPGIoVwKrPxZ61-g-jizbjo1wbp-yxeKtNnyaB2iXnIqgBVOiBCvkwcoTNlyS4wG7lQxvSmG_k2kPX01ojuvgbC5j1ujPJSZ3moAltiveadkgoUYaI0o2iip3bTaSWBT_CKC_8LFzS6hKqZCDAZhjPh1O3YPw1dyqBWlCl3ATuO/w640-h480/map%2020220921_111852.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>So much for my plan</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to be a surprisingly vigorous<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">90 year old who does well in his age group<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">because all the strong players have died or given up.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguU5c7BPaAlhJiVpjAxDWEi-5UdFGQFEX1AsaFMezyDg98vtX5eLw2A92w9ncS8egj5Y3zQQQEdooveOZEwcMYA-zWOpquHNv97FFI4UdJ4K_NeGGQt684_QPd8h4mfR4wv9JeRp0fU9lznXNG3O11dc9GpFySC6YpmXRN2th_6xMkaeBiQd05X0IA/s4000/sl%2020220927_140627.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguU5c7BPaAlhJiVpjAxDWEi-5UdFGQFEX1AsaFMezyDg98vtX5eLw2A92w9ncS8egj5Y3zQQQEdooveOZEwcMYA-zWOpquHNv97FFI4UdJ4K_NeGGQt684_QPd8h4mfR4wv9JeRp0fU9lznXNG3O11dc9GpFySC6YpmXRN2th_6xMkaeBiQd05X0IA/w640-h480/sl%2020220927_140627.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">'We're all gonna die'<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I've no problem with that -<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">yet somehow<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I’d sooner not be told so by a doctor.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWsddp413iZ3xtZkZDwRe96hgFdKbbC_e1VHGHqIZNqLj_yb0xsJNDIyAFWzqwHwREDUqrRLKKNED_GH7yYz-MfxmeqFQceVjLDirRXjpxohzZ0fr8yztc9UaoZQRdjt-sC4MeaMOALEIw7yaoJHY_naeLidhHB5hbryTt_qE_1ZiR7Byt00_3F84w/s4000/sl%2020220919_140822.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWsddp413iZ3xtZkZDwRe96hgFdKbbC_e1VHGHqIZNqLj_yb0xsJNDIyAFWzqwHwREDUqrRLKKNED_GH7yYz-MfxmeqFQceVjLDirRXjpxohzZ0fr8yztc9UaoZQRdjt-sC4MeaMOALEIw7yaoJHY_naeLidhHB5hbryTt_qE_1ZiR7Byt00_3F84w/w640-h480/sl%2020220919_140822.jpg" width="640" /></a> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Let’s say the aim<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">is dying young, at least at heart, yet maximally late.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I’m on track for the first, I guess,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">but unsure of the second.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0czea1Ki9xxOWQ-iWZk9yPFedcctul77DDvFpa_a_JwbmaAzJOvVEUc6amgUNHIE7kwbvBxuFrPPiauOhTVTeE2uSV7tvr22mtDiMYWL6nTanS8p88W5N3I3ClUVpfcl14ZKHA16jGXF72o9ONjFnWOL_vpQ2QxHeRqGZuSDEQfdGVn3-uBX20q2H/s2467/sl%20waste%2020221003_072337.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2467" data-original-width="2467" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0czea1Ki9xxOWQ-iWZk9yPFedcctul77DDvFpa_a_JwbmaAzJOvVEUc6amgUNHIE7kwbvBxuFrPPiauOhTVTeE2uSV7tvr22mtDiMYWL6nTanS8p88W5N3I3ClUVpfcl14ZKHA16jGXF72o9ONjFnWOL_vpQ2QxHeRqGZuSDEQfdGVn3-uBX20q2H/w640-h640/sl%20waste%2020221003_072337.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Should I take offence<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">at the waste of my sunset years?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Or feel pleased to be spared<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span>the painful elongation of decline?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrRctc0Oo6oMDlfOfDbMwubPJgvLeUtKe28HW1B8FFMUN2SPZQfok5ZLvRaBpEAb1qGq1tMFxuqGmeBvRmo_PpQ38eXfZkupO3up3IFBl5Fu7Q8hcTJzecrmwu5bMpqZc4ogHIxAEd2g0v0iQ35j44kf__A7qZo5_q1lfwF3O1Xf722RAyPhPYLNW9/s4000/sl%2020220924_150155.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrRctc0Oo6oMDlfOfDbMwubPJgvLeUtKe28HW1B8FFMUN2SPZQfok5ZLvRaBpEAb1qGq1tMFxuqGmeBvRmo_PpQ38eXfZkupO3up3IFBl5Fu7Q8hcTJzecrmwu5bMpqZc4ogHIxAEd2g0v0iQ35j44kf__A7qZo5_q1lfwF3O1Xf722RAyPhPYLNW9/w640-h480/sl%2020220924_150155.jpg" width="640" /></a> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I’d rather like<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">to file past death and back to life.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I’ll ask the doctor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">what can be arranged.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiREJmW4C86-T1gnT6q8yGfs_feISSY5qeAgf5c7a9KZw-j8HUJOXp_pu8iWqYQjumHnimLeF3mSR6HQTtxiAMMG1ificZRe6WYtH2hCxUO9kzYBAxCvDEzbVTd9_nGYbHFoirrhXZAjOp2RePuqINmDJxXEyYWoytRq9ctU56-9w5ADyjK9oDSeDDD/s4000/sl%2020220926_163024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiREJmW4C86-T1gnT6q8yGfs_feISSY5qeAgf5c7a9KZw-j8HUJOXp_pu8iWqYQjumHnimLeF3mSR6HQTtxiAMMG1ificZRe6WYtH2hCxUO9kzYBAxCvDEzbVTd9_nGYbHFoirrhXZAjOp2RePuqINmDJxXEyYWoytRq9ctU56-9w5ADyjK9oDSeDDD/w480-h640/sl%2020220926_163024.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘Quality not quantity’<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">would make
a better mantra<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">did I not
fear <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that my quality’s all in the past.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrORgzi0_N7HZErqjIevqDrx_rjXq1_0EfhM59WF3gVe-LdZK0AirN_WcW6ReXy0QNBmJm-bbZR_9zfTcm-Jagn4levsSnjUGi0waugyICPzpJexCCVtvH1PgxMKaKRYPIJXxOCKDK5dkOXC1n5em_st1u2X86YhHOy_Aqd91RGeIevuSkZVwKDfrH/s4000/sn%2020220920_160156.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrORgzi0_N7HZErqjIevqDrx_rjXq1_0EfhM59WF3gVe-LdZK0AirN_WcW6ReXy0QNBmJm-bbZR_9zfTcm-Jagn4levsSnjUGi0waugyICPzpJexCCVtvH1PgxMKaKRYPIJXxOCKDK5dkOXC1n5em_st1u2X86YhHOy_Aqd91RGeIevuSkZVwKDfrH/w480-h640/sn%2020220920_160156.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Lack of practice
can explain<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">why I don’t know how to die:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">imagine discovering, this late on,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>that you don’t know how to live. </span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIrqUM3YJpiuoQDOr5XFDeyU-vmq1NBelqLAU2RXDSEY7z34ZKBjLCyKv7fi3pXraW7uoEojDIYCWW8pa--RVPVpDp1HxvUM7PwyCcjDZOfQRepPVm0Z_I_TzyQjmCOEjrln3YusJp1p4WWTnH66P3zmuaWD7Hcl0cPiU40l6VNorT3XvSthC63XuC/s4000/sl%20%20%20poss%2020220926_161316.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIrqUM3YJpiuoQDOr5XFDeyU-vmq1NBelqLAU2RXDSEY7z34ZKBjLCyKv7fi3pXraW7uoEojDIYCWW8pa--RVPVpDp1HxvUM7PwyCcjDZOfQRepPVm0Z_I_TzyQjmCOEjrln3YusJp1p4WWTnH66P3zmuaWD7Hcl0cPiU40l6VNorT3XvSthC63XuC/w480-h640/sl%20%20%20poss%2020220926_161316.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Good news<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I've reached my diet target of 11 stone.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Less good news: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">that's on the way to the world beyond weight.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD4jzLhTXcXMx05RRmd4X3cSQCctdBsF_ApTxwjyYjLQvLmm0ZGT53f9jQK6yVG45FcTtt-BRdqg3jcVIdyLn7j1cOjLTnfe-2vzdbXgiECqEr8sWQxYbsxazugCogNETIkZ4UfmfI7QCjburoT6slPCmsJ8hRF8Mlio55cVW8ef8uUJmjFPfXBzqu/s4000/emily%20hosp.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD4jzLhTXcXMx05RRmd4X3cSQCctdBsF_ApTxwjyYjLQvLmm0ZGT53f9jQK6yVG45FcTtt-BRdqg3jcVIdyLn7j1cOjLTnfe-2vzdbXgiECqEr8sWQxYbsxazugCogNETIkZ4UfmfI7QCjburoT6slPCmsJ8hRF8Mlio55cVW8ef8uUJmjFPfXBzqu/w640-h480/emily%20hosp.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /> </span></b></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I’m not <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">stopping.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>If death can’t stop
for me, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">that’s tough -<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I will not be compliant.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirJfiw9KxsT0am7Jtdc6UZrsiuZL1NUp0yJg_Gv_NTF60tgKvfxqNVdv7-2g7awVVwm_9r1fJvqtqHZSKYOCZeZAeLdgR1Z_Bx7mYCkGNSQ3oqCfP2eGZ9i3uIz38DRgqXnMW2WnLTotrd_XIrQyk2VvE-akqWeks7Ripv2hTQW_xqTeDGV_ytX_DH/s4000/sl%2020220925_115307.jpg" style="font-weight: 400; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirJfiw9KxsT0am7Jtdc6UZrsiuZL1NUp0yJg_Gv_NTF60tgKvfxqNVdv7-2g7awVVwm_9r1fJvqtqHZSKYOCZeZAeLdgR1Z_Bx7mYCkGNSQ3oqCfP2eGZ9i3uIz38DRgqXnMW2WnLTotrd_XIrQyk2VvE-akqWeks7Ripv2hTQW_xqTeDGV_ytX_DH/w640-h480/sl%2020220925_115307.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">‘That’s life’<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">they say, by which they might mean<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">it’s made unique <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">by how it includes its opposite.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR1kuvLdQat1Ux5tKxgtzx-HFKiGn0zPq3HS1qZkCDRtw6RnI8KD0yQHoxLqhAI7SHLF6I9dkNLYjoKrgZp2LUsk8DiYkRyenY73ymHcDSremd5AMsy1ri4j7bxX7mar7MHrsYBuc2xBT0zxICzsfEbmz_Pdqy6Pqo8w7IaK43P3Z5rpfChB2eCy2Q/s4000/sl%2020220924_150240.jpg" style="font-weight: 400; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR1kuvLdQat1Ux5tKxgtzx-HFKiGn0zPq3HS1qZkCDRtw6RnI8KD0yQHoxLqhAI7SHLF6I9dkNLYjoKrgZp2LUsk8DiYkRyenY73ymHcDSremd5AMsy1ri4j7bxX7mar7MHrsYBuc2xBT0zxICzsfEbmz_Pdqy6Pqo8w7IaK43P3Z5rpfChB2eCy2Q/w640-h480/sl%2020220924_150240.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Call that a
dominion?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Birth’s in charge: for if there weren’t <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">more births than deaths,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">death itself would die.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOg5LJ2TTg-50DxibDWiIno6IV9ibrDJ285w0gBozZ1K0KF39hMtUOiUoDsp1RwdpcXqKtznXamHZlstsgNTAvF88uWiPIK_chVQ2yzoTspldVlyXlCVa7ZPeSuZ0O8rkHqaHLNgGArFUh6qyCda1-T7_RcsPLeLkgh5YbO7ou-QIARFiKvfGd-kBU/s4000/sn%2020220924_150144.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOg5LJ2TTg-50DxibDWiIno6IV9ibrDJ285w0gBozZ1K0KF39hMtUOiUoDsp1RwdpcXqKtznXamHZlstsgNTAvF88uWiPIK_chVQ2yzoTspldVlyXlCVa7ZPeSuZ0O8rkHqaHLNgGArFUh6qyCda1-T7_RcsPLeLkgh5YbO7ou-QIARFiKvfGd-kBU/w480-h640/sn%2020220924_150144.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The flip side of death <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is the life
to be found <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in sardonically
mocking <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">its
pretensions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEganRVNd7MGkmVdoVdjHHv1ueie7WhRDwY-dn6A0KaPetC9ZO5mr-qUXLtrWHcwyFvAvb0qtCnJZyzK20o5T1Lw3qWGviDAwwDOQzfjJwrgUYsw6gWynE8-wLP4JYr3x7IeyRDhi_uyn3lm6GXA8hGVYRcKVgOOyGeMAQba1Zy3GMt_xu8ts2VEN9Zc/s3069/20220927_140505%20extra.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2088" data-original-width="3069" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEganRVNd7MGkmVdoVdjHHv1ueie7WhRDwY-dn6A0KaPetC9ZO5mr-qUXLtrWHcwyFvAvb0qtCnJZyzK20o5T1Lw3qWGviDAwwDOQzfjJwrgUYsw6gWynE8-wLP4JYr3x7IeyRDhi_uyn3lm6GXA8hGVYRcKVgOOyGeMAQba1Zy3GMt_xu8ts2VEN9Zc/w640-h436/20220927_140505%20extra.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Even as a good republican<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I feel slightly sad for a queen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">who did little to reinforce my convictions…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but I’d take her 96 mark in a flash!</span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFDJHHSJrFlJo2grgBFq_IbebGcEK1-56EVqt5ysWNkAjka4mfzQS8yAJ4tjXa2Nn-zWDyIhP_ZwQ8uI2jJZy93kt6RPioeZAw62cX2y7CDf3RsKM4DEbddUn2eXW0uYss2sHcWY9lvo65OUk7NmjJR8H22DjsJrELTc0t-QwLiefmVxYx7JiDWwYV/s2357/sl%20cannula%2020220918_073825.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2357" data-original-width="2177" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFDJHHSJrFlJo2grgBFq_IbebGcEK1-56EVqt5ysWNkAjka4mfzQS8yAJ4tjXa2Nn-zWDyIhP_ZwQ8uI2jJZy93kt6RPioeZAw62cX2y7CDf3RsKM4DEbddUn2eXW0uYss2sHcWY9lvo65OUk7NmjJR8H22DjsJrELTc0t-QwLiefmVxYx7JiDWwYV/w592-h640/sl%20cannula%2020220918_073825.jpg" width="592" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Life</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">should be seized<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">by the scruff of the day -<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #202124; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">just in case your neck is on the line.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjV5pwJNuhFVjkSz9b4dKA7O4FL8LfCPAbz9_8YZnrrkCp2WN2e9-wweKncuUolz9YFhYuNuwTNvXUEsTagqqRjjbNaAC8dUItJDr0g2iZkf7jod12WhQSccc6ii5Kljad3KkhfXnc8UOqhpu-9vVXAnVp8aGyTVrGJfKb6bxTy5HhMu4VfaeEOtvU/s4000/sl%2020220926_162034.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjV5pwJNuhFVjkSz9b4dKA7O4FL8LfCPAbz9_8YZnrrkCp2WN2e9-wweKncuUolz9YFhYuNuwTNvXUEsTagqqRjjbNaAC8dUItJDr0g2iZkf7jod12WhQSccc6ii5Kljad3KkhfXnc8UOqhpu-9vVXAnVp8aGyTVrGJfKb6bxTy5HhMu4VfaeEOtvU/w480-h640/sl%2020220926_162034.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I don’t mean <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">to denigrate death:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">it’s actually my second favourite <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">state in which to be.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvoioyfbr2Msr71c1wOJZkcWR7jdQUi5aQH7Ln7ELFTGvCb2GBahJzbourxftRsSKslLnrEB5jE3qo46n_lhLpaP9FuFBEqaDj8Wn4EYh2sBLgk9TGAziopGohNXKHREa7yDolfkOpiEBllwkcymoWQExxGy6-wRWTmySYqt0Fe6NxY9g6BV5bIKxm/s4000/20220919_080609%20extra.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvoioyfbr2Msr71c1wOJZkcWR7jdQUi5aQH7Ln7ELFTGvCb2GBahJzbourxftRsSKslLnrEB5jE3qo46n_lhLpaP9FuFBEqaDj8Wn4EYh2sBLgk9TGAziopGohNXKHREa7yDolfkOpiEBllwkcymoWQExxGy6-wRWTmySYqt0Fe6NxY9g6BV5bIKxm/w640-h480/20220919_080609%20extra.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I dismiss the possibility<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of life after death.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What matters is how much <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">life there was before it. </span></p></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZfSufFDuTlTrEkRMmOp1iBQemO_7MVwgwAmVUZHGjT-4XC2BO8CMwN_dso8323rTDFWEzgljJuaNUOvQSEkg3zkDEhQsJlNBXRPpR3dN5oTrxmL3QazI53tNyAVpcM-rrf4hJsS-o7mfcOmyRIDO6fZquxK1-JOit1GZ_8I0CFEPmRnBviisGvg1m/s4000/sl%2020220928_073536.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZfSufFDuTlTrEkRMmOp1iBQemO_7MVwgwAmVUZHGjT-4XC2BO8CMwN_dso8323rTDFWEzgljJuaNUOvQSEkg3zkDEhQsJlNBXRPpR3dN5oTrxmL3QazI53tNyAVpcM-rrf4hJsS-o7mfcOmyRIDO6fZquxK1-JOit1GZ_8I0CFEPmRnBviisGvg1m/w640-h480/sl%2020220928_073536.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I wonder <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">how it’s going to work out<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">for Truss and </span><span>Putin and </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #202124;">Xi Jinping.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #202124; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Maybe I’d rather not know.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOX3ClfETDYYhCBd2na5D8X_JWirYugjI4O083hM3ColPiF7MnWBkVGu-DkaOSIOZ_pT8JBy_TrdUmSiIimBXoXGODYn9U1CfUNur55G-pRE2gc_XReitn4Bb_qLWt0VsKUSYg3qWF0fWKKzTZxPQmAxJ8kiKSmDxZw2BkFeWn885x-NNivwtF1V_w/s2274/20221220_173244%20hospc.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2274" data-original-width="2118" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOX3ClfETDYYhCBd2na5D8X_JWirYugjI4O083hM3ColPiF7MnWBkVGu-DkaOSIOZ_pT8JBy_TrdUmSiIimBXoXGODYn9U1CfUNur55G-pRE2gc_XReitn4Bb_qLWt0VsKUSYg3qWF0fWKKzTZxPQmAxJ8kiKSmDxZw2BkFeWn885x-NNivwtF1V_w/w596-h640/20221220_173244%20hospc.jpg" width="596" /></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Even the wonderful Steph<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">will benefit: spared the carting back and forth<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of books and tech and clothes and suddenly-fancied foods</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to meet my eccentric requests.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #202124; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8K4ZJoV5l_YFWo5Pdn05bBXFC3QEcLgNtGIwxhl_Rq28PgGS7-Uhr3pb5uHwEvTYATISFkPAcNWtlRnfBiHUWaVxnfL6IVr0jYdWRO0OnppptIIdKfD-D3-wm9bG_iTCyrXtBX3Mvcc78D1ZZ5UunKPCSiIQXt1Ffu_IuWSBArgK9YOoCPkIQBKyO/s4000/sl%20bag%2020220930_084111.jpg" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8K4ZJoV5l_YFWo5Pdn05bBXFC3QEcLgNtGIwxhl_Rq28PgGS7-Uhr3pb5uHwEvTYATISFkPAcNWtlRnfBiHUWaVxnfL6IVr0jYdWRO0OnppptIIdKfD-D3-wm9bG_iTCyrXtBX3Mvcc78D1ZZ5UunKPCSiIQXt1Ffu_IuWSBArgK9YOoCPkIQBKyO/w480-h640/sl%20bag%2020220930_084111.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The problems with embracing<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in Marvell’s fine and private place<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">are mildly foreshadowed<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">by all these tubes.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #202124; font-size: medium;"><b style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfBJpSoqddQW9iwtcAxF7YpPj_PCMBGDNgFgS-7_E3KKqtzAVo8Ml6bBqSMBJI7DLpraLeNoR02ZU23CjAY97Uru1F3T7hXbRGwSAflbe8QFKDJX9mCFBxpGXPe6kN7PVUq8nxhkknRvFjCBD5tmIiF-HU1fozvYSI5AJ-aErLblOyTrHkYWDJtTUL/s2530/sn%2020220921_105126.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2530" data-original-width="2058" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfBJpSoqddQW9iwtcAxF7YpPj_PCMBGDNgFgS-7_E3KKqtzAVo8Ml6bBqSMBJI7DLpraLeNoR02ZU23CjAY97Uru1F3T7hXbRGwSAflbe8QFKDJX9mCFBxpGXPe6kN7PVUq8nxhkknRvFjCBD5tmIiF-HU1fozvYSI5AJ-aErLblOyTrHkYWDJtTUL/w520-h640/sn%2020220921_105126.jpg" width="520" /></a></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I know Steph loves
me<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">as I love her. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">But will she love me when I can’t? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #202124; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">It would be easier for her if she didn’t.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p> </o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigpl8GsX7l0pLXD1hy4Tr2x2Sj6p8cPE8UhlgIawRANfwXjn7FBf-Z1nVyswciA2eOEg97ON3wMEL0Bl6Rpjz846WPTGMOPvjpt9L-0Ory5Z_1Vg8kMYmPWERDEXlcQ-np63iUzyqQOtzPaPprz1KTvigR7y5d2FjKpHMFIzDbw3MF44wbI17PNd6U/s4000/20220921_104707.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigpl8GsX7l0pLXD1hy4Tr2x2Sj6p8cPE8UhlgIawRANfwXjn7FBf-Z1nVyswciA2eOEg97ON3wMEL0Bl6Rpjz846WPTGMOPvjpt9L-0Ory5Z_1Vg8kMYmPWERDEXlcQ-np63iUzyqQOtzPaPprz1KTvigR7y5d2FjKpHMFIzDbw3MF44wbI17PNd6U/w480-h640/20220921_104707.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I don’t expect<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to arrive in any undiscovered country.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Is that one hell of pity<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>or a heaven-sent stroke of luck?</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikEADDJUvSL8N4QwP3oHZvB5aQdAS-1oRJLRHD3x8lWHK5V_RC3eAz8ifEer44EZuRD4-mhkSIJdgbAI8MzBK-LRoaQJzgWhaaaDQIZ_Nvw03nmX1cv6KwwQl9mwU5e7sx2xG3M5T1mceoXapQfDXYlw90xvJ2kSqbXGN6bTNEv10zb4asHSCMKTyr/s4000/sl%2020220922_075447.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikEADDJUvSL8N4QwP3oHZvB5aQdAS-1oRJLRHD3x8lWHK5V_RC3eAz8ifEer44EZuRD4-mhkSIJdgbAI8MzBK-LRoaQJzgWhaaaDQIZ_Nvw03nmX1cv6KwwQl9mwU5e7sx2xG3M5T1mceoXapQfDXYlw90xvJ2kSqbXGN6bTNEv10zb4asHSCMKTyr/w480-h640/sl%2020220922_075447.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Should I regret<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that I'm
an atheist?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Hardly: I
could be a believer,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but that
wouldn’t make God exist.<b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC-ID7U1CGQzYp9eWjcchqOwZewrr735MwbSjpqsySguaAf61PyzOsuUTvpow2uN7zJ9UTEGjLinl82A88stV8qWZd3YUZclUZlMP6CxbcD2sbNMFHAHrmjx_F6gpubqnK50Ea5AUI3cnytCKprAgf2_7VMkeaLa5CisUsF7tk-E7NMRV7FKWkFiJD/s4000/sl%2020220921_170046.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC-ID7U1CGQzYp9eWjcchqOwZewrr735MwbSjpqsySguaAf61PyzOsuUTvpow2uN7zJ9UTEGjLinl82A88stV8qWZd3YUZclUZlMP6CxbcD2sbNMFHAHrmjx_F6gpubqnK50Ea5AUI3cnytCKprAgf2_7VMkeaLa5CisUsF7tk-E7NMRV7FKWkFiJD/w480-h640/sl%2020220921_170046.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">If I feel I’m hammering<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">on paradise's portal<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">either I’m dreaming or I won’t get in, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">given that I’ve never confessed my sins. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpBCKxNZzfeZZ5Hye3_Ji5NA_TxShRNgCl8pyNusGxOzQ3webMPEyvAJe3Gfn8Bt2Ej8f1fGn9fgy4fYeRiQbdM-plK_OYORDnF0k-NxGBYE33nP_m4BPQVrDTOlql_9iqrVYt4umaVZwZQ52aVgTlTdivRqvpYz8GLfhdevGDkxTDbznjWjUTWvO3/s3000/20220919_072734%20extra.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpBCKxNZzfeZZ5Hye3_Ji5NA_TxShRNgCl8pyNusGxOzQ3webMPEyvAJe3Gfn8Bt2Ej8f1fGn9fgy4fYeRiQbdM-plK_OYORDnF0k-NxGBYE33nP_m4BPQVrDTOlql_9iqrVYt4umaVZwZQ52aVgTlTdivRqvpYz8GLfhdevGDkxTDbznjWjUTWvO3/w640-h640/20220919_072734%20extra.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /> </b></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">And if God does prove himself to be</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">after
I've crossed the bar,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I fear I
won't believe in him still,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">given
what he allows.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB5ClnjTHRLOn4O3lvxS8b7IHOM7N-ypZQw-pavFoyeTtOE-zTzaP2cO2howd64_dPNvr6BTHUG1AJMeVDgvRdqHKDdrIBOs0fAOBb4ptPnaiGBMW4HMpq_8LVlYgSiuK2xKXCTu0Y1AUo-e46d7-YKUKCJ6uAGqEJpMJAEiG72iDFSS9kEL3SCvvM/s4000/20220919_031821.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB5ClnjTHRLOn4O3lvxS8b7IHOM7N-ypZQw-pavFoyeTtOE-zTzaP2cO2howd64_dPNvr6BTHUG1AJMeVDgvRdqHKDdrIBOs0fAOBb4ptPnaiGBMW4HMpq_8LVlYgSiuK2xKXCTu0Y1AUo-e46d7-YKUKCJ6uAGqEJpMJAEiG72iDFSS9kEL3SCvvM/w640-h480/20220919_031821.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I lie awake <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">with
wondering: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">what's
the point in sleeping now <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">with so
much sleep to come?<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"> </span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieg-NnrIpoE8ej3RBRvs5uy-YuwXl0YX7T0ksKD-JyYUn91oeS8ZFIybHrYGXeoMBRq8oBeuV3ldJ-gQy00XshHDpxA8_F5WcAqyUQveLb3N5vFoWOTUG_5gjMTKhSivG4lrnXyyN_TQV9Q_vE3cSFsogrv9ej-RYonJRlKUUZ07YTiXbymnCKiINF/s4000/sl%2020220928_044805.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieg-NnrIpoE8ej3RBRvs5uy-YuwXl0YX7T0ksKD-JyYUn91oeS8ZFIybHrYGXeoMBRq8oBeuV3ldJ-gQy00XshHDpxA8_F5WcAqyUQveLb3N5vFoWOTUG_5gjMTKhSivG4lrnXyyN_TQV9Q_vE3cSFsogrv9ej-RYonJRlKUUZ07YTiXbymnCKiINF/w640-h480/sl%2020220928_044805.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></b></div><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It's cold <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">There’s
wind.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>My new
neighbour’s </span><span>talking
in his sleep.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">2.19 is
dark. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-UgyJAGzfvVRhcNhKeIaYkT5Y0SZKVfKKO8B8_om6IhHEnyLZoDlC2tg5yf0FlmTAhM7Km08aX5K58rtLeKqJLeosiP8On340bQw1a0ZHU3A6mTRIdCDcx2YXZrQDKAD7ExbCZ6vgvZrB4XKEmX_9rIBYvSKLmwqZtj6seD1v2UTkQ2DEnFx2zlPF/s4000/sl%2020220920_072031.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-UgyJAGzfvVRhcNhKeIaYkT5Y0SZKVfKKO8B8_om6IhHEnyLZoDlC2tg5yf0FlmTAhM7Km08aX5K58rtLeKqJLeosiP8On340bQw1a0ZHU3A6mTRIdCDcx2YXZrQDKAD7ExbCZ6vgvZrB4XKEmX_9rIBYvSKLmwqZtj6seD1v2UTkQ2DEnFx2zlPF/w480-h640/sl%2020220920_072031.jpg" width="480" /></a><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It seems a shame </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to pre-decease my mother<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">when she's provided such a template<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">for how to do old age.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiEoN3hRfbp3ursQDMVx0gJhZGg5AaVuu5wglOYSncBkxBMD4qJJ3n77WpJaLqwn2cz_k47nfQjWOC04OFmM1-JdhLKApI_XNUwDyrxSFEZ7_xI0si0cLC6LIu3Ft_trDnQ_x8ThnmUSe73a5Cka4pnDHoP9wuETS3lZmSxmBdONam-mBswQnN_CVS/s4000/20220921_104553.jpg" style="font-weight: 400; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiEoN3hRfbp3ursQDMVx0gJhZGg5AaVuu5wglOYSncBkxBMD4qJJ3n77WpJaLqwn2cz_k47nfQjWOC04OFmM1-JdhLKApI_XNUwDyrxSFEZ7_xI0si0cLC6LIu3Ft_trDnQ_x8ThnmUSe73a5Cka4pnDHoP9wuETS3lZmSxmBdONam-mBswQnN_CVS/w480-h640/20220921_104553.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The guarantee I’ve always had<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">that this will happen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">leaves me no excuse –<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I really should be ready.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAkTh9CaBwbuYrLEaMg4SkFsWzeHRIDifctczFxFr_Q1eQyEVpH_MAvEQLB3lG0hw4Y31cD1XX64fgbiuzV2GMo1bKZFFK5tpV6b7brJI6lWpnc962qJ6f30jnn7SWFRVOA3s9OAAq_EoGt7EyJVLyhMjJJYIK71aFaWW8ih_tIgJV9LSZQM8hyrzc/s3406/20220919_080711%20extra.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2717" data-original-width="3406" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAkTh9CaBwbuYrLEaMg4SkFsWzeHRIDifctczFxFr_Q1eQyEVpH_MAvEQLB3lG0hw4Y31cD1XX64fgbiuzV2GMo1bKZFFK5tpV6b7brJI6lWpnc962qJ6f30jnn7SWFRVOA3s9OAAq_EoGt7EyJVLyhMjJJYIK71aFaWW8ih_tIgJV9LSZQM8hyrzc/w640-h510/20220919_080711%20extra.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Is death the same state</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">as you’re in before life?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It sounds pretty good</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to return to pre-existence. </span></p><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_fDKvMpEPuQcnO_XsQmYvRT9qVu5ddQb0bdyoqWpIJzkSgKOzWWj-YHV_Wph6LXSt00__S3kGCrHJ_XyMOw5kVMMlOuSo2LLZcPQjU4eycMHjAtu9LGn57T1ipSPfbVb3lVcTOCXhnRqJh964CSgl1zIlsnaaBLakjlibiDv-XpPRdHDUVLJlcC6a/s4000/sn%20poss%2020220919_113043.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_fDKvMpEPuQcnO_XsQmYvRT9qVu5ddQb0bdyoqWpIJzkSgKOzWWj-YHV_Wph6LXSt00__S3kGCrHJ_XyMOw5kVMMlOuSo2LLZcPQjU4eycMHjAtu9LGn57T1ipSPfbVb3lVcTOCXhnRqJh964CSgl1zIlsnaaBLakjlibiDv-XpPRdHDUVLJlcC6a/w480-h640/sn%20poss%2020220919_113043.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I suppose it’s time to ask</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Am I happy with my life,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">given the defining frame of death?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Or do I feel the deep regret of the inauthentic?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDnhV1XWKD0dt6iJ9ugmGgkifOe_OfsZEVyVqeeqgnoc4KI-_UtNyJgKO9QmPKRjydVzm6ygR4Uz-C2FwvXD1yncc1kcdJ9ivCQrZMdhV8NZCW-g9zI7MIXpvMLLwsLtcbpuw4m-8VbBjtQ7DJmG20KuS0cRFC2KuhT-yc2Wxb0tuZIrfYToDw81cE/s4000/sl%20give%20way%2020221004_040628.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDnhV1XWKD0dt6iJ9ugmGgkifOe_OfsZEVyVqeeqgnoc4KI-_UtNyJgKO9QmPKRjydVzm6ygR4Uz-C2FwvXD1yncc1kcdJ9ivCQrZMdhV8NZCW-g9zI7MIXpvMLLwsLtcbpuw4m-8VbBjtQ7DJmG20KuS0cRFC2KuhT-yc2Wxb0tuZIrfYToDw81cE/w480-h640/sl%20give%20way%2020221004_040628.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></b></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Let’s be positive<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Death is the very purpose of life,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the end we’re bound to strive towards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and must, therefore, be good.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghEXPq_W8ZMe4sfNTF-UBDtSJNQtiPj-1KQe1ioFIsngdvRszYqsSaoDjc7ri3WXwGz7CSmVgVZ7edhG1KVu_TmPne9eUhK9xHbYrnm5LVRWbIn6m2JAbt9G_-LSHoLMviSVVKXu-n2hjEg4vuG-2gkLGHHh0CD24DC0dTGqBMwrkDNMVJ3IIw6jil/s2674/cards%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2674" data-original-width="2674" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghEXPq_W8ZMe4sfNTF-UBDtSJNQtiPj-1KQe1ioFIsngdvRszYqsSaoDjc7ri3WXwGz7CSmVgVZ7edhG1KVu_TmPne9eUhK9xHbYrnm5LVRWbIn6m2JAbt9G_-LSHoLMviSVVKXu-n2hjEg4vuG-2gkLGHHh0CD24DC0dTGqBMwrkDNMVJ3IIw6jil/w640-h640/cards%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><span>Rosie, Anna, </span></b><span><b>Thomas, Rowan</b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">how will
you grow up?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">As
children </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">you are definitely grand.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWGKh7EY3Nmm1LZze-hXwcXEWynFPxYVdl5FCMmhu6knJXmDB_jOuFox0M0OBsvM650eCxaelucBGiAmeoueReRGZDt8k1i2fpT9psUQinIgpemey0oixd7JO7oJSYdx9K572VvJ2mhPfx0kPj0YnVIhKDy8z8EDt42mEbI2XCVYFRYIczQ3uxEeFN/s4000/use%2020220921_111709.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWGKh7EY3Nmm1LZze-hXwcXEWynFPxYVdl5FCMmhu6knJXmDB_jOuFox0M0OBsvM650eCxaelucBGiAmeoueReRGZDt8k1i2fpT9psUQinIgpemey0oixd7JO7oJSYdx9K572VvJ2mhPfx0kPj0YnVIhKDy8z8EDt42mEbI2XCVYFRYIczQ3uxEeFN/w480-h640/use%2020220921_111709.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">It doesn’t surprise
me<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">that death has undone so many.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">It’s just that I’m not done <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">with not yet having been undone.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNTNxSA_Sr1BAgCIQJ1r9_woCFjyCBeQF1mvMIWK9KeGm7JN6bC8XKYxFPtuWl_dgWgdI5s8l5DSV5JO74mFV07JBXTQ3eU-6IzxIs0bkGTujlB9b1katC6HJMTTaYVn3MXnwHOp8e-ANdvSFPprOPAxKb5weY1_FUiMb7EjJFryWUUZzuOFlJG2wU/s4000/disinfo%2020220927_140146.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNTNxSA_Sr1BAgCIQJ1r9_woCFjyCBeQF1mvMIWK9KeGm7JN6bC8XKYxFPtuWl_dgWgdI5s8l5DSV5JO74mFV07JBXTQ3eU-6IzxIs0bkGTujlB9b1katC6HJMTTaYVn3MXnwHOp8e-ANdvSFPprOPAxKb5weY1_FUiMb7EjJFryWUUZzuOFlJG2wU/w640-h480/disinfo%2020220927_140146.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">What’s it like?</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">We lack the data.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Maybe that which can’t be verified<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">cannot be said to exist?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeWrAtrScbZWAuHwWB6nZPClX4rkw1ENfFIMLFZDQ6x3sVWS3meLid1a8N9-QCzZIXu75nZLnkz_XrcIgMkKeitvcxLFVX44eATwOHJeY1ofyVtHMNtfLquz3b8QBfJBLeuc0t3azB1RKWTfBLcyRiC0SxkdrMDhwkGylpHUkxYE8rzyYANx2BfttS/s4000/sl%2020220928_044833.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeWrAtrScbZWAuHwWB6nZPClX4rkw1ENfFIMLFZDQ6x3sVWS3meLid1a8N9-QCzZIXu75nZLnkz_XrcIgMkKeitvcxLFVX44eATwOHJeY1ofyVtHMNtfLquz3b8QBfJBLeuc0t3azB1RKWTfBLcyRiC0SxkdrMDhwkGylpHUkxYE8rzyYANx2BfttS/w640-h480/sl%2020220928_044833.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">It makes no sense <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">to fear the inevitable: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">how would the practical point of that <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">compute?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDAsF9oJ_kfdld9dIgImtGK9lqOP8EhBFaHFAY7vYMeaxIf9Wzrp_hV-yTW9lHZ3hQcn8MmtqKGGWsTewjrWIpNvMsXSDh_iIHDb_uQQMoTZL9qhVPIz5kRMSSWWnfXgDjGBMFcvQm8vZ1J_ESZnJz9pqL31FblDTcBlzQy_SmE0qg5BQS16jdxVgb/s4000/20220919_083057.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDAsF9oJ_kfdld9dIgImtGK9lqOP8EhBFaHFAY7vYMeaxIf9Wzrp_hV-yTW9lHZ3hQcn8MmtqKGGWsTewjrWIpNvMsXSDh_iIHDb_uQQMoTZL9qhVPIz5kRMSSWWnfXgDjGBMFcvQm8vZ1J_ESZnJz9pqL31FblDTcBlzQy_SmE0qg5BQS16jdxVgb/w480-h640/20220919_083057.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Don’t gloat, death<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">After all, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">you’re only getting me<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the same old once.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWWYotPbtksGYAcTga8YvbmWbM2x8a3Q6XBR_s3AzGdNCYZYIg5J-tX9BzkSDfpXRoSsfSLwlff77q_KOeKByw2QfH6FeOhHjvQS4znh1WEuOkC8GcF1bl4E_qlQpgYPMAQn-3ghSv8hQfZsvZEptZHnt1Rkjmum7mkS3aF-L2mUfyt0-HhFpNFsDY/s4000/20220929_123932.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWWYotPbtksGYAcTga8YvbmWbM2x8a3Q6XBR_s3AzGdNCYZYIg5J-tX9BzkSDfpXRoSsfSLwlff77q_KOeKByw2QfH6FeOhHjvQS4znh1WEuOkC8GcF1bl4E_qlQpgYPMAQn-3ghSv8hQfZsvZEptZHnt1Rkjmum7mkS3aF-L2mUfyt0-HhFpNFsDY/w480-h640/20220929_123932.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">You think that's a sting?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I’d take your poison any day<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">in preference to a life<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">in the drip-drip grip of agony.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaRX7v1zTyQjvINUFqT9rYpvozjv0bpQGli5IlgYx9uP-cDBJvvHSvTONjReOoD5Kpwi_NdGRFf38UN4uEpcC9XWf3DVQzO_LRwIwNYbf4KXBmqMmpMR7TviO1UJjQZSImezLU4MEtOSsECrItj65n_UQRNtrfag2ksLUsBc5HKUM8JzCeSWS6-vsc/s4000/20221220_165036%20hosp.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaRX7v1zTyQjvINUFqT9rYpvozjv0bpQGli5IlgYx9uP-cDBJvvHSvTONjReOoD5Kpwi_NdGRFf38UN4uEpcC9XWf3DVQzO_LRwIwNYbf4KXBmqMmpMR7TviO1UJjQZSImezLU4MEtOSsECrItj65n_UQRNtrfag2ksLUsBc5HKUM8JzCeSWS6-vsc/w480-h640/20221220_165036%20hosp.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Stilled life</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">is not for me. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I’m moving on<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">as fast as I can go. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaunO3QCE71oQxMyjI2f4pVp1_xa4IVi8Hg1UL-lvEetxXy5FCJnZKyhGqLVeRMTEj_6-BgdLLx-cbD1ELsWFq34P3xuNp2EDSWC75KYo3ncASNChiVFYyC4DTq5f0v6o1-piIz_z8j5ZzrXBP5nw6mHcz854KdN6WeWcM9dNdwTRIVmBFF7dUWF2-/s3849/sl%20wind.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3849" data-original-width="2886" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaunO3QCE71oQxMyjI2f4pVp1_xa4IVi8Hg1UL-lvEetxXy5FCJnZKyhGqLVeRMTEj_6-BgdLLx-cbD1ELsWFq34P3xuNp2EDSWC75KYo3ncASNChiVFYyC4DTq5f0v6o1-piIz_z8j5ZzrXBP5nw6mHcz854KdN6WeWcM9dNdwTRIVmBFF7dUWF2-/w480-h640/sl%20wind.jpg" width="480" /></a> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I’ve heard it said <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">that life is just boredom and fear.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I wish it was, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">for then I wouldn’t worry about using it up.</span></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio7fskJVtFr-KEEPrZ7tjkOO3o1jt-vNoVirpITqTd6F0hmZwZgd9m6k4hYXgFwg5zO3hdlEKXY-ye0W8V8ewGXd2Lae0yDDG_pKdhCBTKFgjvyl2O0ogKYAqmklJU-wAY0XWOjlxLoAB1KHASp83fR_lnERYxYGYOfnGYOFhtuKfqLRCG9W3GmijZ/s4000/sl%2020220928_073136.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio7fskJVtFr-KEEPrZ7tjkOO3o1jt-vNoVirpITqTd6F0hmZwZgd9m6k4hYXgFwg5zO3hdlEKXY-ye0W8V8ewGXd2Lae0yDDG_pKdhCBTKFgjvyl2O0ogKYAqmklJU-wAY0XWOjlxLoAB1KHASp83fR_lnERYxYGYOfnGYOFhtuKfqLRCG9W3GmijZ/w480-h640/sl%2020220928_073136.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The consensus is <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">that immortality’s inescapably tedious stretch <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">is not the way to go.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">And yet I wonder.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO3VJDXM80w8yvWbO4xCAeVNBpRGD2lf1HHbdeH-UoKhLGlP4wAc6Xp3A-_PkRShmKDiOVd72TamHG5-LA5ko0ZG6kVvai4T91I2MDIECjk5Gr5y1KAsEIkYT8JXBUPYRm2Zz1BtjOx3eM7iGkaU6eGRuiHzaYyb3-9zSOyfS99lc9f-JNYHRz32te/s4000/20220920_072608.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO3VJDXM80w8yvWbO4xCAeVNBpRGD2lf1HHbdeH-UoKhLGlP4wAc6Xp3A-_PkRShmKDiOVd72TamHG5-LA5ko0ZG6kVvai4T91I2MDIECjk5Gr5y1KAsEIkYT8JXBUPYRm2Zz1BtjOx3eM7iGkaU6eGRuiHzaYyb3-9zSOyfS99lc9f-JNYHRz32te/w480-h640/20220920_072608.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I know the mind<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">has cliffs of fall, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but I’m not going down,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>will stay upbeat whatever the whatever.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYyaaCYnIZjfI768nXBKyV7Zw2vJ4nO12KcjMnwKm00nne5G9rJdqUiRJnwbAJLIdTlaCHtfkvc5lMLRTgbPqxUNG2bCLf19kPmOoyT2ZAwnYao_cqDjoxdZsF6Sype0kKsumox7gZVuyDsOr2nDCOTZRS19GAZTeyXjSu_UhG83U8pPNzK23HTHfn/s4000/sn%2020220919_140757.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYyaaCYnIZjfI768nXBKyV7Zw2vJ4nO12KcjMnwKm00nne5G9rJdqUiRJnwbAJLIdTlaCHtfkvc5lMLRTgbPqxUNG2bCLf19kPmOoyT2ZAwnYao_cqDjoxdZsF6Sype0kKsumox7gZVuyDsOr2nDCOTZRS19GAZTeyXjSu_UhG83U8pPNzK23HTHfn/w480-h640/sn%2020220919_140757.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">My life may be<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">weaker than death,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but all life is out-powered:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I haven’t been singled out.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNxfNcFHg9EP1cgG1sphifGphlZG-O1YWwKrkqGHWFyTIVVbbztWqljlJGezGDlH0lwt0cdWHBq5NvQB9GreqWdPvgJH8xEZ7j04m2EMXIV9I-UgZ_nAFfuy1wi-lNgrgPLi6U4N2Er9dUcRaopCw25Gg-si2f3FpzMWvQJEhZHp-i1WhoUHpadvAg/s2580/poem%20maria%2020220919_071959.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2580" data-original-width="2580" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNxfNcFHg9EP1cgG1sphifGphlZG-O1YWwKrkqGHWFyTIVVbbztWqljlJGezGDlH0lwt0cdWHBq5NvQB9GreqWdPvgJH8xEZ7j04m2EMXIV9I-UgZ_nAFfuy1wi-lNgrgPLi6U4N2Er9dUcRaopCw25Gg-si2f3FpzMWvQJEhZHp-i1WhoUHpadvAg/w640-h640/poem%20maria%2020220919_071959.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Enough of this <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">too-too-sharp way to concentrate the mind:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I’m ready for the doctors to admit<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">they got the diagnosis wrong.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCIEcHsJQA8CbwBE9csE3KAvjpDtjqDhgAd2DeHazsXcMzfJ0ksdoiBZiSfwoOrEM93qUR0DIhNG_22XVBaamyJu4OcZQKO-tGmcVInMmnNR-uBgdBjggmudIWFeSKgA7hCybTlN1wbHxGV8pDNCB_Rd5BD1oDbEgChGtABURWXxCno1vf36GGfPch/s4000/body%20kintsugi%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCIEcHsJQA8CbwBE9csE3KAvjpDtjqDhgAd2DeHazsXcMzfJ0ksdoiBZiSfwoOrEM93qUR0DIhNG_22XVBaamyJu4OcZQKO-tGmcVInMmnNR-uBgdBjggmudIWFeSKgA7hCybTlN1wbHxGV8pDNCB_Rd5BD1oDbEgChGtABURWXxCno1vf36GGfPch/w480-h640/body%20kintsugi%20.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /> </span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Notice<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">how respectfully the surgeon steered clear<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of my roundabout button –<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>as set out, not doubt, in The Bellyway Code.</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX5R83fB0Z7rYLPCKmSh9T279k7DLWz3tr2GDP3DCwpbgDqASguSH_ge6PhG55WGum0kH2iWcxgZeXJFWUofLjKowiyA2x0hPUUUikNGoBjm-Gy-gHJlb3dnc3UKoonVqIDAY35NYhJHDK3IkcrdIXdVY_cDdZzk1DOZzeTVNveCqHRLyZCOBRJmvk/s4000/20220921_093157%20extra.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX5R83fB0Z7rYLPCKmSh9T279k7DLWz3tr2GDP3DCwpbgDqASguSH_ge6PhG55WGum0kH2iWcxgZeXJFWUofLjKowiyA2x0hPUUUikNGoBjm-Gy-gHJlb3dnc3UKoonVqIDAY35NYhJHDK3IkcrdIXdVY_cDdZzk1DOZzeTVNveCqHRLyZCOBRJmvk/w640-h480/20220921_093157%20extra.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I’m a generous man<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">After
years of low cost the NHS is spending big <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">on me.
Yet I’d happily put my budget back <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>to where
it used to be.</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj910qT3Adjws69YM-0gly0dCmKr92C5N4ALj9xJU8QyfmqhaHLYydr7FvetS56Fr5LPwOtS6VDqJmoq0hTcnhpQfp_s4DsOesJTD6u7drx0QcuWa80jrdQL3CCA7Wh5gbCglXXi8q8OncYJNXCzWH7QhwNGCb0MfkaB_9TRhmJfz5Va-eZjunRYNUN/s3296/poem%20xeyh.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3296" data-original-width="2785" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj910qT3Adjws69YM-0gly0dCmKr92C5N4ALj9xJU8QyfmqhaHLYydr7FvetS56Fr5LPwOtS6VDqJmoq0hTcnhpQfp_s4DsOesJTD6u7drx0QcuWa80jrdQL3CCA7Wh5gbCglXXi8q8OncYJNXCzWH7QhwNGCb0MfkaB_9TRhmJfz5Va-eZjunRYNUN/w540-h640/poem%20xeyh.jpg" width="540" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">This is the efficient life<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">No cooking time, as hospital.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">No eating time, as nil by mouth.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">No pissing time, as catheter in place.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAiaSKu_0qUtrfIHndvIcMcv6NZa7-keBn1o70z6nf-QN5igvEfm3-aO7zJNPex8cGNc3Kx7p6j7tnbalsDuE5vrpG55rrK8g-sozkd49dDambnHhh6846cvXgYc9rKM3h7ubGVQNFTPg8WjBacpEUYqExFU8A3kEDQC0_QQInoVqghHK8dPQbpZfT/s4000/poem_toilet_20221007_142537%5B1%5D.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAiaSKu_0qUtrfIHndvIcMcv6NZa7-keBn1o70z6nf-QN5igvEfm3-aO7zJNPex8cGNc3Kx7p6j7tnbalsDuE5vrpG55rrK8g-sozkd49dDambnHhh6846cvXgYc9rKM3h7ubGVQNFTPg8WjBacpEUYqExFU8A3kEDQC0_QQInoVqghHK8dPQbpZfT/w640-h480/poem_toilet_20221007_142537%5B1%5D.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">For four days now<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I’ve been on nil by mouth<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and fitted with a catheter -<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but still the patient toilet waits...</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU2FqUfSy2KiyfEPmpKlEHA55NLFq97xg_p0v1f8n8s9SoWb-U1UvaU7H5Ywn8n6-6mLhXTf66yP-NXlKktfr22mKvoG2tVsEE1g5zpCyzjzsOVj-taqI73_bLBwbyNgVQL5E6-qH7UZUKj28n4DuYRX2bne6su5ExRZTKrWWRLROP_4lbY5l9-ws4/s4000/sl%2020220926_161849.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU2FqUfSy2KiyfEPmpKlEHA55NLFq97xg_p0v1f8n8s9SoWb-U1UvaU7H5Ywn8n6-6mLhXTf66yP-NXlKktfr22mKvoG2tVsEE1g5zpCyzjzsOVj-taqI73_bLBwbyNgVQL5E6-qH7UZUKj28n4DuYRX2bne6su5ExRZTKrWWRLROP_4lbY5l9-ws4/w640-h480/sl%2020220926_161849.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Am I ready</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to head for the great horizon?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Maybe I am, but the gap remains large <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>between ready and willing…</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXFn0-fv388MobmIKJdIvxJkZWVSatZSpV3nmx9mpfhugresFM1EPiGO8_z-iEyCpGdGtBveyz7WWQFkYLnA6VicR1PX0pzIPejg0pH4C67MwYEifBQPo42yNpBPyuneYn54sB82lWw_2qFcPxA_l-9hvJDSxP69hswmhcThLFj4kZC7p2FMebpSZK/s4000/sl%2020220921_151718.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXFn0-fv388MobmIKJdIvxJkZWVSatZSpV3nmx9mpfhugresFM1EPiGO8_z-iEyCpGdGtBveyz7WWQFkYLnA6VicR1PX0pzIPejg0pH4C67MwYEifBQPo42yNpBPyuneYn54sB82lWw_2qFcPxA_l-9hvJDSxP69hswmhcThLFj4kZC7p2FMebpSZK/w640-h480/sl%2020220921_151718.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I accept<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that 1958-2023 is likely.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">But ending in eight would give my dates a tidy ring.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">And 2058 would be neatest of all!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p> </o:p></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUv4yAqK4eqDcPagHmdBdv8C7JTvkPtyaXRQ92MbKAhFh11DKoVotZlEF-56VGPIiZOUPuFr-HBF7y04R_f2UG0pwXc-JH5T-akmHEbyOyQjXnEF9x4y0XkAcxzNUDGW2cjt8agTA01oFKYIpZQwc3xwX0_HwRdS1ojTiuNm72yTySrn22apRJq01E/s4000/sl%2020220926_163114.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUv4yAqK4eqDcPagHmdBdv8C7JTvkPtyaXRQ92MbKAhFh11DKoVotZlEF-56VGPIiZOUPuFr-HBF7y04R_f2UG0pwXc-JH5T-akmHEbyOyQjXnEF9x4y0XkAcxzNUDGW2cjt8agTA01oFKYIpZQwc3xwX0_HwRdS1ojTiuNm72yTySrn22apRJq01E/w640-h480/sl%2020220926_163114.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Why worry about death?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It isn’t an event in life.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">But dying is: can I please<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">miss that bit out?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9esUcF4KHW5iyxPQZ_eyJ653JQnwZr2t85YM-5yh0KWSz2weV0s4e6Y7FQX_3Y9ftv-dJKLQYXv8EXu8iwMua2ldampk6BSzwp8g9KjFF-IC2g3uNC6Wehbwo6lDUFLJdqhLIR4FCA5RTKlZlmWyfKyrS-Eteah31_QMVQbsv9cUkA38lsKzN4MwG/s4000/20221011_035030%20hosp%20curt%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9esUcF4KHW5iyxPQZ_eyJ653JQnwZr2t85YM-5yh0KWSz2weV0s4e6Y7FQX_3Y9ftv-dJKLQYXv8EXu8iwMua2ldampk6BSzwp8g9KjFF-IC2g3uNC6Wehbwo6lDUFLJdqhLIR4FCA5RTKlZlmWyfKyrS-Eteah31_QMVQbsv9cUkA38lsKzN4MwG/w640-h480/20221011_035030%20hosp%20curt%20.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I guess it would be interesting <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to see posterity,
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but I’m happy
to postpone <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>the opportunity.</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p> </o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKVMxJdhXTzTe4KxpJchztGn-KdYNqQA8HvbustYS2xB94pjiPdTG6qRDhKVSngVHTocaX4fFlrQ1A_wV9DkuddoqyQyxrWOnu4114lJWsHaDJ3ueIKNxjqUHfMGAZlrt1evXi8sJMIbd7Z9b71c18E7JzqxjsHRIpGOGLCfEHZ08o0g-AuZJE7ARH/s3454/sl%2020220924_145920.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3454" data-original-width="2402" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKVMxJdhXTzTe4KxpJchztGn-KdYNqQA8HvbustYS2xB94pjiPdTG6qRDhKVSngVHTocaX4fFlrQ1A_wV9DkuddoqyQyxrWOnu4114lJWsHaDJ3ueIKNxjqUHfMGAZlrt1evXi8sJMIbd7Z9b71c18E7JzqxjsHRIpGOGLCfEHZ08o0g-AuZJE7ARH/w446-h640/sl%2020220924_145920.jpg" width="446" /></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Consider the options<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Buried alive. Boiled alive.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Hung, drawn and quartered. A thousand cuts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Lucky old me.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ489pbz5GXxonzEyVrAdIjCh1JGt6fRbxVOsTSS3_YTGd_5JuEchuH5wYf-Bpg5z3P6nnD1ePDQAriUxLsk32owxsNfaXWVtqwWBcI6HM2mljD97GC2sMmAoMQZ_aGqAVTuneTf0neQAY_Ko60-GXiGli4nAh42xDKLFlOtYn-sb-YKrvLQrh7aVd/s1652/sl%2020220928_072713.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1652" data-original-width="1445" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ489pbz5GXxonzEyVrAdIjCh1JGt6fRbxVOsTSS3_YTGd_5JuEchuH5wYf-Bpg5z3P6nnD1ePDQAriUxLsk32owxsNfaXWVtqwWBcI6HM2mljD97GC2sMmAoMQZ_aGqAVTuneTf0neQAY_Ko60-GXiGli4nAh42xDKLFlOtYn-sb-YKrvLQrh7aVd/w560-h640/sl%2020220928_072713.jpg" width="560" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">If I should die </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">think only this of me:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I must have written this <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">before I went.<o:p></o:p></span></p><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwWlIV9RkicmIF06NWsm5cd-J_F90rnXC7xGOIPw49ZMNC2LKLMrTu4V3XpmJgRbfl6ga_WbYE4GbUbbfkmqiU7DgrhuUlJM-iv-kj-Wm14tmqhAFCgfdWb2PVpg94UjPFGmML4_tUPjSafTYGMqrGhlskYo1jydwIBG_CTJFjb-xroHqhqYbLx74o/s2640/20221011_135254%20extra.jpg" style="font-weight: 400; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2640" data-original-width="1980" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwWlIV9RkicmIF06NWsm5cd-J_F90rnXC7xGOIPw49ZMNC2LKLMrTu4V3XpmJgRbfl6ga_WbYE4GbUbbfkmqiU7DgrhuUlJM-iv-kj-Wm14tmqhAFCgfdWb2PVpg94UjPFGmML4_tUPjSafTYGMqrGhlskYo1jydwIBG_CTJFjb-xroHqhqYbLx74o/w480-h640/20221011_135254%20extra.jpg" width="480" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Life <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is a death sentence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I knew that – but I had hoped <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">to finish with a more complete</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Notes</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Context</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">After admission to Southampton General Hospital, aged 64, on 17 September 2022 for sepsis, explorations of the underlying issue indicated cancer of the bowel and liver, with a likelihood that it had also spread to the lungs. That seemed to point in just one direction: I found myself thinking about death, and jotting down jestingly macabre thoughts. Meantime, I was feeling fit enough to roam the hospital corridors, taking the accompanying 64 photographs of 'hospital still life'. Some of the poems mention my immediate family: mother Shirley, unmatchable wife Steph, children Ursula, Kim and Greg, and my six grandchildren - all wonderfully supportive, along with my brothers and scores of artist friends. It proved, incidentally, very easy to outlive the prime ministership of Liz Truss ('I wonder'). I was moved around the hospital a fair amount, but spent a dozen days </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: left;">in Bay D of Ward D8 - Gastro Hepatology - and that's where I wrote most of these poems (the staff in D8 were great, incidentally). I lost two stone between the opening and closing photographs: the last followed on from bowel surgery ('Notice'), after which I was moved, initially to my own room for four days due to the ward I came from having had a covid alert (as per 'For four days now') then onto a post-surgical ward, where the last few poems were written in less luxury. I returned home on 11 October.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>References</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I'm not the first to deal with death, and when I looked at what I'd written, it wasn't too hard to spot echoes of some of the greats: </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Seneca </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: arial;">(</span><span style="font-family: arial;">'I've been dying so long') -</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: arial;"> </span><span lang="en" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: arial;">On the Shortness of Life</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: arial;">, c. 49 AD</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">William Shakespeare ('I don't expect') – Hamlet, Act III,
Scene 1, published 1602<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The King James Bible (‘You think that's a sting?') - I Corinthians
15: 55, 1611<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">John Donne ('Call that a dominion?') – Holy Sonnet 10, 1633<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Andrew Marvell ('The problems with embracing') - To His Coy
Mistress, 1681<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Arthur Schopenhauer ('Let's be positive') - The
World as Will and Idea, 1818<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Emily Dickinson</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span> ('I'm not') – collected poems 712, 1863. <o:p></o:p></span>Steph responded to all manner of odd requests, including in Emily Dickinson’s collected poems as well as my laptop, the cover of which it rests on in the photo: I
planned to read all 1,775 in hospital but managed only 600. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Gerard Manley Hopkins ('I know the mind') - No Worst, There
Is None, 1885<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Alfred Lord Tennyson ('And if God does prove himself to be')
– Crossing the Bar, 1899<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Rupert Brooke ('If I should die') – The Soldier, 1914<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Ludwig Wittgenstein ('Why worry about death?') - Tractatus
Logico-philosophicus, 1921<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">T.S. Eliot ('It doesn't surprise me') - The Wasteland, 1922<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Martin Heidegger (‘I suppose it’s time to ask’) – Being and
Time, 1927<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Dylan Thomas ('Call that a dominion?') - And Death Shall
Have No Dominion, 1933<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Virginia Woolf (‘My life may be’) - The Death of the Moth,
1942<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Sylvia Plath ('Is that the dead bell?') – Death & Co,
1962<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Philip Larkin ('I've heard it said') - Dockery and Son, 1963<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Georges Perec (‘Lack of practice can explain’) - <span style="background: white; color: #4d5156; line-height: 107%;">The Man Who Sleeps</span>, 1967<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Bob Dylan ('If I feel I'm hammering') – Knocking on Heaven's
Door, 1973<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Sea</span><span style="font-family: arial;">mus Heaney ('</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="text-align: justify;">I dismiss the possibility') - </span>Whatever You Say, Say Nothing, 1975</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Elizabeth Bishop (‘The art of losing’) – One Art, 1976<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Julian Cope ('Am I ready') </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">–</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> I Remember This Life, 2008</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Looking more broadly across the sequence as a whole, I can see that Donne (type of wit), Wittgenstein (exploratory mode), Larkin (relish for gloom) and Perec (the infra-ordinary) are my presiding spirits, and that doesn't surprise me.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>Keith Haring (1958-1990), </span><span>Michael Jackson (1958-2009) and Prince (1958-2016) all pre-deceased me by a fair margin. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><b>Photographs</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><span><span>The pictures are glimpses of a major hospital, employing 12,000 staff, but without showing any visitors, staff or patients (except for me). </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I've never seen so many dead flies in a light fitting as there were in an isolation room in which I spent one night ('Doctor, doctor!'). There are enough endoscopy rooms to make up a fateful suite, and this is where my colonoscopy confirmed the primary site of my cancer ('<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">This is the way').</span></span> That isn't a bell cord ('Is that the dead bell?'), but the emergency pull in a loo. </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The candles ('We're all gonna die') and the tribute to Queen Elizabeth II ('Even as a good republican') wer</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">e in the hospital's chapel. </span><span><span><span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The black shoes (</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: left;">'If I feel I'm hammering')</span><span><span><span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> belonged to a prison officer, sitting behind a curtain guarding the patient opposite me at one point. Many notice boards around the hospital fea</span><span style="font-family: arial;">ture the planned account of cleaning standards and performance ('What's it like') in which all that is visible are the instructions for using the frame! - that said, the premises were gene</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">rally clean. </span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"> 'I've been dying so long', </span><span><span><span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">‘Lack of practice can explain’, ‘I lie awake’, 'Let’s be
positive’ and ‘I know the mind’ all show v</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">iews from my window-side bed. </span></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The image for 'That's Life' is a cardboard urine bottle left, somewhat paradoxically, in one of one of my ward's toilets. Sticking with bodily liquids, perhaps t</span></span></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">he least attractive images show my</span></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> bile bag ('You think that's a sting?') and <span><span>commode ('Enough of this') - t</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: left;">hough I took the latter photograph to record what sister Maria asked me to keep back for her... there's no accounting for taste. Finally, </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: helvetica; text-align: left;">'If I should die' shows a corridor poster of a microscopic photograph of bone by Professor Alan Boyde.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Paul Carey-Kenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01842249388250530953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432330092345249234.post-78840411102834468972023-02-13T21:32:00.000-08:002023-02-13T21:32:00.200-08:00GROUNDED<p> </p><p><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;">GROUNDED</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">On emerging from hospital after major surgery in October 2022 I was restricted to the house and vicinity for a while. My main exercise was walking slowly around the neighbourhood - no jogging allowed. I found the reduction in pace made me more aware of the ground...</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpA36LMHAO0jgpR8f1bzTFdehXWajorY0z5EdoLoRm7bmt4FjFuUGsskZQnkRPA1g_BcVXM9iSznxX33arFcmkbxVa9WtUkDZpaleHd-HuibJq_4uNAgfdEYZIsxDxn0SbCMb-F-O80WQxE2M0RXt5MgEUEv9bTrsXqBQs-cKZPX7sEp0Osh2NAK8p/s4000/acorn%20poem%2020221014_093108.jpg" style="color: #9ea323; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpA36LMHAO0jgpR8f1bzTFdehXWajorY0z5EdoLoRm7bmt4FjFuUGsskZQnkRPA1g_BcVXM9iSznxX33arFcmkbxVa9WtUkDZpaleHd-HuibJq_4uNAgfdEYZIsxDxn0SbCMb-F-O80WQxE2M0RXt5MgEUEv9bTrsXqBQs-cKZPX7sEp0Osh2NAK8p/w480-h640/acorn%20poem%2020221014_093108.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="480" /></span></a></div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /><br /></span><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Acorn time<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is here again.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Why can’t I be a squirrel<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">or a pig? </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2gQFazUZY0AuhDw9J8gvp7dkrBUUjkou_rIXLL1bSNYGbgFg7tmNXe-Kt6gsrU3LihIiXJlu2cK_xA3aYR2ggQSXC46abCop241G6abMssEbKI4HEBdTwUAd3iYWFUQjIyfAU15QcbPmAKkt9OitbVrzdzDFU5hjjInfaNqYQIgfiw65ZS7E4gax6/s4000/landing%20poem%2020221015_113942.jpg" style="color: #9ea323; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2gQFazUZY0AuhDw9J8gvp7dkrBUUjkou_rIXLL1bSNYGbgFg7tmNXe-Kt6gsrU3LihIiXJlu2cK_xA3aYR2ggQSXC46abCop241G6abMssEbKI4HEBdTwUAd3iYWFUQjIyfAU15QcbPmAKkt9OitbVrzdzDFU5hjjInfaNqYQIgfiw65ZS7E4gax6/w480-h640/landing%20poem%2020221015_113942.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="480" /></span></a></div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Would you rather</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">be cradled or stung<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">when you drift to the end of your glide?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Really? Perhaps you're an oak leaf.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDPhzt0EQTtvbK3qQ56lRzKuoEr2OPR8CTqviXrqTS58a8I4ZCX18ko5N9QN5XydLjPRXkz9AtXJB3zrqM4yZbkji7zWTC-5b6IUR3mj4z83m9pF21T1Gmdo0tXw25LmVvpmA1MIQ-3_2qEHOt9bp-56rXmcbFM2FGkO3Cd2e8q3zRctfQKzdjku8X/s4000/leaf%20stone%20poem%2020221015_114455.jpg" style="color: #9ea323; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDPhzt0EQTtvbK3qQ56lRzKuoEr2OPR8CTqviXrqTS58a8I4ZCX18ko5N9QN5XydLjPRXkz9AtXJB3zrqM4yZbkji7zWTC-5b6IUR3mj4z83m9pF21T1Gmdo0tXw25LmVvpmA1MIQ-3_2qEHOt9bp-56rXmcbFM2FGkO3Cd2e8q3zRctfQKzdjku8X/w640-h480/leaf%20stone%20poem%2020221015_114455.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="640" /></span></a></div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>When leaves lie down with stones</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the delicacy of tones<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">has a mottled continuity<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">defying the contrast of weights. </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></p><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjhX4o8C28GoZBgObB5wXno5U89CU5-pl1wM-ZTxdZdUpQN22sEveWmOpTLZUlrzQjR7zm7ExdrPtLqe352FwMhK_w1XLu1y35f9IJlj8oNGxsXdYOSSWI46lNhJT00_DBhMczbr_EM8YZVk9o-k791KVHtkawFLPGIX2PbrO171JC6tOwYkMCukwG/s4000/grout%20poem%2020221016_152251.jpg" style="color: #9ea323; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjhX4o8C28GoZBgObB5wXno5U89CU5-pl1wM-ZTxdZdUpQN22sEveWmOpTLZUlrzQjR7zm7ExdrPtLqe352FwMhK_w1XLu1y35f9IJlj8oNGxsXdYOSSWI46lNhJT00_DBhMczbr_EM8YZVk9o-k791KVHtkawFLPGIX2PbrO171JC6tOwYkMCukwG/w480-h640/grout%20poem%2020221016_152251.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></span><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">You will not find</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">a more natural grout<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">than moss. Although, I concede,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that does leave the question of effectiveness.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZpo-7lu2KBdFki2UKfTYMPvBNExjHWthYklyR3Th9GUdGERieOGb_GwaJ6RUBzNtlD48W6_-ru_VG14sZZN5LoU2U1hZwH0VT16UVgaipHnZJy2Fk_4BB3g1Iw-_MslRuDJJ3d0A1br9ySBZ_GhU6W2qBBkQhpYw25pdeTLaslZm5-AY-kADWqMKJ/s4000/sunset%20leaf%20poem%2020221018_142033.jpg" style="color: #9ea323; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZpo-7lu2KBdFki2UKfTYMPvBNExjHWthYklyR3Th9GUdGERieOGb_GwaJ6RUBzNtlD48W6_-ru_VG14sZZN5LoU2U1hZwH0VT16UVgaipHnZJy2Fk_4BB3g1Iw-_MslRuDJJ3d0A1br9ySBZ_GhU6W2qBBkQhpYw25pdeTLaslZm5-AY-kADWqMKJ/w480-h640/sunset%20leaf%20poem%2020221018_142033.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="480" /></span></a></div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The sunset leaf</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">may never set<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but it will turn – I guess I should say turn again -</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to mulch.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOXCSjcZD2Cvj6W7jBC2HwYYnCJs4vTMFg9HaK3FgyOvBO6qz_LRPV9KR7QdvQy3GnbnO5vJrArqckONZhBuxtQ4aaOyjcYTwwr48RDwZaqPvkglRRBEwaHrhVFAED_M_yjY5pzwqyRSwEMeILKnLUzSTxkvKusV-Zj07KCnZZLBHVKG7wo7e4yz98/s4000/toadstool%20poem%2020221017_121937.jpg" style="color: #9ea323; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOXCSjcZD2Cvj6W7jBC2HwYYnCJs4vTMFg9HaK3FgyOvBO6qz_LRPV9KR7QdvQy3GnbnO5vJrArqckONZhBuxtQ4aaOyjcYTwwr48RDwZaqPvkglRRBEwaHrhVFAED_M_yjY5pzwqyRSwEMeILKnLUzSTxkvKusV-Zj07KCnZZLBHVKG7wo7e4yz98/w480-h640/toadstool%20poem%2020221017_121937.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="480" /></span></a></div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Does toadstool beauty<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">correlate with deadliness?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I may defer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that particular piece of research.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi65K_40xe__UsMFCJKvZNzYCRbDIsxZjicpiBA3DnfvEKzEN5-xuWGGgFGNbRo8B6LVzGIOhZYqQSt95kYB3BIrXFIFuEZpxiehPzmzTLlOsIdOyc6YRKryjvx1LCrizA7ZgkTTLanI46eh3kRh_v5MgKKI65TRhdVOK-XnvH_ExciCoBG_PqG22gZ/s3000/pine%20poem%2020221017_121322.jpg" style="color: #9ea323; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi65K_40xe__UsMFCJKvZNzYCRbDIsxZjicpiBA3DnfvEKzEN5-xuWGGgFGNbRo8B6LVzGIOhZYqQSt95kYB3BIrXFIFuEZpxiehPzmzTLlOsIdOyc6YRKryjvx1LCrizA7ZgkTTLanI46eh3kRh_v5MgKKI65TRhdVOK-XnvH_ExciCoBG_PqG22gZ/w640-h640/pine%20poem%2020221017_121322.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">If cones<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">are evolving the means to fly<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that little bit further from parental shade<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">then this may be a prototype.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9KxjlXX9hCKp4W_Xa2PK_SDjyGmfOIEtLt0_bNBnHMFbwd8MEmlKp_dp6EZfTbhUafrQvhR2RZRGIav8e_YivSoSDrr0ZUJBIvA3P01zvvlAXND3X0RSNYJ8HKHKSCcdm8lnI-JTSkl5oYSxlmH6r3RVVHEwE0z66pwW8pn0KXFsd7UvWvKvtRmqh/s2469/moss%2020221020_115254.jpg" style="color: #9ea323; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1851" data-original-width="2469" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9KxjlXX9hCKp4W_Xa2PK_SDjyGmfOIEtLt0_bNBnHMFbwd8MEmlKp_dp6EZfTbhUafrQvhR2RZRGIav8e_YivSoSDrr0ZUJBIvA3P01zvvlAXND3X0RSNYJ8HKHKSCcdm8lnI-JTSkl5oYSxlmH6r3RVVHEwE0z66pwW8pn0KXFsd7UvWvKvtRmqh/w640-h480/moss%2020221020_115254.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="640" /></span></a></b></div><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></b><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Considering<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that it has no roots<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">moss is pretty hard to pull -<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">not up I suppose, but away.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJYEradC3qdBTUVId08mlsEmTKQy6b8b23xMNpANifej5Nwrgv-VUdO6R2gkrJQ6wk_BuYefZhovd2ENjKOD2klq3vnSiSJtNqVG0JfiCCr_Y_J4g9yotLzRbdUwayNg98eLzvh9RgbIKRILYC1Mpw2em74UWsY5u3mtn9_n4MM3vkAlvBLcn4PwVb/s1986/leaf%20poem%2020221015_114419.jpg" style="color: #9ea323; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1986" data-original-width="1986" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJYEradC3qdBTUVId08mlsEmTKQy6b8b23xMNpANifej5Nwrgv-VUdO6R2gkrJQ6wk_BuYefZhovd2ENjKOD2klq3vnSiSJtNqVG0JfiCCr_Y_J4g9yotLzRbdUwayNg98eLzvh9RgbIKRILYC1Mpw2em74UWsY5u3mtn9_n4MM3vkAlvBLcn4PwVb/w640-h640/leaf%20poem%2020221015_114419.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="640" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Five to six<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">by leaf clock:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">another day has almost passed<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">staring up from the down of the ground.</span></p><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOZGIVcDKZHh7YgYiPwPzGXm-YwmNAfdJr4HkHyzdbrntcXnkFse3lsoBzoXwmKHc3hZBIklYRU3BkAHu21prEC78HQBWDJ5mXytOdlqOPvnqAqeqySt7vIYqjftrGGhLmck8MQetY1wDf2QSbSFUR09GmXfKbJQqh48iWc1WNVVS_JXDK-mlgJO9J/s4000/20220907_181501%5B1%5D.jpg" style="color: #9ea323; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOZGIVcDKZHh7YgYiPwPzGXm-YwmNAfdJr4HkHyzdbrntcXnkFse3lsoBzoXwmKHc3hZBIklYRU3BkAHu21prEC78HQBWDJ5mXytOdlqOPvnqAqeqySt7vIYqjftrGGhLmck8MQetY1wDf2QSbSFUR09GmXfKbJQqh48iWc1WNVVS_JXDK-mlgJO9J/w640-h480/20220907_181501%5B1%5D.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">In the contest of thorns<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">there's only one winner.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Please let me land - though this isn't a request -<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in a prickle of bramble.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></b></p><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRPcuOqjdRyxMs2Y7p2bv_LAD8nj0qDFRck59ND8KSaN9re99hhsYaEFmPmR7_dIgelPW05ggzPTztRB5bOY0UQ2i4xSH_l_LHOllNHX2CxJ83JLc1rp_mPlVPx0nvy-EZQDXT72WVB5WLreefNhzBgABYPs8hjpSpI8YTfxxjGw5Ik0yTZUG5Ki88/s4000/break%20poem%2020221016_152048.jpg" style="color: #9ea323; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRPcuOqjdRyxMs2Y7p2bv_LAD8nj0qDFRck59ND8KSaN9re99hhsYaEFmPmR7_dIgelPW05ggzPTztRB5bOY0UQ2i4xSH_l_LHOllNHX2CxJ83JLc1rp_mPlVPx0nvy-EZQDXT72WVB5WLreefNhzBgABYPs8hjpSpI8YTfxxjGw5Ik0yTZUG5Ki88/w480-h640/break%20poem%2020221016_152048.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="480" /></a><b><br /> </b></span><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The good things about this pot<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">are the cubist perspective<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and not having to worry<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">about it getting broken.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcqo6851kOxbX_WkkFENSdHi5Tn9wnRGCXxRqy1tqQEG60jJOF5j-MfiLDDIKG63paASqNyaL5vwpNZ2nPJCvLLkOWdIASf-9JMEj6oRB_TizmwMPKVOaJlouwEq_cjQ4po3ZrKpgCdN64AlEXrUOklbgsvCnYkkWpiM60n2Vv1oq-_D-T4kLCyYmd/s4000/log%20leaf%20poem%2020221018_142247.jpg" style="color: #9ea323; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcqo6851kOxbX_WkkFENSdHi5Tn9wnRGCXxRqy1tqQEG60jJOF5j-MfiLDDIKG63paASqNyaL5vwpNZ2nPJCvLLkOWdIASf-9JMEj6oRB_TizmwMPKVOaJlouwEq_cjQ4po3ZrKpgCdN64AlEXrUOklbgsvCnYkkWpiM60n2Vv1oq-_D-T4kLCyYmd/w640-h480/log%20leaf%20poem%2020221018_142247.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div>When a falling leaf<o:p></o:p></span></b><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">lands on a log<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">there’s a logic to its flutter<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">into doubly sad sense.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivOHPRVKUWCAQIHtc2AGZkq0EMb1v7KqniLwOBvhuKWbFESNgewj9YYEpcYz89DJnAeOHaHb3Ypt1L_CzGf_5YfZQ7j2Ao6jqI5ctApp39chV9kmwQHA7TAKBAmMafkOd9PLvoynKJ75fTBvhfCG7TxKBUKx5ABIDtrLlnlAOtmTVDH-WTe3rXQAXp/s2868/poss%20dew%2020221016_092036.jpg" style="color: #9ea323; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2446" data-original-width="2868" height="546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivOHPRVKUWCAQIHtc2AGZkq0EMb1v7KqniLwOBvhuKWbFESNgewj9YYEpcYz89DJnAeOHaHb3Ypt1L_CzGf_5YfZQ7j2Ao6jqI5ctApp39chV9kmwQHA7TAKBAmMafkOd9PLvoynKJ75fTBvhfCG7TxKBUKx5ABIDtrLlnlAOtmTVDH-WTe3rXQAXp/w640-h546/poss%20dew%2020221016_092036.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">To give early mornings<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">their due, everything looks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">as fresh as a geranium –<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">pending a daisy coming along.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpnao1XzX61Vvt115kT6rov5zYojjaRM9igwHflL8dqCdwdfTDxkU7L29TYBLzop8Q3OBzDF2gt_pvCV1-On1taQqRKdH_2QxwvzFOmOpklrBs8Z4F0-Rdj2i4X1uZeHYsg1rkSN8c9ax2AibhdLbzxc2K5zt1gudX6Z8bl_lPqJeqttuCNNiv2EKA/s4000/poss%20dew%20leaf%2020221022_111713.jpg" style="color: #9ea323; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpnao1XzX61Vvt115kT6rov5zYojjaRM9igwHflL8dqCdwdfTDxkU7L29TYBLzop8Q3OBzDF2gt_pvCV1-On1taQqRKdH_2QxwvzFOmOpklrBs8Z4F0-Rdj2i4X1uZeHYsg1rkSN8c9ax2AibhdLbzxc2K5zt1gudX6Z8bl_lPqJeqttuCNNiv2EKA/w480-h640/poss%20dew%20leaf%2020221022_111713.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="480" /></a></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">This jewelled leaf<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">would be worth a fortune<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">if only it could be fixed as is<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">and turned into a brooch. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgualT8N5fho7r6YTk0bWXgQpeE6ocrIBFn41pzO5g9DX5VBX7eN1e2pdU5NAEL1Z4CwfLryxMB11juwkNVm6ELnwBtZMAS1hGTLLzfQfDqMbIIgH1Q2AXwrQ_woz4eKUHx9Z4JT_W7smolbNOSJmCM1AzBCovaprgTMSpm2go9qTITLR2ffqqZB5Ru/s3693/poss%20puddle%20.jpg" style="color: #9ea323; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2355" data-original-width="3693" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgualT8N5fho7r6YTk0bWXgQpeE6ocrIBFn41pzO5g9DX5VBX7eN1e2pdU5NAEL1Z4CwfLryxMB11juwkNVm6ELnwBtZMAS1hGTLLzfQfDqMbIIgH1Q2AXwrQ_woz4eKUHx9Z4JT_W7smolbNOSJmCM1AzBCovaprgTMSpm2go9qTITLR2ffqqZB5Ru/w640-h408/poss%20puddle%20.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What’s the point<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of cracks in the road<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">if water doesn’t use them <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to drain away?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikIJ5D4Jr5IXugKFL5W1swGAjBdN-LJfrvmOZ-iSOb9XuUFEOIEf5xmbEFi8UX1dDZCCZaL0LfeSY6iElMU_rjuar-5pAHuFt2-kH9C2nLsfR36X2ba6rx1CATHGKGiTCP-Msd_oHus8doJA_vaF127-iDARXy7GldxUA3qFH5LnLjrKGaOHiN5qei/s1593/poss%20puddle%20cl%2020221021_114707.jpg" style="color: #9ea323; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1452" data-original-width="1593" height="584" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikIJ5D4Jr5IXugKFL5W1swGAjBdN-LJfrvmOZ-iSOb9XuUFEOIEf5xmbEFi8UX1dDZCCZaL0LfeSY6iElMU_rjuar-5pAHuFt2-kH9C2nLsfR36X2ba6rx1CATHGKGiTCP-Msd_oHus8doJA_vaF127-iDARXy7GldxUA3qFH5LnLjrKGaOHiN5qei/w640-h584/poss%20puddle%20cl%2020221021_114707.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Do they remember<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the air, the breeze, the sense of community,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">how being wet was just a staging post to dryness?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">You’re going to tell me not…</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxvJ1U0_r3efCYkK_Im7rNNRoOqk-j0PNcRIXYCM5UaXu2StSVG867oLJWgPc39X_TiJP5_YcUWIouoeuwggv2e4fO67CDr-GbWSuuWsbXFM2EFpT5VATgdBQTdYnYckgMpx1udrGWMZvo3Gundmv6pM-jHgMc8QODW61ZMkhbzhGl7nkbXgkp2pOH/s4000/20221027_154212.jpg" style="color: #9ea323; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxvJ1U0_r3efCYkK_Im7rNNRoOqk-j0PNcRIXYCM5UaXu2StSVG867oLJWgPc39X_TiJP5_YcUWIouoeuwggv2e4fO67CDr-GbWSuuWsbXFM2EFpT5VATgdBQTdYnYckgMpx1udrGWMZvo3Gundmv6pM-jHgMc8QODW61ZMkhbzhGl7nkbXgkp2pOH/w480-h640/20221027_154212.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="480" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Cut grass meets blown leaves?</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Seems wrong to me...<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I do wish the seasons<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">would make up their minds!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKDMPq-Wwk3_bVGr__ja-Ku_ThzmfLRboVwONT07nGSnXRorYrl3rgLhyR9COc8O6_RPvGmveF9x7M-Y3rbMDtL--RLifEn7oNiHRKKyfgvdXk9Q96EYO5mEM4_cZUF7CeSiysLOyG8Sgo9qYtlE2x3uSS4MJWNaSbqSFvqkkkTMIHXkQYcmnya7gU/s4000/poem%20works%2020221024_114250.jpg" style="color: #9ea323; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKDMPq-Wwk3_bVGr__ja-Ku_ThzmfLRboVwONT07nGSnXRorYrl3rgLhyR9COc8O6_RPvGmveF9x7M-Y3rbMDtL--RLifEn7oNiHRKKyfgvdXk9Q96EYO5mEM4_cZUF7CeSiysLOyG8Sgo9qYtlE2x3uSS4MJWNaSbqSFvqkkkTMIHXkQYcmnya7gU/w640-h480/poem%20works%2020221024_114250.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="640" /></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">My theory is<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that all roadworks strive for the ideal state<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in which there is nothing to be done -</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">meaning no finish can ever occur.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiauwqSoFv3NzKeNLq0kUkGLRCjidIwSfvQW2MyuPiHkQpoYf0E6Ov57AzDEemxvRTXuVq0G4b842Z0-vGmsE8rL8pe93LxScCWiOW1JL-GqLRYLqZwNfQDFmA43-44pg5g3fGCd437UUNJRmo5AcgM2UsyIid9lN1bMcaayCEQDDPVM_-vlfH9tNjt/s2660/drown%2020221027_155644.jpg" style="color: #9ea323; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2660" data-original-width="2660" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiauwqSoFv3NzKeNLq0kUkGLRCjidIwSfvQW2MyuPiHkQpoYf0E6Ov57AzDEemxvRTXuVq0G4b842Z0-vGmsE8rL8pe93LxScCWiOW1JL-GqLRYLqZwNfQDFmA43-44pg5g3fGCd437UUNJRmo5AcgM2UsyIid9lN1bMcaayCEQDDPVM_-vlfH9tNjt/w640-h640/drown%2020221027_155644.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="640" /></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The tragedy is<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that a leaf can drown<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in almost no water<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">like a person stunned in their bath.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh61XdIPMBgDWxCOcVNju78VbDF4e91GTYVGQGjCT4gzGLCzaimtRbh4j43TbiUt9NOmCHMsMQOtrS71KdKjR4-ZdT52b38vWju7uUf9epzpDbQzhIKJpvW15GQYRhJ9sI6Tkbf6oYVHzl2464Q6ZOYsfgq2r2gW9tCzK9uH0qOeRadR3bSmkMAyB0_/s4000/primitive%20poem%2020221106_145157.jpg" style="color: #9ea323; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh61XdIPMBgDWxCOcVNju78VbDF4e91GTYVGQGjCT4gzGLCzaimtRbh4j43TbiUt9NOmCHMsMQOtrS71KdKjR4-ZdT52b38vWju7uUf9epzpDbQzhIKJpvW15GQYRhJ9sI6Tkbf6oYVHzl2464Q6ZOYsfgq2r2gW9tCzK9uH0qOeRadR3bSmkMAyB0_/w640-h480/primitive%20poem%2020221106_145157.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="640" /></span></a></b></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /> </b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Just how primitive can you get?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Never mind Conan after ten pints,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">the horse tail’s type was at its most prevalent<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">500m years ago. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> </b><span style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><i>(</i>Equisetum</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-style: italic;"> is a '</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-style: italic;">living fossil'</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-style: italic;">, the only living genus of the entire </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-style: italic;">subclass</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Equisetidae</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-style: italic;">, which for over 100 million years was much more diverse and dominated the </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-style: italic;">understorey</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-style: italic;"> of late </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-style: italic;">Paleozoic</span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><i> forests) </i></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn5IelSA0Tr1cFCvMnkwBC_xQj_Hovch1fVt01AwX0k3_dv9kNsuAHRpeG2kniOM5DK5br3Gye3XxNupyArq9mO-BQc45N20EVI_YXqRHuqwRpvTJnvtYNzBnJbHdVivKU52drID_8QDItdQn3FKuAj8dyh6TSiHaRpBgmblbMjNmGVztana-khkIG/s4000/puddle%20poem%2020221106_113704.jpg" style="color: #9ea323; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn5IelSA0Tr1cFCvMnkwBC_xQj_Hovch1fVt01AwX0k3_dv9kNsuAHRpeG2kniOM5DK5br3Gye3XxNupyArq9mO-BQc45N20EVI_YXqRHuqwRpvTJnvtYNzBnJbHdVivKU52drID_8QDItdQn3FKuAj8dyh6TSiHaRpBgmblbMjNmGVztana-khkIG/w480-h640/puddle%20poem%2020221106_113704.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="480" /></span></a></b></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /> </b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">This must be<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">an important puddle:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">few are judged of sufficient note<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">to be pointed out by their very own arrow.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvwERLj1HZqYBSf-aaBHcyQyIcEs3Afj2VnDSkckPv4jm87cs7c4KQPhIlRAV8bjs_4NWHMY-bTUvFiC9T8q4TCfxj7cYUekdCCHxImMXM8IhxOH1fDZtuo_khd6JfCMbmTOi8mJFpgljp76pZXLdqoX65MQyf6foLHdvab3N4f0j3R5uSglHW3rqG/s4000/exit%20poem%2020221106_113621.jpg" style="color: #9ea323; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvwERLj1HZqYBSf-aaBHcyQyIcEs3Afj2VnDSkckPv4jm87cs7c4KQPhIlRAV8bjs_4NWHMY-bTUvFiC9T8q4TCfxj7cYUekdCCHxImMXM8IhxOH1fDZtuo_khd6JfCMbmTOi8mJFpgljp76pZXLdqoX65MQyf6foLHdvab3N4f0j3R5uSglHW3rqG/w640-h480/exit%20poem%2020221106_113621.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122; font-size: medium;"><br /> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">X marks the spot<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">of a tarmac cross-out<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">that hints at the other way<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">out of the hospital.<b> </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjufXzIo4AdTmbblkA7J5G2CxMhfU7AoyHGmPfK3G0f6_uESolmHoeetyqn3WYZEwOVKEUvdZMRso7DepoYnMT1vSFanPgFDrasX7RXqHGNlAbW0hWmC99ax4ClXGgCVFwXT3AT2ba0o37f9LvoeKISHEYpoJyZ2kWDBHhh5Rz7m3XJJLPvWW-FhDMs/s3222/cut%20poem%2020221105_134939.jpg" style="color: #9ea323; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3222" data-original-width="2894" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjufXzIo4AdTmbblkA7J5G2CxMhfU7AoyHGmPfK3G0f6_uESolmHoeetyqn3WYZEwOVKEUvdZMRso7DepoYnMT1vSFanPgFDrasX7RXqHGNlAbW0hWmC99ax4ClXGgCVFwXT3AT2ba0o37f9LvoeKISHEYpoJyZ2kWDBHhh5Rz7m3XJJLPvWW-FhDMs/w574-h640/cut%20poem%2020221105_134939.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="574" /></span></a></b></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">So what<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">if I'll grow back? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Would you like your limbs<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">to be cropped like hair?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p> </o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK3H1sREuMZUxmkAMM3VTFGYWjyZRcN-kJO5ODriCcMabAkW-JN81htcGGelqdRbhnUNyGzBVEglc3aTqYG96zKFPwWrnv1dH2RtmKEC3uOqjsKmcR1dp8KOY5V8UAtAzxR_sCqGTOx2k0vqt5-0-wgN5y_JswX18cpx2FESinDLcEjy_8PadCpVfZ/s997/poss%20road%2020221109_122221.jpg" style="color: #9ea323; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="997" data-original-width="989" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK3H1sREuMZUxmkAMM3VTFGYWjyZRcN-kJO5ODriCcMabAkW-JN81htcGGelqdRbhnUNyGzBVEglc3aTqYG96zKFPwWrnv1dH2RtmKEC3uOqjsKmcR1dp8KOY5V8UAtAzxR_sCqGTOx2k0vqt5-0-wgN5y_JswX18cpx2FESinDLcEjy_8PadCpVfZ/w634-h640/poss%20road%2020221109_122221.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="634" /></a></span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></b></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Of course I'm astonished<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that simply by driving over the pavement<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the sum of cars can replicate<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the network of local roads.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>(the leaves represent the parish church (upper left), the shops (right) and the primary school (lower left))</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoIiC6mUZLxEEOVeDUX1xH3sG0luh2kjicq3uI3VMT6eVoSEqHx3E8GFgVi1QCqO3Hpkl7VWGxHcthzrYPLHTOOFEX8z5ajGFLQKy4SXSG0ZPSxiuugAqJVLVmhl-htrBSKtrPSHZPW6_44Z188XM-0BOh9aTk-2Yf8q7MyCMyw2d1zfHLXIgV5KAt/s1437/20221109_122036.jpg" style="color: #9ea323; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1305" data-original-width="1437" height="582" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoIiC6mUZLxEEOVeDUX1xH3sG0luh2kjicq3uI3VMT6eVoSEqHx3E8GFgVi1QCqO3Hpkl7VWGxHcthzrYPLHTOOFEX8z5ajGFLQKy4SXSG0ZPSxiuugAqJVLVmhl-htrBSKtrPSHZPW6_44Z188XM-0BOh9aTk-2Yf8q7MyCMyw2d1zfHLXIgV5KAt/w640-h582/20221109_122036.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="640" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Seen from above<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">this dark leather glove<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">says nothing of love<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">though it may hint at darker things you can’t expect to rhyme. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS1SvxWIkCO5c32smaWcrZHyF9nzSL2AB7J86EGHDtL_TgkAXkw2U9cNra9smZMAeTJTSEfJW5Ae9DvMPPn1PIgIjNCKeFzkWC81w7lJSRcTxfsPV4Q2TjgI66J19gHcai_MaUmk5LwvCCWnhObvvNGSdSdivRMmVdJvV6sFcqOxV94JlukuvZMOeL/s3556/ghost%20leaf%20poem%2020221017_121509.jpg" style="color: #9ea323; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2667" data-original-width="3556" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS1SvxWIkCO5c32smaWcrZHyF9nzSL2AB7J86EGHDtL_TgkAXkw2U9cNra9smZMAeTJTSEfJW5Ae9DvMPPn1PIgIjNCKeFzkWC81w7lJSRcTxfsPV4Q2TjgI66J19gHcai_MaUmk5LwvCCWnhObvvNGSdSdivRMmVdJvV6sFcqOxV94JlukuvZMOeL/w640-h480/ghost%20leaf%20poem%2020221017_121509.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I sometimes wonder<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">If it isn’t the leaves<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that fall to the ground<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">but only their ghosts. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div>Paul Carey-Kenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01842249388250530953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432330092345249234.post-48992632441691512682023-01-03T21:33:00.000-08:002023-01-03T21:33:40.309-08:00TATE MODERN: THE ART-FREE VISIT<p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT1duSRYVlM5zWcg1yzdUMoA0oloL5OpJ_5az72iecLfdTxYyUNKR2AJE05lV2fNUSWeyJDJxmYoj-l54u0a_6EJP0M-lO7-bh-5r1An9Hx5C1XER7wQ6CdX3zyZNfo8njpMw3is6s7nTNFBmjGJVFRd1HW-lobdl2FH16OjbZtXxT0PBGuxASEWkL/s4000/tatep%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT1duSRYVlM5zWcg1yzdUMoA0oloL5OpJ_5az72iecLfdTxYyUNKR2AJE05lV2fNUSWeyJDJxmYoj-l54u0a_6EJP0M-lO7-bh-5r1An9Hx5C1XER7wQ6CdX3zyZNfo8njpMw3is6s7nTNFBmjGJVFRd1HW-lobdl2FH16OjbZtXxT0PBGuxASEWkL/w480-h640/tatep%20.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I'd like to find<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">an artwork titled ‘tilted’<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but the building and the thought<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">will have to do. </span></span></p></div><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwyXGvW5vN3MVJlxrTOYL7xkHCnUyXIUG10A9va0cAWs489bk4CReK03fmo2rMhZnNbCMq76ZMNrbgfmdr15Pc9WrWC1-cXU9Hm8MKFjTVWsAEj-_ueqazsbs-C2m_nvAaxLKGykN98F50Vbbr6kP4t5MIhNDb-F-f1ELV18-oHDKwBV6m3qsoWk4q/s1964/tatep%2020221231_155140.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1473" data-original-width="1964" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwyXGvW5vN3MVJlxrTOYL7xkHCnUyXIUG10A9va0cAWs489bk4CReK03fmo2rMhZnNbCMq76ZMNrbgfmdr15Pc9WrWC1-cXU9Hm8MKFjTVWsAEj-_ueqazsbs-C2m_nvAaxLKGykN98F50Vbbr6kP4t5MIhNDb-F-f1ELV18-oHDKwBV6m3qsoWk4q/w640-h480/tatep%2020221231_155140.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It’s a matter of perspective<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Art is small in the lives of most people.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">People are small in the life of the
planet.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The planet is small in the vasts of the
deep.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixR6ok63iQ5UzVrCRVUIDPbTpLuwEUoBD8c1xCwjxXGkzONITYzbzCWwCvri15gE3YL8tHfXzVJKavwYz4_rNEB3k6QcmxGX--xIPDN1P6Hk168xclZYhsArC6ouTD-n21g8WVCj5dXdM7fco7dgsOMRxPRlC8Y5xH0VbkLMRhTdo2tOKV6dtIV_Du/s4000/tatep%2020221231_154843.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixR6ok63iQ5UzVrCRVUIDPbTpLuwEUoBD8c1xCwjxXGkzONITYzbzCWwCvri15gE3YL8tHfXzVJKavwYz4_rNEB3k6QcmxGX--xIPDN1P6Hk168xclZYhsArC6ouTD-n21g8WVCj5dXdM7fco7dgsOMRxPRlC8Y5xH0VbkLMRhTdo2tOKV6dtIV_Du/w640-h480/tatep%2020221231_154843.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I like the idea<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of signalling intent <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">through a screwdriver readied for
action.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">But how long has it been sheltering
there?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigOh1afy8HRJcIPVT0XEzaV3ftEgD2WQRwz9R-wN7sioyodoll-eEjFmWCi-NTN1JvCG56NIl08syfwLj45UA8rBRaJCnh_-8NltaYzqIJAn9Xx8qk4em-wigE8DEH2oqPMPQ6Pn6xTJX7i84oAhF6xrSV967L9YjtpJwOjIGEICQnyD97lI0cmVAb/s2248/tatep%2020221231_153051.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1686" data-original-width="2248" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigOh1afy8HRJcIPVT0XEzaV3ftEgD2WQRwz9R-wN7sioyodoll-eEjFmWCi-NTN1JvCG56NIl08syfwLj45UA8rBRaJCnh_-8NltaYzqIJAn9Xx8qk4em-wigE8DEH2oqPMPQ6Pn6xTJX7i84oAhF6xrSV967L9YjtpJwOjIGEICQnyD97lI0cmVAb/w640-h480/tatep%2020221231_153051.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I guess that rules out<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">hunting down refracted reflections,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">using the worm’s eye point of view<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and shooting backwards between the
legs.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3l1V400NFFE7jVfHkn7PijwxjWiLqAiIgFLPKP0jMT9QXxDjcwnOWYSBfliqFjkRDuz5VmyQTcu6j2aty8xuvfNZod0-pctfpSP3voh4OrprLD6u5FD737rDMFarEakKGRFIk60_EYUsvvNjK-jYfn_DwRgN7D0Ku3HJe29YnL2883qTCj-gpYiLB/s4000/tatep%2020221231_151702.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3l1V400NFFE7jVfHkn7PijwxjWiLqAiIgFLPKP0jMT9QXxDjcwnOWYSBfliqFjkRDuz5VmyQTcu6j2aty8xuvfNZod0-pctfpSP3voh4OrprLD6u5FD737rDMFarEakKGRFIk60_EYUsvvNjK-jYfn_DwRgN7D0Ku3HJe29YnL2883qTCj-gpYiLB/w640-h480/tatep%2020221231_151702.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">This is confusing<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Did Agnes Martin plan the white
cord<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">when she designed the ventilation<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">or is it an unauthorised addition? <o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0g8GNo5LG0oOSrLk9UYQFAqod4EfoKQtnKZt0hjT1jU_6JYCVpLhAqe1mzbCqbdzFl7RwGtMVoSRCK2s7WURRw6JKR6lmX-nrGk4sOCEYPXmxKuyCtgHDWAC1N7qyy6xRyPzQyLls6D4eAeILtQbpxmhPWLFdhVBlpnD4wWUu56qHma2X5hlOIFYF/s2180/tatep%2020221231_145241.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2180" data-original-width="2180" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0g8GNo5LG0oOSrLk9UYQFAqod4EfoKQtnKZt0hjT1jU_6JYCVpLhAqe1mzbCqbdzFl7RwGtMVoSRCK2s7WURRw6JKR6lmX-nrGk4sOCEYPXmxKuyCtgHDWAC1N7qyy6xRyPzQyLls6D4eAeILtQbpxmhPWLFdhVBlpnD4wWUu56qHma2X5hlOIFYF/w640-h640/tatep%2020221231_145241.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I wonder whether <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">they fill the boxes with a range of crisp
notes<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to give the impression that everyone’s
giving,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">implying that we should, too?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHEsdoGMsrqfOPHVitAHThgPf9UsTnyBHWyuQhqZD7PZRR5m0yk2IbJ5ZH9QiDCtpxK1EAmVTLAmpuAhhkfjvWAxCgACWlaovjG0Joq5hGEI2ZnhBy9TEYISjJRGUudSlVqUdoPELdbFwEpYUA2rt9-H5F57h2dczM87W_-gkIip_5neG8-F1VMMeZ/s2851/tatep%20IMG_2321.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><img border="0" data-original-height="2851" data-original-width="2851" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHEsdoGMsrqfOPHVitAHThgPf9UsTnyBHWyuQhqZD7PZRR5m0yk2IbJ5ZH9QiDCtpxK1EAmVTLAmpuAhhkfjvWAxCgACWlaovjG0Joq5hGEI2ZnhBy9TEYISjJRGUudSlVqUdoPELdbFwEpYUA2rt9-H5F57h2dczM87W_-gkIip_5neG8-F1VMMeZ/w640-h640/tatep%20IMG_2321.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Give us this day our daily art<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and forgive those artists<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">who feel obliged<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to churn out what the market wants.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpplBqM0qO7P-wqbu5HE3AKk1qgGGEVt56oRsBdloqOwVALtXxZVlS7O58gta69wFZwcjBKN6qIkNQElr0gvx3b9YnAchmC7yxIJUnAHu5SMs4AeBj-JMgE6s8jjG59ZOzLNPOALXp13lBcqCo35wrUdBz-f3Ndt7gLmi3_cf-MQopA3YLXAp9ycp6/s4000/tatep%20ghost%2020221231_115240.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpplBqM0qO7P-wqbu5HE3AKk1qgGGEVt56oRsBdloqOwVALtXxZVlS7O58gta69wFZwcjBKN6qIkNQElr0gvx3b9YnAchmC7yxIJUnAHu5SMs4AeBj-JMgE6s8jjG59ZOzLNPOALXp13lBcqCo35wrUdBz-f3Ndt7gLmi3_cf-MQopA3YLXAp9ycp6/w480-h640/tatep%20ghost%2020221231_115240.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">One question for any famous artist <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><div style="text-align: justify;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is how long before the winnowing of time<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">sifts away their reputation<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to leave them as ghosts of the gallery
walls?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvmc4LjALrENJjHgBRK3kHn5kQ7204zIZ3jOJXgudfEHWA8LMoEWRZsysJcOn9w6YhIdz-6d-16dpN-T7m0Yv1zyY6J9VRdzRQ1Cp_WqLqinUHQN7Sm862iANM3ohBeiXO4Cy0sZxk09yTs6OT8M6OGDqyoGEn35uz3Z0iqC3m7EBuhOQDLvlOaZCv/s3681/tatep%2020221231_144916.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3681" data-original-width="2761" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvmc4LjALrENJjHgBRK3kHn5kQ7204zIZ3jOJXgudfEHWA8LMoEWRZsysJcOn9w6YhIdz-6d-16dpN-T7m0Yv1zyY6J9VRdzRQ1Cp_WqLqinUHQN7Sm862iANM3ohBeiXO4Cy0sZxk09yTs6OT8M6OGDqyoGEn35uz3Z0iqC3m7EBuhOQDLvlOaZCv/w480-h640/tatep%2020221231_144916.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It’s warm enough in here<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to consider adjusting the thermostat:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">does the railing really need<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to wear a hat? <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirqtbGO40792-FChh_ySB7Aj4TxYGpA9E33XpgBT0OOfewANTYt_iLKb-MWzyAD2sB634p4_RZ38ORynZuQwU6568GpOVygNNF0_3QFWVAKtgIu7yaTJag-QuE_mgVGOeDHdHvSPLi1Th11uABbcoputd9bpSUi5rVFJY3lEXXr3FDMsp4l3afpo2r/s2951/tatep%2020221231_152835.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2951" data-original-width="2951" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirqtbGO40792-FChh_ySB7Aj4TxYGpA9E33XpgBT0OOfewANTYt_iLKb-MWzyAD2sB634p4_RZ38ORynZuQwU6568GpOVygNNF0_3QFWVAKtgIu7yaTJag-QuE_mgVGOeDHdHvSPLi1Th11uABbcoputd9bpSUi5rVFJY3lEXXr3FDMsp4l3afpo2r/w640-h640/tatep%2020221231_152835.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What is the line<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">between art and its opposite?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Thin enough<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to step across with ease.</span></span></p></div></div><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMgRbw0IBQf1O2LxSuS7vssbkbw7XsRL_DgqUwcaz4x4Ggj-dbA21_UL3iI3pf5LCmzXbCuaXC44iaa1jeF5VpE4OHVQAi1ZosprzCiN9e3mJ7ltorVnrX4XTRP6p3HGsGIgE8ZyZc6btWShqDihAV1WANgajmVFuUucOJhxXYEf8qOC0Hy9xPN9wK/s4000/tatep%2020221231_143730.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMgRbw0IBQf1O2LxSuS7vssbkbw7XsRL_DgqUwcaz4x4Ggj-dbA21_UL3iI3pf5LCmzXbCuaXC44iaa1jeF5VpE4OHVQAi1ZosprzCiN9e3mJ7ltorVnrX4XTRP6p3HGsGIgE8ZyZc6btWShqDihAV1WANgajmVFuUucOJhxXYEf8qOC0Hy9xPN9wK/w480-h640/tatep%2020221231_143730.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">This non-art <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">may be better than art:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the scar of the art <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that evoked a nation’s scars.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb_3n5xMPjc5d3qZbIXEBDDXpGDrOI9YxgGKl_8SWhhrqniKUe65bMlKwkDzL5s8eJawGLl58ILTlSu1KHjM8__-gNrJDTOUmIZ8Pry35XVULoDmxv78GDGMI9YCQZz8eyc6EAGpQFMqnAwincvQoiz7tUl4YwTElMWhwAB9eRnjNwaxDoDO4eY7u9/s2759/tatep%2020221231_160513.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><img border="0" data-original-height="2759" data-original-width="2759" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb_3n5xMPjc5d3qZbIXEBDDXpGDrOI9YxgGKl_8SWhhrqniKUe65bMlKwkDzL5s8eJawGLl58ILTlSu1KHjM8__-gNrJDTOUmIZ8Pry35XVULoDmxv78GDGMI9YCQZz8eyc6EAGpQFMqnAwincvQoiz7tUl4YwTElMWhwAB9eRnjNwaxDoDO4eY7u9/w640-h640/tatep%2020221231_160513.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The shadow of love<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is all you need<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to trigger the fear<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that hate is just as strong.</span></span></p></div><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG0rzNM9NKATFSI23GWOYWXpPqkRiXb5CotSCJgneD53265EUqt7QeHma-NcNnmazZCtcynJA_0RlyLJ1KwS-BHtJHZuOK7MH5SzayTOHK9ifZWXNB-Rao-oIF_pxv1nSUWNiD1H7j-PPrDEib-76prljV6RFKQyo_NlEUanzROkn8N2kSofm_E9co/s3392/tatep%2020221231_121115.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3392" data-original-width="2544" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG0rzNM9NKATFSI23GWOYWXpPqkRiXb5CotSCJgneD53265EUqt7QeHma-NcNnmazZCtcynJA_0RlyLJ1KwS-BHtJHZuOK7MH5SzayTOHK9ifZWXNB-Rao-oIF_pxv1nSUWNiD1H7j-PPrDEib-76prljV6RFKQyo_NlEUanzROkn8N2kSofm_E9co/w480-h640/tatep%2020221231_121115.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I could piss on Duchamp <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and all that he stands for -<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but I suspect<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that he would enjoy that. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4jV62peJAQVw-2p1Gwf1Qcs92476lpwL2j5hkbvUfpzoBuMb7l8LwKOEPY7cWOQOa5ORBDs9B3Jc-Ido9iylPd2vVOZ3TwQfU4sbzMOzoGiTBB9s0kRT8mc-njsJFxomSKEU8x6rRrLXu5oqhy9fP9QmWdoUPgA1n6hGwVEfus7s9UGzxJO96sZ_E/s3650/tatep%2020221231_115045.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3650" data-original-width="2941" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4jV62peJAQVw-2p1Gwf1Qcs92476lpwL2j5hkbvUfpzoBuMb7l8LwKOEPY7cWOQOa5ORBDs9B3Jc-Ido9iylPd2vVOZ3TwQfU4sbzMOzoGiTBB9s0kRT8mc-njsJFxomSKEU8x6rRrLXu5oqhy9fP9QmWdoUPgA1n6hGwVEfus7s9UGzxJO96sZ_E/w516-h640/tatep%2020221231_115045.jpg" width="516" /></span></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What is art for?</span></b></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">How high can it take you?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Floors 5-10 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">are currently closed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWuUFr5AoZEKJXL9s61tAs-adtngdxoagXLWLxKgK_Rk5LnI0vRBHNa1oBf0OcmJkEAk1SMDl3VCp6GPNANbrkjelDHWB2vaQi2aXTAxA_7yh6KUE2hawCFjnHHe0F3Lur5BaTkVr3R0VPVYYBI1ezNUrA36CZ_XnOBGEE2BneBVPXBOIylhMFiu3J/s3172/tatep%200221231_121344s.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2379" data-original-width="3172" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWuUFr5AoZEKJXL9s61tAs-adtngdxoagXLWLxKgK_Rk5LnI0vRBHNa1oBf0OcmJkEAk1SMDl3VCp6GPNANbrkjelDHWB2vaQi2aXTAxA_7yh6KUE2hawCFjnHHe0F3Lur5BaTkVr3R0VPVYYBI1ezNUrA36CZ_XnOBGEE2BneBVPXBOIylhMFiu3J/w640-h480/tatep%200221231_121344s.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">If the point <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of coming here <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is to see the world differently,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">here is our mission achieved. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Notes:</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">All photographs taken at Tate Modern, 31 December 2022 </span></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #313131; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.16px; text-align: left;">'I'd like to find': Tate owns some 70,000 works, but not one of them is titled 'Tilted'. One could argue that the most famous tilt in its collection is in the '</span><i style="color: #313131; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.16px; text-align: left;">O</i><span style="color: #313131; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.16px; text-align: left;">' of Robert Indiana's 'Love' sculpture.</span></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcp0rgjj0I5g-1bPHGcC08_Uw74lGWLxw9UFif14V2-rrVECYRDdIBbfgtiunf95RYeOsyyuOl620FcIxz7FfB4oSMNXBaHw46tjhQZz94yvNR1FGgzDB5Bwe6bktj3XTsNRiw_ZYJfG6axa6YsvJwNgjoH77zNJOt-5VBMPBgo3tcJK5s78Euzz-o/s1536/martin%20AR00177_10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="1533" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcp0rgjj0I5g-1bPHGcC08_Uw74lGWLxw9UFif14V2-rrVECYRDdIBbfgtiunf95RYeOsyyuOl620FcIxz7FfB4oSMNXBaHw46tjhQZz94yvNR1FGgzDB5Bwe6bktj3XTsNRiw_ZYJfG6axa6YsvJwNgjoH77zNJOt-5VBMPBgo3tcJK5s78Euzz-o/s320/martin%20AR00177_10.jpg" width="319" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #313131;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.16px;">'This is confusing': we get a glimpse here of Agnes Martin's </span></span><span class="title" style="color: #313131; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.16px;">Untitled #5,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #313131; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.16px;"> </span><span class="date" style="color: #313131; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.16px;"> 1994</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; text-align: justify;">'Give us this day our daily art' - photograph by Theo Ellison</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: left;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4D-voDuiFj7mdUwMBxwq88v9ZCyIrML5gWAC6QvP4y8bsYHu2YjHXc6TzUre0ccJHbaDoNEY_4X4O0aTGCarLl9CGu8L0EJEGrfGS05_BOL1vxLd7imvLZjPKDpJJwcWoKnWm5j2b8RcXQpo-euf8XVmBLEF0mRXlRoeLuZZmffjK_Zlk8ZIPXhe5/s829/salcedo%20Screenshot%202023-01-01%20100913.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="829" data-original-width="523" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4D-voDuiFj7mdUwMBxwq88v9ZCyIrML5gWAC6QvP4y8bsYHu2YjHXc6TzUre0ccJHbaDoNEY_4X4O0aTGCarLl9CGu8L0EJEGrfGS05_BOL1vxLd7imvLZjPKDpJJwcWoKnWm5j2b8RcXQpo-euf8XVmBLEF0mRXlRoeLuZZmffjK_Zlk8ZIPXhe5/s320/salcedo%20Screenshot%202023-01-01%20100913.jpg" width="202" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br />'This non-art': <a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/doris-salcedo-2695" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 114, 206); color: #313131; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.16px; text-decoration-line: none;">Doris Salcedo</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #313131; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.16px;">'s </span><a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/salcedo-shibboleth-100007" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 114, 206); color: #313131; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.16px; text-decoration-line: none;"><em>Shibboleth</em></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #313131; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.16px;"> 2007 was a snaking fissure along the whole length of the Turbine Hall. You can still see where it ran. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #313131; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.16px;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE8E2A5j_0b09VmqhVPFlgRtjrDyR8QOVXnyEljXu1hMHQ6IiO78VoVt2M3WemfBW4MHdNwoTqmVLa4Hwy9z3ilppE-jjOQH4gXXnVjEg7limkQWHl0IbUz3ugSG9RriAUz5zI3lRzm2KgfW0q-SDwoN7t0EXGMrVhpawHCUSHOpigyahg1rM-0GCu/s3285/Indiana%20EBSCs7uXoAMp_kt.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3285" data-original-width="2944" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE8E2A5j_0b09VmqhVPFlgRtjrDyR8QOVXnyEljXu1hMHQ6IiO78VoVt2M3WemfBW4MHdNwoTqmVLa4Hwy9z3ilppE-jjOQH4gXXnVjEg7limkQWHl0IbUz3ugSG9RriAUz5zI3lRzm2KgfW0q-SDwoN7t0EXGMrVhpawHCUSHOpigyahg1rM-0GCu/s320/Indiana%20EBSCs7uXoAMp_kt.jpg" width="287" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />'The shadow of love': the shadow is of Robert Indiana’s <i>LOVE Red Violet</i>. It was conceived in 1966, the year before the Beatles released <i>All You Need Is Love</i>, but this version was made in 1998.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="date" style="color: #313131; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.16px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="1343" data-original-width="1536" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBseQrdwsgzPv-05eqwrIgg93YkjHq9tu5eBKet3u1DSZ2wf2uIGO-Fo_d9USMeO2pfrVtnIZRx35AKkDxi7ehxqmd6BvBQNvVPQ6KDwzxY5VPGuqF0ZzFTkkDZxMgxh6vcji8G5dcAutzat5tx6gY-dlRKppVVc_xQ1XpdIWPEaCg6QkqkTIkdanb/s320/duchamp%20T07573_10.jpg" width="320" /></span></div><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: left;">'I could piss on Duchamp': </span><span style="text-align: left;">Tate Modern displays a 1964 replica of Marcel Duchamp's <i>Fountain</i>, 1917.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>Paul Carey-Kenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01842249388250530953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432330092345249234.post-26954507696403757282023-01-01T02:15:00.009-08:002023-04-13T00:12:15.511-07:00NEW ENQUIRIES DAILY 2022<p> </p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">In order of composition, newest at the bottom. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Photographs from Ashurst, New Forest unless indicated otherwise.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhsKf-9llEMKXZJ0Qolf2F4hl7dZMBejWD4xg8wBdtxv-lasSOAZUwBu3E2iIhB2Kjsrdg9otXZ8mEhckvTtkb75riLIMOF6yz8-hqlc0Eq3xgpSXrDvGd2QJahNlIma_EqimMO-0fr2HJhhFxjbU2lL4490dIf0JgX9e8IIfc2lq1LVDTFufaezP_E=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhsKf-9llEMKXZJ0Qolf2F4hl7dZMBejWD4xg8wBdtxv-lasSOAZUwBu3E2iIhB2Kjsrdg9otXZ8mEhckvTtkb75riLIMOF6yz8-hqlc0Eq3xgpSXrDvGd2QJahNlIma_EqimMO-0fr2HJhhFxjbU2lL4490dIf0JgX9e8IIfc2lq1LVDTFufaezP_E=w480-h640" width="480" /></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">If a plastic bag picks a fight with a tree<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">there may only be one winner - <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but if three billion bags a day<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">are up against trees as a whole…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Totton)</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEii5CLIntqYc5ihVvsFn6xGyhlLVCHD0lxZmKgVp1rIHXvABPUPwqKmW8syJbmmjpTuh-DTl4YMPbpJ18UzsNCslB6wJfDeNUAZCKig-t43b1-0teEOF-uRPldrUQXL8xwVfNU7muFyRMFTkaq88HiJkBdzfap43XRXI2jmbXBK99GpxBI4e85F8ERz=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEii5CLIntqYc5ihVvsFn6xGyhlLVCHD0lxZmKgVp1rIHXvABPUPwqKmW8syJbmmjpTuh-DTl4YMPbpJ18UzsNCslB6wJfDeNUAZCKig-t43b1-0teEOF-uRPldrUQXL8xwVfNU7muFyRMFTkaq88HiJkBdzfap43XRXI2jmbXBK99GpxBI4e85F8ERz=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Roadworks in rural parts <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">come with
their risks:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">what if
the signs point nowhere<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and the barriers
go feral?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhG4EDGTuuI8xbdcDMsUMxUwkHUSIsTJnB0evsY58UK0EwU2TxGvkplYrkuJJ73FrZfyk-GT4R2V3_XCRw07ouuuqs9GdbYEdnwOSfMjs0lO2reyQCaD8Z56aLkrlgg6_OsknSTnTcx5aMemKHv-NlkZ7X5eNtX4xN23kfmPHLLeyT7jLeTzRIdY7TX=s2916" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2187" data-original-width="2916" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhG4EDGTuuI8xbdcDMsUMxUwkHUSIsTJnB0evsY58UK0EwU2TxGvkplYrkuJJ73FrZfyk-GT4R2V3_XCRw07ouuuqs9GdbYEdnwOSfMjs0lO2reyQCaD8Z56aLkrlgg6_OsknSTnTcx5aMemKHv-NlkZ7X5eNtX4xN23kfmPHLLeyT7jLeTzRIdY7TX=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></b></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span></b><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Hounsdown Close?</span></b></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">We’re bloody in it!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It’s not as if it's big enough <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to make us wonder whether we still are…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Hounsdown, Hampshire is a small area within Totton that is sufficiently
cut off by major roads to feel like a separate place. It’s unusual in
containing Hounsdown Avenue and Hounsdown Close – usually such roads lead to
the place referred to rather than being in it, or are named after somewhere else.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhAY-2sbvZ5bWp1o2mn4rWejtFbiGISvSmtxuPR5L2FCyE2SgCdFEJsyZOQQC6BP4BujgZH9r1iGewn1mqwvtIYXIGN1R8q2q9JzyKLNcXIRTv5T78ffAsEn4YtelZ2Op5VliRug0AfdMI_xbTBCp2WzeDpc03hQyC56O76yXxIaOAnol2c8BKpSGzU=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhAY-2sbvZ5bWp1o2mn4rWejtFbiGISvSmtxuPR5L2FCyE2SgCdFEJsyZOQQC6BP4BujgZH9r1iGewn1mqwvtIYXIGN1R8q2q9JzyKLNcXIRTv5T78ffAsEn4YtelZ2Op5VliRug0AfdMI_xbTBCp2WzeDpc03hQyC56O76yXxIaOAnol2c8BKpSGzU=w480-h640" width="480" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The walls have eyes<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">Or a</span><span style="color: #222222;">t least this wall has one,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">though I
assume<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">monocular
walls can’t see too well. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Southampton)</i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjasqWOSS6A6G4BS4WpkUqC-U4MrK0zArRa4464iTBUl0t6h2Z4dJtNiEqTOAEH853chX2nASsEq_cWQWXr9l0ZA1aoEm1ePllUae6wtUZhH8xi18p6zUZHHJdsYl0lirmlm2GGsTN_BMm8bY_YsCY_g4IvnGC9ch934UhsVEmzPShOAPc653nXbI1-=s769" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="769" data-original-width="541" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjasqWOSS6A6G4BS4WpkUqC-U4MrK0zArRa4464iTBUl0t6h2Z4dJtNiEqTOAEH853chX2nASsEq_cWQWXr9l0ZA1aoEm1ePllUae6wtUZhH8xi18p6zUZHHJdsYl0lirmlm2GGsTN_BMm8bY_YsCY_g4IvnGC9ch934UhsVEmzPShOAPc653nXbI1-=w450-h640" width="450" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The differences<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">from either
end of a well-lit see-through<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">don’t amount
to tunnel vision <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>so much as
matters of perspective. </span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(tunnel between Ashurst and Totton)</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgxJfmruyZEhIaiSPMOBe_3hlq2mrmYJf8ZUFO1_9OUbjbSsU3Nc7ZxYdYcMr-4Jexp1e78DjDIVewMX_TV0qGR7zV594EBoOGFWt8Ob37jBQcl1DRe1TSFTipMlmAiSO77DYSF5XR1bzczb6-6Yv42bRHr9OGWWPZSFxUBKKZE9Lq6RcWu0wP2xLFI=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgxJfmruyZEhIaiSPMOBe_3hlq2mrmYJf8ZUFO1_9OUbjbSsU3Nc7ZxYdYcMr-4Jexp1e78DjDIVewMX_TV0qGR7zV594EBoOGFWt8Ob37jBQcl1DRe1TSFTipMlmAiSO77DYSF5XR1bzczb6-6Yv42bRHr9OGWWPZSFxUBKKZE9Lq6RcWu0wP2xLFI=w480-h640" width="480" /></a><br /><br /><span><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Fancy a koff? </b><br /><br />What the fuck, yes,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">especially as Fuckoffee</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>is close enough. <br /><br /></span><br /><i><span><br />(Bethnal Green, London – the Fuckoffee chain of cafés has branches at 215 and 249 Bethnal Green Road - slogan 'Come happy Leave edgy')</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span><br /></span></span></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZQKAzQsGARgINlKSp4kXdBGFDaiJiC64mGQdcYtSQuUeRBaE2tPNl0qUNVEHRbZSQzcCx7olPEWoCVSfBj4BZ7Wz2mEw9GXMw9pQnx_hfmGKCGm32s-dxylpDkdbHZhC0ypT_HIy2i3rwVaHihytq8fcw4CTULrGPFbw7vacD_deVtS6KZNsbwzdR=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZQKAzQsGARgINlKSp4kXdBGFDaiJiC64mGQdcYtSQuUeRBaE2tPNl0qUNVEHRbZSQzcCx7olPEWoCVSfBj4BZ7Wz2mEw9GXMw9pQnx_hfmGKCGm32s-dxylpDkdbHZhC0ypT_HIy2i3rwVaHihytq8fcw4CTULrGPFbw7vacD_deVtS6KZNsbwzdR=w480-h640" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Where phone directories may once have nestled<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>I plan to
patent <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>the tele-kiosk
storage system <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>for
roadwork signs.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span><i>(Pall Mall, London)</i></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span><i><br /></i></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4FJ94guTFF3t5a_EqNWxWZ8hepXMbozjb1c9luvq5I3a1T0GsJBaifBRVwvMS-AN7hlFkHaDoDDbO8qGxbnFEF3DefxiVc8ttPUXnENRd28ZJNPIyQlqO1IX1I9vihCh_GcEC7kihrC5e8AfCdjjmCz_KMjVGhAXqVyG5V-kHeBFuz3QVH3aqQ9Gt=s3611" style="background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2708" data-original-width="3611" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4FJ94guTFF3t5a_EqNWxWZ8hepXMbozjb1c9luvq5I3a1T0GsJBaifBRVwvMS-AN7hlFkHaDoDDbO8qGxbnFEF3DefxiVc8ttPUXnENRd28ZJNPIyQlqO1IX1I9vihCh_GcEC7kihrC5e8AfCdjjmCz_KMjVGhAXqVyG5V-kHeBFuz3QVH3aqQ9Gt=w640-h480" width="640" /></a><span> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span>I can imagine <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>his wife’s
frustration:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>‘I do
wish you wouldn't <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>bring
your work home with you!’<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span><i>(Totton)</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhdPA4czv7PRVCQUue7ALax1g-8EyUHayH_CmEGQ7XMeux7hCrtvucxhMY6sufq9cxlyIzOVW6a1yG31moDXsJOUYqst-3YAY-Kbo5dJW6FIsVbnI9NUtWgDtHo_8S1334HbVM7eZQYre55ykmj1kQ1xh5UffBP71L-BmflxMJWMH8xnI22j2b9KV1_=s3057" style="background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2656" data-original-width="3057" height="556" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhdPA4czv7PRVCQUue7ALax1g-8EyUHayH_CmEGQ7XMeux7hCrtvucxhMY6sufq9cxlyIzOVW6a1yG31moDXsJOUYqst-3YAY-Kbo5dJW6FIsVbnI9NUtWgDtHo_8S1334HbVM7eZQYre55ykmj1kQ1xh5UffBP71L-BmflxMJWMH8xnI22j2b9KV1_=w640-h556" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span>Plenty of police…<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>If a gang
of seven bank raiders<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>are
planning to scatter<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>they
might get a surprise.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><o:p><span><br /></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><o:p><span><i>(Oxford Circus, London) </i></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><i><br /></i><o:p><span><i></i></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjRUVqdAzKqextoZ3eUNFwm2Do09LucBkQ6k9S4BiZg_RFsJ5n-bPrn1iGA3EN1y-1iDEEqMiXbhzbjVxUsWjMaVhe_C7x503g2iS8cWA4IuzYPNZ2rYYUirXOBQ__zKF-qeHXMlj0QxgJnnXoZM6c2clz_UfQKlTTmeL_tiyUZg3CUT5_vLwgOUHSn=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjRUVqdAzKqextoZ3eUNFwm2Do09LucBkQ6k9S4BiZg_RFsJ5n-bPrn1iGA3EN1y-1iDEEqMiXbhzbjVxUsWjMaVhe_C7x503g2iS8cWA4IuzYPNZ2rYYUirXOBQ__zKF-qeHXMlj0QxgJnnXoZM6c2clz_UfQKlTTmeL_tiyUZg3CUT5_vLwgOUHSn=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></i></span></div><span><i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></i></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span>We have a pile<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>in the country, yes – <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>well, in the New Forest<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>just inside the National Park.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span></span></o:p></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEit_YVmOcFL73cl4K2WeXxeEiRP05dqmiq_JJnt8q0TAx3cUIAJi_6oWIHrX1m_3K6l-mLy4EhJxdgoBBiHicWXHo2cXg1z8sTxXNYZSRV-2TlPocYuyJbdGO04rySv4BfpaPs1QxdiR3AoNUAc7HBBjDQVvZXLQWkytdVfqhMiYOh10lZD9GZAY0GC=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEit_YVmOcFL73cl4K2WeXxeEiRP05dqmiq_JJnt8q0TAx3cUIAJi_6oWIHrX1m_3K6l-mLy4EhJxdgoBBiHicWXHo2cXg1z8sTxXNYZSRV-2TlPocYuyJbdGO04rySv4BfpaPs1QxdiR3AoNUAc7HBBjDQVvZXLQWkytdVfqhMiYOh10lZD9GZAY0GC=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></b></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span><br /> </span></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span>Under new planning laws<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>Every
shop must rhyme with its neighbour, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>with half
rhymes allowed every third premise <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>to make
sure of some transitional variety.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span><i>(Finchley Road, London)</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgrxrbBo1StrHCKjKOc4Wex5XlgfsevwRlO5wnF5YjqeBAdABrOJ-uvmijWU-1oB-y790tLAMDQ5Bu9uJh_Cpaf6qdHlMqEkr1hCTj4mXHreFxWfobTZmq2hLClvy-i1oFDW-6qmowmY-lJD7xpzpzBX9bC5EiLOpw0dPSZhO3Zj0eajHOK6FMKuOsR=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgrxrbBo1StrHCKjKOc4Wex5XlgfsevwRlO5wnF5YjqeBAdABrOJ-uvmijWU-1oB-y790tLAMDQ5Bu9uJh_Cpaf6qdHlMqEkr1hCTj4mXHreFxWfobTZmq2hLClvy-i1oFDW-6qmowmY-lJD7xpzpzBX9bC5EiLOpw0dPSZhO3Zj0eajHOK6FMKuOsR=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></span></b></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span><br /></span></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">Look no further </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>for the winner of the <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>‘Ignore This
Message’ <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span><span style="color: #222222;">Superfluous Signage
Prize 2022.</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><o:p><span><i><br /></i></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><o:p><span><i>(Penge, London) </i></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span><br /></span></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvpT-4vaoIQI7LcDjY4Loj7crL_wriVbLtqDeTwXqNixKbYxztDysRobInYFxtbqjy3TFI7C2ki7-AR5ISjB4np19tU0U_O-0Z7ek9ZAiTRbIue79dbWU8xzkFsb8lM5uqSqOUxfSWUsrjDxHTIPCZymmKwHizqrP_XdjIH7pHetwzVjWlckoptkbZ=s4000" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvpT-4vaoIQI7LcDjY4Loj7crL_wriVbLtqDeTwXqNixKbYxztDysRobInYFxtbqjy3TFI7C2ki7-AR5ISjB4np19tU0U_O-0Z7ek9ZAiTRbIue79dbWU8xzkFsb8lM5uqSqOUxfSWUsrjDxHTIPCZymmKwHizqrP_XdjIH7pHetwzVjWlckoptkbZ=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><b>Has your food faded </b></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>into an unsavoury purple-pink?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>Time to sell it in bulk<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>to a specialist 'off grocery'.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><o:p><span><i>(Penge, London) </i></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><o:p><span><i><br /></i></span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></p><span style="background-color: white;"><i></i></span></span></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEipDseIzDv16T4a3xHMSj-FNpqKSgAHohnnUqkPOPo1uGqqp1ZDUiQiYTXVZnTC-wxLNk4lfYqj9YQGtVznAaaJR9KMftvthgz0DNbXQFvI1AajgAHsaA-DsPguDEd4YkgPi3aME7_C1VI_z8UXPHtmpHQKv5AZ5lpIERucZ5qDLJvFj91yNluY4HEA=s4000" style="background-color: white; font-style: italic; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEipDseIzDv16T4a3xHMSj-FNpqKSgAHohnnUqkPOPo1uGqqp1ZDUiQiYTXVZnTC-wxLNk4lfYqj9YQGtVznAaaJR9KMftvthgz0DNbXQFvI1AajgAHsaA-DsPguDEd4YkgPi3aME7_C1VI_z8UXPHtmpHQKv5AZ5lpIERucZ5qDLJvFj91yNluY4HEA=w480-h640" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The God of Small Things</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">can find infinity -</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">not once, but twice - </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">where we would hardly look.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Charing Cross, London)</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4pdYvQEq9qNavd5raWZfoMJp7lbdWa5wTHnl0_XHJso7z2DX82cV5yHnoghvYdYuqgJ2Zfn4BKxJDanpuKa_F5tZFkWtjCKu6XZxPK-4Gjo3hDAaEu37poahos7NIzKUi7GJBVbvqYalnVEpbHn4l1wKD0EUBbkLvDiabq9a5UN7Z28gF9LTY0mMz=s2456" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2138" data-original-width="2456" height="558" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4pdYvQEq9qNavd5raWZfoMJp7lbdWa5wTHnl0_XHJso7z2DX82cV5yHnoghvYdYuqgJ2Zfn4BKxJDanpuKa_F5tZFkWtjCKu6XZxPK-4Gjo3hDAaEu37poahos7NIzKUi7GJBVbvqYalnVEpbHn4l1wKD0EUBbkLvDiabq9a5UN7Z28gF9LTY0mMz=w640-h558" width="640" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">My fear </span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><span>is that the home of the retro</span><div dir="auto">has now been consigned to the permanent past:</div><div dir="auto">maybe old is not so kool as it used to be.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><i><span>(Leek, Staffs)</span></i></div><div dir="auto"><i><span><br /></span></i></div><div dir="auto"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiUm8XF2B8oaPvrY6tBmd6meUN1WXuGWXTZ_Sx7g8F1GdeUJCKRfkbU1ZZMoI9TtR-E6M7tJCBhVl2oEAjQjI2Et48bHdUEStygfXU96cvj5fSrREpjdSrv5ihXCY7lS2R_PVJpIlwpNljsuz5lVMF7bzDPRDYkb_Dm_DtBt3ckP8XPVHHEEmr8rPys=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiUm8XF2B8oaPvrY6tBmd6meUN1WXuGWXTZ_Sx7g8F1GdeUJCKRfkbU1ZZMoI9TtR-E6M7tJCBhVl2oEAjQjI2Et48bHdUEStygfXU96cvj5fSrREpjdSrv5ihXCY7lS2R_PVJpIlwpNljsuz5lVMF7bzDPRDYkb_Dm_DtBt3ckP8XPVHHEEmr8rPys=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /></div></i></div><div dir="auto"><b><span>I think I’ll be a rogue</span></b></div><div dir="auto">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>The gentlemen ahead of me<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>can wait their turn, and if they don’t <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>I’ll barge them out of the way. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><i><span>(Leek, Staffs)</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhLjlqXthPFi0jSTcn1YQjgPidYb2Ll088iw1jQERgJAjxa0PYo9XIOMLzgV8M3v7QXMypYGSxyN_-cgUxu3iWgf9dlhVixo3I7sdcXPoWsZON1phxEK4IRBwGUbMLCwbWaYRW3pTipytvLT6SkVCVY2aQ7ZU7qFjig5NocA7aUK-XDKiZV_ET1qdtY=s4000" style="font-style: italic; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhLjlqXthPFi0jSTcn1YQjgPidYb2Ll088iw1jQERgJAjxa0PYo9XIOMLzgV8M3v7QXMypYGSxyN_-cgUxu3iWgf9dlhVixo3I7sdcXPoWsZON1phxEK4IRBwGUbMLCwbWaYRW3pTipytvLT6SkVCVY2aQ7ZU7qFjig5NocA7aUK-XDKiZV_ET1qdtY=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span>Our goal<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>is to score lots of goals<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>so we need lots of goals<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>and try not to worry that they are our own.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><i><span>(Leek, Staffs)</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2UiD6sqVQ43oCQ6SKkxX7nefJvuyGzQ21cwrPOuEPaJUqWywZeHzf78Ptfn3aHMFXQXKR_rMJIXBLGoz-sW-ImAIjTzCRhTUxIOCbJ95L0xxmQj1XmbKO0xdBC_ujLoAxex7g-2MnsHxJeNd884dHmvFf9CH5zhP6hvYmZbKzcog0R__HuYQbfLoS=s2552" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2551" data-original-width="2552" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2UiD6sqVQ43oCQ6SKkxX7nefJvuyGzQ21cwrPOuEPaJUqWywZeHzf78Ptfn3aHMFXQXKR_rMJIXBLGoz-sW-ImAIjTzCRhTUxIOCbJ95L0xxmQj1XmbKO0xdBC_ujLoAxex7g-2MnsHxJeNd884dHmvFf9CH5zhP6hvYmZbKzcog0R__HuYQbfLoS=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></span></div><span><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span>The linesman is important<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>He waves his flag and everyone stops.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>Or he waves his flag and no-one stops:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span><span>the linesman is not important.</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span><span><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span><span><i>(Leek Town 2 City of Liverpool 2 - 5 Feb 2022)</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span><span><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFvPfIfbBpw1sbthLK4D1IFzljW_JxZBipaDkj_SbrrcpwyI3Zr62ele6yFoDwP4ExOnq7f_L_W0CIFEz2U8XAnH8vH1iGwprZ5wUnb5KV4XG5SxB6mmmNuOQoJZtTx8J4r9GmxgPVtaFe2YCBPfSKHHGf8F0X6KpVXtFinHS6DXLJVIjdtiAFo33A=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFvPfIfbBpw1sbthLK4D1IFzljW_JxZBipaDkj_SbrrcpwyI3Zr62ele6yFoDwP4ExOnq7f_L_W0CIFEz2U8XAnH8vH1iGwprZ5wUnb5KV4XG5SxB6mmmNuOQoJZtTx8J4r9GmxgPVtaFe2YCBPfSKHHGf8F0X6KpVXtFinHS6DXLJVIjdtiAFo33A=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span>The Lord of Round Here<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>knows where to stand<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>to confirm his rights<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>with maximum assurance. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><i>(Southampton)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0OYm_G0O4Eu6-Oc4IJJ6hW3UsqydeCQOws70xrgMEEv-plQBIbNxiwZTSFLN3Ddc7xt5eOyDCZbvm_rdy3GWR27z-12LlJUcRsO7YvszdLBj8K5nmySPLFaYO8f9hCcLYvbsW8poNDh_oQgrUdDvqImJcaiT8JWwTRwjErlyBwRgVF3N_iZpHnl8x=s3840" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3840" data-original-width="2879" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0OYm_G0O4Eu6-Oc4IJJ6hW3UsqydeCQOws70xrgMEEv-plQBIbNxiwZTSFLN3Ddc7xt5eOyDCZbvm_rdy3GWR27z-12LlJUcRsO7YvszdLBj8K5nmySPLFaYO8f9hCcLYvbsW8poNDh_oQgrUdDvqImJcaiT8JWwTRwjErlyBwRgVF3N_iZpHnl8x=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span>We have the latest<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>security
measures.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>If anyone
steals this farm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>I'll be
surprised.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span> </span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhCduoin4UFdK9f8G0TsDoZX_SCS1rooh34k89ISu6P0cM_Invw6LsJQCh4gku1qIFZxzych00gikUu4zmx97FV0hgK-OkQwObKYdhDaik_SHIZqtzJtBTdKos2hv7whfhpiHTleOJqfCN55moEJydyk3iIiw5gWdCOEfsijhFm9febjorFnASO3Yss=s3172" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3172" data-original-width="2587" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhCduoin4UFdK9f8G0TsDoZX_SCS1rooh34k89ISu6P0cM_Invw6LsJQCh4gku1qIFZxzych00gikUu4zmx97FV0hgK-OkQwObKYdhDaik_SHIZqtzJtBTdKos2hv7whfhpiHTleOJqfCN55moEJydyk3iIiw5gWdCOEfsijhFm9febjorFnASO3Yss=w522-h640" width="522" /></a></span></b></div><b><span><br /></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">There were fears that</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"> <b>JFK</b> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">despite being long dead
and reduced to a head</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>might
yet make good his escape.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>Those
fears are now allayed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span><i>(Great
Portland Street, London)</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122;">A bronze
bust by Jacques Lipchitz was unveiled in this location in May 1965, 17 months after
Kennedy was shot. The plinth reads 'The John F. Kennedy Memorial has ben moved for security reasons: please visit the new location inside International House, just around the corner.'</span></i><i><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122;"><br /></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiOltSWCv9a9LXepQ19bBpILojeI_SHgsQTZAa49fvX8V5ZSApJ7CAwJVDHRsJiublAUdfTedJKvdVnEEozJXQJtMwh8abV-s1AVqNpnWTuGzWqzp1w-wX_a89tUA0mzphBhI7T_d6rtXPghqJAtB3c_UNw3X0-QzYl9vE7dssMKKYnG13bJ_17Rb85=s1315" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1315" data-original-width="1288" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiOltSWCv9a9LXepQ19bBpILojeI_SHgsQTZAa49fvX8V5ZSApJ7CAwJVDHRsJiublAUdfTedJKvdVnEEozJXQJtMwh8abV-s1AVqNpnWTuGzWqzp1w-wX_a89tUA0mzphBhI7T_d6rtXPghqJAtB3c_UNw3X0-QzYl9vE7dssMKKYnG13bJ_17Rb85=w626-h640" width="626" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">The Art Hotel </span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>offers
you a chance to sleep beside Degas. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>Not the
original, I concede. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>Nor do
you get a bed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span><i>(Pimlico
Underground Station, near Tate Britain)</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span> </span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><b><o:p><span> </span></o:p></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLYWuEHBdWLoQrvBuTLGb1_8zpqjmOO8Tgj9FGE9VvWfS1XY2laub4NzzP84oau66LY-ner0f7ubI_v5PG7U5IFE60uqdVOgq8sOdMnde7CI_pWHbyCB3Cr5L_rVpa_SHMIvSNhXE2fzSDt70MHT8MHRW0bO_Hx0OvvgcdX6YOZ9NWFQQLxIfrjt1q/s3000/20220514_180314%20poem%20postbox.jpg" style="background-color: white; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLYWuEHBdWLoQrvBuTLGb1_8zpqjmOO8Tgj9FGE9VvWfS1XY2laub4NzzP84oau66LY-ner0f7ubI_v5PG7U5IFE60uqdVOgq8sOdMnde7CI_pWHbyCB3Cr5L_rVpa_SHMIvSNhXE2fzSDt70MHT8MHRW0bO_Hx0OvvgcdX6YOZ9NWFQQLxIfrjt1q/w640-h640/20220514_180314%20poem%20postbox.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>Just how many letters<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>and must-be-slim parcels<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>has this post box had to eat / eaten<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>to get so fat? <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i><span>(Bermondsey, London)</span></i></span></p></div><b><span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6gsNR6Yub-iGgibvSxRPtdUCpVlVEJ8ahFqhm7WQBS8GawcDuN_jnLuNwZPGSRscxYiqmvPm4qF35YINhddMprPeltCWn0mSlsjSIKM9dbTztU2eodqeffypLdxI54dxFPmk6gx7_vcZ1HczFKkEo_lI5UyA2uMMQDMWwCOrpfJNRFw5kEROYDKlP=s2164" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2164" data-original-width="1991" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6gsNR6Yub-iGgibvSxRPtdUCpVlVEJ8ahFqhm7WQBS8GawcDuN_jnLuNwZPGSRscxYiqmvPm4qF35YINhddMprPeltCWn0mSlsjSIKM9dbTztU2eodqeffypLdxI54dxFPmk6gx7_vcZ1HczFKkEo_lI5UyA2uMMQDMWwCOrpfJNRFw5kEROYDKlP=w588-h640" width="588" /></a><b><span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span>Valentine<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>Pick yourself up! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>We all have dreams.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>When they’re trampled underfoot, move on!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><i>(Victoria, London)</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgiz9-FbW048C4KrQcOzEe4jJ2GOhIWUZ2Odt7sQDHBofGpPJfY2EjQrSI64QZvHNwyF5C096DoMPwDI83eMzn5LDOUfdvwi3BVSGWuWw2A64JP_nDy2tmxYi_cvNYx_AXAXVixUZebMsRwRxZP6ITr2qGKMfI3CAIio5Qlks0BlerZ4-mD1phlveDP=s4000" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgiz9-FbW048C4KrQcOzEe4jJ2GOhIWUZ2Odt7sQDHBofGpPJfY2EjQrSI64QZvHNwyF5C096DoMPwDI83eMzn5LDOUfdvwi3BVSGWuWw2A64JP_nDy2tmxYi_cvNYx_AXAXVixUZebMsRwRxZP6ITr2qGKMfI3CAIio5Qlks0BlerZ4-mD1phlveDP=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>Wolverhampton <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">has lost its sparkle</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>And there doesn't seem much <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>the police can do.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span><i> </i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span><i>(Wolverhampton)</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXNwnckZ6Kc4LPphpCFXdMMT6pfQPQMIglb5zmPHicCS-5u_0lgyidG1u5Ko22IEPBrBW-44Kik01jwXyPOd-kW_uhQj1jYE7VzSZytb6fvkEROjJzqMwlOiOgUHdtouIgVbNn8h2-BmK1mfUT8OjBY6CVnkNi4JPHkYS3zLHlH96FcsU6fy9GLleb=s4000" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXNwnckZ6Kc4LPphpCFXdMMT6pfQPQMIglb5zmPHicCS-5u_0lgyidG1u5Ko22IEPBrBW-44Kik01jwXyPOd-kW_uhQj1jYE7VzSZytb6fvkEROjJzqMwlOiOgUHdtouIgVbNn8h2-BmK1mfUT8OjBY6CVnkNi4JPHkYS3zLHlH96FcsU6fy9GLleb=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>I suspect <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>this horse would never catch up<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>even were it going <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>in the right direction.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span><i> </i></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>(</span></span><span face="ReithSans, Helvetica, Arial, freesans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #3f3f42;">Sculptor Kevin Atherton has placed 12 life-size steel horses alongside the railway line between Wolverhampton and Birmingham.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">)</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span> </span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span><br /></span></b></div><b><span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiH9s-V4zbhQHaonIAPhKaxtzc6lKbdADysasHj0Nk6HeaRjE6YmD9whhOuLuWnsJPb1KVwETdSaA5HJDxo8sqwBGoOJkgvg6hUFECxFWgtX09TGgPkwIBqV4q4woLWxazJxfxNd-lZeGhALdgFktXaRFj1gxacF9-zEAlXu-0iiQ306Y-aBvEUFP6R=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiH9s-V4zbhQHaonIAPhKaxtzc6lKbdADysasHj0Nk6HeaRjE6YmD9whhOuLuWnsJPb1KVwETdSaA5HJDxo8sqwBGoOJkgvg6hUFECxFWgtX09TGgPkwIBqV4q4woLWxazJxfxNd-lZeGhALdgFktXaRFj1gxacF9-zEAlXu-0iiQ306Y-aBvEUFP6R=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">It's no go</span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>the Ho Ho Ho!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>Don't spend Christmas<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>in Wolverhampton.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span><i>(Wolverhampton)</i><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span> </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhKccelN8hPgQXfX_PUoY1uSt58mKgboWmZ0BX4_L791NIHbLYP_QOIntfPw3jynVyx_2kshQMmecQcoZNpteqzRwcAh_ZCNNGBiOUNWwBdWMBfsTfRR2nS_EkFc7r7s978-IX14Y4R9YghsXMzhCKAIO2mdtdV64Zcby_HAxHSky_QPaovwVBi853q=s2816" style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2816" data-original-width="2643" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhKccelN8hPgQXfX_PUoY1uSt58mKgboWmZ0BX4_L791NIHbLYP_QOIntfPw3jynVyx_2kshQMmecQcoZNpteqzRwcAh_ZCNNGBiOUNWwBdWMBfsTfRR2nS_EkFc7r7s978-IX14Y4R9YghsXMzhCKAIO2mdtdV64Zcby_HAxHSky_QPaovwVBi853q=w600-h640" width="600" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;"><span>It's good
to see <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;"><span>that the Post Office has gone green:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;"><span>whether they'll deliver all letters by horse <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;"><span>remains to be seen.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;"><span><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;"><span><i>(Southampton)</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhdycWb9CQVOdZzZ64Bwd9wT_NR16A63OBPtOl1hzCE6u2cdyNY2vZMaswIpn7gVXN78SafFq-EHq6UUCzuzmxdNoj_U3S0oVcH_imoGjnKTQv3q1Q-xZ2ia9TrHBpE3wyYLuO9ZAIlpKq5Ly7Xb475XLNU6_5UgWPK_gombFnOJfqXG0U5W0q8tcM_=s3518" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3518" data-original-width="2789" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhdycWb9CQVOdZzZ64Bwd9wT_NR16A63OBPtOl1hzCE6u2cdyNY2vZMaswIpn7gVXN78SafFq-EHq6UUCzuzmxdNoj_U3S0oVcH_imoGjnKTQv3q1Q-xZ2ia9TrHBpE3wyYLuO9ZAIlpKq5Ly7Xb475XLNU6_5UgWPK_gombFnOJfqXG0U5W0q8tcM_=w508-h640" width="508" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span>Is it true<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>that a flash of net<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>arouses more than a patch of bare leg?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>Or are such questions merely gross?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><i>(District Line, London)</i><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span> </span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj91sekvfDtn7M8JTlBlQMjXEZaVE4ovpz_0LIkg4wbp_Z9pq2C018VtHRy-ZTuK9FDLDdMbSQ9b00Bkj_AibuuxhnfxGOcJsSB3YHWXdmCucCRWUtM_179BayfL1J69IAevpU6qPh2dtkT6crBDl4kTDWpVkx6aCCs85ADZtQYeM_zD0ms-h5mGpsc=s2140" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1342" data-original-width="2140" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj91sekvfDtn7M8JTlBlQMjXEZaVE4ovpz_0LIkg4wbp_Z9pq2C018VtHRy-ZTuK9FDLDdMbSQ9b00Bkj_AibuuxhnfxGOcJsSB3YHWXdmCucCRWUtM_179BayfL1J69IAevpU6qPh2dtkT6crBDl4kTDWpVkx6aCCs85ADZtQYeM_zD0ms-h5mGpsc=w640-h402" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span>How else would you expect <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>a garage to hold its roof in place?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>I know, I know: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>that doesn’t explain the trolley.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><i>(Deptford)</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh1koH9NFKLeoq86bKBSmmPjnhFzirlJeqnex3Q55Jz0H7W68dB_a4WXsmawLLbpjhOhH6xns9CFK5o1q4yomKq8eM-WJVe1G3TbtBWRWqjeXNjXDvNvSIThb3iQVUgGbtFq0SUZPZVM2Y2t2wGcGil_IMAm2iYtUb4oiwoXL5wJOko50IX-X2WB7bf=s2651" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2103" data-original-width="2651" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh1koH9NFKLeoq86bKBSmmPjnhFzirlJeqnex3Q55Jz0H7W68dB_a4WXsmawLLbpjhOhH6xns9CFK5o1q4yomKq8eM-WJVe1G3TbtBWRWqjeXNjXDvNvSIThb3iQVUgGbtFq0SUZPZVM2Y2t2wGcGil_IMAm2iYtUb4oiwoXL5wJOko50IX-X2WB7bf=w640-h508" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>Unless it isn't OK <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>to be OK, which makes little sense, <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span><i>everything</i> must be OK - <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>which might as well be nothing. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span><i>(Southampton Parkway)</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span></span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8ifJ7Kz_zZI-oGpWs_MoIj-QQIox5qsK68aT-sgH4kXbVar_8iosYfl_fC5bYgOkhfT4Fjt9xpJwNuX3oL_7j6_iqwjcPqdEcBh-kbBnsFl6UK3SyEneIfwaHtmAIi5VdTyGWXlpzIOc1HDFr31n_307NH2ohoM8m1Jc6IcvU2EEQ6iAP9epTt66f=s2734" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2521" data-original-width="2734" height="590" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8ifJ7Kz_zZI-oGpWs_MoIj-QQIox5qsK68aT-sgH4kXbVar_8iosYfl_fC5bYgOkhfT4Fjt9xpJwNuX3oL_7j6_iqwjcPqdEcBh-kbBnsFl6UK3SyEneIfwaHtmAIi5VdTyGWXlpzIOc1HDFr31n_307NH2ohoM8m1Jc6IcvU2EEQ6iAP9epTt66f=w640-h590" width="640" /></a></span></div><span><br /> </span><b><span> </span></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span>The pink car<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>pines </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>for
its personalised garage... </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>Who or what has seized its space?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><i>(Notting
Hill, London)</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span> </span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi17e0tmJtZKhgI7NjSCocXmGjYM2A4Y2rXR-Dq_WwQPdxyJzaZ7XnKe_lfi7DM3XmERdR3Vmy_rfcB7yKBBqwOlqU0hpL-ds9bKbOOQPntiuP0rM6wupYkhu0LUKp47rw8P34vBlOsuZp7C2V_WPHyfBpIXYz-ozLRQk20-PrZQCQJ8oWCm4lcM449=s720" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="720" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi17e0tmJtZKhgI7NjSCocXmGjYM2A4Y2rXR-Dq_WwQPdxyJzaZ7XnKe_lfi7DM3XmERdR3Vmy_rfcB7yKBBqwOlqU0hpL-ds9bKbOOQPntiuP0rM6wupYkhu0LUKp47rw8P34vBlOsuZp7C2V_WPHyfBpIXYz-ozLRQk20-PrZQCQJ8oWCm4lcM449=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></span></b></div><b><span><br /></span></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span>Why do we clean things?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>Simply to make them dirty again.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>You can see the state to which <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>pure logic might deliver us…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><span><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgcJWS49Kof9Vg-VVoXUoTIqYIagS7ynTfNoDfHJmJEqo29jrflE774uDBrsZLoCglcs7XnCjNvjkzZFuw1o9_W1smcLbGMDJKaGhzuhbvMR6mfibXjtxF-W7JItroPnI4zcfwmv0K6BS7b-MBnBfLSGf_-Fa9Y-XWmmOTVF_wgH0LcEh6k-cvd0pLq=s787" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="366" data-original-width="787" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgcJWS49Kof9Vg-VVoXUoTIqYIagS7ynTfNoDfHJmJEqo29jrflE774uDBrsZLoCglcs7XnCjNvjkzZFuw1o9_W1smcLbGMDJKaGhzuhbvMR6mfibXjtxF-W7JItroPnI4zcfwmv0K6BS7b-MBnBfLSGf_-Fa9Y-XWmmOTVF_wgH0LcEh6k-cvd0pLq=w640-h298" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span><span><br /> </span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span><p></p></div></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>Is it time <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>this street came out <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>into the fully spelled assertion <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>of its Pride?</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span><i>(Praed Street, Paddington, London) </i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjAwlVIGW1GdLqmJ2IAiNnyfP7T_LPrGJXqHU2djf3PpRobRej8fQWFm4voBCWlxyjh_fPFSu_PGxj2GBoxeOVFc2ao8YocrCC5y12pOEDcCiTep1uG_WIwbHLni0cqniK8e7t59NHdkZiAhz1Y_odjWddPHrCu35OiJCvC3LFO8ggf0aVMFu7WgwFw=s2932" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2199" data-original-width="2932" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjAwlVIGW1GdLqmJ2IAiNnyfP7T_LPrGJXqHU2djf3PpRobRej8fQWFm4voBCWlxyjh_fPFSu_PGxj2GBoxeOVFc2ao8YocrCC5y12pOEDcCiTep1uG_WIwbHLni0cqniK8e7t59NHdkZiAhz1Y_odjWddPHrCu35OiJCvC3LFO8ggf0aVMFu7WgwFw=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><b>'When I said ‘backwards’</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #222222;">what I meant was ‘forwards’.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #222222;">I should have thought</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #222222;">that much was obvious.'</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiX3qmgPdM4IX2YMDSBcG02ZjxkHi34R6NyqwJ1Aqn1k3lKujVmzN325B27F_r4ATu7BXx8J6sxmYkmkLMNj4ppphpXYwcLn1xfHIRNiIIEVM00XBbZrrkuohDsPmJuaqfFpY_7pfQiTN33oKWEURAvWiTyWaDbSZ-YOpKlpJjt-1Khvl9yVpYiYMYF=s3000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiX3qmgPdM4IX2YMDSBcG02ZjxkHi34R6NyqwJ1Aqn1k3lKujVmzN325B27F_r4ATu7BXx8J6sxmYkmkLMNj4ppphpXYwcLn1xfHIRNiIIEVM00XBbZrrkuohDsPmJuaqfFpY_7pfQiTN33oKWEURAvWiTyWaDbSZ-YOpKlpJjt-1Khvl9yVpYiYMYF=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>How many times have I run
past here<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>and wondered how often the owner gets called out<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>by people who’ve lost the will to music?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>I've never seen the van not there.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span><i>(Southampton) </i></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span><i><br /></i></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzG_O75ZMrdNRPG4DTJQyZhOXpyfG9Wf7j-iUbfrqFFyfFC5ZHFlYsOWnubITc-OYwMck6Sr_WG3C_JREf-LDrgqVY_9KXZLnxTHK34Nw88S5Gu_qUWbfYrOa8whuJCqGV2jNPJUh0EfoYA6AKkBqe0Asz6sBZRX1OSOytfhbphkpiMOo70nsEgcXy=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzG_O75ZMrdNRPG4DTJQyZhOXpyfG9Wf7j-iUbfrqFFyfFC5ZHFlYsOWnubITc-OYwMck6Sr_WG3C_JREf-LDrgqVY_9KXZLnxTHK34Nw88S5Gu_qUWbfYrOa8whuJCqGV2jNPJUh0EfoYA6AKkBqe0Asz6sBZRX1OSOytfhbphkpiMOo70nsEgcXy=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span>If you reckon<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>blooms are brief <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>you’ve little experience<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #222222;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>of petal-florescence.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i style="color: #222222;"><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i style="color: #222222;">(below a flowering tree in Totton)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjDjE5G3mwZiMDUWJmCcYiqgoYDVKeh89VCguLB04oyHRtO9WDQbOkgMv03nhqZo6XDdJe0LUbQMFEFjL2mTJp1eZEHKxUmmLy3FU8mX_KzXV5y_7ZMaCl7zV1lhGdHM-xO1xwHX3IL2DJNb90i_gPF3FZsGHqjKyelao4Y6UGghh52xNDJvI3rPPf2=s800" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="660" data-original-width="800" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjDjE5G3mwZiMDUWJmCcYiqgoYDVKeh89VCguLB04oyHRtO9WDQbOkgMv03nhqZo6XDdJe0LUbQMFEFjL2mTJp1eZEHKxUmmLy3FU8mX_KzXV5y_7ZMaCl7zV1lhGdHM-xO1xwHX3IL2DJNb90i_gPF3FZsGHqjKyelao4Y6UGghh52xNDJvI3rPPf2=w640-h528" width="640" /></a></span></div><span><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span>Is this what you say <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>when there’s nothing left to say<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>except ‘there’s nothing left to say’<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>and even that’s been said?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span><i>(Salisbury Cathedral)</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></span><span><br /><br /> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZ5t9irdc-axtsPTGvsz_EQrTQEIWljNdQdV2G8MS-X-8Vtq6zvzEOXs4AUBEJ0cZhwNF1AVW3Sje6LEtZvCmCvFmJ_0bhyWpdpsnw3dDZERHDU4MSm7J9joYvkN5R_4pysm8WJAXE0hXC4Z4JbR5M0O2OohK8-QMgZ8UIeScb1FOk6tgdAH0NrFXh=s2733" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2733" data-original-width="2733" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZ5t9irdc-axtsPTGvsz_EQrTQEIWljNdQdV2G8MS-X-8Vtq6zvzEOXs4AUBEJ0cZhwNF1AVW3Sje6LEtZvCmCvFmJ_0bhyWpdpsnw3dDZERHDU4MSm7J9joYvkN5R_4pysm8WJAXE0hXC4Z4JbR5M0O2OohK8-QMgZ8UIeScb1FOk6tgdAH0NrFXh=w640-h640" width="640" /></a><span><br /><br /><b>What does sand do?</b><br /><br />Leak or overflow?<br />Either way, what does it want to be,<br />water?</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><i><br /> (Marble Arch, London)</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFDrx1QOrOwutmF6svJnbR3vuK2afCOT18MlCEMNUWrqt3HX1_Eq246aPrEKE4w2Tb1HIeaXhq0qiOPtXTJQ8CqwqRM5vFSNP9QhBSeoaBm1_H80ySF8_B8YdQ_mfDLfY7D6m24D3ODXu1fjQRyqa2PcL7lNXAtdySlrthL6OUYKZlD3O0Ip1KARS8=s1558" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1420" data-original-width="1558" height="584" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFDrx1QOrOwutmF6svJnbR3vuK2afCOT18MlCEMNUWrqt3HX1_Eq246aPrEKE4w2Tb1HIeaXhq0qiOPtXTJQ8CqwqRM5vFSNP9QhBSeoaBm1_H80ySF8_B8YdQ_mfDLfY7D6m24D3ODXu1fjQRyqa2PcL7lNXAtdySlrthL6OUYKZlD3O0Ip1KARS8=w640-h584" width="640" /></a><span><i><br /></i><br /><b>Was this train on time?</b><br /><br />The guard announced it was ‘five minutes early’ -<br />meaning we'd 'have to wait for a platform’.<br />We waited ten minutes.</span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Euston, London)</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEij1mLcNH3XIhfQOIwHsSRVj0IdVHGqthdWCS7uYIYCwwY-gsyDASN9Bad-z9vySxFr-7Uyp7c78mwgpY7sMmnNnrUgvELrPhK-A0HCX6U1YD98ndRFZOV6bQVjhlsaV46aLP8y3fqSlr3-9uKTMBf1GEuyjIkZ7kyZ0aK8MK0dg4xuFg8Grd5fnnda=s3479" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2609" data-original-width="3479" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEij1mLcNH3XIhfQOIwHsSRVj0IdVHGqthdWCS7uYIYCwwY-gsyDASN9Bad-z9vySxFr-7Uyp7c78mwgpY7sMmnNnrUgvELrPhK-A0HCX6U1YD98ndRFZOV6bQVjhlsaV46aLP8y3fqSlr3-9uKTMBf1GEuyjIkZ7kyZ0aK8MK0dg4xuFg8Grd5fnnda=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><br /><br /><b>Is it ‘better dead then red’ </b><br /><br />or ‘better red than dead’<br />or doesn't it much matter<br />to a nettle?</span><span>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: italic; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span><em style="font-style: italic;"><span style="background: white; color: #5f6368;">(Red dead</span></em><span style="background: white; color: #4d5156; font-style: italic;">-</span><em style="font-style: italic;"><span style="background: white; color: #5f6368;">nettle - </span></em><o:p></o:p><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">Lamium purpureum</span><i style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-style: italic;">)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span><i style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-style: italic;"><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh5WjHwa7xYq83lnnJaNCsiuZQicvMwnkMET1O7Ff5TJQXQAJwfzTGaSm5yEwYLXffXXIjU3Yg_lxvACtTEWci_ppTDvIAtbbnjJ2Zc3QkMtx5PCJICjvycU-uE_51g-rvgSvzWxwdhX3reVsGW9wVTwyTWu4JpHAqoBGgaNHe-bH3dAkQJm10oCxEG=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh5WjHwa7xYq83lnnJaNCsiuZQicvMwnkMET1O7Ff5TJQXQAJwfzTGaSm5yEwYLXffXXIjU3Yg_lxvACtTEWci_ppTDvIAtbbnjJ2Zc3QkMtx5PCJICjvycU-uE_51g-rvgSvzWxwdhX3reVsGW9wVTwyTWu4JpHAqoBGgaNHe-bH3dAkQJm10oCxEG=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></div><span><br /><i style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-style: italic;"><br /></i></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">That's a very
yellow </span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>set of greens.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>Are the daffodils out,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>and the laburnum?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span><i style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">
</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span><i>(Green Park Underground, March)</i></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOXNQ5Lg-w9A261bIVC5sg6xJoqEYhVff5joXlquIHbtyOnXJFWM3Gpk7Atpx77xQVaFKAJx2aDAb7eegNJz0lRbOxSPizUYIaiE8hFd8peXmoS-8LvIL2VOF2or1sJGLzw-LAzGVIsdAfLbpZo8jInJu5DRcQGZD3YfejxQUYWb2sxwbjiOXg33Lx=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOXNQ5Lg-w9A261bIVC5sg6xJoqEYhVff5joXlquIHbtyOnXJFWM3Gpk7Atpx77xQVaFKAJx2aDAb7eegNJz0lRbOxSPizUYIaiE8hFd8peXmoS-8LvIL2VOF2or1sJGLzw-LAzGVIsdAfLbpZo8jInJu5DRcQGZD3YfejxQUYWb2sxwbjiOXg33Lx=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span>Off-season Santa<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>curses
his luck.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>He only
took the job<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>to get
the summers off. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i>(Shoreditch) </i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><o:p><span> </span></o:p></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiw2IIcotgsgyyZs2M5Loc57Nv2iaSjJdXooEhBNVN8Kv8gEMvbg22xpsWJbK5Ni3ocC9j70VfTFFsdAgKRj4sGAZTY3uFvSgqFtrgRiAqr7ThrjCc9vCLFwIcXm3yJdzwNpbdyEJ6VRYcFMrBJ-ESbdY2hz1tE_ybmlsZyFIofl2KIYGyVoBz_kBH1=s2952" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2952" data-original-width="2952" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiw2IIcotgsgyyZs2M5Loc57Nv2iaSjJdXooEhBNVN8Kv8gEMvbg22xpsWJbK5Ni3ocC9j70VfTFFsdAgKRj4sGAZTY3uFvSgqFtrgRiAqr7ThrjCc9vCLFwIcXm3yJdzwNpbdyEJ6VRYcFMrBJ-ESbdY2hz1tE_ybmlsZyFIofl2KIYGyVoBz_kBH1=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>Progress <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>may be limited <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>but that won't stop us <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>digging. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span><i>(Fitzrovia, London)</i><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgGARQlpwU4WXCsR7BWBLNvisQt1_OA_dxKbKjYNoJGmLkjSKZrdof3Lm0pagya52PGKeByub2W4rIRMeNzfff3K4KB125Z_eMRPhuBUJvFeSb1R5fsDN4bwakoCKHRGqBSwl9eNoDUU5O9J949HpGxRp8xpeztPf6IMcZkM8AxmyeEDcyFAub4pIgN=s4000" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgGARQlpwU4WXCsR7BWBLNvisQt1_OA_dxKbKjYNoJGmLkjSKZrdof3Lm0pagya52PGKeByub2W4rIRMeNzfff3K4KB125Z_eMRPhuBUJvFeSb1R5fsDN4bwakoCKHRGqBSwl9eNoDUU5O9J949HpGxRp8xpeztPf6IMcZkM8AxmyeEDcyFAub4pIgN=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span><b>As a tuber </b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>I object<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>strenuously</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>to the automatic assumption </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">that natural is best.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span><i>(Walthamstow, London)</i><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi0gq3pbNT7gDORdfGvOUw-8bUs1SOZwSNIGo6RWd7z3HaAyY2_dhcZF6B9pQdBNmtLNwbsuxAUXvhdLIhZ74Bk11i9EhP6ugSI8ZoPfsUC73LZM7YaEMbenLskbUR5EVlU2dsEyFhMUvegRTbmYYQ8GS3V1xeDc7uxl6fa0wfjg8y3LbmWSv1gLkl4=s4000" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi0gq3pbNT7gDORdfGvOUw-8bUs1SOZwSNIGo6RWd7z3HaAyY2_dhcZF6B9pQdBNmtLNwbsuxAUXvhdLIhZ74Bk11i9EhP6ugSI8ZoPfsUC73LZM7YaEMbenLskbUR5EVlU2dsEyFhMUvegRTbmYYQ8GS3V1xeDc7uxl6fa0wfjg8y3LbmWSv1gLkl4=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>I have a thing <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">for notices.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>This one roused me to such a pitch<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>I struggled to look away…<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i style="color: #222222;"><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i style="color: #222222;">(Victoria Line, London) </i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i style="color: #222222;"><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiG3PFes5aSeMTKqsxQgoHmTULYgPR3Vb1owM2yOW9o29yASKLtoS_PzKbZw2FXioWbbPzkfOjcbpZnMq-7aazP9TXqLAsTzW7w2bhFYbo3Utb2zUAmgZ9vFhDT0anBODrFNStDd3B90MOhfaB9jptyyRMWQeTzcm7g684jY9Y04X_DgX41UzyrMAgu=s2658" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2658" data-original-width="2566" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiG3PFes5aSeMTKqsxQgoHmTULYgPR3Vb1owM2yOW9o29yASKLtoS_PzKbZw2FXioWbbPzkfOjcbpZnMq-7aazP9TXqLAsTzW7w2bhFYbo3Utb2zUAmgZ9vFhDT0anBODrFNStDd3B90MOhfaB9jptyyRMWQeTzcm7g684jY9Y04X_DgX41UzyrMAgu=w618-h640" width="618" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span><b>Cycle</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;">Clouds are made by blossom </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>floating clear of trees<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>that rains back down as petals…<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span><i>(Walthamstow)</i><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgoRrCOP9JCpoiUxvjW-bxGgGc4HhEmxjGrVQG-srElb9WQH5q7dzAtGDUc4n5S3NBOmeBVnnypKFPOmbQAlnu21Idn75hGuMynd3juxl8EZ10exTaLrTPS0EOPI-h5DG0VPs1hxnP5HXp4s7Mn8mp7T5b_JlpECJ9E_6yYvtEmgaJkgYz_NZOshT5w=s2778" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2778" data-original-width="2778" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgoRrCOP9JCpoiUxvjW-bxGgGc4HhEmxjGrVQG-srElb9WQH5q7dzAtGDUc4n5S3NBOmeBVnnypKFPOmbQAlnu21Idn75hGuMynd3juxl8EZ10exTaLrTPS0EOPI-h5DG0VPs1hxnP5HXp4s7Mn8mp7T5b_JlpECJ9E_6yYvtEmgaJkgYz_NZOshT5w=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span>I could cope with a
sky spa...<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>Lounging on a cloud,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>too high to sense the world’s stresses<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>while an angel rubs my feet. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span><i>(Bloomsbury,
London)</i></span></span><b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjeID2p59Pgjfkr4EVO_Rb7dk4Wh705bitghVkoz6CSMkzLYjmuDVXCoe057Wjrt3bwj1LUQXvYhghUCAf0xRAQdJWFyBKVFaq5Cer4gAMxWRcGthuoC5ZglV4ZOxhRGw6-ZFoLmSzbb6wKYpdusRP_aX-JNm9atXY12k5BYP1FxBwPVkaMdQ-Fcf05=s2753" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2753" data-original-width="2753" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjeID2p59Pgjfkr4EVO_Rb7dk4Wh705bitghVkoz6CSMkzLYjmuDVXCoe057Wjrt3bwj1LUQXvYhghUCAf0xRAQdJWFyBKVFaq5Cer4gAMxWRcGthuoC5ZglV4ZOxhRGw6-ZFoLmSzbb6wKYpdusRP_aX-JNm9atXY12k5BYP1FxBwPVkaMdQ-Fcf05=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="color: #222222;"><span><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">David Hume 2022<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">Covid, inflation, climate crisis,</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Brexit fall-out, inequality, war…<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">And now my shoulder’s feeling stiff again. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><o:p> </o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span>‘It is not contrary to
reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my
finger’ - David Hume, A Treatise upon
Human Nature (1739). Not that Hume was endorsing such a view: the statement was a means of dramatising the point that <span style="background-color: white;">moral obligations arise from the feelings and cannot be derived from a mere awareness of facts.</span> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaW9aEF-6xV4TkI4AKvHw58LU6ycL6ei5b5NLRzvMr2ImycoCadYMBvKQXvSLz9A5U6c0DnLHh2DoZzVdShDljPI_ykVWGm8gLah1vAnNMvtW59JcWp9682Znw-2OpduWkw5TKdJDhut-sZLvaYHFBDKRk9Edvif731DfIcHgo47B0s_b3kHUAXUna/s3387/20220326_095503%20matress%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2540" data-original-width="3387" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaW9aEF-6xV4TkI4AKvHw58LU6ycL6ei5b5NLRzvMr2ImycoCadYMBvKQXvSLz9A5U6c0DnLHh2DoZzVdShDljPI_ykVWGm8gLah1vAnNMvtW59JcWp9682Znw-2OpduWkw5TKdJDhut-sZLvaYHFBDKRk9Edvif731DfIcHgo47B0s_b3kHUAXUna/w640-h480/20220326_095503%20matress%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span></i><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>A mattress <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>requires a big bin... <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>bigger than you'd need <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>to sleep in. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">(Belgravia</span>, London)</i><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><o:p><span> </span></o:p></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwiYoBANLPnlUoXp-omOfBA08kFbxBo62M4H8XTSop1Os2TleAdfkamFZbs9otsCKSRZtU_OcMlCQasHnDPWY3XtO1W48MDfxAwxYXO3QYwGH3-G57ryS-l52WlastyghlbiZ_AsKQO5dvlFzqlRABZlVab2-Nnl8bnZ0S6HSqoykq-iDKVP_pIVYp/s3852/20220324_182225%20poss%20saw.jpg" style="font-style: italic; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2994" data-original-width="3852" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwiYoBANLPnlUoXp-omOfBA08kFbxBo62M4H8XTSop1Os2TleAdfkamFZbs9otsCKSRZtU_OcMlCQasHnDPWY3XtO1W48MDfxAwxYXO3QYwGH3-G57ryS-l52WlastyghlbiZ_AsKQO5dvlFzqlRABZlVab2-Nnl8bnZ0S6HSqoykq-iDKVP_pIVYp/w640-h498/20220324_182225%20poss%20saw.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span>I hadn't thought <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>to use a
chainsaw <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>but now I
feel the constraint. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>How about
explosives?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i>(Roker
Beach, Sunderland – in fact, there is a rationale: extensive amounts of
driftwood wash up on this beach, making it tempting to bring a chainsaw to
enable the removal of manageable amounts)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><o:p><span> </span></o:p></b></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAFagnmnRlw_-mfV6CaP2gbqemS_xNWTMTy4sTOi9ykk_dKtJtYbtZxh8PM9aS_wj3_-IfU2G5Xm-rZmQm_IHqc-xBReVBGxB216uPVVY0U1KXcx0kjvYffzwJ7pVTt4B0A-EM7Bj_8e9g9VbDeO8AIvVu2Aontq_H887x09iph22kmfyt2VQPiB6H/s651/penge%20sunny%20Screenshot%202022-04-03%20083630.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="442" data-original-width="651" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAFagnmnRlw_-mfV6CaP2gbqemS_xNWTMTy4sTOi9ykk_dKtJtYbtZxh8PM9aS_wj3_-IfU2G5Xm-rZmQm_IHqc-xBReVBGxB216uPVVY0U1KXcx0kjvYffzwJ7pVTt4B0A-EM7Bj_8e9g9VbDeO8AIvVu2Aontq_H887x09iph22kmfyt2VQPiB6H/w640-h434/penge%20sunny%20Screenshot%202022-04-03%20083630.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><b><span><br /></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><b>As you'd imagine</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>even the shadier reaches <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>of Sunny Side Road<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>are hardly in the dark.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i style="color: #222222;">(Ealing, London)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i style="color: #222222;"><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span></span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY8TaqpqS2JBQM0JSMYR5u2CLIyo-RGmc_Nrb6ei_tXeHDpAUO4JxtIeS13ADGJkkY71IFEvqc4_qlqt98ovNB9dnO9lWQhIO5LMgyrFkMBX7xf4rZ_v-Ni1IkQggVL5z5aw1XIbbVVuM2dd18v-EKH6HKeyW_nBYNEGXOu3YzDBaDfLQ2I7DU9WVJ/s2588/20220324_070324%20poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2588" data-original-width="2588" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY8TaqpqS2JBQM0JSMYR5u2CLIyo-RGmc_Nrb6ei_tXeHDpAUO4JxtIeS13ADGJkkY71IFEvqc4_qlqt98ovNB9dnO9lWQhIO5LMgyrFkMBX7xf4rZ_v-Ni1IkQggVL5z5aw1XIbbVVuM2dd18v-EKH6HKeyW_nBYNEGXOu3YzDBaDfLQ2I7DU9WVJ/w640-h640/20220324_070324%20poss.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span><br /> </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span>I concede <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>that
there's a queue<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>with
seven orders in preparation. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>Nevertheless...<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><i>(King’s Cross, London)</i><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIM3EefZdum9bwQfjvjiO5ddB6v83faJAsSDGOk30xiSMRFjsTbvTqqbIB0yU15ni_mNrctD9QH00a_dYFYbUGVo-6SivA-BuRJ41CuQNmxCdaP_E_y7Yd8mCzEfRUTCAmlJQZKDIzNUAb1yyKKmF5Wak4hBHLDF-am9EESrPc2cPyavLbKM6fTFRP/s700/Spam%20summary%20screenshot%202022-04-03%20082305.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="589" data-original-width="700" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIM3EefZdum9bwQfjvjiO5ddB6v83faJAsSDGOk30xiSMRFjsTbvTqqbIB0yU15ni_mNrctD9QH00a_dYFYbUGVo-6SivA-BuRJ41CuQNmxCdaP_E_y7Yd8mCzEfRUTCAmlJQZKDIzNUAb1yyKKmF5Wak4hBHLDF-am9EESrPc2cPyavLbKM6fTFRP/w640-h538/Spam%20summary%20screenshot%202022-04-03%20082305.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span><i><br /></i></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Suffering from pain or anxiety?<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">Never mind what lies between:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Something Extraordinary<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Is About to Happen to You.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>(Spam
messages, March 2022)<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><br /></i></p><div><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkVH1C8ub3cDHTE9OlvcuK_UpZn6nTfJCegppQa2XXV3dgDnwBrFr0BeXtKiUEK1VDNjLAWhZqeWjNzGPLMiH2tPF1PPIMCZ_FGkBsgRtHkNmvbTKc2rHmNXMYFK2-ygi1IlQyvzxhgRWeTv4YYosit0-KbZwiH7_Z4bggn3Cqi1yHFWEIZM5jjclI/s4000/20220318_105141%20poss%20bed%20twist%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkVH1C8ub3cDHTE9OlvcuK_UpZn6nTfJCegppQa2XXV3dgDnwBrFr0BeXtKiUEK1VDNjLAWhZqeWjNzGPLMiH2tPF1PPIMCZ_FGkBsgRtHkNmvbTKc2rHmNXMYFK2-ygi1IlQyvzxhgRWeTv4YYosit0-KbZwiH7_Z4bggn3Cqi1yHFWEIZM5jjclI/w640-h480/20220318_105141%20poss%20bed%20twist%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></i></div><i><br /></i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span>If you toss and turn at night<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>this may be the mattress you need:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>pre-twisted into the shape of your movements,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>always the one shift ahead.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><i><span>(Penge, London)</span></i></p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><o:p><span> </span></o:p></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjvosjBnzl9OuhNu-GSzsYHVhQG0i92IyMB2p3SZPqHcydJC6qMsli6YzjzfiVDlN5eETlGwjjUAVp1ZKBX0MOP2oiecnlxnjXErrf31QNahIGZI-nsCABbByQHG17KW_zLr32RcZkICSZzzRcA-qA2TCBvPR3365zx5zsDnjjqEreSPaUdqg908O4/s3415/20220322_125006%20poss%20naked%20tree%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3415" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjvosjBnzl9OuhNu-GSzsYHVhQG0i92IyMB2p3SZPqHcydJC6qMsli6YzjzfiVDlN5eETlGwjjUAVp1ZKBX0MOP2oiecnlxnjXErrf31QNahIGZI-nsCABbByQHG17KW_zLr32RcZkICSZzzRcA-qA2TCBvPR3365zx5zsDnjjqEreSPaUdqg908O4/w562-h640/20220322_125006%20poss%20naked%20tree%20.jpg" width="562" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span>Should trees be allowed<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>To strip off in public? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>Maybe, in the depths of the forest.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><span>But surely not here, so close to a playground. </span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpcX7qfwYMapAP8qAOlX29AJzkFhNv2GOPun7_6oozfAMgoK7g8lKvGuIovBGmRArKiVsHgA_WPZCcYj16sWL4rtevyzCJhekZYCQDsEH4Ql2jAsKuKi0f5EXAo314yZqPewwAjE5bbi0qY5EbSEB2r8itg-TftGFT0YJ8X6jLx2yEhuEDoUmInxV7/s3453/20220331_115659%20brick%20poss%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2994" data-original-width="3453" height="554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpcX7qfwYMapAP8qAOlX29AJzkFhNv2GOPun7_6oozfAMgoK7g8lKvGuIovBGmRArKiVsHgA_WPZCcYj16sWL4rtevyzCJhekZYCQDsEH4Ql2jAsKuKi0f5EXAo314yZqPewwAjE5bbi0qY5EbSEB2r8itg-TftGFT0YJ8X6jLx2yEhuEDoUmInxV7/w640-h554/20220331_115659%20brick%20poss%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>Wall doctors <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>were the first to crack heart transplants. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>Their secret? <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">Different, yet sympathetic, brick</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><span>Marchwood<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><span><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiELSrap4GOa3NhY8UdqTrYM3SJW25QkRNu5gtrTckQ5Zck_bNiSTZ68vnKrEkEtMZtGJQJSm8XuFZ3109-Yqwlo34EZHnljqhFpcf5snPOHCAh0VNHQt_uzqQ9qxyb-5J2D1DsRnbdyg4vSqDQ2K0WJNy3qlKH9CyMZVuyvGCF2J0VNHVNOFUWwCsh/s3629/20220331_121456%20poss%20light%20of%20god%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3629" data-original-width="2979" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiELSrap4GOa3NhY8UdqTrYM3SJW25QkRNu5gtrTckQ5Zck_bNiSTZ68vnKrEkEtMZtGJQJSm8XuFZ3109-Yqwlo34EZHnljqhFpcf5snPOHCAh0VNHQt_uzqQ9qxyb-5J2D1DsRnbdyg4vSqDQ2K0WJNy3qlKH9CyMZVuyvGCF2J0VNHVNOFUWwCsh/w526-h640/20220331_121456%20poss%20light%20of%20god%20.jpg" width="526" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span>If this is not the light of God -<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>and I
guess it isn’t,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>as he
doesn’t exist -<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>it does
feel as close as an atheist will get.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><i>(Saint John the Apostle Parish Church, Marchwood)</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7lT71LhwDmGRukQ9bXT_cIE-iG_F7FcU_a49kuikeRwbYifk5GT4J-0Z3JjvinhRKD3fAwn2-Pk6Y75JfhjAxLPM6kvEG3B7QJ9zb8vLCTF4q8-uhwX8M3YUxE0uwW-0GkqrMWwLIB1nvawSvwNwzKjU3R6T2tgfu-0X5SK3DDbE1S9dc-QGMSkE6/s2568/20220331_115858%20marchwood%20trees%20poss%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2143" data-original-width="2568" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7lT71LhwDmGRukQ9bXT_cIE-iG_F7FcU_a49kuikeRwbYifk5GT4J-0Z3JjvinhRKD3fAwn2-Pk6Y75JfhjAxLPM6kvEG3B7QJ9zb8vLCTF4q8-uhwX8M3YUxE0uwW-0GkqrMWwLIB1nvawSvwNwzKjU3R6T2tgfu-0X5SK3DDbE1S9dc-QGMSkE6/w640-h534/20220331_115858%20marchwood%20trees%20poss%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span>So many generations <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>have dried
their washing <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>on this
group of trees <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>that the
trees have begun to evolve.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><o:p><span> </span></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><span>Marchwood<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQKU_BRrQ6nEmjEmNurLC3RV1bqhwfiWoa--ZrtBCMR93eCCNFUf9zKOBR94kkenSBwUGWFjFedhqiOKHSfYZitcZ_qEN8ED1k3KkPfFjxDo4hHTobWQ06gdHsZgVjxpzMpwM5GrVRF6ThXEA4EX2VzlhTTV5ftCUXrFDxnVztIPaeR55t4SXGITRd/s2843/20220402_162426(0).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span><img border="0" data-original-height="2843" data-original-width="2843" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQKU_BRrQ6nEmjEmNurLC3RV1bqhwfiWoa--ZrtBCMR93eCCNFUf9zKOBR94kkenSBwUGWFjFedhqiOKHSfYZitcZ_qEN8ED1k3KkPfFjxDo4hHTobWQ06gdHsZgVjxpzMpwM5GrVRF6ThXEA4EX2VzlhTTV5ftCUXrFDxnVztIPaeR55t4SXGITRd/w640-h640/20220402_162426(0).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></b></div><b><span><br /></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">What a negative <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">to be positive!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">And not to know <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>
</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span>when the positive negative will come… </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><i>(at home, unsurprisingly, after confirming I had Covid-19 for a second time...)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSxxco8u00bO-4Jfzi3hb-SswVE9DJgub4KTEyIAF5co47BUd0GVmzGpt22YyNcDaLG8xLZxXvxSaHPjymM4HmhS5vtpCDTI5GPGXAADe3xTO5vSXmX5f9IT7tDa9Rwm8XerJrF4oyAAWGSYTYdp1OmYekiT2oTm8FlGdNxJTgFPAQWh8crxFKZ1Ob/s4000/20220317_163708%20poss%20PO%20tower.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSxxco8u00bO-4Jfzi3hb-SswVE9DJgub4KTEyIAF5co47BUd0GVmzGpt22YyNcDaLG8xLZxXvxSaHPjymM4HmhS5vtpCDTI5GPGXAADe3xTO5vSXmX5f9IT7tDa9Rwm8XerJrF4oyAAWGSYTYdp1OmYekiT2oTm8FlGdNxJTgFPAQWh8crxFKZ1Ob/w480-h640/20220317_163708%20poss%20PO%20tower.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span><b>Now I see!</b></span></span></p></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>I’d always wondered<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>which way up <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>the Post Office Tower </span><span>should go.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Actually it’s now officially called ‘The BT Tower’, following
on from an imaginative range of previous names: ‘The GPO Tower’, ‘The Post
Office Tower’ and ‘The British Telecom Tower’. At 177 metres, it was London’s
tallest building 1964-80, coinciding with the period when it was open to the
public – it was closed for security reasons in 1981. The revolving restaurant on
the 36<sup>th</sup> floor remains famous, but was only operative 1966-71.</i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i> </i><span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8spbLUTBOrA6P-dlzQGBbCi5252FxVKMRy-NzPum8vW4pZJaYNa8fCU0YUlo1l-gK8cpUN19ELnAi8bSsdvC88C-B86YALdKEw1nJ9DirshpHq6KpXFNsCeGDbLX86CnNuLwUK54IKe1If2T_aVJMkWx7grdkB_JA9WBcx8ztgsJwDeiBFLRcCeLC/s1550/speckle%20poem%202%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1550" data-original-width="1550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8spbLUTBOrA6P-dlzQGBbCi5252FxVKMRy-NzPum8vW4pZJaYNa8fCU0YUlo1l-gK8cpUN19ELnAi8bSsdvC88C-B86YALdKEw1nJ9DirshpHq6KpXFNsCeGDbLX86CnNuLwUK54IKe1If2T_aVJMkWx7grdkB_JA9WBcx8ztgsJwDeiBFLRcCeLC/w640-h640/speckle%20poem%202%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><i><br /></i><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span>If you egg-speckle rain<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>in the
lap of the harbour,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>you're
not taking wetness <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>sufficiently
seriously.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><i>(Cowes,
Isle of Wight)</i><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_k2DBjQs1ETLgU5S-mlv0dNRUNTuZ13lYGritnCVeJXR58n_FHwZTO-7FW8wd4UTNgQvnGMSS2huK1FLRTBZA6uQwNHMvOeylZag_JTdGv0ZKANafakc4Dz__AUTaV_Ao0_Q4P4zJeMctgLZ534hmCT6-xQxkwPxc1hm4oMLVywNPSDV-aoBAAhlR/s3186/that%20shop%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2389" data-original-width="3186" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_k2DBjQs1ETLgU5S-mlv0dNRUNTuZ13lYGritnCVeJXR58n_FHwZTO-7FW8wd4UTNgQvnGMSS2huK1FLRTBZA6uQwNHMvOeylZag_JTdGv0ZKANafakc4Dz__AUTaV_Ao0_Q4P4zJeMctgLZ534hmCT6-xQxkwPxc1hm4oMLVywNPSDV-aoBAAhlR/w640-h480/that%20shop%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a><span> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span>Newspapers? <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>No. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>This may
be That Shop but that isn't this shop.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>Sorry
about that. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><i>(Cowes,
Isle of Wight)</i><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK_hUMJDyDVEGRrobTBDK7UMxCeSEsLGDM8DXUdMmKX8L9LezNI5T55vvzNzM1aj82DDL8P-FkGUWndqIbTD1amHZU-_YPssJ3fPRLxRdSlWLoV9DLbg4oznqPcV5CqwXeSbj5YVe8bzYUCn7h8wFWnAKddJNP30HqDFJUcht7irubBgQ2JBj2XPJ4/s1835/20220406_140700%20hair%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1576" data-original-width="1835" height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK_hUMJDyDVEGRrobTBDK7UMxCeSEsLGDM8DXUdMmKX8L9LezNI5T55vvzNzM1aj82DDL8P-FkGUWndqIbTD1amHZU-_YPssJ3fPRLxRdSlWLoV9DLbg4oznqPcV5CqwXeSbj5YVe8bzYUCn7h8wFWnAKddJNP30HqDFJUcht7irubBgQ2JBj2XPJ4/w640-h550/20220406_140700%20hair%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span><i><br /></i></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span><b>This is an ethical barber's</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>There are no </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>executions here<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>unless the hair is guilty.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><o:p><span> </span></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><span><i>(Southampton)</i></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></b></div><b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><br /> </span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdCl8AFxbgLgmtRWUuzj1kvs-xbQFk-FBjpWj6pdNtpYp9o-EcDC7y-_Pk1wyHzAjh8Xx5cnNl5Gcpcb3oqdvXoJu7_YfOeCq7QrzlkhsVblzWz6Bga07nftpx5EsBW48WOU3zu7uTauncsZ1D5_iPrda1WNcKaRt0zYrdapf0Xe5iW3k7GskeMchk/s4000/20220411_131158%20gull%20poem%20.jpg" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdCl8AFxbgLgmtRWUuzj1kvs-xbQFk-FBjpWj6pdNtpYp9o-EcDC7y-_Pk1wyHzAjh8Xx5cnNl5Gcpcb3oqdvXoJu7_YfOeCq7QrzlkhsVblzWz6Bga07nftpx5EsBW48WOU3zu7uTauncsZ1D5_iPrda1WNcKaRt0zYrdapf0Xe5iW3k7GskeMchk/w480-h640/20220411_131158%20gull%20poem%20.jpg" width="480" /></a><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span>It’s entertaining</span></span></b></p></span><span>
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to travel by train,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">especially when they tell me<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to mind the gap. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(According to a gull at Bristol Temple Meads Station)</i><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizFjVbqMwBRPnpEfIMcrMgrGH6Nc5b3gI-C4QJ3M_9BmvHL9FFM2vMj4m5EkFLpRo7CjmTgpyI9hjUHgnTvptadTkP3gICg4mfhy-gTSmD5vC3HkMgNYWfOd8uNwRGSt0KbosMFCFWZL6esbZ9M0G6UGAq6fuuhB2qhv7L9hOSDC7BLcLtVoGsuX0_/s4000/20220411_115104.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizFjVbqMwBRPnpEfIMcrMgrGH6Nc5b3gI-C4QJ3M_9BmvHL9FFM2vMj4m5EkFLpRo7CjmTgpyI9hjUHgnTvptadTkP3gICg4mfhy-gTSmD5vC3HkMgNYWfOd8uNwRGSt0KbosMFCFWZL6esbZ9M0G6UGAq6fuuhB2qhv7L9hOSDC7BLcLtVoGsuX0_/w480-h640/20220411_115104.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It's all very well <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to discourage parking on this plinth<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but Neptune’s been here over seventy years<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and shows no sign of giving up the space.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Bristol: according to the inscription the statue was produced
by Joseph Rendall Fouonder in 1723, and moved to this – its fifth site, in
1949. It’s close to the empty plinth /
parking space from which a statue of Edward Colston was famously pulled off in
2020)</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #202122; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN_QSJ3j9TVtNFdel4OxC0vt7NI8V8i3dWPmYO9KTq5H3VFY7hm33bxnMoYEvzq5uq_7Hb1E-4-CFHR2F3hrQg0bGoqS7EYwXbAO0NK2miGJrRzXtcnbJAxizo2g1zbkdbcsuAh1t8qQqIFbVR4PPt2YERdCDH0RArAlfcV1TB17vLUqRcGgTFQmw1/s4000/20220411_114740(0)%20water%20poss%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN_QSJ3j9TVtNFdel4OxC0vt7NI8V8i3dWPmYO9KTq5H3VFY7hm33bxnMoYEvzq5uq_7Hb1E-4-CFHR2F3hrQg0bGoqS7EYwXbAO0NK2miGJrRzXtcnbJAxizo2g1zbkdbcsuAh1t8qQqIFbVR4PPt2YERdCDH0RArAlfcV1TB17vLUqRcGgTFQmw1/w480-h640/20220411_114740(0)%20water%20poss%20.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></b></div><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><span><br /></span></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #202122; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Water flows up<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #202122; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Water flows down<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #202122; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">How come we never see<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #202122; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the flowing up?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="background: white; color: #202122; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="background: white; color: #202122; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(fountain steps, Bristol)<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="background: white; color: #202122; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_TtBRA6Z21lTo5dr9hy3M97Z5R8cOh8b8mgw30jBsxANiZH6SGgFGGcbZhL0DmN87TD5go9csJAmGcdwmtGMV9u04ndXHJEIDSUMYEvsXWTYqE_D3H_wnsgxOlOV27mAizvKgS208tBBLf35IrJRbKjILjSLBbeTRLf6haISUBFxxX_GVR6b6SfNv/s2174/20220410_153337%20dandelion%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2174" data-original-width="1847" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_TtBRA6Z21lTo5dr9hy3M97Z5R8cOh8b8mgw30jBsxANiZH6SGgFGGcbZhL0DmN87TD5go9csJAmGcdwmtGMV9u04ndXHJEIDSUMYEvsXWTYqE_D3H_wnsgxOlOV27mAizvKgS208tBBLf35IrJRbKjILjSLBbeTRLf6haISUBFxxX_GVR6b6SfNv/w544-h640/20220410_153337%20dandelion%20poem%20.jpg" width="544" /></a></span></i></div><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Dandelion<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">or salt
bin?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">A curious
choice<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of
similarities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Bristol)</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br />
<b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQnfvZCsHJQ3VDS8y9w3oNd_2lHx0jzMD5CikGIc9MeVEXiIzt67-4mjd-_loaAva80OLzHDwuH80yIj3o5lpG3tcrZTOQTo0Ool34TSzFIdH75NYLaJDA5SGvbCV6Syzp6XOQokbiYZTlh4pp1upsmaJeX417Lul2XMFSculRoHDkzz5dQJy58t0N/s3314/game%20poem%20.jpg" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2914" data-original-width="3314" height="562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQnfvZCsHJQ3VDS8y9w3oNd_2lHx0jzMD5CikGIc9MeVEXiIzt67-4mjd-_loaAva80OLzHDwuH80yIj3o5lpG3tcrZTOQTo0Ool34TSzFIdH75NYLaJDA5SGvbCV6Syzp6XOQokbiYZTlh4pp1upsmaJeX417Lul2XMFSculRoHDkzz5dQJy58t0N/w640-h562/game%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; line-height: 107%;">Now that the police <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: 107%;">so rarely sport tall helmets,</span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">traffic islands score the most points <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">under the standard rules of 'Cap The Post'.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Whitechapel, London)</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjdd5Rie0uNRvVQ2eprRJe0Nh8OixspvNSSlAObPgcjOTSKEb3Z10nWAmC2ZAwR7DE-0JXj7l_WWtvFhn-UU-WHJhmgN1w6f519T_5zBVpPkhiVLunJeOcINqXrlx2WoZSJV7dubQtJH2t81KqP-LFdtTdfHDfMWHEtULUFth_4mLkslZvMYAeaE8a/s2680/cleaners%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2464" data-original-width="2680" height="588" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjdd5Rie0uNRvVQ2eprRJe0Nh8OixspvNSSlAObPgcjOTSKEb3Z10nWAmC2ZAwR7DE-0JXj7l_WWtvFhn-UU-WHJhmgN1w6f519T_5zBVpPkhiVLunJeOcINqXrlx2WoZSJV7dubQtJH2t81KqP-LFdtTdfHDfMWHEtULUFth_4mLkslZvMYAeaE8a/w640-h588/cleaners%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Perhaps they were
dire<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">or hard or pure -<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">though more probably dry. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Whatever: they r Cleaners </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222;">no more.</span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Spitalfields, London)</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNtrDoikmVSHbiGuwyLQXzS_T85MABTCy4YdlcAA0VnHMP9GGlXBSC8tHuQx3pNNi2hTsnga_ATowLihkfCO9o5o47s8etvQbqvRMXchrgSo2XgLK6dZbS7IfP_nqzQa8zRjSznz7Y-MyOFIZSDN4cxS_k8DKRgLwF4jRnbaSCYPdWURmBW756XEDr/s2132/20220413_145452%20cherry%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1599" data-original-width="2132" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNtrDoikmVSHbiGuwyLQXzS_T85MABTCy4YdlcAA0VnHMP9GGlXBSC8tHuQx3pNNi2hTsnga_ATowLihkfCO9o5o47s8etvQbqvRMXchrgSo2XgLK6dZbS7IfP_nqzQa8zRjSznz7Y-MyOFIZSDN4cxS_k8DKRgLwF4jRnbaSCYPdWURmBW756XEDr/w640-h480/20220413_145452%20cherry%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><i><br /></i></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><b>One cherry </b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">through another…</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Surely things are going<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">To get better.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><i>(St James’ Square, London. I say that at a time of war in Europe, rising inflation and Covid19 against a backdrop of
climate crisis…)</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span> </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqDLu2EnwUzUP7gB5SzM8hfENcwJ5s_xf6s8nFbqujJJMRHsgeI45KwVB5XPwM7pToHWGtLCDq2zCH_qSG844m4gqlRLsdauIEzesh7-fwfPHTgbxmGbAs-onKoWciEqsCowlRvsld5li_650e4k7YjohNY2GgegnN1KdqtYLdL1qorbk1w86MvjWR/s2889/20220420_154027%20tree%20grave%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2889" data-original-width="2631" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqDLu2EnwUzUP7gB5SzM8hfENcwJ5s_xf6s8nFbqujJJMRHsgeI45KwVB5XPwM7pToHWGtLCDq2zCH_qSG844m4gqlRLsdauIEzesh7-fwfPHTgbxmGbAs-onKoWciEqsCowlRvsld5li_650e4k7YjohNY2GgegnN1KdqtYLdL1qorbk1w86MvjWR/w582-h640/20220420_154027%20tree%20grave%20poem%20.jpg" width="582" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Can we assume</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that this
is the grave of a tree <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">even while
knowing that its soul needs no burial,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">already
being largely underground?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Islington, London)</i><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><span> </span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieXeRD6TfbrJM3yNPsNAErPswUaUwUZe7RZENwSarMoXpUrDaAKi9hlEy92xmP06Cm42r86v3iKZwpJf82v7iespkOzSRZOmJUsG9006i00IiBkat89OvECskzBTjeXj-69HYcB3HToqkMV1hJ_4SgCaT78eIWiD9rxP73lWiVdQ_iBkBqR0rXlP3x/s1176/20220419_111658%20poss%20booze%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1176" data-original-width="1176" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieXeRD6TfbrJM3yNPsNAErPswUaUwUZe7RZENwSarMoXpUrDaAKi9hlEy92xmP06Cm42r86v3iKZwpJf82v7iespkOzSRZOmJUsG9006i00IiBkat89OvECskzBTjeXj-69HYcB3HToqkMV1hJ_4SgCaT78eIWiD9rxP73lWiVdQ_iBkBqR0rXlP3x/w640-h640/20220419_111658%20poss%20booze%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Would this be the junction at which</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the
sophistication of drink<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">tips <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">into the
by-the-gallon crassnesses of booze?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Shirley,
Southampton)</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMX1xWC2JgWVgBausYTyuj1Rn5-JRGVSKPbGdMr7ImCKbNg3Fbq7hW33utz7xa0LCqxnbzEJIv5LRW6eMMHeQXK7MctNwqWAhmGI0fdd18ZmQsvBb5-AfCEOpRtsumkYJ7OBpR_IaA-Znu6uQM0EKYqc9Tabu6W2LZeuZ092BkJcced_1anQbr5Th8/s763/cherry%206%20Screenshot%202022-04-24%20081640.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="763" data-original-width="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMX1xWC2JgWVgBausYTyuj1Rn5-JRGVSKPbGdMr7ImCKbNg3Fbq7hW33utz7xa0LCqxnbzEJIv5LRW6eMMHeQXK7MctNwqWAhmGI0fdd18ZmQsvBb5-AfCEOpRtsumkYJ7OBpR_IaA-Znu6uQM0EKYqc9Tabu6W2LZeuZ092BkJcced_1anQbr5Th8/s16000/cherry%206%20Screenshot%202022-04-24%20081640.jpg" /></a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Cherry Awards?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">You don’t want a wall or a fence or a crop or cables or posts or other
trees</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">let alone roadworks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">to undermine the sweep. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1KYE3t7-LtjXWWjoLe5pKW0RCla75uh3_Kf4_abTfcHePcUzKvFqHdpH0dZ9Ym9eWpogpTJPtIRkx6TQKV7DW2-UFHb3Nv9P0K5B3NwUu3DVF0btGV6UQ-83oMVJVQ-1xBKSZo20qgC1e-t4GM8cdZfsXnS00j7fADs3ZX9BTO8O4-9oitKRIgLTZ/s3486/20220407_142645%20paving%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2789" data-original-width="3486" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1KYE3t7-LtjXWWjoLe5pKW0RCla75uh3_Kf4_abTfcHePcUzKvFqHdpH0dZ9Ym9eWpogpTJPtIRkx6TQKV7DW2-UFHb3Nv9P0K5B3NwUu3DVF0btGV6UQ-83oMVJVQ-1xBKSZo20qgC1e-t4GM8cdZfsXnS00j7fADs3ZX9BTO8O4-9oitKRIgLTZ/w640-h512/20220407_142645%20paving%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">When pavements die<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">their
ghosts <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">are so
substantial, they could pass <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">for tombstones.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Fitzrovia,
London)</i><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX7xn97H5YirZmbPLw0s6VG3-nwP0_Gvi-3ZGFFnjdksqxc3KXdR92j0a0kQvmCul5NkSvwnQ1YSPkY9aAV0Uki6SuR2037bUMJTNtjYNyGecfCDQJJCVmsSaYVVBDTMD4hTaAUGMF9RU2ZhUuoE-xzsgoAuM3Stb5NXpsJ90USW9hZZMLTg6fk9M-/s3289/20220419_105233%20poss%20kiss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3289" data-original-width="2190" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX7xn97H5YirZmbPLw0s6VG3-nwP0_Gvi-3ZGFFnjdksqxc3KXdR92j0a0kQvmCul5NkSvwnQ1YSPkY9aAV0Uki6SuR2037bUMJTNtjYNyGecfCDQJJCVmsSaYVVBDTMD4hTaAUGMF9RU2ZhUuoE-xzsgoAuM3Stb5NXpsJ90USW9hZZMLTg6fk9M-/w426-h640/20220419_105233%20poss%20kiss.jpg" width="426" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">There’ll be a whole lot <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of
kissing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">come Christmas
in Southampton.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Perhaps I
should consider moving back.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(A tree with an unusual amount of mistletoe in
Shirley, Southampton. Of course, I never noticed it - let alone kissed beneath
it - when I lived there)<span><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1sMKcUZb5xLO4cA0mASDPsIDJZBSnIptK-5rddPvzNG-zOSwfBbydShsyExPS4zzymolxlefNplKflFC6y4smd1Id335mWTno-psbNgCcl7AK-exKgrZheOR18IKlcwr-4HgryT2_CyVs9-CWguHRPPcGrBJRtwxNo0-Momrvv-AgU0Y7izWGl_pj/s3504/20220419_105621%20fence%20park%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2628" data-original-width="3504" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1sMKcUZb5xLO4cA0mASDPsIDJZBSnIptK-5rddPvzNG-zOSwfBbydShsyExPS4zzymolxlefNplKflFC6y4smd1Id335mWTno-psbNgCcl7AK-exKgrZheOR18IKlcwr-4HgryT2_CyVs9-CWguHRPPcGrBJRtwxNo0-Momrvv-AgU0Y7izWGl_pj/w640-h480/20220419_105621%20fence%20park%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>I see the case for the back garden</b> -<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">space,
security, convenience… <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">But I
guess the fence <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">would
sooner they’d parked on the road.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Shirley,
Southampton)</i><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><br /> </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZRP1uQ0i-w8TYMu_NMBrxzR0D1cGht-8QzKB2yy64uOGSKLs_JqqogXQZYxLFsKAS5ojZ7nXdAuLQDBpM5waphHyDVvYti4dsPmhYuALRTwzU2OCLOwlqzxwby2OOH3h387S3mvrMne0nVgm-yeuFr2nzyD7XTkLo5_MnSBqGhICy9NW6uZaya-Wh/s718/Screenshot%202022-04-22%20135312%20moons%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="718" data-original-width="700" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZRP1uQ0i-w8TYMu_NMBrxzR0D1cGht-8QzKB2yy64uOGSKLs_JqqogXQZYxLFsKAS5ojZ7nXdAuLQDBpM5waphHyDVvYti4dsPmhYuALRTwzU2OCLOwlqzxwby2OOH3h387S3mvrMne0nVgm-yeuFr2nzyD7XTkLo5_MnSBqGhICy9NW6uZaya-Wh/w624-h640/Screenshot%202022-04-22%20135312%20moons%20poem%20.jpg" width="624" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>The mystery of the mystery moon</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Is not what its phases represent -<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">circles painted on a railway platform - <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but what their purpose might have been.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(West Brompton Station, London. The further these circles are from the platform entrance, the less they are worn away and so the fuller the moons)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDRU2or-6p8X-mxPZqSepHCUvI_txW830fuyNnCXLf9RmExUSfMRW0dYR7C-eerk2gly04TvUakB2pjWX9OPlOmNzJnr0GJBS7bUTWepeXP8JMdCNNFYQgs-OuPiJglX8QPvX_vkU81jssi-4kPutN2RlG9PgjVU5GWL3_rPPNR-UDNwc_3erQ5pvK/s2897/20220424_133358%20hedge%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2897" data-original-width="2897" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDRU2or-6p8X-mxPZqSepHCUvI_txW830fuyNnCXLf9RmExUSfMRW0dYR7C-eerk2gly04TvUakB2pjWX9OPlOmNzJnr0GJBS7bUTWepeXP8JMdCNNFYQgs-OuPiJglX8QPvX_vkU81jssi-4kPutN2RlG9PgjVU5GWL3_rPPNR-UDNwc_3erQ5pvK/w640-h640/20220424_133358%20hedge%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><i><br /></i></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">‘Surely y</span></b><b><span style="color: #222222;">ou can't think it worthwhile </span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to write about something as trivial <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">as a transition in leaf colour?’ <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Of course not, as you say...<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>(</span><span>Totton) </span><span> </span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></div><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOPEzve--sryQo3ZhQcXfi3OT8pKx1U7gYDU9m-9MHcak76C9zLqsTUUIGzNTKdWa44XRdVroX0Huq1UpNlNTCgdvygdXyBQnVxtoYXABQosKKLpczdXeo9F2722KfxVphoWGPyPnIGnQW47R3CVLtvGu-u5OtNto-_YdmLQqQjvI42JNErprxaQOL/s2744/gray.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2336" data-original-width="2744" height="544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOPEzve--sryQo3ZhQcXfi3OT8pKx1U7gYDU9m-9MHcak76C9zLqsTUUIGzNTKdWa44XRdVroX0Huq1UpNlNTCgdvygdXyBQnVxtoYXABQosKKLpczdXeo9F2722KfxVphoWGPyPnIGnQW47R3CVLtvGu-u5OtNto-_YdmLQqQjvI42JNErprxaQOL/w640-h544/gray.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span></span></i><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I realise a white horse<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is known as a gray,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but what does that leave us<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to call a true gray?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #202122; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;"><span><i>(Actually it isn't so simple, as there is a
difference between a white horse, which will have light skin, and a gray (or grey), which
is a darker horse characterised by progressive depigmentation such that white
hairs replace the birth colour, but the underlying skin remains dark. My horse-woman wife tells me that my photo is of a young roan, the term for a mixture of dark and light hair over the same darkness-under, but that the only term for a gray horse with no tendency to turn white is… grey / gray. A little confusing.<span> Maybe there's a chance to distinguish 'gray' from 'grey'...</span></i></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #202122; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: #202122; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="background: white; color: #202122; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir2k0Rq5lVyW_l6TTGa7xzaBQjf5YHoMx9MB7LVqj9kAZHxXaS2qJQu7RTG3uuFws7eYZ3ihpc6-lQGZxt-pMsLECZGqqWCM7yvuxept43R5T4Tp5v6lJ6sHQP8vd2aUaRAkmAAfbGzmBnMhe3b6Rs3IkFS2gR31TCIWopANdjtr0ZO71UsBGmu3VL/s4000/20220427_202953%20poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir2k0Rq5lVyW_l6TTGa7xzaBQjf5YHoMx9MB7LVqj9kAZHxXaS2qJQu7RTG3uuFws7eYZ3ihpc6-lQGZxt-pMsLECZGqqWCM7yvuxept43R5T4Tp5v6lJ6sHQP8vd2aUaRAkmAAfbGzmBnMhe3b6Rs3IkFS2gR31TCIWopANdjtr0ZO71UsBGmu3VL/w480-h640/20220427_202953%20poss.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Just when I thought<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that Brussels was super-solidly backing Ukraine<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I realised<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that the city shares its colours.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #202122; line-height: 107%;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Brussels)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #202122; line-height: 107%;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEgY5EyhA2DE_O_PjZ7u-ORdaAnkQRz0QBXZKwoc7NBZ-MXeEZ-3UaYFyUFUK9t2Xv_xl5J4ufv5dNCP1jSeA6-00FEntVQvKkqIL1fV1CzC1Dq5Xzyq0rVG12FJ-W65Sf2ZJ__FGI_KXh3FUdCanvaiLz4PFqOZ-t67iBpMFo8B_qHmsvOun41LLN/s4000/20220429_133211.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEgY5EyhA2DE_O_PjZ7u-ORdaAnkQRz0QBXZKwoc7NBZ-MXeEZ-3UaYFyUFUK9t2Xv_xl5J4ufv5dNCP1jSeA6-00FEntVQvKkqIL1fV1CzC1Dq5Xzyq0rVG12FJ-W65Sf2ZJ__FGI_KXh3FUdCanvaiLz4PFqOZ-t67iBpMFo8B_qHmsvOun41LLN/w480-h640/20220429_133211.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I'll show you my garden <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">now that you’ve
shown me yours.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Then you'll
understand <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that size
is quite a lot.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Brussels)</i><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p> </o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1PDErEH88yf1etVpAdYiV6TaWwH_QnVbHLuT98AJOh5P1o92pJIeKw0fFXp2hOvCdV4Opr9JebZUwIpwBu69kiYvToI46GzukSWv84M2fmg80yfd9RYPSQFpAcrVFdB_OdxcvROaoafBGUTKrcHTissOpDI31T2di9B5KOClTidLV6hn1LzVfsa4w/s1653/20220429_183813%20poem.jpg" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1653" data-original-width="1653" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1PDErEH88yf1etVpAdYiV6TaWwH_QnVbHLuT98AJOh5P1o92pJIeKw0fFXp2hOvCdV4Opr9JebZUwIpwBu69kiYvToI46GzukSWv84M2fmg80yfd9RYPSQFpAcrVFdB_OdxcvROaoafBGUTKrcHTissOpDI31T2di9B5KOClTidLV6hn1LzVfsa4w/w640-h640/20220429_183813%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I was glad <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">to see this</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">because I've never had much patience <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">with things that don't exist. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Brussels)</i><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_gmwBJiruL-3Dtx4TmzsTDG_j2Taw_qhw316Cext8PX2UiwuDvH61KTkHy0qP-Tghi06_zJaYrnW9qvFnQJaj2HrQWD8ynbH21iVY9GgcRgxwyAneQbEfEaZjkRgpnobjR-QYYdrbyi5K9Q6T3u1a2Dh9E2IV3_Ol1q7f-Sv7zN63PO-ZiNjEwtjA/s4000/20220429_161242%20poem.jpg" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_gmwBJiruL-3Dtx4TmzsTDG_j2Taw_qhw316Cext8PX2UiwuDvH61KTkHy0qP-Tghi06_zJaYrnW9qvFnQJaj2HrQWD8ynbH21iVY9GgcRgxwyAneQbEfEaZjkRgpnobjR-QYYdrbyi5K9Q6T3u1a2Dh9E2IV3_Ol1q7f-Sv7zN63PO-ZiNjEwtjA/w640-h480/20220429_161242%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">So much of the city</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is <span style="background: white; color: #222222;">being dug up,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">they’ve marked out some places <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">for workers to lie down and rest.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Brussels)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj7spXqQdmK4u9nKZVK8p69wLcOLkj84KhyeOxx7HpUIsNnABJmWa-KiP4XBooLG74R9STqWXe5p_6_Dle_qZNAeYigX0wKeWo6ZHaFXwmDsaCjlitduRavf1hFv5YlagJNWxDlta0y2capW1wQ3bn_sbNoCkhn-9WWkDrx753UdHSPYjdu3RKovPm/s4000/20220428_202310%20poem.jpg" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj7spXqQdmK4u9nKZVK8p69wLcOLkj84KhyeOxx7HpUIsNnABJmWa-KiP4XBooLG74R9STqWXe5p_6_Dle_qZNAeYigX0wKeWo6ZHaFXwmDsaCjlitduRavf1hFv5YlagJNWxDlta0y2capW1wQ3bn_sbNoCkhn-9WWkDrx753UdHSPYjdu3RKovPm/w640-h480/20220428_202310%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Brussels
windsock</span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">may be crude<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but it does its job<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">with the added virtue of recycling.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Brussels)</i><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgobrtU9kHuIZlrFhehsyCtY6b9d8PkFt6rzIGFenS-WvxIVK8GsZo3vYZwHB9FN29OgwGTv3CPB3FKFhJMMZxOUv63nISclbIQjHNR63mrm28M2JeOsvaeYG-pA67q7ChJj5wDcm_e0TdO_UDRYmVcyDn_ziQcPtD7-Q-CT_b4eWSPjVfOV-5MunL-/s715/broom%20poem%20Screenshot%202022-04-30%20102439.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="477" data-original-width="715" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgobrtU9kHuIZlrFhehsyCtY6b9d8PkFt6rzIGFenS-WvxIVK8GsZo3vYZwHB9FN29OgwGTv3CPB3FKFhJMMZxOUv63nISclbIQjHNR63mrm28M2JeOsvaeYG-pA67q7ChJj5wDcm_e0TdO_UDRYmVcyDn_ziQcPtD7-Q-CT_b4eWSPjVfOV-5MunL-/w640-h426/broom%20poem%20Screenshot%202022-04-30%20102439.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">If <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">we came
together <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">we’d sweep
into power.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Then we
could clean up for sure. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Brussels - this two parts of the same broom were 20 metres away from each other)</i><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p> </o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8m086EBHjR1H0T0LVuWvnbwkTwaEzIA1fWmhLIyKa5mJM3KJDeZoCy4vmKXfgmwvETtwFpf5lsU2KPQ1qPrRRAaJYdb0pH1MOD149QFyxEbPN2saJcJSG2_g4AAAkYonG4e3JFJwObPsPl__qJ0s_5md8L8Ya7YYzgWCJaE6-nuZc8825lur1lW_P/s3504/20220427_202715%20poss.jpg" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2894" data-original-width="3504" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8m086EBHjR1H0T0LVuWvnbwkTwaEzIA1fWmhLIyKa5mJM3KJDeZoCy4vmKXfgmwvETtwFpf5lsU2KPQ1qPrRRAaJYdb0pH1MOD149QFyxEbPN2saJcJSG2_g4AAAkYonG4e3JFJwObPsPl__qJ0s_5md8L8Ya7YYzgWCJaE6-nuZc8825lur1lW_P/w640-h528/20220427_202715%20poss.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Aspiration </span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">can only get you so far.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Who, if they’re perfect, is thrown out on the
street - <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #202122; line-height: 107%;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and twice?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Brussels)</span></i><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhclRTN3HOVtnFDR9EK-S9qIz_HLVsbFInR9wYaHf4sO8g_v3PR0d2tczhFmlCshB8wOa8ngsG5g8SzjFhSV4Z9-4k8QEe7mnJyE7NtiIt4L2NnsrNgNzkLu8BlQlienIfqjo12p18d0WbtCl3KmKnYX2dIhPMnrWpztZUgu3OJ1wMi5Xaa5JoRUTtM/s1908/20220503_153907.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="1908" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhclRTN3HOVtnFDR9EK-S9qIz_HLVsbFInR9wYaHf4sO8g_v3PR0d2tczhFmlCshB8wOa8ngsG5g8SzjFhSV4Z9-4k8QEe7mnJyE7NtiIt4L2NnsrNgNzkLu8BlQlienIfqjo12p18d0WbtCl3KmKnYX2dIhPMnrWpztZUgu3OJ1wMi5Xaa5JoRUTtM/w640-h640/20220503_153907.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span><span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">You have to hand
it </span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>to glove in glove:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>how could a poet<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>not express their love?</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span><i>(Harlesden, London)</i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1rFqce1tZRW8Z7DTC6Sx9X8DjLAK6N_Magb1kcWDorpwA-8upX98Dxg4NXgBvKEZys430i1krPPhACAQ64ssPj8z0jqnyNobadMT8W35NX2F44FK0ANh2zPN0oEhngsCMO_G59Q79yVOVsHCG8bg24Si64h-QKkklBMMFplmcWZQZBgMcD4F-f9Nx/s2288/20220503_165252.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span><img border="0" data-original-height="2288" data-original-width="2288" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1rFqce1tZRW8Z7DTC6Sx9X8DjLAK6N_Magb1kcWDorpwA-8upX98Dxg4NXgBvKEZys430i1krPPhACAQ64ssPj8z0jqnyNobadMT8W35NX2F44FK0ANh2zPN0oEhngsCMO_G59Q79yVOVsHCG8bg24Si64h-QKkklBMMFplmcWZQZBgMcD4F-f9Nx/w640-h640/20220503_165252.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span>Would you want to be tattooed <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>by
needles so krazie <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>they can't
even spell? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><span>I think it’s
closed, you may not be alone...</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span><i>(Harlesden, London) </i></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj46jy_VnY1_RZ620IZM3t9nBlCSvopiseNLSpReXtHgcakxnZ_pfbjrlvTQcIJYaIm2mpTUVMGYD_8ImlFLeaWbx8IuT8bJMmW0boNB5pcxUz7Mm4O7xAxrtFb8SByB0Htzty_VXJiFDaB89CpCjVDQQEHsb-s2HwAggRcXrHRqHbMIYLF3J99LiG1/s4000/20220504_095220%20travellator%20poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj46jy_VnY1_RZ620IZM3t9nBlCSvopiseNLSpReXtHgcakxnZ_pfbjrlvTQcIJYaIm2mpTUVMGYD_8ImlFLeaWbx8IuT8bJMmW0boNB5pcxUz7Mm4O7xAxrtFb8SByB0Htzty_VXJiFDaB89CpCjVDQQEHsb-s2HwAggRcXrHRqHbMIYLF3J99LiG1/w480-h640/20220504_095220%20travellator%20poss.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></span></div><span style="color: #222222;"><span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span>The sort of people who stand on travellators<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>will never get anywhere -<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>well, anywhere fast.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>I know because I was one, taking this. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><o:p><span> </span></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span><i>(Heathrow Airport)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOzytDTmwADHoUQhHDrqjtBbp1flICGoWtLCCBc_5lORuE3-4Wah1ddFJvpTErI02rtz6xa5Se460YLxcqITTyz626ZOA_FQmsbHtQVwTiGISvFt1nfFUZB2jpUCVzQGhELQqB6W2rqrsQH7Ujn8K3d91AC7mOuof1oqUNeB4hS5CiSHO3wWgwzs9c/s4000/20220505_205623.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOzytDTmwADHoUQhHDrqjtBbp1flICGoWtLCCBc_5lORuE3-4Wah1ddFJvpTErI02rtz6xa5Se460YLxcqITTyz626ZOA_FQmsbHtQVwTiGISvFt1nfFUZB2jpUCVzQGhELQqB6W2rqrsQH7Ujn8K3d91AC7mOuof1oqUNeB4hS5CiSHO3wWgwzs9c/w480-h640/20220505_205623.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span>I am concerned<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>that
their business model relies on me <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>when I could
so easily <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>not have
come to Norway. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><o:p><span><i> </i></span></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><i>(Oslo)</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><o:p><span> </span></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><o:p><span> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLj5BOw0E8LLoVottIs2qZvSBEd3DQnkoxcPSiIrl0O7PZAiT_UNhi3TDUsbTNUQLkBKpMH5xdaABsj86EA1dIUmfuZFEWeT_bBt18WI1iIw0LUOotEHHgJqiIymhvSWnYheWGyT5NxH-dA0kyjkhv9zZZp6syBfFV_KRR3msYnG-QW41IvznX839M/s4000/20220504_192755%20poss%20pole%20.jpg" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLj5BOw0E8LLoVottIs2qZvSBEd3DQnkoxcPSiIrl0O7PZAiT_UNhi3TDUsbTNUQLkBKpMH5xdaABsj86EA1dIUmfuZFEWeT_bBt18WI1iIw0LUOotEHHgJqiIymhvSWnYheWGyT5NxH-dA0kyjkhv9zZZp6syBfFV_KRR3msYnG-QW41IvznX839M/w480-h640/20220504_192755%20poss%20pole%20.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span>Norwegian pole dancing<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>is unspectacularly safety-first - <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>surprising, when you consider<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>the national tradition in the ski jump.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><i>(Oslo)</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><o:p><span> </span></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaPjqH3IX2KN0HmL7lhmftoHa3CFT7G2OE2V62QdrqEEIAXi7_sf6DLEldKEiqW2ldl4gc34huDsGIy6ECnoxhCxRd-QLDpXVcrIaDOhlV0j8sEiQvkfJbyzDwHHtfxgEykAKKSQuvmG9dugIZR2eLdOELjfiqlUGrC-RqFqLmTFLK4vUkuFnz3epG/s1496/20220505_160324%20poss%20sunbathe.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1496" data-original-width="1209" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaPjqH3IX2KN0HmL7lhmftoHa3CFT7G2OE2V62QdrqEEIAXi7_sf6DLEldKEiqW2ldl4gc34huDsGIy6ECnoxhCxRd-QLDpXVcrIaDOhlV0j8sEiQvkfJbyzDwHHtfxgEykAKKSQuvmG9dugIZR2eLdOELjfiqlUGrC-RqFqLmTFLK4vUkuFnz3epG/w518-h640/20220505_160324%20poss%20sunbathe.jpg" width="518" /></a><b><o:p><span> </span></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">They love the sun
here</span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>Even the statues<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>can’t get enough <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>of the chance to get naked. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><i>(Oslo)</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0mwRs-Knf9B1IEA19zx5BflksjuJIXUshhDioFJWMJjTniBDOe7zdtx58k39W6pWrrkGcBFaaj7YiI7wQQ4_ApJf6seau6sU3h8nEy2cK1NBuMapLFyrK1StHIjK5f3Y8b7nXozi52S-tJdZ0T4FgogViFhNOgfloiinFlYtosi-XZYT6N8RWA3ub/s862/pansies%20poss.jpg" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="658" data-original-width="862" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0mwRs-Knf9B1IEA19zx5BflksjuJIXUshhDioFJWMJjTniBDOe7zdtx58k39W6pWrrkGcBFaaj7YiI7wQQ4_ApJf6seau6sU3h8nEy2cK1NBuMapLFyrK1StHIjK5f3Y8b7nXozi52S-tJdZ0T4FgogViFhNOgfloiinFlYtosi-XZYT6N8RWA3ub/w640-h488/pansies%20poss.jpg" width="640" /></a><b><o:p><span> </span></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span>Norwegian pansies<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>look pretty-much like the British variety,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>and, of course,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>they speak excellent English.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span><i>(Oslo)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrwA9qHIRgR4h9Trlishn-NJ9g-97U2keov2p9FlLwYirAG6r3FuZSknfJTlHq9mHHX9K-KwQw6XUsgufMc0YrqpzKpD-pkeW--W-bsLPNRMpqsiEm7LIykl2CkLW2xusXerqUhjkErOBRmswkUsG1vpOyN8Jwg5OjB6Ks_TeGUWO5Zy6edlW0QQWK/s4000/20220505_101431%20poss%20shatter.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrwA9qHIRgR4h9Trlishn-NJ9g-97U2keov2p9FlLwYirAG6r3FuZSknfJTlHq9mHHX9K-KwQw6XUsgufMc0YrqpzKpD-pkeW--W-bsLPNRMpqsiEm7LIykl2CkLW2xusXerqUhjkErOBRmswkUsG1vpOyN8Jwg5OjB6Ks_TeGUWO5Zy6edlW0QQWK/w640-h480/20220505_101431%20poss%20shatter.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><b>This being Norway</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>one can assume that shattered glass <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>is a
deliberate effect,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span> playing on the thrill of that not being so.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><i>(Oslo)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcPpONby2BN2r8zPOYDka8wj1myR_SaUk1AbOoTqpbnhwboJ8unK-eZV9gfEpRxpgsGpEmFgDqefGfNJfvNqRmH_rJs-JW6ioGDykISKhLHPfxvCktHjQ6EBX9__LBLVMeTE0cbIe4EoivweeOQz08GzNB-bzA_B1Ev0TpUBEnP5fuJoettD5yYXHQ/s3187/20220505_130850%20poss%20statue%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3187" data-original-width="2390" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcPpONby2BN2r8zPOYDka8wj1myR_SaUk1AbOoTqpbnhwboJ8unK-eZV9gfEpRxpgsGpEmFgDqefGfNJfvNqRmH_rJs-JW6ioGDykISKhLHPfxvCktHjQ6EBX9__LBLVMeTE0cbIe4EoivweeOQz08GzNB-bzA_B1Ev0TpUBEnP5fuJoettD5yYXHQ/w480-h640/20220505_130850%20poss%20statue%20poem%20.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span>How much must she eat<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>to catch
up with a statue<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>that
hasn't eaten anything </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>for decades?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><i>(sculpture
by Per Horum outside the Nobel Peace Centre, Oslo)</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLISf_PP2ZhzIeJCuh9uIAfmtbfw6sor6seLD4nA5_kY1E5W9oFAasy_5UUBpdSG4agJh81lQqdFOZ9pXVECTWWrCfylI98oA944UFQCqzMflb7hTWD_jOBqiYyCL2FuTPiNomDsk9E7tFv2oZuSaJH4VVDMTfb-xzrfS8bOZyUvelQcFRZw1wZImD/s4000/20220509_130030%20poem%20hist.jpg" style="background-color: white; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLISf_PP2ZhzIeJCuh9uIAfmtbfw6sor6seLD4nA5_kY1E5W9oFAasy_5UUBpdSG4agJh81lQqdFOZ9pXVECTWWrCfylI98oA944UFQCqzMflb7hTWD_jOBqiYyCL2FuTPiNomDsk9E7tFv2oZuSaJH4VVDMTfb-xzrfS8bOZyUvelQcFRZw1wZImD/w640-h480/20220509_130030%20poem%20hist.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><i><br /></i></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>The Historical Museum <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">is relocating.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>And first they need to funnel out <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>the air of times past.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><i>(Historisk Museum, Oslo)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHeGXchdWImP2nRvoR2vuDMIUAFtCg4FMAYFJikz4iIumX89vXxnI1-CvzHr6Q_oGpIYC-uLupdEhapE8PJFbX1Ywcxiv82dtquTNm3FSRkcvCaRpjIwlPKakHf2HuCCFnKfrhupCdxelqmCaXJVTod5mUuqgYNtRugFb-rbvVKNgfKJZhKJNb0AI9/s4000/20220509_100833%20parking%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHeGXchdWImP2nRvoR2vuDMIUAFtCg4FMAYFJikz4iIumX89vXxnI1-CvzHr6Q_oGpIYC-uLupdEhapE8PJFbX1Ywcxiv82dtquTNm3FSRkcvCaRpjIwlPKakHf2HuCCFnKfrhupCdxelqmCaXJVTod5mUuqgYNtRugFb-rbvVKNgfKJZhKJNb0AI9/w640-h480/20220509_100833%20parking%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span><span>The car in the blossom spot</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>does manage to keep still –<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>but is trembling inside<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>at the prospect of envelopment in soft pink fall.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><o:p><span><i><br /></i></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><o:p><span><i>(Oslo) </i></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><o:p><span><i><br /></i></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span></span></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwadGhxkpt4YjbgpUmCf4hJr-yw4JUNHO1FrSZNKSZxZLyhXCV34RXmaeBQ5D-fCQ0v22T8lzVgeJyhc22yYOXDFnaG1ioOBFYnYaTkj2dXLz5LkNs0TcPYdPV-BopizrIQoTRHr8pGaQQ7beyJ_UjyEaNWDA71YAzJ9dNZSN5D5_WuDhltK2mW-x0/s2851/20220507_195645%20ballons%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2851" data-original-width="2851" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwadGhxkpt4YjbgpUmCf4hJr-yw4JUNHO1FrSZNKSZxZLyhXCV34RXmaeBQ5D-fCQ0v22T8lzVgeJyhc22yYOXDFnaG1ioOBFYnYaTkj2dXLz5LkNs0TcPYdPV-BopizrIQoTRHr8pGaQQ7beyJ_UjyEaNWDA71YAzJ9dNZSN5D5_WuDhltK2mW-x0/w640-h640/20220507_195645%20ballons%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></b></div><b><span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></span></b></div><b><span><br />Ah!</span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">Another grey balloon day </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>for the annual joint conference of<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>the Society of Actuaries and the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span><i>(Oslo - assuming they have such bodies in Norway) </i></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><b><o:p><span> </span></o:p></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijt-CRCMasAUjDq2uc3tDkyROxE4N0MCT3PiH5mKB8vRpN1ODPTaLbMQZVFaopVhqKPt50-EKPzTL2HOUhk0wXH9JKXVnruCbFa3djHBcdtXTE-8Bl15gO2GoHhCL1W7citGfJlV4NejoOoBlt7m_DbKvKEfVtg2n1YZxqgjY0xoZsJB_sHe-7Hi_e/s3528/20220513_144637%20shoe%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3528" data-original-width="2983" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijt-CRCMasAUjDq2uc3tDkyROxE4N0MCT3PiH5mKB8vRpN1ODPTaLbMQZVFaopVhqKPt50-EKPzTL2HOUhk0wXH9JKXVnruCbFa3djHBcdtXTE-8Bl15gO2GoHhCL1W7citGfJlV4NejoOoBlt7m_DbKvKEfVtg2n1YZxqgjY0xoZsJB_sHe-7Hi_e/w542-h640/20220513_144637%20shoe%20poem%20.jpg" width="542" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><o:p><span> </span></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">Did you remember to post the shoes?</span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>Of course I did!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>Though maybe not 100%<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>correctly wrapped, and stamped, and
placed. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span><i>(Earl’s Court, London)</i><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKPMvp0QpR8yEby863RBhULUjZYfftQf54gd9SaUkqdjNycgRKYt237uT8wauzMJuadsMrLcl1mJ5AvtYraPy4vaSgHR1itTuS1ODiLZxOtUTg73I52RMvDFLl7BTxEgmC49t58NUp79e7xEKpmIoOxRCBXctYxu9OQAZbQwpcIJTppnItXCCkznT6/s4000/20220518_104705%20quake%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKPMvp0QpR8yEby863RBhULUjZYfftQf54gd9SaUkqdjNycgRKYt237uT8wauzMJuadsMrLcl1mJ5AvtYraPy4vaSgHR1itTuS1ODiLZxOtUTg73I52RMvDFLl7BTxEgmC49t58NUp79e7xEKpmIoOxRCBXctYxu9OQAZbQwpcIJTppnItXCCkznT6/w640-h480/20220518_104705%20quake%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="color: #222222;"><span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span>Or should that be<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>‘in quaking times’ – <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>and aren’t we quaking now? – ‘be turbulent’ –<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>for quiet pleading won’t achieve much impact.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><span><i> (Euston, London)</i></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><span><i><br /></i></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM9opl8xg8LVoEx-nBqIjgMEZk7DPgFJvapBTpJZi1sb6ACn3sldV8_U5ayUtdV_rplNPE9SBoVTfwYc18rX4EGn-gui-0f-zrgttAN5zBDQ9deWSmt6cV8_VQTnF71g6-EPvd4Si1NX_zlGzM1Oyp4iwhV-hjMNqsPMfBlcMuCn9Yo3XYSvOq91fn/s4000/20220520_170802%20petals%20poem.jpg" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM9opl8xg8LVoEx-nBqIjgMEZk7DPgFJvapBTpJZi1sb6ACn3sldV8_U5ayUtdV_rplNPE9SBoVTfwYc18rX4EGn-gui-0f-zrgttAN5zBDQ9deWSmt6cV8_VQTnF71g6-EPvd4Si1NX_zlGzM1Oyp4iwhV-hjMNqsPMfBlcMuCn9Yo3XYSvOq91fn/w640-h480/20220520_170802%20petals%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span>Can petals be dead?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>Or are they,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>in the fullest sense,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>never really alive? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>
</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><i><span>(AKA ‘the limits of synecdoche’)</span></i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><b><o:p><span> </span></o:p></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiUgyRktYbYcHexU7vHqNYwk4nTz3BWiJdto3W9IYM2UGq4gXT4Gtp8-zPi4DVo0HVR4Yv3unNbVIFvqjQcwzXEhe36viZQD62QERBZOJ-OW91wVSoBuTPVUNobkokAdEDXtOyim1BySAUrYFfjC6HpN6vDF-G5mcOAtXmgDHyR2EviPd93Kx-puOC/s3483/20220522_121359%20corals%20poem%20.jpg" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2730" data-original-width="3483" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiUgyRktYbYcHexU7vHqNYwk4nTz3BWiJdto3W9IYM2UGq4gXT4Gtp8-zPi4DVo0HVR4Yv3unNbVIFvqjQcwzXEhe36viZQD62QERBZOJ-OW91wVSoBuTPVUNobkokAdEDXtOyim1BySAUrYFfjC6HpN6vDF-G5mcOAtXmgDHyR2EviPd93Kx-puOC/w640-h502/20220522_121359%20corals%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>O no <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">no O </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>I guess<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>all bets are Off?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><span style="color: #222222;"><span>(Lymington)<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><o:p><span></span></o:p></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span><br /></span></b></div><b><span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitZ4SfHG3j26K9pPv08CVqcg-S3_MdE_ut1V76z7auGC_piEBOJ7F50HfGNC2jJHdkohyn6Hw28nfHfbLaXJN1V3YGh7a4UfMsFzMMySgClQGGx_lDAaLcSy7eGMnC3ZhikgpDwaFnfiOxSpBvJWrAMWMJ9XacRBU1ZJy-BqRw0ouxQedG682uTHX_/s4000/20220522_103433%20%20buttercup%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitZ4SfHG3j26K9pPv08CVqcg-S3_MdE_ut1V76z7auGC_piEBOJ7F50HfGNC2jJHdkohyn6Hw28nfHfbLaXJN1V3YGh7a4UfMsFzMMySgClQGGx_lDAaLcSy7eGMnC3ZhikgpDwaFnfiOxSpBvJWrAMWMJ9XacRBU1ZJy-BqRw0ouxQedG682uTHX_/w640-h480/20220522_103433%20%20buttercup%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> </span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span>Does buttercuptopia <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>appeal to
cows?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>No way
moo way,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>noo way
at all.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><span>(Totton – buttercups are toxic for all forms of
livestock)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><o:p><span> </span></o:p></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi471L7OTWnwjovwWGq2N8cqrNvF1_RKAx5SRxe42peHNCRLJ_aB8Hg5qEf6Z3XxKwfI2WL2z8vHonwIQ-G8Rkh9Ol0zXNolqhmQeiNUwviqXlLMosnz-jKJ4IOKjAbi-pnSkEAjE3eEMl-M5GrkfZq6msumfKhf5haAaTu9gP48fpeAHOPaasf56ou/s4000/20220521_121659%20out%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi471L7OTWnwjovwWGq2N8cqrNvF1_RKAx5SRxe42peHNCRLJ_aB8Hg5qEf6Z3XxKwfI2WL2z8vHonwIQ-G8Rkh9Ol0zXNolqhmQeiNUwviqXlLMosnz-jKJ4IOKjAbi-pnSkEAjE3eEMl-M5GrkfZq6msumfKhf5haAaTu9gP48fpeAHOPaasf56ou/w480-h640/20220521_121659%20out%20poem.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></i></div><i><span><br /></span></i><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span>My suspicion is</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>that
you'd need to be remarkably patient <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>to see
out the wait <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>for
treatment here....<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><i>(Whitechapel, London)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg261sulctXpooLD3Tn9VglUYulOdmAsnG10_JkYC1f3Kl-vCeyn2vWgGqmiMmc2VGXQcl_0yCgtCNF5vFWhCjzpdGlss9rOVXzF1ocW_QBJ5BgTGVNsKJBqt-wOO1w0HPdrzBQHt7b4xlqBuPX11Jz1pHfJRoPLNlBOitgKrPGEvPU8S2u4OmU2ajH/s3661/20220523_120646%20fence%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2579" data-original-width="3661" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg261sulctXpooLD3Tn9VglUYulOdmAsnG10_JkYC1f3Kl-vCeyn2vWgGqmiMmc2VGXQcl_0yCgtCNF5vFWhCjzpdGlss9rOVXzF1ocW_QBJ5BgTGVNsKJBqt-wOO1w0HPdrzBQHt7b4xlqBuPX11Jz1pHfJRoPLNlBOitgKrPGEvPU8S2u4OmU2ajH/w640-h450/20220523_120646%20fence%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></div><b><br /><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span>The function</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>of the
horizontal fence<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>can be
compared quite sensibly <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>with that
of the vertical bed.</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><i>(Colbury cemetery)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span></span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcjzSTKDsGPtsKFaph9u69JrbqvoH-wD4bnHKTpzFFd9WnfjsSx1sbmb2M9aTmcX1o7YBFkN_N51ywLuYRSlaIeRVoDaSeDVS1WIoj9CCxsKfmgHvJNWvdJHuhrOc3LADnfEpA7H-k48QibRyPm9Tg8gKixIi_6Fs12plncyz1a-Y4ybOfOpicBl13/s2921/20220528_120056%20two%20age%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2921" data-original-width="2714" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcjzSTKDsGPtsKFaph9u69JrbqvoH-wD4bnHKTpzFFd9WnfjsSx1sbmb2M9aTmcX1o7YBFkN_N51ywLuYRSlaIeRVoDaSeDVS1WIoj9CCxsKfmgHvJNWvdJHuhrOc3LADnfEpA7H-k48QibRyPm9Tg8gKixIi_6Fs12plncyz1a-Y4ybOfOpicBl13/w594-h640/20220528_120056%20two%20age%20poem%20.jpg" width="594" /></a></span></div><span><br /> </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">If you could be</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>young and old <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>simultaneously <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">wouldn't you want it?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><i>(Nipplewort, Southampton)</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf72zOVUD4Ec2IvVouxnqPkJ5rFLofEWaKtRU44JOD_c6ty_SdqzsmODeYDoV3EFKk9QROygvm1RYRU0TM7BYYYVDUH43CxMiHf-eRQp8-ukzhD6nsSUYDiMUt54mVvEeABNr6RKEkZbQh-X0P8OyemgtE5OmmyJr9YjTizSVK4UILAErjMCUNwDv1/s2384/piss%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2384" data-original-width="2384" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf72zOVUD4Ec2IvVouxnqPkJ5rFLofEWaKtRU44JOD_c6ty_SdqzsmODeYDoV3EFKk9QROygvm1RYRU0TM7BYYYVDUH43CxMiHf-eRQp8-ukzhD6nsSUYDiMUt54mVvEeABNr6RKEkZbQh-X0P8OyemgtE5OmmyJr9YjTizSVK4UILAErjMCUNwDv1/w400-h400/piss%20poem%20.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>Having been spotted<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>after just a word<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>of ‘Piss Off Boris!’<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">he left us no more than a colour description.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span><i>(Barbican, London)</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkDia0XU3yJbIjtdF6Ei1J9LInT8Tr5Ewih-1Hi84RT3c0-LTe3kM84d33P5_qZkWGmL47NRrL1H1PjQwxmrZwXHdm6kCbj9DPdZHBhxnL3pyopoot7g94lKHaj3991DLOFbAKzHJryK_aBJ51pfwdn0xh1DOUo5-YTptpkyoYLgJ02w6Uj-NeZXhf/s2625/20220527_102757%20roya%20reading%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2625" data-original-width="2527" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkDia0XU3yJbIjtdF6Ei1J9LInT8Tr5Ewih-1Hi84RT3c0-LTe3kM84d33P5_qZkWGmL47NRrL1H1PjQwxmrZwXHdm6kCbj9DPdZHBhxnL3pyopoot7g94lKHaj3991DLOFbAKzHJryK_aBJ51pfwdn0xh1DOUo5-YTptpkyoYLgJ02w6Uj-NeZXhf/w616-h640/20220527_102757%20roya%20reading%20poem%20.jpg" width="616" /></a></b></div><b><br /><span><br /></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>In this town<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>they take royal security extremely
seriously:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>even Edward VII<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>is cordoned off against
republicans.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>(Reading)<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span><br /></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"></span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhKf7QNcDPxzvnS3h9on0TtCcolne3k5TkuarTOboin7nac40D2955GQlYLrsIMnnNjHtTF7v_AQdDmgqiFbubRvN5B9pc5laPQbJ5U2G8sNQ5Zq-dpD7UrjFR0n2aIA3lEpoHNcLfTgaspDWEikw1QCcI8PCLMbI828mJpTMul33RVBN2BckvogPj/s4000/20220526_184501%20domain%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhKf7QNcDPxzvnS3h9on0TtCcolne3k5TkuarTOboin7nac40D2955GQlYLrsIMnnNjHtTF7v_AQdDmgqiFbubRvN5B9pc5laPQbJ5U2G8sNQ5Zq-dpD7UrjFR0n2aIA3lEpoHNcLfTgaspDWEikw1QCcI8PCLMbI828mJpTMul33RVBN2BckvogPj/w640-h480/20220526_184501%20domain%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></i></div><i><br /><span><br /></span></i><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">You won't have to be plastic</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>to live in the development<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>that they’re advertising here,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>but I doubt it would harm your
chances.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><span style="color: #222222;"><span>(hoarding outside ‘The Domain’, Reading)<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9acfH23xR5UBngz9SYoDXgFvOjuHS0UMjYhbwFCYfVLlUsca1TZF_-_NL_KBZNuRfDPyw5X_2w6igWTXsikPJuVO3DAXP6AWwkMRFmK3b_3QGXZVyjgCGPr5Lo2F293V5tJbUouOKo9r8-xcL1x49aBKOzotXvwO_vTtdz8ptpYR7sG9LVvT6Wtk4/s3250/20220603_091523%20horse%20mag%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3250" data-original-width="2618" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9acfH23xR5UBngz9SYoDXgFvOjuHS0UMjYhbwFCYfVLlUsca1TZF_-_NL_KBZNuRfDPyw5X_2w6igWTXsikPJuVO3DAXP6AWwkMRFmK3b_3QGXZVyjgCGPr5Lo2F293V5tJbUouOKo9r8-xcL1x49aBKOzotXvwO_vTtdz8ptpYR7sG9LVvT6Wtk4/w516-h640/20220603_091523%20horse%20mag%20poem%20.jpg" width="516" /></a></span></div><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /><o:p><br /></o:p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">How Your Horse Thinks<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>Grass!
Grass! Grass! Grass!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">What the
fuck’s that?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Grass!
Grass! Grass! Grass! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">(It turned out that the headline for this article
in my wife’s magazine was a little misleading: it was about how horses blink, which
might be a clue to when they are thinking, but threw no light on what they
might be thinking about. But it seems from what I’ve seen that eating, flight
and occasionally sex are the full range, and that the ratios are such that eating
fully deserves two lines against one line to cover the other two matters)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7fwJKChiQXjJx9Cjk9XY4_thR57SlDy9IcbmgrsZ4rCQpVbkrbQ4yUIcCfDU7KigOPSftvzfLN5uFQ8r7nvO5FV1Hkt00uCeFpvEztYfPcyvMEsfDUDaKohs-Jj1S0jhHwmMZSlMPSBTkKWRVuipqhu-2ILik2zYljj7YR05ilfxCSkiyNTzHiFsI/s696/conifers%20poem%20Screenshot%202022-06-04%20150817.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="688" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7fwJKChiQXjJx9Cjk9XY4_thR57SlDy9IcbmgrsZ4rCQpVbkrbQ4yUIcCfDU7KigOPSftvzfLN5uFQ8r7nvO5FV1Hkt00uCeFpvEztYfPcyvMEsfDUDaKohs-Jj1S0jhHwmMZSlMPSBTkKWRVuipqhu-2ILik2zYljj7YR05ilfxCSkiyNTzHiFsI/w632-h640/conifers%20poem%20Screenshot%202022-06-04%20150817.jpg" width="632" /></a></i></div><i><br /><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></i><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span>A fate </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>I’m pleased to be spared</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>is that
of a claustrophobic <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>conifer
leaf.</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><i>(Hiller’s Arboretum, Braishfield, Hampshire)</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifkHlcdTEidDFEQWmRgXVE215BRLv-es8GLHqWJWZ4xDEllJiuijzVPLh0lUbhguv1fA3bX2E5HObiArCQMPSOjbIXyqSYdjzmJrz6xL4sFqNXFthYkiTckxVzuOyVoQjjGAaj238vLtRBADXY21yoC6Ue06N_B8PHXqQRRybqbL81EMe6D5p1W7ZG/s3421/20220603_100046.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3421" data-original-width="2536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifkHlcdTEidDFEQWmRgXVE215BRLv-es8GLHqWJWZ4xDEllJiuijzVPLh0lUbhguv1fA3bX2E5HObiArCQMPSOjbIXyqSYdjzmJrz6xL4sFqNXFthYkiTckxVzuOyVoQjjGAaj238vLtRBADXY21yoC6Ue06N_B8PHXqQRRybqbL81EMe6D5p1W7ZG/w474-h640/20220603_100046.jpg" width="474" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>Gelly’s favourite fish<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span>is a colour morph not bred until
2009</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>but now as popular as chips -<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>though rarely with them.</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">(Gelly is my aquarium-owning sister-in-law.
Irrelevant fact: like all chiclids, the electric blue ram</span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> (Mikrogeophagus ramirezi)</span></i><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><i> has an extra set of teeth in its throat.) </i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4p3M-6ZCjEbnRk2kBHWRldOvoYCpzctdUv7qR84veO2jxRsmjgJdHdBdnjSdXLbrrQL7m8cXA6iY6GjEcn-xM07rij-CEJoObWSH5KRWHvQKTTZYxcADmucPMj9xnCSXurcTXKrQ985o5D60nDPuKPrHtHXDwhk88gG2ZQwoHzf48miaAdeVT8wMh/s2558/20220605_110543%20jubilee%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2558" data-original-width="2558" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4p3M-6ZCjEbnRk2kBHWRldOvoYCpzctdUv7qR84veO2jxRsmjgJdHdBdnjSdXLbrrQL7m8cXA6iY6GjEcn-xM07rij-CEJoObWSH5KRWHvQKTTZYxcADmucPMj9xnCSXurcTXKrQ985o5D60nDPuKPrHtHXDwhk88gG2ZQwoHzf48miaAdeVT8wMh/w640-h640/20220605_110543%20jubilee%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /><i><br /></i></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">This is the tasteful side</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>of the Platinum Jubilee.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>You should see the royal messes<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>most have preferred.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span><i>(Lyndhurst, 2 June 2022) </i><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiZ8ztcXpl0kZ3Z9Z8mQH6c4hNJ6t7jaxoaiikiXxr7QUx4R9IjGuVvbt92hgC3oO59_pJw5-CLWmqTArg1oQmc8cx0OY0wN41CibXOnEU15_dU8jZC_ivitCMEmvVMDgygeS4RuOj4S1unSIN0gj1_B9xfnnG28AzQxAecbHtplj-VKcI1bq88qmF/s4000/20220605_105524%20hula%20poem.jpg" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiZ8ztcXpl0kZ3Z9Z8mQH6c4hNJ6t7jaxoaiikiXxr7QUx4R9IjGuVvbt92hgC3oO59_pJw5-CLWmqTArg1oQmc8cx0OY0wN41CibXOnEU15_dU8jZC_ivitCMEmvVMDgygeS4RuOj4S1unSIN0gj1_B9xfnnG28AzQxAecbHtplj-VKcI1bq88qmF/w480-h640/20220605_105524%20hula%20poem.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>Anything goes <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>in construction site hoopla. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>Mostly we're just grateful <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">that it isn't hula hoop</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><i>(Lyndhurst)</i></span><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span><br /></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span></span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzdnmySlxNNEnQ39JAznrJBljigBKq9tXMrooPbdC0xpZLD1M_XStR6mznNxy7CfFDL8mhbLKbusxGcbQBGkniQnmoSyMe2FCUtjqHhweNXyE-o4leHJjEku4QK-IoP46vDuim26B7NA57kYRVFSz6JQrMiu50O_VdiidWy3hKw3V0aRXLaDBV28tg/s1319/20220605_112657%20rose%20v%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1319" data-original-width="1319" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzdnmySlxNNEnQ39JAznrJBljigBKq9tXMrooPbdC0xpZLD1M_XStR6mznNxy7CfFDL8mhbLKbusxGcbQBGkniQnmoSyMe2FCUtjqHhweNXyE-o4leHJjEku4QK-IoP46vDuim26B7NA57kYRVFSz6JQrMiu50O_VdiidWy3hKw3V0aRXLaDBV28tg/w400-h400/20220605_112657%20rose%20v%20poem%20.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span>‘I don’t think I’ve
ever seen <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>something I would say <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>is an abnormal labia’.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>‘I think you’ll find that is a rose.’<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>(The first quote is from Mary Jane Minkin, M.D., a clinical
professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Yale Medical School)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinmVCwk5zqDqwOoPXA6e9khFu2KmcpQ2rTildC3lMAPxTmDkbQvx0N6WSE3KHAHrhlWzd9Hl9rXpTqtFPrQVfuNMRUaM0K_YGGv30g607f-oL9fU43VsgSBZBOX0xvxCv93CMQ59K24AYWZWbt6K3QMqhC7X16cbXoW-8oPO4E44bq-LMyIdIj_6fh/s4000/poem%2020220618_203013.jpg" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinmVCwk5zqDqwOoPXA6e9khFu2KmcpQ2rTildC3lMAPxTmDkbQvx0N6WSE3KHAHrhlWzd9Hl9rXpTqtFPrQVfuNMRUaM0K_YGGv30g607f-oL9fU43VsgSBZBOX0xvxCv93CMQ59K24AYWZWbt6K3QMqhC7X16cbXoW-8oPO4E44bq-LMyIdIj_6fh/w480-h640/poem%2020220618_203013.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">Not many traffic
cones</span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>make it to old age.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>Maybe the few should be venerated,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>the years of pointless blocking-off forgiven.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span><i>(Saint Louis, France) </i><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhLzHGNk_nGJrhc3LGQBncorMNr3gyN5TpcPkMXGa8Kw6AzTB2uCvDe9gcZxt5KOlciNCX96xgavkHFOoCIadXyjoLSwtMRafFd3RLrMPMFXlQAoUOMT80he67F6EiTyC5xCPg-tfKw-Zq_DvbetGnuRfFfiotbHqXOXoJOvPuptFztqEpm7g42LK_/s4000/poem%2020220619_162018.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhLzHGNk_nGJrhc3LGQBncorMNr3gyN5TpcPkMXGa8Kw6AzTB2uCvDe9gcZxt5KOlciNCX96xgavkHFOoCIadXyjoLSwtMRafFd3RLrMPMFXlQAoUOMT80he67F6EiTyC5xCPg-tfKw-Zq_DvbetGnuRfFfiotbHqXOXoJOvPuptFztqEpm7g42LK_/w480-h640/poem%2020220619_162018.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">How can you tell a
devil from a saint?</span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>By how their thoughts<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>rainbow or darken <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>the surrounding space.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span><i>(Basel Cathedral)</i></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><o:p><span> </span></o:p></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9kdJHifhcd6y7gEP0zbtVAj8bubS4DafZIxI0KX8PFt2T0yvufyzofyK1orzU9_qJsQlwLGQCdpvdDzSWJ78MqpECAWESGSpMc0pbAcKq9UuW0Tt3Pcr_ba4LoYJFqaOEMokqIxUOw53wb1jS7sWdES9R3Eb0JN_zlbZnVpct4_6tkjKz6vWfLUZY/s4000/poem%2020220619_201346.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9kdJHifhcd6y7gEP0zbtVAj8bubS4DafZIxI0KX8PFt2T0yvufyzofyK1orzU9_qJsQlwLGQCdpvdDzSWJ78MqpECAWESGSpMc0pbAcKq9UuW0Tt3Pcr_ba4LoYJFqaOEMokqIxUOw53wb1jS7sWdES9R3Eb0JN_zlbZnVpct4_6tkjKz6vWfLUZY/w480-h640/poem%2020220619_201346.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></b></div><b><span><br /></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><o:p><span> </span></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span>I know the French are
partial to horse <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>but how likely is a foreigner <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>to persuade the Germans <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>to consume their cats?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><i>(Freiburg, Germany)</i><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><o:p><span> </span></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><o:p><span></span></o:p></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv44Sl2yXwzM01E3Zv0q4rbWV3ase45DGHBwbp_H30OQHvs3X7GevMbahSwpOECaJEsy0XLtbTazNybMfhsbU1A5IB5TZQ7dHd4-vd_3FNND3zyMVob4RNmftcHOxi57LPy8nkayAVv_0LRaFTpYJRk4Zni4kTgcx3niFGkqLZP9DJjGWtN3aoJTjn/s4000/poem%20layer%2020220617_205352.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv44Sl2yXwzM01E3Zv0q4rbWV3ase45DGHBwbp_H30OQHvs3X7GevMbahSwpOECaJEsy0XLtbTazNybMfhsbU1A5IB5TZQ7dHd4-vd_3FNND3zyMVob4RNmftcHOxi57LPy8nkayAVv_0LRaFTpYJRk4Zni4kTgcx3niFGkqLZP9DJjGWtN3aoJTjn/w640-h480/poem%20layer%2020220617_205352.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></b></div><b><span><br /> </span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span>Will six layers
suffice?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>Flowers - fence - grass – <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>trees - ivy – wall?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>Then make it seven: sky<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span><i>(Saint Louis, France)</i><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicbHRc8rS6PcYL8J75t6Qv6MENdzFU-fZLpGcur94KCRqxDBm7GNw0CTy8IJsQcX3hUF1rBD1PMvI9pV_EbxjvmzOs2Czoq3-EiOJCbEFjR7TivsnbRdiVClLk_S0_oRkFa4OcouD03cCKD-zk8TNEi5ywdvob9FyQkxBWr18edzRA7FCpf1mn7NuH/s4000/poem%2020220617_115338.jpg" style="background-color: white; font-style: italic; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicbHRc8rS6PcYL8J75t6Qv6MENdzFU-fZLpGcur94KCRqxDBm7GNw0CTy8IJsQcX3hUF1rBD1PMvI9pV_EbxjvmzOs2Czoq3-EiOJCbEFjR7TivsnbRdiVClLk_S0_oRkFa4OcouD03cCKD-zk8TNEi5ywdvob9FyQkxBWr18edzRA7FCpf1mn7NuH/w640-h480/poem%2020220617_115338.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>The lion is fierce <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>but I am brave,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>my manliness buoyed <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">by its lack of legs.</span><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span><i>(Basel, Switzerland)</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHmtrETL2heoIKrr1CEDrl6WLnfZHfhiCvM0Vm1OPKtdx0mHnkgNhc0-0Yg4oWwaegg1Asr0vGGKZWheR-ZKHKCwCacNaEfxFI50Fjp7ZRZMnEkiFUyg0P3avX7OhshGgynZCTEkKYqTD3QvJcvVqQea9Ycq3Hli2sQJDFdhEGCy-6B5MVJQJjOd3K/s4000/poem%2020220621_142931%20lion%20football.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHmtrETL2heoIKrr1CEDrl6WLnfZHfhiCvM0Vm1OPKtdx0mHnkgNhc0-0Yg4oWwaegg1Asr0vGGKZWheR-ZKHKCwCacNaEfxFI50Fjp7ZRZMnEkiFUyg0P3avX7OhshGgynZCTEkKYqTD3QvJcvVqQea9Ycq3Hli2sQJDFdhEGCy-6B5MVJQJjOd3K/w640-h480/poem%2020220621_142931%20lion%20football.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span>When a lion plays football<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>Does
using the front paws count as handball?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>And if it
doesn’t, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>what more
is the keeper allowed to do?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><o:p><span> </span></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><i>(Stuttgart, Germany)</i><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span><br /></span></span></div><span style="color: #222222;"><span><br /><i><br /></i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJUxfFS11iwtRAKFrtFc7NJZBRnCzZKi_U9OJI9Sy4QfrtZgrmziS7gJm18Y7_qiFqIIqlYBPbgCZovOrc-wWeGI1sz18PgsBLL4kJeuzmrz4-D-_2eUb_kLYeeJ-GV2z4Js1nBWBBnErHHC3NK17NGhbzCl5fmdRZiOgDvb0g8zhmcC53VDHOpHyc/s2667/poem%20love%20lion%2020220626_145532.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2332" data-original-width="2667" height="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJUxfFS11iwtRAKFrtFc7NJZBRnCzZKi_U9OJI9Sy4QfrtZgrmziS7gJm18Y7_qiFqIIqlYBPbgCZovOrc-wWeGI1sz18PgsBLL4kJeuzmrz4-D-_2eUb_kLYeeJ-GV2z4Js1nBWBBnErHHC3NK17NGhbzCl5fmdRZiOgDvb0g8zhmcC53VDHOpHyc/w640-h560/poem%20love%20lion%2020220626_145532.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span>The Love Lion's roar<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>is said to be worse than his lick.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>All the same,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>I'd rather steer clear of that mouth.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span><i>(lion with pink heart, Oslo)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsw2Oc9Wkb4NL1peyhu0CYoncH4Y78mvzxJPteJY9FjpxC5Hhhk5I2JpaXl4_qMfb12yZfevohUMPQg_VcxtQ9nfir94V1OVY4ADCE5wy81buZRJRPN0Vwwf9Kq22x-Wr6E1NNfflIBe80DX9Fi-4osZOzEG2gwy1sRAmbGPH8mUPKX79U5nDE7G1M/s1522/poem%20plane%2020220621_154145.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1522" data-original-width="1522" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsw2Oc9Wkb4NL1peyhu0CYoncH4Y78mvzxJPteJY9FjpxC5Hhhk5I2JpaXl4_qMfb12yZfevohUMPQg_VcxtQ9nfir94V1OVY4ADCE5wy81buZRJRPN0Vwwf9Kq22x-Wr6E1NNfflIBe80DX9Fi-4osZOzEG2gwy1sRAmbGPH8mUPKX79U5nDE7G1M/w640-h640/poem%20plane%2020220621_154145.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">We all have dreams</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>Though whether we remember them<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>let alone achieve them<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>may be for the sky to know…<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span><i>(Stuttgart)</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><o:p><span> </span></o:p></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvlqiFV2HDXVRN-0kIMQpPGpA-xZFu9KAkYZYmugTGh9lVc71vsrClWlrx7JJ_JnPJDzfLD1cELvqIblTbRpRF2XeahFtQWOYw8Yc74XxKdbOeJDdhWjUIqy7pxmoxAQC6a3SOwjBHD43bLrNjYyX-KbsHbsrYIIfPovlU-uPjjLDfHu_y5RJXdPNO/s4000/poem%20statue%2020220621_131413.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvlqiFV2HDXVRN-0kIMQpPGpA-xZFu9KAkYZYmugTGh9lVc71vsrClWlrx7JJ_JnPJDzfLD1cELvqIblTbRpRF2XeahFtQWOYw8Yc74XxKdbOeJDdhWjUIqy7pxmoxAQC6a3SOwjBHD43bLrNjYyX-KbsHbsrYIIfPovlU-uPjjLDfHu_y5RJXdPNO/w640-h480/poem%20statue%2020220621_131413.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>Statue-voyeur! <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>Is that a known thing?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>And, if it is,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>would it be wrong to be one?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span><i>(Copy from 1850 of Antonio Canova’s ‘The Three Graces’ on Stuttgart State Gallery’s central terrace)</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD1Lpp2n4BPvVCd9T8fNM-87QcGR_ULkl33jV9xplnax6OoJ6a0PqzUYxiA9r4F5JOzeBU_6DKxtC6SA2fVJ3ARP7tHv8-_tzgx9Toqxzf5yUY3HokNNnuTb3DXgRGCgHQ4wd_W6-8KAUjt_3URhieL0hhIsCxyf6M-o5s_-ZGkrSwbnIIuMVDv8ob/s4000/poem%2020220620_134925%20rottweil.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD1Lpp2n4BPvVCd9T8fNM-87QcGR_ULkl33jV9xplnax6OoJ6a0PqzUYxiA9r4F5JOzeBU_6DKxtC6SA2fVJ3ARP7tHv8-_tzgx9Toqxzf5yUY3HokNNnuTb3DXgRGCgHQ4wd_W6-8KAUjt_3URhieL0hhIsCxyf6M-o5s_-ZGkrSwbnIIuMVDv8ob/w480-h640/poem%2020220620_134925%20rottweil.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">An hour in Rottweil</span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>due to a cancelled train.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>I saw a tower shorter than a lamppost <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>but no dogs.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0cm;"><span><i><span style="color: #222222;">(</span><b><span style="color: #202122; line-height: 107%;">Rottweil</span></b></i><span style="line-height: 107%;"><i><span style="color: #202122;">, the oldest town in
Baden-Württemberg, Germany, gives its name to the </span><span style="color: #0645ad; text-decoration-line: none;">Rottweiler</span><span style="color: #202122;"> breed,
originally a butcher’s dog in the region).</span></i><span style="color: #202122;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0cm;"><span><span style="color: #202122; line-height: 107%;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0cm;"><span><span style="color: #202122; line-height: 107%;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbRWuGbyBb2FC2rLh_D8TyS9Mx7zw6Dc0SXmquYw-CzHCvs2DBTXdr6XKYyxWFqrYwqelK97-ymHBLOXZ8id_-VFMWn2WUPGYHxAQTOWmMAbPCKPvo5RCWVRODksaWCjD0xQdYp6eofFUs6uvgwbKSJwf4IwyzYHT8gnxrU4ovxDXyH0r8jUiyfWr_/s4000/poss%2020220619_160839.jpg" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbRWuGbyBb2FC2rLh_D8TyS9Mx7zw6Dc0SXmquYw-CzHCvs2DBTXdr6XKYyxWFqrYwqelK97-ymHBLOXZ8id_-VFMWn2WUPGYHxAQTOWmMAbPCKPvo5RCWVRODksaWCjD0xQdYp6eofFUs6uvgwbKSJwf4IwyzYHT8gnxrU4ovxDXyH0r8jUiyfWr_/w480-h640/poss%2020220619_160839.jpg" width="480" /></a><b><span><o:p><br /></o:p></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0cm;"><span><span style="color: #202122; line-height: 107%;"><b><br /> </b></span></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span>You laugh<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>but these stilettos have built-in drills,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>capable of piercing any pavement<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0cm;"><span><span style="color: #202122; line-height: 107%;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>as easily as a body or a heart.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><span style="background-color: transparent;">(Guido Nassbaum: </span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">from ’20 Variationem
eines Gassenhauers, Basler Variation’, 1994 – Basel)</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYVLSJSBqx0k4M5jkt_R_bbftB8ACqBgaaDqhNfiP3uFJ2g2xH452db4eu7tgVlclrmVORC4OF4Jh3_i1O5DYNLUr8Rc8jVyWTod5imnnwaGZ8WpzsFOgIEiEulhkNj9lvjFMHLbVqKP6Dq6iS0vnv95IFyPHBSQZPK6B-gUU26WUFIla90YwfrI7L/s3443/poem%2020220614_082943.jpg" style="font-style: italic; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2877" data-original-width="3443" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYVLSJSBqx0k4M5jkt_R_bbftB8ACqBgaaDqhNfiP3uFJ2g2xH452db4eu7tgVlclrmVORC4OF4Jh3_i1O5DYNLUr8Rc8jVyWTod5imnnwaGZ8WpzsFOgIEiEulhkNj9lvjFMHLbVqKP6Dq6iS0vnv95IFyPHBSQZPK6B-gUU26WUFIla90YwfrI7L/w640-h534/poem%2020220614_082943.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span>Do I play the piano?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>From time
to time...<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>Only I've
been out of time<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>for quite
a while now, quite some time...<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>
</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><i>(Arundel)</i><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn7U_bjvmGeKMber_pWuuiGnR_qsj2k2Hidt67z7Mu80Acfi0xPJwwPE64PwF9a25e8TPqeU2VTKLPfVfJlbuMMeX_NJJXpuT3zQB0cjl9eqPGy5-PhMbQzIy07ukk4e0YvpyXyG2L2GfxqxuLmv2KITvSnILW-M3I95ONDwgaQ0bAkZaUnBPPnXpH/s2744/poem%20skel%2020220608_120515.jpg" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2744" data-original-width="2263" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn7U_bjvmGeKMber_pWuuiGnR_qsj2k2Hidt67z7Mu80Acfi0xPJwwPE64PwF9a25e8TPqeU2VTKLPfVfJlbuMMeX_NJJXpuT3zQB0cjl9eqPGy5-PhMbQzIy07ukk4e0YvpyXyG2L2GfxqxuLmv2KITvSnILW-M3I95ONDwgaQ0bAkZaUnBPPnXpH/w528-h640/poem%20skel%2020220608_120515.jpg" width="528" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>Are you sitting <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">comfortably?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>Of course:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>I have no nerves. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span><i>(SET studios, Woolwich)</i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzNdObXl6FyQxm4w1JFEmcC5p4BMsmFL0wbtgjC0y-4Zc4wWmxrIFZSRlfTP-XOfLtTOCyXa0KaYhGfHysLTjg4VVSIG6LY49jdqCkbZ4JYlVzf-IbnU7-DfzTQJ40GnHpIqgh_oJKLzPmubp5IC6znHXbemtbxgvzLRJyrX-pANffN_hCBIYlaJVI/s3235/poem%20norm%2020220625_004238.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2426" data-original-width="3235" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzNdObXl6FyQxm4w1JFEmcC5p4BMsmFL0wbtgjC0y-4Zc4wWmxrIFZSRlfTP-XOfLtTOCyXa0KaYhGfHysLTjg4VVSIG6LY49jdqCkbZ4JYlVzf-IbnU7-DfzTQJ40GnHpIqgh_oJKLzPmubp5IC6znHXbemtbxgvzLRJyrX-pANffN_hCBIYlaJVI/w640-h480/poem%20norm%2020220625_004238.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span>What is normal?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>This is only abnormal<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>if it's midnight<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>and it isn’t in Norway.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span><i>(Oslo airport, midnight, 24 June 2022</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><o:p><span></span></o:p></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaNoST9Ukc2GBg8k8X_fY2-fwXoQuhaDZXXY3140rMRPkbjKKSGraSk2SUXt8dLqml_mWReb4o-mbQz58M5ub4kUEgoGM4uvVm-AxMmt1Q4WRX783Ih8KwTQsGX-XN2jpShz6YSQtcqTOlpdmpDe-cXA6SYUdCzMzWVChCtK9m7gM7pelX_DLV-Vip/s3245/poem%20elvis%2020220626_140403.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2383" data-original-width="3245" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaNoST9Ukc2GBg8k8X_fY2-fwXoQuhaDZXXY3140rMRPkbjKKSGraSk2SUXt8dLqml_mWReb4o-mbQz58M5ub4kUEgoGM4uvVm-AxMmt1Q4WRX783Ih8KwTQsGX-XN2jpShz6YSQtcqTOlpdmpDe-cXA6SYUdCzMzWVChCtK9m7gM7pelX_DLV-Vip/w640-h470/poem%20elvis%2020220626_140403.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></b></div><b><span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span>Elvis has been spotted in Oslo<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>He's
spent 45 years <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>learning
the accordion<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>and still
isn’t all that good.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i>(Oslo)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVXPAV2x0tior6DYQ-TQFfi1Jk0_8Zybi1a5mN7JWolULGuuytlgKZ_fuOjl4yF-nJe4YUedKtl72p4QDdmkdgQwP4hNPSy2Ss8LHUFrzxQjyq382NEebbER0Rn86e5oObTwg3f50XBeaHdMvmzfiTvV_QZ9kfjmu2G_W9HGt36xo_d-5zfABp2kaJ/s4000/poem%20statue%2020220626_140734.jpg" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVXPAV2x0tior6DYQ-TQFfi1Jk0_8Zybi1a5mN7JWolULGuuytlgKZ_fuOjl4yF-nJe4YUedKtl72p4QDdmkdgQwP4hNPSy2Ss8LHUFrzxQjyq382NEebbER0Rn86e5oObTwg3f50XBeaHdMvmzfiTvV_QZ9kfjmu2G_W9HGt36xo_d-5zfABp2kaJ/w480-h640/poem%20statue%2020220626_140734.jpg" width="480" /></a><span> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span>So I said to the gull<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>‘shit on
my tits if you must,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>but
please don't shit in my eyes!’<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>It just
screeched.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><i>(Oslo)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg83hAFJTrDrAULuAqTHBmO2RNmL949CrpX_zj1Xgr6WFM-4c94zAS-IUV-687FyoosSvvl-ON5_kONGwcizCVvgn0cPRKjRuH2HAshrYx6QcZBu-sB-EtYkX4oNMTvd2aaXt_SS83DAzP-93RWp_HgJXBGjyuSPErXDKzO1ZLKXmkmbmvvvPxQIKYW/s4000/poem%20rain%20bathe%2020220626_140028.jpg" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg83hAFJTrDrAULuAqTHBmO2RNmL949CrpX_zj1Xgr6WFM-4c94zAS-IUV-687FyoosSvvl-ON5_kONGwcizCVvgn0cPRKjRuH2HAshrYx6QcZBu-sB-EtYkX4oNMTvd2aaXt_SS83DAzP-93RWp_HgJXBGjyuSPErXDKzO1ZLKXmkmbmvvvPxQIKYW/w480-h640/poem%20rain%20bathe%2020220626_140028.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span>Isn't it more logical<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>and
closer to the bath’s ideal <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>to bathe
in rain <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>rather than sun?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i>(Oslo)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><span><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0JsPG3HGg2jaNKrhvReXCT5tuhXgqfTNkG6y4Th0eV0ns5zM1L4_TkJqiykrMzVqUmQRVXLJKyBT5McdVTO0wU6qTeQ74gcbyuzC6EYBff5EIo5HdUaDOuxQ1rqX7vpuv8fFn0W1xOvb6Jn_fCrFgl6yzhMhY6k-viJy5ApsWv305s5r1Rqi5T8eN/s4000/sky%20poem%2020220710_182441.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0JsPG3HGg2jaNKrhvReXCT5tuhXgqfTNkG6y4Th0eV0ns5zM1L4_TkJqiykrMzVqUmQRVXLJKyBT5McdVTO0wU6qTeQ74gcbyuzC6EYBff5EIo5HdUaDOuxQ1rqX7vpuv8fFn0W1xOvb6Jn_fCrFgl6yzhMhY6k-viJy5ApsWv305s5r1Rqi5T8eN/w480-h640/sky%20poem%2020220710_182441.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span>Above us only this?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>Hardly: there is no ‘above’<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>and probably no ‘only’ <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>in the infinite beyond…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><o:p><span> </span></o:p></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDHGT5pS-rn6utdJXlnzk7gf_RytdaTLesEbgaT4F2kcEDVDOlwWTKl6YdMSDaDP-9jk9pcNB7fuHEe7C7sBSlfY0l49jUk-knTRvvkmakRsauwiEgOYxuhoOGk91QMf9lBZUWk0kmcGFW566cLbZvTGElQY64W68bV-Ps4f9yXy8waPG--yIcBFS1/s4000/poss%20prize%2020220701_204244.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDHGT5pS-rn6utdJXlnzk7gf_RytdaTLesEbgaT4F2kcEDVDOlwWTKl6YdMSDaDP-9jk9pcNB7fuHEe7C7sBSlfY0l49jUk-knTRvvkmakRsauwiEgOYxuhoOGk91QMf9lBZUWk0kmcGFW566cLbZvTGElQY64W68bV-Ps4f9yXy8waPG--yIcBFS1/w640-h480/poss%20prize%2020220701_204244.jpg" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>There is little in the world<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>that cannot be valued.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>Look at the care with which this soil <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>has been cordoned and protected.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span><br /></span></span></p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcr9t52gIDRWCE6XGJZCiQP7TGHbXx-xdlns4SKiJgqqSRVhAQz7-5i_FwI0VUj-q0u2Wnp3Hoco96COy6XBhPuMppKGwzF9jgJovsCWxkwttYyetpmTSYvcemwNuK7M_SkezmUgrg6xnBHXoYW_9PoZjddyVd-hKre1GHRsliWXzEs3enzDwZQN_t/s4000/poss%2020220708_064622.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcr9t52gIDRWCE6XGJZCiQP7TGHbXx-xdlns4SKiJgqqSRVhAQz7-5i_FwI0VUj-q0u2Wnp3Hoco96COy6XBhPuMppKGwzF9jgJovsCWxkwttYyetpmTSYvcemwNuK7M_SkezmUgrg6xnBHXoYW_9PoZjddyVd-hKre1GHRsliWXzEs3enzDwZQN_t/w480-h640/poss%2020220708_064622.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span>It's good to see <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>that
people are still taking<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>the
trouble to create employment opportunities<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>by
dropping litter.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><o:p><span> </span></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><o:p><span> </span></o:p></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvxcNZXuYFcDvm3oK7inPlIa9vlOgxG63C_JepHqF2mv6itlOU6RFmgcIVK9EWEN4pWUwMOg-yOpzKaB_EkvXw6quUCYIM6AiBtMru0g6OWvNV53-_sgsgXG4Jr9-xMLvwgR70lFWCdd5dqZZiLmzdMY4fHkGnQN39sOiicfDQ_3fyW5_0TqN_Feam/s4000/poss%20broom%2020220715_155725.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvxcNZXuYFcDvm3oK7inPlIa9vlOgxG63C_JepHqF2mv6itlOU6RFmgcIVK9EWEN4pWUwMOg-yOpzKaB_EkvXw6quUCYIM6AiBtMru0g6OWvNV53-_sgsgXG4Jr9-xMLvwgR70lFWCdd5dqZZiLmzdMY4fHkGnQN39sOiicfDQ_3fyW5_0TqN_Feam/w640-h480/poss%20broom%2020220715_155725.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>Sweep up the
broom <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>the time has come at which <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">infirmity vies with logic</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>to tell us why it hasn't swept itself.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><i>(Cambridge Heath, London)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjetYqN_DfKp7vuTfpFeyloSP1hHVYtDtDoiUPwblsfi418VsqYo2q4zBQ1HMvNX9gOC0sEFSc-5b9QgNf7R4kKokfIa0euMFHtpz4fbwKtq_EikGkqS0Tbuf2aGpjMacwn2FX4iYO3owXAlTRUX63K2z20gYyoNkHZOSfjwxmT00hhQioPbAn-dC3R/s4000/poss%20indec%2020220629_131839.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjetYqN_DfKp7vuTfpFeyloSP1hHVYtDtDoiUPwblsfi418VsqYo2q4zBQ1HMvNX9gOC0sEFSc-5b9QgNf7R4kKokfIa0euMFHtpz4fbwKtq_EikGkqS0Tbuf2aGpjMacwn2FX4iYO3owXAlTRUX63K2z20gYyoNkHZOSfjwxmT00hhQioPbAn-dC3R/w480-h640/poss%20indec%2020220629_131839.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span>I used to be</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>indecisive <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>about everything.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>Now, I’m not so sure.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span><i>(Southampton)</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeIWt5t0ut5rJ1dfzSj4C3Yx0iUOmsSFkf5KRM6Z0_IcvaLMnGhgaqFD_Ls-ibxy11kwsZhnhA4HQxaykYaRQtORq6EGii1p9jjJLEShgcFGpkc7x8rpXbqD_iJfsgDNjL5fCFoefr6R4OAC8bjoF52-RbpdrBWyJCHxY2YdOvyKgdVlanF9EK_N1Y/s4000/poss%20tree%2020220715_114759.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeIWt5t0ut5rJ1dfzSj4C3Yx0iUOmsSFkf5KRM6Z0_IcvaLMnGhgaqFD_Ls-ibxy11kwsZhnhA4HQxaykYaRQtORq6EGii1p9jjJLEShgcFGpkc7x8rpXbqD_iJfsgDNjL5fCFoefr6R4OAC8bjoF52-RbpdrBWyJCHxY2YdOvyKgdVlanF9EK_N1Y/w480-h640/poss%20tree%2020220715_114759.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">Looking down</span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>at its future<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>the tree can't like <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>what it sees… <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span><i>(Surrey Quays, London)</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><o:p><span> </span></o:p></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj30n6Lhk6abz1bTkjVk8w-4o8XItlNuIclgOeE6H1hndg70peRn7VEpP1M6eXfbYHl0GLqVcRM7zfPOaZwDj97dtzKGIb_iMCi28AaojvyBzKAwcYq65QliV9HhYAoGOeZc9tMZkq0SvwA-lVEllyrC9l3h0EwsezqJi5ipW6dKwc0UsGLyaBLauE9/s2079/poss%2020220714_210320.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1525" data-original-width="2079" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj30n6Lhk6abz1bTkjVk8w-4o8XItlNuIclgOeE6H1hndg70peRn7VEpP1M6eXfbYHl0GLqVcRM7zfPOaZwDj97dtzKGIb_iMCi28AaojvyBzKAwcYq65QliV9HhYAoGOeZc9tMZkq0SvwA-lVEllyrC9l3h0EwsezqJi5ipW6dKwc0UsGLyaBLauE9/w640-h470/poss%2020220714_210320.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">The queue</span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>is considerable<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>considering<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>that the café won't open for another ten hours.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span><i>(Soho, London)</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhju6GCF0zBC4yVa_AOcvxCxwzWk-39hj0e_nsuOxprPt04Q0AQcJlFRv6vnmPRipdVQ7UcbO2TYatYbbcklwWFpIIZwNsMzZP2es6o0OkbmPpoCqXlv4absRRaXL-d4S6-vK5FCEBkA7rOtomLfyvYin2UFGxb6ZjWtzulAmeU-4zBxfQqKG7_ED5X/s4000/poss%20sweet%20peas%2020220711_051018.jpg" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhju6GCF0zBC4yVa_AOcvxCxwzWk-39hj0e_nsuOxprPt04Q0AQcJlFRv6vnmPRipdVQ7UcbO2TYatYbbcklwWFpIIZwNsMzZP2es6o0OkbmPpoCqXlv4absRRaXL-d4S6-vK5FCEBkA7rOtomLfyvYin2UFGxb6ZjWtzulAmeU-4zBxfQqKG7_ED5X/w640-h480/poss%20sweet%20peas%2020220711_051018.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span>All that is sweet<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>is bound to shrivel.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>But then<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>
</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>so is all that is not. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><i>(Sweet Peas from Ros & Julian's garden)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7o5zQOdI3iluM81xPCrprYmeRxhuucnYz2VC2I7v62QlZn1ZUlv3tmenIj6kNf6sdAiKtWv2GOzs2YdJrlGvN4bfZdTata3-TYm_b8At7FxinLJ8Nf9lKrADKvIA3f09palBBlY1PT72E0EyEO2VOJY3qIJEye-budhWtVpaspUezPjW1a11Gl3uS/s1928/poem%20beyonce%2020220720_151013.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1928" data-original-width="1637" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7o5zQOdI3iluM81xPCrprYmeRxhuucnYz2VC2I7v62QlZn1ZUlv3tmenIj6kNf6sdAiKtWv2GOzs2YdJrlGvN4bfZdTata3-TYm_b8At7FxinLJ8Nf9lKrADKvIA3f09palBBlY1PT72E0EyEO2VOJY3qIJEye-budhWtVpaspUezPjW1a11Gl3uS/w544-h640/poem%20beyonce%2020220720_151013.jpg" width="544" /></a></span></div><span><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">I rather like </span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>seeing all that <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>wrinkle-free high maintenance perfection<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>so creased up.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><i><span style="color: #222222;">(Poster of Beyonc</span><span style="color: #5f6368;">é</span><span style="color: #222222;">, Mayfair, London)</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhmFXV_0qXObX5xzl_B0JElrqXMHTzFJ4nDtmuboPRKX0Vdk-rmFHY5jP2MUlVuykgs-MPUZCi3FqL_sZeCn5K9KCvDNa4rknAFjMwv0SVuiY3hZNaPmqvN8nvNGzogZAGemKk2DngsJ25-noMPl6oYOD-u08A8rS-oyMMqeFZwxkI0tiqMt8KE7Rm/s640/flower%20creenshot%202022-07-24%20120741.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="637" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhmFXV_0qXObX5xzl_B0JElrqXMHTzFJ4nDtmuboPRKX0Vdk-rmFHY5jP2MUlVuykgs-MPUZCi3FqL_sZeCn5K9KCvDNa4rknAFjMwv0SVuiY3hZNaPmqvN8nvNGzogZAGemKk2DngsJ25-noMPl6oYOD-u08A8rS-oyMMqeFZwxkI0tiqMt8KE7Rm/w638-h640/flower%20creenshot%202022-07-24%20120741.jpg" width="638" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span>Am I
giving the flowers <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>the right amount of water? <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>All I can say is: <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>they've made no complaints.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span></span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Ojqu057IDbUDxY6jRBk5ThUpwJ1dA_J9KzkLYxcr5a8OOhCDGLgvMUD1pCVQiEbxlzmHhQH57_atzISnIvYcHhth80R_dEeJ6bunKAsJtLavipy3jTdkXKNupo8ZEnnxJGOui_f4zXkduQ_lXkLj3MJnVFa7oyb4B4lTPbsHTIB7l1QsjeTNb_4Y/s4000/20220730_200806%20poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Ojqu057IDbUDxY6jRBk5ThUpwJ1dA_J9KzkLYxcr5a8OOhCDGLgvMUD1pCVQiEbxlzmHhQH57_atzISnIvYcHhth80R_dEeJ6bunKAsJtLavipy3jTdkXKNupo8ZEnnxJGOui_f4zXkduQ_lXkLj3MJnVFa7oyb4B4lTPbsHTIB7l1QsjeTNb_4Y/w480-h640/20220730_200806%20poss.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span><br /></span><p></p></span><b>Why would you advertise food</b><br /> <br />with the claim <br /><br />that it will make you <br /><br />burp it up? <br /><br /><br /><i>(Berlin)</i><span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span><br /></span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYxLRw6IWnDI05iI5lmU49tEqiKS8ZV_EXxS14--CZ1F8z_GxQCrkO1tpN4x6i9QUCsdNE18eIMDQvj1it7jHo9mIIJWYLCZqPTBF5QN0mZM0aAD1HRRkodnrS4dWAamKfUZfcjj5rmdv1mBliQrJDp1aOBLtB5WHmphOEFb8C7a4MsG4Gr9mq6sHZ/s4000/flowerpot%20poem%2020220801_104747.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYxLRw6IWnDI05iI5lmU49tEqiKS8ZV_EXxS14--CZ1F8z_GxQCrkO1tpN4x6i9QUCsdNE18eIMDQvj1it7jHo9mIIJWYLCZqPTBF5QN0mZM0aAD1HRRkodnrS4dWAamKfUZfcjj5rmdv1mBliQrJDp1aOBLtB5WHmphOEFb8C7a4MsG4Gr9mq6sHZ/w480-h640/flowerpot%20poem%2020220801_104747.jpg" width="480" /></a><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span>Don't get ahead of yourself <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>I warned. You may be <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>a dominant presence,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>but yours is a very small world.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i style="color: #222222;"><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i style="color: #222222;">(Berlin - did you ever see more flowers in a pot?)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span><br /></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinjts-57KTmp83FEqXrY2aGaLrft8teCFI_gVuQ7WPbXt4_9al4HYEa5kVyFOl6CpSS994Wc2gbA5Ex6nt-W2uCCpQRA1FpyoJd0FP9RKg5rHu2rVqD9ljM-UIAlb0f3b9wSF97fdGD3nv0pkyHYMRF59TIz1bIDKH3PajSVzC8YAkc_0wpS4dfGtX/s3695/20220801_134451.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3695" data-original-width="2968" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinjts-57KTmp83FEqXrY2aGaLrft8teCFI_gVuQ7WPbXt4_9al4HYEa5kVyFOl6CpSS994Wc2gbA5Ex6nt-W2uCCpQRA1FpyoJd0FP9RKg5rHu2rVqD9ljM-UIAlb0f3b9wSF97fdGD3nv0pkyHYMRF59TIz1bIDKH3PajSVzC8YAkc_0wpS4dfGtX/w514-h640/20220801_134451.jpg" width="514" /></a></span></span></div><span style="color: #222222;"><span><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">In between the railway and the power, </span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>speed blurs the trees, <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>I move with earth and train <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>and yet sit still...<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i>(outskirts of Berlin)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXfgLXiHbvG5Lrpw0N7UmGgo7woI8QwUqjpOs434ufC3sovpfv6BmaxYxnxRKjPjjqaton859X74hZQ0cJRECkWfMLDlARsn-afbx78Ux4PYA_qjbxar9Fois32I7XhVdq3NoH6Gu859G1x9SvFf8-D313h8w6ZCOcHnqedCPlAH-h5eBNlFw6ZEgK/s4000/time%20poem%2020220801_185421.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXfgLXiHbvG5Lrpw0N7UmGgo7woI8QwUqjpOs434ufC3sovpfv6BmaxYxnxRKjPjjqaton859X74hZQ0cJRECkWfMLDlARsn-afbx78Ux4PYA_qjbxar9Fois32I7XhVdq3NoH6Gu859G1x9SvFf8-D313h8w6ZCOcHnqedCPlAH-h5eBNlFw6ZEgK/w640-h480/time%20poem%2020220801_185421.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span><br /> </span></o:p></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">'Once you've cracked time' </span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>explained the sage<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span> 'then you've cracked life ' <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>But is it that simple?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span><i>(Newham, London)</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: transparent;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMAh48AehR1gCuMYE_32leRKCxcnaXXdzUAnbRQGq886y_L3gDauebZRUiTumBNALrr7VYZlddLl1ffsENfX7RK7o65vcmp538Bfn2ACLQKBWjoKqhBrAs399TSIsa72dO40NC0Vf_7TzEO_h_iVtWF06V9-F4B8KDW0lbqophZxO7HxLgB--AdWLT/s4000/tree%20poem%2020220728_130406.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMAh48AehR1gCuMYE_32leRKCxcnaXXdzUAnbRQGq886y_L3gDauebZRUiTumBNALrr7VYZlddLl1ffsENfX7RK7o65vcmp538Bfn2ACLQKBWjoKqhBrAs399TSIsa72dO40NC0Vf_7TzEO_h_iVtWF06V9-F4B8KDW0lbqophZxO7HxLgB--AdWLT/w480-h640/tree%20poem%2020220728_130406.jpg" width="480" /></a></b></div><b style="background-color: transparent;"><br /><o:p><br /></o:p></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #222222;">No-one denies <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #222222;">the right of a tree <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #222222;">to outgrow its bag<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #222222;">but shouldn’t the bag then be removed?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #222222;"><i>(Kassel, Germany)</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #222222;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0hZ-S5eau9dGjESABZHEVt7tNBUpJF1b0lw3dawYBeUZuDZfYFRIWwuTfbwVSBbX9VNVGj435ZogDxml-QuozODoKcATPyraI6BBVHvTWokckQlffvCZrHpMRbVZ07yvq0ICZqYYZfQiTrARB7fCXl_A2gfdGgvRh6R9kC-oeJiVSOb5OW9vJEDzw/s1999/net%20curtain%2020220810_092335.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1999" data-original-width="1999" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0hZ-S5eau9dGjESABZHEVt7tNBUpJF1b0lw3dawYBeUZuDZfYFRIWwuTfbwVSBbX9VNVGj435ZogDxml-QuozODoKcATPyraI6BBVHvTWokckQlffvCZrHpMRbVZ07yvq0ICZqYYZfQiTrARB7fCXl_A2gfdGgvRh6R9kC-oeJiVSOb5OW9vJEDzw/w640-h640/net%20curtain%2020220810_092335.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><o:p><br /></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #222222;">Net curtains<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #222222;">must be what remains<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #222222;">once their gross companions <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #222222;">have been pulled aside.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #222222;"><i>(St Helier, Jersey)</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #222222;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #222222;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #222222;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzAM6vWcRcKnewB5rz1_gWXTEboKuTePeWNEjTYvkC274eXjo_1abtwIJm-AMv-lTfu_4zx1xn_G4ajD_TSMhkOKAzmjuNlagTrijs5ujQw9HKjcZAt9Y2VZ4FAE3LzyaasCQ2OX3vzVkTMeL5DBp4jwOWyzleTEJKH9qnOsobZunTM5itSZG-rJ0F/s736/jersey%20Screenshot%202022-08-17%20071006.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="736" data-original-width="736" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzAM6vWcRcKnewB5rz1_gWXTEboKuTePeWNEjTYvkC274eXjo_1abtwIJm-AMv-lTfu_4zx1xn_G4ajD_TSMhkOKAzmjuNlagTrijs5ujQw9HKjcZAt9Y2VZ4FAE3LzyaasCQ2OX3vzVkTMeL5DBp4jwOWyzleTEJKH9qnOsobZunTM5itSZG-rJ0F/w640-h640/jersey%20Screenshot%202022-08-17%20071006.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #222222;"><br /><i><br /></i></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span>It is no
coincidence<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>that flutter meets glitter:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>the breeze that sparks the sparkle <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>furls the flags. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">(</span><span style="background: white; color: #202124;">Mont Orgueil</span>, Gorey, Jersey)</i></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #222222;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNLRAfvnZljFxMNBcWWmxDdlovvFlc8vJKhD60xR7ACQJWJQ4HEOrFbbHuyuE1bUTk8QVH0jgft56_fwf6ucXVC7vrNo3yE17YiqCYkiHui8HmcQEsJ8EPWhrQgauEgytLP0mG2xYRTIMJ5-HDfaVe8gBam42oN4wR6D4oPskVp2tTYEkKSzczgNVA/s2948/teeth%2020220813_135806.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2948" data-original-width="2948" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNLRAfvnZljFxMNBcWWmxDdlovvFlc8vJKhD60xR7ACQJWJQ4HEOrFbbHuyuE1bUTk8QVH0jgft56_fwf6ucXVC7vrNo3yE17YiqCYkiHui8HmcQEsJ8EPWhrQgauEgytLP0mG2xYRTIMJ5-HDfaVe8gBam42oN4wR6D4oPskVp2tTYEkKSzczgNVA/w640-h640/teeth%2020220813_135806.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span>Let me get my teeth -<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>the ones
I've still got – <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>into this
conundrum... <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>How can
an absence hear your farewell?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><span>(BUPA Advert 'Say Goodbye to Missing Teeth', Harley Street, London)</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhCec3mPdX0yH67atZS765OP99xobQVhZAhhg7vsPwx_etTWiwftroXCBbJa1umbtafLJA2YV5yJ55az46Y9mj5fdnjxN6KFp9NKcSFkfARW59ujhu3YD_6H9D1fGBWPceLRT2JrPGksqrTG6lZC1ZTocs9PcDXax6U3WFhR0LZVsMWRTEJGHj7tgW/s2485/poss%20banana%20poem%2020220818_111442.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2485" data-original-width="1864" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhCec3mPdX0yH67atZS765OP99xobQVhZAhhg7vsPwx_etTWiwftroXCBbJa1umbtafLJA2YV5yJ55az46Y9mj5fdnjxN6KFp9NKcSFkfARW59ujhu3YD_6H9D1fGBWPceLRT2JrPGksqrTG6lZC1ZTocs9PcDXax6U3WFhR0LZVsMWRTEJGHj7tgW/w480-h640/poss%20banana%20poem%2020220818_111442.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b>Despite the march <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">of global
warming <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">banana
trees are rare round here <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">and don’t
look set to reproduce in numbers.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i>(Kensington,
London)</i><span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgNiVzwBm6chz2f1KfGujCSqCUdTiPiw0LFPL2LQBfOqI9TW8-pyFAOtsx76OQQqJY0C9tqZryw2qvTlaXhj3Fvn1bKpeKHjXMheqxFfoKAQ4fsnDqcflyquxunrcGq0xsmob8pF8h06BS3qkq3gzpq5tEAM1iRNoimROLkofQAfyM32SnJlckiDFs/s4000/20220819_135936.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgNiVzwBm6chz2f1KfGujCSqCUdTiPiw0LFPL2LQBfOqI9TW8-pyFAOtsx76OQQqJY0C9tqZryw2qvTlaXhj3Fvn1bKpeKHjXMheqxFfoKAQ4fsnDqcflyquxunrcGq0xsmob8pF8h06BS3qkq3gzpq5tEAM1iRNoimROLkofQAfyM32SnJlckiDFs/w480-h640/20220819_135936.jpg" width="480" /></a></b></div><b><br /></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">Surely some
mistake </span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">as they say in the -<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">unfeatured -<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">Private Eye.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><i>(Advert for dubious reading material at Woking Station)</i><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><i><br /></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLhAM9ZG0XmduU9XYdAidg6m5akofMkzvwK7kJJMwiShiPsWBVIOx66wEBHQOR96g2UcJRjk665aSkjW4bcbxaaFHK4wb0oNuIi2-cnFFZ1NWmtSlcL6vZcypMi3a52izdq2X_05LUpRNHWv64-pxwSCxCaGi1uHUneh1uPDssKGAsTVICPpXxVM_S/s4000/poss%20cow%2020220819_130644.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLhAM9ZG0XmduU9XYdAidg6m5akofMkzvwK7kJJMwiShiPsWBVIOx66wEBHQOR96g2UcJRjk665aSkjW4bcbxaaFHK4wb0oNuIi2-cnFFZ1NWmtSlcL6vZcypMi3a52izdq2X_05LUpRNHWv64-pxwSCxCaGi1uHUneh1uPDssKGAsTVICPpXxVM_S/w640-h480/poss%20cow%2020220819_130644.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>I find it hard to
believe</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>that such a skateboard would do much<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>to improve a cow’s <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>muddy-field movement.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>(The Lightbox,
Woking. Or should I spell that ‘moo-vement?)<span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></i></p></span></div><span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO4EtHwI_W7hKr7WKoJLH26kOnBpj4yYTFn0XnfBf8wbtlhM4LNzkU6dm4B8WDdNgi78ExZAXyXXB6iBjnq_8bPMudzpik89Tcg7PPynPrXPSV7HAuvk2DKKqPQ8V99wsvaOcntf9H8hBUUe8rMQWJf3nEzAbAGOGLMxzIzvCroJwQeQLG3WzFwac3/s3000/works%20poem%2020220826_140034.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO4EtHwI_W7hKr7WKoJLH26kOnBpj4yYTFn0XnfBf8wbtlhM4LNzkU6dm4B8WDdNgi78ExZAXyXXB6iBjnq_8bPMudzpik89Tcg7PPynPrXPSV7HAuvk2DKKqPQ8V99wsvaOcntf9H8hBUUe8rMQWJf3nEzAbAGOGLMxzIzvCroJwQeQLG3WzFwac3/w640-h640/works%20poem%2020220826_140034.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>The trouble<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>with invisible roadworks<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>is how to know<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span>when they’ve been done…</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7FDygUliUl-wtT729juY7umHYjVJ6cT4fbN-2zpovTtHw_5o1tkqyigps0pUe8Ida5ZHNO_pljUivXAf-3qhI0ttwPC9VsCkbzS_74veZo5mb_bi6P6hS7Whccta4w8xX142QXTGQvfdtRA3tB7RG7QqLmbaaZ0i8hUVQhGVoLUc3UZYXMCs3KpqT/s4000/big%20number%2020221019_095919.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7FDygUliUl-wtT729juY7umHYjVJ6cT4fbN-2zpovTtHw_5o1tkqyigps0pUe8Ida5ZHNO_pljUivXAf-3qhI0ttwPC9VsCkbzS_74veZo5mb_bi6P6hS7Whccta4w8xX142QXTGQvfdtRA3tB7RG7QqLmbaaZ0i8hUVQhGVoLUc3UZYXMCs3KpqT/w480-h640/big%20number%2020221019_095919.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">That’s a big
number!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Much bigger than 74 or 76<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">or any of the numerous numerals <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">to be found along this road…</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p></span></div><span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMlqL8wHDNBm6yeUeNqfw5LFyllnNVBiW1iH5wWbGYpDh0mkZg5WdZljJjAsPqL6zxbcCFA5fcM6HNl1H0l3UMjsEPFxU1z8oXmyPIr7pSI2VKxbQRK6JAHSNvx8SgAE5SAf54KkiE9WwEM6EVgTymqbULeaB3MwEc5CbQdao0dgER9PSnIqgYgQM8/s2970/sunflower%20poem%2020220829_084037.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2970" data-original-width="2970" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMlqL8wHDNBm6yeUeNqfw5LFyllnNVBiW1iH5wWbGYpDh0mkZg5WdZljJjAsPqL6zxbcCFA5fcM6HNl1H0l3UMjsEPFxU1z8oXmyPIr7pSI2VKxbQRK6JAHSNvx8SgAE5SAf54KkiE9WwEM6EVgTymqbULeaB3MwEc5CbQdao0dgER9PSnIqgYgQM8/w640-h640/sunflower%20poem%2020220829_084037.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span></div><span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span>The thing about van
Gogh is<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span>you pay £100m <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span>and the blooms are past their best.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span>These, for a fiver, are perfect…</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></p></span></div><span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoOuoQDuH_eV6fsm6_cExH8taWuts7PicN35ADak5hHmsnHf2ksVbX79z7F-a3yKwUEYLwIWZKUQwcs3qHaNOwMvZHM2UfHDl-NcLYjjQZYSlOqgf747YY61EP47xtRcAlI7K881jjSe5oEzkqbPqx8Qhsy1NC8BNJIMjIBlXe_JvLG7GzRe5bZ0J6/s4000/20220827_162332.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoOuoQDuH_eV6fsm6_cExH8taWuts7PicN35ADak5hHmsnHf2ksVbX79z7F-a3yKwUEYLwIWZKUQwcs3qHaNOwMvZHM2UfHDl-NcLYjjQZYSlOqgf747YY61EP47xtRcAlI7K881jjSe5oEzkqbPqx8Qhsy1NC8BNJIMjIBlXe_JvLG7GzRe5bZ0J6/w640-h480/20220827_162332.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span><br /><span><b>Location </b></span><br /><br /><span>may be everything </span><br /><br /><span>but my new house still needs a little work </span><br /><br /><span>and I'm not even sure it's in the right place. </span><br /><br /><br /><i>(Netley Marsh)</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi00-VswytrJKfZEfyquJ08zVvqdp5ohD7mppGVaEO3EREQQwYJEe0tgKZ9WXBi23wwgXMrJpG_poeLR_fpxGerAOir690fvuKVJVBwq6GTVO8SuaUYxNkO9WNciGg5Ab4SZyFKfX1JEfjIh-wofYTZGvto4gsl_e9kR9WLMdRgQ_cZLCDvaqudiLQa/s2808/fence%20grow%20poem%2020221019_100150.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2808" data-original-width="2106" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi00-VswytrJKfZEfyquJ08zVvqdp5ohD7mppGVaEO3EREQQwYJEe0tgKZ9WXBi23wwgXMrJpG_poeLR_fpxGerAOir690fvuKVJVBwq6GTVO8SuaUYxNkO9WNciGg5Ab4SZyFKfX1JEfjIh-wofYTZGvto4gsl_e9kR9WLMdRgQ_cZLCDvaqudiLQa/w480-h640/fence%20grow%20poem%2020221019_100150.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Much as I admire <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the way that some plants grow through fences<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I can't help feeling <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">this phormium has it too easy.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUlFjg9nPGosnH_tf8yJIReHazNyP0zvrxRdl4FyWYkKsdjzsdtswAWPV9fV_lPIJoxocF5TD7fHzSC91KRY_N80rdIzPVz4IaZAA11gIJzHRif5FJ3u69QQh3spuzA6WGA_p1X8CZBHMf-oOuBIUz8x47uTclkdmuzVMBKjC0tNYby0Hh7VlibRK7/s874/death%20poem%20Screenshot%202022-09-08%20064215.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="669" data-original-width="874" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUlFjg9nPGosnH_tf8yJIReHazNyP0zvrxRdl4FyWYkKsdjzsdtswAWPV9fV_lPIJoxocF5TD7fHzSC91KRY_N80rdIzPVz4IaZAA11gIJzHRif5FJ3u69QQh3spuzA6WGA_p1X8CZBHMf-oOuBIUz8x47uTclkdmuzVMBKjC0tNYby0Hh7VlibRK7/w640-h490/death%20poem%20Screenshot%202022-09-08%20064215.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></b></span></div><span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></b><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"></span></b></span><p></p><span><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Faced by death <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">the autumn trees <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">give mutual succour, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">one giving rest to another's leaves.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><o:p></o:p><p></p><b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSO8llYcyVTdilMyQ39cE0D-TXL0cU_cKUMst1jt_yD3-v1KCq8nyX5LkozugoN-zTXUIe9V0e-mZIHtGo3FFGFJHKR2tf3kFUFgr4J-10FiyTJqFU_wjOgdkfI4OEQCM_MFihyVuuX3-WsGnR_kKN1_w1fjKC5ahGx-rF3lusbAwffHKt7ZHCop2N/s3000/poem%20primrose%20evening%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSO8llYcyVTdilMyQ39cE0D-TXL0cU_cKUMst1jt_yD3-v1KCq8nyX5LkozugoN-zTXUIe9V0e-mZIHtGo3FFGFJHKR2tf3kFUFgr4J-10FiyTJqFU_wjOgdkfI4OEQCM_MFihyVuuX3-WsGnR_kKN1_w1fjKC5ahGx-rF3lusbAwffHKt7ZHCop2N/w640-h640/poem%20primrose%20evening%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></span><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Good evening primrose</span></span></b><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I trust you're enjoying –<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I only wish I had one, too –<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">your special time of day. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(The Evening Primrose, </i>Oenothera biennis<i>, is named for typically opening its flowers most between something like 16.00 - 10.00) </i></span></div></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6tY7Ttln2tVyem_CFP9X5klvoKUUHSzZ8s3zM5tAJf7wTA_0z93ARXDE6quWoSq0_i52JfNe6TKC-k4VFG-jZVWwZfpUTkspXBhqY357UyIZz9_mAg2RIY9UHoy2gSITiOwLkdBXD9eBJZ3ymuor7fIL48nALFEJcAiAEVw9GyobbUB4YXxK1ktUs/s640/queminity%20af0d15efd95b4f55baa1d5dc4cf675a3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6tY7Ttln2tVyem_CFP9X5klvoKUUHSzZ8s3zM5tAJf7wTA_0z93ARXDE6quWoSq0_i52JfNe6TKC-k4VFG-jZVWwZfpUTkspXBhqY357UyIZz9_mAg2RIY9UHoy2gSITiOwLkdBXD9eBJZ3ymuor7fIL48nALFEJcAiAEVw9GyobbUB4YXxK1ktUs/w640-h428/queminity%20af0d15efd95b4f55baa1d5dc4cf675a3.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br />
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">Sorry Liz</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but missing you lying in state<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">was due to me lying in a state of my own<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">when I’d hoped it would be a republican gesture.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(I was too ill to contemplate queueing overnight to see the Queen’s coffin following her death on 8 Sept 2022)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I spent 17 Sept - 11 October 2022 in hospital with sepsis, followed by a diagnosis of bowel and liver cancer, leading to initial surgery on 5 October...</span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHHNxGZC8yET3UT_VonHAg9t1_IteJ336JJfJL_-lT41UEuZCSJfx8XyUssDzSdDRiXlO31J2AbT9Gw-1KedgR42prwqcycBhxC7EwHp4AlzwUng6z1-jfaZoVgCydeFK4DvDrf9ak5r5jtMWQhHLCvTVG6oHxCsIlOlJCyCxFf-0hboRFXOZXmE0X/s3519/light%20poem%2020220919_083012.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1415" data-original-width="3519" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHHNxGZC8yET3UT_VonHAg9t1_IteJ336JJfJL_-lT41UEuZCSJfx8XyUssDzSdDRiXlO31J2AbT9Gw-1KedgR42prwqcycBhxC7EwHp4AlzwUng6z1-jfaZoVgCydeFK4DvDrf9ak5r5jtMWQhHLCvTVG6oHxCsIlOlJCyCxFf-0hboRFXOZXmE0X/w640-h258/light%20poem%2020220919_083012.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><br /><i><br /></i></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Doctor, doctor!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">There’s a corpse in my room.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">In fact there are fifty.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>Am I not entitled to be spooked?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(overhead light, Southampton General Hospital - leads on to the separate series of photopoems 'The Death Suite', which formed my main hospital writing)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhudmvGxcF5to5ne9ebLRQV2jxrs3HSuflnUBpR2C4nOh1GlFaDfWKn2i1maN_h_lzZ44zbZpgnJETau6Owyjqxdp3p6ObrfYYB3ZCdm9W7OC6dDuCUEHXRN7dbwZABfO6us7vtw5dIYbjmMUEq8SXg38VdXntbSWjvX3CWxdVAnpESQt3Wg5O-8Igd/s4000/shanks%20poem%2020221008_214329.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhudmvGxcF5to5ne9ebLRQV2jxrs3HSuflnUBpR2C4nOh1GlFaDfWKn2i1maN_h_lzZ44zbZpgnJETau6Owyjqxdp3p6ObrfYYB3ZCdm9W7OC6dDuCUEHXRN7dbwZABfO6us7vtw5dIYbjmMUEq8SXg38VdXntbSWjvX3CWxdVAnpESQt3Wg5O-8Igd/w640-h480/shanks%20poem%2020221008_214329.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Yes, yes</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but who was Armitage? What does shanking </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">actually involve? And how come I saw his name around </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">long before tagging became a rebellious thing?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">(Southampton General Hospital: it may be that the – presumably accidental - portmanteau of ‘shags’ and ‘wanks’ lies behind this speculation on Armitage)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguPnzBLXa8bP38w5P1c6idUkr9K1LljnI7rAj8SnDr7rWRzQ9WgUsbHV5GN8S1cr3SsTqVq9YbaFPWWFy-dc4mZUsU6BPBAhwBJBAhUYYHC3FTtdvrgeo266DMjKHpp7wW3WBqshP5GUPKaCDGwmIjoaoqwIUlkjuyymqmGC7t-SfsGrFmG7DMxoTe/s4000/bin%20poem%2020221008_143627.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguPnzBLXa8bP38w5P1c6idUkr9K1LljnI7rAj8SnDr7rWRzQ9WgUsbHV5GN8S1cr3SsTqVq9YbaFPWWFy-dc4mZUsU6BPBAhwBJBAhUYYHC3FTtdvrgeo266DMjKHpp7wW3WBqshP5GUPKaCDGwmIjoaoqwIUlkjuyymqmGC7t-SfsGrFmG7DMxoTe/w480-h640/bin%20poem%2020221008_143627.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I can see this is no shelf<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but as an impromptu bar<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">for my most-necessarily health-conscious drinks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">it seems to be just right.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Southampton General Hospital)</i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpDQJ-yagzMKp87gl2AYLL63ZS0BWeRBhh3y3cWhjQ7GjufNvQlSr6wlBWtTh66eSSG7cdIyfdXPS2tutzIEO43c6OlpGXCx_fqdW3_HFMmZAW3pGAoq8jNYY3PqM5W9lC_wj27k3kUH-Fm204POlJvrU5dYOKrz2_2XuCWTwlm9ToSUYlzHEA3Yeh/s3470/20221010_063945.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3470" data-original-width="2896" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpDQJ-yagzMKp87gl2AYLL63ZS0BWeRBhh3y3cWhjQ7GjufNvQlSr6wlBWtTh66eSSG7cdIyfdXPS2tutzIEO43c6OlpGXCx_fqdW3_HFMmZAW3pGAoq8jNYY3PqM5W9lC_wj27k3kUH-Fm204POlJvrU5dYOKrz2_2XuCWTwlm9ToSUYlzHEA3Yeh/w534-h640/20221010_063945.jpg" width="534" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Aha! <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">So you can get through here! <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">How good of them <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to tell us!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Southampton General Hospital)</i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">GROUNDED</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #222222;">On emerging from hospital after major surgery in
October 2022 I was restricted to the house and vicinity for a while. My main exercise
was walking slowly around the neighbourhood - no jogging allowed. I found the
reduction in pace made me more aware of the ground...</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpA36LMHAO0jgpR8f1bzTFdehXWajorY0z5EdoLoRm7bmt4FjFuUGsskZQnkRPA1g_BcVXM9iSznxX33arFcmkbxVa9WtUkDZpaleHd-HuibJq_4uNAgfdEYZIsxDxn0SbCMb-F-O80WQxE2M0RXt5MgEUEv9bTrsXqBQs-cKZPX7sEp0Osh2NAK8p/s4000/acorn%20poem%2020221014_093108.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpA36LMHAO0jgpR8f1bzTFdehXWajorY0z5EdoLoRm7bmt4FjFuUGsskZQnkRPA1g_BcVXM9iSznxX33arFcmkbxVa9WtUkDZpaleHd-HuibJq_4uNAgfdEYZIsxDxn0SbCMb-F-O80WQxE2M0RXt5MgEUEv9bTrsXqBQs-cKZPX7sEp0Osh2NAK8p/w480-h640/acorn%20poem%2020221014_093108.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Acorn time<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is here again.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Why can’t I be a squirrel<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">or a pig? </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2gQFazUZY0AuhDw9J8gvp7dkrBUUjkou_rIXLL1bSNYGbgFg7tmNXe-Kt6gsrU3LihIiXJlu2cK_xA3aYR2ggQSXC46abCop241G6abMssEbKI4HEBdTwUAd3iYWFUQjIyfAU15QcbPmAKkt9OitbVrzdzDFU5hjjInfaNqYQIgfiw65ZS7E4gax6/s4000/landing%20poem%2020221015_113942.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2gQFazUZY0AuhDw9J8gvp7dkrBUUjkou_rIXLL1bSNYGbgFg7tmNXe-Kt6gsrU3LihIiXJlu2cK_xA3aYR2ggQSXC46abCop241G6abMssEbKI4HEBdTwUAd3iYWFUQjIyfAU15QcbPmAKkt9OitbVrzdzDFU5hjjInfaNqYQIgfiw65ZS7E4gax6/w480-h640/landing%20poem%2020221015_113942.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Would you rather</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">be
cradled or stung <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">when you
drift to the end of your glide? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Really? Perhaps
you're an oak leaf.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDPhzt0EQTtvbK3qQ56lRzKuoEr2OPR8CTqviXrqTS58a8I4ZCX18ko5N9QN5XydLjPRXkz9AtXJB3zrqM4yZbkji7zWTC-5b6IUR3mj4z83m9pF21T1Gmdo0tXw25LmVvpmA1MIQ-3_2qEHOt9bp-56rXmcbFM2FGkO3Cd2e8q3zRctfQKzdjku8X/s4000/leaf%20stone%20poem%2020221015_114455.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDPhzt0EQTtvbK3qQ56lRzKuoEr2OPR8CTqviXrqTS58a8I4ZCX18ko5N9QN5XydLjPRXkz9AtXJB3zrqM4yZbkji7zWTC-5b6IUR3mj4z83m9pF21T1Gmdo0tXw25LmVvpmA1MIQ-3_2qEHOt9bp-56rXmcbFM2FGkO3Cd2e8q3zRctfQKzdjku8X/w640-h480/leaf%20stone%20poem%2020221015_114455.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #222222;">When leaves lie
down with stones</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the delicacy of tones <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">has a mottled continuity<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">defying the contrast of weights. </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjhX4o8C28GoZBgObB5wXno5U89CU5-pl1wM-ZTxdZdUpQN22sEveWmOpTLZUlrzQjR7zm7ExdrPtLqe352FwMhK_w1XLu1y35f9IJlj8oNGxsXdYOSSWI46lNhJT00_DBhMczbr_EM8YZVk9o-k791KVHtkawFLPGIX2PbrO171JC6tOwYkMCukwG/s4000/grout%20poem%2020221016_152251.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjhX4o8C28GoZBgObB5wXno5U89CU5-pl1wM-ZTxdZdUpQN22sEveWmOpTLZUlrzQjR7zm7ExdrPtLqe352FwMhK_w1XLu1y35f9IJlj8oNGxsXdYOSSWI46lNhJT00_DBhMczbr_EM8YZVk9o-k791KVHtkawFLPGIX2PbrO171JC6tOwYkMCukwG/w480-h640/grout%20poem%2020221016_152251.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">You will not find</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">a more natural grout<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">than moss. Although, I concede,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that does leave the question of effectiveness.<b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZpo-7lu2KBdFki2UKfTYMPvBNExjHWthYklyR3Th9GUdGERieOGb_GwaJ6RUBzNtlD48W6_-ru_VG14sZZN5LoU2U1hZwH0VT16UVgaipHnZJy2Fk_4BB3g1Iw-_MslRuDJJ3d0A1br9ySBZ_GhU6W2qBBkQhpYw25pdeTLaslZm5-AY-kADWqMKJ/s4000/sunset%20leaf%20poem%2020221018_142033.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZpo-7lu2KBdFki2UKfTYMPvBNExjHWthYklyR3Th9GUdGERieOGb_GwaJ6RUBzNtlD48W6_-ru_VG14sZZN5LoU2U1hZwH0VT16UVgaipHnZJy2Fk_4BB3g1Iw-_MslRuDJJ3d0A1br9ySBZ_GhU6W2qBBkQhpYw25pdeTLaslZm5-AY-kADWqMKJ/w480-h640/sunset%20leaf%20poem%2020221018_142033.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The sunset leaf</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">may never set<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but it will turn – I guess I should say turn again -</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to mulch.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOXCSjcZD2Cvj6W7jBC2HwYYnCJs4vTMFg9HaK3FgyOvBO6qz_LRPV9KR7QdvQy3GnbnO5vJrArqckONZhBuxtQ4aaOyjcYTwwr48RDwZaqPvkglRRBEwaHrhVFAED_M_yjY5pzwqyRSwEMeILKnLUzSTxkvKusV-Zj07KCnZZLBHVKG7wo7e4yz98/s4000/toadstool%20poem%2020221017_121937.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOXCSjcZD2Cvj6W7jBC2HwYYnCJs4vTMFg9HaK3FgyOvBO6qz_LRPV9KR7QdvQy3GnbnO5vJrArqckONZhBuxtQ4aaOyjcYTwwr48RDwZaqPvkglRRBEwaHrhVFAED_M_yjY5pzwqyRSwEMeILKnLUzSTxkvKusV-Zj07KCnZZLBHVKG7wo7e4yz98/w480-h640/toadstool%20poem%2020221017_121937.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Does toadstool beauty
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">correlate with deadliness? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I may defer <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that particular piece of research.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi65K_40xe__UsMFCJKvZNzYCRbDIsxZjicpiBA3DnfvEKzEN5-xuWGGgFGNbRo8B6LVzGIOhZYqQSt95kYB3BIrXFIFuEZpxiehPzmzTLlOsIdOyc6YRKryjvx1LCrizA7ZgkTTLanI46eh3kRh_v5MgKKI65TRhdVOK-XnvH_ExciCoBG_PqG22gZ/s3000/pine%20poem%2020221017_121322.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi65K_40xe__UsMFCJKvZNzYCRbDIsxZjicpiBA3DnfvEKzEN5-xuWGGgFGNbRo8B6LVzGIOhZYqQSt95kYB3BIrXFIFuEZpxiehPzmzTLlOsIdOyc6YRKryjvx1LCrizA7ZgkTTLanI46eh3kRh_v5MgKKI65TRhdVOK-XnvH_ExciCoBG_PqG22gZ/w640-h640/pine%20poem%2020221017_121322.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">If cones <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">are evolving the means to fly <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that little bit further from parental shade <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">then this may be a prototype.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9KxjlXX9hCKp4W_Xa2PK_SDjyGmfOIEtLt0_bNBnHMFbwd8MEmlKp_dp6EZfTbhUafrQvhR2RZRGIav8e_YivSoSDrr0ZUJBIvA3P01zvvlAXND3X0RSNYJ8HKHKSCcdm8lnI-JTSkl5oYSxlmH6r3RVVHEwE0z66pwW8pn0KXFsd7UvWvKvtRmqh/s2469/moss%2020221020_115254.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1851" data-original-width="2469" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9KxjlXX9hCKp4W_Xa2PK_SDjyGmfOIEtLt0_bNBnHMFbwd8MEmlKp_dp6EZfTbhUafrQvhR2RZRGIav8e_YivSoSDrr0ZUJBIvA3P01zvvlAXND3X0RSNYJ8HKHKSCcdm8lnI-JTSkl5oYSxlmH6r3RVVHEwE0z66pwW8pn0KXFsd7UvWvKvtRmqh/w640-h480/moss%2020221020_115254.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></b></div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Considering <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that it has no roots <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">moss is pretty hard to pull -<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">not up I suppose, but away.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOZGIVcDKZHh7YgYiPwPzGXm-YwmNAfdJr4HkHyzdbrntcXnkFse3lsoBzoXwmKHc3hZBIklYRU3BkAHu21prEC78HQBWDJ5mXytOdlqOPvnqAqeqySt7vIYqjftrGGhLmck8MQetY1wDf2QSbSFUR09GmXfKbJQqh48iWc1WNVVS_JXDK-mlgJO9J/s4000/20220907_181501%5B1%5D.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOZGIVcDKZHh7YgYiPwPzGXm-YwmNAfdJr4HkHyzdbrntcXnkFse3lsoBzoXwmKHc3hZBIklYRU3BkAHu21prEC78HQBWDJ5mXytOdlqOPvnqAqeqySt7vIYqjftrGGhLmck8MQetY1wDf2QSbSFUR09GmXfKbJQqh48iWc1WNVVS_JXDK-mlgJO9J/w640-h480/20220907_181501%5B1%5D.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">In the contest of thorns<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">there's only one winner.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Please let me land - though this isn't a request -<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in a prickle of bramble.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></b></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRPcuOqjdRyxMs2Y7p2bv_LAD8nj0qDFRck59ND8KSaN9re99hhsYaEFmPmR7_dIgelPW05ggzPTztRB5bOY0UQ2i4xSH_l_LHOllNHX2CxJ83JLc1rp_mPlVPx0nvy-EZQDXT72WVB5WLreefNhzBgABYPs8hjpSpI8YTfxxjGw5Ik0yTZUG5Ki88/s4000/break%20poem%2020221016_152048.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRPcuOqjdRyxMs2Y7p2bv_LAD8nj0qDFRck59ND8KSaN9re99hhsYaEFmPmR7_dIgelPW05ggzPTztRB5bOY0UQ2i4xSH_l_LHOllNHX2CxJ83JLc1rp_mPlVPx0nvy-EZQDXT72WVB5WLreefNhzBgABYPs8hjpSpI8YTfxxjGw5Ik0yTZUG5Ki88/w480-h640/break%20poem%2020221016_152048.jpg" width="480" /></a><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /> </span></b></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The good things about
this pot <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">are the cubist perspective<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and not having to worry <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">about it getting broken.</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcqo6851kOxbX_WkkFENSdHi5Tn9wnRGCXxRqy1tqQEG60jJOF5j-MfiLDDIKG63paASqNyaL5vwpNZ2nPJCvLLkOWdIASf-9JMEj6oRB_TizmwMPKVOaJlouwEq_cjQ4po3ZrKpgCdN64AlEXrUOklbgsvCnYkkWpiM60n2Vv1oq-_D-T4kLCyYmd/s4000/log%20leaf%20poem%2020221018_142247.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcqo6851kOxbX_WkkFENSdHi5Tn9wnRGCXxRqy1tqQEG60jJOF5j-MfiLDDIKG63paASqNyaL5vwpNZ2nPJCvLLkOWdIASf-9JMEj6oRB_TizmwMPKVOaJlouwEq_cjQ4po3ZrKpgCdN64AlEXrUOklbgsvCnYkkWpiM60n2Vv1oq-_D-T4kLCyYmd/w640-h480/log%20leaf%20poem%2020221018_142247.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">When a falling leaf<o:p></o:p></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">lands on a log<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">there’s a logic to its flutter<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">into doubly sad sense.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivOHPRVKUWCAQIHtc2AGZkq0EMb1v7KqniLwOBvhuKWbFESNgewj9YYEpcYz89DJnAeOHaHb3Ypt1L_CzGf_5YfZQ7j2Ao6jqI5ctApp39chV9kmwQHA7TAKBAmMafkOd9PLvoynKJ75fTBvhfCG7TxKBUKx5ABIDtrLlnlAOtmTVDH-WTe3rXQAXp/s2868/poss%20dew%2020221016_092036.jpg" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2446" data-original-width="2868" height="546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivOHPRVKUWCAQIHtc2AGZkq0EMb1v7KqniLwOBvhuKWbFESNgewj9YYEpcYz89DJnAeOHaHb3Ypt1L_CzGf_5YfZQ7j2Ao6jqI5ctApp39chV9kmwQHA7TAKBAmMafkOd9PLvoynKJ75fTBvhfCG7TxKBUKx5ABIDtrLlnlAOtmTVDH-WTe3rXQAXp/w640-h546/poss%20dew%2020221016_092036.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">To give early
mornings<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">their due, everything looks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">as fresh as a geranium –<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">pending a daisy coming along.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh31etHzq5yDajp3Ag2W0AEKIRitBPL4g9EtnilPgD_6h-Em4qHVltPBuxpeZuIX11yIHZeR_xdCnlMKkrC-Ck3DTEZH1IuQl_IUeYiMp-lXYHbDMZYdXFqaJyMg8JXnIGvdsf9AWAhjOoNEwPfcN0nSXfuQISuUUmyeEdb2wkqdiBz0H80Dbla87-r/s3583/feathers%20poem%20.jpg" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2712" data-original-width="3583" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh31etHzq5yDajp3Ag2W0AEKIRitBPL4g9EtnilPgD_6h-Em4qHVltPBuxpeZuIX11yIHZeR_xdCnlMKkrC-Ck3DTEZH1IuQl_IUeYiMp-lXYHbDMZYdXFqaJyMg8JXnIGvdsf9AWAhjOoNEwPfcN0nSXfuQISuUUmyeEdb2wkqdiBz0H80Dbla87-r/w640-h484/feathers%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The birds seems to
manage <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but even the collected feathers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">from a stroll around the park<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">won’t be enough to get me airborne.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS1SvxWIkCO5c32smaWcrZHyF9nzSL2AB7J86EGHDtL_TgkAXkw2U9cNra9smZMAeTJTSEfJW5Ae9DvMPPn1PIgIjNCKeFzkWC81w7lJSRcTxfsPV4Q2TjgI66J19gHcai_MaUmk5LwvCCWnhObvvNGSdSdivRMmVdJvV6sFcqOxV94JlukuvZMOeL/s3556/ghost%20leaf%20poem%2020221017_121509.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2667" data-original-width="3556" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS1SvxWIkCO5c32smaWcrZHyF9nzSL2AB7J86EGHDtL_TgkAXkw2U9cNra9smZMAeTJTSEfJW5Ae9DvMPPn1PIgIjNCKeFzkWC81w7lJSRcTxfsPV4Q2TjgI66J19gHcai_MaUmk5LwvCCWnhObvvNGSdSdivRMmVdJvV6sFcqOxV94JlukuvZMOeL/w640-h480/ghost%20leaf%20poem%2020221017_121509.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I sometimes wonder<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">If it isn’t the leaves<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that fall to the ground<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">but only their ghosts. </span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQo7LZkGYJ7HGspSFnHSaBi0LVpaswl7Hw9DNAGIP6Eksn6R_ZMsTMIqA0nsLrxQeDMNFNKUI9F6dm3OcC08YfORPmfwkxLUS7OghG6lXYIXSMXpI4jlaXwVbzZMaoZuTtcW4lIDHbPtdYGljeWtV6_hWe3rLdJX9pOBs9za2xSOC5ujXsW_GByYE8/s4000/poem_blackberry_20220907_180546%5B1%5D.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQo7LZkGYJ7HGspSFnHSaBi0LVpaswl7Hw9DNAGIP6Eksn6R_ZMsTMIqA0nsLrxQeDMNFNKUI9F6dm3OcC08YfORPmfwkxLUS7OghG6lXYIXSMXpI4jlaXwVbzZMaoZuTtcW4lIDHbPtdYGljeWtV6_hWe3rLdJX9pOBs9za2xSOC5ujXsW_GByYE8/w480-h640/poem_blackberry_20220907_180546%5B1%5D.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></b></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b> </b><b>Surely it’s ageist</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to call them blackberries<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">when they spend as long<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">as redberries or green.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha-HHWBknwmukM8s35hNvA8UJQ6bNB48L0ufVwchI7uv0kPvkGYSsWBw-HP0Eub_pRakvt9-HLdsEZDSsFdFHnWAJ7n_vag4rcJhRfQLC_MLzcwXaGio3crNyP-AnSBUkNQ-pOCRtXEymE5AftFOiuZIzuNq56IBypHnsHL0C9PB7c5z_a2s3FEcHh/s3641/slug%20poem%2020221018_142638.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2570" data-original-width="3641" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha-HHWBknwmukM8s35hNvA8UJQ6bNB48L0ufVwchI7uv0kPvkGYSsWBw-HP0Eub_pRakvt9-HLdsEZDSsFdFHnWAJ7n_vag4rcJhRfQLC_MLzcwXaGio3crNyP-AnSBUkNQ-pOCRtXEymE5AftFOiuZIzuNq56IBypHnsHL0C9PB7c5z_a2s3FEcHh/w640-h452/slug%20poem%2020221018_142638.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><br /></span></b></p>I don’t know why</span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">Slidey
the Slug<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">is
crossing the Alps of our garden steps.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">The
scavenging’s no better on the other side. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJYEradC3qdBTUVId08mlsEmTKQy6b8b23xMNpANifej5Nwrgv-VUdO6R2gkrJQ6wk_BuYefZhovd2ENjKOD2klq3vnSiSJtNqVG0JfiCCr_Y_J4g9yotLzRbdUwayNg98eLzvh9RgbIKRILYC1Mpw2em74UWsY5u3mtn9_n4MM3vkAlvBLcn4PwVb/s1986/leaf%20poem%2020221015_114419.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1986" data-original-width="1986" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJYEradC3qdBTUVId08mlsEmTKQy6b8b23xMNpANifej5Nwrgv-VUdO6R2gkrJQ6wk_BuYefZhovd2ENjKOD2klq3vnSiSJtNqVG0JfiCCr_Y_J4g9yotLzRbdUwayNg98eLzvh9RgbIKRILYC1Mpw2em74UWsY5u3mtn9_n4MM3vkAlvBLcn4PwVb/w640-h640/leaf%20poem%2020221015_114419.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Five to six<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">by leaf clock:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">another day has almost passed<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">staring up from the down of the ground. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDVKRrcD_3B9OsGMp2SswLGsK2vXcQh94vbkasgPI_du-bc5kKso-1I0XtDWvH4FJ2gVyOjXEdCwmIxaFscJnL58i4Vkb2IEuMhxH4eY4sxG1fSfFk-GSQwyI8-jFKSaMBY8knAjAAabjIjPC0GzAcQw491h5lgNmUVmepYBCVhDI_fzpoV-th6rnK/s2288/berrry%20poem%2020221020_115941.jpg" style="font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2288" data-original-width="2288" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDVKRrcD_3B9OsGMp2SswLGsK2vXcQh94vbkasgPI_du-bc5kKso-1I0XtDWvH4FJ2gVyOjXEdCwmIxaFscJnL58i4Vkb2IEuMhxH4eY4sxG1fSfFk-GSQwyI8-jFKSaMBY8knAjAAabjIjPC0GzAcQw491h5lgNmUVmepYBCVhDI_fzpoV-th6rnK/w640-h640/berrry%20poem%2020221020_115941.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It’s not as grassy
as it seems<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">when berries land<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in Berryland<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">because the contrast ratchets up the green.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglZkjrm1HnbpDbsAtfN5TRKlz0RH2yX8oWj_e4UUDXpR3uBcGyQ94HmOGtKG9-jWIJXEaeZZHwQkiv8OM7JOAj8xMj21pETuCmzp1L26qyR4EHesvxyg8j0wOim6kseWV0ww-1FdX-QImyjwrFk0IFRlktAgnlVK6-0PyLLu7CYrCWeBd0yXmtJCCZ/s2497/concat%20poem%2020221020_115244.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2497" data-original-width="2497" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglZkjrm1HnbpDbsAtfN5TRKlz0RH2yX8oWj_e4UUDXpR3uBcGyQ94HmOGtKG9-jWIJXEaeZZHwQkiv8OM7JOAj8xMj21pETuCmzp1L26qyR4EHesvxyg8j0wOim6kseWV0ww-1FdX-QImyjwrFk0IFRlktAgnlVK6-0PyLLu7CYrCWeBd0yXmtJCCZ/w640-h640/concat%20poem%2020221020_115244.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">You may call it <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">a pavement<b> </b>concatenation. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I call it more a disconnect <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that tells of failed coordination. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwUuYByg9Mh0YG7uyNbSUe4Ar2m263KtVi0fOF3L3hCvs2EljRGN3oJuGBiiVzm_gKwglD0opUwyjbm05qYdDVrriX20jErqHXjUfHzveGoAGQQ6CsE8jbYPBUFBGqYqLiogFo_7CCWcstmVuscriyLiyVq39FCFhc9Nh-Z3wxKQBiI1ZOt6WM6WIM/s4000/wall%2020220706_121116.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwUuYByg9Mh0YG7uyNbSUe4Ar2m263KtVi0fOF3L3hCvs2EljRGN3oJuGBiiVzm_gKwglD0opUwyjbm05qYdDVrriX20jErqHXjUfHzveGoAGQQ6CsE8jbYPBUFBGqYqLiogFo_7CCWcstmVuscriyLiyVq39FCFhc9Nh-Z3wxKQBiI1ZOt6WM6WIM/w480-h640/wall%2020220706_121116.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">That’s the spirit<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I admire:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">a plant that gets right on with being<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">up against the wall.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7S9aVbSZrDe7b1k-NDSpc3YnAEgGEWJ1KB6IXh7Wld_JhIQBWKNnzLC6uHDuziw5kFDGQ38PStzkgv6GVvG4Lz1yM4mKOeU20RURSR64aliFucVAFHKj-ig3lqT_Xxr0TCBO9XAW5cOOv6DkJ8wnc25Nl74Mq-gTGv4Ac1fR2k8kPhEsA6cgaXI7v/s1585/poss%20mat3%2020221022_165912.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1585" data-original-width="1189" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7S9aVbSZrDe7b1k-NDSpc3YnAEgGEWJ1KB6IXh7Wld_JhIQBWKNnzLC6uHDuziw5kFDGQ38PStzkgv6GVvG4Lz1yM4mKOeU20RURSR64aliFucVAFHKj-ig3lqT_Xxr0TCBO9XAW5cOOv6DkJ8wnc25Nl74Mq-gTGv4Ac1fR2k8kPhEsA6cgaXI7v/w480-h640/poss%20mat3%2020221022_165912.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">From floor to
ground<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Is almost seamless,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">especially if some leaves<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">have been blown in.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7zs7C0tLI-nE12GemlMVsCPAXSk4yFq7s08ZWyrAdJRbHvcyp1u-HEfVs9qcNh00vN9FcHMfY78y5BC5seIaAGXBpFoHxp440RAG8yY-oeF2SG7Xqtrb7Lgm9XsDsGZTuoiNtZ0ccG6G_7FaCPHCvZKgDoK4rtPlkzIerExAG4csLMjEeBZ8-5n1W/s2689/poss%20feather%20cone%2020221022_111944.jpg" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2689" data-original-width="2673" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7zs7C0tLI-nE12GemlMVsCPAXSk4yFq7s08ZWyrAdJRbHvcyp1u-HEfVs9qcNh00vN9FcHMfY78y5BC5seIaAGXBpFoHxp440RAG8yY-oeF2SG7Xqtrb7Lgm9XsDsGZTuoiNtZ0ccG6G_7FaCPHCvZKgDoK4rtPlkzIerExAG4csLMjEeBZ8-5n1W/w636-h640/poss%20feather%20cone%2020221022_111944.jpg" width="636" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Some joker <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">must have popped a feather <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">into the top of this cone.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Maybe it was me.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpnao1XzX61Vvt115kT6rov5zYojjaRM9igwHflL8dqCdwdfTDxkU7L29TYBLzop8Q3OBzDF2gt_pvCV1-On1taQqRKdH_2QxwvzFOmOpklrBs8Z4F0-Rdj2i4X1uZeHYsg1rkSN8c9ax2AibhdLbzxc2K5zt1gudX6Z8bl_lPqJeqttuCNNiv2EKA/s4000/poss%20dew%20leaf%2020221022_111713.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpnao1XzX61Vvt115kT6rov5zYojjaRM9igwHflL8dqCdwdfTDxkU7L29TYBLzop8Q3OBzDF2gt_pvCV1-On1taQqRKdH_2QxwvzFOmOpklrBs8Z4F0-Rdj2i4X1uZeHYsg1rkSN8c9ax2AibhdLbzxc2K5zt1gudX6Z8bl_lPqJeqttuCNNiv2EKA/w480-h640/poss%20dew%20leaf%2020221022_111713.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">This jewelled leaf <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">would be worth a fortune<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">if only it could be fixed as is <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">and turned into a brooch. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgualT8N5fho7r6YTk0bWXgQpeE6ocrIBFn41pzO5g9DX5VBX7eN1e2pdU5NAEL1Z4CwfLryxMB11juwkNVm6ELnwBtZMAS1hGTLLzfQfDqMbIIgH1Q2AXwrQ_woz4eKUHx9Z4JT_W7smolbNOSJmCM1AzBCovaprgTMSpm2go9qTITLR2ffqqZB5Ru/s3693/poss%20puddle%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2355" data-original-width="3693" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgualT8N5fho7r6YTk0bWXgQpeE6ocrIBFn41pzO5g9DX5VBX7eN1e2pdU5NAEL1Z4CwfLryxMB11juwkNVm6ELnwBtZMAS1hGTLLzfQfDqMbIIgH1Q2AXwrQ_woz4eKUHx9Z4JT_W7smolbNOSJmCM1AzBCovaprgTMSpm2go9qTITLR2ffqqZB5Ru/w640-h408/poss%20puddle%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What’s the point<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of cracks in the road<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">if water doesn’t use them <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to drain away?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvoyOr9aBGS4MPx54wawODyxA0yvLq1dKtoz_o895oLZZyjy63PYFDhiZNLQufb0--gszOQ85uVhpL2Nq1iHFOsSHeBA7_WpdM1QC2FKu9tkx5hAGNJZK8jp5IS5jpaTqOh5u-x7XE-vdbNAtS6kFdo9AvkuCYRzk48TrV5PmdsYc_PsBnvAAc0L2e/s4000/funghi%20poss%2020221021_114624.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvoyOr9aBGS4MPx54wawODyxA0yvLq1dKtoz_o895oLZZyjy63PYFDhiZNLQufb0--gszOQ85uVhpL2Nq1iHFOsSHeBA7_WpdM1QC2FKu9tkx5hAGNJZK8jp5IS5jpaTqOh5u-x7XE-vdbNAtS6kFdo9AvkuCYRzk48TrV5PmdsYc_PsBnvAAc0L2e/w480-h640/funghi%20poss%2020221021_114624.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></b></div><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">At least a hundred
mushrooms <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in a clump:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">hardly worth a mention<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">up against the full extent of what we cannot see.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikIJ5D4Jr5IXugKFL5W1swGAjBdN-LJfrvmOZ-iSOb9XuUFEOIEf5xmbEFi8UX1dDZCCZaL0LfeSY6iElMU_rjuar-5pAHuFt2-kH9C2nLsfR36X2ba6rx1CATHGKGiTCP-Msd_oHus8doJA_vaF127-iDARXy7GldxUA3qFH5LnLjrKGaOHiN5qei/s1593/poss%20puddle%20cl%2020221021_114707.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1452" data-original-width="1593" height="584" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikIJ5D4Jr5IXugKFL5W1swGAjBdN-LJfrvmOZ-iSOb9XuUFEOIEf5xmbEFi8UX1dDZCCZaL0LfeSY6iElMU_rjuar-5pAHuFt2-kH9C2nLsfR36X2ba6rx1CATHGKGiTCP-Msd_oHus8doJA_vaF127-iDARXy7GldxUA3qFH5LnLjrKGaOHiN5qei/w640-h584/poss%20puddle%20cl%2020221021_114707.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Do they remember<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the air, the breeze, the sense of community,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">how being wet was just a staging post to dryness?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">You’re going to tell me not…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBLBeOvMRf4iR7L6HlIWWDi-G4C_X3PccmoXbYUJn7ReafRIYtPf1KabG8YjZV1_PCICfgukmw4BvgjYcTQbbyLukZ3WMNcHUv_zB2XZLCH1RX2eQPU8hPI0HGO2kRStQkvj_AIhVTbZbF8qvWRjFsjRCl-qkufLaxLC8Gr7AHl4oBZOP1LsMLoW-I/s1850/holly%20poem%2020221027_153837.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1850" data-original-width="1850" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBLBeOvMRf4iR7L6HlIWWDi-G4C_X3PccmoXbYUJn7ReafRIYtPf1KabG8YjZV1_PCICfgukmw4BvgjYcTQbbyLukZ3WMNcHUv_zB2XZLCH1RX2eQPU8hPI0HGO2kRStQkvj_AIhVTbZbF8qvWRjFsjRCl-qkufLaxLC8Gr7AHl4oBZOP1LsMLoW-I/w640-h640/holly%20poem%2020221027_153837.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Commerce and climate<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">keep getting earlier:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">it's scarcely October and already the trees<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">are revelling in Christmas decorations.</span></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ceanDXSD8Jc5U7D1zR6NPjEexRQg0EY0f1eqouMonWqy1JvovkSaCXlAqJdLaEn7oVRUsIJscNQ8IQTf9bCxL8xMB-cE1JMlzLs00bUzbTj9xHafZXSAsja5ONBMhMEoDwLHbAH9h9Oz1S35zcUwWcerh_jfC7k8MGz-PqrlKYVkGu9j0sR5QBSj/s4000/poss%20bracken%2020221022_112257.jpg" style="font-size: large; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ceanDXSD8Jc5U7D1zR6NPjEexRQg0EY0f1eqouMonWqy1JvovkSaCXlAqJdLaEn7oVRUsIJscNQ8IQTf9bCxL8xMB-cE1JMlzLs00bUzbTj9xHafZXSAsja5ONBMhMEoDwLHbAH9h9Oz1S35zcUwWcerh_jfC7k8MGz-PqrlKYVkGu9j0sR5QBSj/w640-h480/poss%20bracken%2020221022_112257.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>How boring</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">bracken is in summer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">only becomes apparent<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">in the autumn.</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxvJ1U0_r3efCYkK_Im7rNNRoOqk-j0PNcRIXYCM5UaXu2StSVG867oLJWgPc39X_TiJP5_YcUWIouoeuwggv2e4fO67CDr-GbWSuuWsbXFM2EFpT5VATgdBQTdYnYckgMpx1udrGWMZvo3Gundmv6pM-jHgMc8QODW61ZMkhbzhGl7nkbXgkp2pOH/s4000/20221027_154212.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxvJ1U0_r3efCYkK_Im7rNNRoOqk-j0PNcRIXYCM5UaXu2StSVG867oLJWgPc39X_TiJP5_YcUWIouoeuwggv2e4fO67CDr-GbWSuuWsbXFM2EFpT5VATgdBQTdYnYckgMpx1udrGWMZvo3Gundmv6pM-jHgMc8QODW61ZMkhbzhGl7nkbXgkp2pOH/w480-h640/20221027_154212.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Cut grass meets blown leaves?</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Seems
wrong to me...<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I do wish
the seasons <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">would make
up their minds!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKDMPq-Wwk3_bVGr__ja-Ku_ThzmfLRboVwONT07nGSnXRorYrl3rgLhyR9COc8O6_RPvGmveF9x7M-Y3rbMDtL--RLifEn7oNiHRKKyfgvdXk9Q96EYO5mEM4_cZUF7CeSiysLOyG8Sgo9qYtlE2x3uSS4MJWNaSbqSFvqkkkTMIHXkQYcmnya7gU/s4000/poem%20works%2020221024_114250.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKDMPq-Wwk3_bVGr__ja-Ku_ThzmfLRboVwONT07nGSnXRorYrl3rgLhyR9COc8O6_RPvGmveF9x7M-Y3rbMDtL--RLifEn7oNiHRKKyfgvdXk9Q96EYO5mEM4_cZUF7CeSiysLOyG8Sgo9qYtlE2x3uSS4MJWNaSbqSFvqkkkTMIHXkQYcmnya7gU/w640-h480/poem%20works%2020221024_114250.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">My theory is<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that all roadworks strive for the ideal state<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in which there is nothing to be done -</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">meaning no finish can ever occur.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiauwqSoFv3NzKeNLq0kUkGLRCjidIwSfvQW2MyuPiHkQpoYf0E6Ov57AzDEemxvRTXuVq0G4b842Z0-vGmsE8rL8pe93LxScCWiOW1JL-GqLRYLqZwNfQDFmA43-44pg5g3fGCd437UUNJRmo5AcgM2UsyIid9lN1bMcaayCEQDDPVM_-vlfH9tNjt/s2660/drown%2020221027_155644.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2660" data-original-width="2660" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiauwqSoFv3NzKeNLq0kUkGLRCjidIwSfvQW2MyuPiHkQpoYf0E6Ov57AzDEemxvRTXuVq0G4b842Z0-vGmsE8rL8pe93LxScCWiOW1JL-GqLRYLqZwNfQDFmA43-44pg5g3fGCd437UUNJRmo5AcgM2UsyIid9lN1bMcaayCEQDDPVM_-vlfH9tNjt/w640-h640/drown%2020221027_155644.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The tragedy is<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that a leaf
can drown <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in almost no
water<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">like a
person stunned in their bath.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh61XdIPMBgDWxCOcVNju78VbDF4e91GTYVGQGjCT4gzGLCzaimtRbh4j43TbiUt9NOmCHMsMQOtrS71KdKjR4-ZdT52b38vWju7uUf9epzpDbQzhIKJpvW15GQYRhJ9sI6Tkbf6oYVHzl2464Q6ZOYsfgq2r2gW9tCzK9uH0qOeRadR3bSmkMAyB0_/s4000/primitive%20poem%2020221106_145157.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh61XdIPMBgDWxCOcVNju78VbDF4e91GTYVGQGjCT4gzGLCzaimtRbh4j43TbiUt9NOmCHMsMQOtrS71KdKjR4-ZdT52b38vWju7uUf9epzpDbQzhIKJpvW15GQYRhJ9sI6Tkbf6oYVHzl2464Q6ZOYsfgq2r2gW9tCzK9uH0qOeRadR3bSmkMAyB0_/w640-h480/primitive%20poem%2020221106_145157.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></b></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /> </b></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Just how primitive can you get?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">Never mind Conan after ten pints,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">the horse tail’s type was at its most prevalent<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">500m years ago. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> </b><span style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white;"><i>(</i>Equisetum</span><span style="background: white; font-style: italic;"> is a '</span><span style="background: white; font-style: italic;">living fossil'</span><span style="background: white; font-style: italic;">, the only living genus of the entire </span><span style="background: white; font-style: italic;">subclass</span><span style="background: white; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="background: white;">Equisetidae</span><span style="background: white; font-style: italic;">, which for over 100 million years was much more diverse and dominated the </span><span style="background: white; font-style: italic;">understorey</span><span style="background: white; font-style: italic;"> of late </span><span style="background: white; font-style: italic;">Paleozoic</span></span><span style="background: white;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><i> forests) </i></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn5IelSA0Tr1cFCvMnkwBC_xQj_Hovch1fVt01AwX0k3_dv9kNsuAHRpeG2kniOM5DK5br3Gye3XxNupyArq9mO-BQc45N20EVI_YXqRHuqwRpvTJnvtYNzBnJbHdVivKU52drID_8QDItdQn3FKuAj8dyh6TSiHaRpBgmblbMjNmGVztana-khkIG/s4000/puddle%20poem%2020221106_113704.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn5IelSA0Tr1cFCvMnkwBC_xQj_Hovch1fVt01AwX0k3_dv9kNsuAHRpeG2kniOM5DK5br3Gye3XxNupyArq9mO-BQc45N20EVI_YXqRHuqwRpvTJnvtYNzBnJbHdVivKU52drID_8QDItdQn3FKuAj8dyh6TSiHaRpBgmblbMjNmGVztana-khkIG/w480-h640/puddle%20poem%2020221106_113704.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></b></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /> </b></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">This must be<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">an important puddle:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">few are judged of sufficient note<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">to be pointed out by their very own arrow.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #202122; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #202122; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvwERLj1HZqYBSf-aaBHcyQyIcEs3Afj2VnDSkckPv4jm87cs7c4KQPhIlRAV8bjs_4NWHMY-bTUvFiC9T8q4TCfxj7cYUekdCCHxImMXM8IhxOH1fDZtuo_khd6JfCMbmTOi8mJFpgljp76pZXLdqoX65MQyf6foLHdvab3N4f0j3R5uSglHW3rqG/s4000/exit%20poem%2020221106_113621.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvwERLj1HZqYBSf-aaBHcyQyIcEs3Afj2VnDSkckPv4jm87cs7c4KQPhIlRAV8bjs_4NWHMY-bTUvFiC9T8q4TCfxj7cYUekdCCHxImMXM8IhxOH1fDZtuo_khd6JfCMbmTOi8mJFpgljp76pZXLdqoX65MQyf6foLHdvab3N4f0j3R5uSglHW3rqG/w640-h480/exit%20poem%2020221106_113621.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #202122; font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">X marks the spot<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">of a tarmac cross-out<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">that hints at the other way<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">out of the hospital.<b> </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjufXzIo4AdTmbblkA7J5G2CxMhfU7AoyHGmPfK3G0f6_uESolmHoeetyqn3WYZEwOVKEUvdZMRso7DepoYnMT1vSFanPgFDrasX7RXqHGNlAbW0hWmC99ax4ClXGgCVFwXT3AT2ba0o37f9LvoeKISHEYpoJyZ2kWDBHhh5Rz7m3XJJLPvWW-FhDMs/s3222/cut%20poem%2020221105_134939.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3222" data-original-width="2894" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjufXzIo4AdTmbblkA7J5G2CxMhfU7AoyHGmPfK3G0f6_uESolmHoeetyqn3WYZEwOVKEUvdZMRso7DepoYnMT1vSFanPgFDrasX7RXqHGNlAbW0hWmC99ax4ClXGgCVFwXT3AT2ba0o37f9LvoeKISHEYpoJyZ2kWDBHhh5Rz7m3XJJLPvWW-FhDMs/w574-h640/cut%20poem%2020221105_134939.jpg" width="574" /></span></a></b></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">So what<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">if I'll grow back? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">Would you like your limbs<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">to be cropped like hair?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p> </o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK3H1sREuMZUxmkAMM3VTFGYWjyZRcN-kJO5ODriCcMabAkW-JN81htcGGelqdRbhnUNyGzBVEglc3aTqYG96zKFPwWrnv1dH2RtmKEC3uOqjsKmcR1dp8KOY5V8UAtAzxR_sCqGTOx2k0vqt5-0-wgN5y_JswX18cpx2FESinDLcEjy_8PadCpVfZ/s997/poss%20road%2020221109_122221.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="997" data-original-width="989" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK3H1sREuMZUxmkAMM3VTFGYWjyZRcN-kJO5ODriCcMabAkW-JN81htcGGelqdRbhnUNyGzBVEglc3aTqYG96zKFPwWrnv1dH2RtmKEC3uOqjsKmcR1dp8KOY5V8UAtAzxR_sCqGTOx2k0vqt5-0-wgN5y_JswX18cpx2FESinDLcEjy_8PadCpVfZ/w634-h640/poss%20road%2020221109_122221.jpg" width="634" /></a></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></b></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Of course I'm astonished<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that simply by driving over the pavement<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the sum of cars can replicate<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the network of local roads.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>(the leaves represent the parish church (upper left), the shops (right) and the primary school (lower left))</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoIiC6mUZLxEEOVeDUX1xH3sG0luh2kjicq3uI3VMT6eVoSEqHx3E8GFgVi1QCqO3Hpkl7VWGxHcthzrYPLHTOOFEX8z5ajGFLQKy4SXSG0ZPSxiuugAqJVLVmhl-htrBSKtrPSHZPW6_44Z188XM-0BOh9aTk-2Yf8q7MyCMyw2d1zfHLXIgV5KAt/s1437/20221109_122036.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1305" data-original-width="1437" height="582" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoIiC6mUZLxEEOVeDUX1xH3sG0luh2kjicq3uI3VMT6eVoSEqHx3E8GFgVi1QCqO3Hpkl7VWGxHcthzrYPLHTOOFEX8z5ajGFLQKy4SXSG0ZPSxiuugAqJVLVmhl-htrBSKtrPSHZPW6_44Z188XM-0BOh9aTk-2Yf8q7MyCMyw2d1zfHLXIgV5KAt/w640-h582/20221109_122036.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><i><br /></i></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Seen from
above<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">this dark leather glove<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">says nothing of love<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">though it may hint at darker things you can’t expect to rhyme. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Now raise your head... </span></i></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRhAAXrK_KdzSHQR8KU3t8Q_pq44I-d2rolDMSFSntQmg_HpEbWRzJqpNgvVtlArbdkDUfB5i7JEF6y7kui2FPCxzEs7TJmn8FV7UBxGXVvx-DvQfSyyjVJMlICNgGSduE5TTaFq4nAA_PcO1X_lFG9oGAcBm_Z2NOJ2ktOQ_uYqYizK8xA7yyPH8v/s4000/poss%20pine%2020221025_121439.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRhAAXrK_KdzSHQR8KU3t8Q_pq44I-d2rolDMSFSntQmg_HpEbWRzJqpNgvVtlArbdkDUfB5i7JEF6y7kui2FPCxzEs7TJmn8FV7UBxGXVvx-DvQfSyyjVJMlICNgGSduE5TTaFq4nAA_PcO1X_lFG9oGAcBm_Z2NOJ2ktOQ_uYqYizK8xA7yyPH8v/w640-h480/poss%20pine%2020221025_121439.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">We need a word<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Brigs?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">for the atrophied and twig-like<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">lower branches of the Scots Pine.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG3EczdpYpnm1Z3oCKk9zA3stPEVpEHi8D86rl7Ebu6bqz9iDdFySOtaVKEbxiaS_ad70mcmBx6lTBPEuKfCoOMGUdcWVJmMs7YSvoRUGomIu-NA-sp28nmDa8pFsX7ftdaHSZewX5DKfioSknZkGrpWLSBvZ5ZS_m4RmccU4GsJgciwjh37rHNgsX/s3691/train%20poss%2020221022_112311.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2588" data-original-width="3691" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG3EczdpYpnm1Z3oCKk9zA3stPEVpEHi8D86rl7Ebu6bqz9iDdFySOtaVKEbxiaS_ad70mcmBx6lTBPEuKfCoOMGUdcWVJmMs7YSvoRUGomIu-NA-sp28nmDa8pFsX7ftdaHSZewX5DKfioSknZkGrpWLSBvZ5ZS_m4RmccU4GsJgciwjh37rHNgsX/w640-h448/train%20poss%2020221022_112311.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></b></div><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The train is coming!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It's too late to wave<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">let alone cross…<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">How come it hasn’t moved?</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNqL4BAhSJjkZrCogiD4h0n4Tm-XsY3qq29Leaeng87x2EyF197qu6Rh4ksnadAphLxpRBoyMK-sxObg24R1RcDVsG_EWOsu5MN1V9_Clrbc1VbwgGq8kgi5Ou2R01CAEFu9syMUta_myUKxs2KSm0P7QuuXS666bl1hJfQ0fok8Y6CvOsKdSxN3kY/s3693/squash%20poem%2020221012_145907.jpg" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2053" data-original-width="3693" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNqL4BAhSJjkZrCogiD4h0n4Tm-XsY3qq29Leaeng87x2EyF197qu6Rh4ksnadAphLxpRBoyMK-sxObg24R1RcDVsG_EWOsu5MN1V9_Clrbc1VbwgGq8kgi5Ou2R01CAEFu9syMUta_myUKxs2KSm0P7QuuXS666bl1hJfQ0fok8Y6CvOsKdSxN3kY/w640-h356/squash%20poem%2020221012_145907.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></p></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Is this a still
life<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">vegetating on a tabletop<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">with no flowers or containers or objects or fruit –<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span>or just a pair of squashed together squashes? </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGG6_isxFYYFnc6hAtcenSPggIf9LX7YcEAM95zq9QyrkP8EYA7Ld1E5eNm2KZF7RtmDg_AKsTpbyJUFUpYu5qxFP8fUabZYuUsEk2hqTO8SMbmMZ02zJqvVMd9CR4j3wmV16CohhLBl9wHW6GT9Ime0AmLwDU0Fc0seYkFDXv94XFwNcBpwQsv042/s4000/poss%20mush%2020221030_102214.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGG6_isxFYYFnc6hAtcenSPggIf9LX7YcEAM95zq9QyrkP8EYA7Ld1E5eNm2KZF7RtmDg_AKsTpbyJUFUpYu5qxFP8fUabZYuUsEk2hqTO8SMbmMZ02zJqvVMd9CR4j3wmV16CohhLBl9wHW6GT9Ime0AmLwDU0Fc0seYkFDXv94XFwNcBpwQsv042/w480-h640/poss%20mush%2020221030_102214.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It is time to be
concrete <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">about mushrooms: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">oyster puffball edible dried cartoon magic cloud-shaped…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">concrete.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Shirley Warren,
Southampton)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> <br /></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5P57LvODSVdMUo9xpsKF5X8DepJIDob8BAiuuCvFeHa7TqfyFyWnKY04UAVwJJPT0PxxG5QtH0oN-VJHdolXwYgzBIKXvtSQ0FS1wXLv0k_tsOIKUqAL9sNeP-q-XJIbrsWqQ2Bn7BZcTI5L1d6JblYbDSR_eu9-eKMM85dn7MCATJ80JtkrnSafb/s1345/42%20poss%2020221030_103437.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1345" data-original-width="1345" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5P57LvODSVdMUo9xpsKF5X8DepJIDob8BAiuuCvFeHa7TqfyFyWnKY04UAVwJJPT0PxxG5QtH0oN-VJHdolXwYgzBIKXvtSQ0FS1wXLv0k_tsOIKUqAL9sNeP-q-XJIbrsWqQ2Bn7BZcTI5L1d6JblYbDSR_eu9-eKMM85dn7MCATJ80JtkrnSafb/w640-h640/42%20poss%2020221030_103437.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Who’d have guessed <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that the answer is 42?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">If not to <span color="windowtext" style="text-decoration-line: none;">the Ultimate Question
of Life, the Universe, and Everything</span>,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">then at least to the number of this house.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Shirley Warren,
Southampton)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga-UGqAd3L_SGbYK9QSFzs3Nog0Mr7kM6NiA7Ad5B_eao3PwHwTHWfMDVbqLqIbgAJK1NQX1gB1tsEEq_FybzzOaQWhArKRfLH9cMRt_NaPuTdaXctKPCNNiYX7GM7AAGLS0RLFRiWRM4U6P3KntiUBCeedLYL5wDT9YCNxaneTKhcSm8NVM0-wLcz/s4000/poss%20federer%2020221030_102511.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga-UGqAd3L_SGbYK9QSFzs3Nog0Mr7kM6NiA7Ad5B_eao3PwHwTHWfMDVbqLqIbgAJK1NQX1gB1tsEEq_FybzzOaQWhArKRfLH9cMRt_NaPuTdaXctKPCNNiYX7GM7AAGLS0RLFRiWRM4U6P3KntiUBCeedLYL5wDT9YCNxaneTKhcSm8NVM0-wLcz/w480-h640/poss%20federer%2020221030_102511.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Roger has only just
retired<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and already he isn't the GOAT around here.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">If only he’d played - like me, yet not too like -<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">his tennis in Southampton.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Southampton:
Roger Federer retired from professional tennis in September 2022, after a
career which arguably made him the Greatest Of All Time, or GOAT). <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj47jyZsNooA5UV-B7tVFmPK5N998Xqw3gO4OcbfiIDk4ZcFdteiAkWJmrZWrgxVitGz0VQyNNrwmb43wsuiTcSJ4cqSk_JaRpxy-gNEAIpgyRZnzFR4IzOowc6lXrp-OyFyUAXEOD_nZe4yNyVL0ZhogmfTJc4OM2w3lj_XE2PbjG4_SmuNpM2doKu/s3000/queue%20poem%2020221030_111251.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj47jyZsNooA5UV-B7tVFmPK5N998Xqw3gO4OcbfiIDk4ZcFdteiAkWJmrZWrgxVitGz0VQyNNrwmb43wsuiTcSJ4cqSk_JaRpxy-gNEAIpgyRZnzFR4IzOowc6lXrp-OyFyUAXEOD_nZe4yNyVL0ZhogmfTJc4OM2w3lj_XE2PbjG4_SmuNpM2doKu/w400-h400/queue%20poem%2020221030_111251.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">When spelling<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I'm inclined to add –<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in the absence of P’s –<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">mind your Q’s and use both U’s.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Redbridge,
Southampton)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCNskZQjCresTPTNHT9uZo9v266NuGjbVbZpBppP0aqXbQJUTTMhC6H4AOFDMVt44FthiIaS9rQSKaP2ZqzRc8z4VfI4u-vjmcS7KydTk-lalCaHokpsovuwzBkZC4hAV-B9QLOVf62AqaY9rKCtY1QDc7FTyo_iPbIEbP9TG1_8jpgYp8p-AAmnIG/s717/berry%20poem%20Screenshot%202022-11-08%20200215.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="484" data-original-width="717" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCNskZQjCresTPTNHT9uZo9v266NuGjbVbZpBppP0aqXbQJUTTMhC6H4AOFDMVt44FthiIaS9rQSKaP2ZqzRc8z4VfI4u-vjmcS7KydTk-lalCaHokpsovuwzBkZC4hAV-B9QLOVf62AqaY9rKCtY1QDc7FTyo_iPbIEbP9TG1_8jpgYp8p-AAmnIG/w640-h432/berry%20poem%20Screenshot%202022-11-08%20200215.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></i></div><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></i><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">You must
feel lucky…<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">While ivy’s inveigling is very much usual,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">the poke-through of berries <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">is exceedingly rare. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">(Of
course, the pyracantha berry poke-through is not literally possible - the stems must have grown through before the berries grew in situ.)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgerF518PtDWQYk9fk1WqGtYulCBl6K9-8puTE3ehrkSJjAsFWr-TZiV9NBwxQBUgMqaIglIFKBnY8Wo5TN9hf6WjYtbWUP8K8oZaNHSNUjbOjbAfz6I9IRTtkpNwPUOcoajLShxj-05CsOftnlhZrsNYyPImqcwVkLTS4FK46xKWWIhV1ymgTstCrI/s4000/20230108_145858%20poss%20hosp%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgerF518PtDWQYk9fk1WqGtYulCBl6K9-8puTE3ehrkSJjAsFWr-TZiV9NBwxQBUgMqaIglIFKBnY8Wo5TN9hf6WjYtbWUP8K8oZaNHSNUjbOjbAfz6I9IRTtkpNwPUOcoajLShxj-05CsOftnlhZrsNYyPImqcwVkLTS4FK46xKWWIhV1ymgTstCrI/w640-h480/20230108_145858%20poss%20hosp%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><i><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></i><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">I guess everyone
wonders<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">how many accidents occur each year <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">in the convenience of the hospital car park.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">So I 'm uninclined to ask...<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">(Southampton General
Hospital Car Park)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiupLLaZoYbYtxvvvtBN4NcSHaBT0D8T45jpwwSq2u0aTmEj0zI2e9soAr45BGgl7OO-k9VFob1kAC9g2el6_nVZqNKcr2RF24laHtVrzE8M4by7vAcBn86qP8wyllwFgkdhPiSfXSkK5CyXQWaPwjD-t16nJAX-pwcJ0ogxWz1WgMaFox0vx7r4NB7/s1857/screen%20poem%2020221106_123349.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1687" data-original-width="1857" height="582" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiupLLaZoYbYtxvvvtBN4NcSHaBT0D8T45jpwwSq2u0aTmEj0zI2e9soAr45BGgl7OO-k9VFob1kAC9g2el6_nVZqNKcr2RF24laHtVrzE8M4by7vAcBn86qP8wyllwFgkdhPiSfXSkK5CyXQWaPwjD-t16nJAX-pwcJ0ogxWz1WgMaFox0vx7r4NB7/w640-h582/screen%20poem%2020221106_123349.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">You know the
weather’s wet <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">when the trees begin to liquify <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">but not as wet<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">as when they float away…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">(through windscreen on M271, near Nursling)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjncLVL9T_vGDquIQWyA0d5VyAIzvBkJlTKJtL8KZXfADn9FbAQ5epxNxyNw2a1GUI4X241OhBxjjqJ6lNfVtuEgxiW1ID7Guf4Z7nuBbCpNK9Z7zVHPVyPM7xxm3RkM5aD2fasytzFdX7KTbTMLhXXCzLvm0H_hj5XvyKfdKgjb2NZvS5L_koovTLx/s3151/leaves%20poss%2020221107_155935.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3151" data-original-width="2899" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjncLVL9T_vGDquIQWyA0d5VyAIzvBkJlTKJtL8KZXfADn9FbAQ5epxNxyNw2a1GUI4X241OhBxjjqJ6lNfVtuEgxiW1ID7Guf4Z7nuBbCpNK9Z7zVHPVyPM7xxm3RkM5aD2fasytzFdX7KTbTMLhXXCzLvm0H_hj5XvyKfdKgjb2NZvS5L_koovTLx/w588-h640/leaves%20poss%2020221107_155935.jpg" width="588" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Here's where I take
issue <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">(at least beyond the summer that's no more) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">with prioritising flowers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">in the lexicon of colour.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiADs7LwA2F44wsmjA6_I6BKtBNpTRDxu82VLWhVYq7g-P1ochcNOgg6FgqzSb37Q9XCptImBwuV28WcfmrhKAfjwOIDEj9BZMCfjj2GDw4BJam3aVITNz0Ap2mdigcKIcl_cNYzWCz0whOknlhkHL6jEwNnrcxVF5QaBovHInmBRzwEADTze_ilhmj/s4000/20230214_134555%20spryed%20ivy%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiADs7LwA2F44wsmjA6_I6BKtBNpTRDxu82VLWhVYq7g-P1ochcNOgg6FgqzSb37Q9XCptImBwuV28WcfmrhKAfjwOIDEj9BZMCfjj2GDw4BJam3aVITNz0Ap2mdigcKIcl_cNYzWCz0whOknlhkHL6jEwNnrcxVF5QaBovHInmBRzwEADTze_ilhmj/w640-h480/20230214_134555%20spryed%20ivy%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">I'm not so easily
deceived <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">by a vandalistic spray of paint – <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">unless, of course, that previous photo <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">shows exactly that.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>(Totton)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtxGreuHsdbzqCLbFrnj6cFSQ6XSlUZsfZ0jqNfd2cwGKgRqOgC58lXMR3zf_0M31qRx92go9Q4PLTMFV7_n7h5dRUrm53ANEkPGYQHbfEhbfOEMalXmaQKkm3qxCFRPMPemahSyH9MWyd_Ko1C0MxULSkaSd-AdmthTHQONTwrE9gEodBFO5pd5E-/s3169/stop%20poem%2020221111_092355.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2377" data-original-width="3169" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtxGreuHsdbzqCLbFrnj6cFSQ6XSlUZsfZ0jqNfd2cwGKgRqOgC58lXMR3zf_0M31qRx92go9Q4PLTMFV7_n7h5dRUrm53ANEkPGYQHbfEhbfOEMalXmaQKkm3qxCFRPMPemahSyH9MWyd_Ko1C0MxULSkaSd-AdmthTHQONTwrE9gEodBFO5pd5E-/w640-h480/stop%20poem%2020221111_092355.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Is there a patron
saint <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of stopping? If not, the Vatican <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">should seek a candidate for canonisation: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">it’s so crucial to know when. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn22MZqdzJqaVztBUJpNwWoAxMg4MFiY4gCLVw489sTplY5Oi4mBHURXJ0gOvz0G_8vrEzEOBi6tJknurvkybxakLC-Dg9VrgjyY2iRW4EhgnCZ71whPHeDY8WM7pVr1vYcYZkPurLKsrOKzYBAL5qw5jPzLsCeWESf-xuNM_UKmAZ3L7Hiw9yEpGl/s540/pansy%20360_F_436105214_kq0zyevJPYrI6vbGeJmhVEVc11wKxBQX.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="540" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn22MZqdzJqaVztBUJpNwWoAxMg4MFiY4gCLVw489sTplY5Oi4mBHURXJ0gOvz0G_8vrEzEOBi6tJknurvkybxakLC-Dg9VrgjyY2iRW4EhgnCZ71whPHeDY8WM7pVr1vYcYZkPurLKsrOKzYBAL5qw5jPzLsCeWESf-xuNM_UKmAZ3L7Hiw9yEpGl/w640-h426/pansy%20360_F_436105214_kq0zyevJPYrI6vbGeJmhVEVc11wKxBQX.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Pansies
must be <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the politest of plants:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">they pay me unblinking attention and never –<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">even if I’m saying nothing – seek to interrupt. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi3XiXBBJZ7kOXviayCNauQvLThx0tDkLve1u3DiXUzz_T_eZcmizBn2nFpexM7W13-v6nr9jFWTPMIfJ5Uoop0nClHjvT9bvwlvTS1duSXkB-9VJiLRpHSzEhir2KinyUlgyQ_N_yom0QJi1QuYZJ-js-AeCoZSBtC0-h9noS5ZEN8tqakx70q690/s1276/zinnia%20Screenshot%202022-11-12%20073117.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1276" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi3XiXBBJZ7kOXviayCNauQvLThx0tDkLve1u3DiXUzz_T_eZcmizBn2nFpexM7W13-v6nr9jFWTPMIfJ5Uoop0nClHjvT9bvwlvTS1duSXkB-9VJiLRpHSzEhir2KinyUlgyQ_N_yom0QJi1QuYZJ-js-AeCoZSBtC0-h9noS5ZEN8tqakx70q690/w640-h428/zinnia%20Screenshot%202022-11-12%20073117.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Is it me?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Of course it is, but nonetheless… <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Is climate change making<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the zinnias sunnier?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAPIrVhRCY3NCWXad4kvESWrUqfBjoG4ynfPiuGLSPRHgSwvmz6zakZUpgRY_1FChUsO0RXcuhNTlEyBoL1G6mO4_ze0SdbIy-O2mOfgVLN09wPQtAFE-ubeNovs7Rcnz_I2p_8U3i0sdZnQGsSFIExk0GJKF-K7I1xdLz7scVHcUzRhD0Ks8s1cyD/s2188/sun%20death%20close%2020221025_102838.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2188" data-original-width="2188" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAPIrVhRCY3NCWXad4kvESWrUqfBjoG4ynfPiuGLSPRHgSwvmz6zakZUpgRY_1FChUsO0RXcuhNTlEyBoL1G6mO4_ze0SdbIy-O2mOfgVLN09wPQtAFE-ubeNovs7Rcnz_I2p_8U3i0sdZnQGsSFIExk0GJKF-K7I1xdLz7scVHcUzRhD0Ks8s1cyD/w640-h640/sun%20death%20close%2020221025_102838.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></b></div><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">The death
of the sun</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">will certainly deal <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">with global warming -<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">though not for five billion years or so.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">(Sunnyfields Farm, Southampton) </i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXTqukM7A40BLRGji2J1svGegARJy62_9ccNxCKBAdcr6yz6XDW1StNBH518uNpw3MsSP4I_0A6ndB993BzR0LWmP_Yf0-4CMSjwajvXEDJ24CXO3hv0xDl3553-uIVJUIU-7HyvIIsP1Fq-c7o2oMskCt3JN9Gwvw_ToHYvgt-zITiAaWtgjCvu9S/s718/pigeon%20poem%20Screenshot%202022-11-13%20085253.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="718" data-original-width="697" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXTqukM7A40BLRGji2J1svGegARJy62_9ccNxCKBAdcr6yz6XDW1StNBH518uNpw3MsSP4I_0A6ndB993BzR0LWmP_Yf0-4CMSjwajvXEDJ24CXO3hv0xDl3553-uIVJUIU-7HyvIIsP1Fq-c7o2oMskCt3JN9Gwvw_ToHYvgt-zITiAaWtgjCvu9S/w389-h400/pigeon%20poem%20Screenshot%202022-11-13%20085253.jpg" width="389" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">If only <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I could use my teeth <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">to scratch my back<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I don't think I'd be any better off.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">(Charing Cross,
London)</span><o:p></o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyLQzufndbE8RGsnlq0zPu1lWN8YsTtP9DG3YLLWTSS4uLCVmG_1PbZygMwu0o6MymC-BWKh3LfHXk-YcXk1TX5p1OduPnI0jBlzfn1d56GPgpKymNYqfcUYM6tTbSFjEZVMcjwkSCGWe4lO2p5gAh_LII7l8Hm4MXhI8-5TI9NX06sSX9x_pTTnhW/s3247/lamp%20poem%2020221114_163850.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3247" data-original-width="2435" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyLQzufndbE8RGsnlq0zPu1lWN8YsTtP9DG3YLLWTSS4uLCVmG_1PbZygMwu0o6MymC-BWKh3LfHXk-YcXk1TX5p1OduPnI0jBlzfn1d56GPgpKymNYqfcUYM6tTbSFjEZVMcjwkSCGWe4lO2p5gAh_LII7l8Hm4MXhI8-5TI9NX06sSX9x_pTTnhW/w480-h640/lamp%20poem%2020221114_163850.jpg" width="480" /></a></i></div><i><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">What’s the right time<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">to photograph a lamp-post?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Here’s my case <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">for 5.15 in mid-November.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><p class="MsoNormal"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-6vcdy0rwxzRiVm8_jutXqlvqYUW0Zpy4S9UiBkcdQsj36v8CJQjBHmfFL2DmyC8uUAKiOhWw4wADtssoqPUPrVju8US5Ve6IdcHzivU6DdWplkDKPzA-Mvoq-MNwvYbG77blBMYiQz47IDjxKUR58Nx6T2J6olWHL6UIZg7TtSU2-uwOkCwfj-B4/s4000/end%20poem%2020221111_092020.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-6vcdy0rwxzRiVm8_jutXqlvqYUW0Zpy4S9UiBkcdQsj36v8CJQjBHmfFL2DmyC8uUAKiOhWw4wADtssoqPUPrVju8US5Ve6IdcHzivU6DdWplkDKPzA-Mvoq-MNwvYbG77blBMYiQz47IDjxKUR58Nx6T2J6olWHL6UIZg7TtSU2-uwOkCwfj-B4/w640-h480/end%20poem%2020221111_092020.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">If you
believe <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">that these birds<b> </b>have
gathered for the end,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">then things are far worse than I’d thought – <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">whether with you or the world… <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGejR8ixUFI4Oqe71UxN41HFy-8vIqlzuNP68oKZMw8-QZw-gdtGJlWI9ajLOJs-RhHM34fOa3enX5a_TBbSOOTgZ29G5s5GBKv_przKzWPW02aE_WaMU-ZS-zO5LmCgGyQHwGm760b714uDpdqepjpnM2lc97vJv3N80pgZ38vUWx1hBdvIHN_ubS/s4000/squirrel%20gone%20poem%2020221111_141233.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGejR8ixUFI4Oqe71UxN41HFy-8vIqlzuNP68oKZMw8-QZw-gdtGJlWI9ajLOJs-RhHM34fOa3enX5a_TBbSOOTgZ29G5s5GBKv_przKzWPW02aE_WaMU-ZS-zO5LmCgGyQHwGm760b714uDpdqepjpnM2lc97vJv3N80pgZ38vUWx1hBdvIHN_ubS/w480-h640/squirrel%20gone%20poem%2020221111_141233.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /> </span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p> </o:p><b>I would
say</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">‘spot the squirrel’ but <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- No, wait! – Yes, there! – Oh no. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I think it may have gone.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwC9OMD69tNA_r9phJzwF9MGf_CNWnfLA3AP2KDbx1GdqqRdcBzMoqvkyLmSqkOK3SPMVvLD6FFjVBIItYwOrbIjn-xfqerlh1W1yP0qvKPQ10K4aF50BFHYBrl-LaHpH6oIVaifK2UkiAk8roBZ58SaDIyA5FvVbdk5_3G5SWymPQyUj6gRanHLB2/s4000/20230209_150207%20magpie%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwC9OMD69tNA_r9phJzwF9MGf_CNWnfLA3AP2KDbx1GdqqRdcBzMoqvkyLmSqkOK3SPMVvLD6FFjVBIItYwOrbIjn-xfqerlh1W1yP0qvKPQ10K4aF50BFHYBrl-LaHpH6oIVaifK2UkiAk8roBZ58SaDIyA5FvVbdk5_3G5SWymPQyUj6gRanHLB2/w480-h640/20230209_150207%20magpie%20poem.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Unlike, perhaps, the
squirrel <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">the magpie is there top left,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">hiding its red-eyed stare </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">behind a branch.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqGsuvWHsJ7mGPKKPJqL8qHqLi2YglrtRulu422TZp2zRm_kmAUPr6J5HqfeqiNZdocU1wszPMmNc52BPO4PEkjmfIcAW8vbG5aPTlmaDjf3ffKJrVkcsG85kgw0CC2mP3dnmLCKnrum0SiY6q4v8uA5BmPTcdFe7mi9zNb0Obcb6k50FqkVcFs9a8/s3443/parking%20contra%20poem%2020221113_113102.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2582" data-original-width="3443" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqGsuvWHsJ7mGPKKPJqL8qHqLi2YglrtRulu422TZp2zRm_kmAUPr6J5HqfeqiNZdocU1wszPMmNc52BPO4PEkjmfIcAW8vbG5aPTlmaDjf3ffKJrVkcsG85kgw0CC2mP3dnmLCKnrum0SiY6q4v8uA5BmPTcdFe7mi9zNb0Obcb6k50FqkVcFs9a8/w640-h480/parking%20contra%20poem%2020221113_113102.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p> </o:p><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">All very different… </span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">theory and practice, request and compliance <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">justice and vengeance, loss and adjustment,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">footsteps and tyre tracks, sausage and mash</span>...<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZUblA-nS-951xP_tub-B9Bj_uKgk1HotjEJEFhqMQXMvntl7VruVs7KuvVpYvFYAIOCm4W18YYOQ6hcQfXONtQrgSKj5JEorUeP9hox88wukGnBIR1Ene-cKTu1xy00UaJPPhRaEmEPoEgW-MzI8rdCNxQkC_qrriaPfLJWMNJh3iRhQqhtHhF1F1/s640/falling%20c68aa53decb3327fc494e1b8bb10f65b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="425" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZUblA-nS-951xP_tub-B9Bj_uKgk1HotjEJEFhqMQXMvntl7VruVs7KuvVpYvFYAIOCm4W18YYOQ6hcQfXONtQrgSKj5JEorUeP9hox88wukGnBIR1Ene-cKTu1xy00UaJPPhRaEmEPoEgW-MzI8rdCNxQkC_qrriaPfLJWMNJh3iRhQqhtHhF1F1/w426-h640/falling%20c68aa53decb3327fc494e1b8bb10f65b.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">How nice<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">to be launched by nature,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">descend without effort<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">and land with no hint of a crash!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcKySfitT-klbkv_gOOaWofzDwuwXxcXJF1xU7SkAeYA1AEOu2890S3VYTXz0KP8NQgWX2fpf_pUnRYC_B3jqMwvduiVFN5mw6nI5mBlVMm8eEW12xDUpd_5aQlEPhPs_EwJgGONzGRH__B6ZjBfs02LYnCDei4i7a4-N-as47mUgqrxxq7XdcqwCY/s4000/sign%20poem%2020221118_151310.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcKySfitT-klbkv_gOOaWofzDwuwXxcXJF1xU7SkAeYA1AEOu2890S3VYTXz0KP8NQgWX2fpf_pUnRYC_B3jqMwvduiVFN5mw6nI5mBlVMm8eEW12xDUpd_5aQlEPhPs_EwJgGONzGRH__B6ZjBfs02LYnCDei4i7a4-N-as47mUgqrxxq7XdcqwCY/w480-h640/sign%20poem%2020221118_151310.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">White on white? <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">T<span style="font-family: inherit;">he man who made <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">the Cannon Street sign <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">has probably been fired.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">(Lymington) </span></i></p><br />
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH--O2WzdfBEsN1EnNtKsWgu1vBirYfvvdIz-hBp3szkzYPav8CBIMcsczy6Oms5-5gbwkOP_CmRhVgDm2Q8ZYLG7XOfcEBAZioGjhfWEZ3gzyQ1iQF1HKs2IBrCTbZIIl2eTNNcB7oV8OQGTggZ1_s85meboZeQMhIjULeRo6PzBJ72zbpqePQOix/s2496/20221118_144025.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1872" data-original-width="2496" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH--O2WzdfBEsN1EnNtKsWgu1vBirYfvvdIz-hBp3szkzYPav8CBIMcsczy6Oms5-5gbwkOP_CmRhVgDm2Q8ZYLG7XOfcEBAZioGjhfWEZ3gzyQ1iQF1HKs2IBrCTbZIIl2eTNNcB7oV8OQGTggZ1_s85meboZeQMhIjULeRo6PzBJ72zbpqePQOix/w640-h480/20221118_144025.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">If I were a window <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I wouldn't want </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">to be stuck down there<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">as if I were a dresser or a drain. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><o:p><span> </span></o:p></b><i>(Lymington) </i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwQ7qKm0WaAOH-QmOcMm0TazUYK8dnC6UD6TYFF-Yn0dck-rHsf_MvoxQRqqKd7_eFkU8fBoQi20uWv7yJaC_yBnQ5STPEYIqzC72D3BmK6Im0x5OR5tVnoJuB1ZwCKBmIIUbUgxZfHKmQMucMQjlVfNrnHrxbizOfDwNiF4fzWtR9d4t7HVU2ji_K/s4000/poss%2020221118_143137.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwQ7qKm0WaAOH-QmOcMm0TazUYK8dnC6UD6TYFF-Yn0dck-rHsf_MvoxQRqqKd7_eFkU8fBoQi20uWv7yJaC_yBnQ5STPEYIqzC72D3BmK6Im0x5OR5tVnoJuB1ZwCKBmIIUbUgxZfHKmQMucMQjlVfNrnHrxbizOfDwNiF4fzWtR9d4t7HVU2ji_K/w480-h640/poss%2020221118_143137.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Trees have
rings <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">not fingerprints - <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">but whatever used to hug this wall <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">would be hard-pressed to deny it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><o:p><span> </span></o:p></b><i>(Lymington) </i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXr2vqCEdxwylm_TcWDvgZdoSFE2vMmxV_8Bn09TArnf-U0de2t6VAPr4DXNoTL9YXs_ybacyt4Csbz2R0NMu2yF89o79gRc4gssLR2T6W3Q5Lnt_JF8lCCEMj9p8yQwQ5-1yaeFVJU-yXEljZu3gp7WAFqnc0hRjls0tdynC8lb8vHLZcqLvemVtO/s4000/poss%20pony%2020221117_104651.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXr2vqCEdxwylm_TcWDvgZdoSFE2vMmxV_8Bn09TArnf-U0de2t6VAPr4DXNoTL9YXs_ybacyt4Csbz2R0NMu2yF89o79gRc4gssLR2T6W3Q5Lnt_JF8lCCEMj9p8yQwQ5-1yaeFVJU-yXEljZu3gp7WAFqnc0hRjls0tdynC8lb8vHLZcqLvemVtO/w640-h480/poss%20pony%2020221117_104651.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Why do people <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">make such a fuss? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">All you need to be happy <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">is grass and a little sunlight.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Lyndhurst)</i></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz3Jei5b_2wvo6R9BbdlHSuQeRgLWAzNPDtQPxkhlNfyX_ecKUxKHAGqi_tR5-jFZJ6GWF5opYZKDhpBPmg3BD9WHJV6jFLOsCVb68kcEYNToQ3H5dq4OIzqbx5rCX0Mkd5mWINbrbQL64lb4_xXTCGxz_Jypdn7jQge35OnLWSi0vFr0VhV-8fr6w/s4000/20221117_104738.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz3Jei5b_2wvo6R9BbdlHSuQeRgLWAzNPDtQPxkhlNfyX_ecKUxKHAGqi_tR5-jFZJ6GWF5opYZKDhpBPmg3BD9WHJV6jFLOsCVb68kcEYNToQ3H5dq4OIzqbx5rCX0Mkd5mWINbrbQL64lb4_xXTCGxz_Jypdn7jQge35OnLWSi0vFr0VhV-8fr6w/w640-h480/20221117_104738.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Never mind<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">the slew of low level<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">prohibitions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Can you shoot them?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Lyndhurst)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDkXGHyjqqHHJ4fHbAkqrtVEYAy-Xf2PxGUdSfU5yTt9YqcgksF0NxcgkLBLzZxFvAr4e5SRRiO54Xy7K7eQ3PVDbkj9D3aq4EtBTTf5ozMWU6RROXkxisigGxwuaTBKCaD8aGINN6XrNtnNu8nkQoSmt87s7mKa9ahnnN-exXXk7jSqz3cLZ00_v1/s3099/poss%20diamond%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span><img border="0" data-original-height="3099" data-original-width="2324" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDkXGHyjqqHHJ4fHbAkqrtVEYAy-Xf2PxGUdSfU5yTt9YqcgksF0NxcgkLBLzZxFvAr4e5SRRiO54Xy7K7eQ3PVDbkj9D3aq4EtBTTf5ozMWU6RROXkxisigGxwuaTBKCaD8aGINN6XrNtnNu8nkQoSmt87s7mKa9ahnnN-exXXk7jSqz3cLZ00_v1/w480-h640/poss%20diamond%20.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">When the diamond's
done <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">your love concludes, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">just as it was launched,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">but in reverse.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Lyndhurst - the black diamond on yellow indicates an emergency diversion route, so that's what's ending. There again, I suppose some relationships are emergency diversions.)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK1alc_LDi8RRZvPK9dVIBNhvlezlorLFS6AT1AW4lJV9eCw28ugWC53bLPEgtEhjAYT93SpWFl5TMHuXKpoVMUfteujJ82O0bc2RkcrnfoYtUC-L0os-yfj_CNQuus2FnyVZ-g84WqiaJ8M066IWodjFWpf92oBJtRDHF-xpGy2CI8kffjVAOlwAm/s4000/orange%2020221118_143902.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK1alc_LDi8RRZvPK9dVIBNhvlezlorLFS6AT1AW4lJV9eCw28ugWC53bLPEgtEhjAYT93SpWFl5TMHuXKpoVMUfteujJ82O0bc2RkcrnfoYtUC-L0os-yfj_CNQuus2FnyVZ-g84WqiaJ8M066IWodjFWpf92oBJtRDHF-xpGy2CI8kffjVAOlwAm/w640-h480/orange%2020221118_143902.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Bricks aren’t
orange</span></b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Same
as hearts aren’t red <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and
moods aren’t blue.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #202124; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Pyrocantha is </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">orange.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">(Lymington)</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4T9DnAwjz3nPmGPr4kOCQD9ygJ5FAp6fIHI5sA6_rvilr10ahfkINjSRjDnsQWh4JD-dE5kY-fS78dWIpqGSvECjhg_qliL-jRXDJD2yklg41M5k5Y50Ual8MwMUiR1u-VpOiWR00XAtnhxxTDMFrLPkQIaUSVufIKwS2gWTSm67x5gVi_adG0c1X/s4000/drain%20poem%2020221113_162622.jpg" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4T9DnAwjz3nPmGPr4kOCQD9ygJ5FAp6fIHI5sA6_rvilr10ahfkINjSRjDnsQWh4JD-dE5kY-fS78dWIpqGSvECjhg_qliL-jRXDJD2yklg41M5k5Y50Ual8MwMUiR1u-VpOiWR00XAtnhxxTDMFrLPkQIaUSVufIKwS2gWTSm67x5gVi_adG0c1X/w480-h640/drain%20poem%2020221113_162622.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">The seasons persist<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">in the ancient ritual<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">of draining the leaves<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">from the trees.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdPXC3JdP6T5MKqSBg6cjH-JXzFgqC3Eg05laKC8AKPLkQxSkUz3h7SWMe-jAylwaX94E2dF29XrxZWLTLszI9nveXdVcE2iuS76Toy_zp0qjprpIDGG5F9q1Bs5d155f9Eqjlq8eDXHWAROzVB76BB0WpqLPdAQrJAPcRc_dlS2Rg1OlIZB8KqAmr/s3708/20221129_120141%20bench%20poem.jpg" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2781" data-original-width="3708" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdPXC3JdP6T5MKqSBg6cjH-JXzFgqC3Eg05laKC8AKPLkQxSkUz3h7SWMe-jAylwaX94E2dF29XrxZWLTLszI9nveXdVcE2iuS76Toy_zp0qjprpIDGG5F9q1Bs5d155f9Eqjlq8eDXHWAROzVB76BB0WpqLPdAQrJAPcRc_dlS2Rg1OlIZB8KqAmr/w640-h480/20221129_120141%20bench%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span><b style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;">‘Leave it out!’</span></span></b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I want to say, ‘why take my bench</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">when I’m not even sure </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">what it means for you to sit down?’</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii8Kdtko1wf8BPFONhZrl-IZnJgNX1bUADiYHpi8eNS7lbJBqsKx8Y9u1I4wIja2v4EM0vk8hmOGkVueOITYsH3UhzmOWQPy5tgHRZ_LQLmlgcPSXliwtRNrNDSrt5p52pHBxbo9MzUYTIr9RyHhDbSGq7ZApF2Rts1QxzEegvp2X9c6RNJweAcdaz/s3577/acorns.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3577" data-original-width="2564" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii8Kdtko1wf8BPFONhZrl-IZnJgNX1bUADiYHpi8eNS7lbJBqsKx8Y9u1I4wIja2v4EM0vk8hmOGkVueOITYsH3UhzmOWQPy5tgHRZ_LQLmlgcPSXliwtRNrNDSrt5p52pHBxbo9MzUYTIr9RyHhDbSGq7ZApF2Rts1QxzEegvp2X9c6RNJweAcdaz/w458-h640/acorns.jpg" width="458" /></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">The acorns
are ready<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">to hop into their cups,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">so spring must be coming –<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">though not for a while…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5oeryj4KnFqGW6eTyJOOMIHjfnCOTMMe6odOT-ieydF25aR7cNRzNwSwDtoVWhgujdzHfRLkGBICJUkTYND1PKSJBkwiB6XICia8KQmpHay1c-Owmo0SrQ_SH2S6_faYTiQSlivkJSaWaiDmSFXe74jliowGOVe3d-3HkQu6uMgqrIvv4E17QypH9/s3354/20221114_114639.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span><img border="0" data-original-height="3354" data-original-width="2516" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5oeryj4KnFqGW6eTyJOOMIHjfnCOTMMe6odOT-ieydF25aR7cNRzNwSwDtoVWhgujdzHfRLkGBICJUkTYND1PKSJBkwiB6XICia8KQmpHay1c-Owmo0SrQ_SH2S6_faYTiQSlivkJSaWaiDmSFXe74jliowGOVe3d-3HkQu6uMgqrIvv4E17QypH9/w480-h640/20221114_114639.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">There are
no cars <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">on the forest<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So what is the function <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">of traffic lights?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh24supWjRVBcKBrrFvYPdONphkunXMJ7Sht4jPFG1FnkKlIQ2Qr8Iw-ZS7YoGn-qx7OOtih7OT9wRxVXEsTzMKD5tsuR8dsWNf_VkkzSNZ4E0IREM8WADZxZe3MEQ2dEtzifESHGh6o1uoxaAkvsqmjfpxeTD-JNQs3g_Po7hrHkNO0XtF2EJY5ZVx/s4000/20221123_114335.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh24supWjRVBcKBrrFvYPdONphkunXMJ7Sht4jPFG1FnkKlIQ2Qr8Iw-ZS7YoGn-qx7OOtih7OT9wRxVXEsTzMKD5tsuR8dsWNf_VkkzSNZ4E0IREM8WADZxZe3MEQ2dEtzifESHGh6o1uoxaAkvsqmjfpxeTD-JNQs3g_Po7hrHkNO0XtF2EJY5ZVx/w640-h480/20221123_114335.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">It took <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">bloody hours <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">to arrange these leaves <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">into such a natural formation. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbZYKWol6qZmzFeah_RQt3_2W8owGpd1DAMcykwu_PP12XLoJUECmu4vDhKPjTPbjnl1LidPW-Gui4SMZ5-ILsdm1gLfT6WGpoXS-PColbc5M6GqrgKIBqtZO41-Jh7nKoDy8nfSsymOK2HpZUEhO8w3tmpTeOcY5OpDv63E4xRw45BeJIq4pbNrIL/s2566/20221223_151833%20ivy%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2566" data-original-width="2566" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbZYKWol6qZmzFeah_RQt3_2W8owGpd1DAMcykwu_PP12XLoJUECmu4vDhKPjTPbjnl1LidPW-Gui4SMZ5-ILsdm1gLfT6WGpoXS-PColbc5M6GqrgKIBqtZO41-Jh7nKoDy8nfSsymOK2HpZUEhO8w3tmpTeOcY5OpDv63E4xRw45BeJIq4pbNrIL/w640-h640/20221223_151833%20ivy%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></b></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>In Roman times</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">IV ivy leaves<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">were considered a portent of sufficient power</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">to offset the fact that I just made it up.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">(Though ivy does play a part in Ancient Roman myth, being associated with Bacchus, god of wine and sex, who used the former to inebriate to acceptance, the latter to bind for the longer term)</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPbSi0KEIR4Ou53Jru_6bWoriZTnG_p6uGJAQqphnN5hBRHOzWrUNMZBQyLdxrFEB777KzqDTrp2cFETziiVPbpAobWAzf8a4pS85gcykCFTYsAoGN7B7yKzz_8Ca7ENr1pwgz7lD4ve0Hx10AxMjn2HdjnJ1tIg2WcpSxrkjc0_Sqqn_rdFOE8A0i/s4000/twigs%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPbSi0KEIR4Ou53Jru_6bWoriZTnG_p6uGJAQqphnN5hBRHOzWrUNMZBQyLdxrFEB777KzqDTrp2cFETziiVPbpAobWAzf8a4pS85gcykCFTYsAoGN7B7yKzz_8Ca7ENr1pwgz7lD4ve0Hx10AxMjn2HdjnJ1tIg2WcpSxrkjc0_Sqqn_rdFOE8A0i/w640-h480/twigs%202.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>This is as straight as it gets</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">for twigs<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">trying to stay on the right side<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">of the laws of nature.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibSaGeDCD-iXidaXbNSUXyejJFCnl08-6p3tK_h-zgXTfbRbqkTrVU-HZMizomLVjeLo1jVTsl8o2v_Q-r_0nU7qe0LWD4j2B27M_X_N9Nw8ND9b8hiaXV3vqPsBTrJsPco6eRgbI7QXUo1EfklYA7tGG11VUrmhfyDEtTcu7FLlQzKHhItg_eYvxh/s3612/leaves%20poss2%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2525" data-original-width="3612" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibSaGeDCD-iXidaXbNSUXyejJFCnl08-6p3tK_h-zgXTfbRbqkTrVU-HZMizomLVjeLo1jVTsl8o2v_Q-r_0nU7qe0LWD4j2B27M_X_N9Nw8ND9b8hiaXV3vqPsBTrJsPco6eRgbI7QXUo1EfklYA7tGG11VUrmhfyDEtTcu7FLlQzKHhItg_eYvxh/w640-h448/leaves%20poss2%20.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Who'd have thought
leaves<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">apparently so driven by whim,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">would take any notice <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">of the markings on the road?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0-mvFVgEPyER_vesJRqVH5d6HcfYB6qXSXL_ex1a8c_PUu5OXBLOxdOky9M0DagQcHWxYKHf7xpehzTcYI_WiSJOQ79x5IVSpTHQSPcwwFb2biTxPZ-2XXEFufIlT5LNeGTImEXu1psDYyOn07U_yYwcQT1h887t0HZ9ZwhfLdPM_Tu51otNnu4YU/s2838/cones%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2838" data-original-width="2838" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0-mvFVgEPyER_vesJRqVH5d6HcfYB6qXSXL_ex1a8c_PUu5OXBLOxdOky9M0DagQcHWxYKHf7xpehzTcYI_WiSJOQ79x5IVSpTHQSPcwwFb2biTxPZ-2XXEFufIlT5LNeGTImEXu1psDYyOn07U_yYwcQT1h887t0HZ9ZwhfLdPM_Tu51otNnu4YU/w640-h640/cones%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>I’<span style="font-family: inherit;">m no doctor<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">but I’m fairly sure<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">that shitting cones<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">must mean you’re very ill.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgmVrSwkTYzyfVZ7GbziwbsaE9lskMRI0eSdYqzH2U5YuKiDKQNicxXJg97t-SzVJR4UP6zQ51DjLwLckWRqpYrEN7306W_6Bml54D4k-OE7thgdD3slUmSvocEg_dTBg3M9m4ZH5Lk8mShOMEXD4W0FiinwRZ23jLC33dapDFs7WMeIqjLmBTiDUa/s2975/leaf%20clock%2020221126_105453.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2975" data-original-width="2940" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgmVrSwkTYzyfVZ7GbziwbsaE9lskMRI0eSdYqzH2U5YuKiDKQNicxXJg97t-SzVJR4UP6zQ51DjLwLckWRqpYrEN7306W_6Bml54D4k-OE7thgdD3slUmSvocEg_dTBg3M9m4ZH5Lk8mShOMEXD4W0FiinwRZ23jLC33dapDFs7WMeIqjLmBTiDUa/w632-h640/leaf%20clock%2020221126_105453.jpg" width="632" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">How many hours<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">does a leaf-clock have?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In autumn, at least,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">it doesn’t appear to be twelve.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Camberwell, London)</i></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiVFCv--uWMFOxuomwWFp38X8UL5ZND-jZxnCD7mxN3Cu2hQgJAnotA96gAqkh7CKsOWi1nD_EmBgU9pWU4GGYCz1p9mKuxlIrsBZ74Ck1RKZ4veJo6DsrdnWgiuEEcxx5T0dTpyGM0ncEeV_cc8lijj2afjIYBEwpjufFNjBIJvKZuAZInISUUDcE/s2228/lichen%20poss%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2228" data-original-width="2228" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiVFCv--uWMFOxuomwWFp38X8UL5ZND-jZxnCD7mxN3Cu2hQgJAnotA96gAqkh7CKsOWi1nD_EmBgU9pWU4GGYCz1p9mKuxlIrsBZ74Ck1RKZ4veJo6DsrdnWgiuEEcxx5T0dTpyGM0ncEeV_cc8lijj2afjIYBEwpjufFNjBIJvKZuAZInISUUDcE/w640-h640/lichen%20poss%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><i><br /></i></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Lichen snow</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">is here again<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">its mystery quickened<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">by how rarely I’ve seen it fall.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif5n-3vBvQXm58jY3fctk7XeM9vrt5wvev_3No3P3F-tPg_0Bkxn6tVYcz4W8ZuWheU3-8a6XenfctN_wgVOyCgC5Ff4jbTU6wg1Vpe8wXN3-pgQVotA657cEXbcY0DWAWj-MsgfnargRlrOjBvtp7wysi-l8evweDuAbDtBlDrlvONYd2Ibx7zBmw/s4000/20221127_150732%20berries%20leaves%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif5n-3vBvQXm58jY3fctk7XeM9vrt5wvev_3No3P3F-tPg_0Bkxn6tVYcz4W8ZuWheU3-8a6XenfctN_wgVOyCgC5Ff4jbTU6wg1Vpe8wXN3-pgQVotA657cEXbcY0DWAWj-MsgfnargRlrOjBvtp7wysi-l8evweDuAbDtBlDrlvONYd2Ibx7zBmw/w480-h640/20221127_150732%20berries%20leaves%20.jpg" width="480" /></a></div></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div></span><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">I like it that nature<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">is full of surprises <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">how often do you see this:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">brown leaves and berries?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Southampton)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0000ee; text-decoration-line: underline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghVfHcGCxFWEniQZfWeE7fFF0-JNq6CRY8lkODNi_o6AWa20FmvC1oONLcsiQzsnVL2wrAvcq9q9T_T7e4fD6G6ua9v1RkG3k6MYJatsbJCg4_UNuBBRAoFBkkNA_PIowzSOiwUzqE3Ps9GiZcl--u6s4AzGnq6waP0lm-z49uW8mNO4CIWLBim4R0/s2282/worm%20question%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiRryJ3HLWeCd3UhTiSYijZu65Dx6MehFPCf8b_hXdlbxK5ePdOm_F58TxeCRyb3LXgJ7dum-7FACKOzELnEqt5K1hrq443yFgEOayexs92a7aN6p8JMbvo8uDOP4jpglsbMHECzwgA4k_yY1KYHW4Rbj0U3kCEuoasCyFCnRbAFQjqAaPRcG_GyrA/s2486/worm%2020221125_120717.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2486" data-original-width="1864" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiRryJ3HLWeCd3UhTiSYijZu65Dx6MehFPCf8b_hXdlbxK5ePdOm_F58TxeCRyb3LXgJ7dum-7FACKOzELnEqt5K1hrq443yFgEOayexs92a7aN6p8JMbvo8uDOP4jpglsbMHECzwgA4k_yY1KYHW4Rbj0U3kCEuoasCyFCnRbAFQjqAaPRcG_GyrA/w480-h640/worm%2020221125_120717.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0000ee; font-family: inherit;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">On the question of worms</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">all I can say is<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I don’t have the answer,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;">and neither – by the looks of it – do they.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK8VVtiCHgNLamw1zlGwTAdDhfH1aIb5eIt-B1bpJKS6NEiqQQ_Wx4zf94lwtozUG-ebt9xiMQ2RuvxkJsN12Cev3cm5v2546JkYrzQ5RriIDQhwLdBFfPHrNWJdsf4IFHktALfxwJnpXbkdlRAwIgKzHblVdQg5aGCTB8IFsOApRxZtwvBs5XU3lu/s4000/loo%20poem%2020221122_205653.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK8VVtiCHgNLamw1zlGwTAdDhfH1aIb5eIt-B1bpJKS6NEiqQQ_Wx4zf94lwtozUG-ebt9xiMQ2RuvxkJsN12Cev3cm5v2546JkYrzQ5RriIDQhwLdBFfPHrNWJdsf4IFHktALfxwJnpXbkdlRAwIgKzHblVdQg5aGCTB8IFsOApRxZtwvBs5XU3lu/w480-h640/loo%20poem%2020221122_205653.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">You'd have to be
blind <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">not to see that it's wet <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">and then <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">you wouldn't see the notice… <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Southampton Railway Station)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFikUZ-81ZeXwUZMI1HJsDh8Zt0TVMvOyFZDRbxq6ldE7B21Svhbb3HnzAmDZD0ob3h8LlGbJcbixYYK8XZhicyyjtoHZ2Vzckr0TsrrXq5UR0I0aK-yOwdblxogAAxxktTa-pO38fGONgUkFYorY7bstBcA77Fx5n1qkxb-OUdimKnvrYAUV1lAEb/s4000/wet%20sign%2020221126_101946.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFikUZ-81ZeXwUZMI1HJsDh8Zt0TVMvOyFZDRbxq6ldE7B21Svhbb3HnzAmDZD0ob3h8LlGbJcbixYYK8XZhicyyjtoHZ2Vzckr0TsrrXq5UR0I0aK-yOwdblxogAAxxktTa-pO38fGONgUkFYorY7bstBcA77Fx5n1qkxb-OUdimKnvrYAUV1lAEb/w480-h640/wet%20sign%2020221126_101946.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">That's more like it!</span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A wet floor so admirably dry<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I wouldn't have spotted it<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">without the notice.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Waterloo Railway Station, London) </i></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></o:p></b></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikYd-N6beOYzdithq00GtIKE3HhPGFdqE5GJNUKx4JHGDPDbTgXjGAVYpnFMNx5PFkY8-88CnX9dLLoIa21gj7GW8EWIPLMFsrwQfIE_Kxc6q_FuC3EKllEQVM16bcFUW_Wn7D9ibuQuVnIHaT8ykuiK6MLGwOKaKF1ZU1GAGVR6Bnd-uXZvUxDFFJ/s4000/strike%20poem%2020221125_121235.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikYd-N6beOYzdithq00GtIKE3HhPGFdqE5GJNUKx4JHGDPDbTgXjGAVYpnFMNx5PFkY8-88CnX9dLLoIa21gj7GW8EWIPLMFsrwQfIE_Kxc6q_FuC3EKllEQVM16bcFUW_Wn7D9ibuQuVnIHaT8ykuiK6MLGwOKaKF1ZU1GAGVR6Bnd-uXZvUxDFFJ/w480-h640/strike%20poem%2020221125_121235.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><b><span> </span></b></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Call
themselves Estate Agents?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">They didn’t put the sign up. They never answer <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">the phone. I’ve had no enquiries.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I’m not sure anyone works there at all…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></o:p></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw-Fv84Rqjq4bnQe8QDpJlBPzqlMO_8zGjlYi-qDQxtAbEtUoqQMLJx5Xfy7qQvb3ad3MQAJNEAN57x8hJf_yCVPMeMq_bl_JQ_gUk2HW-1PzRoGSVCvIIpSyI4AN0HFkucT1K9tkTuaZc1NXkbvcaU88mXlBqa1zuDJUqgh3XSK2Mtmpix6ODw3af/s1499/bottle%20poem%2020221119_130933.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1499" data-original-width="1483" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw-Fv84Rqjq4bnQe8QDpJlBPzqlMO_8zGjlYi-qDQxtAbEtUoqQMLJx5Xfy7qQvb3ad3MQAJNEAN57x8hJf_yCVPMeMq_bl_JQ_gUk2HW-1PzRoGSVCvIIpSyI4AN0HFkucT1K9tkTuaZc1NXkbvcaU88mXlBqa1zuDJUqgh3XSK2Mtmpix6ODw3af/w634-h640/bottle%20poem%2020221119_130933.jpg" width="634" /></a></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Is this a
case<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">of cause and effect? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Not that these
bottles hit the glass,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">but that those hitting the bottle may have done so.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Holborn, London) </i></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXQI9DQg3AhZOysHYZi7-yC7ugKAUDQX3uvrhxdNgndWAzDz9VZbUkD2FRXy8d2layBeAoj1WnTjPg6EyzY_mHD7KIT8bMmUZvWqcoH0-TDL6E5qHZGXxn6Jsu8LKyBOzZjph9Utn9pW4-EPl4fvfEDkf7et9Cana1K7kd6gJCelcgHahXVjt3bIVH/s4000/poss%20moon%2020221116_122748.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXQI9DQg3AhZOysHYZi7-yC7ugKAUDQX3uvrhxdNgndWAzDz9VZbUkD2FRXy8d2layBeAoj1WnTjPg6EyzY_mHD7KIT8bMmUZvWqcoH0-TDL6E5qHZGXxn6Jsu8LKyBOzZjph9Utn9pW4-EPl4fvfEDkf7et9Cana1K7kd6gJCelcgHahXVjt3bIVH/w480-h640/poss%20moon%2020221116_122748.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">The moon <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">of the playground<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">rises in the east<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">with a halo of grass.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">(rubberised playground surface to cushion falls)</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtm06QMqiPSr0Am7bNbOVt3Dci8q_l-HFShyxxU2wuLxSpOvJii-7OdshwI-xTvJ8Xeo3_42B1b4QJlOBoCal9W652MVf2DnRCohZmLDTVkmiNq4rrAST_4d1z8F5PC05WNkEkS22SHJu48Bjup2OLCLljWmbmKMnQRXlI1ReUJxgBS6L9FIlI64y8/s2148/20221126_141635.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2148" data-original-width="1539" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtm06QMqiPSr0Am7bNbOVt3Dci8q_l-HFShyxxU2wuLxSpOvJii-7OdshwI-xTvJ8Xeo3_42B1b4QJlOBoCal9W652MVf2DnRCohZmLDTVkmiNq4rrAST_4d1z8F5PC05WNkEkS22SHJu48Bjup2OLCLljWmbmKMnQRXlI1ReUJxgBS6L9FIlI64y8/w458-h640/20221126_141635.jpg" width="458" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><i><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></i><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Why would you<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">re-lay the road <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">but board up the windows? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Maybe the image’s triangle corners can tell us...<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(South Bermondsey, London)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIU9vfIAzQ53d4V5q-9PgZ3o8cTUJ4G6Ek1w6sM1JPTr-IxXdpEJophOMyR67mlfq0Y8hzMz-90-JjLAJqUss7GuYD-Q3jLaf7bLehqoW3PLIvUbq6XXADcRJTr8hkvECLnZTAO-ACos1zRLobogKZYp0fveaxy5giGN3gK3oL-srsQkEmc0b8Y9UG/s3385/20221126_102154%20bike%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3385" data-original-width="2539" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIU9vfIAzQ53d4V5q-9PgZ3o8cTUJ4G6Ek1w6sM1JPTr-IxXdpEJophOMyR67mlfq0Y8hzMz-90-JjLAJqUss7GuYD-Q3jLaf7bLehqoW3PLIvUbq6XXADcRJTr8hkvECLnZTAO-ACos1zRLobogKZYp0fveaxy5giGN3gK3oL-srsQkEmc0b8Y9UG/w480-h640/20221126_102154%20bike%20poem.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Is this a bicycle?</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Or does a bike by
definition <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">have to have wheels?
In which case, <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">did the wheel thief
steal the bike?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><i style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><i style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">(Waterloo, London)</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBgB30mFgWICpGWQD5cL5-H8N7rH0yxSXijmKmoMUnKMpoTm9MOdPiH-oIbb2UeyRU5JShBME3g4BcPJjrWvzmjOLZHWbKmQlP-nGLbh9gKPE3oyIQsGr5fJTmi93s4aSCCZ2dLBE5CNeBZ4Ys2oWHq-iGsYqpsaqrUFgLXjuYzxv9nmEteNmAp1Xc/s3549/20221128_152259%20van%20opt.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2662" data-original-width="3549" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBgB30mFgWICpGWQD5cL5-H8N7rH0yxSXijmKmoMUnKMpoTm9MOdPiH-oIbb2UeyRU5JShBME3g4BcPJjrWvzmjOLZHWbKmQlP-nGLbh9gKPE3oyIQsGr5fJTmi93s4aSCCZ2dLBE5CNeBZ4Ys2oWHq-iGsYqpsaqrUFgLXjuYzxv9nmEteNmAp1Xc/w640-h480/20221128_152259%20van%20opt.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><i><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></i></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I doubt this is parked here</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It must be for sale -<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">in which case what I'd suggest<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">is giving it a polish.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Marchwood)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtWmobUOewdcO_cFE5hRE7AFg3hi6nVMuOXr8AlKB9EUt_YPE14WZE6IsZj2uQzbK12Rs_0ImgNq80J8lMrnyovMP197NGOSKoDGzHvarumKMd6lNFVL-i_FlPm6uVqrQXhAxvqA_CQ_mQpkrZAVYncBPC93k4eTfWvsO9LTfVG4V6uIcqAlKaPiSm/s4000/20221128_152309%20glass%20leaves.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtWmobUOewdcO_cFE5hRE7AFg3hi6nVMuOXr8AlKB9EUt_YPE14WZE6IsZj2uQzbK12Rs_0ImgNq80J8lMrnyovMP197NGOSKoDGzHvarumKMd6lNFVL-i_FlPm6uVqrQXhAxvqA_CQ_mQpkrZAVYncBPC93k4eTfWvsO9LTfVG4V6uIcqAlKaPiSm/w640-h480/20221128_152309%20glass%20leaves.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span> </span></div></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">What a shame<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">that the rarity of transparent leaves<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">should be diminished<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">by so much breakage.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Marchwood)</i></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1v4T-DV-kjfjwJzkq28VRDxfD2sZHx4wq94YFhoRlYu36DErS5PIdQWJ9FP4umSWMcoxyTbMOb_hbz78F556nkdSW15NocaA94eFYJS_aMZho8N_aDXRsUUQgT7ArmUCXgcqt7AIwVUq8A8hjFjfA5r6ZK3NugM3hSFU31m4JMF7DMHuZHAJV0_MS/s3304/20221127_082056%20puddle.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3304" data-original-width="2782" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1v4T-DV-kjfjwJzkq28VRDxfD2sZHx4wq94YFhoRlYu36DErS5PIdQWJ9FP4umSWMcoxyTbMOb_hbz78F556nkdSW15NocaA94eFYJS_aMZho8N_aDXRsUUQgT7ArmUCXgcqt7AIwVUq8A8hjFjfA5r6ZK3NugM3hSFU31m4JMF7DMHuZHAJV0_MS/w538-h640/20221127_082056%20puddle.jpg" width="538" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Proper puddles<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">should be muddy.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">If only they were big enough<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I'd like to call the clear ones 'pools'.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijZoASHFdHCBDNM0-je9ZQK2eW5cx1keIUA-CMgvg2eVwc2sVpVgLzzyXLrSf2e0gjUc-HN147vOt1CZOo0I9n0f_ovH_kBAEJp2HxwdHX0SOozvRTbUKolkCwVGHOIjIHW_Q_JgKHOyOqylykkUo2erE7Mg1YmxyOxTtG10xLMOQGqq4mjcbgt46i/s2958/20221130_114622%20leaf%20dance%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2958" data-original-width="2958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijZoASHFdHCBDNM0-je9ZQK2eW5cx1keIUA-CMgvg2eVwc2sVpVgLzzyXLrSf2e0gjUc-HN147vOt1CZOo0I9n0f_ovH_kBAEJp2HxwdHX0SOozvRTbUKolkCwVGHOIjIHW_Q_JgKHOyOqylykkUo2erE7Mg1YmxyOxTtG10xLMOQGqq4mjcbgt46i/w640-h640/20221130_114622%20leaf%20dance%20.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">When two leaves from different trees<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">dance as one in the unifying breeze<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I like to think that all their companions<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>are rustling in approval.</span><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4XZVPzM-qcdNrgVPAcHLNCiS2zZsr3qewPbef8Zqyngx7HWNMjTIOyVVsjpNtrjsOYlGra_q9qIVDMewGAcKtMvxJ8np_6w9peNB1olgyFgWZ7JyrTZw_Dtv5KTCL1RL3V7XLDlVxEqMlKjrA_dttdQp0xl6QFHJmTQFu7WSB4xvZ040zgNKEcW2t/s930/rushington%202%20Screenshot%202022-12-01%20172946.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="724" data-original-width="930" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4XZVPzM-qcdNrgVPAcHLNCiS2zZsr3qewPbef8Zqyngx7HWNMjTIOyVVsjpNtrjsOYlGra_q9qIVDMewGAcKtMvxJ8np_6w9peNB1olgyFgWZ7JyrTZw_Dtv5KTCL1RL3V7XLDlVxEqMlKjrA_dttdQp0xl6QFHJmTQFu7WSB4xvZ040zgNKEcW2t/w640-h498/rushington%202%20Screenshot%202022-12-01%20172946.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The gardeners of Rushington</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">have no truck<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">with the old way of plants.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">They take a more material approach.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p><o:p><span> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPfp3mtHAqSDtknq7JP578rJy3gSj_LQS9jZmOVkiNuQhRTvFZPlcSCidiw2mFWQSp_4KeYh8px5_vGAc3xDZkNaD-wY0Iz32P62Huq0YCAv-DmhYHncaOXRey1lEuMZof5c8rBL1r7QQL8z3O3ONVULf-_DwgEtC1wHesEJfplugN_xEh7rozJNAG/s922/Rushington%201%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="718" data-original-width="922" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPfp3mtHAqSDtknq7JP578rJy3gSj_LQS9jZmOVkiNuQhRTvFZPlcSCidiw2mFWQSp_4KeYh8px5_vGAc3xDZkNaD-wY0Iz32P62Huq0YCAv-DmhYHncaOXRey1lEuMZof5c8rBL1r7QQL8z3O3ONVULf-_DwgEtC1wHesEJfplugN_xEh7rozJNAG/w640-h498/Rushington%201%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sitting in the garden<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">is far from the point.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The gardeners of Rushington<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">are brutal to the core.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(considering that Rushington is just a few streets in West Totton, the proportion
of gardens given over to construction was remarkably high as of December 2022) </i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNJZtuTQzM05GboDSNIz_0KHIAsAGAl6dO78kz_Uga1pKE1S6eP1kVtO19SmsAT24m2gXL0AwMkDwJjlhW0Z4o0zNwfd71geDJIibBxFZYFGtl4cgrrH1ExVaJ3xfGvebGF88EAS9TaJL2zgMDggdQVLxDqNPOFpZByIkoLnhyZ8j9F5fcx9pQWjKC/s4000/20221127_082459%20tracks.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNJZtuTQzM05GboDSNIz_0KHIAsAGAl6dO78kz_Uga1pKE1S6eP1kVtO19SmsAT24m2gXL0AwMkDwJjlhW0Z4o0zNwfd71geDJIibBxFZYFGtl4cgrrH1ExVaJ3xfGvebGF88EAS9TaJL2zgMDggdQVLxDqNPOFpZByIkoLnhyZ8j9F5fcx9pQWjKC/w480-h640/20221127_082459%20tracks.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Fee-fi-fo-fum<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">something articulated<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">this way came.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">It must have been a giant!</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3LcIyqPnAdH0GzJJbC65qTbEXNqyvwuw66daSTHOXBkBS_333XBcymjc7W_d-pU4QJ-XJjysBbsGU-IDMN6WX-JcQv0pFc78BQ5PK3hWVLyXTBhFEAesfIrSQdIyORxlsSzYL5QHMORoRt10Fei9Ohugngnaat5zBz0AEXTmS55kOqGGipPFrtK5z/s883/islington%20trees%20Screenshot%202022-12-04%20071724.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="849" data-original-width="883" height="616" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3LcIyqPnAdH0GzJJbC65qTbEXNqyvwuw66daSTHOXBkBS_333XBcymjc7W_d-pU4QJ-XJjysBbsGU-IDMN6WX-JcQv0pFc78BQ5PK3hWVLyXTBhFEAesfIrSQdIyORxlsSzYL5QHMORoRt10Fei9Ohugngnaat5zBz0AEXTmS55kOqGGipPFrtK5z/w640-h616/islington%20trees%20Screenshot%202022-12-04%20071724.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">I know very little<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">about trunk to knot ratios<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">but suspect that the square root of some arboreal proportion or other<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">must be a limiting factor.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Islington)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7lon8do5uFoAyNxUZb-TdgVUHNGis1d9bXYM5oDd9eJ5paZI14GGm-T_XILwhDk19mK9Gha4Os1eyTo8qFmcGKM-x5ex7jy0MOA_3orls5s11iWJWaYcBTVCK2_TLoKqduSTAIA71QSxT0k--Jb13mBurUt6yK3BZdjgf1m6fl7yEEC0OOrWhmmBY/s4000/20221203_144831.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7lon8do5uFoAyNxUZb-TdgVUHNGis1d9bXYM5oDd9eJ5paZI14GGm-T_XILwhDk19mK9Gha4Os1eyTo8qFmcGKM-x5ex7jy0MOA_3orls5s11iWJWaYcBTVCK2_TLoKqduSTAIA71QSxT0k--Jb13mBurUt6yK3BZdjgf1m6fl7yEEC0OOrWhmmBY/w480-h640/20221203_144831.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Natural,
donated and gold…<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Having three types of leaf<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">should be enough for any potted bush<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>to move towards the status of a tree.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">(PostROOM, Islington)</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwRi33nuPGnjVUoH6joYGJ0uAgXxn5txmmdbUTkoRxto96Nnnv0Htvttmlquw38gClHSrUh-mEEAjBg4izJ6sdwyNdHVifb4TCjQbC7bNxt15au6DQhjG6Up9mZpDlaOi4BAzsVKPRFV3iHd-KEUH-oFIXgnVvOKZf0y7dhJDDcict99PfvByNJJhG/s4000/20221214_090630%20glove%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwRi33nuPGnjVUoH6joYGJ0uAgXxn5txmmdbUTkoRxto96Nnnv0Htvttmlquw38gClHSrUh-mEEAjBg4izJ6sdwyNdHVifb4TCjQbC7bNxt15au6DQhjG6Up9mZpDlaOi4BAzsVKPRFV3iHd-KEUH-oFIXgnVvOKZf0y7dhJDDcict99PfvByNJJhG/w480-h640/20221214_090630%20glove%20poem%20.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">If you
found a hedgehog glove<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">where would you display it<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">to maximise the owner’s chance <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">of picking it up through prickle-affinity? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Dibden Purlieu)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4kWsautVWczvTk2w1XbPwRDDaW3zH2qxm_7mLD4PHe0j56kg8DG_6CFxA88EuuLGc-elscQJkZeEZjZpyj4zkbYteM4SXrcDmFXHOp3GDq3Pcl8NB1XHWMvdu5iZD51UKYWzhMBxnlmJa2j3vCSWT101MyZ1803Fff9RFDR3v7ml1A4PeQ288EVr1/s3000/20221212_114736%20poss%20sluah.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4kWsautVWczvTk2w1XbPwRDDaW3zH2qxm_7mLD4PHe0j56kg8DG_6CFxA88EuuLGc-elscQJkZeEZjZpyj4zkbYteM4SXrcDmFXHOp3GDq3Pcl8NB1XHWMvdu5iZD51UKYWzhMBxnlmJa2j3vCSWT101MyZ1803Fff9RFDR3v7ml1A4PeQ288EVr1/w640-h640/20221212_114736%20poss%20sluah.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Fifty-odd<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Inuit words for snow?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We only need two,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">and the other one’s slush.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Charing Cross, London)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIZ0Cr8dZXlh0k0zkZ0rH_cAWsK0ySw3z11EtOes1kkq6CokLFt05Wv0y5UTufIEUnr5ZMwCglpnHIf9hS0cp1mdjlwgzKksH6YSxVsA-kZpmqj4tjAHoPW1qeqQlNOsbYIDe7G8tp4fmIscxKToN8r7eA16UUqhdaroYliYDQktKPzabqJImHf6rd/s910/Screenshot%20webs%202022-12-14%20202859.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="469" data-original-width="910" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIZ0Cr8dZXlh0k0zkZ0rH_cAWsK0ySw3z11EtOes1kkq6CokLFt05Wv0y5UTufIEUnr5ZMwCglpnHIf9hS0cp1mdjlwgzKksH6YSxVsA-kZpmqj4tjAHoPW1qeqQlNOsbYIDe7G8tp4fmIscxKToN8r7eA16UUqhdaroYliYDQktKPzabqJImHf6rd/w640-h330/Screenshot%20webs%202022-12-14%20202859.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Can someone please explain </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">how the minamalist <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">and maximalist<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">spiders catch their prey? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtZQTUd6DqpUpLQnFpdMY1rFRfbqKYPo8zDWzTmZ5EyqXHW94oedsOyBeydgZct4x7abJbRgVLv_wdcYuFrwQlRFqNiT8ibHdIidQqNoaBDat7HdLy6aRHv54lPyrUKBj7Tg7oGvNgtKS6W-KUa5HkOSwtlSF6t-ZHKcSs280508V5kUp31SW_KYTx/s2917/20221211_122906%20pos.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2917" data-original-width="2917" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtZQTUd6DqpUpLQnFpdMY1rFRfbqKYPo8zDWzTmZ5EyqXHW94oedsOyBeydgZct4x7abJbRgVLv_wdcYuFrwQlRFqNiT8ibHdIidQqNoaBDat7HdLy6aRHv54lPyrUKBj7Tg7oGvNgtKS6W-KUa5HkOSwtlSF6t-ZHKcSs280508V5kUp31SW_KYTx/w640-h640/20221211_122906%20pos.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><i><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></i><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Frost
reveals<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">to my surprise<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">how many spiders reckon flies<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">are likely to travel by bus.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGL01e5z1iBh8qB1dwCQmSL3tJK9r-2MEKDCaTztthIarJ3XtaSzwBuDiZIeKprGrVPSTYnPu9mC2SRMfYGuZfb-VYzTGHckmVyDdAlOKiXJ41GB1wR54YedUXMEGcaSXafMUVZWEWgTjJu8PMD6mx9_a5CV4r2KcJTyTGg2Z6miL1QJhDvh28Hb1F/s3623/20221211_122626%20poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3623" data-original-width="2962" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGL01e5z1iBh8qB1dwCQmSL3tJK9r-2MEKDCaTztthIarJ3XtaSzwBuDiZIeKprGrVPSTYnPu9mC2SRMfYGuZfb-VYzTGHckmVyDdAlOKiXJ41GB1wR54YedUXMEGcaSXafMUVZWEWgTjJu8PMD6mx9_a5CV4r2KcJTyTGg2Z6miL1QJhDvh28Hb1F/w524-h640/20221211_122626%20poss.jpg" width="524" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span> </span></div></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">This is
the sign <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">that our local Co-Op<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Is one of a chain owned by one man, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Meaning it isn’t a Co-Op. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span><span>Co-Op franchises
are actually run (by agreement, of course) by the Costcutter supermarket group,
not the Co-Op. The Co-Op, I suppose, is selling the feel-good factor associated
with the non-capitalist nature of its brand. That feels wrong, somehow, though
as the Co-Op gets income out of that, you could argue that the shops are
indirectly supporting the Co-Op and its values.</span></span></i><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk4b50H0cUwPXIukj8-sqDtZHEtohSW8QmpGbeibUDnw1XNLZSBUvrBKSRttZO06sUt4r70pVQiH1q2SJZls1yIy5mzSNpo5AP3xSL_T4yLwgs1W0jlx6EIyQC3YIZ5mw4UbC4nHVZhGN_EGTpSOE8E55y-fmxKgIwJlg8BWB99HsLFVqCSchEfgFq/s1071/grasses.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1071" data-original-width="1071" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk4b50H0cUwPXIukj8-sqDtZHEtohSW8QmpGbeibUDnw1XNLZSBUvrBKSRttZO06sUt4r70pVQiH1q2SJZls1yIy5mzSNpo5AP3xSL_T4yLwgs1W0jlx6EIyQC3YIZ5mw4UbC4nHVZhGN_EGTpSOE8E55y-fmxKgIwJlg8BWB99HsLFVqCSchEfgFq/w640-h640/grasses.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">If all grass were
metal <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">JCBs would take th<span>e place of cows,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">summer parks would be untenably hot<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>and Wimbledon would go thwack-clang-thwack.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><i style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLk-F4YPTS7NUbiJfUnJBBb1n-LvR6GQdmvDbD809Cz54NBogW61fZFXVgaj_LZ6xVgYGALnTmQdcRQT6LolgxF2pl-CmTyOvmO9AB953S0rbARABrsf58mDNnGS9Db44GS37A4O09sMnmbdTRsRNal3Co4gWpGKQ8C-U-eKToYPzb4Jb7MtCQZZRC/s1996/20221217_141924%20simian%20poss%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1996" data-original-width="1996" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLk-F4YPTS7NUbiJfUnJBBb1n-LvR6GQdmvDbD809Cz54NBogW61fZFXVgaj_LZ6xVgYGALnTmQdcRQT6LolgxF2pl-CmTyOvmO9AB953S0rbARABrsf58mDNnGS9Db44GS37A4O09sMnmbdTRsRNal3Co4gWpGKQ8C-U-eKToYPzb4Jb7MtCQZZRC/w640-h640/20221217_141924%20simian%20poss%20.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></i></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Out with the old entrenched assumptions<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Snow White was 60 when she woke<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Santa Claus may well be Simian <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">If God existed she would be a mother… </span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh57FTrEVwb5KBBUCbNTN3G7tsPvMl4aB3BWfvWBQPpR9xhFYOn91iMYpyAEQPISMpl3e2LGYlE6VpW9EbeUsYnKJ64HJdQtvH9ZLrkBkOZngtQCItizzWr6nWdoXz_iZUE5WXpmEtEExadJ2ly1JmMj6vrYMWcU8VwgY1oG2uX3N0vRkbrsmx72KtH/s4000/20221218_145608%20poss%20parking%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh57FTrEVwb5KBBUCbNTN3G7tsPvMl4aB3BWfvWBQPpR9xhFYOn91iMYpyAEQPISMpl3e2LGYlE6VpW9EbeUsYnKJ64HJdQtvH9ZLrkBkOZngtQCItizzWr6nWdoXz_iZUE5WXpmEtEExadJ2ly1JmMj6vrYMWcU8VwgY1oG2uX3N0vRkbrsmx72KtH/w480-h640/20221218_145608%20poss%20parking%20.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Here’s a
space!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">If only <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I were parking <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>a boat.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNvYswgXcpSCGclyiaSs6NvxyFEJsQtbrOfDznIELcJh5KeUBth2bkyBuK86q4O5KIN92yJqmBggR5IM7NE_fL3FA7X5R0dHtT6F-G7qF6g676pGmFW5U6a4HoM8C6yy1DtncsZc8eu3cSBjbKs5sLxBbnHXIWpFleqOFansvckhPpPcRRbQqBkHMA/s822/peep%20Screenshot%202022-12-29%20043158.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="817" data-original-width="822" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNvYswgXcpSCGclyiaSs6NvxyFEJsQtbrOfDznIELcJh5KeUBth2bkyBuK86q4O5KIN92yJqmBggR5IM7NE_fL3FA7X5R0dHtT6F-G7qF6g676pGmFW5U6a4HoM8C6yy1DtncsZc8eu3cSBjbKs5sLxBbnHXIWpFleqOFansvckhPpPcRRbQqBkHMA/w640-h636/peep%20Screenshot%202022-12-29%20043158.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">This being a December
spring</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">the plants are popping impolitely <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">up before the leaves <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">have had a proper chance to rot.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH09c0XkK0vQP_lXdNl5gzkPasjeNJDMun44AuG_00VXRC-G4uw_Os_KbTEUTGDoeu72l4ypvxjmAAPM1acKpendztHytrGeEmqAsFNqFeSZjSf2B4GdiVoJPs1W650rnQJbKDkQVBcweX5xYScx1dqEeb2owWsQjJkCQsGawGa4TthwW270vbuuw9/s4000/20221220_133628%20poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH09c0XkK0vQP_lXdNl5gzkPasjeNJDMun44AuG_00VXRC-G4uw_Os_KbTEUTGDoeu72l4ypvxjmAAPM1acKpendztHytrGeEmqAsFNqFeSZjSf2B4GdiVoJPs1W650rnQJbKDkQVBcweX5xYScx1dqEeb2owWsQjJkCQsGawGa4TthwW270vbuuw9/w480-h640/20221220_133628%20poss.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">The winter sun is low
and bright <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">upon the eye <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">but oddly shy <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">before the camera’s glare.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAuJaH5z80Az_lMg_L5vF4aoahr41gk2RQyFE5sr3mQ5oCzi04d6l5Mcc6dPSWa_9LQltHjd3LrntMdkPc8SuDsrx2XKHiwt1m5weVy79MiFWI3cUfae7r3TzZPZXmWdpx3Qr6FMcIH80eBUhbs19V5M-p2w-C4UImbmCJ7r3Ilnl1KIDVu_Ed93Jc/s4000/20221222_154442%20hanging%20garden%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAuJaH5z80Az_lMg_L5vF4aoahr41gk2RQyFE5sr3mQ5oCzi04d6l5Mcc6dPSWa_9LQltHjd3LrntMdkPc8SuDsrx2XKHiwt1m5weVy79MiFWI3cUfae7r3TzZPZXmWdpx3Qr6FMcIH80eBUhbs19V5M-p2w-C4UImbmCJ7r3Ilnl1KIDVu_Ed93Jc/w480-h640/20221222_154442%20hanging%20garden%20poem%20.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">I like the idea</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">of hanging the garden <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">wardrobe-style. Here, however,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">something has gone wrong.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Camden, London)</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKvTa24NafqoYyjy-_2IecJN7knp8w6_U7YpuwgFAoJtz4bqNeMa6Wm9diSb-DfyYCpG8RQ2cnVS2c1aV6nC82FTkrTugSm2vWSctbqU4sVzw7LMyBie48YEeEZDhFVeX_R5MCmRH6VGUK0lFqvBCnVQRYJ-Z2fPVMNZEM4xdnREaFNcz81isJMSu_/s4000/20221222_141037%20installation%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKvTa24NafqoYyjy-_2IecJN7knp8w6_U7YpuwgFAoJtz4bqNeMa6Wm9diSb-DfyYCpG8RQ2cnVS2c1aV6nC82FTkrTugSm2vWSctbqU4sVzw7LMyBie48YEeEZDhFVeX_R5MCmRH6VGUK0lFqvBCnVQRYJ-Z2fPVMNZEM4xdnREaFNcz81isJMSu_/w640-h480/20221222_141037%20installation%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">It's one thing <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">to exhibit a sculptural installation in the street,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">another to make sure the artist picks it up<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">should it fail to sell.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Finchley Road, London)</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p> </o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjStLJnFTMhO1q6I9zcmi6gui9_eWgjYMjbtxoBu5LETnetcGfGhCAC5VPA1KBCUgKnvrElxmGfQBE8evtlIQmz7vVdJMGsheR6uSVSCrvxeQVJ2QiwKd7MIXoan85griHIWqCCpKfZL8gqQF-YIeehOCb-jebwIGwRQxM6s8quhcfUxPQ1566v6hVw/s3345/20221222_122915%20swan%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2509" data-original-width="3345" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjStLJnFTMhO1q6I9zcmi6gui9_eWgjYMjbtxoBu5LETnetcGfGhCAC5VPA1KBCUgKnvrElxmGfQBE8evtlIQmz7vVdJMGsheR6uSVSCrvxeQVJ2QiwKd7MIXoan85griHIWqCCpKfZL8gqQF-YIeehOCb-jebwIGwRQxM6s8quhcfUxPQ1566v6hVw/w640-h480/20221222_122915%20swan%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Is it rude <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">to sit on a swan?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Nobody seems to...<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">perhaps they're afraid they'll fly off.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Piccadilly, London)</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p> </o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh78JJzfELINmgNeSLYb1mjhwq0kOrBiPV_fu9rR6z8fUh7iQ2Gn0ZTSt6NzoYN9o6ygj8srYrUoKXOZLwjjnzCDj7bjJ4Bb9LVZOp5aQdQi6A7MqdEByyRSO1QKoI1DSjmS4A1kIhdCBFeC0Jqyi4KVyxKI60LST6sIEMIt7ecYvG7S_iGMnaOxLlw/s2424/20221222_105040%20poss%20george%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2424" data-original-width="2424" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh78JJzfELINmgNeSLYb1mjhwq0kOrBiPV_fu9rR6z8fUh7iQ2Gn0ZTSt6NzoYN9o6ygj8srYrUoKXOZLwjjnzCDj7bjJ4Bb9LVZOp5aQdQi6A7MqdEByyRSO1QKoI1DSjmS4A1kIhdCBFeC0Jqyi4KVyxKI60LST6sIEMIt7ecYvG7S_iGMnaOxLlw/w640-h640/20221222_105040%20poss%20george%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Was George IV a bird
brain?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I wouldn’t rule it out in person<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">and it’s certainly true<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">of his statue.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">(Trafalgar Square, London - <span style="background: white; color: #202122;">George IV 1762 – 1830</span> was known for
dissolution and extravagance rather than the metal health issues affecting his
father, but his apparent failure to understand how matters would look is compatible
with fairly low level of intelligence)</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHGyvwjqI_tkgcasrXF-INBk5PeWqnbkYH3Csmw8skKNPNM6nMfSJB4dHEHoUGzqjyA7NI7gRPEBj4S1Q0N89D-qUOxYkJi1CVjIunnE1gZpc5xf8T8rzL-bFdJdd17ruo6B0UaGMdN3QT4ZBLMunpINMmqoqZtwyBqS1MBi6TS3BFU0DhAUmGAKZF/s3388/tinsel%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3388" data-original-width="2541" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHGyvwjqI_tkgcasrXF-INBk5PeWqnbkYH3Csmw8skKNPNM6nMfSJB4dHEHoUGzqjyA7NI7gRPEBj4S1Q0N89D-qUOxYkJi1CVjIunnE1gZpc5xf8T8rzL-bFdJdd17ruo6B0UaGMdN3QT4ZBLMunpINMmqoqZtwyBqS1MBi6TS3BFU0DhAUmGAKZF/w480-h640/tinsel%20poem.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></i></div><i><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></i><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Christmas
is coming <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The calendar yields us <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">no meaningful choice:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">it’s tinsel all the way.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAyaOzJUXFPWN3xR1IjXT0iv_jdkV4cdPFQYRkfSXnMrqG1DlC6fqOxI5VTsyJIkgHxJMvWCKAmwxIiBR6LivfAadOlJ-YU3G5lcdLNCJHLtcBkZ-1MaLXT8AnAD9P-nOULoYHM2rjj7zhal8pgJA_lwxY0eAgzAUuIVnvJ1DfGfVnkSTAt35Wm2-_/s4000/20221222_175449%20dentist%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAyaOzJUXFPWN3xR1IjXT0iv_jdkV4cdPFQYRkfSXnMrqG1DlC6fqOxI5VTsyJIkgHxJMvWCKAmwxIiBR6LivfAadOlJ-YU3G5lcdLNCJHLtcBkZ-1MaLXT8AnAD9P-nOULoYHM2rjj7zhal8pgJA_lwxY0eAgzAUuIVnvJ1DfGfVnkSTAt35Wm2-_/w480-h640/20221222_175449%20dentist%20poem.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></i></div><i><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></i><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">I don't
want a practicing dentist</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I want one who's fully qualified,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">one who’s backed by years of learning<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><span>in how best to cash in on my pain.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Baker Street, London)</i></span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2CmB_vCYmvLQWV8xOKEKZomdWEqNwjH1u6VNFyjVY2f7kAtXG228D2O0m1qGXpCfLZgQwWmlRgQbLp3DC8hG63rzK3O-cC-o_atQ4dyIEf_dw7MePDK2CYjzZbf3EOnoSArJFxqkgW43pbrPfOEcQqmApealFYfEx5xKYrtiasQt8iGXcn7TP531X/s2250/20221220_132234%20bear%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1688" data-original-width="2250" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2CmB_vCYmvLQWV8xOKEKZomdWEqNwjH1u6VNFyjVY2f7kAtXG228D2O0m1qGXpCfLZgQwWmlRgQbLp3DC8hG63rzK3O-cC-o_atQ4dyIEf_dw7MePDK2CYjzZbf3EOnoSArJFxqkgW43pbrPfOEcQqmApealFYfEx5xKYrtiasQt8iGXcn7TP531X/w640-h480/20221220_132234%20bear%20poem%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></div></span><b style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">It’s bad
enough<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">that polar bears are running out of ice. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Now it seems <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">their garden cousins are suffering, too.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #202124; font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJPinsXsE3TpTegouyAT8JGEw8uwDw2fFBR537i28iThb7EMQ-nkyndg6X8ef3ala0Mkn7M-bT4JibOVSu1ir-bf8nS42jbSN1jFLQZsrb451Vxy8JjgvHayGuUo1zPU9vu9jpP10uR7bedKUtMZcQ0UhK4oDgRoKl67ueqBUdeM2ED93AkhKOtteU/s900/my%20blue%20sky%20unnamed-23.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="900" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJPinsXsE3TpTegouyAT8JGEw8uwDw2fFBR537i28iThb7EMQ-nkyndg6X8ef3ala0Mkn7M-bT4JibOVSu1ir-bf8nS42jbSN1jFLQZsrb451Vxy8JjgvHayGuUo1zPU9vu9jpP10uR7bedKUtMZcQ0UhK4oDgRoKl67ueqBUdeM2ED93AkhKOtteU/w640-h426/my%20blue%20sky%20unnamed-23.webp" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Just think<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">How high a horse could hop<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">were you to teach it <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">the Fosbury Flop.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: center;">(The world record for clearing the Puissance wall is held by Germany’s Franke Sloothaak, who cleared 2.40m at Chaudfontaine in Belgium in 1991 riding Optiebeurs Golo. The world record human jump using the straddle style is by Vladimir Yashchenko (Soviet Union) at 2.34m in 1978. The world record using the Fosbury Flop is 2.45 metres by Javier Sotomayor (Cuba) in 1993, a 5% improvement. By implication </span><span style="text-align: center;">Optiebeurs Golo could have cleared 2.52m using the flop. So horses do have the potential to jump higher than people, even with the disadvantage of carrying a rider. The image shows Guy Williams on the Dutch Warmblood grey ‘Mr Blue Sky UK’, joint winner of the Olympia 2022 puissance, as watched on TV.)</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ptzlKwAogxFIoNe0jpi-Z0AUNwT3KmWH8nZV8NOIUs4RKuDhOAJYgsW-TQLQEbVuaqdDVWOV3pcMvwN_bMGMKsFRCLWDYHg-qJzTKLdWA4IxvWzihHk4LCFzZh1ccn4C2ys_X0ferHK-MCNDK8S1GLwW9CE-7zuwsXZ1IZf8mKjyc7tdqFQsChwG/s4000/20221228_150346%20flood%20poss%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ptzlKwAogxFIoNe0jpi-Z0AUNwT3KmWH8nZV8NOIUs4RKuDhOAJYgsW-TQLQEbVuaqdDVWOV3pcMvwN_bMGMKsFRCLWDYHg-qJzTKLdWA4IxvWzihHk4LCFzZh1ccn4C2ys_X0ferHK-MCNDK8S1GLwW9CE-7zuwsXZ1IZf8mKjyc7tdqFQsChwG/w480-h640/20221228_150346%20flood%20poss%20.jpg" width="480" /></a></i></div><i><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><br /></span></i><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Here are the headlines<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Footpath flooded in Ashurst<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">while bombs fall on Kiev <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">and the planet heats up.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7gycgXo796PC_sRDprMsfgVHY5yvZvso2KtcQGg6FGPHHyoxRSZk_WFNNBc7DxUVGEtIORe_DNJEAhaAsPODGar4yy1VVUxjga91tfw0vVf7aBNHQhrl4A1ZQGx9IFf4iyjuKkVii-jzJ1sRxZFuWavNYsG3HXVASM0S5tKWn86_49SRnZJ28PSSG/s3776/20221227_131643%20tree%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3776" data-original-width="2832" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7gycgXo796PC_sRDprMsfgVHY5yvZvso2KtcQGg6FGPHHyoxRSZk_WFNNBc7DxUVGEtIORe_DNJEAhaAsPODGar4yy1VVUxjga91tfw0vVf7aBNHQhrl4A1ZQGx9IFf4iyjuKkVii-jzJ1sRxZFuWavNYsG3HXVASM0S5tKWn86_49SRnZJ28PSSG/w480-h640/20221227_131643%20tree%20poem.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /> </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Santa hats off<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">to seasonal hardiness:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">not every tree is capable<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">of growing on a wall.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">(Totton)</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjprl0XuEf_wUjGagX2UWR4XM9URqLhi-RR0MKRRWUGAR8Sokcr2OSHM7nJl2Inf8BwaQ_gScpAMvxXke2IxO5p3ditYpDoW1hlC51kYXHuCcjrw_PXbNpbgdYENfOyb1eDm09FppWRCnA35iQckdYB4C3ZuvNDqNbqK0K6M2oa1idwnxRxN4yGRIwL/s4000/20221221_122943%20bird%20poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjprl0XuEf_wUjGagX2UWR4XM9URqLhi-RR0MKRRWUGAR8Sokcr2OSHM7nJl2Inf8BwaQ_gScpAMvxXke2IxO5p3ditYpDoW1hlC51kYXHuCcjrw_PXbNpbgdYENfOyb1eDm09FppWRCnA35iQckdYB4C3ZuvNDqNbqK0K6M2oa1idwnxRxN4yGRIwL/w480-h640/20221221_122943%20bird%20poss.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Is this an
image<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">about which there’s nothing to say<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">that wouldn’t be maudlin -<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">unless you count this? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi22yM3jpZAZNqhjcZiIGRFUae97DPUZnbklgJu97ZqIulFh9nFGnm_d7YN_ZbgmraIiIEgEbcIvIhlvYFiV3R2QALsMSYWY3IpLqWhw9b6ADgZwJXnBMoCwl5BmB8qCtzY8ubeOufOFVEdvHOo3E3NgaFuaJgZGxFE6PFvhL0Ym3Wm2ifrLHEtvAhQ/s4000/20221231_101441%20pigeon%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi22yM3jpZAZNqhjcZiIGRFUae97DPUZnbklgJu97ZqIulFh9nFGnm_d7YN_ZbgmraIiIEgEbcIvIhlvYFiV3R2QALsMSYWY3IpLqWhw9b6ADgZwJXnBMoCwl5BmB8qCtzY8ubeOufOFVEdvHOo3E3NgaFuaJgZGxFE6PFvhL0Ym3Wm2ifrLHEtvAhQ/w480-h640/20221231_101441%20pigeon%20poem.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">The underbridge is
everything <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">a pigeon could desire: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">shelter, nest sites and perches to shit from…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So why are more not gathered in its comforts?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">(Southwark, London)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx5GUCogkSb3sBaeM-FLggwqhk4uyKKPu9fu9D1MbMR0Zh1QIaphzx-20hO-2G1yKd1T38fPVNznD6SQhxq9NY7ZkeWbSQEXgIvTp_a12w16iushf8Ek6X3PL53ml1560TdA_teZm2sY4ZhwI58lfOkK8Gdf5U0-blp2hwtPyS5nAi_gYZWVc2t2l4/s2956/20221231_102123yards%20poem%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2956" data-original-width="2217" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx5GUCogkSb3sBaeM-FLggwqhk4uyKKPu9fu9D1MbMR0Zh1QIaphzx-20hO-2G1yKd1T38fPVNznD6SQhxq9NY7ZkeWbSQEXgIvTp_a12w16iushf8Ek6X3PL53ml1560TdA_teZm2sY4ZhwI58lfOkK8Gdf5U0-blp2hwtPyS5nAi_gYZWVc2t2l4/w480-h640/20221231_102123yards%20poem%20.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /> </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">She has
many yards to trudge <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">through rain and all and gates and all<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">and all without <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">her trousers or her skirt.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">(Bankside Yards
development, London) <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Paul Carey-Kenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01842249388250530953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432330092345249234.post-34003091986648049252022-12-03T01:11:00.006-08:002022-12-10T00:50:47.600-08:00LITTLE BIG LINKS My new show with Yuki Miyake, 'An eXhibition of SMALL things with BIG ideas' (opens 3 Dec 2-7 pm with Xmas drinks) attempts to uncover the maximal imaginary perspectives secreted in the minimally-sized works of some fifty participating artists. Each idea finds its form within an economical 37 x 37 cm, and is reflected in short texts by the artists.
Come to look and read the artists’ own pithy summaries of their small and decidedly giftable works. <div><br /></div><div>But you can also click through to what I’ve written elsewhere about plenty of them. One of my more recent full texts is for Fiona G Roberts’ online show ‘It Always Rains in the Lakes’ at Alpeh Contemporary (to 31 Dec). My essay is at <a href="https://alephcontemporary.com/exhibitions/53-fiona-g-roberts-it-always-rains-in-the-text-by-paul-carey-kent/overview/">https://alephcontemporary.com/exhibitions/53-fiona-g-roberts-it-always-rains-in-the-text-by-paul-carey-kent/overview/</a>.<a href="https://alephcontemporary.com/exhibitions/53-fiona-g-roberts-it-always-rains-in-the-text-by-paul-carey-kent/overview/"></a> Masochists with stamina can read me on most of the artists in the show. Here are links to a sample:<div><br /></div><div>Here’s a full account of Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva‘s practice for Seisma Magazine <a href="https://seismamag.com/visual-fine-art/elpida-hadzi-vasileva-inside-beauty">https://seismamag.com/visual-fine-art/elpida-hadzi-vasileva-inside-beauty</a></div><div><br /></div><div>I curated Bella Easton’s solo show in 2017 <a href="http://paulsartworld.blogspot.com/2016/07/bella-easton-these-outer-shells.html ">http://paulsartworld.blogspot.com/2016/07/bella-easton-these-outer-shells.html </a></div><div><br /></div><div>Brain Dawn Chalkley was an interview subject in 2019 <a href="https://elephant.art/brian-dawn-chalkley-opposes-binary-fluid-watercolours/ ">https://elephant.art/brian-dawn-chalkley-opposes-binary-fluid-watercolours/ </a></div><div><br /></div><div>I wrote texts for the Kate Lyddon and Jonny Briggs shows at Joe Madeira’s excellent former project space Cabin (come to that, they were both in my show ‘Ears for the Eyes’ in 2017) <a href="https://paulsartworld.blogspot.com/2016/05/cabin-class.html ">https://paulsartworld.blogspot.com/2016/05/cabin-class.html </a></div><div><br /></div><div>Hannah Maybank featured in one of my 13 ‘thematic essays’ for Elephant Magazine, which were particularly enjoyable to write <a href="https://elephant.art/environment-climate-change-artists-activism-01092020/ ">https://elephant.art/environment-climate-change-artists-activism-01092020/ </a></div><div><br /></div><div>Claire Macdonald showed a fabulous film in ‘The Shapes We’re In’ in 2015 <a href="http://paulsartworld.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-shapes-were-in_15.html ">http://paulsartworld.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-shapes-were-in_15.html </a></div><div><br /></div><div>Hannah Hughes was in one of my and Yuki’s previous shows here at White Conduit Projects
<a href="https://files.cargocollective.com/534129/SUPER-FLATLAND-Final-full-material-.pdf ">https://files.cargocollective.com/534129/SUPER-FLATLAND-Final-full-material-.pdf </a></div><div><br /></div><div>John Peter Askew is the subject of one of my 500 weekly columns for FAD Magazine <a href="https://fadmagazine.com/2019/08/28/life-in-perm/ ">https://fadmagazine.com/2019/08/28/life-in-perm/ </a></div><div><br /></div><div>Lee Maelzer and Sam Jackson have featured in recent Instagram posts (as have several others) <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CkkkN_1IiEr/">https://www.instagram.com/p/CkkkN_1IiEr/</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/ClaiGNYosAN/">https://www.instagram.com/p/ClaiGNYosAN/
</a></div></div>Paul Carey-Kenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01842249388250530953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432330092345249234.post-29229040178979667102022-10-06T10:37:00.000-07:002022-10-06T10:37:49.567-07:00WALL-FLOWERS<p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">No, not wallflowers, though I guess they can be wall-flowers, but plants which thrive even when restricted to the scarcely-detectable soil supply in the gap between tarmac and a wall.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEkdAAHhqcvwh2efDMEvwGI7rP9IPnRPyd1FDpd3FEjMd6NYWSupCLJSxmQmHjGGnTWQJGnqo6Oi1a8-0VjKGWWv6_QyDtLeAx0slj6mZrnIWq0cV9PSci3SiEf5RiUirboIMfuSlSvcYpF557BOQJdCCHpK1NV9ppoZouqWCQHmWXw8FnIONJwM1t/s2341/wall%2020220703_115026.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2341" data-original-width="2341" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEkdAAHhqcvwh2efDMEvwGI7rP9IPnRPyd1FDpd3FEjMd6NYWSupCLJSxmQmHjGGnTWQJGnqo6Oi1a8-0VjKGWWv6_QyDtLeAx0slj6mZrnIWq0cV9PSci3SiEf5RiUirboIMfuSlSvcYpF557BOQJdCCHpK1NV9ppoZouqWCQHmWXw8FnIONJwM1t/w640-h640/wall%2020220703_115026.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Bird's-foot-trefoil <i>(Lotus corniculatus)</i></span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2EO8oR3SMiKbBA_paol718eQENy1E27G3JwLlWJ9vNlgP2McnuICsFkesktBtkLtZGd3gli0kzmejlMWfe7Zi-nY2974dcir0GjC5dDVCT6qcc7qfxF7K7Mv77Ek8Tk1zUtlIm0UTz9giEtJwqdPxLRBX36_HXtdiQDi4dqyQMQNW7Wuh-uQNsKI-/s2448/poss%20will%2020220626_145826.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2EO8oR3SMiKbBA_paol718eQENy1E27G3JwLlWJ9vNlgP2McnuICsFkesktBtkLtZGd3gli0kzmejlMWfe7Zi-nY2974dcir0GjC5dDVCT6qcc7qfxF7K7Mv77Ek8Tk1zUtlIm0UTz9giEtJwqdPxLRBX36_HXtdiQDi4dqyQMQNW7Wuh-uQNsKI-/w640-h640/poss%20will%2020220626_145826.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; text-align: left;">Broad-leaved Willow-herb </span><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; text-align: left;">(Epilobium montonum)</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL0WDCp95yPJVJveTHHr4OQvNkWcCjCLFN6tNNm7fIATiW49wcNuVCwmFK1JHVeS26VS5swnZuuab56ZRwVFDNYQhJC4gqzpBckhIVWwaO9KzpP9mFgFjWLqV39crEAd2InCPiusJeBM72qBsQP2OJ9vZhpLefC6r3LdBzhpj50iG3cIAI8H3AGIi4/s3000/bud%2020220819_145044.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL0WDCp95yPJVJveTHHr4OQvNkWcCjCLFN6tNNm7fIATiW49wcNuVCwmFK1JHVeS26VS5swnZuuab56ZRwVFDNYQhJC4gqzpBckhIVWwaO9KzpP9mFgFjWLqV39crEAd2InCPiusJeBM72qBsQP2OJ9vZhpLefC6r3LdBzhpj50iG3cIAI8H3AGIi4/w640-h640/bud%2020220819_145044.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: inherit;"><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Buddleia </span><i style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit;">(Buddleja davidii)</i></p><p><i style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit;"><br /></i></p></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid1SFq9Ygy-2s9ezVoKn9iCQYYLC8f35oFmcLjLmCX5XuYK5iOq7wesa5eHvpcoffpv1Ktt0SvjAGh1iRD8n-J-eTU2N8C6c6Rfumfr3j_GDO02UX4jLH52-L2v98IPu0DgNnfgBni34dIW8pLdzpea7vdNRu5jb0Zn6F6nHj9SmTIZpXHRIvKzqiM/s2556/sq%20tbi%20wall%2020220717_090226.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2556" data-original-width="2556" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid1SFq9Ygy-2s9ezVoKn9iCQYYLC8f35oFmcLjLmCX5XuYK5iOq7wesa5eHvpcoffpv1Ktt0SvjAGh1iRD8n-J-eTU2N8C6c6Rfumfr3j_GDO02UX4jLH52-L2v98IPu0DgNnfgBni34dIW8pLdzpea7vdNRu5jb0Zn6F6nHj9SmTIZpXHRIvKzqiM/w640-h640/sq%20tbi%20wall%2020220717_090226.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Common Cat's-ear <i>(Hypochoeris radicata)</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMsdM6P80KrTQRC4Hi1mHHWuIzlSDXk77bqtp36GtLY6Os2fkBPIkVVADAhEwOj456VJwGaskGaRTMCfDNWz97fLQRzYqVSk_fMft-E3CZKyqrdU8Nmtxcr-CAxNlWCXrSINJBxZQcRvXD22vYt5gIqvi7IWc_Sgqc8UFgarRiGTbCmJfWvnD1loJ_/s2920/sq%20violet%20wall%2020220704_132606.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="2920" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMsdM6P80KrTQRC4Hi1mHHWuIzlSDXk77bqtp36GtLY6Os2fkBPIkVVADAhEwOj456VJwGaskGaRTMCfDNWz97fLQRzYqVSk_fMft-E3CZKyqrdU8Nmtxcr-CAxNlWCXrSINJBxZQcRvXD22vYt5gIqvi7IWc_Sgqc8UFgarRiGTbCmJfWvnD1loJ_/w640-h640/sq%20violet%20wall%2020220704_132606.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Common Dog-violet <i>(Viola riviniana)</i></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></div></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXu29DWuFgTbwhjdpSye-ycXJtimGuNM8q13G67m76c3m654bNzKHKDMNuN27XY22UnRtnaDyjclTt3ez4BtsjSRSBfmzQQBFDL-4cnNRM1upgMgekJVTqQFhiBVdG-TRCi-faZbdceM8TRRTHgepppvxiwf4qVUa0fxSPCeLmD0NlM57DBhLIrrhg/w640-h640/mallow%2020220609_154923.jpg" width="640" /></span></div></span></div><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Common Mallow <i>(Maiva sylvestria)</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2vMXoreNzMCcV86XsTLj-XsZPRHBrAK1O3hqzBWEs0wLKzcoVFvpQ6MpeLW-WxvbUjY9ApQbNQzjPbXt1OhvlSjXKsQn7HEeFiGXPDdQSF4YsbMl9uPDbQWV3h_4WeXxRgtUAXfviTzjTPWahGizBpDtpiCOTTUQyoyoyo2DlQBWyi45udpCT0zSU/s2857/sq%20poppy%20wall%2020220629_131753.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2857" data-original-width="2857" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2vMXoreNzMCcV86XsTLj-XsZPRHBrAK1O3hqzBWEs0wLKzcoVFvpQ6MpeLW-WxvbUjY9ApQbNQzjPbXt1OhvlSjXKsQn7HEeFiGXPDdQSF4YsbMl9uPDbQWV3h_4WeXxRgtUAXfviTzjTPWahGizBpDtpiCOTTUQyoyoyo2DlQBWyi45udpCT0zSU/w640-h640/sq%20poppy%20wall%2020220629_131753.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; text-align: left;">Common Poppy <i>(Papaver rhoeas)</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrGbyNgdmWn3iNtF9Ja58c5LPzdJMJ1z00ZdHk8_2ZtdfReEfJzL8WamIMFRmsJgaTGlCqlc8gXhMtNaKFkPahS0kvSoVnRfujBVI6UmuAuZjkRfWcdmxXJxve5A369cgwTSaRd63n9XDwW9XkGrPPUeKpDEAxAVJltPrNnAwtfo78zcM3QZGRpGPb/s3000/sq%20daisy%2020220808_120728.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrGbyNgdmWn3iNtF9Ja58c5LPzdJMJ1z00ZdHk8_2ZtdfReEfJzL8WamIMFRmsJgaTGlCqlc8gXhMtNaKFkPahS0kvSoVnRfujBVI6UmuAuZjkRfWcdmxXJxve5A369cgwTSaRd63n9XDwW9XkGrPPUeKpDEAxAVJltPrNnAwtfo78zcM3QZGRpGPb/w640-h640/sq%20daisy%2020220808_120728.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Daisy <i>(Bellia perennis)</i></span></p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhvgggL-W6YdupH36fXM9H9taxSLN3D-fUth2cB9WA2-vp5hA6_zVq4dcSTp6iQa8SRpoVTDhJT6iDwcDolow2M7re8xX3vvZYjAMOckEXZfDzN2NuyDrcxQghtUWhVHEN496JY85YE9nArwNamt_oG5fjsJ5aLsytwXn3I1TQXNt2IPM2T4nB82O6/s2744/daisy%20may%2020220609_154817.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2744" data-original-width="2744" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhvgggL-W6YdupH36fXM9H9taxSLN3D-fUth2cB9WA2-vp5hA6_zVq4dcSTp6iQa8SRpoVTDhJT6iDwcDolow2M7re8xX3vvZYjAMOckEXZfDzN2NuyDrcxQghtUWhVHEN496JY85YE9nArwNamt_oG5fjsJ5aLsytwXn3I1TQXNt2IPM2T4nB82O6/w640-h640/daisy%20may%2020220609_154817.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Feverfew<i> (Tanacetum parthenium)</i></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWTEy2sFJsyVRGBEcNeal0xrDPwy_3IY21oen0_V09z0XXgtYgQV5QqIMEDfIxKRBzuYpDDbIeOLmw2skRjeXQd5oepaWs-gRnP_8XXTeqwm_-Qbu1IeocioBaFiqdnpdrOoGVsytjHc2Vtq_QX_pjjxZKstJkWRGZS5eHRrloUgyXgealbGKuErA-/s2554/sq%20plantain%20wall%2020220618_203140.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2554" data-original-width="2554" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWTEy2sFJsyVRGBEcNeal0xrDPwy_3IY21oen0_V09z0XXgtYgQV5QqIMEDfIxKRBzuYpDDbIeOLmw2skRjeXQd5oepaWs-gRnP_8XXTeqwm_-Qbu1IeocioBaFiqdnpdrOoGVsytjHc2Vtq_QX_pjjxZKstJkWRGZS5eHRrloUgyXgealbGKuErA-/w640-h640/sq%20plantain%20wall%2020220618_203140.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-weight: normal; line-height: 40px; margin-bottom: 16.3438px; margin-top: 10px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Greater Plantain (<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Plantago major</em>)</span></h2></span></div></span></div></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkufWYDh_o8cfDFz-Yi_P9a8Bvnjr0l-4lrUbC0lSEit0mrVdduPPByhJiTuHkJQOAaRn4kfDR8AIK9L9tf5ukXe_6Rmkd74JkR_JTc_kRhlj5MGi60yJaslXhWtqfwgRQSn5ziEKaSYyDtMQ9G-pwvo0dA61MjQxfhw8tUq0kaiQS1QyVD-l6LXrF/s2917/sq%20griundsel%20wall%2020220706_121500.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2917" data-original-width="2917" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkufWYDh_o8cfDFz-Yi_P9a8Bvnjr0l-4lrUbC0lSEit0mrVdduPPByhJiTuHkJQOAaRn4kfDR8AIK9L9tf5ukXe_6Rmkd74JkR_JTc_kRhlj5MGi60yJaslXhWtqfwgRQSn5ziEKaSYyDtMQ9G-pwvo0dA61MjQxfhw8tUq0kaiQS1QyVD-l6LXrF/w640-h640/sq%20griundsel%20wall%2020220706_121500.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Groundsel <i>(Senecio vulgaris)</i></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh6EC47YdqfmBa67n-iOAv6KerhQ6CEW-0XMo4psJeNLtgTSEV-fJFHJsKCQc1zmUrcQYArllC9b2gEoadHvDl5rwO8kdPbo-yJvCAhokGKwGuJICckKemKTy3ujZiNqa1Dcim7bA6nrlK_S-0rW80wlTYk5LCJhgljorw0wEuGARyI539T3Q-xHL0/w640-h640/sq%20sow%2020220808_121832.jpg" width="640" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Mouse-ear Hawkweed <i>(Hieracium pilosell)</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnSM8RFv81iIWB_5jqG2bun5toOlOIWBozkXX__3UzkECa03xN0i1lQSKy-DAvHpecGzXhtsM_xNVC8gVaBulafOWgD6jo8uKoMSZl4-LlAMzWgMDSgnVSZCjfBYVy65FHQabbrtbSIJajUS8Wtzl5GItKoI7VrFYMTJowyC_RXNNygO00ysAtsVyF/s3000/flower%2020220608_133320.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnSM8RFv81iIWB_5jqG2bun5toOlOIWBozkXX__3UzkECa03xN0i1lQSKy-DAvHpecGzXhtsM_xNVC8gVaBulafOWgD6jo8uKoMSZl4-LlAMzWgMDSgnVSZCjfBYVy65FHQabbrtbSIJajUS8Wtzl5GItKoI7VrFYMTJowyC_RXNNygO00ysAtsVyF/w640-h640/flower%2020220608_133320.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Nipplewort <i>(Lapsana communis)</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTpImeUrledkVsQBtUXYfv3wB8LMl6ZkibdJL72xJ_4nUr_hHDmNZKrbUyZRiqex6RBHe21PStjKhH2F9BU4HjKwGIFX7JKZqrZO8-NJ99eCeOiVzTkppV82ZrlXBN3AxbixlOypR9qB9CyrdCrZN2M7LiGicZzHurFe6JWtzhQlma6x_rrS2gwXTr/s1778/pink%20campion%20%2020220621_153811.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1778" data-original-width="1778" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTpImeUrledkVsQBtUXYfv3wB8LMl6ZkibdJL72xJ_4nUr_hHDmNZKrbUyZRiqex6RBHe21PStjKhH2F9BU4HjKwGIFX7JKZqrZO8-NJ99eCeOiVzTkppV82ZrlXBN3AxbixlOypR9qB9CyrdCrZN2M7LiGicZzHurFe6JWtzhQlma6x_rrS2gwXTr/w640-h640/pink%20campion%20%2020220621_153811.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Pink Campion (a hybrid of Red Campion, <i>Silene </i></span><i>dioica</i><span style="font-family: inherit;"> and White Campion, </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">Silene </i><i style="font-family: inherit;">latifolia</i><span style="font-family: inherit;">)</span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Red Dead-nettle <i>(Lamium perpureum)</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij191aglP5si9Ylg1wK5t7yiAhDPI4FtUFtw8dspPOB5TBQcnXsZNioEAAePn1LLDGKOFDparF25a2pZM-m7jyE3hwDgHLnb7ORmY4p1jZYEO01RDc4JE7HpPCImIwn-MHe-ROGQHpL87VDByJdM8u8J8wlOXIHJfxy55FRVnuq1Vaa90XZHWftVpE/s2450/plantain%20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2450" data-original-width="2450" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij191aglP5si9Ylg1wK5t7yiAhDPI4FtUFtw8dspPOB5TBQcnXsZNioEAAePn1LLDGKOFDparF25a2pZM-m7jyE3hwDgHLnb7ORmY4p1jZYEO01RDc4JE7HpPCImIwn-MHe-ROGQHpL87VDByJdM8u8J8wlOXIHJfxy55FRVnuq1Vaa90XZHWftVpE/w640-h640/plantain%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Ribwort Plantain <i>(Plantago lanceolata)</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgED_EeDjpX6GpT6FzLXR4isiHusqQLb-gq9HGdROKMNMarNywPaL34PRJFl69KTg4OS_jqjDsS22iXT4WIJoqUsHzVdVoIbWzYD9AsI5973zmjwSd9wlI_LB8KTh60qMOiO_LzEDcfIGSZR8HpUKOGV2JoZhyA3EoJxiOc-28DU8irZVMZEsgKQdkF/s2767/sq%20red%20wall%2020220706_121800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2767" data-original-width="2767" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgED_EeDjpX6GpT6FzLXR4isiHusqQLb-gq9HGdROKMNMarNywPaL34PRJFl69KTg4OS_jqjDsS22iXT4WIJoqUsHzVdVoIbWzYD9AsI5973zmjwSd9wlI_LB8KTh60qMOiO_LzEDcfIGSZR8HpUKOGV2JoZhyA3EoJxiOc-28DU8irZVMZEsgKQdkF/w640-h640/sq%20red%20wall%2020220706_121800.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Scarlet pimpernel<i> (Anagallis arvensis)</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><p style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzrzu_vApjSk1Xtl8vcusZ5EE5z2dfsLO9LNTSvKxrHPNHkqRruytx41gXgocc7Nv3gxiZu9yPBPno9dmfWiJHKPfVEZpRnnRv8l0_BKwYZbOvKWaxGWVg4sz6DCzLD-9G5tjnW8lxGh56Pj6qecCdXiFLyodXAK1guy5YuVW_T7Umd2FxyJDdQF2v/s2678/escape%2020220623_102211.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><img border="0" data-original-height="2678" data-original-width="2678" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzrzu_vApjSk1Xtl8vcusZ5EE5z2dfsLO9LNTSvKxrHPNHkqRruytx41gXgocc7Nv3gxiZu9yPBPno9dmfWiJHKPfVEZpRnnRv8l0_BKwYZbOvKWaxGWVg4sz6DCzLD-9G5tjnW8lxGh56Pj6qecCdXiFLyodXAK1guy5YuVW_T7Umd2FxyJDdQF2v/w640-h640/escape%2020220623_102211.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><span style="font-size: medium;">Spreading Bellflower <i>(Campanula patula)</i></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2447" data-original-width="2447" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6iNN3c6JVa9_YLqCN-KKs8kbpt2ujTlKA1s89D6dYl_YV-X2fkAsg7sy_I983o-VgDeETbPB7VIY-FOgSxahSExSxCju6LKAmanf3qnJz9Vs6PzhJWteriDL1hkJz51MhivePCXYcl-_8jlNbeJPbgekXG5ZKo01uWSkD4PPGcQQqDbmFOii9JNG0/w640-h640/flower%2020220609_154703.jpg" width="640" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">White Dead-nettle <i>(Lamium album)</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><br /></div><div><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"></i></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><p><br /></p></div><div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><br /></div></div></div></div>Paul Carey-Kenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01842249388250530953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432330092345249234.post-7892756282894250502022-10-03T22:41:00.001-07:002023-12-04T00:13:53.364-08:00GIRL MEETS GIRL NORWAY<div style="text-align: justify;">
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artists who have arrived at distinctive</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;">languages which they employ with a freshness
and panache which reads as</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;">spontaneity. They don’t worry about
boundaries: between life and fiction, between</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;">sexes and sexualities, between conscious and
subconscious, between first person</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;">and mediated, between representation and
abstraction. The world is all grist to their</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;">technical confidence and freedom of wills.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Naturally, that freshness of approach can
apply to pretty much any area of art and</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;">life. Just so, the artists might be loosely
grouped as addressing portraiture, sex, the</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;">interface between the human and the natural,
how the world can form the basis for</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;">abstraction, and other aspects of everyday
life. All the artists are female. This can be</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;">taken as an opportunity to rectify the
historic, and indeed still current, position</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;">whereby male artists have been more frequently
shown in galleries and more highly</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;">valued in the market. Yet this is primarily a
show which moves beyond making a</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;">point of that to provide an opportunity to
generate connections and conversations</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;">across the lively practices of these 25
artists.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Several of them might be seen as showing how
women portray women. There are</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;">radical depictions of how women create their
own self-sufficient world, reflect on</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;">bodily experience, or counteract the
historical expectations of female roles. Caroline</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Walker focuses on women within psychologically
charged public spaces. Helena</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Parada Kim muses on the factors behind
personal identity in an internationalised</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;">world. Vivian Greven finds personal intimacy
in a combination of classical, pop, and</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;">digital registers. Rosa Loy has a
folkloric vision for strengthening the role of women</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;">in society. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A similarly assertive and uninhibited view is
taken of sex. Corinne von Lebusa’s</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;">characters tease the voyeuristic viewer. Rosie
Gibbens’ films display a brazen and</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;">pointed conjunction of sex and humour. Aurora
Reinhard cuts through classical myth</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;">and popular culture to present herself as
a counter to one-dimensional views of</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;">women. Urara Tsuchiya’s uninhibited ceramics
challenge us to decide where our</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;">boundaries lie between public and
private. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Woman meets nature in works that examine how
human can identify with animal and</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;">the metaphorical potential that creates. Rose
Wylie stretches her distinctive</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;">worldview into a snake ten canvasses
long. Lee Won-Kyoung and Saelia Aparicio</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Torinos both merge vegetable, animal, and
human attributes. Katherine Bernhardt‘s</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;">pictographic toucan takes flight through
electric colour. Annie Morris’s work courses</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;">with life across several media. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Other artists move away from naturalism, yet
retain telling connections to the real</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;">world from which they are abstracting. Camilla
Løw plays games with constructivist</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;">and Bauhaus sources. Ina Gerken gives a
fresh context to the language of abstract</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;">expressionism. Cornelia Baltes
makes us wonder how far her abstraction</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;">has really gone. Martine Poppe paints clouds,
halfway between abstraction and</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;">representation. Jenny Brosinski’s
deconstructions of painterly language constitute a</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;">fleeting encounter with “what if?” In
the stairwell, Juliette Mahieux Bartoli’s immense</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;">and apparently abstract hanging silks turn out
to use space exploration to explore</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;">space.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The last loose grouping of women sees personal
meet political and private meet</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;">public across a wide cross-section of life
concerns. <span style="background-color: white;">Johanna Reich explores the interface of </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">physical and digital and its impact on
everyday life. </span>Wanda Koop addresses, rather</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;">beautifully, our encroachment on the natural
world. Yu Jinyoung provides a much</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;">more introspective take on related
issues. Emma Cousin’s women act out the</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;">comedy of how the body works. Katherine
Bradford’s characters dive into mysterious</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;">journeys. Liane Lang considers the place of
women in history and how that has been</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;">represented. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Consistent with the artists’ general
unwillingness to be constrained by boundaries,</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE"><span style="font-family: inherit;">there is plenty of crossover. That makes
sense: when girl meets girl, they speak to</span></span></p><p style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0cm 0cm 15pt;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">each other through the many ideas in play.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; white-space: normal;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px;"><b>Cornelia Baltes <span> </span></b></div></div></div><div style="font-family: inherit; white-space: normal;"><span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDOkDnhzpu_2v7FkciSgGJYGZeISTFcqOdS_3DbID1uaeai1KL_OOGWRoD7XMJA1bOXGZnADoKa5L1srMo10NwJQ78clnzMs4tpOQXOy6klNiNVKZMpeqPNBrIPBLrQW9UVANrOx3Vkr0/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1358" data-original-width="1004" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDOkDnhzpu_2v7FkciSgGJYGZeISTFcqOdS_3DbID1uaeai1KL_OOGWRoD7XMJA1bOXGZnADoKa5L1srMo10NwJQ78clnzMs4tpOQXOy6klNiNVKZMpeqPNBrIPBLrQW9UVANrOx3Vkr0/w295-h400/02_230x170Miet.jpg" width="295" /></a></div></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span><i><br /></i></span><span><i> Miet, </i>2021 - Acrylic on canvas 230 x 170 x 3 cm </span></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjTwjoQ0b8P8AiE8Js1_lGM7G2Yi1qkgSzDILbOUkshCP28rsK9YXflT6oFmP2-tiDlNxXqI4QVoc7YlP3bJYLXIDBz8la26JeLwHlKVFPtxqiRGO5wcD2AaDrB5o9dWxvUmiYx_6lbPlBes9VubkLwymYdnNQ_sPbikQYgGNAxad7yNUEas1dh0pjH=s688" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="514" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjTwjoQ0b8P8AiE8Js1_lGM7G2Yi1qkgSzDILbOUkshCP28rsK9YXflT6oFmP2-tiDlNxXqI4QVoc7YlP3bJYLXIDBz8la26JeLwHlKVFPtxqiRGO5wcD2AaDrB5o9dWxvUmiYx_6lbPlBes9VubkLwymYdnNQ_sPbikQYgGNAxad7yNUEas1dh0pjH=w299-h400" width="299" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">Jeg</i><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">, 2021 - </span><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">Acrylic on canvas, </span><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">230 x 170 x 4 cm</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi7oNpw3hBVqF9SpQsbzZ4x_wD59yP7XQOY53iC8UjSv9ARdOwvnltdDeQ9r6sTjqQAcSHPVWs2-9wJsctMmzOuuO-olNro5llzceUwy6cPCJSyWcu-bXPaq_qKD4N_hJbCJSwtl8aJEYxty76laCK-zD7BlQUKeSqoOdUEDFoWknylkM-CFlWuR295=s685" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="685" data-original-width="511" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi7oNpw3hBVqF9SpQsbzZ4x_wD59yP7XQOY53iC8UjSv9ARdOwvnltdDeQ9r6sTjqQAcSHPVWs2-9wJsctMmzOuuO-olNro5llzceUwy6cPCJSyWcu-bXPaq_qKD4N_hJbCJSwtl8aJEYxty76laCK-zD7BlQUKeSqoOdUEDFoWknylkM-CFlWuR295=w299-h400" width="299" /></a></div><div></div><div><div><br /></div><div><i> Mina</i>, 2021 - <span style="font-family: inherit;">Acrylic on canvas, </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">230 x 170 x 4 cm</span></div></div></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7yD6qVmq0VtUxsG4d-CeV_fs9BU06NbjT2u7snW-Te6TyPHs3dpLIVU8ZRy8Wezqlxdr1u5k4jm7-lwS1EUzPWummnB_y7mFzE-5fiXppXxxn1utxUBieINrZpGB7ljOCMOUBZ-Gw4gQ/s1600/Baltes+Nil.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Corn<span style="font-family: inherit;">elia Baltes states that the general source of her work ‘is the observation of daily life. I point out small things that touch me and create work that combines simplicity with a sense of humour.’ Just so, she extracts the essence of such encounters to test how far she can push her clean graphic sensibility and suggestively elusive titles towards abstraction while drawing us in to their possible figurative subjects. You can read a face into 'Miet', but also a handbag, which might fit a title that means 'rent' - does the bag hold the rent money? 'Jeg' is a rare word for machinery in English, 'Mina' could be a name... But such possibilities merely tantalise. These <span style="letter-spacing: 0.75pt;">playful works, according to </span><span style="background-color: transparent; letter-spacing: 0.25px; text-align: start;">Galleri Nicolai Wallner</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.75pt;">, offer a visual conundrum which ‘constantly shifts between recognition and obscurity’.</span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.75pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #500050; font-family: inherit;"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit;"><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1067" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2oJNRzw8OqF1a14zN1F0C4wCzXQsUGIJ7jqTYUHFftcJyBQ6c5mv_YEJDiNyrrus7D2f5zygnbKAYmYPbBNCnnSBZ32dKgsQ4_6xjyNMSLexa9G-3Q42SgELKrR7WdcFOa5luINngpFs/s640/Baltes_Portrait_Oct_13+%25281%2529.jpg" width="426" /></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span></span><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span><b>Cornelia Baltes</b> (1978, Germany) lives and works in Berlin. She graduated from the Slade School of Fine Art, London in 2011. Her solo exhibitions include at EIGEN + Art, Berlin (2021), Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen (2020 and 2017), Frutta; Glasgow Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff; and Bolte Lang, Zurich (2018), Limoncello, London (2013 and 2016) and the Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland, UK (2013). </span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; letter-spacing: 0.25pt;"><b>Juliette Mahieux Bartoli</b> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal;"></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjfwpmavhjrd6p7NzWI0-TlPycqxk72PdYc2-q1ZExFq4DSTS6YfVbelEJboPI2PN1FYdhp1Y6x-NAwYqWJjSeArQgFcQ-AwzTwuNYNPkuE9g9VWDUaFVpSkM7gSSh4ldh1AM5el7E_9HRS_0Fl0sflWuEvjQnCsEJpHNTnPaVs8ycJj6I71QOLYFg2=s5885" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5885" data-original-width="3485" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjfwpmavhjrd6p7NzWI0-TlPycqxk72PdYc2-q1ZExFq4DSTS6YfVbelEJboPI2PN1FYdhp1Y6x-NAwYqWJjSeArQgFcQ-AwzTwuNYNPkuE9g9VWDUaFVpSkM7gSSh4ldh1AM5el7E_9HRS_0Fl0sflWuEvjQnCsEJpHNTnPaVs8ycJj6I71QOLYFg2=w378-h640" width="378" /></a></div><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span><p style="background-color: white;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 19.26px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="font-family: inherit;">Extrasolar</i><span style="font-family: inherit;">, 2021 - </span>Cyanotype on silk – site specific dimensions in show, illustration from series is 260 x 140cm<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The delicate silks soaring from bottom to top of the staircase are cyanotypes derived from technical drawings of spacecraft – appropriately enough, as the</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: inherit;"> process was the go-to 19<sup>th</sup> century means of producing copies of engineering and architectural plans, termed ‘blueprints’. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">That brings to mind the comparable contrast between the protective hardware of the spacecraft and the vulnerability of astronauts as they travel into the deep blue. </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: inherit;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;">Mahieux Bartoli immerses </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">bolts of chiffon and organza in photosensitive solution, places multiple templates made from the blueprints onto the silk, and leaves the sun to turn the uncovered zones blue. The resulting intricately criss-crossing marks </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">have an abstract quality which exploits variations in focus and exposure, but they also </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">cohere into the massive yet weightless form of complicated spaceships. A</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">s Mahieux Bartoli explains, 't</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">he process of transformation from idea to sign to object (the process of inception to blueprint to material product) is a mechanism of inverted abstraction (object to sign to idea)'. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8nTi3V0T8K-zLiU2UQj3I2l2a5wHYwaIafXNQkaADUHxDicxOf7NL8ggj7k-bnGM-feISBJ-LD4qClDlNxpvKJLG7Hn8_K3KVZ9ZgS1C4semxrPLCpnFn8eOeeP3MSckOKdQzfd6e-BVxNoV8_qvlH8K_Mvr0mKuMgsfVpMkeKOyeJYUCeWoLtkal=s2773" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2773" data-original-width="1646" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8nTi3V0T8K-zLiU2UQj3I2l2a5wHYwaIafXNQkaADUHxDicxOf7NL8ggj7k-bnGM-feISBJ-LD4qClDlNxpvKJLG7Hn8_K3KVZ9ZgS1C4semxrPLCpnFn8eOeeP3MSckOKdQzfd6e-BVxNoV8_qvlH8K_Mvr0mKuMgsfVpMkeKOyeJYUCeWoLtkal=w380-h640" width="380" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="background-color: white;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white;"><b>Juliette Mahieux Bartoli</b> (born 1989, Italy) grew up between Paris, Washington DC, Geneva, and Rome, eventually settling in the UK. She studied at the University of Cambridge and City & Guilds of London Art School. She has had solo shows - mainly of paintings - in London and Berlin with Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery and her work was part of the Benetton <i>Imago Mundi</i> exhibition, currently travelling internationally. Among recent group shows is 'A Fine Day for Seeing' at Southwark Park Galleries in 2021.</p></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span></span></span></div></span></span></div>
<div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><span>Katherine Bernhardt </span></b></span></div><div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2GhCj4ng38TM_sqwNTn9c_NZoDuVN1ztrcQZFKjCQFXEEVWr1-4oq_e6qxYltyK83z2mM8AldtAId9ZHFOt-aQqvCEA9VmgzuMpzTWmr-aycuXEtJJypfrUIBdM1zt3A5hfBbZLz_iek/s1600/KB+2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="492" data-original-width="635" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2GhCj4ng38TM_sqwNTn9c_NZoDuVN1ztrcQZFKjCQFXEEVWr1-4oq_e6qxYltyK83z2mM8AldtAId9ZHFOt-aQqvCEA9VmgzuMpzTWmr-aycuXEtJJypfrUIBdM1zt3A5hfBbZLz_iek/s640/KB+2.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>Untitled</i>, 2018 - Acrylic on paper, 45.7 x 60.7 cm</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>Katherine Bernhardt’s pictographic paintings operate at the sloppy end of spontaneity, employing acrylic and spray paint to depict everyday items and wildlife with sufficient vim to make them more riffs on signification than analyses of what is signified – excuses for painting electric colours and humming shapes, rather than subjects as such. Using a language she arrived at via the influences of fashion and Moroccan rugs, Bernhardt embraces the world’s stream of images, and her frequent locations of Brooklyn and Puerto Rico, with enough often-tropical warmth to make them her own. Here she shows a toucan, enabling her to match </span><span>the painting's free and easy vibe with the liberating potential of flight. And the </span><span>ebulliently colourful vibe is ideal for local schoolchildren to pick up in their own versions. </span></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><div dir="ltr" style="font-size: medium; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-3bcf33b9-7fff-ab6f-04f2-cda338ce00c2" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3dMMONST_cvqwT0ONr4cEP8QWtPR0PCLGdhwh0v4OGBnaOfv-fpfJP_dA4BKIdmuWcdyEePy6UloCXhkwOCGeX_pkSTbFzsJCDhWyXJyRVtEANGBTgzdjyMxBAex3ZS_29AaxJpKoDWs/s1600/KB+portrait.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="406" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3dMMONST_cvqwT0ONr4cEP8QWtPR0PCLGdhwh0v4OGBnaOfv-fpfJP_dA4BKIdmuWcdyEePy6UloCXhkwOCGeX_pkSTbFzsJCDhWyXJyRVtEANGBTgzdjyMxBAex3ZS_29AaxJpKoDWs/s400/KB+portrait.JPG" width="360" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span id="docs-internal-guid-3bcf33b9-7fff-ab6f-04f2-cda338ce00c2"></span></span><br /></span><div dir="ltr" style="font-size: medium; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size: medium; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span><span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Katherine Bernhardt</b><span><b> </b>(</span></span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span>1975, </span></span></span><span><span style="background-color: white; cursor: pointer; text-align: left;">St. Louis, Missouri, United States</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> ) lives an</span></span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">d works in New York. She received her BFA in 1998 at the </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and her </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">MFA in </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">2000 at the </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">School of Visual Arts, New York. </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">In 2018, the solo exhibition </span><em style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5); background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Katherine Bernhardt: Watermelon World</em><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"> was on view at the Mario Testino Museum (MATE) in Lima, Peru. The previous year, in 2017, the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas presented</span><em style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5); background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> FOCUS: Katherine Bernhardt</em><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">. Also in 2017, the artist painted a 60 foot-long mural entitled </span><em style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5); background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">XXL Superflat Pancake</em><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"> for the St. Louis Contemporary Art Museum. Bernhardt has created a permanent installation for Club Caribe, Cidra, Puerto Rico and a pool painting at the Nautilus South Beach, Miami Beach (both 2015). In spring 2022 she has a solo exhibition of new work at </span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">David Zwirner Gallery, London.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #6e6e6e; text-align: start;"> </span></span></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Katherine Bradford </b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWdnfeky8_BtKOhwVgVVf06HBJGpMEtvDaLMXNqk6UC-s1nDAhG7wN-A1mAzjZdEJQvAECvsfrjYknPwmpJnOvlHoH5EzA4LqLjcsVCuOJp3xKT8Mwl-ARQl-qEcwVZ_icT3ldNmHxK_M/s1600/Bradford+3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="708" data-original-width="564" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWdnfeky8_BtKOhwVgVVf06HBJGpMEtvDaLMXNqk6UC-s1nDAhG7wN-A1mAzjZdEJQvAECvsfrjYknPwmpJnOvlHoH5EzA4LqLjcsVCuOJp3xKT8Mwl-ARQl-qEcwVZ_icT3ldNmHxK_M/s640/Bradford+3.JPG" width="508" /></span></a></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Somersault</i>, 2018 - Acrylic on canvas, 182.9 × 139.7 cm</span></span><br /><span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span><div style="background-color: white;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7neps5yH-9mCLZg92qcFeyvmCBruQMyoxvcmEcATAiKwMJyoek_enAFK7d9G1C22DziEc_GhIMhaJXkVY60YtKdlXk0vCQA-S2CVcRhSYwScZQ7v_eAeBFyzJab7jfd-Td7yJGS65qVw/s1600/bradford+2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="706" data-original-width="609" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7neps5yH-9mCLZg92qcFeyvmCBruQMyoxvcmEcATAiKwMJyoek_enAFK7d9G1C22DziEc_GhIMhaJXkVY60YtKdlXk0vCQA-S2CVcRhSYwScZQ7v_eAeBFyzJab7jfd-Td7yJGS65qVw/s640/bradford+2.JPG" width="552" /></a></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><br /></i></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Tub Under Planet, </i>2018 - Acrylic on canvas, 203.2 × 172.7 cm</span></span><br /><span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span><div style="background-color: white;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGTg04lPDB6KSRdPSiLwRQzdW-LnXg_vCvmX93NuH4Z4IT1Iz0pw3QHfKhy9kuZxdXwxmx5Fzw69Y0xGNErbBsrIiFS9MZgjQOfiyJJr2D85UbqflsTb7cdT9lLueVorzWaU4P4REc9z0/s1600/Bradford+1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><img border="0" data-original-height="712" data-original-width="606" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGTg04lPDB6KSRdPSiLwRQzdW-LnXg_vCvmX93NuH4Z4IT1Iz0pw3QHfKhy9kuZxdXwxmx5Fzw69Y0xGNErbBsrIiFS9MZgjQOfiyJJr2D85UbqflsTb7cdT9lLueVorzWaU4P4REc9z0/s640/Bradford+1.JPG" width="544" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Trophies, </i>2018 - Acrylic on canvas, 203.2 × 172.7 cm</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;">Katherine Bradford’s elusively anonymous figures are engaged in off-kilter sporting activities: what looks like assisted acrobatics, night-boat racing and a multi-cup award ceremony for the faceless. All use a recent palette of moody pinks and blues, in which the shadowless light and floating lack of perspective are more enchanted than real. Bradford is 80, but retains a positively girlish freshness in her application of paint, which seems pretty relaxed about whether the intent of a particular mark is figurative or abstract. And though one can read psychological possibilities into her characters and their curious interactions, the sense is that the paint, rather than its narrative, is what matters most to her. Bradford favours acrylic. The fluorescent colours and watery textures suit her dreamy washes, the undercurrents of which in her words – ‘serve as a metaphor for whatever we’re floating on, and jumping into, and travelling through’. Freud read water as the subconscious, and that air of mysterious inner journeying remains when Bradford’s characters reach dry land or high air.</div></span><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi802T7m70kBlesAXR5CCXhN5m2ugUIj1-Wkl1fo5O_2oG_8M-vxzHhaW-0oyjlf5jOYXvDAM9dFOslQk90B1-_Fo1-9qvOCCWr6IE23b1BQU5yZbEfyHcEmBJgD91_wbgRKZJakEonvu8/s1600/katherine+bradford.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="737" data-original-width="490" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi802T7m70kBlesAXR5CCXhN5m2ugUIj1-Wkl1fo5O_2oG_8M-vxzHhaW-0oyjlf5jOYXvDAM9dFOslQk90B1-_Fo1-9qvOCCWr6IE23b1BQU5yZbEfyHcEmBJgD91_wbgRKZJakEonvu8/s640/katherine+bradford.jpeg" width="424" /></a></span></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span><br /><span></span><br /><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Katherine Bradford </b>(1942, New York) lives and works in New York. She studied at the State University of New York, Purchase, NY (MFA) and Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania (BA). Her recent solo and two person exhibitions include </span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">at Kaufman Repetto, Milan (2021), Hall Art Foundation, Reading, Vermont (2020), Adams and Ollman, Portland, Oregon and Campoli Presti, <span style="background-color: white;">London and Paris (2019); Galerie Haverkampf, Berlin (2016 and 2018); CANADA, New York (2016, 2018 and online in 2020); Adams and Ollman, Portland, Oreogon (2014, 2016 and 2018) and Anat Egbi, Los Angeles (2018); Galerie Haverkampf, Berlin, Germany, The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas, Galleria Monica De Cardenas, Milan, Italy and Sperone Westwater, New York (2017) and Fred Giampietro Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut (2015) </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div><span><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span><b>Jenny Brosinski </b></span></span></div><div><span><span><b><br /></b></span></span></div></span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifeZ8FtDJpKV2we7iXBGGpVNdzhKIT5gudrkO3OIzdauo9H9haorNUe5aosIIHbLos7RoRrc-Y-CSBvMBbx-aohh7PbXnY7CELxFJ8ipcEnlUJRyvNU1a9NzM0YcKI-NLPyyHy4yC4wQQ/s1600/200307_Jenny_Repros_0007b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="902" data-original-width="710" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifeZ8FtDJpKV2we7iXBGGpVNdzhKIT5gudrkO3OIzdauo9H9haorNUe5aosIIHbLos7RoRrc-Y-CSBvMBbx-aohh7PbXnY7CELxFJ8ipcEnlUJRyvNU1a9NzM0YcKI-NLPyyHy4yC4wQQ/s640/200307_Jenny_Repros_0007b.jpg" width="502" /></a></div></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br /><i>I be movin on, </i>2020 - Oil, oil stick, olive oil, spray paint, charcoal and <br />fabric on canvas in oak frame, 200 x 152 cm</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwrYhoN8oijLqH9uY55usjiGLHWxBqS-dVq3vaU8Q8fBGz4D740TDxUY3UiDBX3oJBldbvjEnSr8xzOGFcrKD5kl2uBmUN7AtibiyaI8T76oRO630pdzGHqlXRRS2upMHWYjrzHpr2vKc/s1600/200307_Jenny_Repros_0008b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="885" data-original-width="681" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwrYhoN8oijLqH9uY55usjiGLHWxBqS-dVq3vaU8Q8fBGz4D740TDxUY3UiDBX3oJBldbvjEnSr8xzOGFcrKD5kl2uBmUN7AtibiyaI8T76oRO630pdzGHqlXRRS2upMHWYjrzHpr2vKc/s640/200307_Jenny_Repros_0008b.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Was it obvious to everybody else</i>, 2020 - Oil, oil stick, olive oil, charcoal on canvas, oak framed, 200 x 152 cm</span><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div></span></span></span>Jenny Brosinski describes painting as </span></span>‘</span></span>a fleeting encounter with what if</span></span>’</span></span>, suggesting an abstracted testing-out of the world's possibilities. That leads to 'a kind of neo-expressionist-minimalism' in which Cy Twombly, Michel Majerus and Michael Krebber are evident influences. She creates and then deconstructs and reconfigures, seeking new possibilities from original arrangements of irregular lines, abstract marks, scraps of text, ambiguous shapes and also, sometimes, famous cartoons. Brosinski restricts the gestures and maximises the exposure of raw ground to generate an air of provisionality. Her aim, she says, is to embody ‘deconstruction’ through compositions that </span></span>‘</span></span>deliberately reveal traces of use, whereby the nature of their materiality is brought to the foreground.</span></span>’</span></span> These two examples show how the face-off operates between a spontaneously <i>ad hoc</i> appearance and the mindful balance which lies beneath.</span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div style="background-color: white;"><span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.15em; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div style="letter-spacing: 1.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
<br /></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxyOjuYiBiPH_FrXS8KCwf-IwT4BpQQsXgIYZ7cMbNG3B4ALRG8T0ksHLtGk1dYvS8oeenaWrg_wR8bvhAkq46bTx7ZS_XcggdV0oQ6IB9WayJb0eI9uXOG_X0JkLLFVkBpmVYqGQq27A/s1600/Jenny+Brosinksi+portrait.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="1360" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxyOjuYiBiPH_FrXS8KCwf-IwT4BpQQsXgIYZ7cMbNG3B4ALRG8T0ksHLtGk1dYvS8oeenaWrg_wR8bvhAkq46bTx7ZS_XcggdV0oQ6IB9WayJb0eI9uXOG_X0JkLLFVkBpmVYqGQq27A/s640/Jenny+Brosinksi+portrait.jpg" width="640" /></a></span><br /><span><br /></span><span><b>Jenny Brosinski</b> (1984, Celle, Germany) lives and works in Berlin. She studied at the Weissensee Academy of Art Berlin, 2006–2010. Her solo exhibitions include at the Choi & Lager Gallery, Seoul (2019); Nevven Gallery, Göteborg, Denmark; POP68, Cologne, and Zweisieben, Karlsruhe, Germany (2018); Galleria Annarumma, Naples and Galerie Schacher – Raum für Kunst, Stuttgart, Germany (2017) and Geukens & De Vil Knokke, Antwerp, Belgiam (2016). </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="border: 1pt none black; padding: 0cm;"><div class="a"><div class="embed-content" data-embed-type="raw-html" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 24px;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div><b style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Emma Cousin </b></div></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg3zSYBK3WcWzHKfxr6UfMkB2EGTaTtDGcpXLnUTQq563w82rcPCeRVeCfARd2Hgg-nqsRVz2P-VZLNx2Z6u-VnVedy97UNsS71oimOOnj4Njg_0IGGZfdQn5Pcq8Ze_qBtfhurhGZ3AeQjsish2Ei4aAXdjNeT8lDo-BDQ1D1rUes8dBvJk_crv6NG=s4631" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4631" data-original-width="3666" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg3zSYBK3WcWzHKfxr6UfMkB2EGTaTtDGcpXLnUTQq563w82rcPCeRVeCfARd2Hgg-nqsRVz2P-VZLNx2Z6u-VnVedy97UNsS71oimOOnj4Njg_0IGGZfdQn5Pcq8Ze_qBtfhurhGZ3AeQjsish2Ei4aAXdjNeT8lDo-BDQ1D1rUes8dBvJk_crv6NG=w506-h640" width="506" /></a></div></b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #17181a; text-align: -webkit-left;"><i><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #17181a; text-align: -webkit-left;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div>Air Line</i>, 2022 - oil on canvas, </span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #17181a; text-align: -webkit-left;">90 x 70 cm</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: -webkit-left;"><span style="color: #17181a; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0efvs-ZenvYHtPaK_FB86iBXitK5mfEXeP16K9jhfYIQcC4SXEPaMIxNgTrVl6339BMKWExPGvJFbWWy3jN0L8lfdqG_CxKV26O-M1G2ksr3d0wSGGitKq04pvXNHgG0LP4BOPCFWSKsDZNdXZ7UXlTYeP0A8lxuIwS-D1bSSmDTSbxZtV7qxwubj=s5614" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5614" data-original-width="3665" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0efvs-ZenvYHtPaK_FB86iBXitK5mfEXeP16K9jhfYIQcC4SXEPaMIxNgTrVl6339BMKWExPGvJFbWWy3jN0L8lfdqG_CxKV26O-M1G2ksr3d0wSGGitKq04pvXNHgG0LP4BOPCFWSKsDZNdXZ7UXlTYeP0A8lxuIwS-D1bSSmDTSbxZtV7qxwubj=w418-h640" width="418" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #17181a; font-weight: 400; text-align: -webkit-left;"><i>Conductor</i>, 2022 - oil on canvas, </span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #17181a; font-weight: 400; text-align: -webkit-left;">110.5 x 70cm</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgweYgKKKZUGI7lk8QXfwxmsb_0tyNDULN44iHi30C1_Krn9nsOqIDJO5JC6TZ2-lYn1wa0dKj8WUZ1B9UxaqOD59hjCEyhXknsAn5e_cRNONu2y_4wHUCtrYCFxol4M5WSEp8YPARsq5q_UsmN7sk4Vg5CpbJ6tA0yeKJRDHZDbCyGY04MPT9Rkb8S=s4662" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3685" data-original-width="4662" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgweYgKKKZUGI7lk8QXfwxmsb_0tyNDULN44iHi30C1_Krn9nsOqIDJO5JC6TZ2-lYn1wa0dKj8WUZ1B9UxaqOD59hjCEyhXknsAn5e_cRNONu2y_4wHUCtrYCFxol4M5WSEp8YPARsq5q_UsmN7sk4Vg5CpbJ6tA0yeKJRDHZDbCyGY04MPT9Rkb8S=w640-h506" width="640" /></a></div><i><br /></i><span><i>Look North</i>, 2022: oil on canvas, </span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #17181a; text-align: left;">90 x 70 cm</span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222; text-align: start;">Emma Cousin's paintings and drawings investigate the ways in which human experience, relationships and communication between the self and others are structured. </span><span style="color: #222222;"> Here she shows a triangle of three works that themselves incorporate triangles into the mix, wittily exploring what the formal device might stand for - directionality, vision, noses, light etc - and also pushing the triangle to the limits of elongation. Cousin explains that she '</span><span style="color: #222222; text-align: start;">responds to the restrictions and humour of language, using ideation to explore meaning and articulate the complexities of human experience and emotions in order to consider how we might interact without it'. Here w</span><span style="color: #222222;">e might be looking towards future possibilities, wondering what being human - or even post-human - will look and feel like. Perhaps, she suggests, these characters are trying to recreate the compass...</span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOUSSZIvDvemGQs32Kjf4Txp_jIgCb4QkuwGvvbZecB6auvu97NgXs5vy2LlHPoU2jHu3B-Rj8wbJk6FZQvPZqsURbRfL3CXO7LLmrUIRlP55Q-NOGUesETPICR_4RxNtbgT8ScDpq5znhiPjKJcukAPOaw5ZFhWc72Zma08eaNlGu_SbtyyU1-l0p=s3849" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3849" data-original-width="2887" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOUSSZIvDvemGQs32Kjf4Txp_jIgCb4QkuwGvvbZecB6auvu97NgXs5vy2LlHPoU2jHu3B-Rj8wbJk6FZQvPZqsURbRfL3CXO7LLmrUIRlP55Q-NOGUesETPICR_4RxNtbgT8ScDpq5znhiPjKJcukAPOaw5ZFhWc72Zma08eaNlGu_SbtyyU1-l0p=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Portrait: F<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; text-align: left;">aris Mustafa</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px;"><b style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "inherit", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Emma Cousin</span></b><span style="font-family: "inherit", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"> (1986, Yorkshire, UK) studied at the Ruskin School of Fine Art, Oxford University 2004-2007.Ruskin School of Fine Art, Oxford University BA Hons.2004-2007 and Skowhegan School of Painting, 2018. Her solo shows include at Niru Ratnam Gallery, London (2021) White Cube (online) and Goldsmith's CCA, London (2020) Milton Keynes Art Centre (2019) and Edel Assanti Gallery, London (2018), and she was part of the Jerwood 'Survey' show which toured Britain in 2018-19.</span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b style="font-family: inherit;">Ina Gerken </b></p></div></div></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1492" data-original-width="2000" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi1aJG4Zqbw2nKbKRgCJXszYw4AVL0m40m0lDsFxo6Xo1_-iRhPA2uim1XmJuz7ju5DvvKPDBVizDdn48dRu9F02jW8yFYBCNh6Rl9lJntSA5pfbc6JQcN_8CIX7Ynl0PrtuJJTaif2RmnNclQ2RIArOgoP2svm05CIdh4uUD8uxaCdQqgtjLnMTywT=w640-h478" width="640" /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><i>Familia</i>, 2022 - acrylic and silk paper on canvas, 200 x 300 cm</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjr_Ta3IGuxbcoYoxbchhT3SqOf9vdKBQCV_sjBctBd7EZ7eHGGuYaHj7hJej-X9t3AbbIL8uiXG9JRKBHm80hPUCPqefO_mhyWhU40-bMyoUYQ5KnzCMAvNjt6gRTnTcUya7SIHwqitJJzniqJyJv5MC3xFqoACPFmYIlNcKCzbu1Tnt-l6Gn5ChhL=s2000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1492" data-original-width="2000" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjr_Ta3IGuxbcoYoxbchhT3SqOf9vdKBQCV_sjBctBd7EZ7eHGGuYaHj7hJej-X9t3AbbIL8uiXG9JRKBHm80hPUCPqefO_mhyWhU40-bMyoUYQ5KnzCMAvNjt6gRTnTcUya7SIHwqitJJzniqJyJv5MC3xFqoACPFmYIlNcKCzbu1Tnt-l6Gn5ChhL=w640-h478" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>Maybe late summer</i>, 2022 - acrylic and silk paper on canvas, 200 x 300 cm</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0.15pt; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 0.15pt; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start;">'The sublime harmony contained in expression', says her Finnish gallery, Makassini Contemporary, 'is wordlessly articulated in Ina Gerken’s ethereal art, through both line and colour. The line searches and fumbles, but does not lose control'. Often, the painting is given extra structure by the addition of Japanese paper, fixed to some parts of the surface. That adds to the ambiguity of space already characteristic of her use of acrylic on canvas. It is apparent that Gerken works within the abstract expressionist tradition. However, the paintings’ idiosyncratic colour theory produces a rich chromaticism that - combined with her varied grounds and laconically articulated, ambivalently gestural application of paint - provides a novel setting for effects akin to Hoffman's push and pull. </span></span></span></div><span></span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5vBYfQRVKu5ahLzPnmEUcs_mxlyd0JeTjt2bJCWZ3KKUpEvfak4iKDBoEd6by0MJvg_9bnXqQr-BPFsTMR92B5FuP6KmuNK8VwxOQuy6pEweK6xOAsVsgV49he6SW03svS9Udr1wSqOg/s1600/Ina+Gerken.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="799" data-original-width="1151" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5vBYfQRVKu5ahLzPnmEUcs_mxlyd0JeTjt2bJCWZ3KKUpEvfak4iKDBoEd6by0MJvg_9bnXqQr-BPFsTMR92B5FuP6KmuNK8VwxOQuy6pEweK6xOAsVsgV49he6SW03svS9Udr1wSqOg/s640/Ina+Gerken.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span><br /><b>Ina Gerken </b>(1<span style="font-family: inherit;">987 Speyer, Germany) lives and works in Düsseldorf. She studied fine art at Kunsthochschule Mainz (2007-13) and painting at Düsseldorf’s Art Academy (2014-2016). Her recent solo shows have been at </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="letter-spacing: 1.1px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">Makasiini Contemporary, Turku, Finland (2018 and 2020); </span>The Cabin, Los Angeles (2019); Achenbach Hagemeier, Berlin and Dusseldorf ; NAM project, Milan (2017) and Gallery Golestani, Düsseldorf (2015). She also participated in the exhibition project NOW! Painting in Germany Today, that showed works from young German artists in four museums across Germany in 2019.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><div style="letter-spacing: 1.1px; line-height: 1.15em; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">
</div></div></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><b style="background-color: transparent;">Rosie Gibbens </b></span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><br /></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBVptNKvwvAvk5pFjUwKd9r0V_rF0mCcXt7EvBJGzg8oTPkaMYk0r7ADq5LIzCuRGRB8XqFVQW39lwIB_1hLy1maZmOGVn95sFfkrW0qbbJfwEF7pnqBXCuEAN3eNVJ5sJ0UD94rBJwIE/s1600/%2527SeDUCKtion%2527+video+still+Videographer_+Roman+Sheppard+Dawson.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBVptNKvwvAvk5pFjUwKd9r0V_rF0mCcXt7EvBJGzg8oTPkaMYk0r7ADq5LIzCuRGRB8XqFVQW39lwIB_1hLy1maZmOGVn95sFfkrW0qbbJfwEF7pnqBXCuEAN3eNVJ5sJ0UD94rBJwIE/s640/%2527SeDUCKtion%2527+video+still+Videographer_+Roman+Sheppard+Dawson.jpg" width="640" /></a> </span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvbtGb9hjSQ0u6NODy9OAg37imCQcK8lTpJ_tWWEcc-ycBv3PWgWQPr_qxDd6gee0gvZN6V_6EdkNSyp3ktnkJ3Yg4guI0cPiOboRIL-uE_rzbvfRVdhU5sXp9PKRwjRb6-mJhlHZaRNM/s1600/'SeDUCKtion'+video+still++ridic.jpg"><span style="color: blue;"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><br /></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span> Still from <i>SeDUCKtion</i>, 2019<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW1GjU7N7T3vsXErN-vVTdi9b1HtfkGioLxWFqAvS1iZj0TzfOYB0NNI8TgkBDYhHxtZ-Urz5gZ7eU5pCxzvvlSLV8HKQgp5VCWPmTzan1RzHx2X-7f5k3LLNQImRKtkLmF7shej2JfO4/s1600/%2527Professional+Body%2527.+Videographer_+Moea+Creugnet.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="794" data-original-width="1197" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW1GjU7N7T3vsXErN-vVTdi9b1HtfkGioLxWFqAvS1iZj0TzfOYB0NNI8TgkBDYhHxtZ-Urz5gZ7eU5pCxzvvlSLV8HKQgp5VCWPmTzan1RzHx2X-7f5k3LLNQImRKtkLmF7shej2JfO4/s640/%2527Professional+Body%2527.+Videographer_+Moea+Creugnet.png" width="640" /></a></span></span></span></span></div></div><div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="text-align: justify;"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 4.5pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2qNFf4IBMTczmv8A_Prmm4gXQVEOxU1S6KlYpCFt6P9bc2mEEYwZdRs7ifADeVTCiVDrgdN1eH5ztecvgbiTsAedTe8T5kxN2opWTq5EtkWYFZOX37U3WFxYQBYu5UrEJgvXw4Kt_65I/s1600/Rosie+G+Prof+Body.JPG"><span style="color: blue;"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 3pt 4.5pt 4.5pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Still from <i>Professional Body</i>, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifaY6fkY4jKPgTlea1SC9aSLxUQpKIIcIRIRxf_JQHGGwstKmw9QZy2bIR1UaKvktp0is7YYX4cBI5PuchE71JxDPgpxZKC8CW_Jp4HdxmBD8op7dBduWIh2bOiSpovsGdaIt619tPDAo/s1600/%2527Domestic+Bliss%2527+Video+still.+Videograoher_+Alessia+Palombo.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifaY6fkY4jKPgTlea1SC9aSLxUQpKIIcIRIRxf_JQHGGwstKmw9QZy2bIR1UaKvktp0is7YYX4cBI5PuchE71JxDPgpxZKC8CW_Jp4HdxmBD8op7dBduWIh2bOiSpovsGdaIt619tPDAo/s640/%2527Domestic+Bliss%2527+Video+still.+Videograoher_+Alessia+Palombo.png" width="640" /></a></span></span></span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="text-align: justify;"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 4.5pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV6-CsUXgyHzb8LmXapjDJHsjr8GGfdm5JNHlEMLfKRG5wnHtVRfC-wmI4WkU5RdaIF_2JCcb_phHvc7-uzqW7bpZ7dK1SC45aJYI3qkEyO6rWkBwtCqiT4H7ppmhm71oevGjw64ZMBDM/s1600/Rosie+Gibbens,+'Domestic+Bliss%E2%80%99.+Videographer+Alessia+Palombo+copy.jpg"><span style="color: blue;"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 3pt 4.5pt 4.5pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Stills from <i>Domestic Bliss</i>, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span>Rosie Gibbens is a performer (often with absurd body parts) and film maker who displays a brazen and pointed conjunction of sex and humour. </span><i>SeDUCKtion</i><span> documents her pondside attempt to attract some ducks using a speculum with lipstick as a beak, washing-up gloves as webbed feet, and a repetitive dance. The register is complicated by the voice-over: a child reads extracts from genuine online discussions comparing the sexiness of Daisy Duck and Minnie Mouse. </span><i>Professional Body</i><span> sees her getting intimate with an office chair, which might act as a parody of the workplace romance, while both </span><i>Brush</i><span> and </span><i>Domestic Bliss</i><span> make ingeniously inappropriate use of everyday items, lampooning the ubiquity of the sexual. The overall effect is an entertaining </span><i>reductio ad absurdum</i><span> of the very possibility of constraining women within defined roles.</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><br /></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><span></span><br /></span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: justify;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXNXixBAqdUZpu5alvkw4WungfuqB_HQ0CDn3rxFF7tBfM-ivZuwl405ENC9BQoLS04vQBrzvrje4CVCfatl7eshMKoz5UDcVpkISto42mntgmv69S0cF0jsYaIVBSi3yO_75LzI6Q80c/s1600/%2527Blinds%2527+performance.+Photograph+by+Manuel+Vason+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXNXixBAqdUZpu5alvkw4WungfuqB_HQ0CDn3rxFF7tBfM-ivZuwl405ENC9BQoLS04vQBrzvrje4CVCfatl7eshMKoz5UDcVpkISto42mntgmv69S0cF0jsYaIVBSi3yO_75LzI6Q80c/s640/%2527Blinds%2527+performance.+Photograph+by+Manuel+Vason+%25281%2529.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />Rosie Gibbens in her 'Blinds' performance, photograph by Manuel Vason</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5wHQIelbdXTwoI8t_EdWZLvEp-ZTALTlzvrwopCFtd-jkFzZc46l5X0aNAUnKtnWvubyo3Y0bKYt2WyF1UNcqiMqiQfVuhr4mcpzUKgq12jomlXbw4LhPFmNDXiBoNyYPgwjyCqdE7vA/s1600/Rosie+G+1.jpg"><span style="color: blue;"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 19.2pt; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span><span><span><span><b><span style="color: #333333;">Rosie Gibbens </span></b><span style="color: #333333;">(1993, UK) graduated from an MA in Contemporary Art Practice at the Royal College of Art (2018) and a BA in Performance Design and Practice at Central Saint Martins (2015). She lives in London. Her first solo exhibition was at the Zabludovic Collection, London in 2021. </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-align: left;"> Recent group exhibitions include: </span><em style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">The Artist is Online</em><span style="text-align: left;">, König Gallery, Berlin (2021); </span><em style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Hot Air</em><span style="text-align: left;">, Bad Art presents, London (2021); </span><em style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Recreational Grounds</em><span style="text-align: left;">, Thames-Side Studios Gallery, London (2021); </span><em style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Ridiculous</em><span style="text-align: left;">, Elephant West, London (2020); </span><em style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Antisocial Isolation</em><span style="text-align: left;">, Saatchi Gallery, London (2020); </span><em style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Salon Acme</em><span style="text-align: left;">, Mexico City (2020); </span><em style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Absinthe 3</em><span style="text-align: left;">, Collective Ending, London (2019).</span></span></div></div></div></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 19.2pt;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #333333;"><b><span>Vivian Greven </span></b></span><br /><span><span style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222;"><i><span style="text-align: start;"> </span><br /></i></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiskHiEAvTWqp_pNkIKyX_2IbNlDj6ewnwbpDCpA1bzpA7VAwmgSqX3PoVxTK1ThSDeOdw_g5Wjj7_8pHwI4lNLroRGmKyvwWdMXPAryK-8axP6M_YRtLKbJb65_nTmvjxBCisaCLNoYQSmxDLxW4VNkDh79B3KIgYPfVWTR6BFej2FInBfqduU8yu6=s652" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="652" data-original-width="472" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiskHiEAvTWqp_pNkIKyX_2IbNlDj6ewnwbpDCpA1bzpA7VAwmgSqX3PoVxTK1ThSDeOdw_g5Wjj7_8pHwI4lNLroRGmKyvwWdMXPAryK-8axP6M_YRtLKbJb65_nTmvjxBCisaCLNoYQSmxDLxW4VNkDh79B3KIgYPfVWTR6BFej2FInBfqduU8yu6=w464-h640" width="464" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></i></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>ex,</i> 2019 - oil and acrylic on canvas, 150 x 105 cm</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQ0MTmANrAE7mMvwnPKV-CydsKeTW2fzTV3NsUTyEn1p4uhCThzlXsDd0Jgspk1VGLhw8AjThQiWi282AbwNPaSJOjEwlS4Y7a4GLxR1_P4QsEQ-YUWOTrmKMQmj5TdTLtVkb09DsE8ibuZ6z_jaGcE0rAyQ6r-WELiRJTvIvkmRI5fmqzKX69BgG3=s652" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQ0MTmANrAE7mMvwnPKV-CydsKeTW2fzTV3NsUTyEn1p4uhCThzlXsDd0Jgspk1VGLhw8AjThQiWi282AbwNPaSJOjEwlS4Y7a4GLxR1_P4QsEQ-YUWOTrmKMQmj5TdTLtVkb09DsE8ibuZ6z_jaGcE0rAyQ6r-WELiRJTvIvkmRI5fmqzKX69BgG3=w458-h640" width="458" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Chak II</i>, 2021 - oil and acrylic on canvas, 80 × 60 cm</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjqyCutaQZmve_IQm5CEfIJWzySHejw61my_FVdY3-q56RQ39cmUPxYwUyscqmP7t65jzCT-zo5-1yLYJLZBLsJ0NGUeRiEs7mRdhTYxdCwcDESEOb36irrt5_LBV53h6jB-xS7Co-KKwPen5-lV_MVvccYlC4lraEDkoUuDXRzXlFDO4L40GJvrzH=s649"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjqyCutaQZmve_IQm5CEfIJWzySHejw61my_FVdY3-q56RQ39cmUPxYwUyscqmP7t65jzCT-zo5-1yLYJLZBLsJ0NGUeRiEs7mRdhTYxdCwcDESEOb36irrt5_LBV53h6jB-xS7Co-KKwPen5-lV_MVvccYlC4lraEDkoUuDXRzXlFDO4L40GJvrzH=w470-h640" width="470" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>X XI</i>, 2021 - oil on canvas, 180 x 120 cm</div></div></div><div style="color: #222222;"><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Vivian Greven characterises her theme as 'painted love', which she filters through ancient Graeco-Roman statues and pastel colours, bringing a classical calm to her androgynous figures. Yet they also suggest pop art and how the idealisation of the human body found throughout art history culminates in our current digital world. That valuation of beauty, says Greven 'is connected to the idea of holiness and holiness in turn is connected to the universe, where death and life are lovers'. The results can be either direct or ethereal, reflecting how the translucency of marble has historically made it the favoured stone for sculpting the nude. As Victor Hugo put it: 'In a woman the flesh must be like marble; in a statue the marble must be like flesh'. Indeed, Vivian sees her painted surfaces as skin-like membranes, allowing her to 'concentrate on its direct surficial appearance but also on the volume of the body, which moves underneath'.</span><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div></span></div></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="683" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJhitU-WcPGBd8ElTTJfaI6zdsD_RocEg3Nur1o_dJXx2yt0XGEb9_9MwcA0Tlrm0ealZrcfY85CuW2yBQ1uXVa8sYXTF1OmPnMWPS9nWD5Mi0U8gxB07eUV3kehCHRA-pMB02EpsAIHk/s640/VivianGreven_DSF8703-photo-Oli-Tjaden-683x1024.jpg" width="426" /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222;">Vivian Greven (born Bonn, Germany, 1985) has had r</span><span style="color: #222222;">ecent </span><span style="color: #222222;">solo exhibitions at Kunstmuseum Langmatt, Kunstpalais Erlangen, Kunstverein Heidelberg </span><span style="color: #222222;">and Gallery Vacancy in Shanghai, as well as group exhibitions at Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Ludwig Forum </span><span style="color: #222222;">Aachen, Kai10 Arthena Foundation Düsseldorf, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Paula Modersohn Becker Museum, </span><span style="color: #222222;">Bremen and Deichtorhallen Hamburg. Vivian Greven is currently a guest professor for painting at the Kunstakademie </span><span style="color: #222222;">Karlsruhe. A comprehensive solo exhibition is planned for spring 2023 at the Neue Galerie Gladbeck.</span></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><b>Yu Jinyoung </b></span></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEii06F7SuOOaxV8hivgpMZ89UWBD1nGGQuLPataRUzqPoUt7idTMdkTPp2BcgmOXa1YSRvJVPedfVKykPwGFZCv-Fib8u2qd0wQHqTacRMVMRueDpK5Jl4Suo92lQjtkdiFcci2WdT9LzFpdBjZ1FLc1kI_xRLk1-lgqwq1zrALAc1dsQLyvy8N1Dag=s697" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="697" data-original-width="409" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEii06F7SuOOaxV8hivgpMZ89UWBD1nGGQuLPataRUzqPoUt7idTMdkTPp2BcgmOXa1YSRvJVPedfVKykPwGFZCv-Fib8u2qd0wQHqTacRMVMRueDpK5Jl4Suo92lQjtkdiFcci2WdT9LzFpdBjZ1FLc1kI_xRLk1-lgqwq1zrALAc1dsQLyvy8N1Dag=w376-h640" width="376" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #5d5d5d;"><i>Me & Them #3</i>,</span><span style="color: #5d5d5d;"> 2014 - Poly vinyl chloride, Fibre-reinforced plastic, </span><span style="color: #5d5d5d;">max 153cm high</span></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhBfcUhgFyBMAcjNl4ldwWWqx8vkWduB4ZoWsQ1Scc5iLOSvRS3tNND6DxG1Z7Wlt3SPzbm1gA80NPzc8TMbUv6oqaY1joRChb3qsqdtgs-1tfu3C_z1haZZntFyYObgQlfzCRKDIzLGbjAJGrxdxv02pVfPKSdb1VXk5houY-zL-vpZlNerUZqcc9v=s670" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="670" data-original-width="463" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhBfcUhgFyBMAcjNl4ldwWWqx8vkWduB4ZoWsQ1Scc5iLOSvRS3tNND6DxG1Z7Wlt3SPzbm1gA80NPzc8TMbUv6oqaY1joRChb3qsqdtgs-1tfu3C_z1haZZntFyYObgQlfzCRKDIzLGbjAJGrxdxv02pVfPKSdb1VXk5houY-zL-vpZlNerUZqcc9v=w442-h640" width="442" /></a></div><br /><b style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: medium;"><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><i style="color: #5d5d5d; font-family: inherit;">the LIFE #1,</i><span style="color: #5d5d5d; font-family: inherit; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="color: #5d5d5d; font-family: inherit;">2016 - Poly vinyl chloride, Fibre-reinforced plastic, </span></span></span><span style="color: #5d5d5d; font-family: inherit;">max 110 cm high</span><span style="color: #5d5d5d; font-family: inherit;"> </span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><b><br /></b></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWJG_kIkSllfGMe_qAweWDGYrYZincPO6WZvvRR2WPNMQO3qrSSyOWim8BtsqmA0EE2HJxMuNtvExDn7oEwgCiCPimL_BD-zb1yx9bWs7C7S8CO7KzoD-gYNT2RsPPj-fy-OKMtuIkzd39xXXk24Fb2AlG_Kdtvpl9TVP3mi4se6kKYj0JkjLUg8Pl=s682" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="444" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWJG_kIkSllfGMe_qAweWDGYrYZincPO6WZvvRR2WPNMQO3qrSSyOWim8BtsqmA0EE2HJxMuNtvExDn7oEwgCiCPimL_BD-zb1yx9bWs7C7S8CO7KzoD-gYNT2RsPPj-fy-OKMtuIkzd39xXXk24Fb2AlG_Kdtvpl9TVP3mi4se6kKYj0JkjLUg8Pl=w416-h640" width="416" /></a></div></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #5d5d5d;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; text-align: justify;">Me & Them #5,</i><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><i> </i>2014 - Poly vinyl chloride, Fibre-reinforced plastic, max 147cm high</span></div></span></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 16.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 16.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><o:p></o:p></p></span></div></span></span><div style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Yu Jinyoung’s life-sized figures use PVC to generate maximum transparency. That provides a telling way to suggest the inner life of her characters. In her words: '<span style="background-color: #f4f4f4;">My works are about people who, instead of getting along with others, choose to keep a distance from them, and be invisible or be left alone unconcerned. Instead of trying to fit into the world, they climb into a space of their own and reject other people’s intrusions. </span> On the one hand, that transparency - reinforced by the mask-like faces - suggests that longing to disappear; on the other hand, it might remind us that we can never be quite sure how much of people’s inner lives we understand from outside. None of the figures here appears alone, but are they just repeating aspects of one person - at different times, in different places? Whatever the case, the mood is playful, yet melancholy.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-TTcdtAkDCPpCN6VZDmD7VvM0Z2p2u-WcqxjjKmonlHf88bl9Vs5FGIC4uCgFabqWThufBz6JhI-yCqgsjqYOfUjXzbuPkRW-KjULzCZIfOOAG5e_IxV7O_yeghu0tL-h4cN48NPxptqnXftXvyekxFy16mQnSSChNZAca_Y90NCCNIUkg6ggG--k=s736" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="736" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-TTcdtAkDCPpCN6VZDmD7VvM0Z2p2u-WcqxjjKmonlHf88bl9Vs5FGIC4uCgFabqWThufBz6JhI-yCqgsjqYOfUjXzbuPkRW-KjULzCZIfOOAG5e_IxV7O_yeghu0tL-h4cN48NPxptqnXftXvyekxFy16mQnSSChNZAca_Y90NCCNIUkg6ggG--k=w400-h378" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Yu Jinyoung</b> (born Seoul, 1977) lives and works in Seoul. She holds a Master's degree in sculpture at the Sungshin Women's University, Seoul. She has exhibited internationally in Korea, Japan and Europe, including solo shows at Choi & Lager Gallery, Cologne, (2013 and 2018) Art Merge Lab, Los Angeles (2015) and Patricia Armocida Gallery, Milan (2013).</span></div></span></span></div></div></span></span></div></div></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><b>Helena Parada Kim </b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCjpgyAxrKrgj3dKJgp9CU0F741LCRm926AwKdI6OpzPTHgZLux5_UQmBMLRCRJyDHxpGS5xMqyPmnNJEl6ffcSFkMX-V7mXRcfyVRUD9r8SmaIk3Ri9xwN3iDiM3L2kxjs0_PaL8fhnw/s1600/parada+kim.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="652" data-original-width="422" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCjpgyAxrKrgj3dKJgp9CU0F741LCRm926AwKdI6OpzPTHgZLux5_UQmBMLRCRJyDHxpGS5xMqyPmnNJEl6ffcSFkMX-V7mXRcfyVRUD9r8SmaIk3Ri9xwN3iDiM3L2kxjs0_PaL8fhnw/s640/parada+kim.JPG" width="414" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><i>Anna K.E</i><span>., 2011 - oil on linen, 180 x 115 cm</span></span><br /><span><span><br /></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span></span><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjnn18doCkATJ3-fhAKLwuy2UQnuA-dNVsRopcS027y7XW7hRSY2WuafCmlwlAjJj2Io-txtnjcquM9QRbfzxLFdDvJlrHbxy-7DyjNR-xJQIb-ytDblkB6rcjMQhYBwbKr0h_K8gqne3lQNOLm8KtM6Xs2ANbU_Wtpn6KMCVAIvmIreX8Nd6E1ZGIv=s955" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="658" data-original-width="955" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjnn18doCkATJ3-fhAKLwuy2UQnuA-dNVsRopcS027y7XW7hRSY2WuafCmlwlAjJj2Io-txtnjcquM9QRbfzxLFdDvJlrHbxy-7DyjNR-xJQIb-ytDblkB6rcjMQhYBwbKr0h_K8gqne3lQNOLm8KtM6Xs2ANbU_Wtpn6KMCVAIvmIreX8Nd6E1ZGIv=w640-h440" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>Lina Franko</i>, 2019/20 - oil on linen 185 x 250 cm </span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span></span><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ99Rsme_eQa6ccPW6eQFxXWC8OVcAoj-nivRqxGiNDt45m2bZ6oWhBHH-Oum8kjYKpOfzFGUd0tq9TAtN4mCXdBxCbdOb9TUXhF6Dw13i4CVAK0JOoSbhcsn9FBm4hcAK10_mDCEkOa8/s1600/parad+a+kim.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="443" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ99Rsme_eQa6ccPW6eQFxXWC8OVcAoj-nivRqxGiNDt45m2bZ6oWhBHH-Oum8kjYKpOfzFGUd0tq9TAtN4mCXdBxCbdOb9TUXhF6Dw13i4CVAK0JOoSbhcsn9FBm4hcAK10_mDCEkOa8/s640/parad+a+kim.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>Iwajla Klinke</i><span>, 2014 - oil on linen, 170 x 130 cm</span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span></span><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>As a Spanish-Korean brought up in Germany, Helena Parada Kim refuses to identify with a single nationality, consistent with her interest in shifting identity. Taking her cue from elegant, feminine figures dressed in the traditional Korean costumes in her mother´s photography albums, she concentrates on portraits. Initially, Parada Kim used the Korean material directly, as echoed in the recent </span><i>Three Women</i><span>, which shows the artist herself with her mother and aunt, against a Korean screen painting. Helena has gone on to portray the typically shifting and mixed worlds of her artist friends. In </span><i>Anna K.E.</i><span> she paints the German-Georgian into a version of Zurbarán's St Margaret of Antiochia, in which the saint boldly faces off the threat - perhaps of male aggression - symbolised by the dragon. </span><i>Lina Franko</i><span> shows another artist friend, together with her poodle, in a studio - her little cosmos - she has just learned she will have to give up. </span><i>Iwajla Klinke</i><span> is posed in front of an empty shop in Berlin: both the style and her androgynous appearance echo portraits, by such Neue Sachlichkeit painters as Christian Schad or Lotte Laserstein, of the new type of woman emerging in the Weimar Republic.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span></span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9FEFck64SZQgi1er2IPUm3XiLVQ8rfOomTyHuM9rDXRv-Xmq0Sdwnz2VmFxQ_YlR_WgKd7hSp-itQNSHiF-dNwaIw6rC2VUCK8q5KFEdcsFL9K4Ucg9mXS2PN7n2KCAH2AAYuuU_nef8/s1600/helena+p+k.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="539" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9FEFck64SZQgi1er2IPUm3XiLVQ8rfOomTyHuM9rDXRv-Xmq0Sdwnz2VmFxQ_YlR_WgKd7hSp-itQNSHiF-dNwaIw6rC2VUCK8q5KFEdcsFL9K4Ucg9mXS2PN7n2KCAH2AAYuuU_nef8/s640/helena+p+k.JPG" width="424" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Helena Parada Kim</b> (1982, Cologne, Germany), lives and works in Berlin). She studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf (2002-09), and has had solo shows at Choi&Lager Gallery, Cologne (2016 and 2021), Neue Galerie Gladbeck, Germany (2019), Choi&Lager Gallery, Seoul (2018), the Korean Cultural Centre, Madrid (2018) Galerie Tristan Lorenz, Frankfurt (2015), Galerie Bugdahn und Kaimer, Düsseldorf (2010) and Kunstverein Recklinghausen, Recklinghausen, Germany (2009).</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Wanda Koop </span></b><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #222222; font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGRzUYbFoxxspwpIIAY5RO4bpP-YN8jfABpE-1bEsl4NVbARV3kjEPTIHmMuXxtT9FHklppy3kVtBiuDwY4vIq3zFO62BgKdy-d8tdMcZJVueVfgzOD72PvM1bCu9CI6Pwa_SNspT8dcjGFHKjWRQ2uUJGVhOgoS_J6SMRsUfJ16VghigNv49AWw9m=s3161" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3161" data-original-width="2000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGRzUYbFoxxspwpIIAY5RO4bpP-YN8jfABpE-1bEsl4NVbARV3kjEPTIHmMuXxtT9FHklppy3kVtBiuDwY4vIq3zFO62BgKdy-d8tdMcZJVueVfgzOD72PvM1bCu9CI6Pwa_SNspT8dcjGFHKjWRQ2uUJGVhOgoS_J6SMRsUfJ16VghigNv49AWw9m=w404-h640" width="404" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><i style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Standing Withstanding, 2</span></i><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; text-align: justify;">020 - acrylic on canvas, 213 x 135 cm</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNvcxfcZHUaDEeber_3REKuKHBf0i-0f8227pBl5p5IYkI3GIOBWxeWwUL3wxwZiJwYPuL8s_2v3KT78KDYP6diQdbTVDZTqZotdFwBTwHNB0EO9XGQICNk_Mr8pJRsZThFyl9Jgn26c4/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNvcxfcZHUaDEeber_3REKuKHBf0i-0f8227pBl5p5IYkI3GIOBWxeWwUL3wxwZiJwYPuL8s_2v3KT78KDYP6diQdbTVDZTqZotdFwBTwHNB0EO9XGQICNk_Mr8pJRsZThFyl9Jgn26c4/w400-h640/12421+%25281%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="text-align: start;"><i>BREAKING NEWS: Midday in Eden (Mauve)</i> - </span> </span><span style="color: #222222;">acrylic on canvas, 213 x 135 cm</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Beauty is troubling in Wanda Koop's large, layered paintings. She works in series, and these two are part of what the ardent community activist calls 'an investigation into the contemporary understanding of Landscape, in particular as a vehicle for addressing cultural encroachment upon and destruction of the so called natural world'. Her 'Dreamline' series features precisely painted drips which represent tears, </span><span style="color: #222222;">yielding a compelling formal device which is also a lament for the planet and how our actions impact on it. The flames of 'Standing Withstanding' echo the double drip tear form, evoking more directly the effect of the oil industry and the Dakota pipeline protests in particular. 'Midday in Eden' conjoins a constricted and denuded tree form with an irruption of abstraction into the landscape, which might act as an indicator of human intervention, as well as operating in formal terms.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjBk-ORiN_kzBxGG4JCZOTeSjgHNuZSvRQ2QQ6AVmeFAdYYbvRIiqyOrmwqvU3drgUsCxcMxPzFVTXjwE_mzcTtlTV8tJppWfY9GJnUFi5iPGFzIatUZPL2V8_doYn7e_vDAzlL09kKigI8EoWmNxVRYB8YGVV7BrJoG393E0v5C0ljsScy20GM7UHu=s1600" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1071" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjBk-ORiN_kzBxGG4JCZOTeSjgHNuZSvRQ2QQ6AVmeFAdYYbvRIiqyOrmwqvU3drgUsCxcMxPzFVTXjwE_mzcTtlTV8tJppWfY9GJnUFi5iPGFzIatUZPL2V8_doYn7e_vDAzlL09kKigI8EoWmNxVRYB8YGVV7BrJoG393E0v5C0ljsScy20GM7UHu=w428-h640" width="428" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #222222; font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span><p style="font-size: large;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222;">Wanda Koop (1951, Vancouver) studied at the </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">University of Manitoba School of Art and </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222;">lives and works in Winnipeg, Canada. She has had more than sixty solo shows, including recently at Notre Dame de Paris; Division Gallery, Toronto; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas (2019) Franklin Parrasch Gallery; New York, Division Gallery, Montreal; Arsenal Contemporary, New York (2018), Night Gallery, Los Angeles (2017), Winnipeg Art Gallery and the Canadian Embassy, Washington (2016). She is the Founder / Honorary Chair of Art City (Inner-city visual arts youth centre) in Winnipeg and is a Member of the Order of Canada (C.M.). </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222;"><br /></span></p><div style="font-size: large;"><b>Liane Lang </b></div><div style="font-size: large;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222;"></span></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0XN0qPsutXbVtqmQQEXSv2KB_Ok1u2p9-Hppj78Brfp6U4Ij5G8w5S5wdp_qRcq-ImdtM_no9MbMPsU2cfP74Cu5V99dX6l_X8bAu7ncja7zBkLbjlj1_lccDW-jaLTKod3fBb4BOQfrBrJ4uthg18uxCyPFu8hWH8fpRGcT5rgQkF7oDCaMyMy_2=s978" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="978" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0XN0qPsutXbVtqmQQEXSv2KB_Ok1u2p9-Hppj78Brfp6U4Ij5G8w5S5wdp_qRcq-ImdtM_no9MbMPsU2cfP74Cu5V99dX6l_X8bAu7ncja7zBkLbjlj1_lccDW-jaLTKod3fBb4BOQfrBrJ4uthg18uxCyPFu8hWH8fpRGcT5rgQkF7oDCaMyMy_2=w640-h522" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><i style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></i></p><div><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal"><i>Sissi Debris, Elizabeth of Austria-Hungary, </i>2019 - print on
building rubble, 70 x 40cm<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><o:p> </o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiTxt2NkVB5LknH93zKpaXdeWSF_WOUXOVz5R-Oq8IV0kqONLpyR9dBS2MXRkqR6m4Si14fArR27fkwYEcsA6dK1DiVvy43DG1kdLYE80AHcVrc9IrlDc6aRWtRqhdVivQAvclTHvEIj51FK0YWKeprw5GkNC6iSDYnGTSooIIhACpnUriTvZaLYJZ_=s711" style="font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="711" data-original-width="633" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiTxt2NkVB5LknH93zKpaXdeWSF_WOUXOVz5R-Oq8IV0kqONLpyR9dBS2MXRkqR6m4Si14fArR27fkwYEcsA6dK1DiVvy43DG1kdLYE80AHcVrc9IrlDc6aRWtRqhdVivQAvclTHvEIj51FK0YWKeprw5GkNC6iSDYnGTSooIIhACpnUriTvZaLYJZ_=w356-h400" width="356" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><i>Empress Josephine</i>, 2021 - Print on marbled plaster, <o:p></o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;">50 x 62cm</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><o:p> </o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgybHQYgAdOUEai-2LRgfFKi8yaIlGrSafmRtCwqO9UZyuXa5VpQijCOH-LVAzHlgSgJ7NppXiusTrRKkI0wFkahKilz7nZhmy5DigFnGHEuJVkYNFAJKxoyHLEUnCf9SRtNV9atVX8b_eKsyPtga99nKeEh2Mzx30RrgKQEZZKLUYv2rMv5CpctOt-=s772" style="font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="772" data-original-width="501" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgybHQYgAdOUEai-2LRgfFKi8yaIlGrSafmRtCwqO9UZyuXa5VpQijCOH-LVAzHlgSgJ7NppXiusTrRKkI0wFkahKilz7nZhmy5DigFnGHEuJVkYNFAJKxoyHLEUnCf9SRtNV9atVX8b_eKsyPtga99nKeEh2Mzx30RrgKQEZZKLUYv2rMv5CpctOt-=w416-h640" width="416" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><i>Joan of Arc, 2019</i> - Print on stucco marble and wood, 70 x 40 cm<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhS8O8EKhlFnW6v12OvGgxCFfTy4jcHiadXHevngcPVsHw5tsP3b8DfO2XZuVUvvx6XoLwOcRtUCdbTW3uNSPXejw3iiduvEaVSZR8rdOYDr2f5USCmH6ienmRIpZ_KiJeF_X13JJGRPPUfNxZt4P4wvaoAvJTDGPBlTwQ3ICmmHc4Kt7PIfzRzdNmt=s958" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="730" data-original-width="958" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhS8O8EKhlFnW6v12OvGgxCFfTy4jcHiadXHevngcPVsHw5tsP3b8DfO2XZuVUvvx6XoLwOcRtUCdbTW3uNSPXejw3iiduvEaVSZR8rdOYDr2f5USCmH6ienmRIpZ_KiJeF_X13JJGRPPUfNxZt4P4wvaoAvJTDGPBlTwQ3ICmmHc4Kt7PIfzRzdNmt=w640-h488" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>Paulina Borghese</i>, 2019 - </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">Print on plaster & resin, </span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">51 x 37cm </span></span><p style="font-size: large;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Also shown: </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">Sophie Scholl</i><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Print on marbled polymer 45 x 45cm and </span><o:p style="font-family: inherit;"></o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Marie Antoinette</i> print on coloured marble slab 28cm x 56cm</span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: large; text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">These works come from Liane Lang’s project ‘Glorious Oblivion’, exploring how women have been represented in public statues and monuments throughout Europe, and seeking to revive their histories. Lang photographs mannequins – a humbler form of the statue – in contact with monuments, as if reaching beyond their cold formality to establish new physical connections with the past. She prints the images onto such unexpected and often fragmented surfaces as shards of marble and lumps of cement – echoing the fragility of the memories these monuments are intended to guard. Lang found that, if the female subject was not a monarch, she was most likely a martyr – as if women were admitted into history only through tragedy. </span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8ilRuw-u-p8kaKHtzytUFfQzSVQV_WqxuGQ8oBJNFHXzS3b8k5c-Og_csyS4Elcu3RiVyA0MyW8Q4McGzST54Nfr0b7bBENpncK-ahXM7uMJj0wpuhTBUPT8AIkTIzVcGHra9H-u7z87RiJ75JjMjvfDJ1HQ_HLYBAu_cV6sNddR8nFLVknYWlSQo=s895" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="528" data-original-width="895" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8ilRuw-u-p8kaKHtzytUFfQzSVQV_WqxuGQ8oBJNFHXzS3b8k5c-Og_csyS4Elcu3RiVyA0MyW8Q4McGzST54Nfr0b7bBENpncK-ahXM7uMJj0wpuhTBUPT8AIkTIzVcGHra9H-u7z87RiJ75JjMjvfDJ1HQ_HLYBAu_cV6sNddR8nFLVknYWlSQo=w640-h378" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Liane Lang (born Munich, 1973) studied at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin and completed a BA in Fine Art at Goldsmiths College followed by a Postgraduate Diploma at the Royal Academy. She has had recent solo shows at the James Freeman Gallery in London and the Lianzhou Festival of Photography. In 2019 her major installation 'We're All In This Together' was shown at the Kunsthalle Tubingen. During 2019 she was based at BilbaoArte, and was a fellow at the Bogliasco Foundation in 2021. She was also artist in residence for the Wirkswirth Festival in England in 2021, leading to an exhibition due in 2022. </div><span class="list_index_sub__item_title" face="Swissworks-regular, times, serif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: table-cell; font-size: 0.9375em; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.48px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; width: 436.385px;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span></span><br /></span><span></span><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span><span><span><span style="background-color: white;"><b>Corrine von Lebusa </b></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span><span><span><span><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEij8-GjMPmq80wx4jLn1BwZU_-ryq1JKjbXyg2xOOIwr9b9KdQdEA28C-DaOG9A4Vmz-G2xmGBaR9lFmbZw98fE1_JJFIQv4IRtrMwgJcUnJaUJEdYc54psmgCKGbCKsB9V3GAjpjQa2-20m8edrPbh0B-xt3mYZCX7OrdoKv3K87TnFLrlE2G-zHAy=s4298" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4298" data-original-width="3360" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEij8-GjMPmq80wx4jLn1BwZU_-ryq1JKjbXyg2xOOIwr9b9KdQdEA28C-DaOG9A4Vmz-G2xmGBaR9lFmbZw98fE1_JJFIQv4IRtrMwgJcUnJaUJEdYc54psmgCKGbCKsB9V3GAjpjQa2-20m8edrPbh0B-xt3mYZCX7OrdoKv3K87TnFLrlE2G-zHAy=w313-h400" width="313" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Independent Beauty</i>, 2014 - mixed media on cardboard, 40x30cm</div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjR2dvM-2gMQCTROMpO8HYtbrRLPZwgQsxBlpfpJg9gIn6zmsSQpu1nXMjMZ9_OQHd-H04dFM4XU0-yzQKYI5x5o9PeuUGnP7hpaMdFd3EX8AOA4DJWNgkmw0t2rpD980F_RgqjFEfVXMQsV7uQQ0JccAXSzvYonHZ4KhuYlQQKNDuelT8OVi5NlP9E=s2000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1599" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjR2dvM-2gMQCTROMpO8HYtbrRLPZwgQsxBlpfpJg9gIn6zmsSQpu1nXMjMZ9_OQHd-H04dFM4XU0-yzQKYI5x5o9PeuUGnP7hpaMdFd3EX8AOA4DJWNgkmw0t2rpD980F_RgqjFEfVXMQsV7uQQ0JccAXSzvYonHZ4KhuYlQQKNDuelT8OVi5NlP9E=w320-h400" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span><span><span style="background-color: white;"><i>La Baie Des Anges</i>, 2021 - <span style="font-family: inherit;">mixed media on cardboard, </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">50x40cm</span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span><span><span><span style="background-color: white;"><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4qQBfBCc4eznOWx5FzuTfbJ-qZFid-7dvfj8cuMg3xwOiKHH6QXi-qWELETG3_p_kc1qF6xeugVCXGexvdE0phs35MagmHp3_FuqVLwWRUyKVWULpYzi_3Kk1U7EmXjHrm7uBquFK1ePt1k3CuSvbQNwbeHNUpl7YFLQcCWKGn4ELm7RCtO8RK-FU=s2972" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2972" data-original-width="2383" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4qQBfBCc4eznOWx5FzuTfbJ-qZFid-7dvfj8cuMg3xwOiKHH6QXi-qWELETG3_p_kc1qF6xeugVCXGexvdE0phs35MagmHp3_FuqVLwWRUyKVWULpYzi_3Kk1U7EmXjHrm7uBquFK1ePt1k3CuSvbQNwbeHNUpl7YFLQcCWKGn4ELm7RCtO8RK-FU=w321-h400" width="321" /></a></div><br /><div><i>Bedtime Story</i>, 2017 - mixed media on cardboard, 50x40cm</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgGTTeLuFTBviKRE1WSFSsR8hGf0tRDyOSPtI0Ccsu7L5nxHBHYN4LV0rd0Ys_snaC8h3vb6hdQJyI9ziRZcz0O8psVZll6h0fDfXMsvpRJeVL2-vjUePIEVpgt9CzDZH6EHCFvDRqgJZNbDHwCqID7OepA217rPxygVJ_UnbE05svdhLieakAhVVOA=s1400" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgGTTeLuFTBviKRE1WSFSsR8hGf0tRDyOSPtI0Ccsu7L5nxHBHYN4LV0rd0Ys_snaC8h3vb6hdQJyI9ziRZcz0O8psVZll6h0fDfXMsvpRJeVL2-vjUePIEVpgt9CzDZH6EHCFvDRqgJZNbDHwCqID7OepA217rPxygVJ_UnbE05svdhLieakAhVVOA=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><div><span><span><span><span><br /></span></span><span><span><i>Whoever comes in is inside #2</i><span>, 2018 - </span></span></span></span></span><span>Mixed media on cardboard, 40 x 30 cm </span>(#6 and #9 in the series are also shown)</div><div><br /></div></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">'</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">What a pleasure it is', says Rosa Loy of her Leipzig sister-in-art, 'to see an obviously figural, i.e. real, world presented in such an unreal way. It is up to us to project our own being onto this unreality. Here the artist offers us a creative sphere in which philosophy, artificiality, reality, femininity and science are able to create something new through chemical union'. Corrine von Lebusa conjures characters we seem to have stumbled on unawares, but so charming is her use of <span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.608px; text-align: start;">watercolour, oil paints, crayons, various inks and diverse varnishes</span>, it is hard to feel troubled by our potentially inappropriate presence. A recent series</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> shows </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">women in striped leotards tumbling and stretching together. They seem more aware of - and playing up to - the viewer as they peer cheekily between their own legs. These jesting characters seem, like the paintings, to be teasing us but just beyond our ability to pin down quite what they are about. </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #17181a;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit;"><span><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia0c5sCIla7hpkuxSpg2D6uGiV7DUUQGsIzsRyXHqqXNeZuD8w1VFndFSiuO28HMs61TiRGNLF0vvWZ8rw_-uX8RNKuGhoJboxqz-gW2zkb3ckR4gG_33UJfqkh-oLYQgBg9tItR7j12E/s1600/Lebusa+Portrait+by+Carina+Linge.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1186" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia0c5sCIla7hpkuxSpg2D6uGiV7DUUQGsIzsRyXHqqXNeZuD8w1VFndFSiuO28HMs61TiRGNLF0vvWZ8rw_-uX8RNKuGhoJboxqz-gW2zkb3ckR4gG_33UJfqkh-oLYQgBg9tItR7j12E/s640/Lebusa+Portrait+by+Carina+Linge.jpg" width="474" /></span></a></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #17181a;"> </span></span></span></span><br /><span><span><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #17181a;">Portrait by Carina Linge</span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span><span><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #17181a;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><b>Corrine von Lebusa </b>(1978, Herzberg, Germany) lives and works in Leipzig. She studied fashion and graphic design at Burg Giebichenstein, Halle (Germany) to 1998, and painting 2001-08 at the Academy of Visual Arts, Leipzig, taking her diploma with Prof. Neo Rauch. She has had solo shows at Galerie Kleindienst, Leipzig (2021, 2015 and 2018), </span><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.608px; text-align: left;">, Jarmuschek & Partner, Berlin (</span><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.608px; text-align: left;">with Inga Kerber, </span><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.608px; text-align: left;">2021), </span>Galerie Levy, Hamburg (2017), Ostdeutscher Sparkassenverband, Berlin (2016). Her group shows include 'Killer Cute', <span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.608px; text-align: left;">De Beor Gallery, Los Angeles (2021)</span>, 'Sex U.L.', Grassi Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Leipzig (2020) and 'The Leipzig Connection', Croatian Association of Artists, Zagreb (2019).</span></div></div></div></span><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="text-align: justify;"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 3pt 4.5pt 4.5pt;"></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 19.2pt;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><div class="a"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div><div><span><span><b>Camilla Løw </b></span></span></div><div><span><span><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhihnAwPR5BkQkvmzkkT9hRq4yD1T3ljd820mSdoYN_R69kRiT3tjeoxQ64kAReptOqp_d-8LPS_80oBSynziKHox-2e_ly17d0l3jCMXxnc5WHvTSmdvNt7cu5HfUk-xtMfxyg-DXVB6h4vKBlUTVfOpU3u7VMnuQAbcwmtdFUnJd4zqIPtGy_BVBk=s1500" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhihnAwPR5BkQkvmzkkT9hRq4yD1T3ljd820mSdoYN_R69kRiT3tjeoxQ64kAReptOqp_d-8LPS_80oBSynziKHox-2e_ly17d0l3jCMXxnc5WHvTSmdvNt7cu5HfUk-xtMfxyg-DXVB6h4vKBlUTVfOpU3u7VMnuQAbcwmtdFUnJd4zqIPtGy_BVBk=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></div></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>High Rise</i>, 2020 (installation at Isca Gallery, Oslo)</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj2bs5SlqyVUSii5ixzRqRdMuvUk4iOJQj0lM7iMPOkEdO9F5_pqT0LKo2K5FlBxyKSTzR5KmjnLOBGdDCy97Wm9RqckAbpdHPjbwMkU50cL52OvnB72lhAbbNw-9nCvQAYXqDsI8cjKk33rIy0S4b-QYTw5gIWog6_83PWHPrYtCCCbg0QJI-nxZDL=s1500" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj2bs5SlqyVUSii5ixzRqRdMuvUk4iOJQj0lM7iMPOkEdO9F5_pqT0LKo2K5FlBxyKSTzR5KmjnLOBGdDCy97Wm9RqckAbpdHPjbwMkU50cL52OvnB72lhAbbNw-9nCvQAYXqDsI8cjKk33rIy0S4b-QYTw5gIWog6_83PWHPrYtCCCbg0QJI-nxZDL=w426-h640" width="426" /></span></a></div><p style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #080808; line-height: 1.68em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span><em>Informer, </em>2020 - Concrete, spray paint 30 x 30 x 60 cm</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRxOQTizxFRU_nyvqmbMJ67mqKiPqpoZ4gGM-G9LtqqK96RxG33l-Qr3UxM1Nf4h3D_7zDQw_iS5EQosTDg2e2uqzLB41rjNDtFSyYxsWYZshP-r0ZMKfCa1LksCMoAVGFyeoqG9aIqYgwtG6uL5JRofRn7AsCBlCZ0P-xEKXyCEVEI_6biEHAXRlr=s1500" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRxOQTizxFRU_nyvqmbMJ67mqKiPqpoZ4gGM-G9LtqqK96RxG33l-Qr3UxM1Nf4h3D_7zDQw_iS5EQosTDg2e2uqzLB41rjNDtFSyYxsWYZshP-r0ZMKfCa1LksCMoAVGFyeoqG9aIqYgwtG6uL5JRofRn7AsCBlCZ0P-xEKXyCEVEI_6biEHAXRlr=w426-h640" width="426" /></a></div></span><div class="a"><span><br /></span></div><i>New Light</i>, 2020 - <span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #080808; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">Concrete, spray paint 30 x 30 x 120 cm</span></span></span></span></div><div class="a"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #080808;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8xiDqIZW-mFDZlEcN5jQkBZFKDUFjepLcjsjaxo6VmDdY4nUm79sBf044D7rIjR6TBFKl0jlX_A_A21t8r0vHXB14L5MPJTq8xZAaQBrPCrbU_Z__KIlxKrE8RrEkwNmkx9KBCwISSB6qhdPu53ZysvsMGdwqtlS2OTfVUBUZ1H4_T4Zbmne0kryu=s1500" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8xiDqIZW-mFDZlEcN5jQkBZFKDUFjepLcjsjaxo6VmDdY4nUm79sBf044D7rIjR6TBFKl0jlX_A_A21t8r0vHXB14L5MPJTq8xZAaQBrPCrbU_Z__KIlxKrE8RrEkwNmkx9KBCwISSB6qhdPu53ZysvsMGdwqtlS2OTfVUBUZ1H4_T4Zbmne0kryu=w426-h640" width="426" /></a></div><p style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #080808; line-height: 1.68em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span><em>Resistance,<b> </b></em>2020 - Concrete, spray paint, steel and wheels 50 x 50 x 71 cm</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJzEa4Cugw9zunmnL9lpIq0X1Y4LAQsV0ppIFheS9yvNgY4agkTfnTdZRdZ7E_xIIsXL0Tz34D83_Xj3xaeIEMA15AAY_upkAhMcdcUR7dn358CTT9-Tdm39GDzoLh5csPVO34iFEXiDwg0afzsdoxrvjVdfKMpqf8gpk64dRcXjqrzKx2aNt0829z=s1500" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJzEa4Cugw9zunmnL9lpIq0X1Y4LAQsV0ppIFheS9yvNgY4agkTfnTdZRdZ7E_xIIsXL0Tz34D83_Xj3xaeIEMA15AAY_upkAhMcdcUR7dn358CTT9-Tdm39GDzoLh5csPVO34iFEXiDwg0afzsdoxrvjVdfKMpqf8gpk64dRcXjqrzKx2aNt0829z=w426-h640" width="426" /></a></div></span><br /></span><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #080808; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><em>Machines (Black),<b> </b></em></span><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #080808; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">2020 Concrete, steel, wheels 30 x 30 x 120 cm</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span><span>The building blocks of<span style="background-color: transparent;"> Camilla Løw’s language will be familiar from classic constructivist and Bauhaus sources and the way that has fed into architecture with utopian aspirations. Hence the sharp geometry, primary colours, formal simplicity and frequent use of concrete. That may sound rather worthy and controlled, but the works turn out to be jauntily expressive in their interactions with each other and their environments. </span>Løw also envisages them as relative to human presence: 'Sometimes it is about losing the form in space, then gathering the shape and form together again through the movement and positioning of the viewer'. </span><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #080808; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">The modular sculptures and wheeled metal bases of High Rise evoke the construction of society's infrastructures, but do so with an unexpected collision of concrete and colour, playfully belying the rawness and weight of their material. We're </span>put on a stage to play our roles alongside Løw's sculptural actors.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5jpwxJU_2Sr4CkUT-9WnNiAHkbULB3dl4OQVp5Ftg49k79Gw4ojQoSqsNQPXyTKJiDnDqcoLKgIrUbtVuoy2rhPtKQ1ncvpE5TxB5WXfsTV901nEy2-9LwoFt_VIXxMLA8L7rz1m7HOU/s1600/Mutma%C3%9Fung,+2013,+170x130cm,+Kasein+auf+Leinwand.jpg"><span style="color: blue;"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyhvAyVPg0GGj0tsF21zUIGUb1XlJ9ooY3BRPn7zQ4HmnGy3iArAX_bgI5XX3Tnj5SGzHM94TsTg0ZsKOU0d8C5qvL7IXKzH1tZTiL37UehBPRfHDR_3JS2f9oYsQh3UpwoBvaybzHcT4/s1600/Camilla_L%25C3%25B8w-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="681" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyhvAyVPg0GGj0tsF21zUIGUb1XlJ9ooY3BRPn7zQ4HmnGy3iArAX_bgI5XX3Tnj5SGzHM94TsTg0ZsKOU0d8C5qvL7IXKzH1tZTiL37UehBPRfHDR_3JS2f9oYsQh3UpwoBvaybzHcT4/s640/Camilla_L%25C3%25B8w-1.jpg" width="444" /></a></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="line-height: 25.68px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span></span><br /></span></div><div><span></span></div><div><span><span><span></span></span></span></div><div></div><br /><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span><b>Camilla Løw </b>lives and works in Oslo. She attended Asker Kunstfagskole (1996-98) and Glasgow School of Art (1998-2001, BA (Hons) Fine Art, Sculpture). Her solo shows include at Isca, Oslo (2020), Belmacz, London (2014 and 2019), Fullersta Gård, Huddinge, Sweden (2018), Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo (2016), Elastic Gallery, Stockholm (2015) and the National Museum for Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo (2012).</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div></div></span></span></div></span></span><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="text-align: start;"><span><br /></span></b><b style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Rosa Loy </span></b></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhr0DONB34kvY3J_I8IppIrWdPRnsyamou1yzOUfr1EPqLNmiypOe7liH0BinYrtZNfD95oqUilB9ZOh_d2AkW32zUdA50K6GPpcHqVg20JX7JKcZnzKN74UXNUw-VI1NL7fYbfn437jujPYESXKIIK5A8NEXTsWNUx4X_7rOXAraQLo2Y_0eAPdAUg=s877" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="877" data-original-width="727" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhr0DONB34kvY3J_I8IppIrWdPRnsyamou1yzOUfr1EPqLNmiypOe7liH0BinYrtZNfD95oqUilB9ZOh_d2AkW32zUdA50K6GPpcHqVg20JX7JKcZnzKN74UXNUw-VI1NL7fYbfn437jujPYESXKIIK5A8NEXTsWNUx4X_7rOXAraQLo2Y_0eAPdAUg=w530-h640" width="530" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Tree Garden</i>, 2011 <span>Casein on canvas,</span>220 x 180 cm</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjukxJUsZU2K9bRTOwgWkYA9ZbvJ-jKNsbvEgMwYYn5w2-Ad3qqTMN80le_gnoNDbNPWyIIomnFpoGXJfqyiWHBgjK6KVLL1tH-6En2kbgfKK9bhX8SSfQsDI1u4e_legPxSp9HE0XSOgt479XCQd0yEvE9ZL1q8TKMdHd1-sKKa-NjG7lyVVOHF0L1=s874" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="874" data-original-width="639" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjukxJUsZU2K9bRTOwgWkYA9ZbvJ-jKNsbvEgMwYYn5w2-Ad3qqTMN80le_gnoNDbNPWyIIomnFpoGXJfqyiWHBgjK6KVLL1tH-6En2kbgfKK9bhX8SSfQsDI1u4e_legPxSp9HE0XSOgt479XCQd0yEvE9ZL1q8TKMdHd1-sKKa-NjG7lyVVOHF0L1=w468-h640" width="468" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Dream Guards</i>, 2012 - <span>Casein on canvas,</span> 33x24cm</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhVqA3dVVMK74TjvnOYONDkShLZZLfBt5ArBAbdLfV-98sBcAqSqIwdsCDyD0hZsZITXzTOnx5328_hahxh6DoG_4dQ6UgnBq8YTVV04RdNjJpCsNsc4q0SKGC4lLOQe8cCWiAQGVYS5SMf_py2CaoNz83c-0-OhUeHw1YJQn-wJsz3_04rQgvjtmJ4=s879" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="879" data-original-width="640" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhVqA3dVVMK74TjvnOYONDkShLZZLfBt5ArBAbdLfV-98sBcAqSqIwdsCDyD0hZsZITXzTOnx5328_hahxh6DoG_4dQ6UgnBq8YTVV04RdNjJpCsNsc4q0SKGC4lLOQe8cCWiAQGVYS5SMf_py2CaoNz83c-0-OhUeHw1YJQn-wJsz3_04rQgvjtmJ4=w466-h640" width="466" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>White Escape</i>, 2012 - <span>Casein on canvas,</span> 33x24cm</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span></div></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">Rosa Loy’s dreamily allegorical images have the atmosphere of an alternative world, some of which may be down to them featuring many women but no men. Loy sees that as part of a vision for strengthening the role of women in society. </span><span> Her pictures echo myths and fairy tales as they search for a new mode of living which feeds on traditional female knowledge and its associated mysteries. Her style has a renaissance vibe enhanced by her choice of casein paint, a medium derived from milk which has been used for murals since Ancient Egypt, but which has become rare with the advent of acrylic. Yet Loy's scenarios feel modern as well as witty. Consider the jostle of surveillant faces in 'Tree Garden', and how inner states are pictorialised in her portrait-styled paintings. </span><br /></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSM1oMH8x7xQhI7HYaRTZIi-Hh93CIrq7ZebTK2Pydc4iouoHpE1FH2h_w-np5w7rmaevrtvj6A8yp41PHE89_o09GRX1cWWxw4S84nuv1okZRrbuvXSguqV2G4Q72TmxD7HUdz_sHfL0/s1600/LOY-laif-18677037-Highres.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></a></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span lang="DE"> </span></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span lang="DE" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCppIILMIF-t1u-MjUbXRZtOkE3gmYSI3ClnszCCgGWHPERvcw_3weHgoUH8ySQFAmFMmN-xuYmsNO3_eKTLEjiM3vEkP89poicgGJ_rErlyJ8AmuzO0LIc399vmVMs23iSiPsdUmlhN8/s1600/LOY-laif-18677037-Highres+GMG.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1065" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCppIILMIF-t1u-MjUbXRZtOkE3gmYSI3ClnszCCgGWHPERvcw_3weHgoUH8ySQFAmFMmN-xuYmsNO3_eKTLEjiM3vEkP89poicgGJ_rErlyJ8AmuzO0LIc399vmVMs23iSiPsdUmlhN8/s640/LOY-laif-18677037-Highres+GMG.jpg" width="424" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span></span><br /></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><b>Rosa Loy</b><span> </span><span>(1958 Zwichau, Germany) lives in Leipzig. She studied horticulture 1976-1985 at <span style="font-family: inherit;">Humboldt University Berlin, and painting 1985-1993 at the Academy of Visual Arts, Leipzig. She </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span><span style="text-align: start;">has had solo exhibitions at </span><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.608px; text-align: start;"> Space K, Seoul (2021, with</span><strong style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.608px; text-align: start;"> </strong><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.608px; text-align: start;">Neo Rauch), and</span><strong style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.608px; text-align: start;"> </strong><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.608px; text-align: start;">in 2020 at</span><strong style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.608px; text-align: start;"> </strong></span></span><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.608px; text-align: start;">Museum Bensheim (Germany), Lyles & King, New York, Galerie Kleindienst, Leipzig and </span><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.608px; text-align: start;">Galerie Noah, Augsburg (Germany). Previous shows have included at Museum Zwickau, Germany; Kunstverein Elsterpark E.V., Leipzig, Germany; VEAG Förderpreis für Kunst, Leipzig, Germany; and Kunstverein der Stadt, Backnang, Germany. In the United States her work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles; André Schlechriem, New York; and David Zwirner, New York.</span></span></div></div></div></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Annie Morris </b></div><span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span><span><span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span><span><span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span><b><br /></b></span></span></span><span><br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: medium;">196cm high with base</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="sc-bdVaJa lgDNGn" color="black60" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="sc-ifAKCX cFlEyZ sc-htpNat hetObL" font-family="'Adobe Garamond W08', 'adobe-garamond-pro', 'AGaramondPro-Regular', 'Times New Roman', Times, serif" font-size="14px" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span><br /></span></div><div class="sc-ifAKCX cFlEyZ sc-htpNat hetObL" font-family="'Adobe Garamond W08', 'adobe-garamond-pro', 'AGaramondPro-Regular', 'Times New Roman', Times, serif" font-size="14px" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; 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margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif"><span>Annie Morris’s work courses with life. That’s obvious enough in the fertile spontaneity of her repertoire of natural forms and flower-headed figures in drawings, paintstick and – paradoxically, given the painstaking process involved -</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> tapestries. Can the same be said of her best-known stream of work, the ‘stacks’ of boulder-like forms balanced improbably on top of each other in cheerful colours? Yes, and yet they originate from a dark place: Morris began the series a dozen years ago when she and her husband suffered a stillbirth. Their component shape references the womb, and they were a way of asserting optimism at a difficult time - which proved pleasingly well founded as the couple are now parents. The stacks are essentially paintings: palettes in which the particularity of colour and texture and their interaction is her core concern, right down to sourcing two sizes of sand grains, as well as pigments and binders from around the world. </span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif"><span><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7lK-AxyGlYq1VdJBXAurSmMTPfjIiBo_IEdUGS_4yAaN-zrYd-KL-H_Br0nGCjOhBNuctSek3HXrruOFe3ddHGBrCp3-sYVHVHVLS7rEW9g0i2BMCWpjswlZsH025etWeXKd9tddbN7E/s1600/20181128_123835+annie+morris+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1533" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7lK-AxyGlYq1VdJBXAurSmMTPfjIiBo_IEdUGS_4yAaN-zrYd-KL-H_Br0nGCjOhBNuctSek3HXrruOFe3ddHGBrCp3-sYVHVHVLS7rEW9g0i2BMCWpjswlZsH025etWeXKd9tddbN7E/s400/20181128_123835+annie+morris+%25282%2529.jpg" width="382" /></span></a></div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0cm;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif"><span><br /></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span><span><span><span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span><span><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div><span></span></div></span></span></span></span><div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><b>Annie Morris</b> (b. 1978 in London) studied at St. Martins College of Art and Design (2002-2003) going on to École des Beaux Arts in Paris under Giuseppe Penonne (1998-2002) before completing her studies at Slade School of Art (2002-2004). Morris’ works are held in various collections across the world and her recent solo e</span></span></span></span></span>xhibitions include at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, UK and Timothy Taylor, London (2021); Union Gallery, London and Timothy Taylor, New York, and Venice Biennale (2019);<span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> ProjectB Gallery, Milan (2018), Winston Wachter Fine Art, Seattle (2018) and Victoria Miro, London (2018).</span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span><br /></span></div><div><span><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div><div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span><span><b>Martine Poppe </b></span></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghmFLSp8QXxkDdvILEQhqOY9XE8HW2UyW3jTDQ5DuzNPbfiLm2yRDvP_QbB_AEftQsvamJqfHfmoBZvo1WWaUjuvhILiy4kcEJRfbDjhTTYjAkX0pVYhgeWDAcNacsKoCXnvh5soWhEP4fFCqOCAaWLe8b0qWqbHn0ObX0mHMIXLpfU2jAkJ90DnI_=s1542" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="932" data-original-width="1542" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghmFLSp8QXxkDdvILEQhqOY9XE8HW2UyW3jTDQ5DuzNPbfiLm2yRDvP_QbB_AEftQsvamJqfHfmoBZvo1WWaUjuvhILiy4kcEJRfbDjhTTYjAkX0pVYhgeWDAcNacsKoCXnvh5soWhEP4fFCqOCAaWLe8b0qWqbHn0ObX0mHMIXLpfU2jAkJ90DnI_=w640-h386" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><br /></div><i>High up</i>, 2022 - oil on polyester restoration fabric and textiles, 200 x 120 cm</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYdHyASzZIQ_1eTC8DFY-WdAnF4ZarsrYswnH2A-Xd82W2cHkvbY3ZmLUmCjxuNn3yoLjbVHSDu9zGKkUQd8e9nT1gJ5owVdrEtqdsPNeqQfZJe5TmacDoo22u4jshqk8nU2oQoVrLDOghIr1Z_Y0SXyUKtDHmN_NU4BPy8EgW7vtsZcNaFCRr574l=s1542" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="932" data-original-width="1542" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYdHyASzZIQ_1eTC8DFY-WdAnF4ZarsrYswnH2A-Xd82W2cHkvbY3ZmLUmCjxuNn3yoLjbVHSDu9zGKkUQd8e9nT1gJ5owVdrEtqdsPNeqQfZJe5TmacDoo22u4jshqk8nU2oQoVrLDOghIr1Z_Y0SXyUKtDHmN_NU4BPy8EgW7vtsZcNaFCRr574l=w640-h386" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><br /></div><i>Overspill</i>, 2022 - oil on polyester restoration fabric and textiles, 200 x 120 cm </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj1mqCkSFiaiPkAWBwODkZ4NJEYF5HxkixbqHIk2w4QsRs2LB-tWKKiBF8d633sRkaZh8WidtKF7tCAZG1vN54Y1knGb7Wss5WCFAlJrxiIxknxQSKxCmCf35xP3Sy1TbwZHsIIu4XLok2j28zgSVgfTxjvCNeCAdj6-p3SYt_UHz1DQR_DRgEdwZW9=s1542" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="932" data-original-width="1542" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj1mqCkSFiaiPkAWBwODkZ4NJEYF5HxkixbqHIk2w4QsRs2LB-tWKKiBF8d633sRkaZh8WidtKF7tCAZG1vN54Y1knGb7Wss5WCFAlJrxiIxknxQSKxCmCf35xP3Sy1TbwZHsIIu4XLok2j28zgSVgfTxjvCNeCAdj6-p3SYt_UHz1DQR_DRgEdwZW9=w640-h386" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>Today</i>, 2022 - oil on polyester restoration fabric and textiles, 200 x 120 cm</div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: start;" /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">Martine Poppe’s recent series is called ‘Cloud Museum’. As she explains, ‘clouds represent one of the biggest unknown factors in climate change, because their behaviour is so hard to predict… Global warming will cause more water to evaporate, which could result in a constant cloud cover, dimming the world. At the same time, the increase of CO2 and changing temperature could make the cumulus clouds (the ones I paint) become heavier, drop, heat up and break apart. Because they’d be less substantial, temperatures would then jump, heating the clouds further, causing them to disappear completely.’ So clouds are ambiguous, both formally, hovering between representation and abstraction, and in climate models – and Poppe loves them enough to have an archive of 20,000 photographs she's taken to inspire her! They also suit her particular combination of restoration fabric as a ground, and her feathery, rhythmic brushstrokes. Poppe also uses leftovers from making the paintings to form sculptures. </span></div><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: start;" /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span><span></span><br /></span></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPjbCJzWIOyUuUWArCKDBj7y74VYQKuXE6hm8y0pmBWLgyIlUJZuevPgDx4bgAlKM6J5aFmX7X4KDcEnXVcHjG6zSyqk2kM1ipNalhxP9rOEsoWC7hdJkfl4gBnf8uGaH0o9E8F7q-OQ4/s1600/Martine+Poppe+_TP56537_martine_poppe.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1048" data-original-width="783" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPjbCJzWIOyUuUWArCKDBj7y74VYQKuXE6hm8y0pmBWLgyIlUJZuevPgDx4bgAlKM6J5aFmX7X4KDcEnXVcHjG6zSyqk2kM1ipNalhxP9rOEsoWC7hdJkfl4gBnf8uGaH0o9E8F7q-OQ4/s640/Martine+Poppe+_TP56537_martine_poppe.jpg" width="478" /></a></span></div><span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><b>Martine Poppe</b> (</span><span>1988, Oslo) l</span><span>ives and works in London and Oslo. She trained </span><span>2007 - 2011 BA Hons in Fine Art, Slade School of Fine Art, University College London and </span><span>2011 - 2013 MFA in Fine Art, Slade School of Fine Art, University College London. Her s</span><span>olo and two person exhibitions include with </span><span>Kristin Hjellegjerde, Berlin (2018 and 2020) and London (2016, 2019 and 2021) , </span><span><span style="color: #4a4a4a; text-align: start;">COUNTY at Palm Beach, Florida (2021),</span> Art Monte Carlo with VI, VII (2019), </span><span>Trafo Kunsthall, Asker, Norway (2015 and 2018), and </span><span>Venet-Haus Galerie, Neu Ulm, Germany (2017).</span></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><b>Johanna Reich</b></span></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgHxYTzp9KQ4rVSx7fLwKx3gjGFAq6SOSv9lDcSSiqCAAiqEZWOdZsCHLpLuvpX-1bO6l8Nz32Kmuj8s1Jm9Vsm0C07V4BAZ1IWo15KmLS0KdzLeX0qK_QASE0iLXo4Y0qT6sKNDA_2CfYBF5e_pyzy_5CpVnIiiV9xWhKGktX8YWxmMWYCheRZ_h9n=s1620" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1620" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgHxYTzp9KQ4rVSx7fLwKx3gjGFAq6SOSv9lDcSSiqCAAiqEZWOdZsCHLpLuvpX-1bO6l8Nz32Kmuj8s1Jm9Vsm0C07V4BAZ1IWo15KmLS0KdzLeX0qK_QASE0iLXo4Y0qT6sKNDA_2CfYBF5e_pyzy_5CpVnIiiV9xWhKGktX8YWxmMWYCheRZ_h9n=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><br /></span></span></div><i>Crawler</i>, as installed at Priska-Pasquer, Cologne, 2020 <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h1 class="Box-sc-15se88d-0 Text-sc-18gcpao-0 gDTxCv gWuwAs" color="black60" font-family="sans" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #707070; font-family: ll-unica77, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: start;"><br /></h1></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjRedvlfkRlXE6jVwtJOPDz5oOPZWiYpefjuTBxa4wiokCJtsZ4VbS7F_E3G2bVm-4_5fUkxSrGeigRcpbLYji7i8FvkKjf5OWLs_LdLJgMfDPuqx3mDoTOXhS0KyTAdBEQ8BmbupArsOzc5Y3Pyn5y_o-gCFqKcc5owCf1ibthtIkoyj2RA7Nx913c=s568" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="568" data-original-width="421" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjRedvlfkRlXE6jVwtJOPDz5oOPZWiYpefjuTBxa4wiokCJtsZ4VbS7F_E3G2bVm-4_5fUkxSrGeigRcpbLYji7i8FvkKjf5OWLs_LdLJgMfDPuqx3mDoTOXhS0KyTAdBEQ8BmbupArsOzc5Y3Pyn5y_o-gCFqKcc5owCf1ibthtIkoyj2RA7Nx913c=w296-h400" width="296" /></a></div><br /></span></div></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Dora Maar</i> from the series <i>RESURFACE (Part II)</i>, 2019 - Digital c-print </div><span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><div class="Box-sc-15se88d-0 caIGcn" color="black60" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #707070; font-family: ll-unica77, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; text-align: start;"><div class="Box-sc-15se88d-0 Text-sc-18gcpao-0 eNzxQP" font-family="sans" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></div></div></span></span></span></div></div><span><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 19.2pt;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="background-color: white;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 5pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Johanna Reich is a
video and performance artist working at the interface between digital and
analogue visual worlds, directing our attention to the effects on our everyday
lives of how online and physical are merging. For <i>Crawler</i> a
search bot is programmed to collect recurring phrases from Internet discussions
of such hot topics as climate change, gender roles and democratic systems.
Self-driving robots then project the phrases onto the gallery architecture and
audience. <i>Resurface II</i> follows on
from the project <i>Resurface</i>, for which Reich and her team have, since
2012, added information to Wikipedia entries of largely forgotten female
artists who - thanks to ongoing digitisation - have gained an online presence. Resurface
II is dedicated to more successful women artists who are still not
adequately recognised: Reich made Polaroids of their portraits and scanned them
during the development process to create an image of translucent presence.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjb8Qa68MtVIFUNPazxaAb6tIOR9dSi5PUT0dOy1ruekhMRsPWciPsaWK-19I6NeuA1nhgksgl1hrManvUlDcy4gc9X2uAWd-K1M5Id_zm0IaOBd6Kc6Cz2HJhutE4HU1HA-F6JRe8ig9l3a6QPbkcmUJkkB8w0txQAWpHtuyRaJTscScCmeDABWgtZ=s700" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="394" data-original-width="700" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjb8Qa68MtVIFUNPazxaAb6tIOR9dSi5PUT0dOy1ruekhMRsPWciPsaWK-19I6NeuA1nhgksgl1hrManvUlDcy4gc9X2uAWd-K1M5Id_zm0IaOBd6Kc6Cz2HJhutE4HU1HA-F6JRe8ig9l3a6QPbkcmUJkkB8w0txQAWpHtuyRaJTscScCmeDABWgtZ=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="gmail-has-small-font-size" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0cm 0cm 15pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;">Johanna
Reich</span></b><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;"> (1977, Minden, Germany) lives and works in Cologne. She studied in Münster,
Hamburg, Barcelona and Cologne during 2000-07 and is a guest professor at the Academy
of Arts, Munich. Her most recent solo shows have been at Anita Beckers Gallery,
Frankfurt (2022), </span>Galerie Milin,
Paris (2021), L`agence à Paris Gallery, France (2019), Priska Pasquer
Gallery Cologne (2019) and Max Ernst Museum, Brühl, Germany (2018). She has received
the Nam June Paik Award, the Excellence Prize of the Japan Media Arts Festival
and the Konrad-von-Soest Prize, Germany, and been awarded artist residencies in Romania, the USA, Luxembourg and Spain. </span></p></div></div></div></div></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 19.2pt;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white;">Aurora Reinhard </span></b></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiquQXiIv6xHS1zH1YnZL_NVBHTTTB41yhCBqGf3OPWY_k4M6kQVuW-Ydth3AdjuWPhgZ5Ada44rUEQx0xMhYzCgwDQLNoDsA25VsKL-8DWfum1wzf53nm94AjTgXlrmwnpB7D5rzjG0BAiqstiZB4IyaNcPR3oaLQG19-fMHI9XJf61vqJw-66xGjq=s600" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="517" data-original-width="600" height="345" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiquQXiIv6xHS1zH1YnZL_NVBHTTTB41yhCBqGf3OPWY_k4M6kQVuW-Ydth3AdjuWPhgZ5Ada44rUEQx0xMhYzCgwDQLNoDsA25VsKL-8DWfum1wzf53nm94AjTgXlrmwnpB7D5rzjG0BAiqstiZB4IyaNcPR3oaLQG19-fMHI9XJf61vqJw-66xGjq=w400-h345" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Artist & Curator</i>, 2017 (with David Elliot)</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXfFYpEV1dQbUzfcIbCKoy_ZnKjTnLqE_N6I483hi391wDAEKEPus-SR1Zjtubx9vLTbkf1tYd89UZjLPXH6KJBrK8S6zyAK3NhqplGLYNqzkAUZfkjII8zpvFyx2G3jE1m_jVobHeIy4UrU4gHAGN9LFq_6KNzS36FQkSGIsudjaBXaLf8Nqbwx5q=s691" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="691" data-original-width="514" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXfFYpEV1dQbUzfcIbCKoy_ZnKjTnLqE_N6I483hi391wDAEKEPus-SR1Zjtubx9vLTbkf1tYd89UZjLPXH6KJBrK8S6zyAK3NhqplGLYNqzkAUZfkjII8zpvFyx2G3jE1m_jVobHeIy4UrU4gHAGN9LFq_6KNzS36FQkSGIsudjaBXaLf8Nqbwx5q=w476-h640" width="476" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><i>Venus #1, (self-portrait</i>), 2013 - Inkjet-print on Vinyl, 205 x 155 cm, ed. 1/3<p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><br /></p></div></div></div></div></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><div style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZdccyYtNNS97TREzyTszMo_4PKhj69fR_OExbv4Wum36558tJp98l7InYwmrIkajp7A-DeHoKxMZdfxj8QmlZno50LBt7ht1USRJx_NMNHDECtchLq2bypKeittz5YnA34Yo-m3980-THqBn3ueCECNu5fyWDe9UWyLEqgR6VANBWL1XDKMScnIal=s680" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: medium;"><span><span><div class="a"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><p class="MsoNormal">Aurora Reinhard works conceptually with photographs,
sculptures and videos dealing with themes of gender and sexuality, moving
between documentary and surreal approaches. Recurrent themes have included an
almost systematic and frequently provocative critique of one-dimensional identities
and stereotyped images of women. When working on her pieces she has made a
habit of putting herself on the line, and of looking for answers both in front
of the camera and behind it: here we see two from a set of nine
immodestly-scaled interpretations of femininity tainted by the porn
industry and pin-up picture. Prosthetic devices, including masks and
super-sized breasts, cover her body like armour, so that it is not clear where
flesh begins and ends. And, as the quintessentially female Venus, the artist-warrior-goddess
lands somewhere between comedy and pathos. <span style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhK08ViA3EfEm7xWLhIn6VjneUl6GQETQ6jIyc-nVdKlZTOA6_zKWH0ToYSp6N1ZXFlKEMuWeuXgieXJP0qGU5h1cZmhVOhm1xPR6ynRnloB7g0CWg8ErQJfy45uko5byM441-t7zBtNDlAPVrKgkm5Fd6QzVZ8clxc4hJtWG9U-mXJmRm4NITz6ZOa=s2600" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1733" data-original-width="2600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhK08ViA3EfEm7xWLhIn6VjneUl6GQETQ6jIyc-nVdKlZTOA6_zKWH0ToYSp6N1ZXFlKEMuWeuXgieXJP0qGU5h1cZmhVOhm1xPR6ynRnloB7g0CWg8ErQJfy45uko5byM441-t7zBtNDlAPVrKgkm5Fd6QzVZ8clxc4hJtWG9U-mXJmRm4NITz6ZOa=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 14pt;">Helsinki and Berlin based </span><b style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 14pt;">Aurora Reinhard</b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 14pt;"> (1975,
Helsinki) studied photography and media art 1995-2003 at the Academy of Fine
Arts in Helsinki. In 2020 she had a solo exhibition at Aine Art Museum in
Tornio Finland and participated in the Iconic Works exhibition at the National
Museum of Sweden and at the National Gallery of Finland. In 2019 she was
nominated for the Ars Fennica prize which is one of the biggest art prizes in
Scandinavia, in connection with the nomination she exhibited at Amos Rex Museum
in Helsinki and Sven Harrys Art Museum in Stockholm. Past solo shows include at
Muyun Art & Culture Foundation Bejing in 2019, Zetterberg Gallery Helsinki
in 2018 & 2017, Kunstverein Ruhr, Essen in 2018, Salon Dahlman Berlin in
2018.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Saelia Aparicio Torinos </span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><b style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEglgpmKSxk8cEk1w4SaSLPAY8hBjI-1EM_r8C3bRAaSG9pIfNpgC3iKgj35gq16u80y82LF2rPeSl5X2cBK-ooek6LHzBATN_N_3gT5gQSPa0TmovAp500NjbZxQrEq6ocm_IoxYdYTs2Uyv4iiS2NnfgSlZcTb1nBtDjgPXkWfmAKbwXvPcTi-350f=s3735" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2558" data-original-width="3735" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEglgpmKSxk8cEk1w4SaSLPAY8hBjI-1EM_r8C3bRAaSG9pIfNpgC3iKgj35gq16u80y82LF2rPeSl5X2cBK-ooek6LHzBATN_N_3gT5gQSPa0TmovAp500NjbZxQrEq6ocm_IoxYdYTs2Uyv4iiS2NnfgSlZcTb1nBtDjgPXkWfmAKbwXvPcTi-350f=w640-h438" width="640" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 19.26px;">Mother of Thousands</span></i><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.26px;">, 2021 - Welded powder coated steel, found salvaged glass, hand-blown glass and neon with mother of thousands plant</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.26px;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmoXb8a1Km2jD7aACmgc5J3JQVX5xjfL7aom_yZam91m8r2gyaWupQbXyxze2-uE-hAk7B4C1OK-aQjdCyTjGVdpAV-zwqKV9ASlqcw90QpciRYEcoFzAflbg6SpGGSEH62S0Mkt7hZCstN0-KH6dBv4qLS8GrK8qTwGEjx5PdlrbAjt5BDXMspGIB=s715" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="715" data-original-width="563" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmoXb8a1Km2jD7aACmgc5J3JQVX5xjfL7aom_yZam91m8r2gyaWupQbXyxze2-uE-hAk7B4C1OK-aQjdCyTjGVdpAV-zwqKV9ASlqcw90QpciRYEcoFzAflbg6SpGGSEH62S0Mkt7hZCstN0-KH6dBv4qLS8GrK8qTwGEjx5PdlrbAjt5BDXMspGIB=w315-h400" width="315" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 19.26px;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>Fridge</i>, 2021 - CNC plywood, stain dye, osmo, glass, found objects, ceramic, milliput<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">A table-as-person reveals a live plant in a glass intestine. London-based Spanish artist Saelia Aparicio has previously used the garden as metaphor for the body, where boundaries between genders, architecture, furniture, animals, and plant life have folded, so this might be seen as a person-plant. ‘I don’t see the body as a source of horror’, says Aparicio, ‘but we’re living in a world that’s increasingly superficial and very much related to the surface of the body. Things like fermentation and digestion are seen as gross and scary, but we all have this whole unknown world inside us that we don’t know and understand </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">- I find that distance fascinating.’ </span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><i style="background-color: transparent;">Kalanchoe Daigremontiana</i><span style="background-color: transparent;"> (Mother of Thousands) is a Madagascan plant known for growing rapidly anywhere it lands – making it a ‘top ten’ invasive species. So this is not necessarily a benign alteration of what it is to be human, more about how we classify other living beings according to our interest, and how that language revert back to us. Likewise the body as fridge. What seems clear, though, is that we don’t have control over nature: we’re in a fictional world of hybridity and interdependence, where what is human or what is nature is blurred. Or is that world so fictional after all? </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKGxA_c_qkBnfJ7Y3AtvWLPRB52uEDPBYZshyrMzoqebalWuSCM1giyCSVdW9_NN-HCEE5F1cjdUBo62h0mcrknVxby-vDHkGhcPxvy5upkzkHQKwXBCCGQnsLsAZW4txUYoH6diDx-FgDYLaE14K_XGGTUeRVQSv4DPaJCyYGUXiAwW1XdnKIPuwq=s1080" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1080" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKGxA_c_qkBnfJ7Y3AtvWLPRB52uEDPBYZshyrMzoqebalWuSCM1giyCSVdW9_NN-HCEE5F1cjdUBo62h0mcrknVxby-vDHkGhcPxvy5upkzkHQKwXBCCGQnsLsAZW4txUYoH6diDx-FgDYLaE14K_XGGTUeRVQSv4DPaJCyYGUXiAwW1XdnKIPuwq=w640-h426" width="640" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 14pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Saelia Aparicio Torinos (born Valladolid, 1982) is a London-based Spanish artist who completed her MA in Sculpture at the Royal College of Art in 2015. In 2019, Aparicio won Generaciones 2019, one of the most prestigious awards for emerging artists in Europe, and was commissioned by the Serpentine Gallery, London to make the film ‘Green Shoots’ for their General Ecology symposium. Her recent shows include 'Bio-speculations for an expanded cohabitation' with The Ryder in Basel, Switzerland (2021) and Ferine (in collaboration with Paloma Proudfoot) at TJ Boulting, London. She appears courtesy of Gallery FUMI, London and The Ryder Projects, Madrid.</span></p><div><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 38.4px;">Lee Won-Kyoung </span></b></p></span></span></div><div class="a" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span style="line-height: 38.4px;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div class="a" style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXVwPEp5MELJDZoD6FrLo35fRDT_3AGY-de1gqrYw4K3iEROlM089ZUq_mv0r_DaOFFYITIRCOA6E-kWaTZcNRYI53McFR1bd4KGnHojg9RLYMv71XBn4djRssdJFFS-oxQrDHN-fL1I4/s1600/w+3++gmg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="815" data-original-width="1600" height="325" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXVwPEp5MELJDZoD6FrLo35fRDT_3AGY-de1gqrYw4K3iEROlM089ZUq_mv0r_DaOFFYITIRCOA6E-kWaTZcNRYI53McFR1bd4KGnHojg9RLYMv71XBn4djRssdJFFS-oxQrDHN-fL1I4/s640/w+3++gmg.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1067" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9acjds1L9j2xxlumCKBGy3r9r0sJ7w5lhmUDFm2kBu2aORmw09qc5x39unzcjigB6C1za2cbBxd_FG0KiZUaYhr_eBMcie-Eoq8UgUs3yX2coGCF4pqo2RjZsdRkosHm5D7wyelzEQYg/s640/w6+gmg.JPG" width="426" /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidozFM55M8JzaEWwZo9uVMLNy7xlFRhyeN9Qz1umUxrdkPmavArfY3pc7kexowfdO-8SAIHq_PtTmPSdNyljknWrZTFSOKg4osIFz7C0VHVBSNcNC7-VztL_kmGULHwaRHVHmUiqhNnsk/s1600/w+4+gmg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1068" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidozFM55M8JzaEWwZo9uVMLNy7xlFRhyeN9Qz1umUxrdkPmavArfY3pc7kexowfdO-8SAIHq_PtTmPSdNyljknWrZTFSOKg4osIFz7C0VHVBSNcNC7-VztL_kmGULHwaRHVHmUiqhNnsk/s640/w+4+gmg.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="a" style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: 38.4px;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="a" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Lee Won-Kyoung, like Rose Wylie, presents animal life on a scale which could be threatening yet makes for an enchantingly friendly presence. That's born out of a further paradox, as she employs hard, cold metal wires using a warm, soft knitting technique - and then hangs the hollow creatures to fly through the space, whether or not the animal represented is aerial. Her sculptures are, of course, artefacts, but the resulting cellular components are plant-like, emphasising the natural continuity between plant, animal and - through us as viewers - human realms. By overlapping these in one work, Lee Won Kyoung asks her audience how they can coexist, respect and live with different attributes in this infinitely diverse world.</span></div><div class="a" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="a" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="a" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="a" style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEk_HyE6P4GVwotDwh4zfyI-MBsKcFRuRTbv_jUbAmpEmL3kFsA8MHQs-qUzAtupLhx0Odt_VCx_JrCDW_Hh28iY5bI0_KIvzuMCVSbU_DnGn1MgDUU0zq4Q6k8_lb4wfHktAviZFS-n4/s1600/w7+gmg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEk_HyE6P4GVwotDwh4zfyI-MBsKcFRuRTbv_jUbAmpEmL3kFsA8MHQs-qUzAtupLhx0Odt_VCx_JrCDW_Hh28iY5bI0_KIvzuMCVSbU_DnGn1MgDUU0zq4Q6k8_lb4wfHktAviZFS-n4/s640/w7+gmg.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="a" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="a" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><b>Lee Won Kyoung </b>(1975, Cheonan, Korea) studied painting at Hannam University in Daejeon from 1995 to 2001, and formative arts at Dankook University in Yongin from 2010 to 2015. She has held numerous solo exhibitions in Seoul and Daejeon from 2001 onwards, including Daejeon Museum of Art, Lee Ung-no Art Museum, and Gwangju Museum of Art. In 2016, she was selected as the Artist of the Year by ThinkArtKorea and had an individual exhibition. She took part in in 2018. </span>Percent for Art, Permanent Public Art, Philadelphia International Airport Terminal F, Philadelphia, PAIn 2019, she participated in the 'Lee Ung-no Paris Residence Program' in Paris, France and won the 'Ha Jung-woong Young Artist Award' in Gwangju, Korea.</span></div><div class="a" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="a" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span></div><div class="a" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></span></span></span></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="border: 1pt none black; padding: 0cm;"><div class="a"><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div style="white-space: normal;"><span><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="white-space: normal;"></div></span></span></div><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: start; white-space: normal;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span>Urara Tsuchiya </span></b></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 19.2pt; text-align: start; white-space: normal;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv1ZbmJEuZJhu5NzyPv6zBtEwR9zr6tziu1LAUgdU0f8gipoPS990FusJ8Pzi6P8KmhKZEeMEVRPTDpYv8o4R_-fo-gLAwHAdDpVQ9TCPq3jI6XaoAiwjy4wuCieCcRxlDaolpfbajYtY/s1600/IMG_0664.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span><img border="0" data-original-height="1093" data-original-width="1125" height="620" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv1ZbmJEuZJhu5NzyPv6zBtEwR9zr6tziu1LAUgdU0f8gipoPS990FusJ8Pzi6P8KmhKZEeMEVRPTDpYv8o4R_-fo-gLAwHAdDpVQ9TCPq3jI6XaoAiwjy4wuCieCcRxlDaolpfbajYtY/s640/IMG_0664.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;"><br /></em></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;">Sauna</em><span face="ProximaNova, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="text-align: start;">, 2020 - </span><span face="ProximaNova, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; text-align: start;">Glazed stoneware, </span><span face="ProximaNova, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #444444; text-align: start;">32 x 42 x 32 cm </span></div></div></span></span><div class="embed-content" data-embed-type="raw-html" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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margin-bottom: 18px; text-align: left; white-space: normal;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Go down on a tree</em>, 2020 - <span style="color: #444444;">Glazed stoneware, </span><span style="color: #444444;">33 x 26 x 28 cm </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPdMbyF4_hVXD_Qn51ggkMY5CV5KLftoB8C-8EkNcFaWmaVbU3bl8ykEugtoN9W449DzY0-idwfoyXTGhNN6cxnNUPw6gJqxeMND8l4yAgZCJE1Ub_lbkmi0JLtO-hV1MyoR-JTc8JvqI/s904/UT+Suitcase+2019+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="660" data-original-width="904" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPdMbyF4_hVXD_Qn51ggkMY5CV5KLftoB8C-8EkNcFaWmaVbU3bl8ykEugtoN9W449DzY0-idwfoyXTGhNN6cxnNUPw6gJqxeMND8l4yAgZCJE1Ub_lbkmi0JLtO-hV1MyoR-JTc8JvqI/w640-h468/UT+Suitcase+2019+.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="title" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: auto; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 18px; text-align: left; white-space: normal;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></em></div><div class="title" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: auto; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 18px; text-align: left; white-space: normal;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Suitcase</em>, 2019 - <span style="color: #444444;">Glazed stoneware, </span><span style="color: #444444;">60 x 42 x 22 cm</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmHNqFgSZkz2hcshhLbwWcdPKEaWLEj72e4NUUaA3dtMHbalM9p4gqilLS_UYOu0a_SOh8xrvd_nzPdYxI33xC1VJOmzNbZg26rFLmMIjjSMZ113zR0-2ci_if4PrOhzuunaMQMRdsGCc/s769/UT+Underwear+2020+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="616" data-original-width="769" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmHNqFgSZkz2hcshhLbwWcdPKEaWLEj72e4NUUaA3dtMHbalM9p4gqilLS_UYOu0a_SOh8xrvd_nzPdYxI33xC1VJOmzNbZg26rFLmMIjjSMZ113zR0-2ci_if4PrOhzuunaMQMRdsGCc/w640-h512/UT+Underwear+2020+.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; white-space: normal;"><div class="title" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: auto; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 18px; text-align: left;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Underwear (black & green)</em>, 2020 - <span style="color: #444444;">Glazed stoneware, </span><span style="color: #444444;">20 x 37 x 5.5 cm</span></div></div><div style="white-space: normal;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Urara Tsuchiya spent Frieze London 2019 in bed, treating Union Pacific's booth as a hotel room in which she was surrounded by such eccentric ceramics as underwear and bottles of booze as well as her well-known strand of sex acts and animals - or both - not infrequently hidden within innocuous looking bowls. That's all typical of how she ignores the usual distinctions between public and private, in film and sculpture as well as ceramic, and challenges us to decide what our boundaries might be. Is panda coupling cute or embarrassing? How sensible is sex in a sauna? Can trees feel pleasure? What sort of sense might it make to pack a ceramic bra in a ceramic suitcase in readiness for embarking on such adventures? </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; white-space: normal;"><span><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; white-space: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl65rpPuCm3AEHdSjRUa_Z9Ti3SVuJzmIuwVJdIS2qwCkZM8TkKm0FE0XrtyYkLb0juGwhjSc2ISKH6kC5s3xagnUj162YVeeYcMBUsGCdsQJm0r8qLGOdegubKgaNtZgG6GN6fIVtfok/s1600/urara+portrait+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1194" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl65rpPuCm3AEHdSjRUa_Z9Ti3SVuJzmIuwVJdIS2qwCkZM8TkKm0FE0XrtyYkLb0juGwhjSc2ISKH6kC5s3xagnUj162YVeeYcMBUsGCdsQJm0r8qLGOdegubKgaNtZgG6GN6fIVtfok/s640/urara+portrait+.jpg" width="476" /></span></a></div></span></span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 24px;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div style="white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><b>Urara Tsuchiya</b> (1979, Tokyo) lives and works in Glasgow, Scotland. She did an MFA at Glasgow School of Art and studied fine Art at Goldsmiths University, London. Previous solo exhibitions include presentations at Frieze, London (2019) and Liste, Basel (2018), and shows at </span><span style="text-align: start;">Ada Project, Rome and </span><span style="text-align: start;">Galleri Golsa, Oslo (2020), </span>Glasgow International (2018 and 2020), Trade Gallery (2017) and Union Pacific, London (2016). </span></div><div style="white-space: normal;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="white-space: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Caroline Walker</span></b></div></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhAS3TpJp6NSIDbue-0vl3SAK1Lt72fxxGlVvAmAvoJJoRJGxccDL7RckWco4hI81qdw3tG-1Gt2uvGOFHeYmssxZB93e_9nYSAZOcTw5d3-KMlz-G8N2dTjUjNPwKvL_tac4AHynVWtxrW0oD693Wsd6mM59jbXwVvuoIDTrEqoLut6komEEo6u7Dy=w534-h640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Bathroom, Room 608</i>, 2018 - oil on board, 45 x 36cm</span><br /><br /></div><div><br /><a href="https://artlogic-res.cloudinary.com/w_2400,h_2400,c_limit,f_auto,fl_lossy,q_auto/artlogicstorage/grimm/images/view/3946197f99f284c02332358a787a6e1dj/grimm-caroline-walker-brazilian-blow-dry-2019.jpg"><img height="484" src="https://artlogic-res.cloudinary.com/w_1600,h_1600,c_limit,f_auto,fl_lossy,q_auto/artlogicstorage/grimm/images/view/3946197f99f284c02332358a787a6e1dj/grimm-caroline-walker-brazilian-blow-dry-2019.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Brazilian Blow Dry</i>, 2019 - Oil on linen, two parts, 232 x 300 cm</span><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 3pt 4.5pt 4.5pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJZjC0jxUbkG3UWXjnnrt3_B1aLaaUf6reMfUk66sa0NcUQIlyAi_DPLURxPjDHGWeMaEzZMnWFbWGRflRR9-AXGUM6C-PxWN-BjRmpZPiKOZVaVtJVxNpo3Go_TCT76DLitj044CAhOA/s751/CW+2+Screenshot+2021-12-02+055138.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="751" data-original-width="606" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJZjC0jxUbkG3UWXjnnrt3_B1aLaaUf6reMfUk66sa0NcUQIlyAi_DPLURxPjDHGWeMaEzZMnWFbWGRflRR9-AXGUM6C-PxWN-BjRmpZPiKOZVaVtJVxNpo3Go_TCT76DLitj044CAhOA/w516-h640/CW+2+Screenshot+2021-12-02+055138.jpg" width="516" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i style="text-align: justify;">Dishwasher Loading, After Dinner, March</i><span style="text-align: justify;">, 2020 - Oil on board, 45 x 36cm</span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>Caroline Walker's sumptuous paintings focus on women within psychologically charged public spaces and as hidden labour: they are active subjects yet our view is complicated by a potentially voyeuristic gaze. The view is often through a window, a formal framing device which also suggests the woman’s containment. Walker works from photographs, originally setting up scenarios or photographing from the street, but she has recently turned towards her own day to day life. She has also </span>focussed on her own mother in her house in <span style="color: #001612; text-align: start;">Dunfermline</span>, Scotland, saying: <span style="color: #001612; text-align: start;">‘I was making paintings of women at work, and my mum was at work too. Although women’s lives have changed a lot, they are still doing this hidden, domestic work. I had a moment where I thought: I’ve been looking everywhere else, but there’s something interesting right here.’</span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilDAttJkxbihEJwbbBCeGOdwjg7sdUkSV5NW1NXMIPT9wFN1KPMfjXhCotMAbHndJhvkG3TlrypoUYjaHCGPCpyA3TyLqcova17ghKnfjW3LPp26xcmCmwAuMJ0sAdkVl9eZVJGYFNEfY/s1600/CAROLINE+WALKER-PORTRAIT-SRGB-LOWRES+(1).jpg"><span style="color: blue;"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJR8_fzj922cWTob0PR-m1njBljHJEW72DgSMZfiZPZNIXqFUX2C16vtNsZ1g_ud4Ym5IZcf2IbAm9L7bUHy6j4RyWC87EI68tQVfy5ZUkNG_hUNIl5IUn17tFWE9JwLzAC-kR1fsYNEQ/s1600/CAROLINE+WALKER-PORTRAIT-SRGB-LOWRES+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1216" data-original-width="1600" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJR8_fzj922cWTob0PR-m1njBljHJEW72DgSMZfiZPZNIXqFUX2C16vtNsZ1g_ud4Ym5IZcf2IbAm9L7bUHy6j4RyWC87EI68tQVfy5ZUkNG_hUNIl5IUn17tFWE9JwLzAC-kR1fsYNEQ/s640/CAROLINE+WALKER-PORTRAIT-SRGB-LOWRES+%25281%2529.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span></span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><b>Caroline Walker </b>(1982 Dunfermline, UK) currently lives and works in London, where she completed her MA at the Royal College of Art in 2009. Recent solo exhibitions have been at the </span><span style="text-align: left;">Kunstmuseum, The Hague (NL); Midl</span><span style="text-align: left;">ands Arts Centre (MAC), Birmingham (UK); </span><span style="text-align: left;">GRIMM, New York - all 2021 - </span><span style="text-align: left;"> Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh (2020), </span><span style="text-align: left;">GRIMM, Amsterdam (2019),</span> Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge and Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles (2018) and Space K, Gwacheon, Korea (2017). Group shows include at Victoria Miro Gallery, London and the Whitechapel Gallery, London and the British Art Show 9, currently touring the UK.</span></div></div></div></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span><b><br /></b></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span><b>Rose Wylie </b></span></span><br /></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkQV8roApZh8fIldlq7A3JEnB973G6LGN8QL36mIMsX30-JwCgRr67GFWct4ANTyL0XqNHm19btOq0xMJCrhPPhyEfGtZNqTJJ3KHaRoegps4j2KmXlpNE-1BZJJd4zRO6j-AEblgR-Jw/s1600/rose+wylie+snake.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="676" data-original-width="905" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkQV8roApZh8fIldlq7A3JEnB973G6LGN8QL36mIMsX30-JwCgRr67GFWct4ANTyL0XqNHm19btOq0xMJCrhPPhyEfGtZNqTJJ3KHaRoegps4j2KmXlpNE-1BZJJd4zRO6j-AEblgR-Jw/s640/rose+wylie+snake.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">'Snake', 2018, as installed at David Zwirner, London </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihdhDeq8N5c1FL-UQTj7bHHtX4NCXKBPMFCddPdUdyTZqWlQL0qivXYiswAPMH9BbPFpbu8gkoRQUCU2QAb0c37nUnUX5HaEzBItWXw5xD5S9inw8aFtBrCUtzVZUHi0em0znJ_aHH-fSGa_Z-HODtbh2sKbkNH0AOSfZFhGixkxpPGvSICPapvLX1=s6350" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6350" data-original-width="4912" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihdhDeq8N5c1FL-UQTj7bHHtX4NCXKBPMFCddPdUdyTZqWlQL0qivXYiswAPMH9BbPFpbu8gkoRQUCU2QAb0c37nUnUX5HaEzBItWXw5xD5S9inw8aFtBrCUtzVZUHi0em0znJ_aHH-fSGa_Z-HODtbh2sKbkNH0AOSfZFhGixkxpPGvSICPapvLX1=w496-h640" width="496" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Asafo Flag, (homage, history notes), </i>2021 - Coloured pencil, biro and collage on paper 29.6 x 21.3 cm</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiVFK7CJyeZ--up1_pQqzszgAb7-KPKsPN-ClK2X6F9LV4G6WRGOpxmjnS_30l92NgiDbDu2elyvHVowbdSuYL1PF8vdOPWdaNRUbQVyWb0PVCtFoyvAl1YHGhkaqIIwXldUrPvDTAWIMBREyzayDDEobJ-DXELxsTN7ap8NPdkK2nAdZ0WP7oNkgCG=s5870" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5870" data-original-width="4912" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiVFK7CJyeZ--up1_pQqzszgAb7-KPKsPN-ClK2X6F9LV4G6WRGOpxmjnS_30l92NgiDbDu2elyvHVowbdSuYL1PF8vdOPWdaNRUbQVyWb0PVCtFoyvAl1YHGhkaqIIwXldUrPvDTAWIMBREyzayDDEobJ-DXELxsTN7ap8NPdkK2nAdZ0WP7oNkgCG=w536-h640" width="536" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Asafo Flag Painting, (homage, history notes), </i>2021 - Oil on canvas 182.5 x 155.5 cm <br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">Rose Wylie's lively visual lexicon draws from multiple sources to arrive at </span></span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">wittily observed meditations on the nature of visual representation. The Asofo Flag drawing and painting show how her eclectic combinations develop. She says of her extraordinary ten panel snake </span><span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"> that, given the chance to fill a whole room with one painting, she thought '</span></span><span>a distinct and singular, long-running-form' would 'cover the ground, and at the same time hold itself together as a coherent and connected work... </span><span>and the snake often has a strong geometric marking: (see my distanced bunches of 3 clear dots). I didn’t want a robust or baroque snake, or a rococo fiddle-about….nor a Hollywood or pop item, more something that might find itself on a flag or ancient manuscript, something recognisable but not realistic either... It referenced Chinese kites for me, so keep the colour light and stick an outline along it to make it show up from a distance as that would be its only complete image... Anyway, for depth of meaning in an apparently simplified ‘look', the snake is stacked with symbolic interpretation…including the nice contrasts of ‘healing', ‘perpetuation’, ‘ poison' and ’sin'... </span><span>There are no props to distract... there is only the restraint of the somewhat metaphysical, well-spaced lettering, which makes a long-parallelism with the word </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">S N A K E, mapping the image and holding up the bottom. The snake floats on bare canvas, long and friendly, and not oppressive'.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwuuqN31G1Z8T5rfzkSFThqPKJYWnWscJWA028P9_UXMOeDPqspnfVVReYJk5ke1Gv9TDza_rkmMvtSivIwz2AOm8bUZxhvYHWs9PQ6pRCXPyU4Ur84VNGsb0KcBKhxjXL0RM82Qkc_gU/s1600/rose+portrait.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1067" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwuuqN31G1Z8T5rfzkSFThqPKJYWnWscJWA028P9_UXMOeDPqspnfVVReYJk5ke1Gv9TDza_rkmMvtSivIwz2AOm8bUZxhvYHWs9PQ6pRCXPyU4Ur84VNGsb0KcBKhxjXL0RM82Qkc_gU/s640/rose+portrait.jpg" width="426" /></span></a></div></div><div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #6e6e6e; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 800; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Rose Wylie</span> (1934 Hythe, Kent, UK) studied at Folkestone and Dover School of Art, Kent, and the Royal College of Art, London, from which she graduated in 1981. Her first solo exhibition took place in 1985 at the Trinity Arts Centre in Kent. She won the John Moores painting prize in 2014. Her recent solo shows include several round the world with the Choi-Lager and David Zwirner galleries and solo presentations at the Jerwood Gallery, Hastings, England (2012); Tate Britain, London and Haugar Vestfold Kunstmuseum, Tønsberg, Norway (2013); Serpentine Gallery, London (2017); Plymouth Arts Centre, England and Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga (2018),</span><span style="text-align: start;"> Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga in Spain (2018); and The Gallery at Windsor in Vero Beach, Florida, </span><span style="text-align: start;">the Aspen Art Museum, Colorado and </span></span><span style="text-align: start;">the Hangaram Art Museum in Seoul (202</span><span style="text-align: start;">0) and</span><span style="text-align: start;"> Museum Langmatt in Baden, Switzerland (2021).</span><span style="text-align: start;"> In 2018, Wylie was awarded an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) for her services to art.</span></span></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR9gzfwrEKDV_JADvcRlsgj1BKppyBfrBEuzDpBIvOe1izhKVHUV18jubtZmiGovGO-nJTCT01gfbjc53Zo3tAr4QHCr7m3_L4NC3vb0QJM1fzYRe468aPIhlvVfbrUndS6t6ZlDkWq74/s1600/Snake+jointed+ver+2++Rose+Wylie+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="221" data-original-width="1600" height="88" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR9gzfwrEKDV_JADvcRlsgj1BKppyBfrBEuzDpBIvOe1izhKVHUV18jubtZmiGovGO-nJTCT01gfbjc53Zo3tAr4QHCr7m3_L4NC3vb0QJM1fzYRe468aPIhlvVfbrUndS6t6ZlDkWq74/s640/Snake+jointed+ver+2++Rose+Wylie+.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div></div><div style="border: 1pt none black; padding: 0cm;"><div class="a"><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="border: 1pt none black; padding: 0cm;"><div class="a"><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </b></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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</span></span>Paul Carey-Kenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01842249388250530953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432330092345249234.post-1498303490213053562022-08-15T22:19:00.002-07:002024-02-14T12:26:39.546-08:00A TYPOLOGY OF THE ANTI-SLARK<p> </p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">'Slark' is the consequence of cars parking a soft grass at the side of the road. I made the word up, but it needed inventing - it's a portmanteau of ‘slab /
slippery’ + ‘park’, for a verge that’s been turned to slab (a dialect term for slippery
mud) by the parking of cars. Here's a dried-out slark: </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU35uRgbBik-5V0TnC04E-Won7VaLF699HZpgksQPr1H_3GN-nFVv7PY-p12fU2SNYVktw-AoOOvJOEkzK1__LrgMwYcImOcsTQAUcqr3xV-1RI5QOUGcIunG-xAK4gbdFXTKQiA4ZyrQ/s2048/20210301_123726+verge.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU35uRgbBik-5V0TnC04E-Won7VaLF699HZpgksQPr1H_3GN-nFVv7PY-p12fU2SNYVktw-AoOOvJOEkzK1__LrgMwYcImOcsTQAUcqr3xV-1RI5QOUGcIunG-xAK4gbdFXTKQiA4ZyrQ/w640-h360/20210301_123726+verge.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p>What's needed, then, is an anti-slark. A local survey revealed the options: </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnuebSKTFQEhay973GZXYN1jWsKuIvFouTLbO05OIKVUzJ85AuMUIGHwIujNvbbBw0iDlFqucNtBWDbQIht7p5r1PFv3r521f1NoIJ_Be_jyGlrOQZr4JL_qodal9-YVFhxv5b-Cn7RjA/s2048/20210228_131213+verge.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnuebSKTFQEhay973GZXYN1jWsKuIvFouTLbO05OIKVUzJ85AuMUIGHwIujNvbbBw0iDlFqucNtBWDbQIht7p5r1PFv3r521f1NoIJ_Be_jyGlrOQZr4JL_qodal9-YVFhxv5b-Cn7RjA/w640-h360/20210228_131213+verge.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p>1. Variable grass length. Unlikely to hack it long term, though it seems to have worked so far in this case.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg99GobWtJL-SWDu6SSOqd7wLe6fZk90fAtuus11imJAJr9bKAzfJ-vDtVQPu3VDlIWul7ftEb3Z2AyRBzpTgnHHGlfzwuiHx6eDiPUW49GjNFUEHapw04QmILhtJD2N5Beo6W2Rhhs94s/s2048/20210320_124434+verge.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg99GobWtJL-SWDu6SSOqd7wLe6fZk90fAtuus11imJAJr9bKAzfJ-vDtVQPu3VDlIWul7ftEb3Z2AyRBzpTgnHHGlfzwuiHx6eDiPUW49GjNFUEHapw04QmILhtJD2N5Beo6W2Rhhs94s/w640-h360/20210320_124434+verge.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p>2. Daffodils. Won't deter the less polite motorists, and rather too seasonal.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgiQljeBKRsmHJT2ughkfGy0v-gDiXltp3fOVF6U42a9GA-KMuY7tzTlNZx8KpDSoXhZkqxAuT27wTRpUjaayrYgnBX6x8aJTzW5LAwcCVgY1bzqLUT2aScGk1oe85GFfgleyGO0_V3wo/s2048/20210319_124300+%25282%2529+verge.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgiQljeBKRsmHJT2ughkfGy0v-gDiXltp3fOVF6U42a9GA-KMuY7tzTlNZx8KpDSoXhZkqxAuT27wTRpUjaayrYgnBX6x8aJTzW5LAwcCVgY1bzqLUT2aScGk1oe85GFfgleyGO0_V3wo/w640-h360/20210319_124300+%25282%2529+verge.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p>3: A request. Worth a try.</p><p><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHOTcm0l5EFzTK-bG9y87VfVsLMTtJ1jTGNtr03-XqIUeyiGu67LqL4_BQqwwIPx82gZbGLvBzRa-xT6K7LQ_PUtNPMwCdj_2FNL8aS2LewsOcO1v_AQfX_y-wLeEnM76P-RwJIYjtIgc/s2048/20210301_123807+verge.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHOTcm0l5EFzTK-bG9y87VfVsLMTtJ1jTGNtr03-XqIUeyiGu67LqL4_BQqwwIPx82gZbGLvBzRa-xT6K7LQ_PUtNPMwCdj_2FNL8aS2LewsOcO1v_AQfX_y-wLeEnM76P-RwJIYjtIgc/w640-h360/20210301_123807+verge.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">4: Wooden notices, quite nice but at least in this case they were simply driven over.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiFuoVo-pxE4dybPghN6X7XW-2Afowb-XA6WtEykicFZlRIElinkAfwOgFCcrQtWBrhNM-WFBpdEPqINGQXSnCqyl2wCmavZFxLQEuSQywZBWBthGhcaCP1k9-mA_4W5znzi9gJqUoHxM/s2048/20210228_131447+verge.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiFuoVo-pxE4dybPghN6X7XW-2Afowb-XA6WtEykicFZlRIElinkAfwOgFCcrQtWBrhNM-WFBpdEPqINGQXSnCqyl2wCmavZFxLQEuSQywZBWBthGhcaCP1k9-mA_4W5znzi9gJqUoHxM/w640-h360/20210228_131447+verge.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>5. Traffic cones: nice and visible, if too easily moved.<div><br /><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJNLmo0bGw8h02NxM3G_MDofjM6xo63yjddq3WdzsfNv6hivsw2mb8pohmy7z-hQ_Acq95xCNP8zJr60AggTwuAfyvxIjlQa2h1NM0_5aRbZ39iLKZ4D4y1ckkkqPc2-rEYrUs0wSMne0/s2048/20210308_121227+verge.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJNLmo0bGw8h02NxM3G_MDofjM6xo63yjddq3WdzsfNv6hivsw2mb8pohmy7z-hQ_Acq95xCNP8zJr60AggTwuAfyvxIjlQa2h1NM0_5aRbZ39iLKZ4D4y1ckkkqPc2-rEYrUs0wSMne0/w640-h360/20210308_121227+verge.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div>6. Rocks are nature's traffic cones?</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4AYURCWS7NYVyRrewAT3zd_n2ETL0Wlw1xH0G9ntnyFS2cMN0epjhCWGpdPXDp976URjiPpRC30IYDw5oLQFdWE6H0vFlXKk6LtU6X3ap4pWkuNMxV48gkDbYXz4jGCzi6epfP8LPHtI/s2048/20210301_123504+verge.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1129" data-original-width="2048" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4AYURCWS7NYVyRrewAT3zd_n2ETL0Wlw1xH0G9ntnyFS2cMN0epjhCWGpdPXDp976URjiPpRC30IYDw5oLQFdWE6H0vFlXKk6LtU6X3ap4pWkuNMxV48gkDbYXz4jGCzi6epfP8LPHtI/w640-h352/20210301_123504+verge.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">7. Probably the minimum likely to have a significant effect. One trusts they haven't been there long, else they have evidently failed. The fluorescent tape is a thoughtful touch.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibGhdBGbHzBDBG4Q8yb1S77ppjMK8K70cR_GTLP2f2Xz8Hi0Lh7sUismmZT4qNaW4LLAdTM2lf0OlQSG23V_CbuonACdY8X-nEKOxQXmyLJcFQ9z00LFLQN6d0zOGj2LeHXs9JlaSOZMM/s2048/20210301_123736+verge.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibGhdBGbHzBDBG4Q8yb1S77ppjMK8K70cR_GTLP2f2Xz8Hi0Lh7sUismmZT4qNaW4LLAdTM2lf0OlQSG23V_CbuonACdY8X-nEKOxQXmyLJcFQ9z00LFLQN6d0zOGj2LeHXs9JlaSOZMM/w640-h360/20210301_123736+verge.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div> 8. These look well sunk, and have perhaps the minimum width of which one can say: you really couldn't drive over those! And serious enough to <span style="text-align: justify;">go beyond tape to reflective material.</span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdHgk-VLIm5oUGczGzxfOsw9g1J9GUpmD-tlom19pPi1SWP7TZg6mXeqFxZjxKiRfdzrksiG1gdsrFIpDbkvSjwPRtJgipwLYOLSj5auWGEYFsb0qX4fEciJ3uHkpSNA5Nj1VBz68GDsg/s2048/20210308_120939+verge.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdHgk-VLIm5oUGczGzxfOsw9g1J9GUpmD-tlom19pPi1SWP7TZg6mXeqFxZjxKiRfdzrksiG1gdsrFIpDbkvSjwPRtJgipwLYOLSj5auWGEYFsb0qX4fEciJ3uHkpSNA5Nj1VBz68GDsg/w640-h360/20210308_120939+verge.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">9. The addition of a little sculptural presence.</div></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA9fgiDHNjv8TtGl4yZIKM_Fwslb4-sM57gWcStrXspsnBHCZLrl2itFFor3ldNsIDku1t8Oxim8_x3vkfsEgx7E0lEBsO4d1oT2Cy6kaZPzcOE0YCX9O-9ZzceGxrCmopSEuKLyMTT_o/s2048/20210308_120951+verge.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA9fgiDHNjv8TtGl4yZIKM_Fwslb4-sM57gWcStrXspsnBHCZLrl2itFFor3ldNsIDku1t8Oxim8_x3vkfsEgx7E0lEBsO4d1oT2Cy6kaZPzcOE0YCX9O-9ZzceGxrCmopSEuKLyMTT_o/w640-h360/20210308_120951+verge.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">10. Substantial form and weight plus floral interest: an amalgam, effectively, of (2) and (9) above. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZV0PuPiEkQpsoRL9GvcINBqeZImBz0yFMX9PKtUOh1mnkmuhpaqGPfudYFhyphenhyphenvjIQBAd4VXVUg52xOD8GMjnh4Ig0wZb5_Dku6PHR6o9K6LXljzekv5fg_tiHfsjh8b_AfofPxn-3tcic/s2048/20210322_111738+verge.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZV0PuPiEkQpsoRL9GvcINBqeZImBz0yFMX9PKtUOh1mnkmuhpaqGPfudYFhyphenhyphenvjIQBAd4VXVUg52xOD8GMjnh4Ig0wZb5_Dku6PHR6o9K6LXljzekv5fg_tiHfsjh8b_AfofPxn-3tcic/w640-h360/20210322_111738+verge.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">11. Now the anti-slark starts to get intrusive.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsrgq6OOYeZMtdSe8Gm-GlA8syD0aXVUyNH0pvTUfX2PDZleTpSDzMiUussUqPq7OhCh5wvISURBjTa9QaDpZsksbDfXanYQli8n7S3XUd2jaVXtsuObMA_biyWMWQMUsjJh2ytLTzJ-k/s2048/20210110_121315+slark.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsrgq6OOYeZMtdSe8Gm-GlA8syD0aXVUyNH0pvTUfX2PDZleTpSDzMiUussUqPq7OhCh5wvISURBjTa9QaDpZsksbDfXanYQli8n7S3XUd2jaVXtsuObMA_biyWMWQMUsjJh2ytLTzJ-k/w640-h360/20210110_121315+slark.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>12. Scale plus reflectors. Anything more than this would read as military rather than domestic. You need a motorbike or a tank to slark here.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiN7LpdFGLuNoTBBFmLz9pyxhKGoAzWs8w-OZ33PI9_oZ7BaFdUcDvXLngTAoGLadndV14UxdSl1YEP-ZNAyx5CDlNSvakOX0vTF3b6OHyBw1ECYJjpSdJzT9OaUKWXcOe4IiZaq-vbz-eY9hjDmZ8x0YzkakcQMabzIJ3HvVDMoDtpT9Gbn-GIWDXQDM/s4080/20240213_083038%20anti%20slark.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3060" data-original-width="4080" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiN7LpdFGLuNoTBBFmLz9pyxhKGoAzWs8w-OZ33PI9_oZ7BaFdUcDvXLngTAoGLadndV14UxdSl1YEP-ZNAyx5CDlNSvakOX0vTF3b6OHyBw1ECYJjpSdJzT9OaUKWXcOe4IiZaq-vbz-eY9hjDmZ8x0YzkakcQMabzIJ3HvVDMoDtpT9Gbn-GIWDXQDM/w640-h480/20240213_083038%20anti%20slark.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">13. The natural: branches spread with a near-accidental look.</span><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div></div></div>Paul Carey-Kenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01842249388250530953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432330092345249234.post-73992643187662435112022-05-12T00:22:00.001-07:002022-05-12T00:35:25.419-07:00CHOICES FROM PHOTO LONDON <p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Photo London is a mixed bag this year. The special exhibitions and young gallery 'discovery section' are somewhat undercooked, but there's still plenty to like. For example:<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPm1xsUz5RAGU8T7Q6DxWBC9QySSR2-wTfGae4McZp49PViPP6JXLyVnyTEGLocKMFAYIM2aTmxGZYs9RwYyfUe2LmWL6nL1UvD0dZSSMWrCIkctqbHxZ2iEKYquggGXiZVG5uPMv0CNDhlctgk0QLDw4tSqvtRyoQq9sOGBfnNRKPIk1646SCMFaN/s1035/pl%20download%20(37).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="825" data-original-width="1035" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPm1xsUz5RAGU8T7Q6DxWBC9QySSR2-wTfGae4McZp49PViPP6JXLyVnyTEGLocKMFAYIM2aTmxGZYs9RwYyfUe2LmWL6nL1UvD0dZSSMWrCIkctqbHxZ2iEKYquggGXiZVG5uPMv0CNDhlctgk0QLDw4tSqvtRyoQq9sOGBfnNRKPIk1646SCMFaN/w640-h510/pl%20download%20(37).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Anastasia Samoylova</b><span>: </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘Barge, Miami River’ 2021 at Peter Sillem,
Frankfurt – stand E08</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Possibly the most painterly straight image at Photo London sees
the Russian-born American artist <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>find something of Rothko in this shot of a rusty
barge reflected in a Florida River – it’s from her series ‘Floridas’, looking at
the plural interpretations available of her home state as one of time capsules
and construction booms. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Samoylova is shortlisted
for the Duetsche Borse prize for ‘Floodzone’, a related project using Florida’s
contradictions to convey anxiety at the effects of global warming.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p> </o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7mtS3iWMTM2jHc8MO2mOyHLOwSTeL0hXPnY53lIYhng3qddW51ARKeliudwC-WCMpXlQeAAtNogHJVQll-9w6CD7p_RBlD205YXqMZJ3ovlbfHd7t3-S3K5OJDOaZGAavH1RmgCy-GWJD19cMXAM7tPNaDgDRc__JKFMN7pWldoR-XleEnuF9a7jY/s1793/Hunters%20Point,%202015%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1527" data-original-width="1793" height="546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7mtS3iWMTM2jHc8MO2mOyHLOwSTeL0hXPnY53lIYhng3qddW51ARKeliudwC-WCMpXlQeAAtNogHJVQll-9w6CD7p_RBlD205YXqMZJ3ovlbfHd7t3-S3K5OJDOaZGAavH1RmgCy-GWJD19cMXAM7tPNaDgDRc__JKFMN7pWldoR-XleEnuF9a7jY/w640-h546/Hunters%20Point,%202015%20(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Scarlett Hoof Graafland</b>: ‘Hunters Point’ 2005 at Flowers Gallery,
London / Hong Kong – A03<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Also set in Florida, to very different effect… The imaginative
Dutch photographer describes this early work as dealing with ‘the ultimate
feeling that love can conquer everything, even a lake full of alligators.’ She
was planning to shoot herself with the New York performance artist Hunter Reynolds, but
he was not fit enough so she used a local artist instead, ‘but I kept the title
Hunters Point, somehow I think it fits.’ I had to edit this somewhat for Instagram, suppressing the shocking fact that the local artist had a penis. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfjlgFLBZSvrWsSuRlhO8P3qK-p75VjVMJqqVRImx7dyjvFD-1Bl1hS4tE1AskWWszL8-JLW026z4t90t5g6QP8IXjQ6KC4A-CIhnxNEaxSRNR_rEBmfM-ecXIe7om-uc-2h5VD177DBHduiXIfuGtnxD4MxHZi7MRwUBAFn3XQ4mdgr8r6uDPA8E1/s644/pfn-manchot-02895%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="403" data-original-width="644" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfjlgFLBZSvrWsSuRlhO8P3qK-p75VjVMJqqVRImx7dyjvFD-1Bl1hS4tE1AskWWszL8-JLW026z4t90t5g6QP8IXjQ6KC4A-CIhnxNEaxSRNR_rEBmfM-ecXIe7om-uc-2h5VD177DBHduiXIfuGtnxD4MxHZi7MRwUBAFn3XQ4mdgr8r6uDPA8E1/w640-h400/pfn-manchot-02895%20(1).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Melanie Manchot</b>: ‘Cornered Star (From Above)’ 2018-22 at Parafin, London – G08<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Manchot’s stand is essentially about setting up collaborative and empowering relations with people during the photo-portrait process – but she also gives that an inter-species twist with images of a horse in Marl, Germany. They were shot in the middle of the once-rich but now less prosperous town, which has many historic equestrian statues, so that the photographer replaces the rider in the partnership process. </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHhnGHhacc7MolIJCH5j79R51OCxjfDlmCGuWM_q5jIp07v-hi4Zr_50SW4JEwCLmuqvCt2Hhciq9dXuRifYAb7uMDgjdUPMH81LtyGddXvUQ2OM44O1AeYngiapKx3ILp7-EcqI5G9H5lL9lIGeS8zeybkDqg03UptqklnB0JweVLfYPzoW9LToiy/s1061/pl%202%20download%20(37).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="743" data-original-width="1061" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHhnGHhacc7MolIJCH5j79R51OCxjfDlmCGuWM_q5jIp07v-hi4Zr_50SW4JEwCLmuqvCt2Hhciq9dXuRifYAb7uMDgjdUPMH81LtyGddXvUQ2OM44O1AeYngiapKx3ILp7-EcqI5G9H5lL9lIGeS8zeybkDqg03UptqklnB0JweVLfYPzoW9LToiy/w640-h448/pl%202%20download%20(37).png" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Mikhael Subotzky</b>: ‘Die Vaderland (0371)’, 2009 at Goodman
Gallery, Johannesburg / Cape Town / London – G18<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Goodman provides a four project survey Subotzky’s work,
calling it ‘at once highly introspective and revelatory of the systemic injustices
wrought by South Africa’s colonialist legacy’. This is from the same time as ‘Ponte
City’, the 2015 Duetsche Prize winning collaboration with Patrick Waterhouse that
documented Johannesburg’s most famous tower block, but taken in a different
building, once a nationalist headquarters but having been abandoned once apartheid
ended, was occupied by a group of Zimbabwean artists, hence the deliberate sculpture
among the accidentally sculptural effects.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p> </o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsS82FVScmthz38sVfwM4vAZ_kDvKIYiUvJWfki_5qI_KSHROwIbH7bxse4Kyr7sU_fqYQ79jA3YJqe2dATxkOmJ5-cHse96RgTsX6MoVLZsWR7lnItwbqp9COxtjqzVI3galxE0r-4f0UO7EyNcSqaDhRKJIWvvvmHwqi5B_lVtVMxu956EcChfGH/s995/tuori%20download%20(37).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="743" data-original-width="995" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsS82FVScmthz38sVfwM4vAZ_kDvKIYiUvJWfki_5qI_KSHROwIbH7bxse4Kyr7sU_fqYQ79jA3YJqe2dATxkOmJ5-cHse96RgTsX6MoVLZsWR7lnItwbqp9COxtjqzVI3galxE0r-4f0UO7EyNcSqaDhRKJIWvvvmHwqi5B_lVtVMxu956EcChfGH/w640-h478/tuori%20download%20(37).png" width="640" /></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Santeri Tuori</b>: Water Lilies #20, 2020 at Persons Projects,
Berlin – G24<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Tuori, a leading member of the ‘Helsinki School’, sails
through the Finnish archipelago each summer to find scenes of interest, then photograph
them repeatedly over the years and seasons. He then layers the images one on
top of one another, sometimes – as here – interleaving black-and-white and
colour negatives to encapsulate the passage of time while generating an otherworldly
result from the combination of worldly observations. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghkPtn2Bbmvy5esTVkl25RlurL-XxiQQHMvwdQFjn-t7khNBS-mrqUZiBH8pq41X8qhEG832mmh4Bq8jtgZ6DbKKQn-dMnm6jf8oliAsyFsqZeQeYVee9bQyQDSE2a1l84U5armt0Uy9r_qS7TY41rOCrMNvMiU_zAGmulioTkkWKg1uH1LC0avuzx/s1246/mm%20download%20(37).png" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1246" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghkPtn2Bbmvy5esTVkl25RlurL-XxiQQHMvwdQFjn-t7khNBS-mrqUZiBH8pq41X8qhEG832mmh4Bq8jtgZ6DbKKQn-dMnm6jf8oliAsyFsqZeQeYVee9bQyQDSE2a1l84U5armt0Uy9r_qS7TY41rOCrMNvMiU_zAGmulioTkkWKg1uH1LC0avuzx/w640-h426/mm%20download%20(37).png" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Marianne Marić</b>: ‘Socle’, from the series 'Les Statues
Meurent Aussi', 2015 at Christophe Guye Galerie, Zurich - W3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Statues also die, according to the French artist’s series which
executes a playful back and forth between flesh and stone. Here the dismount
from a socle (plain low plinth) suggests a feminist perspective on exactly who
should be commemorated in public statues as well as teasing the viewer with the
question of whether those legs and arms can belong together.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Add some things I’ve written about before - Hannah Hughes at
Robert Marat (G19), various ‘outsider’ photographers at The Gallery of
Everything (E01), another chance to see Sally Mann’s Prix Pictet winning series
(F09) and artist-run Hi-Noon’s lively selection of editions (D05) -<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and you have my top ten stands. </span><o:p></o:p></p>Paul Carey-Kenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01842249388250530953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432330092345249234.post-43190812863084621242022-02-13T23:21:00.004-08:002022-02-14T01:43:14.439-08:00NATUREMAX<p><b style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;">NatureMax</b></p><p><b style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjY3SlEpwATh7bkKiundhCXJrCs9n82iKAxJ6C77CSzlp_R87pxQEj_Uj0EXoK6v08Xkg8f0u_tx38YjYSI5sw1QTyqOX-I4RF34-jOqEClcq4AmvuopjuMNzHxEovHzbFX_Y77oOZeVWbbHbFreRH_FtJbCpjG-3BzKeizFGjG1YCyc4nv4-D9xxpI=s1186" style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="791" data-original-width="1186" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjY3SlEpwATh7bkKiundhCXJrCs9n82iKAxJ6C77CSzlp_R87pxQEj_Uj0EXoK6v08Xkg8f0u_tx38YjYSI5sw1QTyqOX-I4RF34-jOqEClcq4AmvuopjuMNzHxEovHzbFX_Y77oOZeVWbbHbFreRH_FtJbCpjG-3BzKeizFGjG1YCyc4nv4-D9xxpI=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></b></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">GIANT gallery, Bournemouth: 15 Nov 2022 - 13 Feb 2022</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Curated by Paul Carey-Kent</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">How should we relate to nature? As recently as fifty years ago the anthropocentric way of looking purely through the lens of human outcomes was the mainstream assumption. It is embedded in many religions, as when the bible states that humans are created in the image of God and are to have dominion over all other living creatures. That’s never been a world-wide view: for example, indigenous Australian and American traditions have framed man as working with nature, being part of a system in which they are equals in a web of relationships with flora and fauna. But the growing consensus around the effect of a history of exploiting and abusing nature have altered how the west, too, sees the relationship. The question becomes, as Donna Haraway poses it: ‘What happens when human exceptionalism and bounded individualism, those old saws of Western philosophy and political economics, become unthinkable in the best sciences, whether natural or social?’</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Haraway and Timothy Morton are the most widely known philosophers to tackle the question of how climate change should alter our ways of thinking. Morton emphasises the interconnectedness of all living and non-living things, contrasting that with how ‘putting something called Nature on a pedestal and admiring it from afar does for the environment what patriarchy does for the figure of Woman’. He emphasises that all our experiences are coloured by the environmental position, from drinking water to hoovering the lounge to looking at art. Tragically, it is only by despoiling the planet that we have realised just how much a part of it we are. One might describe the outcome of such considerations as ecological post-humanism. Jean Luc Nancy says we are always ‘beings in common’: as individuals we may be singular, but we cannot but be part of a community of different beings each exposed to each other in myriad different ways. Another term is ‘biocemtrism’: seeing humans as just one species among many in the ecosystem, and holding that the natural environment is intrinsically valuable independent of what benefit accrues to people. In one snappy formulation, ‘we are all lichens now’.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Yet has the underlying motivation changed as much as those views suggest? One could argue that the driving force is a new arrogance, grounded in a fear of the planet losing us. We’re used to the idea that individual death may be something to be embraced, rather than feared: should we look to accept the long-term inevitability of our own species death in a comparable spirit?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">All of which is about attitude, rather than action, about the questions rather than the answers. And that is what art is good at: evoking, amplifying, provoking... As George Vasey has said: ‘Climate change is a form of slow violence, enacted over many generations. While it is often difficult to grasp, its scars run deep. The urgency for artists is to make the abstract, concrete and paint a vivid picture in people’s minds.’ Bournemouth’s former Debenhams – a doomed cathedral of sorts to the society of consumption which lies behind the Anthropocene - or Cthulhucene, as Haraway terms it to avoid putting humanity at its etymological centre - is an appropriate place to reflect on how we relate to nature. There’s plenty of potential to read concerns about the future of nature into the work of the twelve artists gathered here. There are many cross-overs, but - for example - we can reflect on what is and isn’t natural as we look at the work of Kelly Richardson, Andy Harper and Theo Ellison. Our shifting views of the power of nature underlie the films of Toby Tatum and the photographs of Esther Teichmann. We can observe nature corrupted yet resilient in the installations of Matt Hale and Rebecca Byrne, the photographs of Sandra Kantanen and the paintings of Alan Rankle. We can trace the commonality of species and the integration of human and natural in the merged forms of Saelia Aparicio, Julie Maurin and Tessa Farmer. The dozen artists combine to show some of the ways in which we need to move from controlling nature to facilitating its independent importance, to accepting the case for ‘NatureMax’.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-gP1mXiPBCZYkoWggMQCXLOGKTNOkCwpvDTHIrvduwm9XcnAabkadNSbFFrsiVuVFnYQvD_ZOuxbFvImv-4YvAmDWU9FB5ErQmnKRc39c1gJv7sd8zwLa4CU2B9EAqnnsY_AfZDz91ZWQmtM-CPAmrsFv-XFoYU_G4fCSQLTm788qK3-UC6s9JYiM=s1346" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1346" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-gP1mXiPBCZYkoWggMQCXLOGKTNOkCwpvDTHIrvduwm9XcnAabkadNSbFFrsiVuVFnYQvD_ZOuxbFvImv-4YvAmDWU9FB5ErQmnKRc39c1gJv7sd8zwLa4CU2B9EAqnnsY_AfZDz91ZWQmtM-CPAmrsFv-XFoYU_G4fCSQLTm788qK3-UC6s9JYiM=w514-h640" width="514" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">ARTIST TEXTS</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Saelia Aparicio</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6kXLwkT5YNU2I4pj11rFQstQf6Sn3PQXDJNkpQVkX27oC8Ro3oOMHx0EFNzk2DSwJ6MHJSb66B5EquyNjhHxkwNTSV8SuRAhBLFsnqCOi7e3i8c3W_0Q8g7u6MknTu4cj38yYEHtma5p3YJl2BTQyVjKMKiKS_J1MbWnRhjL82FNXj-cjms22tdSb=s3735" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2558" data-original-width="3735" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6kXLwkT5YNU2I4pj11rFQstQf6Sn3PQXDJNkpQVkX27oC8Ro3oOMHx0EFNzk2DSwJ6MHJSb66B5EquyNjhHxkwNTSV8SuRAhBLFsnqCOi7e3i8c3W_0Q8g7u6MknTu4cj38yYEHtma5p3YJl2BTQyVjKMKiKS_J1MbWnRhjL82FNXj-cjms22tdSb=w640-h438" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Mother of Thousands</i>, 2021 - Welded powder coated steel, found salvaged glass, hand-blown glass and neon with mother of thousands plant</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHFZDxcEI9Lwgp6QSsojlNCV6lpxsdsfGHr44NuCNiNib1xemLvUdDpYaevuiEb21pq4qpzOW-InKSAd2-j0OZLQiy2kYTJC20k6RlKX5osPuBzGw_vuwz6BDUhsQp1AAPdyHUvMeINrJPj-bSMJemQSrGw1i-Jl8_GEw43LvlXT_OX34lVeFdKKpU=s791" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="791" data-original-width="527" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHFZDxcEI9Lwgp6QSsojlNCV6lpxsdsfGHr44NuCNiNib1xemLvUdDpYaevuiEb21pq4qpzOW-InKSAd2-j0OZLQiy2kYTJC20k6RlKX5osPuBzGw_vuwz6BDUhsQp1AAPdyHUvMeINrJPj-bSMJemQSrGw1i-Jl8_GEw43LvlXT_OX34lVeFdKKpU=w426-h640" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Fridge</i>, 2021 - CNC plywood, stain dye, osmo, glass, found objects, ceramic, milliput</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Artist, courtesy of Gallery FUMI, London and The Ryder Projects, Madrid</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A table-as-woman reveals a live plant in her glass intestine. London-based Spanish artist Saelia Aparicio has previously used the garden as metaphor for the body, where boundaries between humans, architecture, furniture, animals, and plant life have folded, so this might be seen as a person-plant. ‘I don’t see the body as a source of horror’, says Aparicio, ‘but we’re living in a world that’s increasingly superficial and very much related to the surface of the body. Things like fermentation and digestion are seen as gross and scary, but we all have this whole unknown world inside us that we don’t know and understand - I find that fascinating.’ Kalanchoe Daigremontiana (Mother of Thousands) is a Madagascan plant known for growing rapidly anywhere it lands – making it a ‘top ten’ invasive species in Britain. So this is not necessarily a benign alteration of what it is to be human. Likewise the woman as fridge. What seems clear, though, is that we don’t have control over nature: we’re in a fictional world of hybridity and interdependence, where what is human or not is blurred. Or is that world so fictional after all?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Rebecca Byrne</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiuSSxcXYknGnTS3R9TzKYEVhWMmCiU02P535KvPTNqK-OEKQTO7DemykiSfTZWhJmoST9QNCwrSDeSes9-Ki1g2IkZOxf24KCHJ_2hmjVdyYnJAmUVAe43Mb0i2PBW9_E03sR3xTjYk6ZIRqfHjmclsf3ez-vKP8cRPdE5d8FMG0bP48ZOmOoZAbvu=s1186" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="791" data-original-width="1186" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiuSSxcXYknGnTS3R9TzKYEVhWMmCiU02P535KvPTNqK-OEKQTO7DemykiSfTZWhJmoST9QNCwrSDeSes9-Ki1g2IkZOxf24KCHJ_2hmjVdyYnJAmUVAe43Mb0i2PBW9_E03sR3xTjYk6ZIRqfHjmclsf3ez-vKP8cRPdE5d8FMG0bP48ZOmOoZAbvu=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Fusama</i>, 2019 / 21 - acrylic paint and acrylic ink on Arches paper, wood and aluminium, 840 x 250cm across 6 panels</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgTXTg0WuyedDIMbd09KTaJegQWZfDQN0s-FAb9tS48lRrfjmhihAytlYssEkn7HfGqFveNL_xvtN4VJED6_7c3VBYFSJqC-61wIVbaTKzf5VibvPNQ_LEVTxCf7l4-RD9Ncr3tOePc9dxBPX4paor4DPZUAMK1U9fUUkrnFThv7umERgwrB3GRTZUl=s1350" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgTXTg0WuyedDIMbd09KTaJegQWZfDQN0s-FAb9tS48lRrfjmhihAytlYssEkn7HfGqFveNL_xvtN4VJED6_7c3VBYFSJqC-61wIVbaTKzf5VibvPNQ_LEVTxCf7l4-RD9Ncr3tOePc9dxBPX4paor4DPZUAMK1U9fUUkrnFThv7umERgwrB3GRTZUl=w512-h640" width="512" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Fantastical Flora</i>, 2019 / 21 - acrylic paint and acrylic ink on Arches paper, wood and aluminium, 355 x 250cm across 3 panels</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Rebecca Byrne grew up in urban Chicago - but her parents had set up a small organic farm there, well before most people were considering our relationship to the land. That personal history informs her immersive installations of paintings that explore our relationship to the environment by referencing images of flowers affected by pollution, distorting plants through bodily references and combining extinct and existing flora that never actually co-existed. That creates pictures of nature in flux, using real and imagined subject matter to propose an alternate natural world. Here, in response to the NatureMax theme, she presents a double installation that references ancient stone structures associated with sites of healing, proposing a positivity in response to the undeniable problems of the Anthropocene that is in tune with the feel-good factor generated by the colour and invention with which she draws parallels between the constant changes of the natural world and the limitless possibilities of painting.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Theo Ellison</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhu20vJL22W5dIYQQfWRfzdHhF9ox8qK6V_Vs4cghl6wwB0FvHsW9iOyqVurfUl1pBcjTt_OiecDQz2ExHnz2vsOpT9Enny2-Ea3PfDsJM1XeWrG2x0a5er9m3OvmVDjpb953KkXyWC13Nbq7LttJ1l-a7sWMyDZa6_aroxpcpXKzXnSXaQ6if1en9M=s1186" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="791" data-original-width="1186" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhu20vJL22W5dIYQQfWRfzdHhF9ox8qK6V_Vs4cghl6wwB0FvHsW9iOyqVurfUl1pBcjTt_OiecDQz2ExHnz2vsOpT9Enny2-Ea3PfDsJM1XeWrG2x0a5er9m3OvmVDjpb953KkXyWC13Nbq7LttJ1l-a7sWMyDZa6_aroxpcpXKzXnSXaQ6if1en9M=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNo_eDYbQLq6gOWcZUyikn0DFrvOFoJVdSa4B2MEM4KAfx7SugJrCac79C7CrOC2xJa5BKb5ayaPJixBoocFQ4trIMkCzJ_78b-1-kcRMOwyGfRVT8m2tiAl2Z6nbN0GXvHhOyoKmcefLd0sEY5o6tvr7eAaAWqhQCiOaJ8O1kmINUhG8Otzb0hsnP=s900" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="520" data-original-width="900" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNo_eDYbQLq6gOWcZUyikn0DFrvOFoJVdSa4B2MEM4KAfx7SugJrCac79C7CrOC2xJa5BKb5ayaPJixBoocFQ4trIMkCzJ_78b-1-kcRMOwyGfRVT8m2tiAl2Z6nbN0GXvHhOyoKmcefLd0sEY5o6tvr7eAaAWqhQCiOaJ8O1kmINUhG8Otzb0hsnP=w640-h370" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Evolved Display</i>, 2019 – two screen installation, looped</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This installation of two looped films implicitly compares art with the courtship of peacocks: a display that has evolved to centre on a tail that appears extravagantly non-functional and a display that might be seen to be defined – as art – by its non-functional purpose. The art in question is by the 18th century Spanish painter Luis Melendez, whose paintings of fruit, says Ellison, remind him of computer-generated images, ‘highly meticulous but with a coldness to their perfection’. That provides a context for artificial image-making which attempts, like the peacock and painter, to seduce its particular audience. But the artichokes are CGI constructions, tricked out with a fake ‘lens-breathing’ effect that gives away their origin. Nature meets artifice, science meets romanticism, the manufactured image meets the captured one. And everything folds into a Vanitas skull at the end of the loop. Underlying all that is a pertinent question: can we replicate nature? What would be lost, from a narrowly homocentric point of view, if we ended up without it, with just the replication?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Tessa Farmer</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqnpCRoh8tkDAEUYiw_jmkjIcmHjPAPYmDFPy8j0t_BNgqrPHdrHlfZUdt93g21V8PA5zrWlQ2U0Q3NlDYaenPiFVERFk1ct-ye-JWVEK6aeCRVbCtKe_KUSBcr6Jy8rwxPLE9rPZgPOfHJTsuAwFA10ieCn0jnM4nG7zNfSj0EI7trzoJ4ELDt1dA=s1186" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="791" data-original-width="1186" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqnpCRoh8tkDAEUYiw_jmkjIcmHjPAPYmDFPy8j0t_BNgqrPHdrHlfZUdt93g21V8PA5zrWlQ2U0Q3NlDYaenPiFVERFk1ct-ye-JWVEK6aeCRVbCtKe_KUSBcr6Jy8rwxPLE9rPZgPOfHJTsuAwFA10ieCn0jnM4nG7zNfSj0EI7trzoJ4ELDt1dA=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi08VMLQgFS31Ykn5JzppHSimR6ECJcG5VjrLsLPrkTP3pzjMDhKBVnRlCPmnH9MPo5FBq75lu7WpkfuilDrdU08SCa0hTNBLQGmMvqtAQkyXpQA6CxrU4ciJOmeeucLAf-zki0dUkwqCOkVwbU8ueJIQ_ENef1sV_6boCLtcxG0Y3rYJp0CKByEZOH=s1186" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="791" data-original-width="1186" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi08VMLQgFS31Ykn5JzppHSimR6ECJcG5VjrLsLPrkTP3pzjMDhKBVnRlCPmnH9MPo5FBq75lu7WpkfuilDrdU08SCa0hTNBLQGmMvqtAQkyXpQA6CxrU4ciJOmeeucLAf-zki0dUkwqCOkVwbU8ueJIQ_ENef1sV_6boCLtcxG0Y3rYJp0CKByEZOH=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Swarming Fever</i>, 2021</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Caiman skull, crab claws, wormshells, sea spiders, mouse bones, snake bones, hedgehog spines, Portuguese man 'o' war polyps, shed snake skin, taxidermied birds, insects, plant roots</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;">The Artist, courtesy of Danielle Arnaud Gallery</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Tessa Farmer’s matter of fact description of her installation cannot disguise that it is rather extraordinary: ‘fairies, riding in weaponised skullships, flown by enslaved bees, beetles and butterflies are chasing and hunting a fleeing bird. A swarm of one hundred bumblebees spews from the main ship which is constructed from a small caiman skull, crab claws, snake ribs, mouse bones, wormshells, shed snake skin and coral.’ The fairies are sinister and sophisticated – as is consistent with their medieval origins as myth, rather than the adonised version encountered in recent times; or with the behaviour of the parasitoid wasps - studied by Farmer - which lay their eggs in the bodies of others. Perhaps they are some sort of evolutionary link between insect and human. Indeed, while the Boschian dramas mimic the enthralling malevolence of hedgerows using their own inhabitants, Farmer does see them as making a case for insects: they are often maligned and misunderstood, she says, but ‘are actually an essential part of the ecosystem, providing important pollination, pest control, and decomposition services.’ Ignorance of that ‘is perhaps symptomatic of our increasing disconnection with the natural world’.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Matt Hale</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgl2HrkVT6Vx_xRCGrjtOPoRQGsYxsNfqjGMO9pCiYGjynPlnQtonrI69VspPLrareiijXRtQztSoGS2DU9qo-IbO2jJqHa5gh92RXf_JPbImtpfZDxFoNpChIHao8Dfu_OgL6UT24-LW2QOE-S6KAoDtV2Rq8b-7U-vK7mgxjHo6E-EcotYfNrReNl=s1314" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="876" data-original-width="1314" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgl2HrkVT6Vx_xRCGrjtOPoRQGsYxsNfqjGMO9pCiYGjynPlnQtonrI69VspPLrareiijXRtQztSoGS2DU9qo-IbO2jJqHa5gh92RXf_JPbImtpfZDxFoNpChIHao8Dfu_OgL6UT24-LW2QOE-S6KAoDtV2Rq8b-7U-vK7mgxjHo6E-EcotYfNrReNl=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjnmLeXe9K2Gau6TrRQvm7wyagjEuyytA2f_b4dBkg7poYL-LcfbKYdD61lLYTk6I5JBSuli9AlR9-CUpv5G0THUKFoDtdNHqXwWcterNXLzocYjvzOGnmilH7c5lY2mfPxe9-5NdLrkIhoMLjy4eO_pU3u0fBZpPQYYIscQhy3-rDj1219dke1_Bsr=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjnmLeXe9K2Gau6TrRQvm7wyagjEuyytA2f_b4dBkg7poYL-LcfbKYdD61lLYTk6I5JBSuli9AlR9-CUpv5G0THUKFoDtdNHqXwWcterNXLzocYjvzOGnmilH7c5lY2mfPxe9-5NdLrkIhoMLjy4eO_pU3u0fBZpPQYYIscQhy3-rDj1219dke1_Bsr=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>True-Fictive Nature</i>, 2021 – installation, dimensions variable</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It seems Matt Hale has dedicated himself to tracking down trees which - though heavily polluted, often right to the core - are not without an aesthetic side-effect which somewhat ameliorates their message of doom. Are they fakes? The bespoke storage and scientific labels look convincing enough. In fact, Hale’s studio is close to a wood, from which he has foraged trunk and bark fragments, branches and roots, and transformed them through a rich range of intrusions. John Roberts has set out the range of possibilities for these specimens: they ‘can be read as toxic hybrids removed from an irreparably diseased earth… as recovered samples from a wondrous and alien Avatar-like planet of blue and orange trees, of glowing and communicating plants... or as examples of a benign ‘second nature’ on planet earth itself, in which human intervention into natural processes has produced a controlled plasticized and technologically-embedded natural world’. Consequently they simultaneously stage ‘the current crisis of nature as an unresolved relationship between nature as a threatened repository and nature as a human-directed process’.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Andy Harper</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiL_yD0N0yYmS_7kQ5bQVUhl5229a7S95OpSjcYPCCWhhRgN2xNv4hbtFZ_328mFelOiLrA7xSkJcXy0HBjXiJQXxiII_sh5rfYOIr7MXxvhcT6Jc93LPQ7VPj1zKmPrdUbqDDGCJ25wptSpcuOCACM9i0qbdnzvmsFWxcqTKYG20fkpld8KL9fAyM0=s1314" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="876" data-original-width="1314" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiL_yD0N0yYmS_7kQ5bQVUhl5229a7S95OpSjcYPCCWhhRgN2xNv4hbtFZ_328mFelOiLrA7xSkJcXy0HBjXiJQXxiII_sh5rfYOIr7MXxvhcT6Jc93LPQ7VPj1zKmPrdUbqDDGCJ25wptSpcuOCACM9i0qbdnzvmsFWxcqTKYG20fkpld8KL9fAyM0=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhnfGgzQn3atEdLJ6Z8sMVOzjMSaGX3P_CSAep-R-syXM5mUUSsdyAVSDGicTvYQyws-v1Asyjj6iSEMOM7fKw1pS4o-3vu8psHOHhPCs-QOWIY4jv0FKai5tOG6MrxjRJZMIcfY319PtPB2UV3ha6u8gPvQ0ZcPNWGx73qfNrN5HP4z12OvnT4W23s=s1186" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="791" data-original-width="1186" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhnfGgzQn3atEdLJ6Z8sMVOzjMSaGX3P_CSAep-R-syXM5mUUSsdyAVSDGicTvYQyws-v1Asyjj6iSEMOM7fKw1pS4o-3vu8psHOHhPCs-QOWIY4jv0FKai5tOG6MrxjRJZMIcfY319PtPB2UV3ha6u8gPvQ0ZcPNWGx73qfNrN5HP4z12OvnT4W23s=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Goongoner, Staying with the Trouble</i> and <i>Deep Time Reunion</i>, 2020 – All oil on canvas, 2m x 2m</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Artist, courtesy of Patrick Heide Contemporary Art</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Andy Harper’s new series of large, square canvases are vortexes with a celestial aspect. Like much of his recent work, it would also be easy to believe that we are looking at unreal vegetation, so profuse it has crowded out the full space of the canvas, so heightened in colour it takes on a psychedelic aura. Is this NatureMax for the end of times? Perhaps, but they may also suggest mental activity or emotional states. All those readings are consistent with the ambiguously suggestive titles. Yet what we’re actually looking at is a self-sufficient world created out of the processes of painting. That world emerges from rapid instinctive decision-making, not the precise translation of observations - Harper describes it as finding ’a sensibility of growth’. To get there, he explains, 'a membrane of transparent paint is spread across the slippery surface of the support. Brushes and various implements are pushed into this oily film to create an evolving collection of marks. My hand moves quickly across the surface, driven by a mix of intuitive responses and muscle memory…’</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Sandra Kantanen</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJ_nm2umxnBSxA94w9xbf5m8i6S_1AWq_rhLldXL9aRxYmmtvi6cbiQ1vjdJHKEfncVeN4MRO6UALlaCK-JOoBwamfmLarMEk_s9_7TXf0qL_3aggznAaWWa69aZfbtwoL0sLqHt2S2c95D9wHaNXHcAdN_43PW7jNzx0DsVTJp4GsjW4r6dIV7CrQ=s1186" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="791" data-original-width="1186" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJ_nm2umxnBSxA94w9xbf5m8i6S_1AWq_rhLldXL9aRxYmmtvi6cbiQ1vjdJHKEfncVeN4MRO6UALlaCK-JOoBwamfmLarMEk_s9_7TXf0qL_3aggznAaWWa69aZfbtwoL0sLqHt2S2c95D9wHaNXHcAdN_43PW7jNzx0DsVTJp4GsjW4r6dIV7CrQ=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Forest 7</i>, 2016 - Pigment print, edition of 5, 56 x 46 cm</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Forest 11</i>, 2108 - Pigment print, edition of 5, 56 x 46 cm</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Artist, courtesy of Purdy Hicks Gallery</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;">Photography meets painting in Sandra Kantanen’s technically innovative ways of re-presenting nature. One of many imaginative photographers frequently grouped together as the ‘Helsinki School’, she trained in landscape painting in China as well as photography in her native Finland. Kantanen blends digital processes into her images so that areas appear variously to resemble brushstrokes and the mechanical action of a printing press as well as recording the moment when the image was taken from the world. This calls attention to the complicated relationship between photograph and reality, offering that up as a parallel for human relations with nature. The ‘Forest’ series, photographed just five minutes from her home in Hangö, Finland, adds another intervention: Kantanen stages dense treescapes with smoke bombs, so that in her words ‘the psychedelic colour of the smoke detaches the landscape from reality, forcing the viewer to look closer. I wonder if trees can carry a memory'. No wonder she has called her images ‘mindscapes’.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Julie Maurin</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZXPm7NXJU-rDaD2IOUNJvRcx_CPctc8yXI8LX4w-W67xn6ByDKA9AV07C8sj1uXrpUlIbnbxXMBlyEI-fnDPW3OzQK6Qm8A6NOLwptihzpmwb152VfY7oqbd51IwYaE7n9JJBJlt-ik5v1YmRAGSu3qJ3SupW_hFUZh5YJVzzUheLLqq9BuJwQBYr=s980" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="980" data-original-width="980" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZXPm7NXJU-rDaD2IOUNJvRcx_CPctc8yXI8LX4w-W67xn6ByDKA9AV07C8sj1uXrpUlIbnbxXMBlyEI-fnDPW3OzQK6Qm8A6NOLwptihzpmwb152VfY7oqbd51IwYaE7n9JJBJlt-ik5v1YmRAGSu3qJ3SupW_hFUZh5YJVzzUheLLqq9BuJwQBYr=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>You a Fairy</i> series, 2021. Three works - Lactoria cornuta fish, swarovski strass, plastic wings, various dimensions up to 41 x 23 x 5 cm</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgl8Q2WMSi_2QtneOKej1H-Lil9D12H2kaTsfHlqvcmWGRvJqKzxwcUMgzQLvoUPfrMU3MWM5M_kNTrCqYr4t1J9HkZdREx7Vh5sdcLagtNFKggIcSo35MVcbrtjSIjhAC9eCyEDx70VlNPV_b9LLwIsq09sU4VOjkRkIVvdaneP09IP5jguPNyMWOO=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgl8Q2WMSi_2QtneOKej1H-Lil9D12H2kaTsfHlqvcmWGRvJqKzxwcUMgzQLvoUPfrMU3MWM5M_kNTrCqYr4t1J9HkZdREx7Vh5sdcLagtNFKggIcSo35MVcbrtjSIjhAC9eCyEDx70VlNPV_b9LLwIsq09sU4VOjkRkIVvdaneP09IP5jguPNyMWOO=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Triste en retraite</i>, 2021 - Pearls, synthetic hairs, porcelain found object, wax, epoxy resin,</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">33 x 27 x 7 cm</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Triste dans la fête</i>, 2021- Latex, pearls, synthetic hairs, wooden found object, wax, epoxy resin, 33 x 27 x 7 cm</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Triste dans la nite</i>, 2021- Pearls, synthetic hairs, plastic found shoe, necklace, wax, epoxy resin, 33 x 27 x 7 cm</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The small sculptures of Julie Maurin, a recent graduate who works between London and her birthplace of Marseille, explore the ambivalent relationship we have with nature. Her recent show at South Parade, Deptford combined the organic and synthetic, ranging from found objects and industrial materials to pearls and Swarovski Strass to plants and crustaceans, to arrive at newly ambiguous forms. The ‘You a Fairy’ series fuse preserved fish with plastic wings to make creatures that, while they nod to the surrealist game of ‘exquisite corpse’, in which different hands draw parts of a drawing without seeing the whole, make some sort of sense if you start to speculate on where human interference in nature might end up. The ‘Triste’ series of tablet-like agglomerations on wax, latex and resin are more in the way of memorial plaques enacting a sadness that she indicates is connected to her experience of the devastation that wildfires have left in Southern France. What both suggest is how boundaries are shifting between natural and artificial, and that the consequences may be full of surprises.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Alan Rankle</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihdRQ-LBeqXAZItBHqIgwCbXg2797gMhZ23hH_s9L51ThU4B6jdCSfP9taF9cQ4O20SN42wZ__vf-JwrWAd5WQJlroAsmCOlz3TVT-5bplU0Dy5eVcd0AYx-hrO8H0fIhKQWwnV_vJWP3Kb-DHiNQXhFX6jzJE3t6tTdAG992R6gOCkeQynQnayxaL=s1186" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="791" data-original-width="1186" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihdRQ-LBeqXAZItBHqIgwCbXg2797gMhZ23hH_s9L51ThU4B6jdCSfP9taF9cQ4O20SN42wZ__vf-JwrWAd5WQJlroAsmCOlz3TVT-5bplU0Dy5eVcd0AYx-hrO8H0fIhKQWwnV_vJWP3Kb-DHiNQXhFX6jzJE3t6tTdAG992R6gOCkeQynQnayxaL=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Landscape with Electrostatic</i>, 2021 - Oil on aluminium 46x56cms</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjw-hcDnV8eIQO9sZ1lE4ry1bOhZmnFvoXQVfEVziXOJCwiiJQnHwII660uiU1uUM5mWcOPtzPv8prouVpnpowCJNiuuy8leHFBv2QmNI4QF8L_plBx4jrFnpgX84H2Ef--MV-gzNDs00klP6480zhJxryZGgMHHwTTw0tIJBfqT9YKbDmhwGmPrPlO=s2000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1807" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjw-hcDnV8eIQO9sZ1lE4ry1bOhZmnFvoXQVfEVziXOJCwiiJQnHwII660uiU1uUM5mWcOPtzPv8prouVpnpowCJNiuuy8leHFBv2QmNI4QF8L_plBx4jrFnpgX84H2Ef--MV-gzNDs00klP6480zhJxryZGgMHHwTTw0tIJBfqT9YKbDmhwGmPrPlO=w578-h640" width="578" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Untitled Painting XXV (Montsegur)</i>, 2019 - Oil on canvas 150x135cm</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Alan Rankle looks to the past in order to paint the future – and has done for two decades. As he has explained: ‘I wanted to relate ideas about historical, idealised, pastoral landscape in art to the grim reality of the environmental crisis that we are in… Considering the historical origins of the genre in relation to my own paintings, I wanted to convey the irony implicit in how the 19th century Romantic movement, with its emphasis on the idyllic natural world of an imaginary past, was sponsored by people who, having made gigantic fortunes out of the Industrial Revolution by building their empires on the slave trade and the criminal use of the Enclosures Acts forcing the poor from their traditional peasant homes to work in their factories and mills, also laid the foundations of environmental pollution on a catastrophic scale’. So if his landscapes look corroded and polluted, that is to the rhetorical point – but they are beautiful, too - drawing us in to his argument, but also suggesting a recognition of the temptations that led us to where we are.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Kelly Richardson</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjaGMTBKy3z9wvpfLv4jr-Bq0gf3KiNezkM0zWBuBmlAsilFkA_c7CS0DTzx1UibpRTV8_kUiJflCyx62scfzH1EHRxJKYhG6LokHOJtZxVsYOzwx3-qvI1Onf8e17uEi7hMh-CI7ePKy3t4LoLok1laOvfQEzEzr-Pi8s8DmLUYq6dGn1Na-513O5u=s950" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="950" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjaGMTBKy3z9wvpfLv4jr-Bq0gf3KiNezkM0zWBuBmlAsilFkA_c7CS0DTzx1UibpRTV8_kUiJflCyx62scfzH1EHRxJKYhG6LokHOJtZxVsYOzwx3-qvI1Onf8e17uEi7hMh-CI7ePKy3t4LoLok1laOvfQEzEzr-Pi8s8DmLUYq6dGn1Na-513O5u=w640-h370" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Twilight Avenger</i>, 2008 – Single channel HD video installation with audio</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgd_qmuoNGww8Tf6zqwEQTNMlaeU4LaWbBrk9EGCr4nvHU09nz2sFH4tqHrPnI_deM2OkMujQgxHHdQ0Rmr-b2ogxSzOHHFiXwkD_2gRKugDEuRk2U2cBhcObf5l6-aCDOy14c5xMgqzvc1QYVd9dYWbp9o7Gk0CXtjfcWSYrM9l-Z6zat4oIsH97YM=s711" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="412" data-original-width="711" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgd_qmuoNGww8Tf6zqwEQTNMlaeU4LaWbBrk9EGCr4nvHU09nz2sFH4tqHrPnI_deM2OkMujQgxHHdQ0Rmr-b2ogxSzOHHFiXwkD_2gRKugDEuRk2U2cBhcObf5l6-aCDOy14c5xMgqzvc1QYVd9dYWbp9o7Gk0CXtjfcWSYrM9l-Z6zat4oIsH97YM=w640-h370" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Orion Tide</i>, 2013-14 - Single channel HD video installation with audio</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Landscape painting meets science fiction cinema in Kelly Richardson’s ethereal video installations. They blend filmed footage with computerised intervention in a way which brings the two together into a hypnotising combination of real and artificial, simultaneously seducing and unnerving us while emphasising the inevitability of a human role in nature. Richardson – a Canadian who lived in Britain while teaching at Newcastle University from 2003-17 - shows two films on alternate weeks. In ‘Twilight avenger’, a stag emerges from the forest. That may sound romantic, but a green irradiance, though it may represent its body responding to cold air, is more suggestive of contamination. Spurts of fire take off into a nocturnal desert sky – actually that of Texas - in ‘Orion Tide’. Is this a remarkable, but real, phenomenon or an imagining? Either way, it is at once apocalyptic and sublime: rapture and disaster, space exploration, planetary evacuation and last judgments may all come to mind as we muse on our possible futures.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Toby Tatum</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgkkfi-ChlveDZ3DR_4Kjp65K7IFgo22kjgHLfIYRjHi3gQ60ZffAyrT8NfKiPefZGrV9dMEIUCWSbOh0ZtfbT2_VdhihJOaePj-qm3SFRiyZK_2PGYw5tmENV1O2VrbsgFPS5i_AvFfu-XrcN1h31Zvba0xgqIx4rRoEgO6SO5Ze7afWXBs8kt2s69=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgkkfi-ChlveDZ3DR_4Kjp65K7IFgo22kjgHLfIYRjHi3gQ60ZffAyrT8NfKiPefZGrV9dMEIUCWSbOh0ZtfbT2_VdhihJOaePj-qm3SFRiyZK_2PGYw5tmENV1O2VrbsgFPS5i_AvFfu-XrcN1h31Zvba0xgqIx4rRoEgO6SO5Ze7afWXBs8kt2s69=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>The Loom</i>, 2018 - film, 8 mins, looped</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgi4ZiRkgy9Bi7k2VwD98dTPkRKXgxQK6sYV1cM8B9fJ_Xwxq87q2EF73VPBewyCxW5xvax0PoorA8ZsKdKNKJSXQ6tK84-2BP_YziwOrkqULqyMdxP6pX8u4Zeygea0eUMY0eC9sAcQgp0SxYuKNEIfwWBrEB4_REpAmfi9KiBGKDY3-FHqv62gNOd=s3840" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgi4ZiRkgy9Bi7k2VwD98dTPkRKXgxQK6sYV1cM8B9fJ_Xwxq87q2EF73VPBewyCxW5xvax0PoorA8ZsKdKNKJSXQ6tK84-2BP_YziwOrkqULqyMdxP6pX8u4Zeygea0eUMY0eC9sAcQgp0SxYuKNEIfwWBrEB4_REpAmfi9KiBGKDY3-FHqv62gNOd=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>The Blue Flower</i>, 2021 - film, 14 mins, looped</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Original soundtracks by Abi Fry</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Writing about Paris and its people, Georges Perec set out in quest of the ‘infra-ordinary’: the humdrum, the non-event, the everyday—‘what happens,’ as he put it, ‘when nothing happens.’ In Perec’s hands, it proves surprisingly poignant. One could look at Toby Tatum’s films as a natural history equivalent. The 14 minutes of The Blue Flower show no more than that, but we’re lured in to the extraordinary architecture of Nigella Damascene (‘Love-in-a-mist’), the blur of passing insects, the effects of light and camera and the wondering which is which - and by the haunting soundtrack provided by Abi Fry, a composer best known for her work as part of the band Sea Power. We’re hypnotically drawn in to how, in Tatum’s words, ‘a blue flower blooms on the threshold of the infinite’. Nor is there much more action in The Loom: we track a heron, the very epitome of stillness as it waits for fish, and a spider confined to a web in which no fly lands. What we hear are the otherworldly sounds of the Aeolian harp, an instrument played solely by the wind. Here it amplifies the entrancement, and fragility, of the natural world.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Esther Teichmann</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmIWCYjloFUflQGOZ-UbartTGqkYJqLzbBU4c3oq-BpvDjLvuNVZwqMxzZIl4X83bT0I5_geHWnF6ZPxQEvf7OKhDQhCaAYCxo67F9g6eAYvj1HyHe4pVfYW09m4b-2iXKWti0L0qMCTCxSskbgP0vYqPe9_x8XjIEH3z8kWGgxn5AI7Vqo04yIKqz=s1186" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="791" data-original-width="1186" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmIWCYjloFUflQGOZ-UbartTGqkYJqLzbBU4c3oq-BpvDjLvuNVZwqMxzZIl4X83bT0I5_geHWnF6ZPxQEvf7OKhDQhCaAYCxo67F9g6eAYvj1HyHe4pVfYW09m4b-2iXKWti0L0qMCTCxSskbgP0vYqPe9_x8XjIEH3z8kWGgxn5AI7Vqo04yIKqz=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Untitled from Fractal Scars, Salt Water and Tears</i> (river backdrop), 2012-14 / 2021 - Digital inkjet on canvas, inks, acrylic (wall installation, width 3.8m)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSf1e_Gq9PX0e3sGihc624LX-IPbIDpBvGBcYqdpQe1g7B0vb3Ek_RHfNNYgO37oo6D73hdDA6HwD6fKG5-6-15lrD45FLITD4BE49lJ_CB07mDaHyzspIKUabsKEfPBQgLD46OqnBcgiw4JWwjNX_URAP5QOtc8O3hIA39tvW1UejieKiS7Vt9Oub=s791" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="791" data-original-width="527" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSf1e_Gq9PX0e3sGihc624LX-IPbIDpBvGBcYqdpQe1g7B0vb3Ek_RHfNNYgO37oo6D73hdDA6HwD6fKG5-6-15lrD45FLITD4BE49lJ_CB07mDaHyzspIKUabsKEfPBQgLD46OqnBcgiw4JWwjNX_URAP5QOtc8O3hIA39tvW1UejieKiS7Vt9Oub=w426-h640" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Untitled from Heavy the Sea</i>, 2016 - 2 x Fibre based silver gelatin prints, each 76 x 61 cm</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Artist, courtesy of Flowers Gallery</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">German-American artist Esther Teichmann shows the same combination as in her recent solo show ‘On Sleeping and Dreaming’ at Flowers Gallery, London: an immersive and psychedically-infused whole wall subterranean scene and two nude figures draped in tentacular lengths of seaweed. As the gallery put it then, the audience is plunged ‘into an alternate orphic world, moving within womb-like spaces of beds, swamps, caves and grottos, in search of a primordial return. The photographic images slip in and out of darkness, evoking a liquid space of night… the bodies depicted are sensuous but seemingly beyond reach, entangled with narratives of loss and desire… Referencing the coral said to be formed by Medusa’s blood spilled upon seaweed, Teichmann’s work transforms one thing into another, sliding between autobiography, fiction and myth, still and moving image, sculpture and painting.’ As such, we may think in the context of NatureMax, of a future in which humanity has to come to terms with the predominant presence of water.</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At the opening:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYHBEhTqINqC4DBYslbJIb5v1KvBQRjLK5Jb_qVdyhCqOvFTQ-tK6sVJCfh4Opl9K9lOKidpvHfGtZoSJPATimk9j_a4DGllv4asQ-4O_UL-sKM81yHgNQRQaq_O6zFogAqZes9uTh6HQF_ZBH0a88FMtD-Yb2Ink2BqWDL2L42ZHvAlLEuYiiT6bJ=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYHBEhTqINqC4DBYslbJIb5v1KvBQRjLK5Jb_qVdyhCqOvFTQ-tK6sVJCfh4Opl9K9lOKidpvHfGtZoSJPATimk9j_a4DGllv4asQ-4O_UL-sKM81yHgNQRQaq_O6zFogAqZes9uTh6HQF_ZBH0a88FMtD-Yb2Ink2BqWDL2L42ZHvAlLEuYiiT6bJ=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">(from Ashurst New Forest unless indicated)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJh-9rSW07d-uZUV22USce6AP5-kFrPycGQo8vh3j6KjRORJpGurWeN2qQx-C66YLYBAmftQLrn-gxlYdDcRqIXDS99XDqWoGl9Ve7exoPYp1PWh-FQR5y07W1bKZMM9pKs-8rloWB0J4/s2048/20210101_083547+frost+webs.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJh-9rSW07d-uZUV22USce6AP5-kFrPycGQo8vh3j6KjRORJpGurWeN2qQx-C66YLYBAmftQLrn-gxlYdDcRqIXDS99XDqWoGl9Ve7exoPYp1PWh-FQR5y07W1bKZMM9pKs-8rloWB0J4/w640-h480/20210101_083547+frost+webs.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">How many webs are there?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Far more, it seems,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">than I’d have thought<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">before frost traced their patterns sharp and white. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv7XJ5Bebm972B8N1xfehe-6XOLyNPsGN2ozEJ-5sXiEoVHIoeOqlzRMOhSVlL5VLcMJn8pjINGqaN7jlaiDWLs8Nb4kWoPAVMDfFfS06AGPp2y2BcXJnDiGYMZmSrdQ-jp4vJ947xu2w/s2048/20210102_141930.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv7XJ5Bebm972B8N1xfehe-6XOLyNPsGN2ozEJ-5sXiEoVHIoeOqlzRMOhSVlL5VLcMJn8pjINGqaN7jlaiDWLs8Nb4kWoPAVMDfFfS06AGPp2y2BcXJnDiGYMZmSrdQ-jp4vJ947xu2w/w640-h480/20210102_141930.jpg" width="640" /></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #202122; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Who built the tree house?</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Rosie and Anna and Thomas and we,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">we built the treehouse –<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">the Christmas Tree House, more accurately.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiipqWbjjQvSd0Bt32npHRmVXJFKJgMiVvz3-kuD7IvIhQ1gEaWnHIPni2Ju4YR-EDed4YHH1jp5cwfySrPzEZxwFO5V47azXY0ZlYO_clJXtW_Z2WGLnwbzkz82RmtCFBwvxQrsLWl_2w/s2048/postbox+20200511_100923+poem+new+enq.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiipqWbjjQvSd0Bt32npHRmVXJFKJgMiVvz3-kuD7IvIhQ1gEaWnHIPni2Ju4YR-EDed4YHH1jp5cwfySrPzEZxwFO5V47azXY0ZlYO_clJXtW_Z2WGLnwbzkz82RmtCFBwvxQrsLWl_2w/w640-h480/postbox+20200511_100923+poem+new+enq.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">'When does the post go?'</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">'When it's
collected,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">my own
true love. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Will that
suit your purpose?'<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7jHBwBW63lXH-uR2pViGP8VwOOYeFiTcPTRbQU4IBujD-2baX49e-DupYuA7VKT7uLBvDSZ5qTXzi7tyJWg6N3U1O185pxBmvxHrCLB0Mqxn6zipPeTb1FGYb36lQKSOoj4OvgdT-b2Q/s2048/20210105_125831+bag.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7jHBwBW63lXH-uR2pViGP8VwOOYeFiTcPTRbQU4IBujD-2baX49e-DupYuA7VKT7uLBvDSZ5qTXzi7tyJWg6N3U1O185pxBmvxHrCLB0Mqxn6zipPeTb1FGYb36lQKSOoj4OvgdT-b2Q/w640-h480/20210105_125831+bag.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Why has this been tied up here?</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">As otherwise
the bag would fall<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">as surely
as its leaf friends<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>fall into
litter.</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8MSjLWg2Vy1PkxINJQiJuvvlpdlxx9BOxBczozxAFa76EiyatG88MH-dSNBRJ72YJF186qPcKbViMQhLcwxEqxNLCPV7k00ywgdGT1VUrt30DOle0iyKivl0jWqINQ1mqM0iPDeYkfEw/s2048/20210107_103457+peanut.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8MSjLWg2Vy1PkxINJQiJuvvlpdlxx9BOxBczozxAFa76EiyatG88MH-dSNBRJ72YJF186qPcKbViMQhLcwxEqxNLCPV7k00ywgdGT1VUrt30DOle0iyKivl0jWqINQ1mqM0iPDeYkfEw/w640-h480/20210107_103457+peanut.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">How many peanuts?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">540 in the average jar,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and so some 20 billion in a typical year<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>of round-the-world consumption.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid1q2cg7eovj08uBnBgTdPT55mcW5JVw0__MDxAHGLuId1znTPz447JIRX3Nm4jyIYZFKMWW4qqhzvtuuqgVKHE1x4hkVIGs-Rx43e5gcKaJroP9d8fPpz2mxhsE213B3PSwWLPiHTkIQ/s2048/20210102_124242.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid1q2cg7eovj08uBnBgTdPT55mcW5JVw0__MDxAHGLuId1znTPz447JIRX3Nm4jyIYZFKMWW4qqhzvtuuqgVKHE1x4hkVIGs-Rx43e5gcKaJroP9d8fPpz2mxhsE213B3PSwWLPiHTkIQ/w640-h480/20210102_124242.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Where did this come from?</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">We happened to bump into Anne -</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">though not as hard, as she explained,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">as she’d bumped her car at exactly this point by the Co-op.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia0KmlgDSSC0Z_hHYbxcVHAr6ugSnNQEoUrHHdhfyTX8WsoZG2NaRHDCMv6L1lBkh14EO8wagN5wxBcnPDohJ5V10OH5-9AaqWlndIbkhywFLc90OWmfipN3ymTG5SDifwCpxPU1lLohs/s2048/20210102_123509+car+grss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia0KmlgDSSC0Z_hHYbxcVHAr6ugSnNQEoUrHHdhfyTX8WsoZG2NaRHDCMv6L1lBkh14EO8wagN5wxBcnPDohJ5V10OH5-9AaqWlndIbkhywFLc90OWmfipN3ymTG5SDifwCpxPU1lLohs/w640-h480/20210102_123509+car+grss.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Why do cars park on the grass?</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is the wrong question.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Why does grass insist on growing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">where cars are going to park?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibC9wumSh2zaz8p8SdQfF0WdTQcvWYlC7wilhja9p0z-g_g2HUofXP3nIfoHzgnhBGiOPVCek3YMBMgk3HN0-2MX4e-1iMHfL1-Gtvaf3HJe9lWaNINjz-CqgZhknAaM17eE7wIig5Xtc/s2048/20210104_125935.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibC9wumSh2zaz8p8SdQfF0WdTQcvWYlC7wilhja9p0z-g_g2HUofXP3nIfoHzgnhBGiOPVCek3YMBMgk3HN0-2MX4e-1iMHfL1-Gtvaf3HJe9lWaNINjz-CqgZhknAaM17eE7wIig5Xtc/w640-h480/20210104_125935.jpg" width="640" /></a><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Do I like apples?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Well, I’d prefer pears</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">if they’d only sort being properly ripe<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">at just the time I want one.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK3d-aDNdGs5nrEiRhOXyDsTnw7wMbySTaSqPdFCUd9Lv41Fjiejbr_Q6MkuH9GNP3ZgZpmV33l5AG2zBmOmY4Op4DQvqgxNFNBArYjcrkm1qx-UTSS3NSKimcMWMNVDamGIZug8g_cYs/s2048/20210131_092502+wires.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK3d-aDNdGs5nrEiRhOXyDsTnw7wMbySTaSqPdFCUd9Lv41Fjiejbr_Q6MkuH9GNP3ZgZpmV33l5AG2zBmOmY4Op4DQvqgxNFNBArYjcrkm1qx-UTSS3NSKimcMWMNVDamGIZug8g_cYs/w640-h480/20210131_092502+wires.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Why are my wires?</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is hardly a question </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">until you reach the crux of it:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">crossed.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGsjkFOdQ3u_nLCOZQ95I4wBFV6pHNAXcUd6h8aCmUKHIUYDHo3D5OBmhTAEXuGIk5xRcxX4F7PMSnA-Zg5YgUY3jGdr1WnqLCLhLvumxXKVWmyilHx2KytmDkQt96NufAynSF96wEtmU/s2048/20201117_111302+totton+route+postbox+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGsjkFOdQ3u_nLCOZQ95I4wBFV6pHNAXcUd6h8aCmUKHIUYDHo3D5OBmhTAEXuGIk5xRcxX4F7PMSnA-Zg5YgUY3jGdr1WnqLCLhLvumxXKVWmyilHx2KytmDkQt96NufAynSF96wEtmU/w640-h480/20201117_111302+totton+route+postbox+%25282%2529.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">How long is it going to be<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">before
they move on</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">from
closing offices <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to
sealing off boxes?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>In 1980 there were 22,500 Post Office branches in the UK: by 2020 that had halved to 11,250. There are currently 115,000 post boxes.</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYxmflpzF7WJ1k7OoSqTR44cc2IO10hT3tjCu8jyXFH19Q1NC7nriJ62MkxYM38U-3c-q5ZbjamvdG4XLyn9eogBI7nmjh4Mof1Y0JxQPauOgHJowsIe11qo4jgoq9YCjnoDMljjpDo1Q/s650/stampluf+google+result.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="650" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYxmflpzF7WJ1k7OoSqTR44cc2IO10hT3tjCu8jyXFH19Q1NC7nriJ62MkxYM38U-3c-q5ZbjamvdG4XLyn9eogBI7nmjh4Mof1Y0JxQPauOgHJowsIe11qo4jgoq9YCjnoDMljjpDo1Q/w400-h315/stampluf+google+result.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Is this a Stamplug?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The problem with adjudging that <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is that I have no idea<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">what a stamplug is or what one looks like.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>The image was the first one to appear in a Google image search
for what I thought was the made-up word ‘Stamplug’ on 11.1.21 </i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ambdcOOxc7KPENNHb52aY1Wz1KDxP3Vk1efXJxLu3MG2gLtHMAnLwTRZA_PNNpSDzirRonhPMXP9iS5SxCmPWsxllzSgOMT_LCMP8WAc2_vdNfSpkjJoizkswFA9htCiGOT6ifKpEis/s774/alarms+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="774" data-original-width="771" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ambdcOOxc7KPENNHb52aY1Wz1KDxP3Vk1efXJxLu3MG2gLtHMAnLwTRZA_PNNpSDzirRonhPMXP9iS5SxCmPWsxllzSgOMT_LCMP8WAc2_vdNfSpkjJoizkswFA9htCiGOT6ifKpEis/w399-h400/alarms+.jpg" width="399" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 107%;">What’s
the Deal?<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;">A shortage of burglars, deterred as they are<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;">by security measures? Or a wealth in the area,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;">as proven by the need for alarms?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p></span><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzM8bieagTSPmxexXIdIe1ntB6ZBMWfxcQngaVmpUcP4msTOo9ySnPuLP7bcds4mIZRhHmGzCx0fZscWy42tAyK6Re3vOI7Ht4Dqr4HN3e_KFnouXNPlfo7F1bPKSkvjPlCdAkaoHhof4/s364/about-us-bell-box.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="364" data-original-width="364" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzM8bieagTSPmxexXIdIe1ntB6ZBMWfxcQngaVmpUcP4msTOo9ySnPuLP7bcds4mIZRhHmGzCx0fZscWy42tAyK6Re3vOI7Ht4Dqr4HN3e_KFnouXNPlfo7F1bPKSkvjPlCdAkaoHhof4/s320/about-us-bell-box.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Shouldn’t This Be Hidden?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The very opposite of covert</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">may advertise that this is just an
unconnected <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">box of paradoxical pretence…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj60SdqF4dlphSaZCjfeNBn897xKPJhacTPjSL4VQYk9HV-Gf4uLM5EOpK5M6IJxKrK4nGN2IixOenemQLwXUkws1ujQAHgY2KvQb5B6BsuGwpZvyRhaBWUftmzDEPWLNgBAQ6QHsAj_xg/s2048/20210109_175508+night.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj60SdqF4dlphSaZCjfeNBn897xKPJhacTPjSL4VQYk9HV-Gf4uLM5EOpK5M6IJxKrK4nGN2IixOenemQLwXUkws1ujQAHgY2KvQb5B6BsuGwpZvyRhaBWUftmzDEPWLNgBAQ6QHsAj_xg/w640-h480/20210109_175508+night.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span>Why Do the Days Get Shorter?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Because
there’s less to do in them:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>you wouldn’t
want to stretch things out<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>in winter.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i>That said, it evens out over the year: all parts of the earth receive the same amount of daylight, but differently distributed.</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglMvWF8iSia-Jr-3O2kQskI4UBIw5Opc2oL4Sj2oJOwY6GNpATHKi879x65zxnOFO6N15VK9pOi9keCVAuEBO-qkN-eSjIlyDOkgy7yUqS5SPUBE1c0SmODO_emkVjgnOfswKuLE4fBS8/s569/mw-be153_advice_20130614173008_mg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="398" data-original-width="569" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglMvWF8iSia-Jr-3O2kQskI4UBIw5Opc2oL4Sj2oJOwY6GNpATHKi879x65zxnOFO6N15VK9pOi9keCVAuEBO-qkN-eSjIlyDOkgy7yUqS5SPUBE1c0SmODO_emkVjgnOfswKuLE4fBS8/w640-h448/mw-be153_advice_20130614173008_mg.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p style="font-size: large;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><b>What to do?<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;">I heard the advice</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;">‘ignore all advice’<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;">but decided to take no notice.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw17ErL65d7t_wN70zz-bss_chpDC38aEhuaCD4RvmmyrQOEA5y00s6y6y3ffI2TTlnq_KkqFujXePJbFkRi_v-aCLqp2_NciGbBboPqILPtJMcrZZUsS_ik1aGiMw2Ud1QkDTpj8RKEg/s2048/20210111_120839.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw17ErL65d7t_wN70zz-bss_chpDC38aEhuaCD4RvmmyrQOEA5y00s6y6y3ffI2TTlnq_KkqFujXePJbFkRi_v-aCLqp2_NciGbBboPqILPtJMcrZZUsS_ik1aGiMw2Ud1QkDTpj8RKEg/w640-h480/20210111_120839.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><b><span>Are we in balance?</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><span><o:p>N</o:p><span>o-one suspects so,</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><span>and this kind of offset <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><span>won’t be changing anything soon.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc3f6I5P95mcrEc6RmSxKZ3ekJCblzcp9LHDVprn9B7Ym-NM_VBNcjfDiJ5WPyIGj2BW6N3PvNI3d5VceiZQmFPwMo24Gz-kwJuvOKAowA_aNHi_w1hfIZLg0mHkfWKOKc9a1zCd9GE4I/s1997/20210112_123206+white.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1498" data-original-width="1997" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc3f6I5P95mcrEc6RmSxKZ3ekJCblzcp9LHDVprn9B7Ym-NM_VBNcjfDiJ5WPyIGj2BW6N3PvNI3d5VceiZQmFPwMo24Gz-kwJuvOKAowA_aNHi_w1hfIZLg0mHkfWKOKc9a1zCd9GE4I/w640-h480/20210112_123206+white.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><b>Isn’t that a Robert
Ryman?</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;">They must have flown him in<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;">to deconstruct the fresco tradition<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;">in the framing guise of brick.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><i>R<span style="background-color: white; color: #313131; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.16px;">obert Ryman</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #313131; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; letter-spacing: 0.16px;"> (1930–2019) was an American painter best known for abstract, white-on-white paintings, often playing adventurously with the material of their ground and with how they appear to be framed.</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcr6IJjET1iSzIe2PQlztszIMvQtHS5d0RcGr2JRBUu1sUZdsTwVrblUek-q-fKJ8ilxXCJ6toX_wO4Uf6EDdmcbgJ-Vi1hGuy7dHtyCwOqNbiI_fqD9aJhsyRXtBO2mgV8IojRTg0ve0/s1760/horsetail-hero-1980x1320.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1319" data-original-width="1760" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcr6IJjET1iSzIe2PQlztszIMvQtHS5d0RcGr2JRBUu1sUZdsTwVrblUek-q-fKJ8ilxXCJ6toX_wO4Uf6EDdmcbgJ-Vi1hGuy7dHtyCwOqNbiI_fqD9aJhsyRXtBO2mgV8IojRTg0ve0/w640-h480/horsetail-hero-1980x1320.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #202122;">Are you still here?</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #202122;">Of course: my </span><em><span style="font-style: normal;">creeping
rhizomes</span></em></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><em><span style="font-style: normal;">go
seven feet below the surface <o:p></o:p></span></em></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><em><span style="font-style: normal;">and
each of me spews </span></em><span style="background: white; color: #2c2c2e;">100,000 spores.</span> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #2c2c2e;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #2c2c2e;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #3b3630;"><i>Horsetail </i>(Equisetum arvense)<i>, often called
mare’s tail, is an invasive, deep-rooted perennial weed that will spread
quickly to form a dense carpet of foliage, crowding out less vigorous plants in
beds and borders.</i></span><span style="color: #202122; font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #2c2c2e;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_TKcb8wbWWNkU1YxS0aOFQyZArDlCwuWxBApql8IvkkIkZK4gnlN-9KrnT2LuY-SYrshfzzzpp1pH2aPuUS1-Y1_KOAVi6h-KZOYEnTbStuwSoTVT98-iCICtFclul4wOy8CiIbiS8uk/s2048/20210208_115212+rust.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_TKcb8wbWWNkU1YxS0aOFQyZArDlCwuWxBApql8IvkkIkZK4gnlN-9KrnT2LuY-SYrshfzzzpp1pH2aPuUS1-Y1_KOAVi6h-KZOYEnTbStuwSoTVT98-iCICtFclul4wOy8CiIbiS8uk/w640-h480/20210208_115212+rust.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><b>What is Rust?</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;">Iron oxide, obv. But is it part of the metal</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;">or merely a coating? Luckily <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;">I only ask the questions…<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><br /></p><br /></span></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj388cqEPa1qsfTGNvWAgl_pnNiLI4FZTxyPq9D0iSpt5C_g6Eseu2l3YNqPOUNIUXANFA3onLEFN_0VoNrcQ2UjJMwZexcLtG_GDgNaf9XJPcB_OzOdCJCs61pAp9L5prMK0CmInNSuz8/s2048/20210114_124049+tree.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj388cqEPa1qsfTGNvWAgl_pnNiLI4FZTxyPq9D0iSpt5C_g6Eseu2l3YNqPOUNIUXANFA3onLEFN_0VoNrcQ2UjJMwZexcLtG_GDgNaf9XJPcB_OzOdCJCs61pAp9L5prMK0CmInNSuz8/w640-h480/20210114_124049+tree.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Too young to die?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; line-height: 106%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">I know, I know. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; line-height: 106%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">It’s simply the start
of an annual cycle longer than us.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; line-height: 106%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">And yet I had the thought.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; line-height: 106%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; line-height: 106%;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM67aZg3lBd5Fo5lTQWvIRELE6WxMbHWQflxrCaNA-oBpS5UvxrCBhnR5gTm1z54EuKEjdMBBdHliRW4u6rzgK7EC8ef33SrLnRq3-gaHlK-gF182p9_GKS1SSEx6EAnp0oh_IzIz5Ew0/s2048/20210114_125150+primrose.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM67aZg3lBd5Fo5lTQWvIRELE6WxMbHWQflxrCaNA-oBpS5UvxrCBhnR5gTm1z54EuKEjdMBBdHliRW4u6rzgK7EC8ef33SrLnRq3-gaHlK-gF182p9_GKS1SSEx6EAnp0oh_IzIz5Ew0/w640-h480/20210114_125150+primrose.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p style="font-size: large;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Wind back five hundred years</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: inherit;">and these might have been ill-fated maids –</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #373737; font-family: inherit;">born again in floral form,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #373737; font-family: inherit;">retaining their anaemia’s complexion.<span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #373737; font-family: inherit;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 19.5pt; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #373737; font-family: inherit;"><i>Shakespeare, in The Winter’s Tale, speaks of chlorosis as ‘a maladie / Most incident to maids’. There was a legend that young unmarried girls who died from this anaemia – of which one sign was a yellow-green complexion – were turned into primroses.</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 19.5pt; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #373737; font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 19.5pt; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #373737; font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWrmXx3aq7iFHE89I5DfQl-OfeUXAc44iHtAyXnVL0dEpfTozco4CdzD3Ke90RrIni3ht-OEUTs3gxMiRoVoraVy4BVGDfJkmF9cbIpCCFezLCMoSNuH-Ypc2ix0U31gw3ygAIzU1DROI/s1120/mona+cracks+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="862" data-original-width="1120" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWrmXx3aq7iFHE89I5DfQl-OfeUXAc44iHtAyXnVL0dEpfTozco4CdzD3Ke90RrIni3ht-OEUTs3gxMiRoVoraVy4BVGDfJkmF9cbIpCCFezLCMoSNuH-Ypc2ix0U31gw3ygAIzU1DROI/w640-h492/mona+cracks+.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: #373737; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span><p style="font-size: large;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">What is Craquelure?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Not the
temptation to make bad jokes,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">but
wondering whether that old-paint effect<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">might be
achieved by artificial means.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="background: white; color: #555555; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">Half a million craquelures
- cracks in the paint - run across the Mona Lisa</span>.</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i style="font-family: inherit;"><span><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i style="font-family: inherit;"></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVem7BM8On6MHwnoRyQVAE4PQpPlznR8Xm2DMVtRzhEnTFJ9P9qce4dOWzMlHedCaejc-xZEzSGvpMNscVcfIjdurR8bZWhC_bol4ZtjburFgPITFkn7rtMasUUewppsPIs38zxQl-kTA/s2048/20210115_122618+cracks.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVem7BM8On6MHwnoRyQVAE4PQpPlznR8Xm2DMVtRzhEnTFJ9P9qce4dOWzMlHedCaejc-xZEzSGvpMNscVcfIjdurR8bZWhC_bol4ZtjburFgPITFkn7rtMasUUewppsPIs38zxQl-kTA/w640-h480/20210115_122618+cracks.jpg" width="640" /></a></i></div><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /><span><br /></span></i><p style="font-size: large;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><b><span>How to be crazy<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><span>without being paving, albeit fairly close. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><span>Or is it me that's cracking</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i style="font-family: inherit;"><span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><span>on the path to being crazy, albeit as a road? </span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW_zZUfqBw2iyEvLqq2od5ASqIi1dw-arDFE1F_IMSf0ihCmm5rMkZxUiYc6ZB7kDRyKCNODziHvDyqQnkeAgt-0hxEyrxnZjfRbpoTRIdekTUXkS8euloJrQIuyGQ8fJK8-Lj8fEa-D4/s2048/20210122_123919.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW_zZUfqBw2iyEvLqq2od5ASqIi1dw-arDFE1F_IMSf0ihCmm5rMkZxUiYc6ZB7kDRyKCNODziHvDyqQnkeAgt-0hxEyrxnZjfRbpoTRIdekTUXkS8euloJrQIuyGQ8fJK8-Lj8fEa-D4/w640-h480/20210122_123919.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.08px; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Forty orange conference chairs</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">are forty more than I expected.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Shall we put them out and take our places<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.08px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">to discuss just how they got here? </span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitm4HIFUA4HL8qo6zjxldlum9L5g5SLjmELlLw22p0k28CRT7UdkIaxx-bBpAVy8tBgkS8NP0Xlkke4qBkctOZ9GiK-KOcDyxQi8b7aFwNkEy2Pv4TMbyTRzR9e-J0fU00goh4lK9yZQc/s2048/20210123_125313+cone.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitm4HIFUA4HL8qo6zjxldlum9L5g5SLjmELlLw22p0k28CRT7UdkIaxx-bBpAVy8tBgkS8NP0Xlkke4qBkctOZ9GiK-KOcDyxQi8b7aFwNkEy2Pv4TMbyTRzR9e-J0fU00goh4lK9yZQc/w640-h480/20210123_125313+cone.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /><i><br /></i></span><p style="font-size: large;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #373737;">This must be a pine cone</span></b></span><span style="color: #373737; font-family: inherit;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #373737; font-family: inherit;">pretending
to be an ear of corn. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #373737; font-family: inherit;">For
were it an ear, pretending to be a cone,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #373737; font-family: inherit;">how
would it have fallen from a tree? <span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #373737; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #373737; font-style: italic;">I believe this is from </span><span style="color: #202122;">Pinus strobus</span><span style="color: #202122; font-style: italic;">, the American-originating E</span><span style="color: #202122; font-style: italic;">astern White Pine known as the Weymouth Pine in Britain.<span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #202122; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: medium;">25</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit; font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj34GGS1ed5kD5ZFsU6BdHaADsTQlMFDLu5m1f-X2t5cBJWL9YMvixJ2N4Rdq6ksMF7jT-TPmnlpuZHKzQUeB-HgtjdFiOTgBftigxuDkX5dFcol3OHBHo-9n_RyMAd8G8OEwQtSySSeX0/s800/black-ice-road.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj34GGS1ed5kD5ZFsU6BdHaADsTQlMFDLu5m1f-X2t5cBJWL9YMvixJ2N4Rdq6ksMF7jT-TPmnlpuZHKzQUeB-HgtjdFiOTgBftigxuDkX5dFcol3OHBHo-9n_RyMAd8G8OEwQtSySSeX0/w640-h426/black-ice-road.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">She warned me</span></b></span><p style="font-size: large;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;">
</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span><span style="color: #202122;"><span><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></span></span></span></p><span><span style="color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;">that
there was a lot of black ice,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;">but I
didn’t see any -<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>which is
why it’s odd that I slipped.</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_HelN6j6AeeGk52IQZPSx0p2J0XPUqPP4g1RTrZ2W8znR4TYdXxv6_NhM50rblfE4MwdgMfBVDMZfvy4C25jXg8jZyrqpj3xPBFOh_mMhRUpTN227UjYNsjqlkiXkSBWxQJjI0KBgi80/s741/elastic+KS+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="577" data-original-width="741" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_HelN6j6AeeGk52IQZPSx0p2J0XPUqPP4g1RTrZ2W8znR4TYdXxv6_NhM50rblfE4MwdgMfBVDMZfvy4C25jXg8jZyrqpj3xPBFOh_mMhRUpTN227UjYNsjqlkiXkSBWxQJjI0KBgi80/w640-h498/elastic+KS+.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p style="font-size: large;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Think of all the ways</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;">they can
disport themselves, <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;">and
you'll wonder why the Elastic Band Kama Sutra<i> </i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>is yet to
be published…</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><p style="font-size: large;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL1pdNRLcrTaQakTMVmZ9QRNvdOnSLQMuF951QgaYOquL7BPeySBQNjC0b5RDTlB_roLyjscRunEsFV4diynmn24IQJZi4VV1Tkevc739qeyoDY7QokK7dFlVT2LfGqP-A7bkKY9-j66Y/s2048/20210131_122841+nowhere+sign.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL1pdNRLcrTaQakTMVmZ9QRNvdOnSLQMuF951QgaYOquL7BPeySBQNjC0b5RDTlB_roLyjscRunEsFV4diynmn24IQJZi4VV1Tkevc739qeyoDY7QokK7dFlVT2LfGqP-A7bkKY9-j66Y/w640-h480/20210131_122841+nowhere+sign.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><span><br /></span></span></div><p style="font-size: large;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Where</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">a
real nowhere sign</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">tells us
we’re in nowhere town<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">at a time
when nowhere is the only place to go. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><i>(adjusted image)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIH1jlG2Z_zGqje28414G1yug2qHQrLFyvyElKfFKE8ZfQgFQsE2jLB0SmS7GfGVtPEXZltO8A7ObIKdk3jw6yA5bicY4QkfnHVTaTIW1-kHyDVBkZ6Xkcm4EJm-WVvEJt2GILliFn9g0/s2048/20210203_114044+drain+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIH1jlG2Z_zGqje28414G1yug2qHQrLFyvyElKfFKE8ZfQgFQsE2jLB0SmS7GfGVtPEXZltO8A7ObIKdk3jw6yA5bicY4QkfnHVTaTIW1-kHyDVBkZ6Xkcm4EJm-WVvEJt2GILliFn9g0/w640-h480/20210203_114044+drain+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><p style="font-size: large;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Who drains the
drains?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Not I, says the gutter, that’s way beyond my job
description.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Not I, says the river, I'm well out of range.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Looks as if I'd better fetch a straw...<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEw1i2ww5H9lW4MbwBDB9sFjtet_eC9zowCFWasj4mIOswlT16YSPAqqqCQGVYyoSUfsD0sQPRjnUEpqsaGXhlxbVVCoL1w6MyGft0RoAAx-iHCoYrgKWF-16v_nlpyFfR87xP2d9YPXg/s2048/20210130_144515+cctv.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEw1i2ww5H9lW4MbwBDB9sFjtet_eC9zowCFWasj4mIOswlT16YSPAqqqCQGVYyoSUfsD0sQPRjnUEpqsaGXhlxbVVCoL1w6MyGft0RoAAx-iHCoYrgKWF-16v_nlpyFfR87xP2d9YPXg/w640-h480/20210130_144515+cctv.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><p style="font-size: large;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Why the warning?</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So I can check out camera positions</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">before committing any crime.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>Yet what crime is worth committing in this empty field?</span><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKP842usmP-LMnUkpzNkhHg35irBKl1uW0E6pkNOXgVemD3L-yi8YsR05wg6AdgCLRPVuY6mHbQ_UzdOt8qoLQSxyrt_zld3QLAzg7f1b_0UT6uS7l24a97ZchEqLz2aj9IvnVwRLeYew/s2048/20210120_124014+glove.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKP842usmP-LMnUkpzNkhHg35irBKl1uW0E6pkNOXgVemD3L-yi8YsR05wg6AdgCLRPVuY6mHbQ_UzdOt8qoLQSxyrt_zld3QLAzg7f1b_0UT6uS7l24a97ZchEqLz2aj9IvnVwRLeYew/w640-h480/20210120_124014+glove.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span></span><p style="font-size: large;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">If glove makes the world
go round<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">what a shame</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">that this should be<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">so very compacted and wet. <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></div><b style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI6zGLCxtWPKyLPoPQHZC7VfG2O2bhbYEBr88jgTBBNZuV57SaTIdgfYN-klLnqKkDs3ejXkyPEVfsvK_hTqjJCxifnxpgSko7wUWsHGos9iwHeUf2x1Z78xBuSuza8UmKT1Md0mj2_J8/s807/sarcastic.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="490" data-original-width="807" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI6zGLCxtWPKyLPoPQHZC7VfG2O2bhbYEBr88jgTBBNZuV57SaTIdgfYN-klLnqKkDs3ejXkyPEVfsvK_hTqjJCxifnxpgSko7wUWsHGos9iwHeUf2x1Z78xBuSuza8UmKT1Md0mj2_J8/w640-h388/sarcastic.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></b><p style="font-size: large;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sarcasm<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The lowest form of wit, you say?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I never heard that before.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">My congrats on such a cutting counter!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCNgSqcRQjY2o_SEXWkFO6mjB5ihKxK5CY0vK-FQpeElfPOx6ocvRPNVAy76QUqgMCf9eBS1isSi_miZzVsrBU9FTWFkncdHMysu67RzZNKYEePdEYcCRllGVqp_PumLY-dn10SuFGkzg/s2048/20210203_113850+near+far+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCNgSqcRQjY2o_SEXWkFO6mjB5ihKxK5CY0vK-FQpeElfPOx6ocvRPNVAy76QUqgMCf9eBS1isSi_miZzVsrBU9FTWFkncdHMysu67RzZNKYEePdEYcCRllGVqp_PumLY-dn10SuFGkzg/w640-h480/20210203_113850+near+far+poem.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #595959; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #595959; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=65000 lumo=35000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 166;"><br /></span></span><p style="font-size: large;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><b><span>Deciding from what
distance <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;">to photograph the lorry, I worried a little:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><span>if they’re always near and far,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #595959; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #595959; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=65000 lumo=35000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 166;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><span>what happens if your move is local? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><span><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #595959; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #595959; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=65000 lumo=35000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 166;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaAXP-l-aaK_VYaUpmTxZCccTUTq1GA3Tq4mxv1K2D4GvBUy7mqdl7C8LRUtOLinw4WMUnM0pmRXwwh9kXxyOCXocroLgV6jwnzcsGt8hjWmVZuHhRSAKtrhPsOxyu5WS9CPfNqYKgCw0/s2048/20210203_114721+above+below+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaAXP-l-aaK_VYaUpmTxZCccTUTq1GA3Tq4mxv1K2D4GvBUy7mqdl7C8LRUtOLinw4WMUnM0pmRXwwh9kXxyOCXocroLgV6jwnzcsGt8hjWmVZuHhRSAKtrhPsOxyu5WS9CPfNqYKgCw0/w640-h480/20210203_114721+above+below+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p></span></span><p style="font-size: large;"></p></span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;">As below, so above?</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">Not yet, but soon - this is a rehearsal</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">for when spring returns, </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">restricting the leaves to the tree's reflection.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGiL0FwMZcLHKS54KXESoqLMKXzYn13bJy8WWv2OeBPtfawGCLAK-xELZsFs6qzQI29Hf29hqpghHJj6cTzt7b-z-_sFXH8GkKEZARbISwdB_h8SA7ePFFoso3lzOWRH75sxT5nLkRmi4/s2048/20210205_143331+unicorn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1537" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGiL0FwMZcLHKS54KXESoqLMKXzYn13bJy8WWv2OeBPtfawGCLAK-xELZsFs6qzQI29Hf29hqpghHJj6cTzt7b-z-_sFXH8GkKEZARbISwdB_h8SA7ePFFoso3lzOWRH75sxT5nLkRmi4/w640-h480/20210205_143331+unicorn.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Sick Unicorns?</span></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">If business is slow</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">this time of year,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">they may be in a niche too far...</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhal1zmMWVs_SlnDe7LJCnYMW8WbqxdywiP3eyeHZLQP3v4E16aOpT4lHUORWIxLsSs9RG7yAlcSyY9jLifaqi4Ma51ZT_jZga78oCsgSKu9isFtdxRPICp_wbPGbbhcEsbDm8GL186SYc/s2048/20210204_122843.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhal1zmMWVs_SlnDe7LJCnYMW8WbqxdywiP3eyeHZLQP3v4E16aOpT4lHUORWIxLsSs9RG7yAlcSyY9jLifaqi4Ma51ZT_jZga78oCsgSKu9isFtdxRPICp_wbPGbbhcEsbDm8GL186SYc/w640-h480/20210204_122843.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Toy breeds: you’re exempt</span></b></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">on the assumption that you can’t reach.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">Others: when through, please bark three times –<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">the doorbell isn’t working.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQL02od9oUpZgsVLpQugvbkm-kxKBjyVH6Dt3gpVWlL6xcCCWr9y5RqFMhU6D_4XRBv5hvoZEqCX18EWVipeBtVQLEaQsayzuWnajA8-PbPNI1lLhjxaMq5QZxOAC7h2wuRRqPUDUqOJQ/s2048/20210206_123341+bone.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQL02od9oUpZgsVLpQugvbkm-kxKBjyVH6Dt3gpVWlL6xcCCWr9y5RqFMhU6D_4XRBv5hvoZEqCX18EWVipeBtVQLEaQsayzuWnajA8-PbPNI1lLhjxaMq5QZxOAC7h2wuRRqPUDUqOJQ/w640-h480/20210206_123341+bone.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Fetch!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">If your dog can’t read – </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>I’ve heard Great Danes </span><span>aren't great with words –</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">please shout the bone out loudly as you hurl it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgADA0Hog7IZFvydn0A-Fqxzo-SL4k-BuOuyFkq2U0JUFUKWwqNfvCai0DXXH3ml-YNR9UL5aj0TIx8C2Ob84EfuF40rQ8Ke23uibEVfM2RPbAhnjZATxr8SA7GdOxltHCiSyQ1rfz3dyA/s2048/20210201_124346+dog+walk.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1461" data-original-width="2048" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgADA0Hog7IZFvydn0A-Fqxzo-SL4k-BuOuyFkq2U0JUFUKWwqNfvCai0DXXH3ml-YNR9UL5aj0TIx8C2Ob84EfuF40rQ8Ke23uibEVfM2RPbAhnjZATxr8SA7GdOxltHCiSyQ1rfz3dyA/w640-h456/20210201_124346+dog+walk.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Which way round?</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Whether owners take after their pets<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>or pets </span><span>take after their owners,</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>how come she's isn't </span><span>walking a leopard? </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj7lg7WOebGsUHGljCXjMR1PU6mAlqiajJTHuDYpWajC70ijhfHdx4CM5Y3maV7keqtnHsZBkUj5_mgYl2D8WugECGKLKkBOi6nXBP7X0PqA54bhLvPKhyphenhyphenG751OFxVyscaTafGuLSf5QY/s688/snowdrops+s.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="688" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj7lg7WOebGsUHGljCXjMR1PU6mAlqiajJTHuDYpWajC70ijhfHdx4CM5Y3maV7keqtnHsZBkUj5_mgYl2D8WugECGKLKkBOi6nXBP7X0PqA54bhLvPKhyphenhyphenG751OFxVyscaTafGuLSf5QY/w640-h466/snowdrops+s.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Not named<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">for resembling the snow they appear in</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">but after <i>Schneetropfen</i>
– 17th century German pearl earrings. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">Thought I’d drop that in...</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>(off-site)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigvrIR_NQv-Fmsn1jdL0avuc1q8oTg_uYxEDEIh2pkeMdnygaWWWhFpNS13jy-2cNe90q3-keunvsSpBBDuo_RpDPbeM1GmmYpw-9oygTowPdaT8PV00JdX9QbhTKkBjJCvW_UBImwi5I/s739/one-legged-duck-joe-faherty.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="712" data-original-width="739" height="385" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigvrIR_NQv-Fmsn1jdL0avuc1q8oTg_uYxEDEIh2pkeMdnygaWWWhFpNS13jy-2cNe90q3-keunvsSpBBDuo_RpDPbeM1GmmYpw-9oygTowPdaT8PV00JdX9QbhTKkBjJCvW_UBImwi5I/w400-h385/one-legged-duck-joe-faherty.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Ask yourself</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">Are ducks with one leg Catholic?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">D<span color="windowtext" style="text-decoration-line: none;">o </span>bears
shit in circles?<span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #1a1a1b;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">Does the Pope swim in the woods?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>(off-site)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhysTih3FsuIqvyD9Zd9tLeRUXBXKztMueSXJqKeo8UyI5Hl8d5D35Kj_s5bf3ldnG_CAshSyKLHGK-UAMOqntLe9y-qE8XlDhhq00Dav_mAr6HkZrQ4xpTgcGU_MuZSR0JebCpE1l5_aY/s2048/20210208_120114+greens.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhysTih3FsuIqvyD9Zd9tLeRUXBXKztMueSXJqKeo8UyI5Hl8d5D35Kj_s5bf3ldnG_CAshSyKLHGK-UAMOqntLe9y-qE8XlDhhq00Dav_mAr6HkZrQ4xpTgcGU_MuZSR0JebCpE1l5_aY/w640-h480/20210208_120114+greens.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;">How much do I love
nature?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">Let me count the greens:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">ivy, bramble, grass, trees, moss<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">bus stop shelter, lamp post.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8JihMYCyVdjY0GgWbIttNgLylXyXGLjAQiFMVnfNEwAJ3Vz6uu5JoKr0Am1Nc_QvebAYBSFo-nZmADHk4sqtFY9t9uSYwHGe8HV7Dpxd2NbiKlyC5QkIjFfe3aW6irRBiyPkiZ_oekxY/s2048/20210204_123027+%25282%2529+arragement+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8JihMYCyVdjY0GgWbIttNgLylXyXGLjAQiFMVnfNEwAJ3Vz6uu5JoKr0Am1Nc_QvebAYBSFo-nZmADHk4sqtFY9t9uSYwHGe8HV7Dpxd2NbiKlyC5QkIjFfe3aW6irRBiyPkiZ_oekxY/w640-h480/20210204_123027+%25282%2529+arragement+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Logic or aesthetics?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">Of the many arrangements</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">of three cuboids on offer,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">what made the bin men choose this one? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikQ0TSRLTprngid-5D_j6dXxTOXXmYFOYIS3aPAI_eez4tJujvfGv4CWLI98K1Rvzvabvk082K_aasC9lqhJsN4UrqJYyTXI0C8BYHP0k2iAf2mO_CtSGiaWJydM_uftts3HdpkzxJtG8/s1600/Oil-Drop-on-Parking-Lot.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1195" data-original-width="1600" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikQ0TSRLTprngid-5D_j6dXxTOXXmYFOYIS3aPAI_eez4tJujvfGv4CWLI98K1Rvzvabvk082K_aasC9lqhJsN4UrqJYyTXI0C8BYHP0k2iAf2mO_CtSGiaWJydM_uftts3HdpkzxJtG8/w640-h478/Oil-Drop-on-Parking-Lot.jpg" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Is there a message</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">in how pollution leads to beauty<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">when the science of optics <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">has its way with oil spills in the wet?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDTaYWNRHFS4O-MMG4Fs7xoiQrApP8SwmR1Y9ng5dYgtVoQNR6zFhcZaBBm3F2iAN7fsYXFZ0xVs4QZuzmd1_kmtpyZ4oQqHckntgU8jeNQ1J_z6T2bDwqKmey9MR6KQ2MyVIbb5ObeRs/s2048/20210215_124437glove.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDTaYWNRHFS4O-MMG4Fs7xoiQrApP8SwmR1Y9ng5dYgtVoQNR6zFhcZaBBm3F2iAN7fsYXFZ0xVs4QZuzmd1_kmtpyZ4oQqHckntgU8jeNQ1J_z6T2bDwqKmey9MR6KQ2MyVIbb5ObeRs/w640-h480/20210215_124437glove.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The glovefruit palm</span></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">is fleshy, but rather bland:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">the delicate notes are all reserved<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">for the very tip-tips of the fingers.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr7-N3QNi5WW8nkV9VJlwvQ39BgZk10qVbCWChJ4uJmlygqJUwaPDWVLXBQHO-xbW3FONNuqp6V2O30O-v2vLBJTTCfA5yulN3QEfvnc8ryLj_S-L7WLW_lznBeR8icKbloDANYVTW4z0/s2048/20210214_124852+TV.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr7-N3QNi5WW8nkV9VJlwvQ39BgZk10qVbCWChJ4uJmlygqJUwaPDWVLXBQHO-xbW3FONNuqp6V2O30O-v2vLBJTTCfA5yulN3QEfvnc8ryLj_S-L7WLW_lznBeR8icKbloDANYVTW4z0/w640-h480/20210214_124852+TV.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What’s on TV?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It depends: do you get cable?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">And if not, where’s your aerial? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Most of it is rubbish anyway.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNhMQtIlO6Mbbha1hBfuPQUCbIXQrNtAUbwD64BOi7NBAM4_574Sf25Wvc3rTR7PrY3g49xLHJAFzofmbrdqVElal1L5QsvwrA8V0ageILY3uhVrW1F_0x8Xm2GPILVpe9UhhCe8Vdvok/s600/fire+heart.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNhMQtIlO6Mbbha1hBfuPQUCbIXQrNtAUbwD64BOi7NBAM4_574Sf25Wvc3rTR7PrY3g49xLHJAFzofmbrdqVElal1L5QsvwrA8V0ageILY3uhVrW1F_0x8Xm2GPILVpe9UhhCe8Vdvok/w640-h426/fire+heart.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p style="color: #202122;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Word Association?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122;"><span style="color: #595959; font-size: medium;">Towering Passions Burning Baptism Spark Blaze</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #595959; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #595959; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=65000 lumo=35000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 166;">Incendiary Injustice </span><span style="color: #595959;">Burst Inferno </span><span style="color: #595959;">Flames Inflamed</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #595959; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #595959; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=65000 lumo=35000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 166;">Flammable Trail </span><span style="color: #595959;">Bright Materials </span><span style="color: #595959;">Fire Remark</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #595959;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #595959;"><i>(off-site)</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122;"><span style="color: #595959; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPGONxGslJFeG50emTIADokZ9BkBvVN3i9-ubi-diTm6XsstYy3JU-Gnz51bM7PgiBk4LpsdVmvlBhMyoEWQpdyyug_2vSInReoX4WBu9R3gBZ9WQMmqgkq45ojnc4Hm7yCjFY5jfwuOA/s2048/20210215_124207+boot.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPGONxGslJFeG50emTIADokZ9BkBvVN3i9-ubi-diTm6XsstYy3JU-Gnz51bM7PgiBk4LpsdVmvlBhMyoEWQpdyyug_2vSInReoX4WBu9R3gBZ9WQMmqgkq45ojnc4Hm7yCjFY5jfwuOA/w640-h480/20210215_124207+boot.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="color: #595959;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Just part of her boots
remains <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">I said, and that unrecognisably charred.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">But it was me the sergeant accused –<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122;"><span style="color: #595959; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">of wasting his time. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122;"><span style="color: #595959; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbG0QCJMZLoROSwJAWp0O14cvMcaf4hhzUkrUrQxcnBEMHbaXLwXjlkhsiku-_IYRSNsYcEBx0_5IRDA61mNcbl520FFcf3QRaGbMmYscPcWDx9Q8IuNRal8GFhIlqO2_MLYhbyCkQJvY/s2048/20210211_130536.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbG0QCJMZLoROSwJAWp0O14cvMcaf4hhzUkrUrQxcnBEMHbaXLwXjlkhsiku-_IYRSNsYcEBx0_5IRDA61mNcbl520FFcf3QRaGbMmYscPcWDx9Q8IuNRal8GFhIlqO2_MLYhbyCkQJvY/w640-h480/20210211_130536.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Why do birds peck the
yellow crocus most?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">There are theories you can google,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">but I reckon it’s the lack of beetle-black ones, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>which they’d be on in a flash.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span>The crocus has a rare plurality
of plurals: ‘crocuses’, ‘croci’ and ‘crocus’ are all correct.</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"> <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7t_So9gf3kRpzWmHx2XO6nKyy2afxp6kEvUdNqkwOlRsX-YjaB-nWeh3jcpfqMbrkRJGVpij-5y6HUKAQpiEgK2fvWdMF9eWs3LUnIIH0ignDhv9LdlrtDY9smIkSX3sC9QxhidgXpM0/s2048/20210214_124412.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7t_So9gf3kRpzWmHx2XO6nKyy2afxp6kEvUdNqkwOlRsX-YjaB-nWeh3jcpfqMbrkRJGVpij-5y6HUKAQpiEgK2fvWdMF9eWs3LUnIIH0ignDhv9LdlrtDY9smIkSX3sC9QxhidgXpM0/w640-h480/20210214_124412.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Anyone home?</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">Seems not, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">but it’s one o’clock:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>they may well be out to lunch.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">50</p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ7GLHKCpf6XfTsynU9e8l9zPavAFUq3qon-zUZoQIR22fpd1hYzsk2h87qYebErg02OO8sfz59Ox6l-yDcd56oDhF7EgBNXMMY0g_l-NjQDIk8UxHiKsVD1C5TKgARGPFQ8foIOWEZjI/s726/count+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="726" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ7GLHKCpf6XfTsynU9e8l9zPavAFUq3qon-zUZoQIR22fpd1hYzsk2h87qYebErg02OO8sfz59Ox6l-yDcd56oDhF7EgBNXMMY0g_l-NjQDIk8UxHiKsVD1C5TKgARGPFQ8foIOWEZjI/w640-h480/count+.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">How many cars?</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>When the call comes </span><span>for photographic evidence</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">I will be ready to cover </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">five minutes of Feb the 21st.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><i>Picture shows the Metrocount Vehicle Classifier System</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxY83elQEBh-eqNHKinqMHczWSB4q-urygK9hrT2-diPPEG_n464rZHUS1YyGNE0G7sY4MqJiDHaKaBowSBLlpS4vM3u1WyRqK__vfb-7duRrvpdEoZ_hCOqMZbHQi8fLcOQ9fyBlfbqY/s2048/20210215_122353+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxY83elQEBh-eqNHKinqMHczWSB4q-urygK9hrT2-diPPEG_n464rZHUS1YyGNE0G7sY4MqJiDHaKaBowSBLlpS4vM3u1WyRqK__vfb-7duRrvpdEoZ_hCOqMZbHQi8fLcOQ9fyBlfbqY/w640-h480/20210215_122353+%25282%2529.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">We all have our goals<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">but are they aligned,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">let alone shared?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">And which of them is right? </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>(Totton)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOZTX4UFiyvkNE3io8It4LOSeMBOvnMibevzvRxQnJKN8Qih4UAt-9wNFpvPNsfCilO-i4e4h5AbwEQTJrltTCMNu84uRtPYDNTMXokKJ2IKgPAHGrOnY6anr8JGg8ROo0iX5OF0WFXus/s724/love+isl+celeb+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="724" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOZTX4UFiyvkNE3io8It4LOSeMBOvnMibevzvRxQnJKN8Qih4UAt-9wNFpvPNsfCilO-i4e4h5AbwEQTJrltTCMNu84uRtPYDNTMXokKJ2IKgPAHGrOnY6anr8JGg8ROo0iX5OF0WFXus/w400-h294/love+isl+celeb+.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">I don’t think there’s
a multiverse <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">because I can't believe</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">that I'd end up in the one <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">that features Celebrity Squares <i>and</i> Love Island. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><i>(off-site)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWo-CEz7cUegHARaDsn0BoCSI1PBougcesP7soD6H7v8hypSYxrZSqqRHqExj3LKEQbs-13Rm3fFn_thff09P7aVI4pNtCeUWGma61QJTYyGSikOmO7GoW8idFRKI71FakwLr8MaO6QT4/s703/roads+Screenshot+2021-02-23+163212.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="439" data-original-width="703" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWo-CEz7cUegHARaDsn0BoCSI1PBougcesP7soD6H7v8hypSYxrZSqqRHqExj3LKEQbs-13Rm3fFn_thff09P7aVI4pNtCeUWGma61QJTYyGSikOmO7GoW8idFRKI71FakwLr8MaO6QT4/w640-h400/roads+Screenshot+2021-02-23+163212.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">The local question</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">of why Wood Road has metal posts <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">but New Road’s nicely retro-styled in wood <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">may be one to ask the Parish Council?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHkqRqM9xLq3vMfrHWZagZh4jKt3vTvUImtDjW-1F8fBj-3kAMMlnXQoAqBfyBoPSVUu1iIHGwLrzOmvVfM09g6Jm3ksE45ZEy9R67ZyVIT1DqpxcAki90Sae2Po1eMu9LmTVS7erkkhg/s2048/20210216_144045+browns.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHkqRqM9xLq3vMfrHWZagZh4jKt3vTvUImtDjW-1F8fBj-3kAMMlnXQoAqBfyBoPSVUu1iIHGwLrzOmvVfM09g6Jm3ksE45ZEy9R67ZyVIT1DqpxcAki90Sae2Po1eMu9LmTVS7erkkhg/w640-h480/20210216_144045+browns.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">The browns dropping down<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">meet the home brown of ground</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">and go down to the depths<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">from which all future browns come around.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPBdXfB8vEfmZF7ADKnaZUslt1QmQEgDUfcEe2kfGpUUH-5VLGk_Y-23Vwvl_rg2dXDf1Rlo94hKcJn1YP403GnNKeqtFM2hupiqXHxYsHrUIf6xMR1cKoDZPYU41kZ9BGZr9jjbeWndk/s804/tredge+2+Screenshot+2021-02-21+065209.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="618" data-original-width="804" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPBdXfB8vEfmZF7ADKnaZUslt1QmQEgDUfcEe2kfGpUUH-5VLGk_Y-23Vwvl_rg2dXDf1Rlo94hKcJn1YP403GnNKeqtFM2hupiqXHxYsHrUIf6xMR1cKoDZPYU41kZ9BGZr9jjbeWndk/w640-h492/tredge+2+Screenshot+2021-02-21+065209.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Tredge?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>Now we have the greening</span><b>
</b><span>of stump discs.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">But what should we name this mossed-up part <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">of what was once a tree? </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i><b>Tredge </b>(noun) </i><i>plural: </i><i>tredges</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i> </i><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">/</span>trɛdʒ/ </i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i> The</i><i> near-flat remnant
of a tree now cut down. </i><i>Believed to be a portmanteau of </i><i>‘trunk' and ‘wedge’.</i><i>‘</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">The
branches</span> / Hold in the gardens their silent, </i><i>eloquent gestures /
But we have only a tredge’ - anonymous early C21st after Henry Reed's 'Naming of Parts', 1942 </i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: times;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXGx4ph9k_J28sYq4ArcLJj4BANgTeRLIhIZooD9uHt3583lNDQ3Yezh0RL6-yI_5JNzZ3ZC-Nu3zKWQLLAZH2Btodu6YBxJWbC6h7O8lsLganDBRMVEP4eQNiKZ6ewJOC8IIUHHtZCqY/s2048/20210221_114930+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXGx4ph9k_J28sYq4ArcLJj4BANgTeRLIhIZooD9uHt3583lNDQ3Yezh0RL6-yI_5JNzZ3ZC-Nu3zKWQLLAZH2Btodu6YBxJWbC6h7O8lsLganDBRMVEP4eQNiKZ6ewJOC8IIUHHtZCqY/w640-h480/20210221_114930+%25282%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-size: medium;">You say no entry</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">I say no problem,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">I’m perfectly happy making no progress,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>living a life that’s only ever now.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><i>(Totton)</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6eeAlWrCo6nvKTSQpZAVouganm9qEmVCpUe1pilUvOs2I6PttzvGzCkB5WDFFCp9ArN2mAr5cKqFVuVX_wcAU4JnToFYxSX93yv9yuEwe4cMUGjnIKvRqDRzbrZtz7rAxz5v5S7K4lG0/s1080/southerndown-cliffs-gorse-bush.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6eeAlWrCo6nvKTSQpZAVouganm9qEmVCpUe1pilUvOs2I6PttzvGzCkB5WDFFCp9ArN2mAr5cKqFVuVX_wcAU4JnToFYxSX93yv9yuEwe4cMUGjnIKvRqDRzbrZtz7rAxz5v5S7K4lG0/w640-h480/southerndown-cliffs-gorse-bush.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></b></div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Of gorse <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">I know it’s prickly as an argument</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">for getting us from <i>a</i> to <i>c,</i> when <i>b</i> involves a cliff path
route <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">that’s up and down far more than it’s along. <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>(off-site)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4jVkhBtga5qQ75bhfKC7pXNY8iSznfAyxiaGg2_F9nEgTLCsVvT4qRuVWnA3ziqaPbSMsWEIKd9MejT723U3SNVLG438fLByu15ljeSC-vz-L0pYqrjDEAeA2lczbbdgbRXkQc-1IMS0/s2048/20210221_114711unlimited+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1537" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4jVkhBtga5qQ75bhfKC7pXNY8iSznfAyxiaGg2_F9nEgTLCsVvT4qRuVWnA3ziqaPbSMsWEIKd9MejT723U3SNVLG438fLByu15ljeSC-vz-L0pYqrjDEAeA2lczbbdgbRXkQc-1IMS0/w640-h480/20210221_114711unlimited+%25282%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></b></div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Sometimes <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">there are no limits.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">Sometimes there are gapswecannotleave.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">But I suspect a limit has been reached. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><i>(Totton)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyD7ISFjvxjaWXXPiqmmQSWxYuu19WTSdgtcU-zfIby2G7ugPZkvyX1WT8PA9W8Rb-QfqXKeNjjA9iW7Ek74MoQ8yjJvypdnrMVMaV-TdPOUWwM_6yJfZMRtnWhHn7ltBmn8DibHm82LI/s2015/Cytisus_scoparius3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1511" data-original-width="2015" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyD7ISFjvxjaWXXPiqmmQSWxYuu19WTSdgtcU-zfIby2G7ugPZkvyX1WT8PA9W8Rb-QfqXKeNjjA9iW7Ek74MoQ8yjJvypdnrMVMaV-TdPOUWwM_6yJfZMRtnWhHn7ltBmn8DibHm82LI/w640-h480/Cytisus_scoparius3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><b><span style="line-height: 106%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Gorse can get <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="line-height: 106%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">no
friendlier than when <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="line-height: 106%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">pretty
much the same flowers <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="line-height: 106%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">sweep
away the sharpness with a new broom.</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="line-height: 106%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="line-height: 106%;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="line-height: 106%;"><i>The common broom </i>(Cytisus scoparius)<i> is pictured, as opposed to</i> <i>gorse </i>(Ulex
europaeus)<o:p style="font-size: 11pt;"></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmjep1QObyK4fpfSvaZa9ZEGbI3hVQP9CLIG5eiObUXVE7sY1FCDVGovDfxkSBiUuEyJU8-h3gCddQAcmOr3_DNmgLFJ0hgYxPApNP9mDncuEQ10Hx-Rrfx_NSE1fIQ4ozOq5Md0v2ddk/s1213/long+short+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="778" data-original-width="1213" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmjep1QObyK4fpfSvaZa9ZEGbI3hVQP9CLIG5eiObUXVE7sY1FCDVGovDfxkSBiUuEyJU8-h3gCddQAcmOr3_DNmgLFJ0hgYxPApNP9mDncuEQ10Hx-Rrfx_NSE1fIQ4ozOq5Md0v2ddk/w640-h410/long+short+.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">The stretched and
compressed</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">of the matter is this:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">why are there more letters in ‘short’ <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">than in ‘long’?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><i>(off-site)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b style="font-size: large;"><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSMxqWsyNV7_KVSAASKVzd9F1BTK-F4PVxoKvdf69IEOns_jZk5POVdriAXioeV1VO77bEw2G5tbxWI17eQZs9EJ-Z46L37Pg3eeSoN_RejBqaPvKCMcY3L83shAt3ylp8NZRQWRkjBYs/s2048/20210316_125900+padlock+poem.jpg" style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSMxqWsyNV7_KVSAASKVzd9F1BTK-F4PVxoKvdf69IEOns_jZk5POVdriAXioeV1VO77bEw2G5tbxWI17eQZs9EJ-Z46L37Pg3eeSoN_RejBqaPvKCMcY3L83shAt3ylp8NZRQWRkjBYs/w640-h480/20210316_125900+padlock+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></p><div><b style="font-size: large;"><br /></b></div>On the one hand I worry</b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">the padlock’s been left unlocked.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">On the other I reassure myself: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">how likely's the fence to be stolen? </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9OJPjg_vC8_ldu1M77gt6AIns5uXw4l2MRBacKAqfos6gDs5w8HCvYysSqD5Jjdm6vvknZaFrM6zkqFrFRhzWOXNTLm22y10onqUJR2vBdCKaMXaproEoGCTp_7dwV6eBwwilO-WC2pU/s831/road+12+Screenshot+2021-02-25+123402.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="831" data-original-width="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9OJPjg_vC8_ldu1M77gt6AIns5uXw4l2MRBacKAqfos6gDs5w8HCvYysSqD5Jjdm6vvknZaFrM6zkqFrFRhzWOXNTLm22y10onqUJR2vBdCKaMXaproEoGCTp_7dwV6eBwwilO-WC2pU/s16000/road+12+Screenshot+2021-02-25+123402.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-size: large;">Here’s my entry</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">in the least interesting local statistics contest,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">highways section: 40% of road signs stand on wooden posts, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">30% on concrete and 30% on metal. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWuzdrWHaGBSQ26EdZL98KOQ90E6re3VMxNE4vMjEci73iu-EQ5c8fDMhfmtb36xYIOdYB-BFjbBrf8H8IdfYWUuPoGoMB-NMQm9xL2n5NoxbvMB_NFPCBfZvQ-tuAR413C9kHWCk9UAQ/s2048/20210227_113703+acre+home.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWuzdrWHaGBSQ26EdZL98KOQ90E6re3VMxNE4vMjEci73iu-EQ5c8fDMhfmtb36xYIOdYB-BFjbBrf8H8IdfYWUuPoGoMB-NMQm9xL2n5NoxbvMB_NFPCBfZvQ-tuAR413C9kHWCk9UAQ/w640-h480/20210227_113703+acre+home.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">If your granny’s a
bit of a cow<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">or your father’s one for pigging out</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">here’s the place to rest them up <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">before their final rest.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><i>(Totton)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR2USt7QgWuChHWR35RNvnIe6IG1zgcic1Z93KrIG8AkwtC0w_lv7EuRlLK19VR4STaWCr9EaHfWVEoEszjy1eDZpTRR_uaS_4IJXcYLhP0QJw0q5vwiIp4akxjrxEfb7CzxfVdM8MmZs/s2048/20210227_114253+paved+garden.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR2USt7QgWuChHWR35RNvnIe6IG1zgcic1Z93KrIG8AkwtC0w_lv7EuRlLK19VR4STaWCr9EaHfWVEoEszjy1eDZpTRR_uaS_4IJXcYLhP0QJw0q5vwiIp4akxjrxEfb7CzxfVdM8MmZs/w640-h480/20210227_114253+paved+garden.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Bag up the thrushes<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">frogs and moles:
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">this is how you
pave a garden<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">to do your best for worms.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span><i>(Totton)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhEWFI4J5TKy6ETymivgBw49UVOWtxqIuklVFSnh1fS5N-ABhG8hOg0tbNLOaDe8tDl3E-8WmC-Aq4IdrOvhVSGgsV9UiQmOF-ecHM1cD2_qAF9M9dCv6f5QdWcd7A-N8aKPTW7UhKVmw/s2048/20210309_123104+tennis.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhEWFI4J5TKy6ETymivgBw49UVOWtxqIuklVFSnh1fS5N-ABhG8hOg0tbNLOaDe8tDl3E-8WmC-Aq4IdrOvhVSGgsV9UiQmOF-ecHM1cD2_qAF9M9dCv6f5QdWcd7A-N8aKPTW7UhKVmw/w640-h480/20210309_123104+tennis.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Anyone for tennis?</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">I suspected not.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">But you need to accept the nature of the game<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">when all the clubs and courts have been locked down.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><b> </b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_dQMyg8IcJnAVRJQGvHKar58d3-h5be1krdoQ0o9ksN51a7mG4sXR0z9wPgetkL7rSL2j_KM1Bn3k2QjIoCy0sKkkbXr8ZAbpaN41UEyuNkGlytgtL1TPUMYF13QNMQuQXh43SIR4uD4/s2048/20210228_132704+hat.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_dQMyg8IcJnAVRJQGvHKar58d3-h5be1krdoQ0o9ksN51a7mG4sXR0z9wPgetkL7rSL2j_KM1Bn3k2QjIoCy0sKkkbXr8ZAbpaN41UEyuNkGlytgtL1TPUMYF13QNMQuQXh43SIR4uD4/w640-h480/20210228_132704+hat.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></div><b><br /></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Wherever I make my home<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that’s not my
hat –<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">for, if it were,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I’d hang it in
the hall.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNyTuWO4wwLOKJinq6YdtLDsDgeUfvE91mhGoGKWUdW-CaCPru1CssPYHBzHyC6HIHRCTsEeY2MAT1lHL7jZYfETcyhdf5hqt9xRcwmaiEu5Fk-ZyLFhdErHEm_wof0S-6Z5HJhzBdKAI/s2048/20210227_113557+solar.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1416" data-original-width="2048" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNyTuWO4wwLOKJinq6YdtLDsDgeUfvE91mhGoGKWUdW-CaCPru1CssPYHBzHyC6HIHRCTsEeY2MAT1lHL7jZYfETcyhdf5hqt9xRcwmaiEu5Fk-ZyLFhdErHEm_wof0S-6Z5HJhzBdKAI/w640-h442/20210227_113557+solar.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">It’s a start<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">but if even the fraction of solar output</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">that makes it to earth could be harnessed in full<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">we could power ten thousand worlds.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><i>(Totton)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtMFFnvbli6d58j5btXLepgZRfWprnp16eMeaCDFOTF4Yc28AyRW7Vzr0mVYvAeI68_JtNdJN-HyY5oWQMEeGlDpyrAH2NIMo30uq6UPvEZ_srG6q-f9YTH1GKwRPG-fiRMt03P15I9CU/s2048/20210305_122756+fungal.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtMFFnvbli6d58j5btXLepgZRfWprnp16eMeaCDFOTF4Yc28AyRW7Vzr0mVYvAeI68_JtNdJN-HyY5oWQMEeGlDpyrAH2NIMo30uq6UPvEZ_srG6q-f9YTH1GKwRPG-fiRMt03P15I9CU/w480-h640/20210305_122756+fungal.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Tempting as it is</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">to climb a tree on fungal steps<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">the only exercise I plan <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">is of my self-control. </span><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg165uZt2NXi7Gme6Qh-GhGCUusI9uIjFNoQ244eq9AkLhSOk9e9Lnwi7Gdp5cay96GltfbIjl8F5aSA901F6am0sP4CWC3rfiBwyuRFhOBrYjU9fw0HDczcKsckCJwnYEkz5C-_reeDJI/s2048/20210306_102114+%25284%2529+pigeon.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg165uZt2NXi7Gme6Qh-GhGCUusI9uIjFNoQ244eq9AkLhSOk9e9Lnwi7Gdp5cay96GltfbIjl8F5aSA901F6am0sP4CWC3rfiBwyuRFhOBrYjU9fw0HDczcKsckCJwnYEkz5C-_reeDJI/w640-h480/20210306_102114+%25284%2529+pigeon.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">I crept up</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">but SUDDENLY – <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">at least by the lumbering standard of pigeons -<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">it was off in a blur of coo.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsDhIxsx1SzK4qblHlee9IdpgRa_aFxcfJD4bUsk1U6RPGA-7w9_pEZUrT-QO0AteS2xq-b5asliK9-fjtQrBp-T4GKcbc3ekQA_oGA1Q6ZjxzFhTTEq1meGj7yuDeQmONlazRZaiui-s/s2048/20210308_120407+kerb.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsDhIxsx1SzK4qblHlee9IdpgRa_aFxcfJD4bUsk1U6RPGA-7w9_pEZUrT-QO0AteS2xq-b5asliK9-fjtQrBp-T4GKcbc3ekQA_oGA1Q6ZjxzFhTTEq1meGj7yuDeQmONlazRZaiui-s/w640-h480/20210308_120407+kerb.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p> </o:p><b>Who’s been eating my
kerb?</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">And, to cut to the concrete</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">nub of the matter:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">when and how and why?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6sxBjrUu9n8GFGOXGNPOkRPCgo8GU-yRWfn0dbsZMpl6N1aW8olQThjYPGNpkcWkISKLhLyOFcs6vZv_Ya9pJo1uM3Pi74_Zjov3vdH9EXrQQZ9E-ycqGiKOcIJNnkJS4e6ex1wZKQcc/s2048/20210307_110607+bins+comp+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6sxBjrUu9n8GFGOXGNPOkRPCgo8GU-yRWfn0dbsZMpl6N1aW8olQThjYPGNpkcWkISKLhLyOFcs6vZv_Ya9pJo1uM3Pi74_Zjov3vdH9EXrQQZ9E-ycqGiKOcIJNnkJS4e6ex1wZKQcc/w640-h480/20210307_110607+bins+comp+%25282%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Had the lids been
swapped?</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">If so, I saw on second glance,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">more than these three bins were involved<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">in what must have been a complicated multi-business business…</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><i>(Totton)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhn9Spl4KvdTNl2lLA-dyVLt-FwgTOS4P7LzoYAbVN6Ejv2Eh9_AAiqpBcGzuh4Yq-lbhV3aR3bqUuXtQBz8OdTREnt2tShlWAjb753R0uGonvd9qXMD6_dwS-3mKvh58YeCDWpc9lM-I/s2048/20210312_115842.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhn9Spl4KvdTNl2lLA-dyVLt-FwgTOS4P7LzoYAbVN6Ejv2Eh9_AAiqpBcGzuh4Yq-lbhV3aR3bqUuXtQBz8OdTREnt2tShlWAjb753R0uGonvd9qXMD6_dwS-3mKvh58YeCDWpc9lM-I/w640-h480/20210312_115842.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">The advantage of this
wall <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">is that when it falls -</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">as all walls must in the context of eternity -<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">it won’t be hard to build back, won’t be hard at all. </span><b><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvdK1j0rMLQXaasJIU9l3sz-_LrIK470AoGYAGqNr04aZruZxiIA2w77uy75GFALGwwFOAV1D64N3eGNfSarh_kiLi9zIstuGASOt2FYkmZfPtTFPMcNDFDpqvum_bgC9Kuxhg8goy0eY/s2048/20210313_142942+lorry.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvdK1j0rMLQXaasJIU9l3sz-_LrIK470AoGYAGqNr04aZruZxiIA2w77uy75GFALGwwFOAV1D64N3eGNfSarh_kiLi9zIstuGASOt2FYkmZfPtTFPMcNDFDpqvum_bgC9Kuxhg8goy0eY/w640-h480/20210313_142942+lorry.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 106%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 106%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Who’s stolen my lorry? <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 106%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And
more to the point,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 106%;">how
did they do so w</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">ithout
so much</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 106%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">as ruffling
its cover?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 106%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 106%;"><span><i>(Totton)</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY5YG_6IW_D6leUSvPSbxzRR7HNYQv5rzCGFwNvXHBAExYSyTt3Fjgk_P1LlySxXgXdSW6XCRcuIpgivIkoGfEqLN6UsvabrcxATLA9zfg7zh71O8fpnAiqXq7z9lw4yyagYWEpqgDPQ0/s2048/20210313_143337+post.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY5YG_6IW_D6leUSvPSbxzRR7HNYQv5rzCGFwNvXHBAExYSyTt3Fjgk_P1LlySxXgXdSW6XCRcuIpgivIkoGfEqLN6UsvabrcxATLA9zfg7zh71O8fpnAiqXq7z9lw4yyagYWEpqgDPQ0/w640-h480/20210313_143337+post.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 106%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">She was distraught</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 106%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Now
they were a couple <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 106%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">and
nothing could take away the pain<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 106%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">of
having once stood there.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 106%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="line-height: 106%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsxYI0qVcsPtDWvD8EBkziVVjKm3Ff_AP9bpU9e1SJMlhXHKSZJxvqXkd9KWFcHC0JiKq46ZRI71245AnpKSIXkRjnYX4CyfbD1YZ8Tp9HNrA_Dmw1g-ieM3t0NhYU95QGa-XBolHhKCk/s2048/20210314_120049+mat.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsxYI0qVcsPtDWvD8EBkziVVjKm3Ff_AP9bpU9e1SJMlhXHKSZJxvqXkd9KWFcHC0JiKq46ZRI71245AnpKSIXkRjnYX4CyfbD1YZ8Tp9HNrA_Dmw1g-ieM3t0NhYU95QGa-XBolHhKCk/w640-h480/20210314_120049+mat.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The outside mat<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is puzzling. You can wipe your feet,</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">all very well and good for the soles -<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="line-height: 106%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">but then what?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><i>(Totton)</i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS-DjFiOK84TPZFGp5iyphl1RvWtdmHalJYixM6Ttw59wWYsAcCc6Z0pgCpHnBncD_ElmuyatjxZqYtSRee0vwsrDgJP1poQalPJqYj3mk6_gw8fuNvk5pIFIrUnvdposNNiZ5ahgkGzE/s2048/20210315_120529+trees+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS-DjFiOK84TPZFGp5iyphl1RvWtdmHalJYixM6Ttw59wWYsAcCc6Z0pgCpHnBncD_ElmuyatjxZqYtSRee0vwsrDgJP1poQalPJqYj3mk6_gw8fuNvk5pIFIrUnvdposNNiZ5ahgkGzE/w640-h480/20210315_120529+trees+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">In the clearing <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">of not-yet-trees,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">where everything is what it’s going to be, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">you need only look beyond to see the future.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjru9Na3dNenmFd0dnR25PPp-R8-c-N-b7ao6TPDL5Zm5ZlDKu809RyOwz1LEoXXzauAhDJ1upusGHdKk-wLqE9eMj3pGCIRVwEuw66axijqkZooz52rjfBksjb2Jl_tB8QZY1GEoctYiA/s2048/20210315_115555+catkin+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjru9Na3dNenmFd0dnR25PPp-R8-c-N-b7ao6TPDL5Zm5ZlDKu809RyOwz1LEoXXzauAhDJ1upusGHdKk-wLqE9eMj3pGCIRVwEuw66axijqkZooz52rjfBksjb2Jl_tB8QZY1GEoctYiA/w640-h480/20210315_115555+catkin+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">From the Middle Dutch</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">for kitten, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">tails of which they may resemble,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">tales of which involve me gentling a spring-kissed cheek.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"><i>'C</i>atkin'</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-style: italic;"> is a </span><i>loanword</i><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-style: italic;"> from the </span><i>Middle Dutch</i><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-style: italic;">katteken</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-style: italic;">, meaning '</span><i>kitten'</i><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-style: italic;"> (compare also </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0645ad; font-style: italic; text-decoration-line: none;" title="German language">German</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-style: italic;">Kätzchen</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-style: italic;">). This name is due either to the resemblance of the lengthy sorts of catkins to a kitten's tail, or to the fine fur found on some catkins. - Wikipedia</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi008C1zAKYs2LIWp2uUCgfRS4wM2f7tMumQcEZXbY9vlYdRjZQwPDNaNw_ioELsZSSMeNIsK6WVqKJqCNwnbcOZ00ZWZMHX4tC-nL_NGz9n2iKtiGDP1octX1t6foGgxfjys4cfSm8xu8/s2048/20210317_112527+car+sale+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi008C1zAKYs2LIWp2uUCgfRS4wM2f7tMumQcEZXbY9vlYdRjZQwPDNaNw_ioELsZSSMeNIsK6WVqKJqCNwnbcOZ00ZWZMHX4tC-nL_NGz9n2iKtiGDP1octX1t6foGgxfjys4cfSm8xu8/w640-h480/20210317_112527+car+sale+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Car for sale</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">One careful owner,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">albeit with a rather narrow <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">entrance to the drive.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvSdMAd3iKOtXq5_mJ1bYTUavHPxufAMFEwgPChEZ6n9adaiaCiS5mvhkFWQhlCvPKCOLSm4HXMaMqr7YHVOUakzWWSeCRIXCjrh_tpUY68GgzmfelUUw-wgTsgQ7WkY6VR0jDZLl3hLs/s2048/20210317_162548+boat.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvSdMAd3iKOtXq5_mJ1bYTUavHPxufAMFEwgPChEZ6n9adaiaCiS5mvhkFWQhlCvPKCOLSm4HXMaMqr7YHVOUakzWWSeCRIXCjrh_tpUY68GgzmfelUUw-wgTsgQ7WkY6VR0jDZLl3hLs/w640-h480/20210317_162548+boat.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">If you’re immortal</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">there’s no time not to waste – just as,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">if you’re going to sail your boat round the garden, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">it might as well be upside-down.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p> </o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicQmKlndq9ZQNC_V1QwFMDC_7X9biGIfyUDSF-DDMA2pePIrxBlhcv2zuWQL4xep2vBjnM_myUtGYJpRideHeQlucHqWGi-FgeYjRDNwKBu62yVnBhm9e2wGYLFpsgbC2_4fjytJppY-c/s2048/20210317_111825+tipping+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicQmKlndq9ZQNC_V1QwFMDC_7X9biGIfyUDSF-DDMA2pePIrxBlhcv2zuWQL4xep2vBjnM_myUtGYJpRideHeQlucHqWGi-FgeYjRDNwKBu62yVnBhm9e2wGYLFpsgbC2_4fjytJppY-c/w640-h480/20210317_111825+tipping+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">This makes me think
of tipping points<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">proving closer than I think –</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">even when I’ve fine-tuned that <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">for thinking that’s what I think.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjng2Wa5ttI0rSsO_Gmt5YlnWgIT_95qehW3S5IzKdw8H_MbU2JKA3C6C_A3QdNpYspkrdNt5MpS18LYuNAQ0YC0cq3ivRtDNmb6xNCJveyv_zV39NvpObv3hJhth6OsaAyavrRDlVOwOY/s2048/20210322_111837%25280%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjng2Wa5ttI0rSsO_Gmt5YlnWgIT_95qehW3S5IzKdw8H_MbU2JKA3C6C_A3QdNpYspkrdNt5MpS18LYuNAQ0YC0cq3ivRtDNmb6xNCJveyv_zV39NvpObv3hJhth6OsaAyavrRDlVOwOY/w640-h480/20210322_111837%25280%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">I myself like Bud </span></b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">and there’s much to be said for consistency of taste.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">Marriage is based on it. But is this the house<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">of someone who should seek a beer divorce?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><i>(Totton)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN0Br9f7GSxEOY_Cv_8TzS4TS-AJS6mNaCVD4zft9xuQzKVkAM-1j7UWsX5hqUnB5olf-as0MJqfMMZEK88oAtD6rFWPDQqHWFx9qS33FO-4ds0mbK3g-xAlw4ybb1bmhkT_7HE2eyMjA/s2048/20210322_112104.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN0Br9f7GSxEOY_Cv_8TzS4TS-AJS6mNaCVD4zft9xuQzKVkAM-1j7UWsX5hqUnB5olf-as0MJqfMMZEK88oAtD6rFWPDQqHWFx9qS33FO-4ds0mbK3g-xAlw4ybb1bmhkT_7HE2eyMjA/w640-h480/20210322_112104.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">My question <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">I suppose is this:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">couldn’t they have c</span><span style="font-size: medium;">arried the bench around </span><span style="font-size: medium;">the net <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">instead of pushing it through?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>(Totton)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnTxIyqoCiAXy4KnV0JevmXh_DS9SNHgxlr8CIPFDwYyPY2_YPi9XxjUN9Ca73DpweUXxR2WGuN3A9JVqIOWSzz33evWDW2RVd3B0GVpryIU5ZAIhwK0nC01F7oLEIuKqyOG38V0IrPKo/s2048/20210311_084350.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnTxIyqoCiAXy4KnV0JevmXh_DS9SNHgxlr8CIPFDwYyPY2_YPi9XxjUN9Ca73DpweUXxR2WGuN3A9JVqIOWSzz33evWDW2RVd3B0GVpryIU5ZAIhwK0nC01F7oLEIuKqyOG38V0IrPKo/w640-h480/20210311_084350.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="font-size: medium;" /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">'But I want to enjoy the daffodils<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">myself, not provide pleasure to others…</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">I guess that means<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">it’s OK for me to pick them.'</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcPgJ5BrUFsA4pzO53UCRH-yuVqpPZBE5MKcP9HkCtk7CHHaUoxHuvtOWKKdXxRJHCYiKDfDzlxxBea4XGUlgXPtwVTHDiBgXG52Cytc8Yg7NCDf5zRsFbNpofW5LBBJglwLL1Jv6fLX4/s2048/blossom+1459784736-1459451893-gettyimages-143061326.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcPgJ5BrUFsA4pzO53UCRH-yuVqpPZBE5MKcP9HkCtk7CHHaUoxHuvtOWKKdXxRJHCYiKDfDzlxxBea4XGUlgXPtwVTHDiBgXG52Cytc8Yg7NCDf5zRsFbNpofW5LBBJglwLL1Jv6fLX4/w640-h426/blossom+1459784736-1459451893-gettyimages-143061326.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Convention dictates</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">a positive spin<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">on the beauties of spring<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>but petal drops are set to poop the party pretty pronto.</span> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>(off-site)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnTxIyqoCiAXy4KnV0JevmXh_DS9SNHgxlr8CIPFDwYyPY2_YPi9XxjUN9Ca73DpweUXxR2WGuN3A9JVqIOWSzz33evWDW2RVd3B0GVpryIU5ZAIhwK0nC01F7oLEIuKqyOG38V0IrPKo/s2048/20210311_084350.jpg" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnTxIyqoCiAXy4KnV0JevmXh_DS9SNHgxlr8CIPFDwYyPY2_YPi9XxjUN9Ca73DpweUXxR2WGuN3A9JVqIOWSzz33evWDW2RVd3B0GVpryIU5ZAIhwK0nC01F7oLEIuKqyOG38V0IrPKo/w640-h480/20210311_084350.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Actually<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">there are hardly any flowers in the park:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>the notice </span><span>is superfluous or tardy.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">Maybe I should move it to our garden?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><b> </b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL9cttKtdo13tdnWS76LgM0M1tlHepPULKZ6gtehuhCT2_ee4xJm7wn0YQtHGzccxc103yWzjhk0v4ejNUahtxSzLSeMIwxGfxvRRr35DK9ABrHR6rQ6jM08or4KTNH3bQ4CmJ5mLckvs/s1758/20210321_120924+daff+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1319" data-original-width="1758" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL9cttKtdo13tdnWS76LgM0M1tlHepPULKZ6gtehuhCT2_ee4xJm7wn0YQtHGzccxc103yWzjhk0v4ejNUahtxSzLSeMIwxGfxvRRr35DK9ABrHR6rQ6jM08or4KTNH3bQ4CmJ5mLckvs/w640-h480/20210321_120924+daff+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Are three heads better than one?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">Only if you’re multi-tasking.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">Daffodils – unless you count being in poems<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">as doing something – are not. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuRTTGq5CMDZQQw0b-zPfnt-e6flz1DBKLAQiBTxEi7b1xtrY7kDI4fuSvWgOqxmkO4agqlQVNyj1mRjU5Qax0lyVxy7vOezu7Au8Qmmb7sFMN5oV7Gy6sNtPHAahCaJtMRepF1-0sZfA/s2048/20210323_112729+primula+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuRTTGq5CMDZQQw0b-zPfnt-e6flz1DBKLAQiBTxEi7b1xtrY7kDI4fuSvWgOqxmkO4agqlQVNyj1mRjU5Qax0lyVxy7vOezu7Au8Qmmb7sFMN5oV7Gy6sNtPHAahCaJtMRepF1-0sZfA/w640-h480/20210323_112729+primula+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></div><b><br /></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">The primula <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span> </span></b><span>is common or garden –</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">in this case garden, though I see they've escaped<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>to the ambiguous territory of a bank just beyond.</span><span> </span></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq8uuPaH1a55jm5BjQWzC3Z7mqhpha3llUyEEt36tL80VkDgZcT2-KC3lgqYIx9FyPJLA61p-QWEaSRtD3XpCvN9JJcGG0uLHKWbVVmhyphenhyphenhaSael-RpLtMnFZIMV4NG0zueGyJlWgULXm0/s2048/20210319_125252+nettle+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq8uuPaH1a55jm5BjQWzC3Z7mqhpha3llUyEEt36tL80VkDgZcT2-KC3lgqYIx9FyPJLA61p-QWEaSRtD3XpCvN9JJcGG0uLHKWbVVmhyphenhyphenhaSael-RpLtMnFZIMV4NG0zueGyJlWgULXm0/w640-h480/20210319_125252+nettle+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Better red than dead?</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">Perhaps. But what I’d ask<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">the red dead-nettle’s<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">‘Red, where is thy sting?’<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-7boNg5NPHOthwZ6NXd-aWEfRHU_YPDnjidak30NF64yWvd9Z5tCJ-Si0fcMkjkPovL2NrCHRICjGcJFQ4ydCbJBjgzQaC39EiaqCT0sQ_qXeNqItrcSprG6SylQbWJyvw6wUJFfcfXI/s2048/20210321_121304+grape+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-7boNg5NPHOthwZ6NXd-aWEfRHU_YPDnjidak30NF64yWvd9Z5tCJ-Si0fcMkjkPovL2NrCHRICjGcJFQ4ydCbJBjgzQaC39EiaqCT0sQ_qXeNqItrcSprG6SylQbWJyvw6wUJFfcfXI/w640-h480/20210321_121304+grape+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #3b3630;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">One must respect</span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #3b3630;">the </span> grape hyacinth's cheek:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">neither
a grape nor a hyacinth<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">yet
making a claim to be both.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTdeIorbAgZXcyz3FTH7uoDV90DvMJ7AQdG_oTsWKjLgUUkTIsSrjaa2S6KUSqIqxffWQ3BZxESIBGPbY_L0v0u0y32qAWf7D9WA2ySJUgcHx9b8krSv-g8ZRuRchTfqg5S51D_pqC1aU/s2048/20210324_123102+narc+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1535" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTdeIorbAgZXcyz3FTH7uoDV90DvMJ7AQdG_oTsWKjLgUUkTIsSrjaa2S6KUSqIqxffWQ3BZxESIBGPbY_L0v0u0y32qAWf7D9WA2ySJUgcHx9b8krSv-g8ZRuRchTfqg5S51D_pqC1aU/w480-h640/20210324_123102+narc+poem.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">I think of narcissi<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">as social plants in not-quite-golden, not-quite-daffodil hosts –</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">but here’s a singleton,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">staring into the lonely pool of its self.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>This poem (and the daffodil poem above) refers to Wordsworth's 'I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud', 1802, as well as the legend of Narcissus </i></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbE5eixfkbVELcuYAE2KkMwPiOn3thLKaIVUhK4VZ7TGMRb5esedcPsApyXbfBj4vEa_HE_AYG634QmMZ9zqtdIhhHyeTOPKezoIzjlPJN_Vbly6KlXuUhtE3UbvcCMxGROCx2tkQ7jto/s2048/20210326_123029+hyacinths.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1537" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbE5eixfkbVELcuYAE2KkMwPiOn3thLKaIVUhK4VZ7TGMRb5esedcPsApyXbfBj4vEa_HE_AYG634QmMZ9zqtdIhhHyeTOPKezoIzjlPJN_Vbly6KlXuUhtE3UbvcCMxGROCx2tkQ7jto/w640-h480/20210326_123029+hyacinths.jpg" width="640" /></a><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Do not confuse <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">the hyacinth’s elongated pink</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">with the much more stunted lowercinth’s <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">ironically imperial purple. <o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhassZPKcgT4N61hUE4uGZro5EDqH1sGa4wHDgWxEfq7x3ywtwT3ogCyH9t4_w3qFolLRuLaSq9R6rZRZ8VD0yy5e8ichaWpgytYhr-ZO9Y7bltmlD9dWG5NERagFILGwJ2_HjZ9LdpgOs/s2048/20210321_120350+celandine+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhassZPKcgT4N61hUE4uGZro5EDqH1sGa4wHDgWxEfq7x3ywtwT3ogCyH9t4_w3qFolLRuLaSq9R6rZRZ8VD0yy5e8ichaWpgytYhr-ZO9Y7bltmlD9dWG5NERagFILGwJ2_HjZ9LdpgOs/w640-h480/20210321_120350+celandine+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Imagine being a celandine <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">and knowing that almost everyone</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">assumes you’re something else.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Or are these, actually, buttercups?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjFUY0b2qoGTEhX1C9HE6i89oX0IX__NzKoskGFbWajk1Frp6WpNcBkLi3FckMlsjzSH9UsL5gBknOk59zpLRVS9gqs8tnIxmxQ4BMspW43b30TyhXJi2_1juVnOqyqQCq8q4WhRcHdIA/s2048/20210330_175546+tulips+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjFUY0b2qoGTEhX1C9HE6i89oX0IX__NzKoskGFbWajk1Frp6WpNcBkLi3FckMlsjzSH9UsL5gBknOk59zpLRVS9gqs8tnIxmxQ4BMspW43b30TyhXJi2_1juVnOqyqQCq8q4WhRcHdIA/w640-h480/20210330_175546+tulips+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Holland has a billion tulips<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">we have eight.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">But quantity is secondary:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">we glory in our octet like a sea.</span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHsZ8Udxv0h7pozWXGaXThr_e_KwjknyIwMLepdA4Tiyf4X2Yr_1gJisFE_ZwC6LAx3DfysUEhdxNg4k8aX-vOD_MDAAjpFsK6C7jsvFXnskC8Gm-ShSoRDcOkhvNzOAelrORVGGMnb7s/s2048/20210331_113736%25280%2529+aub+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHsZ8Udxv0h7pozWXGaXThr_e_KwjknyIwMLepdA4Tiyf4X2Yr_1gJisFE_ZwC6LAx3DfysUEhdxNg4k8aX-vOD_MDAAjpFsK6C7jsvFXnskC8Gm-ShSoRDcOkhvNzOAelrORVGGMnb7s/w640-h480/20210331_113736%25280%2529+aub+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">If I were a plant</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I’d stay in the garden,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">with prioritised ground and regular water.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Why act aubrietially, climbing down the wall to get out?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCmkPFst_Gpv-dQPrJeFvz2ROorMY_mX_VJ9gJzmHuZZ4kDo81w2SE5H9AkYR74GuwhQxfRFNi2zUUNSU862-M12ezN_5HTfq_moy6NuTlep5qWKvErvqXSYcAGpIwiZcZI8YVMZQUoNs/s2048/20210331_114509.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCmkPFst_Gpv-dQPrJeFvz2ROorMY_mX_VJ9gJzmHuZZ4kDo81w2SE5H9AkYR74GuwhQxfRFNi2zUUNSU862-M12ezN_5HTfq_moy6NuTlep5qWKvErvqXSYcAGpIwiZcZI8YVMZQUoNs/w640-h480/20210331_114509.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Ah, the netic <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and nitudinous ic</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of isterial and nificent nolia - <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">niloquent num opus of the spring!</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>Or, if you prefer to magnify word lengths: ‘Ah, the magnetic / and
magnitudinous magic / of magisterial and magnificent magnolia - / magniloquent magnum opus of the spring!’ Moreover,
the OED gives ‘Magnolious’ as a slang term for ‘magnificent, splendid, large’. </span><span> </span></span></i><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvQZkWoxk2tveMJMF0tdAO1GfiWEqbLlNB6eS1VvG4z8dbEHeA4yOptHfKjnYhSu-MqAH6jFeEedNddkaJhp-seGzoGqTbD53cm_oXyx_q2LED0zbWCusLMiDlLrAB9x5XguvYPSQbK9s/s2048/20210322_170155+sunflower+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvQZkWoxk2tveMJMF0tdAO1GfiWEqbLlNB6eS1VvG4z8dbEHeA4yOptHfKjnYhSu-MqAH6jFeEedNddkaJhp-seGzoGqTbD53cm_oXyx_q2LED0zbWCusLMiDlLrAB9x5XguvYPSQbK9s/w640-h480/20210322_170155+sunflower+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">It comes to something</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">when sunflowers fade in the sun…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">Is it down to soil, or location?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">Or have we just not watered them enough?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCRnm0Vnf8PZMOw1pKAfnX8n8Lczq4LhTS3eJEL1oHoPs7TpfwAWNDfnfS6fon2EoF67U3KHKDwUgKYrZpG2h54EQHzm5CqC_ZWZv0hAKZhLhZd39a4ryKt1wCdtHX0HGl-PBB9_cYCs8/s2048/20210321_120028+daisy+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCRnm0Vnf8PZMOw1pKAfnX8n8Lczq4LhTS3eJEL1oHoPs7TpfwAWNDfnfS6fon2EoF67U3KHKDwUgKYrZpG2h54EQHzm5CqC_ZWZv0hAKZhLhZd39a4ryKt1wCdtHX0HGl-PBB9_cYCs8/w640-h480/20210321_120028+daisy+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><b><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p>Daisy, Daisy!</span></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: inherit;">I'm half crazy</span><b style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: inherit;"> </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: inherit;">without even loving you</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the way I do magnolia’s flare <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and the sonorous depths of tulips.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk38Cp6-9AqDbJkAgfna8Tw7yDX71iPbJW1h6H3isRstM6oprKPqq1iVdPxRzFAN0F5mGVdcNPMerE5vgdKUgrOUEVkPn3Gwy7hcVRUfZjx4iir-Pbq8HR6sxKFWc7JACAWWOFe1kBHvQ/s2048/20210331_162350+dand+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk38Cp6-9AqDbJkAgfna8Tw7yDX71iPbJW1h6H3isRstM6oprKPqq1iVdPxRzFAN0F5mGVdcNPMerE5vgdKUgrOUEVkPn3Gwy7hcVRUfZjx4iir-Pbq8HR6sxKFWc7JACAWWOFe1kBHvQ/w640-h480/20210331_162350+dand+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Cosmic rays are all
around</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">From supernovae to the ground<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">it takes them aeons <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to manifest terrestrially as flowers. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0cm;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRduMyrnIoyd3tnIxC9cCW5nr1I2BNSiRn_VdLDGCaZRXV-wbIKPOBrSfvrtmTG4B50MuvYzB9Z14NlD2A6POOoujM9ifyNXFq12A_qI10rgmTkQ6DmsWKHpQho4D3n6pZlc3Q2LNvo20/s2048/20210328_124427+sentry+photo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRduMyrnIoyd3tnIxC9cCW5nr1I2BNSiRn_VdLDGCaZRXV-wbIKPOBrSfvrtmTG4B50MuvYzB9Z14NlD2A6POOoujM9ifyNXFq12A_qI10rgmTkQ6DmsWKHpQho4D3n6pZlc3Q2LNvo20/w640-h480/20210328_124427+sentry+photo.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Our sentries are
Photinia<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I’m not sure there’s any deterrent effect</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but the steps are resplendent <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">when wearing such magnificent epaulettes. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i> 100</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh49PKKiYK-RoEiF4v1hw28HtqYjvv6oVmNgFj7E60QASyEUiopoaTN7uHi2fhJ518I1zfp55MT1dR84oWD2ygLYRnkU5O4bhBssk2UpL8bqpVaD9DD9EiQ2Zty-TFqcucT0wlY2XD6x18/s1903/20210402_155349+double+dff.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1903" data-original-width="1673" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh49PKKiYK-RoEiF4v1hw28HtqYjvv6oVmNgFj7E60QASyEUiopoaTN7uHi2fhJ518I1zfp55MT1dR84oWD2ygLYRnkU5O4bhBssk2UpL8bqpVaD9DD9EiQ2Zty-TFqcucT0wlY2XD6x18/w351-h400/20210402_155349+double+dff.jpg" width="351" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">If you believe that daffodils
aspire to be trumpets <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">this pair won’t help your case.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">But if you reckon they tend towards the inner ear,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">then these would be why. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>'Robust, fragrant, multiple award-winning Narcissus 'Tahiti' features large, double flowers, 11cm across, with multiple golden-yellow petals and vermilion interior ruffles' - garden shop catalogue</i></span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIohQwI2OtT_8CSjvUb_sGUrdi7OJlIMkLV-JDu0xk_3_FwF6fP89AQcb480djpYhToiPVPlqajYFkwNbfgVjxGoErlMUT4eIiKBdqCwMnpmz8YJOOTTKRI_P14ReRcIupuhxGgtndBak/s855/Screenshot+2021-03-27+152559+roses+poem+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="655" data-original-width="855" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIohQwI2OtT_8CSjvUb_sGUrdi7OJlIMkLV-JDu0xk_3_FwF6fP89AQcb480djpYhToiPVPlqajYFkwNbfgVjxGoErlMUT4eIiKBdqCwMnpmz8YJOOTTKRI_P14ReRcIupuhxGgtndBak/w640-h490/Screenshot+2021-03-27+152559+roses+poem+.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><span style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Which of us will not fall<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">in time </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">and - at the same time - in space?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">That said, I’m doing better than these camellias.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 6pt 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #202122; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbEqtWCPTKFYMwPd8WMJoebOR64yLjmyfK8gOkeDsNT3y5r-_AGV5Ul0vYyzJ4u1yRLpJouqEG_KDkdMIarxQGgHNyu6OOoALXON2m8gLezHevgobpnauOH6g9UIEcFL3j4RhoxUa46ug/s1607/20210402_113129+cam+mag+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1607" data-original-width="1606" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbEqtWCPTKFYMwPd8WMJoebOR64yLjmyfK8gOkeDsNT3y5r-_AGV5Ul0vYyzJ4u1yRLpJouqEG_KDkdMIarxQGgHNyu6OOoALXON2m8gLezHevgobpnauOH6g9UIEcFL3j4RhoxUa46ug/w640-h640/20210402_113129+cam+mag+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>The time has come </b>–</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">the end of March –<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">to double up on bud-to-bloom<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">and see how long the camenolia lasts.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVzsW_yKVVUqRXlApn9LcvRykdS70pP7PJvjQLLTYP3w8r9limG7paBqeXJHCMX2Jpdigt0LUuGw0fd3ASt2icVgnDTtcXrbf61XvWh_Tg6iL9N4WwwVT0KZg8xxU1BjQy6f5XsNbdLn8/s2048/20210324_122603+graves+poem.jpg" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVzsW_yKVVUqRXlApn9LcvRykdS70pP7PJvjQLLTYP3w8r9limG7paBqeXJHCMX2Jpdigt0LUuGw0fd3ASt2icVgnDTtcXrbf61XvWh_Tg6iL9N4WwwVT0KZg8xxU1BjQy6f5XsNbdLn8/w640-h480/20210324_122603+graves+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">These flowers may not be as real<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">as the emotions assuredly were,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">but there’s a different kind of plangent<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">to bouquets that can't be refreshed.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWNVnu3DTF90Fkxz5SszdaAUYYl9GaLFFksrw7A-ZfVsQ80AS_OeOYTCQT8cw2c-lUczX5cfTlK5sFHNy8vw4uYfYAbtpEUp2Nep4ayDByExwRyk3b9lcf_lu3OhwWp1zYX6I17AeV_7s/s1735/20210318_120514+poss+poem+ageing+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1735" data-original-width="1735" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWNVnu3DTF90Fkxz5SszdaAUYYl9GaLFFksrw7A-ZfVsQ80AS_OeOYTCQT8cw2c-lUczX5cfTlK5sFHNy8vw4uYfYAbtpEUp2Nep4ayDByExwRyk3b9lcf_lu3OhwWp1zYX6I17AeV_7s/w640-h640/20210318_120514+poss+poem+ageing+%25282%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">The ageing process?</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">I know it well:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">the rust, the bandage, the lumber past<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">what might have been the marker for a sprint...</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbDGxOwxPyxtyRLN9xDw7sQ6Xp8TWQoFyCopEUN7-HATqf5yOkZW3PHjm-YEePXxiDjJHK6vcEG57RTvsRxiqLcfwHeEcd2t1MoXPvmt0-xGot5bBeBoCZw5dqd5kwJohy4Y38yFvRJTY/s2048/20210322_112904+dry+run+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbDGxOwxPyxtyRLN9xDw7sQ6Xp8TWQoFyCopEUN7-HATqf5yOkZW3PHjm-YEePXxiDjJHK6vcEG57RTvsRxiqLcfwHeEcd2t1MoXPvmt0-xGot5bBeBoCZw5dqd5kwJohy4Y38yFvRJTY/w640-h480/20210322_112904+dry+run+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">When I run dry</span></b></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">by which I mean I go for a run</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">but can’t think what to write –<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">this is where I’ll come.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><i>(Totton)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqIC_uFOvKFhwkeQ2kz6s1QNwumNDNUZluy2hRfHI2cPT1MHTYu5TWoaPyIwBgMfWiBeDdsu0qGCqpaAHdaXwVIx4lnQPkqhGEXYkEDJvl1YSb2pPLQyRa9qAMY2Ad4dg0TcOXmoSg_NY/s2048/20210322_112204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqIC_uFOvKFhwkeQ2kz6s1QNwumNDNUZluy2hRfHI2cPT1MHTYu5TWoaPyIwBgMfWiBeDdsu0qGCqpaAHdaXwVIx4lnQPkqhGEXYkEDJvl1YSb2pPLQyRa9qAMY2Ad4dg0TcOXmoSg_NY/w640-h480/20210322_112204.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">When the green invades the wall<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">we’re not concerned at all.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">But when the wall invades the green<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">protesters will be seen…</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><i>(Totton)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUgMZLXztzXcQVp4kKXyzIh8h7tiQ4xBoJlOR81q1Kfnph5fogXw1QRntBG9y9hMqFLP_GoVSEYnsnTPkix55_DdTjF4esorZPlKiARkpTcnLLYpWvkiXWHKgG5nVnhsctORQYB4Z61AM/s2048/20210305_124104+paul+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUgMZLXztzXcQVp4kKXyzIh8h7tiQ4xBoJlOR81q1Kfnph5fogXw1QRntBG9y9hMqFLP_GoVSEYnsnTPkix55_DdTjF4esorZPlKiARkpTcnLLYpWvkiXWHKgG5nVnhsctORQYB4Z61AM/w640-h480/20210305_124104+paul+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">My name is Paul<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><span style="font-size: medium;">so where’s my property?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />Can I at least</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />lay claim to the lorry?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7cyJyWKv49R4KoqcYEimMGrsTGqVakUBsXHsEFy-Gtf-Knee4hw-LQ-Dw6yL8cU437wKlsmxX1c-CGvnKmAtXaLZ6QQRxTMM60JVcX5-Ubz1zK1wWnxYPQWMywBOhBm_Z3ddT9ZFvAuU/s2048/20210327_114355+sock+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7cyJyWKv49R4KoqcYEimMGrsTGqVakUBsXHsEFy-Gtf-Knee4hw-LQ-Dw6yL8cU437wKlsmxX1c-CGvnKmAtXaLZ6QQRxTMM60JVcX5-Ubz1zK1wWnxYPQWMywBOhBm_Z3ddT9ZFvAuU/w640-h480/20210327_114355+sock+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Where’s my partner</span></b></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">and soul mate, my best friend with the benefit </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">of sox appeal? </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">If you should see my better half hanging around,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">please ask her to hotfoot it back.</span><o:p></o:p></p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><i>(Totton)<br /></i><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJjyTcRMrEiv3jxlJ3n9oDvkjAGQYXuFCSnBVAVBApTJjSRZ-geTDCG__GSn0Ely8Z-JArSmqa6ggc0MqjBKklrasjZV5__y1Xbqe_4_OiOCij-Hz7ZRCbufVbKv-6kVZ3ryhaZT7HnpA/s2048/20210323_114149+garage+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJjyTcRMrEiv3jxlJ3n9oDvkjAGQYXuFCSnBVAVBApTJjSRZ-geTDCG__GSn0Ely8Z-JArSmqa6ggc0MqjBKklrasjZV5__y1Xbqe_4_OiOCij-Hz7ZRCbufVbKv-6kVZ3ryhaZT7HnpA/w640-h480/20210323_114149+garage+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <br /></span></b></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>If unpainting the door</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">required as much effort as painting it first-off</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">I doubt they'd have bothered.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">But here's the result.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfwPd4t2iEbJKCk9mYG_7FRuK60QpW2fjYhYZFWYlLTZaOAGW6FR_zUnW6VJmwJ-25nHl-8dFmfOyVdHrVotmE8ETTUT7DvVHEUF0vttocHJbYqMYygixV0pVBeESgiO1zyghImusicM0/s2048/20210327_120320+poss+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfwPd4t2iEbJKCk9mYG_7FRuK60QpW2fjYhYZFWYlLTZaOAGW6FR_zUnW6VJmwJ-25nHl-8dFmfOyVdHrVotmE8ETTUT7DvVHEUF0vttocHJbYqMYygixV0pVBeESgiO1zyghImusicM0/w640-h480/20210327_120320+poss+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">When the stream
delivers <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p> </o:p>the dead to the living,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">you know it’s time <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">to reflect on moving on. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><i>(Totton)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8vwhLKM72NiVJRIxneRN_sOqH3j57O0xY8v-FuUZ4RlnlNdGmGpVGcpOZ4NWU2eFqSMDp8kvBAnx1VUDBu4rGJJ9rpmk641SfjRlZQAmd3sKemZEk4lMvTICGmLHZekuwRbd3GiWmfOA/s2048/20210331_113518.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8vwhLKM72NiVJRIxneRN_sOqH3j57O0xY8v-FuUZ4RlnlNdGmGpVGcpOZ4NWU2eFqSMDp8kvBAnx1VUDBu4rGJJ9rpmk641SfjRlZQAmd3sKemZEk4lMvTICGmLHZekuwRbd3GiWmfOA/w640-h480/20210331_113518.jpg" width="640" /></a> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">In Boxland all are classified</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">according to who they used to be. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">You can peek in the boxes<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">but you can’t take anyone out.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6q9idXCKGcbvXJwJB2GvRpQo_-usopnhVTFGqQP5_FzvqWQB-tOEeyO4g6M2A2Kce5nSbZotBIVqOhedQfNeVpGOisQMfEzZCUIbvbKV1V48z6mTfF9EQPqManmyyY5W6OPC10APEv6Y/s2048/20210220_121313+fence+repair+poss+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6q9idXCKGcbvXJwJB2GvRpQo_-usopnhVTFGqQP5_FzvqWQB-tOEeyO4g6M2A2Kce5nSbZotBIVqOhedQfNeVpGOisQMfEzZCUIbvbKV1V48z6mTfF9EQPqManmyyY5W6OPC10APEv6Y/w640-h480/20210220_121313+fence+repair+poss+.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Is this is the fence</b><b> </b></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">demarking the limits of make-do-and-mend<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">as a gloss on the tactic of taking no action<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">because it’s assumed that all will be OK? </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgweZgx2YHsggK0C5EnolckflfOiqKX5NI4y-fEc92Ka-eqhJfeybAkrmoV2k7R_yYKAzs0aFjwJJCuFVqD81D9W-fugNc1pAcVieVtxMJ2wdgOX9D0SjbqbEVXZrzFi1JJ11JTqmgWBlU/s2048/20210407_143243+%25282%2529+dung.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgweZgx2YHsggK0C5EnolckflfOiqKX5NI4y-fEc92Ka-eqhJfeybAkrmoV2k7R_yYKAzs0aFjwJJCuFVqD81D9W-fugNc1pAcVieVtxMJ2wdgOX9D0SjbqbEVXZrzFi1JJ11JTqmgWBlU/w640-h480/20210407_143243+%25282%2529+dung.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><b><span style="color: #202122; line-height: 106%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Maximum dark is maximal richness<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="color: #202122; line-height: 106%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">So were I a golden dung fly – <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="color: #202122; line-height: 106%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">nice combination, shit and gold! - <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #202122; line-height: 106%;">this is where I’d feed</span>.<span style="line-height: 106%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="color: #202122; line-height: 106%;"> </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcklnQ3w3BzisYz9CzkwDEniecM4YwnMEn4sT1n0eCUXnjEXdkNl4X03asapsvAozTExafbStOeh27-Ea18UAmiWVnfVpi2j0oHrNXJ8LhHwbo1_DYvW42Ple14uoFr1E7VFubdnedJ6A/s2048/20210406_111412+accident+poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcklnQ3w3BzisYz9CzkwDEniecM4YwnMEn4sT1n0eCUXnjEXdkNl4X03asapsvAozTExafbStOeh27-Ea18UAmiWVnfVpi2j0oHrNXJ8LhHwbo1_DYvW42Ple14uoFr1E7VFubdnedJ6A/w640-h480/20210406_111412+accident+poss.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><b><span style="color: #202122; line-height: 106%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 106%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><b><span style="color: #202122; line-height: 106%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">If the car came off worse <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I
fear for the driver.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Or
is this internally
illuminated multi-aspect traffic bollard <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">just
off in a sulk at being disobeyed?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Totton)</i></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOvIcTQr-NTVV5vhQFunpLpieUdK4DYmftUBZk9CCGv4HXFVycbQXuY_pZeGBD0bAkJWTLBF3kDMk5a7imVOHhSsrm6pS_q7UcQ0ZGWwVuP_FhmmOvofdljcbw9FrbprMUFSRIuZypF-E/s2048/20210407_144239.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOvIcTQr-NTVV5vhQFunpLpieUdK4DYmftUBZk9CCGv4HXFVycbQXuY_pZeGBD0bAkJWTLBF3kDMk5a7imVOHhSsrm6pS_q7UcQ0ZGWwVuP_FhmmOvofdljcbw9FrbprMUFSRIuZypF-E/w640-h480/20210407_144239.jpg" width="640" /></a> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">How relevant is it</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that Bluebell Knoll by the Cocteau Twins <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is one of my favourite albums? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Ah well, I feared as much. <span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHpSN-MNVdRf_AoDiZ9rN3cPxwbcGAaMH5xNfrw-IP-HCdBc-caK06TGBSfRMzBRPQYK_UHelLCpqEBt_sgfmh5lhSy-brFoOQD8SrfRw_KfT_maXJ1M0ZPvEWi-2Mu6MKvxQlB0nSnCg/s2048/20210406_112853+dog+football.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHpSN-MNVdRf_AoDiZ9rN3cPxwbcGAaMH5xNfrw-IP-HCdBc-caK06TGBSfRMzBRPQYK_UHelLCpqEBt_sgfmh5lhSy-brFoOQD8SrfRw_KfT_maXJ1M0ZPvEWi-2Mu6MKvxQlB0nSnCg/w640-h480/20210406_112853+dog+football.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Dog football is
serious</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in these parts: not only is fair play emphasised, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">a video ref is always on stream <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to bring any misconduct to heel. <span style="background: white; color: #4d5156;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Totton)</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b> </b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik_eDZKwvnYe35GfaGR-Zhm_DPUxjyhYEj4ECEU5pt1v6iS0kucggzavOCwqFDYOM_YhJbB6huix58eux5WcnK2GHTQkVr1x0B1dQbB6xfoxOWFFBMw_Nj_Qqep04iXBhKqqPK9cO_qdM/s2048/20210404_102651+pansy+poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik_eDZKwvnYe35GfaGR-Zhm_DPUxjyhYEj4ECEU5pt1v6iS0kucggzavOCwqFDYOM_YhJbB6huix58eux5WcnK2GHTQkVr1x0B1dQbB6xfoxOWFFBMw_Nj_Qqep04iXBhKqqPK9cO_qdM/w640-h480/20210404_102651+pansy+poss.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘The fairest flower
that ever bloomed’?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">John
Clare may have gone too far,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but
as he hints –‘ <span style="background: white;">It does me good, thou flower of spring’ –<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">their
petals are among the best to eat. <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Quotes are from John Clare: 'The Pansy', c. 1825. </i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhhQc4PJsnJ23e5f4o8QlJzn5aQ8gqAgsE8UpTJXMz1xN2fanj4J1hz7vTrdgWHpJLzhivR4pmuxDnx-vZLvdY9pgai_OWE6BRxs0RyaS6UMRXuQx0fOirAj55cmUVtZ_yBqm2m5pqESk/s2048/20210409_104800+wallflower.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhhQc4PJsnJ23e5f4o8QlJzn5aQ8gqAgsE8UpTJXMz1xN2fanj4J1hz7vTrdgWHpJLzhivR4pmuxDnx-vZLvdY9pgai_OWE6BRxs0RyaS6UMRXuQx0fOirAj55cmUVtZ_yBqm2m5pqESk/w640-h480/20210409_104800+wallflower.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Wallflowers? <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Well, of course they’re here,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">leaving the bed clear for daffs and tulips <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to dance and maybe smooch a bit…<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS-RFmYC91hgqYR6YEjW4VnvLjT63SCiha4ND9Y6O-A41DUIYClr6jUooa7N24NG86XoYnzB43kRQAy-xUPe5ZAWQuiouPHaaDYZDhmeaB5EgETf7DlfxK-FeJJqnvZGp7TDklHxwmAsA/s2048/20210407_143442+non+zone+poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS-RFmYC91hgqYR6YEjW4VnvLjT63SCiha4ND9Y6O-A41DUIYClr6jUooa7N24NG86XoYnzB43kRQAy-xUPe5ZAWQuiouPHaaDYZDhmeaB5EgETf7DlfxK-FeJJqnvZGp7TDklHxwmAsA/w640-h480/20210407_143442+non+zone+poss.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I’m awarding this non-zone</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the non-poem status<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of fences and lines that signify nothing <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">beyond their own lack.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHLIMYTgqqFBXbFni8X67pOCODk1Hw_tFdGo3V4aKZiGDApn0ddOLc1mwx2isfFZJIBV45HD0NowrbRsYOdNR1LCY8WOK_AFoKnt7Rh26N_QBTyp-9-Nm_d8cOO6Lf0AiQPDSHaxPuTZQ/s2048/20210411_115003+cinema+poem+.jpg" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1349" data-original-width="2048" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHLIMYTgqqFBXbFni8X67pOCODk1Hw_tFdGo3V4aKZiGDApn0ddOLc1mwx2isfFZJIBV45HD0NowrbRsYOdNR1LCY8WOK_AFoKnt7Rh26N_QBTyp-9-Nm_d8cOO6Lf0AiQPDSHaxPuTZQ/w640-h422/20210411_115003+cinema+poem+.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">‘I didn't mind the
melodrama <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">the schmaltzy romance, even the horror</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">but when it came to the <i><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #202122;">avant-garde</span><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">I pretty much had to move out.’</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #052312; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><i> (Totton)</i></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #052312; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqwzMoejGE57pEibg73OuDTs4kg780NUQwW2Rm-O6wIl2p-nJKFYt5snoIcAUbHNJZ6APSkO2oB73Hyjv-ot-QgZaNgQ-lgjdR-AGevawUdegSbDn4Rk9PxCUdHbVwXcU3cqgkvsbMd5A/s2048/20210410_122048+petals.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqwzMoejGE57pEibg73OuDTs4kg780NUQwW2Rm-O6wIl2p-nJKFYt5snoIcAUbHNJZ6APSkO2oB73Hyjv-ot-QgZaNgQ-lgjdR-AGevawUdegSbDn4Rk9PxCUdHbVwXcU3cqgkvsbMd5A/w640-h480/20210410_122048+petals.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #052312; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">In a road in Ashurst </span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The apparition <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">of these petals </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #052312; font-family: inherit;">on the ground:</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">faces of Covid-19. </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #052312; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #052312; font-family: inherit;"><i>A reversal of Ezra Pound's famous imagist poem from 1913: </i></span></p><div class="c-feature-hd" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h1 class="c-hdgSans c-hdgSans_2 c-mix-hdgSans_inline" style="border: 0px; display: inline; line-height: 1.231; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">In a Station of the Metro</span></span></h1></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>The apparition of these faces in the
crowd: </i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Petals on a wet, black bough.</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #052312;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #052312;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #052312;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtCJWovVXFATBRMYJWYiwWUYfHyK60fZoJhqgnTluTVRKWFqTns5_jHf77Ms7m7_tEOBnKz8KJ4HrhLGtyYli1AlEKc2pX1immvwZslFh9z9V70NplDmtBQnngZAS28DDdMsUdpUZYk-o/s2048/20210412_134632+%25282%2529+direction+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1537" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtCJWovVXFATBRMYJWYiwWUYfHyK60fZoJhqgnTluTVRKWFqTns5_jHf77Ms7m7_tEOBnKz8KJ4HrhLGtyYli1AlEKc2pX1immvwZslFh9z9V70NplDmtBQnngZAS28DDdMsUdpUZYk-o/w640-h480/20210412_134632+%25282%2529+direction+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">That’s not my way
then</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">though I’m nagged by the fear<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">that I could be falling <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">for reverse psychology or double bluff...</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><i>(London)</i></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #052312; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW-pRTxGBLl6XurPoynXBvFU_GKkSbA7Tj_Aq8RKDZbCTVT5m1YDjQ1KhFqDp8M_dcg00T3c_ANoidV0AvmuOQMpngYJTZhd9MIR0oed-XzduCaIoo6AuDjm78-b-xQUlhWgZbe3ap6Do/s2048/20210413_162704+post+tulip.jpg" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW-pRTxGBLl6XurPoynXBvFU_GKkSbA7Tj_Aq8RKDZbCTVT5m1YDjQ1KhFqDp8M_dcg00T3c_ANoidV0AvmuOQMpngYJTZhd9MIR0oed-XzduCaIoo6AuDjm78-b-xQUlhWgZbe3ap6Do/w640-h480/20210413_162704+post+tulip.jpg" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #052312; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #052312; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Three weeks on… <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #052312;">comes the post-tulip.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #052312; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Longevity by mayfly standards,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #052312; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: medium;">but that is not our measure. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbnqUwrpDjpQt9X1Bzxi46SqdEJHT3J9wynf05eJla3fftRxMYk2gO4D6empdIiDlAUSufSAvr1BoCF-40xBgQDkN2gNMWzet0ddXcrZ5RNVd500GCoYiDIySTi0mMWf8nH0QKWgIS1hc/s2048/20210426_150217poss+marigold+alt.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1537" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbnqUwrpDjpQt9X1Bzxi46SqdEJHT3J9wynf05eJla3fftRxMYk2gO4D6empdIiDlAUSufSAvr1BoCF-40xBgQDkN2gNMWzet0ddXcrZ5RNVd500GCoYiDIySTi0mMWf8nH0QKWgIS1hc/w640-h480/20210426_150217poss+marigold+alt.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #535353;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Energy, warmth, happiness, optimism <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #535353;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">jealousy, grief, despair and mourning. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white;">What aren</span></span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">’t marigolds </span></span><span style="color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white;">supposed to stand for? </span><o:p style="background: white;"></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">To me, they’re just orange.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312; font-family: inherit;"><i><span>See, for example, Petal Republic’s online </span><a href="https://www.petalrepublic.com/marigold-flower-meaning">guide</a></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #052312; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #052312; font-size: medium;"><i>125</i></span><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZCvK3a8_my47E2v2llCNRHKXLkkyh9lGAVx6hQwtFeeBl1dxr0dcw1f6scfUKv0SpQ-8aBtOeUJP3Z6N2aLD2ktisQVEdiPK7djhneYvAWt5xEETo087I6xn90_W86jnsQGXmzDOnUC0/s2048/20210414_110919+head+poss+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZCvK3a8_my47E2v2llCNRHKXLkkyh9lGAVx6hQwtFeeBl1dxr0dcw1f6scfUKv0SpQ-8aBtOeUJP3Z6N2aLD2ktisQVEdiPK7djhneYvAWt5xEETo087I6xn90_W86jnsQGXmzDOnUC0/w480-h640/20210414_110919+head+poss+.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Shakespeare</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">is looking good for his age,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">his gender fluid in a modern way <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">that loops us back to the action of the plays.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span>Seven of Shakespeare’s plays feature cross-dressing
characters, eg in </span><span>‘As You Like It’, Rosalind dresses as a man in order to
reduce the chance of being attacked as she travels through the forest. When first
performed - with an all-male cast - that had the additional confusion potential
of it being</span><span> </span><span>a man playing the woman who
was pretending to be a man… </span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(London)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz8M5CHV5dGCf4dP5-28gSe-OUYCFfcD5NAFDOfuDF6mc4LpCyWxkjEOuJLJCZry2eJl5hrNrxNaKyHeq1dsjm_Y2o9jSYSs4zluo9VFR9xAl8KEn349Y_MeWh-RMxNM05inmaebIsDHA/s2048/1Barnham+trainscape.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz8M5CHV5dGCf4dP5-28gSe-OUYCFfcD5NAFDOfuDF6mc4LpCyWxkjEOuJLJCZry2eJl5hrNrxNaKyHeq1dsjm_Y2o9jSYSs4zluo9VFR9xAl8KEn349Y_MeWh-RMxNM05inmaebIsDHA/w640-h480/1Barnham+trainscape.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">The faster the train goes</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">the less time you get<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">to take your nap or read your book.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">Should I make an alternate complaint?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><i>(between Basingstoke and Winchester)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: middle;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #202124; font-size: 22.5pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUQEC5b_p0hnskepHCVGHz1zC2q6nTh4pLGOUqTE6yn4WtOACx-I5d4lNc6WLFJh4qeiQN1uFx8HCgbEE2FWaTbxsvan_rJk-1ZugM0My0mCY8lhM1NiZVcZR6OeHpfOVpoSzCQYQu7kw/s2048/20210416_113528+dandelion+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUQEC5b_p0hnskepHCVGHz1zC2q6nTh4pLGOUqTE6yn4WtOACx-I5d4lNc6WLFJh4qeiQN1uFx8HCgbEE2FWaTbxsvan_rJk-1ZugM0My0mCY8lhM1NiZVcZR6OeHpfOVpoSzCQYQu7kw/w640-h480/20210416_113528+dandelion+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Who thinks of a
rose<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in terms of its seeds?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Yet these aren’t really dandelions <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">until their means to multiply takes off.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh89XFxbRrGDun5rP_M6rsCbaH-l2Bx_vGXeZAjb99H436ZjuPqTDPSo3LPd01Vv6bzMd3ZrF9-Fl-p5WV2yI_U2nXTPCx2glB4GlK28wHyMfXenYgOZGEw_KjaKee8fEYeZrungAC-7D4/s2048/20210416_113256+window+clean+poem++%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1537" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh89XFxbRrGDun5rP_M6rsCbaH-l2Bx_vGXeZAjb99H436ZjuPqTDPSo3LPd01Vv6bzMd3ZrF9-Fl-p5WV2yI_U2nXTPCx2glB4GlK28wHyMfXenYgOZGEw_KjaKee8fEYeZrungAC-7D4/w640-h480/20210416_113256+window+clean+poem++%25282%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">'I'm sorry Madam</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but they're too square.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Any old cleaner could deal with your <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">over-conventional windows.'</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Eling)</i></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p><span></span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbuWDKTWOt5aS-APllChP11XhNKccdqbNa9XZDJPvNjv81fReYTYbyEsDWzykDLEcrDum1bhu7aY9-RWCeuQ9ZU7XrhpvXvscTUWhhUgE4QG5hkYxpb6SxENyJ-R6bxAYAlE8LsgUisDs/s2048/20210416_113959+shadow+real+artifice.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1793" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbuWDKTWOt5aS-APllChP11XhNKccdqbNa9XZDJPvNjv81fReYTYbyEsDWzykDLEcrDum1bhu7aY9-RWCeuQ9ZU7XrhpvXvscTUWhhUgE4QG5hkYxpb6SxENyJ-R6bxAYAlE8LsgUisDs/w560-h640/20210416_113959+shadow+real+artifice.jpg" width="560" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><br /> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #052312;"> </span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">When nature meets artifice<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and both meet their shadows</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the metaphysical implications<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">cannot be held back by a fence.</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>(Eling)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio6wGfff9n5vgyc_zE2V2pOEEKlsw_ktrDgkvc_6cFOqnm7hCWoZG_jnYXo8vNa55NC0Rw-c0-3loik-BRWEcPb42Su3qMoWFWlp3c9zxXq9UBn9UoS2S05Z4tMcSvJgmHJyxiDO4Jy18/s2048/20210417_102001+back+bamboo+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio6wGfff9n5vgyc_zE2V2pOEEKlsw_ktrDgkvc_6cFOqnm7hCWoZG_jnYXo8vNa55NC0Rw-c0-3loik-BRWEcPb42Su3qMoWFWlp3c9zxXq9UBn9UoS2S05Z4tMcSvJgmHJyxiDO4Jy18/w480-h640/20210417_102001+back+bamboo+.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The Duke of Edinburgh<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #052312; font-family: inherit;">will be buried today –</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and though I’m nothing of a Royalist,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">here’s the golding of a black bamboo.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Southampton, 17.4.21)</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikB_GXjRX4WveoCFvHnxM5RYk4yHkbR9r-utiuOIGL70Fn8o5yd4INJJW-eRRgMldsn85LvVj2bYOlmY3yio0EpJ2P33aYBLUXqcH1_HWbPwEcfq60jJ-8pcJEkAkys-E9cvy-d3wqoqc/s2048/20210417_102418+Rustonica.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikB_GXjRX4WveoCFvHnxM5RYk4yHkbR9r-utiuOIGL70Fn8o5yd4INJJW-eRRgMldsn85LvVj2bYOlmY3yio0EpJ2P33aYBLUXqcH1_HWbPwEcfq60jJ-8pcJEkAkys-E9cvy-d3wqoqc/w480-h640/20210417_102418+Rustonica.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The Rustonica is doing well</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I guess the soil must suit it:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">not just iron-rich,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but in forms a plant can easily absorb.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="background-color: white; color: #052312; font-family: inherit;"><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="background-color: white; color: #052312; font-family: inherit;">(Southampton)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #052312; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p> <br /><br /></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3vi654rdW9aNfDXk-dmv2UODtpuCFitDD5iIbHom28sDhwr3k4COrv76MAOViwPvxju0uM88rS-xVEexFdTIieJl8xXwXA8kF3n3BtwYlHs90X1XPxbOXYdTM16S5tVFsCi1-R-HLTWE/s2048/20210418_121151+hat+cowboy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3vi654rdW9aNfDXk-dmv2UODtpuCFitDD5iIbHom28sDhwr3k4COrv76MAOViwPvxju0uM88rS-xVEexFdTIieJl8xXwXA8kF3n3BtwYlHs90X1XPxbOXYdTM16S5tVFsCi1-R-HLTWE/w640-h480/20210418_121151+hat+cowboy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-size: medium;">If you see a cowboy with a naked head<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-size: medium;">you may not realise he’s a cowboy<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-size: medium;">due his not wearing this –<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-size: medium;">but if you do, please tell him: here’s his hat. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWtoCRqBbm8pdhrn635ZyqSzyAmc1HnZdfp9veuNqOnQNouwNruuxgmK1_9bQqSXS_B0i5FjzlyWo_wQdb8nfx67egR85pj3BwNbZxLEx5ml2NBnCtUvbysoY71TQablHuphCTJoH7Ii8/s2048/20210416_112503+ragwort+poss+.jpg" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1537" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWtoCRqBbm8pdhrn635ZyqSzyAmc1HnZdfp9veuNqOnQNouwNruuxgmK1_9bQqSXS_B0i5FjzlyWo_wQdb8nfx67egR85pj3BwNbZxLEx5ml2NBnCtUvbysoY71TQablHuphCTJoH7Ii8/w640-h480/20210416_112503+ragwort+poss+.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Top ten pollinator<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-size: medium;">caterpillar catnip, not a bad looker...<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I think it was the scuddy old name<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-size: medium;">that held the Yellow Beebliss back.</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #052312; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><i>Yellow Beebliss </i>(</span><span style="background: white; color: #202122;">Jacobaea vulgaris)<i> was formerly known as Common Ragwort.</i></span><span style="background: white; color: #202122; font-style: italic;"> </span></span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #052312; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white; color: #202122; font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white; color: #202122; font-style: italic;">(Eling)</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLNpTmQcishzZLVvZdq3QLwsLvDHvU6Ep62H167bl5eGnXb42egmJH2tJYOIUgIzyPhkG43ubXF51HIcQPiGAUSGZauJSH394_bp_gT1EQvMJDUmGxGx4C6V0zOrjCc0uGnhtMBmgEfcU/s1051/20210418_121654+rust+2++%25282%2529+pb+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="1051" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLNpTmQcishzZLVvZdq3QLwsLvDHvU6Ep62H167bl5eGnXb42egmJH2tJYOIUgIzyPhkG43ubXF51HIcQPiGAUSGZauJSH394_bp_gT1EQvMJDUmGxGx4C6V0zOrjCc0uGnhtMBmgEfcU/w640-h480/20210418_121654+rust+2++%25282%2529+pb+.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Who’d have thought that</span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">an iron chain could disguise itself <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">as a field of stone?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Or, do I mean, that pebbles could rust? </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha1H25OFf-rq5IEfVnwFdjXeL6_YAP0Lwd98Yr420cL2y21DArr6Ij6gbMVBVtBwRBvPEIeYdaaF64MyUX2scsW9K8OiJ3OYIQzeHtU0RuwaWWLKI9yGlJYptvy58NNeKQq9ydpVdcMGQ/s2048/20210419_103947+fence+window+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1682" data-original-width="2048" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha1H25OFf-rq5IEfVnwFdjXeL6_YAP0Lwd98Yr420cL2y21DArr6Ij6gbMVBVtBwRBvPEIeYdaaF64MyUX2scsW9K8OiJ3OYIQzeHtU0RuwaWWLKI9yGlJYptvy58NNeKQq9ydpVdcMGQ/w640-h526/20210419_103947+fence+window+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="background: white; color: #202122; font-style: italic;"><b style="color: black; font-size: large; font-style: normal;"><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white; color: #202122; font-size: medium; font-style: italic;"><b style="color: black; font-style: normal;">I like the idea</b><br style="color: black; font-style: normal;" /><br style="color: black; font-style: normal;" /><br style="color: black; font-style: normal;" /><span style="color: black; font-style: normal;">of the fence-window: security maintained,</span><br style="color: black; font-style: normal;" /><br style="color: black; font-style: normal;" /><span style="color: black; font-style: normal;">yet the view unreduced.</span><br style="color: black; font-style: normal;" /><br style="color: black; font-style: normal;" /><span style="color: black; font-style: normal;">Something feels wrong, nevertheless.</span></span></span><p></p><p></p></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white; color: #202122; font-style: italic;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-style: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"><span style="color: black;"><i>(Eling)</i></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"><span style="color: black;"><i><br /></i></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"><span style="color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5arAAwDC3yabnisUMIXAjNqmJXKWFkWMq7FbUqxPmOoSBudM0-KCj3vTdpfDoibXw_MvVg0-b3F5yqQH4GDNPW6qG6CRZoMyS4-3wKZ5CRHoGEitpTejxz-ZuDamIFKi6pX3Q_n9dLI4/s2048/20210421_154222+limo+poss+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5arAAwDC3yabnisUMIXAjNqmJXKWFkWMq7FbUqxPmOoSBudM0-KCj3vTdpfDoibXw_MvVg0-b3F5yqQH4GDNPW6qG6CRZoMyS4-3wKZ5CRHoGEitpTejxz-ZuDamIFKi6pX3Q_n9dLI4/w640-h480/20210421_154222+limo+poss+.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"><span style="color: black;"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>'If you suspect </b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>that special occasion</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">won’t be so special after all, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">our limousines will cater </p><p class="MsoNormal">to your disappointment.'<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><i>(London)</i></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyaMb0Jnezmv4h9_LPXS35Mfqn_DjK5pi2vse_kXaSLNpD8LDFyYX-1NIVGmwpzdBAGg233au3b7ureAz59AjHePQ8pffyTFy3aFxMNlr9tzH4IJ1vP-oB3VdPdnBP-9IgAVXheapS8JQ/s2048/20210421_155958+poss+sunflower.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyaMb0Jnezmv4h9_LPXS35Mfqn_DjK5pi2vse_kXaSLNpD8LDFyYX-1NIVGmwpzdBAGg233au3b7ureAz59AjHePQ8pffyTFy3aFxMNlr9tzH4IJ1vP-oB3VdPdnBP-9IgAVXheapS8JQ/w480-h640/20210421_155958+poss+sunflower.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>This is like being
stuck in a nursing home <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">forever: the tipping point</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">at which the head gets too heavy for its neck <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">may never quite be reached. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><o:p>Rebecca Manson: ‘End of Season Sunflowers’, 2020, in her show at Josh Lilley Gallery, London -</o:p> porcelain, stoneware, glaze, steel and concrete</i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqVkkGJB3iLU-aJMMEDawBMyUXIWmgwhipEYf0dNsH5UJ83qnpyL2nmTIzvhxKuZ_7cK7CsgIX-Se2QLRRv8sWlS6utwYx7wKL9r7_QAKTKvubZikD0PYrqDVPvTsiRmkvUBuuMmud3eM/s2048/20210419_102706+wall+2+poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqVkkGJB3iLU-aJMMEDawBMyUXIWmgwhipEYf0dNsH5UJ83qnpyL2nmTIzvhxKuZ_7cK7CsgIX-Se2QLRRv8sWlS6utwYx7wKL9r7_QAKTKvubZikD0PYrqDVPvTsiRmkvUBuuMmud3eM/w640-h480/20210419_102706+wall+2+poss.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>How long must a ruin-in-progress</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>be</i> in progress</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">before it becomes<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">a ruin, with no such hope?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Totton)</i></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiCqbJrI2_GNQVn1KHcGCe7_iKfP4XAry0HmVDL5BdljLJENYFyc5V80A6hQiox7GE-gjdVehmSUNOpn94iTjYslU6HQZ2QJgaGlpfKff5zJeHk2Gh0x4S_aE275QayFth_wfhJiN3yCM/s2048/20210419_102804+dandelion+eclipse+poss+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2047" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiCqbJrI2_GNQVn1KHcGCe7_iKfP4XAry0HmVDL5BdljLJENYFyc5V80A6hQiox7GE-gjdVehmSUNOpn94iTjYslU6HQZ2QJgaGlpfKff5zJeHk2Gh0x4S_aE275QayFth_wfhJiN3yCM/w640-h640/20210419_102804+dandelion+eclipse+poss+.jpg" width="640" /></a></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Might the older form of me <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">usurp its younger predecessors,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">rather like a dandelion<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">effecting a total eclipse of its previous self? <o:p></o:p></span></span></p></span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><i>(There is a bloom behind the seedhead)</i></span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="background: white;"><span><i style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNy8T3nTlOp3xkMrpIc6ciXgvvcD5Mq86NNCep6I08Ezx8gLlAw9EcWKxAuzjCATWfiId2jCA8w3rawj_Ku8IbB4rONsqnkjgfzFWdNut5h13B0aB018T4kPPG7Xx1Q7ba2yEXmWU8E5w/s2048/20210424_114435+bridge+computer+poem+.jpg" style="font-size: large; font-style: normal; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNy8T3nTlOp3xkMrpIc6ciXgvvcD5Mq86NNCep6I08Ezx8gLlAw9EcWKxAuzjCATWfiId2jCA8w3rawj_Ku8IbB4rONsqnkjgfzFWdNut5h13B0aB018T4kPPG7Xx1Q7ba2yEXmWU8E5w/w640-h480/20210424_114435+bridge+computer+poem+.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></i><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Here's the computer <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">that lifts the bridge.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It seems to be signalling stop and go or up and down<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">at exactly the same time...<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><i>(Southwark)</i><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkt9addTY8UO1kGnZ-HCyLsaFfvp4IqdcvlAdhyphenhyphenKpKGpoh6nQSAvn2g9jicXWY0b-EfcII75rYMI1fg8stD-6OSzuiIIDEp9Tg7RwK7rHFt-tAilgrqJ73U9yvEqBnkLZO30hkQLKhLZs/s2048/20210424_102850+fake+door+poem+.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkt9addTY8UO1kGnZ-HCyLsaFfvp4IqdcvlAdhyphenhyphenKpKGpoh6nQSAvn2g9jicXWY0b-EfcII75rYMI1fg8stD-6OSzuiIIDEp9Tg7RwK7rHFt-tAilgrqJ73U9yvEqBnkLZO30hkQLKhLZs/w640-h480/20210424_102850+fake+door+poem+.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">If this is the door<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to inner peace</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and eternal happiness,</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I’m ready to go through.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(door painted on a wall in Bermondsey)</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIYyoS7JaxXmJGNNpXkcgVkXmbQe1wd4x70cgP0XQsloOkZ9nPXc0xKKhimCBalyKRXN5KgfVX72iGDA69-etYkq-DVI6rBvUfOI9jsCHaZ6wEfvt9eNiIF8J0wtXkpReVGyNOW0YrU9A/s670/holes+poem+d290c.jpg" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="670" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIYyoS7JaxXmJGNNpXkcgVkXmbQe1wd4x70cgP0XQsloOkZ9nPXc0xKKhimCBalyKRXN5KgfVX72iGDA69-etYkq-DVI6rBvUfOI9jsCHaZ6wEfvt9eNiIF8J0wtXkpReVGyNOW0YrU9A/w478-h640/holes+poem+d290c.jpg" width="478" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The product <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I envisage –</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘Emperor Trousers’ – <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">will consist wholly of holes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(London)</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgG4YChDOPeZDrWVZaQ2CtnuH4pns0324t026Le5L0RG1nWDyzzqYF9sd5AsRB5ea_95VFXfcJDVP8b98Eqv3MY40YcG1Xg2pAWTEE6SiOil70vR_LgznL0_2OuBt4pymbzEfslNyHFSg/s2048/20210424_172738+tube+poem+.jpg" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgG4YChDOPeZDrWVZaQ2CtnuH4pns0324t026Le5L0RG1nWDyzzqYF9sd5AsRB5ea_95VFXfcJDVP8b98Eqv3MY40YcG1Xg2pAWTEE6SiOil70vR_LgznL0_2OuBt4pymbzEfslNyHFSg/w480-h640/20210424_172738+tube+poem+.jpg" width="480" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘I don’t like to boast<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but facts are facts. Though I’m not that keen</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">on the strength of condom<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that the vigour of my thrusts obliges.’ <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Islington) </i></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOjLa21F4v1xLLYHTVa5vJDGxu0djgVcuCnmVofTBAKbzEVafV9gnc3L1NAFtEdBgi7JQWSljKPJYemFOJgHo7uYD2uAeF3oh8GlqoLe8CKQ3h4CNyd0p3IwnVjx5BvoeoJY4GKxVsanQ/s2048/20210426_091527+money+poem.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1492" data-original-width="2048" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOjLa21F4v1xLLYHTVa5vJDGxu0djgVcuCnmVofTBAKbzEVafV9gnc3L1NAFtEdBgi7JQWSljKPJYemFOJgHo7uYD2uAeF3oh8GlqoLe8CKQ3h4CNyd0p3IwnVjx5BvoeoJY4GKxVsanQ/w640-h466/20210426_091527+money+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">'I know that money<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">can’t buy me love</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but I’m willing<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to give it a try.'</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312; font-size: 10.5pt;">(Image to follow)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Chile, 1979</span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Taping the road’s dashes into crosses<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">was about as much protest as you could get away
with.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Now it’s just a whim.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd6XNnY_6T-68ZM3L5HwzOvEaslNF2b01M5yNU6NzZFW64VRICDmkEJEe1-yufmz0kxDbB85kCU1jwPgKZn_R7qKmu4gGs3BTUAqQ05FNWWiRh1KFrBx5STPRXNghyhy4SYAgiavqO-xc/s2048/20210424_102658+tree+photo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd6XNnY_6T-68ZM3L5HwzOvEaslNF2b01M5yNU6NzZFW64VRICDmkEJEe1-yufmz0kxDbB85kCU1jwPgKZn_R7qKmu4gGs3BTUAqQ05FNWWiRh1KFrBx5STPRXNghyhy4SYAgiavqO-xc/w640-h480/20210424_102658+tree+photo.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">How to take portraits under a tree</span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Don’t point at the sky.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Don’t allow the trunk to intervene.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">If you hear a very loud creaking and cracking, move
fast.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Bermondsey)</i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAjhctSszeiW3n3kZhV0dKMhwqb5qLafoDw60lTMEXJfCckLKpv8SAGByc_qKKbK9oKvRDs6hgkdbRyyLNkkiaqjNmvMpFqNnnwhB15QApmcO3g4EUwFYHb18dRcjuPaZEhSUh13CXAoM/s1842/20210420_184402+%25282%2529+sprint+poem+.jpg" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1841" data-original-width="1842" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAjhctSszeiW3n3kZhV0dKMhwqb5qLafoDw60lTMEXJfCckLKpv8SAGByc_qKKbK9oKvRDs6hgkdbRyyLNkkiaqjNmvMpFqNnnwhB15QApmcO3g4EUwFYHb18dRcjuPaZEhSUh13CXAoM/w640-h640/20210420_184402+%25282%2529+sprint+poem+.jpg" width="640" /></a><p style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">We’ll get to you quickly <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to check on the volume,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">dust off the mechanics<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and cut back that wisteria the thieves love to
climb.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Kennington)</i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLmjzEBSnj_KE0jL7G2XFh8wTgXFIkbwKJp2lswVYVcuFX2U-SRTnpPxwTP7S81O4yQf8oj3V3CTzpfjY7FsKhNIV1gBHvCZBZC2z9tsAZylkkDv4QNGrJoodl3QjgGS2ipNwiO4WcLUY/s2048/20210507_134810+islington.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLmjzEBSnj_KE0jL7G2XFh8wTgXFIkbwKJp2lswVYVcuFX2U-SRTnpPxwTP7S81O4yQf8oj3V3CTzpfjY7FsKhNIV1gBHvCZBZC2z9tsAZylkkDv4QNGrJoodl3QjgGS2ipNwiO4WcLUY/w480-h640/20210507_134810+islington.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></b></div><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Is it alright if I take two?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">one to be crease-stained</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">by day to day use,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">one to keep mint in my growing collection…<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Islington)</i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPabioEBlsOAy6GQOEoDici0cVGAgr7C_QjGo0GXTrYiIl9oSpAd8OmxwrULvgFQCQSKD4-Jpth9fDdcbjxIa77tCANjnWT5kFFGgc4cGg_f2qmVLFSPst__e-H3mYtIBBTuVpBZ41gMA/s2048/20210425_141432+fence+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPabioEBlsOAy6GQOEoDici0cVGAgr7C_QjGo0GXTrYiIl9oSpAd8OmxwrULvgFQCQSKD4-Jpth9fDdcbjxIa77tCANjnWT5kFFGgc4cGg_f2qmVLFSPst__e-H3mYtIBBTuVpBZ41gMA/w640-h480/20210425_141432+fence+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘No offence meant, but what are you for?’<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘None taken. My function</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is linking up posts that might have been lonely:
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the fence as divider is very old school.’<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifuHB0anM1GhZ1g3gf5Te0aCqJM3ftWkiBtBj9n8PufbA9I6ZsiEdbl4rnMUQVhn6Q7vo3PvaqDSrOgznfDyhqvN24ihSAZuvE-KJpUAUBHpEACk-rCCCtSek3vO3AmfhWaWnTwNO4ZMM/s2048/white+bluebells+6527d59d13f87a8ac8be483c20a48965.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1539" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifuHB0anM1GhZ1g3gf5Te0aCqJM3ftWkiBtBj9n8PufbA9I6ZsiEdbl4rnMUQVhn6Q7vo3PvaqDSrOgznfDyhqvN24ihSAZuvE-KJpUAUBHpEACk-rCCCtSek3vO3AmfhWaWnTwNO4ZMM/w480-h640/white+bluebells+6527d59d13f87a8ac8be483c20a48965.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /> </span><p style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">If bluebells can be white<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">can heaven be hotter than hell? Can a desert</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">wilt in the sun? Can butterflies sting like
bees?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>Can all the human colours get along?</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><i>150</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpCK34idI-cAJcS7_cCiW9MkjWcnIcHiFSgq6ugiL668GHzkwzUsX-B8pC8pl_hDPqaaJ5CIY0exBwQXL9zO8UgIfAdmqKBzg8Ln5SHwsUfPfpJIuS_r-YSNNj6o8-Q5uYqoHosRYcudw/s2048/20210426_150831+perspective+poem++%25282%2529+edit+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpCK34idI-cAJcS7_cCiW9MkjWcnIcHiFSgq6ugiL668GHzkwzUsX-B8pC8pl_hDPqaaJ5CIY0exBwQXL9zO8UgIfAdmqKBzg8Ln5SHwsUfPfpJIuS_r-YSNNj6o8-Q5uYqoHosRYcudw/w640-h480/20210426_150831+perspective+poem++%25282%2529+edit+.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Either white horses
are bigger then black ones<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">or this a study in perspective. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">And, as David Hume would say,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">you can’t distinguish purely
from the photograph.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><i>Given that ‘all our experimental
conclusions proceed upon the supposition that the future will be conformable to
the past</i></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><i>’ (David Hume,
1737) we are basing our assumptions about the image on past experience of natural laws - which may
prove an unreliable guide to the future - not on reason.</i><span style="color: #202122;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHBaR2AnjeTwrihWcS2lx23Ja_GNWBE4xNJ65DGNVYwsdyfDhHk_L2sGM7Qv8Z1g3-TVZeXm6vubgNr70nH8tSvswfIWc8jXK7TQ0zOCWHrO8FZ6G2BzyRwUDND2QnLyZVyQOU1K-AkCc/s2048/20210427_112945.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHBaR2AnjeTwrihWcS2lx23Ja_GNWBE4xNJ65DGNVYwsdyfDhHk_L2sGM7Qv8Z1g3-TVZeXm6vubgNr70nH8tSvswfIWc8jXK7TQ0zOCWHrO8FZ6G2BzyRwUDND2QnLyZVyQOU1K-AkCc/w640-h480/20210427_112945.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><br /><i><br /></i></span><p style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">My question isn’t</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">whether you
can eat them straight off the tree<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but whether it’s <i>crabapple</i>’s onewordconjoined <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>or <i>crab apple</i>’s
stretched-out two?</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8VjzRh2LeKfb7Z7yjue73wN5HYn8ZacZ4mhsAofrpoKlXKjH8z0ReRCWWr7nhc-hEzloI16u069D8ZiPlTit9frHhK7bmBQM8z6CyQZ-KVWNUz7cUKzue-rbLfSdO1YH0R5NdQpqjdm4/s2048/20210428_164513+groundsel+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8VjzRh2LeKfb7Z7yjue73wN5HYn8ZacZ4mhsAofrpoKlXKjH8z0ReRCWWr7nhc-hEzloI16u069D8ZiPlTit9frHhK7bmBQM8z6CyQZ-KVWNUz7cUKzue-rbLfSdO1YH0R5NdQpqjdm4/w640-h480/20210428_164513+groundsel+poem.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The word is ‘ruderal’</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Old-man-in-the-spring
the groundsel may be,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and dead by
summer - but it’s one of the first to reappear<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in places we’ve
disturbed. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGt_Fq2Wwgl4B6eHx7zd2ioyXikvArnc3brfeh9GNnFCs3AWSR3ob-jnQtYLdSVPUNMHpE2Uv567H1HxxRYwIp2QvXpLP7qtEEcbij1oLVo6CLf4DM0N-xZxxoiJAnA1S3WPnv9aXljTU/s2048/20210510_122514.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1564" data-original-width="2048" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGt_Fq2Wwgl4B6eHx7zd2ioyXikvArnc3brfeh9GNnFCs3AWSR3ob-jnQtYLdSVPUNMHpE2Uv567H1HxxRYwIp2QvXpLP7qtEEcbij1oLVo6CLf4DM0N-xZxxoiJAnA1S3WPnv9aXljTU/w640-h488/20210510_122514.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></b></div><p style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Among road marking
specialists</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the Petal Kerb's a matter of debate.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Does it mean you can’t park there,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">or just that you should do it very carefully? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Totton) </i></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK15_IJZHDHN3ZSTZYZ4v6wo0439zuqXL-pHt-grmiQk_U1oT3Lws8CIEJgeobe25SdVRS16fEN1QxtOF0P6vPsXPebpOu0nf6pTSJuWPgO1IXnAQYLPGI3OTr12USqMf4j0B6hOUoHuk/s1067/Ilk.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK15_IJZHDHN3ZSTZYZ4v6wo0439zuqXL-pHt-grmiQk_U1oT3Lws8CIEJgeobe25SdVRS16fEN1QxtOF0P6vPsXPebpOu0nf6pTSJuWPgO1IXnAQYLPGI3OTr12USqMf4j0B6hOUoHuk/w480-h640/Ilk.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">This is a poem<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of the ilk that you find by googling the term, </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">though that might be stretching <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the ilk of the poem...<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Wikipedia uses this
image for its entry on Ilk,
‘a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in
the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary’.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0CpE4PbtaAFeGSB0G9bcikIOFzuFGDQPhK5UMzGdnCeWALmYmfsx2860lZgN3TdfgZHd9_f7U3sB-_huIA_7ZxbA_8pgkkH4GOz7rrPbxThlhZKe_sXzQXdrsh_lfEZPjtj8goFcubYE/s2048/20210428_164010+wither+poss+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0CpE4PbtaAFeGSB0G9bcikIOFzuFGDQPhK5UMzGdnCeWALmYmfsx2860lZgN3TdfgZHd9_f7U3sB-_huIA_7ZxbA_8pgkkH4GOz7rrPbxThlhZKe_sXzQXdrsh_lfEZPjtj8goFcubYE/w640-h480/20210428_164010+wither+poss+.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"></p><span style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-size: large; font-style: normal;"><b>One of those days to ask<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-size: large; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">‘Whither the spring?’ </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-size: large; font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-size: large; font-style: normal;">and, given it seems to have withered without much sign of summer,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-size: large; font-style: normal;">‘Just how many seasons there are?’</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-size: large; font-style: normal;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>April 2021 had the lowest average UK minimum temperature for the month since 1922</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-size: large; font-style: normal;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjinAaDXz8UCzlZ0V8qe8qYEGGpY-C12xCTEJVITvDG6VFroWpHi6r_qPYpvw1xpUOx7gIHbe6AF3TJd3P7oUa_Y53SC579PAp3C0ZIW5YcAba12Qalnbg3ZqLg3y9s2b4AtcRve5D-NBQ/s2048/20210501_100731+thanks+poem+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1537" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjinAaDXz8UCzlZ0V8qe8qYEGGpY-C12xCTEJVITvDG6VFroWpHi6r_qPYpvw1xpUOx7gIHbe6AF3TJd3P7oUa_Y53SC579PAp3C0ZIW5YcAba12Qalnbg3ZqLg3y9s2b4AtcRve5D-NBQ/w480-h640/20210501_100731+thanks+poem+.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-size: large; font-style: normal;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">for the flowers!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I can't tell you<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">How much they meant to me.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(London) </i></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg17fMz8IhjufvGAB6TsS6rOzZtMESTvsXm6GXUfYkKprtmvMAf4LXDo-NwXbfaMM0YBUteM6kfV_fXhwC4frJd4PRNnmZKVvRLilrfaL7qtwy1B1jXzT7DcsccIFI0bVIsODRSX5ajHxU/s2048/20210501_080517+mattress+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1537" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg17fMz8IhjufvGAB6TsS6rOzZtMESTvsXm6GXUfYkKprtmvMAf4LXDo-NwXbfaMM0YBUteM6kfV_fXhwC4frJd4PRNnmZKVvRLilrfaL7qtwy1B1jXzT7DcsccIFI0bVIsODRSX5ajHxU/w640-h480/20210501_080517+mattress+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><i><br /></i></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Roll on summer!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">For this could be the finest mattress</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I've ever seen on the street -</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">and right by my potentially superfluous hotel...</span><i><o:p></o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large; font-style: italic;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-size: large; font-style: normal;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: italic;">It occured to me that the words ‘potentially superfluous’
were potentially superfluous here, </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: italic;">so<span style="font-family: inherit;"> I left them in</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: italic;">(London)</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTDPvX38Pn3aKOpdJ5sYvMiOc0ev1IczQSVgBgndV9qFAb3aIED2sQrIMrxWzCtyJ6vRDNkqmdf-zJadWoG0OhlCkXtUNwvG-nvFid9IRMMRgNDwDU5pIMf_M9a8hyphenhyphenCTmmbhDUfVkf0K4/s2048/20210509_115619.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTDPvX38Pn3aKOpdJ5sYvMiOc0ev1IczQSVgBgndV9qFAb3aIED2sQrIMrxWzCtyJ6vRDNkqmdf-zJadWoG0OhlCkXtUNwvG-nvFid9IRMMRgNDwDU5pIMf_M9a8hyphenhyphenCTmmbhDUfVkf0K4/w640-h480/20210509_115619.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></span><p style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Whatever this is called <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I like the mix of modesty and assertion</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and the story of how the last unnamed plants<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">called out to God not to forget them. </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><i style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #3b3630; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Myosotis sylvatica, commonly known as forget-me-not. </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimXYcm36eqdeLLjKwGS9DAN9OqYN2O1U4Z2tEAV9myi-ZMjaF5BueSygvWNFruIgD_lGxamGU6CkwSmUL_EhHSxyEBmUEPP4KmKmIYVtzKp0cVIjH3SbEvx4vGr8eW1ZO_gI9T-0jDBoY/s1002/20210502_111928+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1002" data-original-width="1002" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimXYcm36eqdeLLjKwGS9DAN9OqYN2O1U4Z2tEAV9myi-ZMjaF5BueSygvWNFruIgD_lGxamGU6CkwSmUL_EhHSxyEBmUEPP4KmKmIYVtzKp0cVIjH3SbEvx4vGr8eW1ZO_gI9T-0jDBoY/w640-h640/20210502_111928+%25282%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: black; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #202124;">Have you ever seen a poppy that is pink?</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #202124; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I suppose so, but this rinky-dink
struck me</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in a way its cousins don't, <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">for all the positivity of their
reds. </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkk8m8OuNdsygM4W53t8-pIvc_TBZ9UirLEVgrqE4D5CbWJXGT4GpEPJc2ojbY9irv_NlvcXGOChV22BNiKiMVdefPWPP6z_juODyLMHGHQnRV7t9K3_jCafEYdoBTsgLLjGYQa_srSDA/s841/Fake+Screenshot+2021-05-04+061725.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></span><span style="color: #202124;"><span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #202124;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkk8m8OuNdsygM4W53t8-pIvc_TBZ9UirLEVgrqE4D5CbWJXGT4GpEPJc2ojbY9irv_NlvcXGOChV22BNiKiMVdefPWPP6z_juODyLMHGHQnRV7t9K3_jCafEYdoBTsgLLjGYQa_srSDA/s841/Fake+Screenshot+2021-05-04+061725.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="595" data-original-width="841" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkk8m8OuNdsygM4W53t8-pIvc_TBZ9UirLEVgrqE4D5CbWJXGT4GpEPJc2ojbY9irv_NlvcXGOChV22BNiKiMVdefPWPP6z_juODyLMHGHQnRV7t9K3_jCafEYdoBTsgLLjGYQa_srSDA/w640-h452/Fake+Screenshot+2021-05-04+061725.jpg" width="640" /></span></a><p></p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>No Fake Profiles?</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: inherit;"><p style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">That’s reassuring. I’d better report this</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">a</span>s not being spam.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Such a shame I don’t speak Russian!</span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: inherit;"></div><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkk8m8OuNdsygM4W53t8-pIvc_TBZ9UirLEVgrqE4D5CbWJXGT4GpEPJc2ojbY9irv_NlvcXGOChV22BNiKiMVdefPWPP6z_juODyLMHGHQnRV7t9K3_jCafEYdoBTsgLLjGYQa_srSDA/s841/Fake+Screenshot+2021-05-04+061725.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIA8oOyLn_eFT1Ep0Lldq7gRax7umsPbd3ulaseuj4bZ5SpBcNEHCuf5edgbgR85aU9ADPcuyuDkUS4KqOW2P67Yehfc7rB-l9JbyRmmkCS17rO27BNSHTxcnfT3BW8pYv7rJ8H3n8pgc/s2033/20210503_111211+watering+can+poem+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2033" data-original-width="2033" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIA8oOyLn_eFT1Ep0Lldq7gRax7umsPbd3ulaseuj4bZ5SpBcNEHCuf5edgbgR85aU9ADPcuyuDkUS4KqOW2P67Yehfc7rB-l9JbyRmmkCS17rO27BNSHTxcnfT3BW8pYv7rJ8H3n8pgc/w400-h400/20210503_111211+watering+can+poem+.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>‘Everything is fine</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">till I’m due to be watered:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I can't think what gets into me</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">when I have to attend to myself.’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Lyndhurst)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipMWBbN2y8o2mp-rzZ9edxmE7aQ6xCmG8ak3r4cmtPGo9GKXhfQok-2Wug2w3XmBdXl0W2u5SiBjp_QQH-v8O0aGdhKVjRGj-OIMMuTTa-1KzIbWtRSPuISQTFrKeJu1UEz8XHpegheKk/s2048/20210502_110039+lawn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipMWBbN2y8o2mp-rzZ9edxmE7aQ6xCmG8ak3r4cmtPGo9GKXhfQok-2Wug2w3XmBdXl0W2u5SiBjp_QQH-v8O0aGdhKVjRGj-OIMMuTTa-1KzIbWtRSPuISQTFrKeJu1UEz8XHpegheKk/w640-h480/20210502_110039+lawn.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><p style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Re-seeding: The Sequel</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is awaiting release.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The rushes don’t look promising,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but that may be a strategy to get the punters talking.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeOwuTufPr82QFd_3WJj0kTBYHXyIXr9C6rXyMfACybSOqWoi11r71Nk8T5zmSGP32GzCsb8WdssO_z3nwSlZhykqeYUDQtsLi7jVyFhFWxn92BXZh5pd9oF2uVk7nmMVI7MfxCJMcHD0/s2048/20210504_110045+plant+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeOwuTufPr82QFd_3WJj0kTBYHXyIXr9C6rXyMfACybSOqWoi11r71Nk8T5zmSGP32GzCsb8WdssO_z3nwSlZhykqeYUDQtsLi7jVyFhFWxn92BXZh5pd9oF2uVk7nmMVI7MfxCJMcHD0/w640-h480/20210504_110045+plant+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Plant Blown Over in Supermarket Drama <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Fortunately, I didn't see it happen:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the aftermath<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">was quite enough disturbance for the day.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Totton)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuqyMKh6p4xn_jqtuJvZdQde_LdKkKIAcJ7A6bIm4QfWIpYikYm3ztJpOhY6LDRd9duE-NsQHnlHHGxLx1HuKdpL8EOm76zxTrjlCn9McVQV2aYm5oZkNqbAdeFy5wDqNDAzVxWQCaDXQ/s2048/20210504_110833+sale+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuqyMKh6p4xn_jqtuJvZdQde_LdKkKIAcJ7A6bIm4QfWIpYikYm3ztJpOhY6LDRd9duE-NsQHnlHHGxLx1HuKdpL8EOm76zxTrjlCn9McVQV2aYm5oZkNqbAdeFy5wDqNDAzVxWQCaDXQ/w640-h480/20210504_110833+sale+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">For Sale<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Preloved fitted bedroom suite,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">delivered in handy modular form<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>for flexible and rapid self-assembly. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i style="color: black;">(Totton)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i style="color: black;"><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjflmSpXt4TU5dM9qQPayzgj3WEJNOXILe7vm-6in5B920ubICYFkXIjgat8Hqgiw5YGPwGjMTELg8UeudGgZtKyZ9QLSSd_wNGqcprOD6FvXqjTsUVYuVmoMsDEml2deDskbtN5BAztEs/s2048/20210505_145848+fairy++door.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjflmSpXt4TU5dM9qQPayzgj3WEJNOXILe7vm-6in5B920ubICYFkXIjgat8Hqgiw5YGPwGjMTELg8UeudGgZtKyZ9QLSSd_wNGqcprOD6FvXqjTsUVYuVmoMsDEml2deDskbtN5BAztEs/w640-h480/20210505_145848+fairy++door.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="color: #052312; text-align: justify;"><span><br /></span></div><i><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></i></span><p style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I didn't used to believe<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in fairies. No amount of clapping</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">could have changed my mind.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>But then I found this door... </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122; font-style: italic; text-align: left;">In J.M. Barrie's play </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-style: italic; text-align: left;">'</span></span></span><i style="color: #202122;">Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up' (1904)</i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-style: italic;">, </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-style: italic;">Tinkerbell</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122; font-style: italic;">'s revival depends on the live audience expressing their belief in fairies through clapping.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-style: italic; text-align: left;">(Southampton)</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6JHyNyGPAcHakQuTefY57Ed4uU44SdNfN0tM4KVX8zmwc4FUUCmGBmfyiVMnbWhYZgmqsIU-p0CozD2hEL8fRz8PmriA-kyWNv4ESLvZqu6Ve0XPObdfWlvg0QyZAy0KSq7GLIa7dzlk/s2048/20210508_100904+puddle+poem+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6JHyNyGPAcHakQuTefY57Ed4uU44SdNfN0tM4KVX8zmwc4FUUCmGBmfyiVMnbWhYZgmqsIU-p0CozD2hEL8fRz8PmriA-kyWNv4ESLvZqu6Ve0XPObdfWlvg0QyZAy0KSq7GLIa7dzlk/w480-h640/20210508_100904+puddle+poem+.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span></span><p style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Now I understand</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the phrase ‘a pool of light’<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but wonder whether this<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is just a puddle...<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Soho)</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiN_J0GuLGRU2JqWObGsyuvCaGpj0a3oZarrmRgVBdLXFR_mk3VhE6Zkw0XOkI-0g2mJlNxdH6H_h1vYS3YJvESa1beJfmU6jJn1h6CBiV_O78mA3wBAy-EP8qRq-zYEaum9LHFaSZLLk/s2048/20210509_120111+mrs+c.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiN_J0GuLGRU2JqWObGsyuvCaGpj0a3oZarrmRgVBdLXFR_mk3VhE6Zkw0XOkI-0g2mJlNxdH6H_h1vYS3YJvESa1beJfmU6jJn1h6CBiV_O78mA3wBAy-EP8qRq-zYEaum9LHFaSZLLk/w640-h480/20210509_120111+mrs+c.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></i></div><div style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></div><i style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span></i><p style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">'Well, Mrs C<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I look at it this way:</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">if they hadn’t wanted us to talk to each other<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>they wouldn’t have planted us so close together.'</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312; font-family: inherit;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312; font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3E6nQSKTGnZAKqjcUbmSscIDfTFgYNZtvdfFteVZQwwbLro8vA5Dmf0KT935EB86aUJRNdUv75tE-L1qW49hW1CEsqdDnWhcIU7GknmnPkjNe15r5SfnBnVGpAh3PtE_EUUeBIiyB6iM/s2048/20210518_120019%25280%2529+cow+parsley.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3E6nQSKTGnZAKqjcUbmSscIDfTFgYNZtvdfFteVZQwwbLro8vA5Dmf0KT935EB86aUJRNdUv75tE-L1qW49hW1CEsqdDnWhcIU7GknmnPkjNe15r5SfnBnVGpAh3PtE_EUUeBIiyB6iM/w640-h480/20210518_120019%25280%2529+cow+parsley.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span><p style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202124; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">If I were flower</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202124; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I wouldn’t accept a bovine name<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202124; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">at the level of a shed or a pat.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202124; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #202124; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘Spread parsley’: how about that?</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202124; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202124; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #202122; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>Cows do in fact like to eat Cow Parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris), so there is a reason for the name. </i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202124; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><i style="color: #202122; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Totton)</span></i></p><span style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnrHO7PiMKslNkDkPAZRZcHSxIy6W9zqcg4z-ekX4g1ZY5T9r55Z3pw91LbfR93edPDqbXP92wj4tQE3dpvTo2PngN6gXozy3Ju7wNKk42m6nT7YfMYnhM3W4f1OHiO_G_6rkNyNSIOAs/s2048/20210512_131008+ball+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnrHO7PiMKslNkDkPAZRZcHSxIy6W9zqcg4z-ekX4g1ZY5T9r55Z3pw91LbfR93edPDqbXP92wj4tQE3dpvTo2PngN6gXozy3Ju7wNKk42m6nT7YfMYnhM3W4f1OHiO_G_6rkNyNSIOAs/w640-h480/20210512_131008+ball+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><i><br /></i></span></span><p style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Logic says<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that ball needs kicker</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">less than kicker needs ball…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">yet this one did look lonely.<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202124;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Totton)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202124;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU25vR5ptl4Wyg9RCG_HVMFSlJYrUMHSheAACsI5tJQ1jctTNPiNbF_ZQgalCS9OmY5bdRtGGLw74Zx4sUqc0G-BLz2dBmUwUb5McgKKgDBRX53Wougj2rypKKdmu3I1OMlPEDmpjzbw8/s2048/20210514_140032+bird+calls+alt+poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU25vR5ptl4Wyg9RCG_HVMFSlJYrUMHSheAACsI5tJQ1jctTNPiNbF_ZQgalCS9OmY5bdRtGGLw74Zx4sUqc0G-BLz2dBmUwUb5McgKKgDBRX53Wougj2rypKKdmu3I1OMlPEDmpjzbw8/w640-h480/20210514_140032+bird+calls+alt+poss.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">There's a lot of bird call<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in this picture: can you tell the blackbird</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">from the robin<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">from the thrush?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Southwark Park)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9fQ9_aOOSYuenOFZx3F-tSP4lok7jZKB0JS-vrtvSHFz6Mnyw0vfpBp70eCGHv85dLxRNrCICm3lu5lOL5VVu3lnmRQN6xn5aTDJhR9qM9XHjQ2FsKS_OvI-SXkSyi6JaZL-5eDdaytg/s600/fern-elegance.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="507" data-original-width="600" height="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9fQ9_aOOSYuenOFZx3F-tSP4lok7jZKB0JS-vrtvSHFz6Mnyw0vfpBp70eCGHv85dLxRNrCICm3lu5lOL5VVu3lnmRQN6xn5aTDJhR9qM9XHjQ2FsKS_OvI-SXkSyi6JaZL-5eDdaytg/w640-h540/fern-elegance.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I had a girlfriend<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">called Fern. She hated the name</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and never wore green.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202124; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #202122; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>I was frond of her, but it didn't last.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmFKfG-11rPN1uXBUtxi5Lswmbx9ds6Bpp0OrOWQLxe_FS685H6S9Byg98KGXZGKP0YzHAtQqwrEfxW2QzDaSUHNlS7he4dib4nWU1t9b8qio7sPvraUYOcizSIcrrQh6gPNsxquKPN2c/s2048/20210514_094129+clinical+poem+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmFKfG-11rPN1uXBUtxi5Lswmbx9ds6Bpp0OrOWQLxe_FS685H6S9Byg98KGXZGKP0YzHAtQqwrEfxW2QzDaSUHNlS7he4dib4nWU1t9b8qio7sPvraUYOcizSIcrrQh6gPNsxquKPN2c/w640-h640/20210514_094129+clinical+poem+.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><br /></span><p style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><span>I am rather clinical</span></b><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and that can be a waste <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of my emotional potential.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>But this looks like a whole other level.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #202124; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #202124; text-align: center;"><span>(</span></span><span style="color: #4d5156; text-align: left;">St Thomas' Hospital, London)</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #4d5156; text-align: left;">175</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #202124; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #202124; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAT2GtGYdZygPBCqjEDvpBmebi8UjpuwgRGz0PLs0EXXhOQ0uj3Y8zSxWt5Cgk50q6B03ZcMbqhvgwXv2TOiycFK5t4dJX4C3ouLAXEg7O577bL8htBMEivUl2tu5ww9kwF0OzVowVXOM/s2048/20210514_140327+bird+escape+poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAT2GtGYdZygPBCqjEDvpBmebi8UjpuwgRGz0PLs0EXXhOQ0uj3Y8zSxWt5Cgk50q6B03ZcMbqhvgwXv2TOiycFK5t4dJX4C3ouLAXEg7O577bL8htBMEivUl2tu5ww9kwF0OzVowVXOM/w640-h480/20210514_140327+bird+escape+poss.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><p style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I could have chosen<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">from several shots of empty lawn</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">from which the rook had fully flown -<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but would you have believed the bird was there?<span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh62aFOT4QtQZkllKQxp8RFO2ObyW-IyzWuAk3pjbcctTJm67ijZpQZTtjPqOJ5sgmdZ5zfFNxbtDRQ3s9HUrqSxxICFLSHsPhARKNemjeOShomIO9QGyMpfrvGaoYQfcnRUNKBxtbnWZE/s2048/20210518_115702+smell+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh62aFOT4QtQZkllKQxp8RFO2ObyW-IyzWuAk3pjbcctTJm67ijZpQZTtjPqOJ5sgmdZ5zfFNxbtDRQ3s9HUrqSxxICFLSHsPhARKNemjeOShomIO9QGyMpfrvGaoYQfcnRUNKBxtbnWZE/w640-h480/20210518_115702+smell+poem.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">You really ought <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to smell this picture,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">then you’d have the point of it – <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I’m not too sure I’d bother with looking.<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjspMsp9K_XTwTvFKi6S_mqP6fakaITTzfxf4VXwaDMV4ezxqiwctMTf1oRAlsFWMllkVV4pbQAHKfB9i04edt3mSpyz5WCd7cSGHyIffB3SdT7onBs2JRlRtYDn-WhaWzDlD0Wn_6kTR8/s2048/20210508_080542+pavement+poss+%25282%2529+tower+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1387" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjspMsp9K_XTwTvFKi6S_mqP6fakaITTzfxf4VXwaDMV4ezxqiwctMTf1oRAlsFWMllkVV4pbQAHKfB9i04edt3mSpyz5WCd7cSGHyIffB3SdT7onBs2JRlRtYDn-WhaWzDlD0Wn_6kTR8/w434-h640/20210508_080542+pavement+poss+%25282%2529+tower+.jpg" width="434" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>There’s an oddly even pattern <o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to who’s up and about</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and who’s asleep or out <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in this tower block on the ground.</span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Soho)</i></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA8Y4nQ2CeIiWfM61_GeJpctdQt_VMKX91WkJXw8aQz05GbggMchpmweotBIj8cpc7j13jcspw8acKO5ZCt3NrB2KvsvVOH0hQhVwxdesDdMJD2Ly1fwfwTSakoAMnNwESysbhRmaTUa4/s1681/20210517_143745+eagle+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1681" data-original-width="1681" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA8Y4nQ2CeIiWfM61_GeJpctdQt_VMKX91WkJXw8aQz05GbggMchpmweotBIj8cpc7j13jcspw8acKO5ZCt3NrB2KvsvVOH0hQhVwxdesDdMJD2Ly1fwfwTSakoAMnNwESysbhRmaTUa4/w640-h640/20210517_143745+eagle+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The king of the birds
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">pooed by a pigeon! </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">There would have been trouble, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">had the eagle not been made of stone.<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDkHud2raCsTg4UcIwIbyUfLrzrHkufa3XJRdsTqTSgasFqAS7VgrLm4NaeQ7asj0r0Tdcc9CuBNKp1uDLuOddi7QIt2Mbqa4b_aElkZessKN6qaS-VBZx8-C2hCTW0UyoI4nDtVoI3kQ/s2048/20211204_125810+phone+box+alt+poem+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDkHud2raCsTg4UcIwIbyUfLrzrHkufa3XJRdsTqTSgasFqAS7VgrLm4NaeQ7asj0r0Tdcc9CuBNKp1uDLuOddi7QIt2Mbqa4b_aElkZessKN6qaS-VBZx8-C2hCTW0UyoI4nDtVoI3kQ/w480-h640/20211204_125810+phone+box+alt+poem+.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Sooner or later<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">sure as landlines cannot move</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">there’ll be a root and branch review<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of what to do with telephone boxes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Archway, London)</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8NTsxgykqPq_ZkNc2eY8kl1_5xfWq9VWE95hmNrkkxy_vG7X81HSR7Rx4XYaUyXVuqnhPtjCRwF_goIskEgTYNDJG17GPYJy2P_JknEH_KWHHQlIT5sy0F9q7zjkEFwTopLElX3hpN5s/s2048/20210509_115913+gap+poss+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8NTsxgykqPq_ZkNc2eY8kl1_5xfWq9VWE95hmNrkkxy_vG7X81HSR7Rx4XYaUyXVuqnhPtjCRwF_goIskEgTYNDJG17GPYJy2P_JknEH_KWHHQlIT5sy0F9q7zjkEFwTopLElX3hpN5s/w640-h480/20210509_115913+gap+poss+.jpg" width="640" /></a><span> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Welcome to the open society<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">No firewalls need be breached</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;">t</span>o invite the neighbours and beyond <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>to gather in your garden.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihynuWuvgtvA9JCezUCpyijCao9BfitBZSjcvegBgLSmptYFhimV5vmNVJlQKX5SnYD0LeMD9hhJdofyx3VeDQhyaH26-MvAOH8JH0B_NcXQ9qc6G1QlaFzKJVSb93LtODkNvGR_5X6jw/s2048/20210517_143937+poem+levels.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihynuWuvgtvA9JCezUCpyijCao9BfitBZSjcvegBgLSmptYFhimV5vmNVJlQKX5SnYD0LeMD9hhJdofyx3VeDQhyaH26-MvAOH8JH0B_NcXQ9qc6G1QlaFzKJVSb93LtODkNvGR_5X6jw/w640-h640/20210517_143937+poem+levels.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>The layers being</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #052312;">Petal-tarmac. </span><span style="color: #052312;">Stone. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #052312;">Petal-pebble. </span><span style="color: #052312;">Iron. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #052312;">Stone. </span><span style="color: #052312;">Petal-grass.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><i style="color: black;"><br /></i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6U9c3bRPrWLN4U3PHUTj30YzlI8qk7kTCoNPzjnvOaxzdnUUsr8xmSRJ_Igwu7Tltbn7PGCKTQxX2HB8xmQBr6H8WRTA56aO-zfhDG5HvIzfRxJUvX6xNbkYvNRcZXz34BcB2GhD0FJ8/s1527/20210523_125704%25281%2529+rhode+poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1526" data-original-width="1527" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6U9c3bRPrWLN4U3PHUTj30YzlI8qk7kTCoNPzjnvOaxzdnUUsr8xmSRJ_Igwu7Tltbn7PGCKTQxX2HB8xmQBr6H8WRTA56aO-zfhDG5HvIzfRxJUvX6xNbkYvNRcZXz34BcB2GhD0FJ8/w640-h640/20210523_125704%25281%2529+rhode+poss.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Trees?</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>You
expect it, but that </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202124;">rhododendrons</span><span>
–</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202124;">who hardly show age – </span>live longer
than us <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">did
catch me by surprise. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> <o:p></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLaZD7Zi3WTW92gQGAEwQO6bzD7Ka_PGEjC5sJ7LOvdfhMtd_o3VzjaOtiFEw_TPBL6Vb6ILgEkqjPS8Qu6FQOYxuc9XZuUn_cvkoHXKVbCRxOCLmp3Za2yR-r4RHdPcVxS5tpwVY2_98/s2048/20210531_114834+dapple+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLaZD7Zi3WTW92gQGAEwQO6bzD7Ka_PGEjC5sJ7LOvdfhMtd_o3VzjaOtiFEw_TPBL6Vb6ILgEkqjPS8Qu6FQOYxuc9XZuUn_cvkoHXKVbCRxOCLmp3Za2yR-r4RHdPcVxS5tpwVY2_98/w640-h480/20210531_114834+dapple+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Who’d be a
dapple?</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Dappled
is as dapple does <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and
dapple does what leaf and light <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">doubly
direct them to dapply-do do.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span><span style="color: #052312;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYT8ver7W7jjHB78Q9yUh6ui8CfT55yFoO6OZEO5eAY1OFhtyBLvQ4oRGhLuy6JBLPqDR3VJGTBdmvZWL7L-3191DrER5si_Ekold6RkKiu6siTUFLz0vW6GaMpZlC5n52CUo0Zfwwges/s2048/20210529_134914+tube.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2026" data-original-width="2048" height="634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYT8ver7W7jjHB78Q9yUh6ui8CfT55yFoO6OZEO5eAY1OFhtyBLvQ4oRGhLuy6JBLPqDR3VJGTBdmvZWL7L-3191DrER5si_Ekold6RkKiu6siTUFLz0vW6GaMpZlC5n52CUo0Zfwwges/w640-h634/20210529_134914+tube.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><span>‘If you don't like us’</span></b><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">ran their chant -<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">delivered with good spirit, if rather loud and maskless -<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘You can get the next train!’<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Canada Water to London Bridge)</i><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8iY3DywRcyUs8Xriexh9wacPCkorb-j5kPWYukcSexyGzzSrkucZ5B6P1fD70WndtBZw62nIsgG3FjctEq9e5lItVhayVwBFxAWkAgEVU8G2PEBnZ9avNQ2T5nFMeCMXB8KiLdImuWLU/s2048/20210529_111755+meal.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8iY3DywRcyUs8Xriexh9wacPCkorb-j5kPWYukcSexyGzzSrkucZ5B6P1fD70WndtBZw62nIsgG3FjctEq9e5lItVhayVwBFxAWkAgEVU8G2PEBnZ9avNQ2T5nFMeCMXB8KiLdImuWLU/w640-h480/20210529_111755+meal.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The perfect meal</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">was enjoyed near here.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Perfect, that is,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">for drumming up business for the NHS. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Woolwich, London)</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh06hXCjglgF2mtCLT9QSHD11YiM2eq_UAJFqwMmXudstyv0ZWFF8a7Qq30VCwUZhvYBX7IsytWSbjdbn9dEIfQk_p4wb2KeiIqpRaVAR-tr-4uLzVlRwTd45jMmLH631sYzjRbj8fsISY/s449/friendly-squirrel.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="449" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh06hXCjglgF2mtCLT9QSHD11YiM2eq_UAJFqwMmXudstyv0ZWFF8a7Qq30VCwUZhvYBX7IsytWSbjdbn9dEIfQk_p4wb2KeiIqpRaVAR-tr-4uLzVlRwTd45jMmLH631sYzjRbj8fsISY/w640-h480/friendly-squirrel.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span>Too fast to be a guinea pig</span></span></b><span style="color: #052312;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;">too big to be a mouse, </span>too dry <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to be a beaver, <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;">too forward <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to be a squirrel - what is this?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf8VfxO7cMXb8lZHYZjgU58sNARq76_sHp2olEM-iwVSjIkxu3rIcY2fpRtcy4sis-C3fgwTa47rnPK9cT1FqKg7WmJC09FawoVuvvOHMIyJO8COw1z-ECW6C9eN8-wDlLWqlzxkGH6Ck/s823/mask.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="823" data-original-width="744" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf8VfxO7cMXb8lZHYZjgU58sNARq76_sHp2olEM-iwVSjIkxu3rIcY2fpRtcy4sis-C3fgwTa47rnPK9cT1FqKg7WmJC09FawoVuvvOHMIyJO8COw1z-ECW6C9eN8-wDlLWqlzxkGH6Ck/w578-h640/mask.jpg" width="578" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Life is simply full</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #052312;">of mistakes</span><b style="color: #052312;">
</b><span style="color: #052312;">stacked up in the queue of their making -</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">though I like to believe<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that some will be waiting a while.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>Image is of a health advisory poster</i></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIVs-jX_zUevbd_oOn43GTHvamrnkjYbePCYWjGsYKVB1AHzoGCnHha4K9JIfRsV5G7HZJOzeuia5fih7RGq28qE8_DgbHIVS-6iQ_md9HWEVjZQTK5GAV4ZYdG8UWdUgAp0Cdth0ggBo/s859/boxes+Screenshot+2021-05-31+161227.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="676" data-original-width="859" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIVs-jX_zUevbd_oOn43GTHvamrnkjYbePCYWjGsYKVB1AHzoGCnHha4K9JIfRsV5G7HZJOzeuia5fih7RGq28qE8_DgbHIVS-6iQ_md9HWEVjZQTK5GAV4ZYdG8UWdUgAp0Cdth0ggBo/w640-h504/boxes+Screenshot+2021-05-31+161227.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">How are you today?</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Boxed-in by sameness?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Or in the purple-pink <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of feeling welcome in the club? <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Fitzrovia, London)</i></span></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisVUK2kFU0b1VC8S5o87cy5uUFiDXSLXL5opHplacLoV5QUnBEaLsuzR7IHAgw2201T6-dl-xBEKYD6Ydvm-oJdOyiro-fG24PJl0UYaD0UI00jA91oh1dMCpXqKeT2LPmkue-QcmZkNA/s2048/20210529_135759+sign.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisVUK2kFU0b1VC8S5o87cy5uUFiDXSLXL5opHplacLoV5QUnBEaLsuzR7IHAgw2201T6-dl-xBEKYD6Ydvm-oJdOyiro-fG24PJl0UYaD0UI00jA91oh1dMCpXqKeT2LPmkue-QcmZkNA/w480-h640/20210529_135759+sign.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><span>Tranton Road is dead, alas!</span></b><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The houses will be taken down,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the pavement levelled with the road <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and any cars still parked, split up for parts.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Bermondsey)</i><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span><span style="color: #052312;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5HHkdT1RayXIj3l2VRxWByyWoWfXtdk8Sz1ReOS3QGsya3gnmMk7uurhgO6HQhGn9WNiBREW3mcMuCNRoYpPtVeJGSfEMykoOr6g7CoER8O2-b8qfkde2t0lmiZCW0HRAXvfj7MeHmPU/s2048/20210527_135301+new++rr.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1449" data-original-width="2048" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5HHkdT1RayXIj3l2VRxWByyWoWfXtdk8Sz1ReOS3QGsya3gnmMk7uurhgO6HQhGn9WNiBREW3mcMuCNRoYpPtVeJGSfEMykoOr6g7CoER8O2-b8qfkde2t0lmiZCW0HRAXvfj7MeHmPU/w640-h452/20210527_135301+new++rr.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Sorry</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">about the old mob! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What a bunch of incompetents <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">we used to be.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Totton)</i><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEr4STtlW28ZgIUMX3UxMf8g_Ql6IwUYaEttlliBQxzWblhDUhPwmxVD60p2ZJuW_38t08I5jiJ9dAAoj7TJ8-urTul2QAiUBgQmDoVmUZIKMWZvYYstDQuT6IMEGtK6dhqSUtCNFeKAY/s2048/20210527_135723+rr.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEr4STtlW28ZgIUMX3UxMf8g_Ql6IwUYaEttlliBQxzWblhDUhPwmxVD60p2ZJuW_38t08I5jiJ9dAAoj7TJ8-urTul2QAiUBgQmDoVmUZIKMWZvYYstDQuT6IMEGtK6dhqSUtCNFeKAY/w480-h640/20210527_135723+rr.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Rarely have I seen <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">a less dangerous snake!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">But what if its role is to tie you up <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">until its poisonous cousin slithers in...<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Totton)</i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr8iyfDQ7bRv-_NvAa_svnN0XhWKRkIOnomvvZW5ZXc88ZXkQBZF69a8Yle0kkCplQWyfbsoaZPxDPPsreGvdQ_R6vogVhWL2A9BaqCLGcqnecP1skb0J64BAZxpusBzBRNuFXSsL4P4A/s2048/20210526_145341+nettle+rr.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr8iyfDQ7bRv-_NvAa_svnN0XhWKRkIOnomvvZW5ZXc88ZXkQBZF69a8Yle0kkCplQWyfbsoaZPxDPPsreGvdQ_R6vogVhWL2A9BaqCLGcqnecP1skb0J64BAZxpusBzBRNuFXSsL4P4A/w640-h480/20210526_145341+nettle+rr.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I didn't start it</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">by having nettles: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">you started it <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">by choosing to ignore them.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i style="color: black;">
</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Netley)</i><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJPM-TswzVpZ6GrcaWlywMFYkGnfoLLU2xBzKx9i41Eq65Xnr3PiaVFI_4TPpUACsbLsk00jCD9pBVqhI2XQvKmxbh6pKE2S9lzpXYy6coPlEVZOEYgR8hUv2a1iotqfhv4aoK8Ezf9U8/s2048/20210605_125351+pradise+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJPM-TswzVpZ6GrcaWlywMFYkGnfoLLU2xBzKx9i41Eq65Xnr3PiaVFI_4TPpUACsbLsk00jCD9pBVqhI2XQvKmxbh6pKE2S9lzpXYy6coPlEVZOEYgR8hUv2a1iotqfhv4aoK8Ezf9U8/w640-h640/20210605_125351+pradise+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><span>‘The relocation </span></b><span><b>to New Cross Road </b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>was a surprise – </span><span>but angels </span><span>are trained </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>to make the best </span><span>of anything </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">short of the dreaded secondment to Hell.’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Deptford, London)</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjkVriEy25qoGFMoLQIkp7Zvce5IXPjG5vua0845TsjLZ-P_Nbr_I5F2uwsa8Gc8hSzoqLiH_FG_IOKFYRAd2i3HHu5tsyQDYrruuSBHgBKd9r4IFBvJ96Gz_8pv6vK8LGaVmMx4DfGGI/s2048/20210602_145134+poem+blinds.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjkVriEy25qoGFMoLQIkp7Zvce5IXPjG5vua0845TsjLZ-P_Nbr_I5F2uwsa8Gc8hSzoqLiH_FG_IOKFYRAd2i3HHu5tsyQDYrruuSBHgBKd9r4IFBvJ96Gz_8pv6vK8LGaVmMx4DfGGI/w640-h480/20210602_145134+poem+blinds.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">How to fit a vertical blind</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Straight or curly are your primary options –<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and straight, I feel,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is simply too conventional.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Smithfields, London)</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span> </span><b><o:p><span> </span></o:p></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAHL5KXqIUNnHFs_oSRHlimpl7ac6J6YpfWh5NVCijgfbU37hfoAYdaGUq63ICD8ZRxisRHWHI4Ky5axkLNFt8h5q4liRMjkV7bxMg690pMdzjXcJZYbIoe2pYvuJfasLozBOGVfeYilw/s1703/20210605_123052+%25282%2529+wisdom+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1703" data-original-width="1703" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAHL5KXqIUNnHFs_oSRHlimpl7ac6J6YpfWh5NVCijgfbU37hfoAYdaGUq63ICD8ZRxisRHWHI4Ky5axkLNFt8h5q4liRMjkV7bxMg690pMdzjXcJZYbIoe2pYvuJfasLozBOGVfeYilw/w640-h640/20210605_123052+%25282%2529+wisdom+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I'm not sure I could
tell you</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">what wisdom there is in these marks <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">or how to make it manifold <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>but I am not terribly wise…</span><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Deptford, London)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW5m-KNx0DYreSOHBj8M-Ceaq1XFM92wX_odmZOGEAUdO-N7SNRJeYRXGRUBB63TBYZ05NSLKXc6AZGG5N0gfMStP-VPHHh352phez9nuf6mHFCx1VB47OjsutYIm_MRDIyJ34OVhFuJI/s2048/20210606_110506+fridge+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW5m-KNx0DYreSOHBj8M-Ceaq1XFM92wX_odmZOGEAUdO-N7SNRJeYRXGRUBB63TBYZ05NSLKXc6AZGG5N0gfMStP-VPHHh352phez9nuf6mHFCx1VB47OjsutYIm_MRDIyJ34OVhFuJI/w480-h640/20210606_110506+fridge+poem.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘The beer’s on the fridge!’</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #052312;">sounds almost good.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Were the fridge not in the street<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>and the bottle already empty...</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Hackney)</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p> </o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimJf79wHIvRx6Vi4NU1QjpBRu9TvYQEixiLoQEKwcdVVRUZUbfouIgxk2PswiNrjG-GsA1vV4iJaJgD4umTFoU6ZtULBhxnxGhk9wWWjOkM9_Ca46Icl_QfAuwY1rphdQ1EJqHJqzN8ao/s2048/20210603_172638.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimJf79wHIvRx6Vi4NU1QjpBRu9TvYQEixiLoQEKwcdVVRUZUbfouIgxk2PswiNrjG-GsA1vV4iJaJgD4umTFoU6ZtULBhxnxGhk9wWWjOkM9_Ca46Icl_QfAuwY1rphdQ1EJqHJqzN8ao/w640-h480/20210603_172638.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Nythical haumt</b> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of Robim Hood; imspiratiom for <i>Soms <o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>and Lovers</i>; Chanpioms under Briam Clough… <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>Meed I say noore? </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Mottingham)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ignKtvnTlS2fcJxNEgjvLIxJuiGm2csnbuSEcFl7ozpDBzJbJAdqXzI_bf-eoIU8Isl6oPeBQA5Vf1uPamFMEGgnrzq79FtGTjlqfOked53_0rD4ETyS1pyGUIMr6i-b0JYHS_pvFsc/s2048/20210603_101719+wounded+post+poss+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ignKtvnTlS2fcJxNEgjvLIxJuiGm2csnbuSEcFl7ozpDBzJbJAdqXzI_bf-eoIU8Isl6oPeBQA5Vf1uPamFMEGgnrzq79FtGTjlqfOked53_0rD4ETyS1pyGUIMr6i-b0JYHS_pvFsc/w480-h640/20210603_101719+wounded+post+poss+.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></i></div><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></i><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I dread to imagine<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The blood there must have been<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">judged by the bandaging needed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Those murderous maniacs ought to be banned!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Chatham)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>200</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMRhin4CkFuvTmLe7xAP2o07LxYi2y15gXYzaB_HCJVd9w2aJ3J8Q92FCF-M0zLQGBtyfmQn55GQf54m561VGHySzoCHtkB8cTSMGPnFj18w7tctZOsu8gCsyDkPHfUGXbiLEa0q4hso4/s1807/20210607_114116+poss+pinks+.jpg" style="font-style: italic; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="1807" height="616" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMRhin4CkFuvTmLe7xAP2o07LxYi2y15gXYzaB_HCJVd9w2aJ3J8Q92FCF-M0zLQGBtyfmQn55GQf54m561VGHySzoCHtkB8cTSMGPnFj18w7tctZOsu8gCsyDkPHfUGXbiLEa0q4hso4/w640-h616/20210607_114116+poss+pinks+.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">How many flowers</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">can claim to have a colour –<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and not just a shade but the its range in full –<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">named after their own modest hue?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202124; font-style: italic;">Though this sounds like a joke which gets it deliberately the wrong way round, it could be true: the etymology is unclear but for example Oxford Languages suggest it is ‘mid 17th century, the early use of the adjective being to describe the colour of the flowers of this plant’, ie ‘pinks’ such as </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122;">Dianthus plumarius<b style="font-style: italic;">.</b></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202124; font-style: italic;"> Moreover, the fringed margins of the petals give rise to the term ‘pinking shears’</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGDbe2EDiYP7zRdH56FYf-qxihk2yaeTrrOhSxLMWs1MRI4AmtvoTc-SOSc_q_scQbs14nMhBNj5LHVQiqJubyGBTsT7iMGJyMJzZob-k8CGxFmZz0KP-jBn7NzuJ22hxW5gFQayQIzxU/s2048/20210609_143713+poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGDbe2EDiYP7zRdH56FYf-qxihk2yaeTrrOhSxLMWs1MRI4AmtvoTc-SOSc_q_scQbs14nMhBNj5LHVQiqJubyGBTsT7iMGJyMJzZob-k8CGxFmZz0KP-jBn7NzuJ22hxW5gFQayQIzxU/w640-h480/20210609_143713+poss.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The mating rituals of
traffic cones</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">are not my speciality</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but this quintuple hook-up<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">looks like an advanced technique.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Glasgow)</i><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgesJOl3fy7493NTyD0hk8QBAuT76A4i7gjqh752PpbobpKdvRr0dMlzfkBZrTFqmEkQkA3vXAbhZBpAhRq5tXMiRPmuwr5ArnihEjU4VEomWzkFsL9n_coIk5YXUMsgC__d6ho468vCOg/s2048/20210611_103650+Garrick+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgesJOl3fy7493NTyD0hk8QBAuT76A4i7gjqh752PpbobpKdvRr0dMlzfkBZrTFqmEkQkA3vXAbhZBpAhRq5tXMiRPmuwr5ArnihEjU4VEomWzkFsL9n_coIk5YXUMsgC__d6ho468vCOg/w640-h480/20210611_103650+Garrick+poem.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Garrick</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">wool, brick, wood, stone,</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">moss, earth, ash, leaf: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">nae sich a teary-weary spatch o’ groond. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p><i style="font-family: inherit;"> </i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>From the online </i>Dictionars
o the Scots Leid<i>: <o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Nae<i> - no / not </i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sich<i> - such</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Garrick<i> – a corner patch of land <o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Teary-weary<i> (adj) – boring, tiresome<span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Spatch <i>(noun) – large spot, a patch<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Groond<i> – ground</i><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Glasgow)</i> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><v:shapetype coordsize="21600,21600" filled="f" id="_x0000_t75" o:preferrelative="t" o:spt="75" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" stroked="f">
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</v:imagedata></v:shape><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Beyond here lies nowhere<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">or nowhere</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">you can reach along this path.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Need that stop me going? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Glasgow)</i> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfow8i49VjGHeR5u-xQ4G_ROc98UP1zjvwxYmk_GKbFTnp79yLiFDOTEMPaQCwgIaAWdkX6IuWxpS866LOyiLWQXZ5eHliZECezts7aqQz8B3d_SIVJe23i3-tH54k-m2RPobjmiI_fLk/s2048/20210609_103341+bin+poss+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfow8i49VjGHeR5u-xQ4G_ROc98UP1zjvwxYmk_GKbFTnp79yLiFDOTEMPaQCwgIaAWdkX6IuWxpS866LOyiLWQXZ5eHliZECezts7aqQz8B3d_SIVJe23i3-tH54k-m2RPobjmiI_fLk/w480-h640/20210609_103341+bin+poss+.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">This is the wisdom <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of Glasgow City Council.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Yet I submit that in the absence of people<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the streets would be fairly clean.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Glasgow)</i><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaLlFDktKu_87puKvZqH6gEKuZ1PlNbPqE4mC0P1mEVM9bBlLEAtdl7qLKSiGUvk19Sb5eaDvwHaUcf47edHhy1sBskwYmv28WXjyH9jtRHZDYesqiRfLNxiTovAY0t5Xu0zUZ1F5MRgo/s2048/20210611_142103+cache+poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaLlFDktKu_87puKvZqH6gEKuZ1PlNbPqE4mC0P1mEVM9bBlLEAtdl7qLKSiGUvk19Sb5eaDvwHaUcf47edHhy1sBskwYmv28WXjyH9jtRHZDYesqiRfLNxiTovAY0t5Xu0zUZ1F5MRgo/w480-h640/20210611_142103+cache+poss.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><i><span><br /></span></i></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">I’m not sure when I’ll be back<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">but would respectfully ask</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">that my cache, so systematically gathered and stored,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>should not, please, be disturbed.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">(Glasgow)</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3OZjC4ltEx0e-zfVEtFn8ukVmAjlwT1fqFaChEwD5HMGF1AJ8o6nuoSrtnlMif7emv6g5cNH8QZims8K4E_O1K00G_oxbSvG72A5ypk2YNg57gZJuNS7DY11QcA40jkHOdP5fhyphenhyphenudMoU/s2048/20210611_103955+poss+banner.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1537" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3OZjC4ltEx0e-zfVEtFn8ukVmAjlwT1fqFaChEwD5HMGF1AJ8o6nuoSrtnlMif7emv6g5cNH8QZims8K4E_O1K00G_oxbSvG72A5ypk2YNg57gZJuNS7DY11QcA40jkHOdP5fhyphenhyphenudMoU/w640-h480/20210611_103955+poss+banner.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #052312; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Let's face it</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #052312; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">This banner’s seen better days,<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #052312; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">this city too, this world. </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #052312; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">But this is the one we’re in.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #052312; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #052312; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Glasgow)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiQVQFOgc0GqEPuKPH-MhjNCZxRhcXzF9DbwFOOBS3PoVF2sEV47r-9Bc-U6wVXQirbDrmaA4RaQkQjQ0utMEEr1ZHPPYRmJfLkA_uNLNFjUBxJ4Y7U6Co9_NG7wVOy5wZnQxaSTftWP8/s2048/20210611_143303+dark+poss+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiQVQFOgc0GqEPuKPH-MhjNCZxRhcXzF9DbwFOOBS3PoVF2sEV47r-9Bc-U6wVXQirbDrmaA4RaQkQjQ0utMEEr1ZHPPYRmJfLkA_uNLNFjUBxJ4Y7U6Co9_NG7wVOy5wZnQxaSTftWP8/w640-h480/20210611_143303+dark+poss+.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">William Brechin &
Son </span></b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is quite the darkest shop <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I've seen. Perhaps<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">They sell the night...<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Glasgow)</i><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEu-3EVrgvf4Ni6d9oXWtfG3lwrm5N15TtMaii8vkhV4wcMuDairFJ1HapyF6Tyc2cuJvtsU4vZ9K5yQiX5NdUxv2FVItkpfhG0vYqKoGVpeztthvYL2DAKcxA28mxT5-uCh7cW6cA2Sk/s2048/20210611_113646+sgn+poem+.jpg" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1544" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEu-3EVrgvf4Ni6d9oXWtfG3lwrm5N15TtMaii8vkhV4wcMuDairFJ1HapyF6Tyc2cuJvtsU4vZ9K5yQiX5NdUxv2FVItkpfhG0vYqKoGVpeztthvYL2DAKcxA28mxT5-uCh7cW6cA2Sk/w482-h640/20210611_113646+sgn+poem+.jpg" width="482" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>‘SGN’</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I spose, mst be <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">a breviatn -<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">bt 1 hrdly wor th troub.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Glasgow)</i></span><span style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202124; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202124;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOTU8fNzZ-VTNDbQN80JWSShjxZ9P2t0asHJNgAk82XC1LZDOtmWQzI4DYbkYvhQLCRCy0zmy6cpqYsDQ78ItiDVsITJy6OV-Lkaak0O-ePxpu_IBdA0lE1x7iED_9SGdXD66v0_nuo4E/s2048/20210607_114032+poss+daisy+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2047" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOTU8fNzZ-VTNDbQN80JWSShjxZ9P2t0asHJNgAk82XC1LZDOtmWQzI4DYbkYvhQLCRCy0zmy6cpqYsDQ78ItiDVsITJy6OV-Lkaak0O-ePxpu_IBdA0lE1x7iED_9SGdXD66v0_nuo4E/w640-h640/20210607_114032+poss+daisy+.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘Pretty in Pink’<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">swims
into my head, then I wonder:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is
this a plant dressed in a colour<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">or
one with pink deep in its being?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Psychedelic
Furs: ‘Pretty in Pink’ (1981), written by <span color="windowtext" style="background: rgb(248, 249, 250);">John Ashton</span><span style="background: rgb(248, 249, 250);">, </span><span color="windowtext" style="background: rgb(248, 249, 250);">Tim Butler</span><span style="background: rgb(248, 249, 250);">, </span><span color="windowtext" style="background: rgb(248, 249, 250);">Richard Butler</span><span style="background: rgb(248, 249, 250);">, Vince Ely, Duncan Kilburn, Roger Morris</span>. The flower is </i><span><o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="color: #4d5156;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Osteospermum</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTyLoll54wqrhG3ngcf-biVUmu4-ZorvLj3AS6Z657oDw8ela8vWSCdqD3PQi7mkXkL_nn5ZcNQrtpHlChZhliqNnzy5fY5-OEXnh_-uO16crRSiP07VQYVuU6tcoosdPJi2v5cYC5Eu0/s2048/20210613_144033+ash+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTyLoll54wqrhG3ngcf-biVUmu4-ZorvLj3AS6Z657oDw8ela8vWSCdqD3PQi7mkXkL_nn5ZcNQrtpHlChZhliqNnzy5fY5-OEXnh_-uO16crRSiP07VQYVuU6tcoosdPJi2v5cYC5Eu0/w640-h480/20210613_144033+ash+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><i><br /></i></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">In the battle of the Ashursts</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Hampshire’s small-enough village</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is ten times Kent’s or Sussex’s.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Any sports challenge ought to go well.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>The name ‘Ashurst’ derives from the Old English words, ‘ash’ and ‘hyrst’, meaning hill, and indicates that the town was named for a hill on which ash trees grew. That sounds common, but there are only three such places in the UK, as opposed to – say – a dozen instances of ‘Newport’. They’re in Hampshire (pop 2,100), Sussex (pop 260) and Kent (pop 250). On 13 June, 2021 we travelled the 83 miles from the first to the second.</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>(Ashurst, Sussex)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO_LMSb9QQ996hTq2ged-nXmdFtEVKOhNPYJ4SmQY3_wpwSiA2JUkKMuGb0qFlr3g8RbRynaIGfrHmBFY9D0IFXJh3R0SGmDek3axp7EUiBvwWDCp1vo5MPBkbIPxtaJFab4eShp8e4g8/s640/Fountain_Inn%252C_Ashurst%252C_West_Sussex_%2528Geograph_Image_268324_99cb7330%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="479" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO_LMSb9QQ996hTq2ged-nXmdFtEVKOhNPYJ4SmQY3_wpwSiA2JUkKMuGb0qFlr3g8RbRynaIGfrHmBFY9D0IFXJh3R0SGmDek3axp7EUiBvwWDCp1vo5MPBkbIPxtaJFab4eShp8e4g8/w640-h480/Fountain_Inn%252C_Ashurst%252C_West_Sussex_%2528Geograph_Image_268324_99cb7330%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I don't think<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">there's a fountain in Ashurst,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">only a Fountain Inn. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ashurst </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">water must be cider, whiskey, beer.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Ashurst, Sussex)</i><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRabvdVXmWQMh8AXekC5sWEV4tbEoQp1phkiyrcOUprOX282Mn3oQHNsTP3uZP7NCvg4V32_EdbE37TPoC_F1OqyTQbBp6pTHwVEYq3GXGeO4UAXH-hg9ocmTFNJEG9kwNXPXsU04gkew/s2048/20210613_131604+poss+filt+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRabvdVXmWQMh8AXekC5sWEV4tbEoQp1phkiyrcOUprOX282Mn3oQHNsTP3uZP7NCvg4V32_EdbE37TPoC_F1OqyTQbBp6pTHwVEYq3GXGeO4UAXH-hg9ocmTFNJEG9kwNXPXsU04gkew/w640-h480/20210613_131604+poss+filt+.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">If this looks like a filtered image<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I assure you not. But then,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">as we’ve already noted,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">this Ashurst's water’s strange.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Ashurst, Sussex)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYZjKxovTXwJ8bQB2WlTLV783WKNrdzsgcHGgd1spaJ6MxoSzaWYExnV6Ol3vx6xERFx6BesCrPb-UtCobN33DHWVAMQ2VSd6abJbWmqRhTP6F5sSdQRNDrUKne3CDygU4XRJ0DjrQaD0/s2048/20210616_150544.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYZjKxovTXwJ8bQB2WlTLV783WKNrdzsgcHGgd1spaJ6MxoSzaWYExnV6Ol3vx6xERFx6BesCrPb-UtCobN33DHWVAMQ2VSd6abJbWmqRhTP6F5sSdQRNDrUKne3CDygU4XRJ0DjrQaD0/w640-h480/20210616_150544.jpg" width="640" /></a></i></div><i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></i><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Is the maze crazy?</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Or does it just drive those attempting to solve it <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in that direction? This is a school,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">so they ought to know the grammar....</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>(Nursling C of E Primary School, Southampton)</i><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv-H3hxovXDgUspqMLwbmUJmDgTyuR8z3SRg_bhfmg6wYSYprQIl7t5SPmoy035m1Pg1pJZr2dbyu6KB7u5Hv4zQOrL_pdvVXHH3xHkLznh_-vZKOn4XEo2s2hyLj9g8RpVqsSP3yBSaY/s2048/20210619_130955+flower+rest+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv-H3hxovXDgUspqMLwbmUJmDgTyuR8z3SRg_bhfmg6wYSYprQIl7t5SPmoy035m1Pg1pJZr2dbyu6KB7u5Hv4zQOrL_pdvVXHH3xHkLznh_-vZKOn4XEo2s2hyLj9g8RpVqsSP3yBSaY/w480-h640/20210619_130955+flower+rest+poem.jpg" width="480" /></a></i></div><i><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i><p></p></span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="background: white;"><span><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It’s a simple matter</span></span></b><span style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">for a flower to rest. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The complications <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">lie in the getting up.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></span></div><span style="background: white; color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5qlmbwHqEIN6iY4an99NbtILmclv7quYnq-YhJaQu8k2HRLCKvhyphenhyphenO_BWiMdNx2bUxFkv_IU-pHGvbfddkjOZ8AQCOh4c2voym07PA8eGvGBul4R8f84MO1ZT4ck-cAc69e0jghN9Aodk/s2048/20210621_172157+plan+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5qlmbwHqEIN6iY4an99NbtILmclv7quYnq-YhJaQu8k2HRLCKvhyphenhyphenO_BWiMdNx2bUxFkv_IU-pHGvbfddkjOZ8AQCOh4c2voym07PA8eGvGBul4R8f84MO1ZT4ck-cAc69e0jghN9Aodk/w480-h640/20210621_172157+plan+poem.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Here’s the plan<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">We remove that intrusive green notice,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">cut down the tree to drive through a road, <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">build 62 new houses on the field. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2NuOmSraOYZmIBK7FSnP62aLxWpo7n7Nxoc2aDTWZAcarzx41nlF8VX3ANx9EhfkAdF384LzgWbie7zOdKMJsct5EvkA-iTti9czOpzWNZyGePrX6UkSQAh3SRCazQpYfBMFlFnCnuXM/s2048/20210620_125750+limit+poem+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2NuOmSraOYZmIBK7FSnP62aLxWpo7n7Nxoc2aDTWZAcarzx41nlF8VX3ANx9EhfkAdF384LzgWbie7zOdKMJsct5EvkA-iTti9czOpzWNZyGePrX6UkSQAh3SRCazQpYfBMFlFnCnuXM/w480-h640/20210620_125750+limit+poem+.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">My guess is</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that the limit was exceeded, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and that the margin <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">may not have been all that small.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p><span> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1z0K6CMrzMFBrLnHHEJPM0fhNxIU3Tjx2pn7TrNJoL4JQ4R_5rquVOPyJiyRK0oKzuMpCg7KVPAQOV9J2qk74zEAu3t6eB6hNEccOuOqsNiVTaQ-rqQ1_armL0DDqZF90BIsi29E7x4E/s2048/20210620_125429+tide+poem+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1z0K6CMrzMFBrLnHHEJPM0fhNxIU3Tjx2pn7TrNJoL4JQ4R_5rquVOPyJiyRK0oKzuMpCg7KVPAQOV9J2qk74zEAu3t6eB6hNEccOuOqsNiVTaQ-rqQ1_armL0DDqZF90BIsi29E7x4E/w640-h480/20210620_125429+tide+poem+.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Time and tide <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">are inherent in all things -</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">even in Tarmac,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">as the pavement breaks its stasis on the garden.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3_i91wxpLXGbId5ZN_Aa45lJeQR4sFjKw6rbQ35iVSMDPTeERJGrAToJrrfxKx3ICX6OLzOBm-9j-d2uME-_L8Y5xpewRdR29VzXr2wJxHB-mHoLhwmALieAFkIk0o4D1l6e555PBkRo/s450/purple+toed+toad.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="450" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3_i91wxpLXGbId5ZN_Aa45lJeQR4sFjKw6rbQ35iVSMDPTeERJGrAToJrrfxKx3ICX6OLzOBm-9j-d2uME-_L8Y5xpewRdR29VzXr2wJxHB-mHoLhwmALieAFkIk0o4D1l6e555PBkRo/w400-h311/purple+toed+toad.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><b style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="color: #052312; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p>The purple-toed toad</span></span></b><p style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the swivel-eyed aye-aye, </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the flat-chested boobie that nests in the bum grass -<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span>they’re all in my zoo.</span></span><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Dee9bnoOmC6q43Wo8dYJ6teWzXPFvCN8uMal0DfwWP_i5wNe6W673OvXYoFmkq-pEPVJolB8W_qaWIVGAR1q7AdnLDcX0FbNmMwRSrnNoLM27td5qSX-rJY2RG5ATA0j1qHZLuZwrTo/s2048/20210623_120523+scooter+poss+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Dee9bnoOmC6q43Wo8dYJ6teWzXPFvCN8uMal0DfwWP_i5wNe6W673OvXYoFmkq-pEPVJolB8W_qaWIVGAR1q7AdnLDcX0FbNmMwRSrnNoLM27td5qSX-rJY2RG5ATA0j1qHZLuZwrTo/w640-h480/20210623_120523+scooter+poss+.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">This may be a water scooter<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">parked for speedy transit</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">from the trees to the town<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but I remain to be convinced...<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><i>(Totton)</i></span><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibruhOoAKbUzshjamyxvTbsbwaGyxzFdKObDFUaldQ77ffWiQDyLCRQZBMWsB7iJcBc8P6CLZ76hqhoRGxhVb_75dimgg-dJ-qUDpJ1662ZmF-YzF74-in8PWaJEdDP1RTdvBy_sH0UUs/s2048/20210622_115757.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibruhOoAKbUzshjamyxvTbsbwaGyxzFdKObDFUaldQ77ffWiQDyLCRQZBMWsB7iJcBc8P6CLZ76hqhoRGxhVb_75dimgg-dJ-qUDpJ1662ZmF-YzF74-in8PWaJEdDP1RTdvBy_sH0UUs/w640-h480/20210622_115757.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I think what this means<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is the workers will take the job easy,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">lounging around quite likely<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">surpassing the putative date.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbVrRPJXELccIuNQV9id3kLDZE4LYFaJ9SpVNkoMuY69TBi9DhURXh2iageN2n4oVYg0b1R9DqTal5Z41WbRxPuw2-tn-94yB6mhWk-OfP8cNn12p306roHlb79aQ5PNHyzIfFyiZeio8/s852/blowse+cycle+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="852" data-original-width="685" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbVrRPJXELccIuNQV9id3kLDZE4LYFaJ9SpVNkoMuY69TBi9DhURXh2iageN2n4oVYg0b1R9DqTal5Z41WbRxPuw2-tn-94yB6mhWk-OfP8cNn12p306roHlb79aQ5PNHyzIfFyiZeio8/w514-h640/blowse+cycle+.jpg" width="514" /></a></span></div><p style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">If not quite the Roman Empire<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">this is as close to a glorious</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">decline and fall<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">as Ashurst is likely to provide.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(sequence shows a Camellia in Ashurst, New Forest, April-June 2021)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghpuv0vdkbzIdOk7Mr8kjHPLlf5wNiGK0suLCL7MXJxPjYiP8P8xwRs1fyFA-4ih-HE1rIqKuErGqAq8DJOPNSHJqWsx_dedxpArEcfMQRpGJVnXPlBOVGdSlh9D1L9XjfdXXUpEAlGPs/s2048/20210623_120251bra+poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghpuv0vdkbzIdOk7Mr8kjHPLlf5wNiGK0suLCL7MXJxPjYiP8P8xwRs1fyFA-4ih-HE1rIqKuErGqAq8DJOPNSHJqWsx_dedxpArEcfMQRpGJVnXPlBOVGdSlh9D1L9XjfdXXUpEAlGPs/w640-h480/20210623_120251bra+poss.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></span><p style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It will have been dark</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">for the urgent fumbling<b> - </b>the prickling<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of the undergrowth - the nearly point - the passer-by<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">suddenly upon them - the bra in the brambles.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Totton)</i></span></p><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD38YjBA9FRzctzjFAnDcYkAZy7XkpgrnlZAZISftQKu2FmSw7ejvQ69jgV_mTjSain0nSqoXCoe2UFYssGzVJxkGAeE5ec8ZhpK3Cq8z7otHBGJP0xPfJRNJstcGnTU4SBEJHjIrY9ys/s2048/20210627_133029+hole+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD38YjBA9FRzctzjFAnDcYkAZy7XkpgrnlZAZISftQKu2FmSw7ejvQ69jgV_mTjSain0nSqoXCoe2UFYssGzVJxkGAeE5ec8ZhpK3Cq8z7otHBGJP0xPfJRNJstcGnTU4SBEJHjIrY9ys/w480-h640/20210627_133029+hole+poem.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">To see the whole of
the park</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">through the hole in the park</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">you need to move around -<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">though maybe you can never see the hole. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Sculpture is 'View', 2017, by Naomi Blake in Fitzroy Square, London)</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>225</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3rG71eDYoK5_pgtAVhtySh-tVWc5wk7lxF0tf4oFnSW1r0B2lVq4gsUioQEynVHO88kNR_Y5p1tvuoPq1hesTM06Yw_Ojcv240BreB-9uAxeInZbLD6kpJXs8pRAzgZZaNO_jobSRedM/s2048/20210627_131112+beer+poem.jpg" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3rG71eDYoK5_pgtAVhtySh-tVWc5wk7lxF0tf4oFnSW1r0B2lVq4gsUioQEynVHO88kNR_Y5p1tvuoPq1hesTM06Yw_Ojcv240BreB-9uAxeInZbLD6kpJXs8pRAzgZZaNO_jobSRedM/w640-h480/20210627_131112+beer+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Much as I like containing beer</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">there are times <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">when I’m glad <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that I’m not a can.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Fitzrovia, London)</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiaJMC6ruiQ6a9dPi8PD_genkTzL9az5Dp-CbRvuNS1n8OTQ8IByJPDpcgNInoTQvirKjzQBJSPfO7oREwC1IPLYgZ2EeljbY8IDhkQu6K-v2-TUIc-ElySbt-0iHjmqtJFkr3O5I6FWk/s2048/20210625_143504+tram+poem+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiaJMC6ruiQ6a9dPi8PD_genkTzL9az5Dp-CbRvuNS1n8OTQ8IByJPDpcgNInoTQvirKjzQBJSPfO7oREwC1IPLYgZ2EeljbY8IDhkQu6K-v2-TUIc-ElySbt-0iHjmqtJFkr3O5I6FWk/w480-h640/20210625_143504+tram+poem+.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Taken from a
bus </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that thinks it's a tram. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Not many trams, though, want to be buses, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and hardly any trains wish they were trams...<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Croydon)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><o:p> </o:p></i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv_hxwibVFEGGqLdQhXhJwMADQJmqQXI4U7sL6__lLqn8YKfds-X9n1eOt2neeiOj_k13kGmQLn11Bt3Nf6N684ICiJxvNw9thTcW64bVF1dnakYUl42Sr_B6Fr2pbIxuslPRSMq5vvSg/s1590/20210626_124238+%25282%2529+poppy+partial+poem+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1590" data-original-width="1590" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv_hxwibVFEGGqLdQhXhJwMADQJmqQXI4U7sL6__lLqn8YKfds-X9n1eOt2neeiOj_k13kGmQLn11Bt3Nf6N684ICiJxvNw9thTcW64bVF1dnakYUl42Sr_B6Fr2pbIxuslPRSMq5vvSg/w640-h640/20210626_124238+%25282%2529+poppy+partial+poem+.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Even when it's white <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">even when it's partial</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">even when I'm spaced <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I can recognise a poppy.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><i>(Hackney)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><b style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKdr5Z0ITvIHUjjHWrKGcszhNWoU67U5BZEA849WWwrM-9wRVfgRIVUUAYChnjhpksSjHOOeHKiYWbh8fLQv_DMJae26b0lD3ymkzpRNMdvlZvkeN7aMFBRb1ZgFMO7isf1gDZtWRhu5I/s2048/20210624_115058+%25282%2529+hanger+poem+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2047" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKdr5Z0ITvIHUjjHWrKGcszhNWoU67U5BZEA849WWwrM-9wRVfgRIVUUAYChnjhpksSjHOOeHKiYWbh8fLQv_DMJae26b0lD3ymkzpRNMdvlZvkeN7aMFBRb1ZgFMO7isf1gDZtWRhu5I/w640-h640/20210624_115058+%25282%2529+hanger+poem+.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></b><p style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">You can hang a
pavement up <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I guess, but why would you?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Same as there’d be little point <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in ironing a slab.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Edgeware Road, London) </i></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCVXe5qmIvF0HFiWMlWaDUKpd8QlN1jrUdeooMw7hg8XDegQupQA1gLIlq_ml8Lz-0DXKyLSU7tk7dAscC-o8aCkBr4ntUI56D2M7DqEn7NryfieF8kRIA-n94p_MSpGS7M35-uFT4k8k/s2048/20210626_073022+clothes+poem+.jpg" style="font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCVXe5qmIvF0HFiWMlWaDUKpd8QlN1jrUdeooMw7hg8XDegQupQA1gLIlq_ml8Lz-0DXKyLSU7tk7dAscC-o8aCkBr4ntUI56D2M7DqEn7NryfieF8kRIA-n94p_MSpGS7M35-uFT4k8k/w640-h480/20210626_073022+clothes+poem+.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The bad news is</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">you can’t see our clothes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The good news:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">they never wear out.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><i><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> (Warren Street, London - In'ku is the home of </span></o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Universal Utility Limited, which sells 'c</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">lothing without season, time, age or trend; the philosophy being slow workmanship to create a life long product which won’t end up in landfill.'</span></i><i style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;">)</span></o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><i style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI3aAOlN_gTYgvLU2qP7t2ZIR7B4eL2U4ASLLz_ooR3GNF2p3kZmC8i61h-oAM1B4J5zGMXbTUTzqbA45KvOXaeTB89Twsrj6DknDfIW5EsWc_9XS8vRlqR07yhUL8CjQb_WccgVJHvh8/s2048/20210624_114118+Hilton+poem+.jpg" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1833" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI3aAOlN_gTYgvLU2qP7t2ZIR7B4eL2U4ASLLz_ooR3GNF2p3kZmC8i61h-oAM1B4J5zGMXbTUTzqbA45KvOXaeTB89Twsrj6DknDfIW5EsWc_9XS8vRlqR07yhUL8CjQb_WccgVJHvh8/w572-h640/20210624_114118+Hilton+poem+.jpg" width="572" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">That's all very well<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but I’m staying here now</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and won’t be again. Even a pigeon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">would expect a decent discount.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Marylebone, London)</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvyM-bWvJxi3M2xZ9mqAj2Cfu9uYACPqYXERcx6KzbOf13wTUI0JRUbEpqSh1QkIvwf7MDB8GMun3pyBlIKAIs91FOAk61gS8jTee7pgJarEVArf8NEULVsQkABGrgttWc79hjMk7-JRo/s1717/20210627_154137+%25282%2529+gate+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1717" data-original-width="1717" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvyM-bWvJxi3M2xZ9mqAj2Cfu9uYACPqYXERcx6KzbOf13wTUI0JRUbEpqSh1QkIvwf7MDB8GMun3pyBlIKAIs91FOAk61gS8jTee7pgJarEVArf8NEULVsQkABGrgttWc79hjMk7-JRo/w640-h640/20210627_154137+%25282%2529+gate+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></b></div><b style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span></span></b><p style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">If you can’t decide<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">which colour a gate</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">should be painted,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">why not try them all? </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><i style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit;">(Reading)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><i style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit;"><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigQDIntH7fcjA3Bibfi_fEeNxk-Sm_5kRKRRRfY0yqWo8EK1I9PAO0GETBgHOj06e7P6L8T3OvL3ovSGXV0StEE5gAPH_KCtOoW_iixGzau9d_Jlk9IatCiefMg31kEoShW7JlUXRo4_w/s1024/Kniphofia_Species_7134114493-768x1024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigQDIntH7fcjA3Bibfi_fEeNxk-Sm_5kRKRRRfY0yqWo8EK1I9PAO0GETBgHOj06e7P6L8T3OvL3ovSGXV0StEE5gAPH_KCtOoW_iixGzau9d_Jlk9IatCiefMg31kEoShW7JlUXRo4_w/w480-h640/Kniphofia_Species_7134114493-768x1024.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><i style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit;"><br /></i><p style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I don't want any
jokes</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Well maybe I do,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but not that one.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What do you call a lukewarm poker?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>Flowers of the </i>Kniphofia<i> genus are commonly known as Red
Hot Pokers<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp8wnQHuhVI2vehMV4wkbWvS3hrmwtyKT2DtJl2oi9zp9gOezsVYBj1lFn_5_SiiWM0fIron5ST86q6WpTcQJKOGeM1ABiGhxkcaix21TZzjuXvO0YNDop3pTh8nicRwffVtE4BWcbBQM/s2048/20210704_154333+border+poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp8wnQHuhVI2vehMV4wkbWvS3hrmwtyKT2DtJl2oi9zp9gOezsVYBj1lFn_5_SiiWM0fIron5ST86q6WpTcQJKOGeM1ABiGhxkcaix21TZzjuXvO0YNDop3pTh8nicRwffVtE4BWcbBQM/w640-h480/20210704_154333+border+poss.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The border
strip <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is proof that this vegetation</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is wild within limits, <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">a teen lawn that can always call its parents.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJmPe6kUq-PF0Se5tPnENp5BtnuPaEb7wnkh5l6ME_rhxaSR1NUvR3HLky5h24x6LB6fJeDeKASjEDVcx4gGLUuTg4WNnlg4f3KgZg2v5ndRb9dCW9AUXN1KqD9D7OTgmv4zOjmFjwpc0/s2048/20210703_154506+poss.jpg" style="font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJmPe6kUq-PF0Se5tPnENp5BtnuPaEb7wnkh5l6ME_rhxaSR1NUvR3HLky5h24x6LB6fJeDeKASjEDVcx4gGLUuTg4WNnlg4f3KgZg2v5ndRb9dCW9AUXN1KqD9D7OTgmv4zOjmFjwpc0/w640-h480/20210703_154506+poss.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">As if it’s not enough
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to be greenest transportation,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">hybrid bikes have been developed<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to integrate with plants.
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Chalk Farm, London)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKDvNQdrk57WANqXl7nwkr3DqNUmYAnyLB47nnSxzMiTZ6d5v_Un4wWhM746vhvyTt7MjJUqgH3ngTbjbQhuCrhU_tTNmYIjnHFoHqtuO4ogbJUiANgsqb4wj2FGjqOId-RHfbXxHLWLQ/s1735/20210702_130939+poss+building.jpg" style="font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1735" data-original-width="1735" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKDvNQdrk57WANqXl7nwkr3DqNUmYAnyLB47nnSxzMiTZ6d5v_Un4wWhM746vhvyTt7MjJUqgH3ngTbjbQhuCrhU_tTNmYIjnHFoHqtuO4ogbJUiANgsqb4wj2FGjqOId-RHfbXxHLWLQ/w640-h640/20210702_130939+poss+building.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘Don’t call us’<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I’m inclined to tell 'Buildforce',</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> judging
by this self-promotion,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘and don’t expect us to call you’.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><i style="color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
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</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit; line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span><span style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf6kxmxSyINjHe6Jo9GTX01YzqRzAWKBiRJEawzQ7I4U0nzWIEGanf9tmnQYjQ30u5LALQwQwUKFfqJDk8oSO6JlBWYoAjgPTb2xKmmGyydVO1SUn9y10cIMko-iFKV-5JQ8mkdtU8iPM/s850/beacons+Screenshot+2021-07-03+083215.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="643" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf6kxmxSyINjHe6Jo9GTX01YzqRzAWKBiRJEawzQ7I4U0nzWIEGanf9tmnQYjQ30u5LALQwQwUKFfqJDk8oSO6JlBWYoAjgPTb2xKmmGyydVO1SUn9y10cIMko-iFKV-5JQ8mkdtU8iPM/w484-h640/beacons+Screenshot+2021-07-03+083215.jpg" width="484" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">All night beneath my window<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that Belisha has been beaconing.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">When will it ever<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">make up its mind? <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Carr-Saunders Hall, London)</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_X9IMfiNxXBTn6qwxABcrLkjdi-j46CTeFXvLylkeHwySz9VQ9FY8M-cx-mj5zR_nn_8nPyk_5YH8I6pnj35R4sF-wmZQxAPn1o2bRR4-da_Tpr51_B3jKz7kaTL3g-QBzK49VYFKX0M/s2048/20210703_174424+lemon+poss.jpg" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_X9IMfiNxXBTn6qwxABcrLkjdi-j46CTeFXvLylkeHwySz9VQ9FY8M-cx-mj5zR_nn_8nPyk_5YH8I6pnj35R4sF-wmZQxAPn1o2bRR4-da_Tpr51_B3jKz7kaTL3g-QBzK49VYFKX0M/w640-h480/20210703_174424+lemon+poss.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Outside the restaurant<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the tang of lemon</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">sharpens<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the anticipation.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Warren Street, London)</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUL2kBOvvYFn58p5xhht1J00-gTZExE3WqOxrjpNZVfCGI_N9jmTF4M-zKNrrQGN-EEPEr-9X197qf0UPegShJYOYd8M4lsbHcuiknjA81pv4hNsPfC-cfWMPmbRZESL3la9RJJnyrZsY/s2048/20210709_120139+thanks+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUL2kBOvvYFn58p5xhht1J00-gTZExE3WqOxrjpNZVfCGI_N9jmTF4M-zKNrrQGN-EEPEr-9X197qf0UPegShJYOYd8M4lsbHcuiknjA81pv4hNsPfC-cfWMPmbRZESL3la9RJJnyrZsY/w640-h480/20210709_120139+thanks+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Actually, I didn’t<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I just drove by to pick up the plaudits</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and test their sincerity, which I found<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to be excessive, given my lack of purchases.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfHDjBw9jOkgacq_xEAzkrLzI9alQ1D6ax-sIfg2_ahPTH2JR92vYBCrBH9WlbZpDgOOFiDFS9uznHC6RQQfsboivhaBB8jhlYwmPocfTCg6YnqvX5amDNMIzdLP8Mxh8J8JvIfz1bnX0/s2048/20210630_164854+agrimony+poem+.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfHDjBw9jOkgacq_xEAzkrLzI9alQ1D6ax-sIfg2_ahPTH2JR92vYBCrBH9WlbZpDgOOFiDFS9uznHC6RQQfsboivhaBB8jhlYwmPocfTCg6YnqvX5amDNMIzdLP8Mxh8J8JvIfz1bnX0/w480-h640/20210630_164854+agrimony+poem+.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">More agrimony than
I’ve ever encountered</span></b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">more than any wife has been awarded <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">by way of cash to make up for the endless aggro<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">since the days when he would give her flowers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Only later did I realise that I’d confused the locally common agrimony (</i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202124;">Agrimonia
eupatoria)</span><i> with alimony - aggro money if you will - which I’ve no
reason to think is commoner in Ashurst than elsewhere. </i><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0vXx98nv6rzkx2n_FAH59BF8VS_DliqsKRdQO5WAM2EULDUL5mZ0bSiuPTui6Ixfu_q85QWmwejkoLKLRHlOB9GaxMeAyPNa2Cb9oK-oH9NH3uImBhFw70DHYgM5xzxaB2SLcIJ9IWLI/s1753/20210630_152345%25280%2529+socks+poem+.jpg" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1753" data-original-width="1753" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0vXx98nv6rzkx2n_FAH59BF8VS_DliqsKRdQO5WAM2EULDUL5mZ0bSiuPTui6Ixfu_q85QWmwejkoLKLRHlOB9GaxMeAyPNa2Cb9oK-oH9NH3uImBhFw70DHYgM5xzxaB2SLcIJ9IWLI/w640-h640/20210630_152345%25280%2529+socks+poem+.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;"><b>The long and the short </b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">and the middle o</span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">f socks </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is that they lack the conventions of cover</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that so restrict the options of a blouse.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Chichester)</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3_YShDSpXyQWVCuoBrHFBNKP4RObPLcUMcPbGmZAwgvFJoKspiMhg34rOfjOqyUs8_5OwqwEBF6Na2i81xJLqyW88NJv9yW4V3ZV9SNMDEic71K6D4CQagyrhtQkj-SrDYEGsMKZNC7o/s2048/20210630_151622+green+hair+poem+.jpg" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3_YShDSpXyQWVCuoBrHFBNKP4RObPLcUMcPbGmZAwgvFJoKspiMhg34rOfjOqyUs8_5OwqwEBF6Na2i81xJLqyW88NJv9yW4V3ZV9SNMDEic71K6D4CQagyrhtQkj-SrDYEGsMKZNC7o/w640-h640/20210630_151622+green+hair+poem+.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">If hair
were meant to be green</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">wouldn't it go russet in autumn</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and fall to the ground<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">with no need for scissors?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><i style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><i style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">(Chichester)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><i style="color: #222222;"><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMwd29S0gZmAdJl1U8UAQp7CGSK7LI8Qdf8Z711ExV8wYuuWYOWxC0loEm7ymWII6SrW2sif1cHcdiM8vE6Nno8H6v8kMUaFX6qTVWqRCqj5sYQdjAE6bYyL1pU3rLxOZlqOILyzLkSnU/s2048/20210630_133411+poss.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMwd29S0gZmAdJl1U8UAQp7CGSK7LI8Qdf8Z711ExV8wYuuWYOWxC0loEm7ymWII6SrW2sif1cHcdiM8vE6Nno8H6v8kMUaFX6qTVWqRCqj5sYQdjAE6bYyL1pU3rLxOZlqOILyzLkSnU/w640-h480/20210630_133411+poss.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">Tombstone skulls</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘remind us that we’re going to die'.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">Yet is that not already covered</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">by the fact that it's a grave?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Guidebook description of </i></span></span><span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">memento mori</span><i style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">,</i><i style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </i></span><i style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">Chichester)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJAsWxOCBoPce5LhfoEO1QHaqH5RT-5aiXGmghYXS16fv3Akki_A4ljnB1nwChoR3q_cMnwigia_ZixYli7xm1wwN2nGYrXkGuRRXTXcOXwSC20TPCo-fkffJLZPEsswb-bovctDMfD9E/s2048/20210701_113803+petal+poem.jpg" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJAsWxOCBoPce5LhfoEO1QHaqH5RT-5aiXGmghYXS16fv3Akki_A4ljnB1nwChoR3q_cMnwigia_ZixYli7xm1wwN2nGYrXkGuRRXTXcOXwSC20TPCo-fkffJLZPEsswb-bovctDMfD9E/w640-h480/20210701_113803+petal+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>I say ‘petal’, she says ‘grass’</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I say ‘grass’, he says ‘petal’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">No wonder the seas are rising<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and democracy is frayed.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0QWMqVTmn1QvPgdyqcMyLRpL04gLIoWzpgq6RjudDEoYFU1kFW6mrPRMydh023352wVgrnUwUMEN0_dq1F0oU3QxB3mYauvd3EJA0oGCIBk9E4R-eMLmaiJl5JJTaazIO2DVsp1569DE/s2644/20210629_150748+pave+poss+notting+hill+poem+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1189" data-original-width="2644" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0QWMqVTmn1QvPgdyqcMyLRpL04gLIoWzpgq6RjudDEoYFU1kFW6mrPRMydh023352wVgrnUwUMEN0_dq1F0oU3QxB3mYauvd3EJA0oGCIBk9E4R-eMLmaiJl5JJTaazIO2DVsp1569DE/w640-h288/20210629_150748+pave+poss+notting+hill+poem+%25282%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The light bulb moment<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">was when we realised</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">we could store the power of illumination<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in the beautifully opposite dark below ground. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Notting Hill, London)</i><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyf6-czCt6rCNGzvknzVBosRPj0R8Hy7Wj_qmc6aYEuhx0S6rOtdsICGLsAFMD1z8c9nxdxWgFWeiGSw-7z4N6brRgPJN1LNx6X5fg1z_2p1st2M5Y6dOXqL1iyBHQiPkSsgXvft1m7iw/s2048/20210630_165623+dog+rose+poss.jpg" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyf6-czCt6rCNGzvknzVBosRPj0R8Hy7Wj_qmc6aYEuhx0S6rOtdsICGLsAFMD1z8c9nxdxWgFWeiGSw-7z4N6brRgPJN1LNx6X5fg1z_2p1st2M5Y6dOXqL1iyBHQiPkSsgXvft1m7iw/w480-h640/20210630_165623+dog+rose+poss.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">A dog rose is a rose</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is a rose – although only fit,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I suppose, for a dog.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><i style="color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I love their crimson anthers. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvR0vzA9eOgFxeQ2dVgXZt_nM2o2NqR3gBNers2B5_q_qa0bHlDl-n2HnzmpOXQiFKz4XGB-Qn_E6qDexddrkmQ2ECdP0h1wvD9d1sEC5AxRuTdL_7Vsog24sROfY_kbOjD90GW5EdUU8/s2048/20210706_124852+poem+tree.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvR0vzA9eOgFxeQ2dVgXZt_nM2o2NqR3gBNers2B5_q_qa0bHlDl-n2HnzmpOXQiFKz4XGB-Qn_E6qDexddrkmQ2ECdP0h1wvD9d1sEC5AxRuTdL_7Vsog24sROfY_kbOjD90GW5EdUU8/w640-h640/20210706_124852+poem+tree.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">At first I thought</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the tree was mourning itself, but no – <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">just tending the corpse of another,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">dismembered. Even so…</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFZM41ukFD0KnJe-kB7eEkwGSUeR4kkekylJ2wEFAqk3OwRbQJE8thh7BwTmgkU4NZU6BvWG-olnKLS5dEjkukneYhtO7uCPS7ziEAtnZuzaM-r3V-AVsCFo09PXAwA7zWHUncpH4kDyE/s768/skysports-roger-federer-wimbledon_5440284.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="768" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFZM41ukFD0KnJe-kB7eEkwGSUeR4kkekylJ2wEFAqk3OwRbQJE8thh7BwTmgkU4NZU6BvWG-olnKLS5dEjkukneYhtO7uCPS7ziEAtnZuzaM-r3V-AVsCFo09PXAwA7zWHUncpH4kDyE/w640-h360/skysports-roger-federer-wimbledon_5440284.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Wimbledon Logic</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">My wife, an ultra-Federer fan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is almost pleased when he is pole-axed by a Pole:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">no longer need she worry that Roger will lose. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; transform: none;"><i>The eight-time Wimbledon champion lost to Hubert Hurkacz in the quarter-final of the 2021 event. </i> </p><p style="border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; transform: none;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"> </span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUZeOjBZgyk7CUpepDY2PPTy6IWS6W0ZbAkfNg0u7goj5hNP_BSZO6SlEldhHKnE-9tbaP5R0GJX_sEMziqtrl3C9P-kraMaRncp4P-45g3H_zs_4mYwYxemQkkBssIhF-YXfWyUA30RI/s2048/20210710_125023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUZeOjBZgyk7CUpepDY2PPTy6IWS6W0ZbAkfNg0u7goj5hNP_BSZO6SlEldhHKnE-9tbaP5R0GJX_sEMziqtrl3C9P-kraMaRncp4P-45g3H_zs_4mYwYxemQkkBssIhF-YXfWyUA30RI/w640-h360/20210710_125023.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #052312;"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">Somewhere
between the lounge and the wild</span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">three ducks fly up a wall. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I strain my ears<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but cannot hear their call.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Deptford)</i><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOj1cCkIYEiqrRXF0qS9Ro2dxGrXt0svaZb42vaYuAAdtGKoSRRk01dQmdIv6CzHSG17dXuM3-5GEfZfcGj16YUpJ7UgZwIFkw6g7G8qjiWJk_p2WRUkQ1FUOIpMGxBaiEKduzDCihufc/s2048/20210709_120139+thanks+poem.jpg" style="font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOj1cCkIYEiqrRXF0qS9Ro2dxGrXt0svaZb42vaYuAAdtGKoSRRk01dQmdIv6CzHSG17dXuM3-5GEfZfcGj16YUpJ7UgZwIFkw6g7G8qjiWJk_p2WRUkQ1FUOIpMGxBaiEKduzDCihufc/w640-h480/20210709_120139+thanks+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Actually, I didn’t</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I just drove by to pick up the plaudits</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and test their sincerity, which I found<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to be excessive, given my lack of purchases.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><i style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><i style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">(Totton)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpXMR-BGhKaelH-axKzanOTxptkBsBWQprkQYz_W9KxsRAMGhkY_xfPFHo_VixOE6wWm1_XmLLac24DjT7oMz_nw8LgI_dFUSSV0LX_X1xlcTyg1WhoLfEtWblcCv2o7UkM3Kmwdz7gEs/s2048/20210708_122308+broke+poem.jpg" style="font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpXMR-BGhKaelH-axKzanOTxptkBsBWQprkQYz_W9KxsRAMGhkY_xfPFHo_VixOE6wWm1_XmLLac24DjT7oMz_nw8LgI_dFUSSV0LX_X1xlcTyg1WhoLfEtWblcCv2o7UkM3Kmwdz7gEs/w640-h480/20210708_122308+broke+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Bespoke <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">since 1880.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Broke <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">since 2020.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Savile Row, London)</i><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> 250</span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAtlvrn9LMC-h0qlvanvUhfgCm3vHYR2GZATZC8KYwdH2B3WCZKUYvwUS_pUNUD7Ui1ksnCdSL5lNeLsWhdKmy9bG0OPoAn6DV9-_nyCr4sgZxDP33HgYCXHzmj7hDaIRSc4R2hmRYcRI/s2048/20210709_120255+lines+poem+.jpg" style="font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1194" data-original-width="2048" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAtlvrn9LMC-h0qlvanvUhfgCm3vHYR2GZATZC8KYwdH2B3WCZKUYvwUS_pUNUD7Ui1ksnCdSL5lNeLsWhdKmy9bG0OPoAn6DV9-_nyCr4sgZxDP33HgYCXHzmj7hDaIRSc4R2hmRYcRI/w640-h374/20210709_120255+lines+poem+.jpg" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">There’s more to the
lines of a railway <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">than railway lines, just as there’s more</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to the words on a page than words on a page -<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">though maybe, in this case, there isn’t.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>(Totton)</i></span></span></p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-align: justify;"><br /></p></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwzBsWE1pkys4qR7Eugcp3gGN0EBHG1stKFNqZAbn-4cHiRANS0qZBaSGuSfyRBfy7lSyc8GC3b2w3YFtoV66d1cDlioieiv2PfVWt3YNZiUnLgM9TApLbNghN-_oYQW0Oev5y2Svmh0A/s2048/20210714_160724+foxglove+poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1461" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwzBsWE1pkys4qR7Eugcp3gGN0EBHG1stKFNqZAbn-4cHiRANS0qZBaSGuSfyRBfy7lSyc8GC3b2w3YFtoV66d1cDlioieiv2PfVWt3YNZiUnLgM9TApLbNghN-_oYQW0Oev5y2Svmh0A/w456-h640/20210714_160724+foxglove+poss.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What percentage <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of the blooms must remain</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">for a foxglove to be still <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">‘in flower’? </span><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>(Charleston, Sussex)</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDnfk68LT1_fcUIIi7zE3_J9shDhJGfKe2mkOBMUIucZWz8AC1L1PZwIfd5kubl8vyGXWezoeGMJmxVtr0Jd-oMyfRXYCyDvo-1XB61Ln6ueaJqU1IXMcZsEDZG8vjtjIDkxRegH4ube0/s2048/20210715_124603+poss+parrots+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDnfk68LT1_fcUIIi7zE3_J9shDhJGfKe2mkOBMUIucZWz8AC1L1PZwIfd5kubl8vyGXWezoeGMJmxVtr0Jd-oMyfRXYCyDvo-1XB61Ln6ueaJqU1IXMcZsEDZG8vjtjIDkxRegH4ube0/w480-h640/20210715_124603+poss+parrots+poem.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I'm just off</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to fly the goldfish,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">swim the dog</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and walk the parrots.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify;"><i><span style="color: #222222;">(Hastings)</span></i></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #052312; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvW3hZMK-M9nC7o4USf3y7UazBEh_Cf7xpgBAU-jNP1S805FT-ROqDSFKTItVxrrhDGervekkYh6uf6CZMXGvcvs9FYWfEUZztUqXhlxTRFfNDD3_eyDPqdNO7i5CEStpX31adP7Mq0lM/s720/primrose+daisy+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="720" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvW3hZMK-M9nC7o4USf3y7UazBEh_Cf7xpgBAU-jNP1S805FT-ROqDSFKTItVxrrhDGervekkYh6uf6CZMXGvcvs9FYWfEUZztUqXhlxTRFfNDD3_eyDPqdNO7i5CEStpX31adP7Mq0lM/w640-h480/primrose+daisy+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘Evening, Primrose’ </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘Evening,
Daisy’</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘Any
sign of Deadly lately?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Rumour
has it he met his own end…’<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white; color: #202122;">Oenothera biennis</span><span style="background: white; color: #202122;">, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">the <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">common
evening primrose</span>, is widely naturalised in England. The beneficial
qualities of its oil make something of a contrast with the poisonous berries of the
deadly nightshade,</i> </span><span style="background: white; color: #202124;">Atropa belladonna. <i>I was called away by a marigold before I could hear Daisy's reply.<span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i> </i></span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF8HxCngcR5god5AJ3XzviJ7W6wLSZdsjYuBMjtBuzVwAgGdIhCuxa5Un_Hg8ksCj231S7qmeN6Yb1o7QP13hjEaVP3mYLd8UiwaOW3e-U54IobEKtFBF1U25OD93whBQZ9pSL3S3oeiM/s2048/20210712_141753+non+dew+poem.jpg" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF8HxCngcR5god5AJ3XzviJ7W6wLSZdsjYuBMjtBuzVwAgGdIhCuxa5Un_Hg8ksCj231S7qmeN6Yb1o7QP13hjEaVP3mYLd8UiwaOW3e-U54IobEKtFBF1U25OD93whBQZ9pSL3S3oeiM/w640-h480/20210712_141753+non+dew+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Due <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to a vigorous overnight drench</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">you can't see the dew <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">for rain this morning.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb_X_YnEO_n1MDFJNc_XpWIAWYkrEV5tM63rh2EJOJar1ePUquAqPfofl0ZnK2n-IkR-mwwEyQBv-gFt0bUL9ndEvVBtu5brPuG-sFSMmgeub4NnxCzb-tXd3LTt4wrTLISk4l9W1tMHI/s2048/20210716_114523+flag+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb_X_YnEO_n1MDFJNc_XpWIAWYkrEV5tM63rh2EJOJar1ePUquAqPfofl0ZnK2n-IkR-mwwEyQBv-gFt0bUL9ndEvVBtu5brPuG-sFSMmgeub4NnxCzb-tXd3LTt4wrTLISk4l9W1tMHI/w480-h640/20210716_114523+flag+poem.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It’s good
to see<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that, here at least,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the authorities obey their own rules:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">this flag is not inflatable. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Bexhill-on-Sea)</i></span></span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #052312; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3wkZcR19a2Bvh-qz4Cydc8BX7ZeGu4mT_2frS96UhNWljWn5whKRmBE0exHmL5SWC8YVgYG0_6b96qnQn7TVpt8SB8JeHNlmi66ZHKfFWcqQ6mAoFLUTbSN2HcWz4l4tFtWeIJqY-OE4/s670/daisy+Screenshot+2021-07-17+120445.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="670" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3wkZcR19a2Bvh-qz4Cydc8BX7ZeGu4mT_2frS96UhNWljWn5whKRmBE0exHmL5SWC8YVgYG0_6b96qnQn7TVpt8SB8JeHNlmi66ZHKfFWcqQ6mAoFLUTbSN2HcWz4l4tFtWeIJqY-OE4/w640-h458/daisy+Screenshot+2021-07-17+120445.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">Some name, I
thought</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Does it really look
like an ox’s stare?</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">And – as it doesn’t
close at night – <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">why should we call
it ‘day’s eye’? </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #202122; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #202122; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Leucanthemum vulgare</span></i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #202122; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> may be a better name for the ox-eye
daisy, also known as dog daisy, field daisy, Marguerite, moon daisy or
poor-land penny. The name ‘daisy’ </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #202124; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">comes
from Old English meaning 'day's eye' referencing those members of the
family with flowers that do close at night and open in the morning.</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #202122; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #202124; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwxAIMms6CEiCuZmVyEe-arbcTeygCSTpucaYeqJ0TtxRE_Yx1GGXEx93cLsaJEraKZbCi0OY_YsRsZdC33ngUTJBW5-LxB-RY70JLwCMgFsuXwLfg-5ImiIZCV6beXPy3g1gXv4T8fKk/s2048/20210723_044338.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwxAIMms6CEiCuZmVyEe-arbcTeygCSTpucaYeqJ0TtxRE_Yx1GGXEx93cLsaJEraKZbCi0OY_YsRsZdC33ngUTJBW5-LxB-RY70JLwCMgFsuXwLfg-5ImiIZCV6beXPy3g1gXv4T8fKk/w640-h480/20210723_044338.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">All night
I try to catch the beacons out<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">being all-off or all-on, but no dice.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Or rather, rather like a dice <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #202124; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">that comes down showing seven. </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Subsidiary point: 'a die' is the correct singular of 'dice', but the plural is substituted so often that I suspect the error has become the natural usage, as with 'less' for 'fewer' etc. </span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">(Fitzrovia, London)</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><i></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT114y6qmmJ9UsmqCBZclSYzo2e7fgMfGuAgm9eLjzFQ2Qvmdw1FeBMndgjavsE0DXQKvUKrXOz6y1YETw4Z5LuIjqRRMpWH9W5Wbxg_ym2P0lDLkw7-fTKBgiR3p0cSvk3OdwM44k9HM/s1970/20210721_122723+primark+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1970" data-original-width="1970" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT114y6qmmJ9UsmqCBZclSYzo2e7fgMfGuAgm9eLjzFQ2Qvmdw1FeBMndgjavsE0DXQKvUKrXOz6y1YETw4Z5LuIjqRRMpWH9W5Wbxg_ym2P0lDLkw7-fTKBgiR3p0cSvk3OdwM44k9HM/w640-h640/20210721_122723+primark+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></i></span></div><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><i><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The mark
remains <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">as if, from beyond the alphabet,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the letters could have<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">left their thoughts behind.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #202124; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><i><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">(Former Primark store,
Margate)</span></span></i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><i><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><i></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtIj_32b4MVS1jyN_vpFfHbORg03iZaUjKl6X89AFRW3lUoVtixPrzBQk91X95A2DEhU3RdszXpsAKc__Hk2M4hyU3o0gthWNzvT4VMrbnM4MTrAcGK5_2uaLaTItkiXOjrwtaisGAGOs/s2048/20210722_110614+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtIj_32b4MVS1jyN_vpFfHbORg03iZaUjKl6X89AFRW3lUoVtixPrzBQk91X95A2DEhU3RdszXpsAKc__Hk2M4hyU3o0gthWNzvT4VMrbnM4MTrAcGK5_2uaLaTItkiXOjrwtaisGAGOs/w640-h480/20210722_110614+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></i></span></div><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><i><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">Sorry Mr
Hartley</span>!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I think you'll find it's the exact same thing</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">under a different description.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Though if you're reading this, I take that back.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #202124; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Highgate Cemetery, London)</i></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4N5FsR5p4hyop2LS-bUyPys7qU8gX4LxKAGaga_sjijpX5aEp29Rfn052VV6vGA60OTbiIcm7kwsI258zEor4asBmjzu_l6lSfqE4yetDrvo_e73eV4AXctHCI6a66lOMwAjp5oiP6y4/s2048/20210723_132142+info+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4N5FsR5p4hyop2LS-bUyPys7qU8gX4LxKAGaga_sjijpX5aEp29Rfn052VV6vGA60OTbiIcm7kwsI258zEor4asBmjzu_l6lSfqE4yetDrvo_e73eV4AXctHCI6a66lOMwAjp5oiP6y4/w640-h480/20210723_132142+info+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><i><br /></i></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>I would say</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">'don't confuse the art with the information'<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">if only I knew<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">which category to put this in.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Tate Britain)</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfwGb8LCwlSlVBKYgbNUz0J_z7qZOEhA8uwctowmI8fqdrOhRxyNc5zRJg_dbNVzfNbUtiEACnTC1xcxQHh2AyNrmCAXKw-xKmfMYX1a-UO4kecjJ5trzEFCtc3tvVkZWmIYRl9DQ8GF4/s2048/20210726_110924+poss+grave.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfwGb8LCwlSlVBKYgbNUz0J_z7qZOEhA8uwctowmI8fqdrOhRxyNc5zRJg_dbNVzfNbUtiEACnTC1xcxQHh2AyNrmCAXKw-xKmfMYX1a-UO4kecjJ5trzEFCtc3tvVkZWmIYRl9DQ8GF4/w480-h640/20210726_110924+poss+grave.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></span></div><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Here stands the
evidence</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that time will go on </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">buggering you up<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">long after it's done with your body.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>(<span style="color: #555555; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Church of St Michael and All Angels, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555;">Lyndhurst)</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg2h7xnGmDB97PcumH0xKNnGOSDCpXzZZMxLbXdnOqcsm6jgtOSHsCm5MrJ6yxH9KHpBe_vJShYgWJInmitFpcJAKM9l-fwMBJsLrcyroh_gMtrg_c59zF2omX_DnX5_6PaxS6F6HHs40/s1773/20210726_111808+poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1773" data-original-width="1773" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg2h7xnGmDB97PcumH0xKNnGOSDCpXzZZMxLbXdnOqcsm6jgtOSHsCm5MrJ6yxH9KHpBe_vJShYgWJInmitFpcJAKM9l-fwMBJsLrcyroh_gMtrg_c59zF2omX_DnX5_6PaxS6F6HHs40/w400-h400/20210726_111808+poss.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Occupation: insect<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">I fly round as I wish</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">and take my pick of flowers for R&R.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">Why settle for more? </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>(Lyndhurst)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOEkMY67R0Tad5Mkdu1_2bbU4B80WvWe9Z_nDe7yHyv7rMBqWJrWnI_Bn2uzeg0BG4-MdTtPLNyQTXXgCbQfKykkRYHa6qR3zYvk0CLEJ9h9WdTVXQunXB2k2yCbXw7896kPV06sY8n2s/s2048/20210730_115838+cricket+action+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1337" data-original-width="2048" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOEkMY67R0Tad5Mkdu1_2bbU4B80WvWe9Z_nDe7yHyv7rMBqWJrWnI_Bn2uzeg0BG4-MdTtPLNyQTXXgCbQfKykkRYHa6qR3zYvk0CLEJ9h9WdTVXQunXB2k2yCbXw7896kPV06sY8n2s/w640-h418/20210730_115838+cricket+action+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>The action begins </b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">to the whoops and cheers</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> o</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">f a seasoned
crowd</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">making the most of not knowing whether<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the only other action will be the weather.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Hove: Sussex vs Kent was abandoned due to rain on 29 July)</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjomancn4HJuY6BPUi70ZO3ZF7wnY9J31F6Ow5Rw3-cwugzHUDt8wTXtktfnuGsNolQOkt718UcpmKuXWVKsK9s6lFLUi5qENeWObS1849yV1l_nzZS5RMAnFDaaLL7-bgj_GabqWZACvA/s2048/20210730_172012.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjomancn4HJuY6BPUi70ZO3ZF7wnY9J31F6Ow5Rw3-cwugzHUDt8wTXtktfnuGsNolQOkt718UcpmKuXWVKsK9s6lFLUi5qENeWObS1849yV1l_nzZS5RMAnFDaaLL7-bgj_GabqWZACvA/w480-h640/20210730_172012.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="background-color: white; color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="background-color: white; color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">This is how you park</b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">if you’re getting back to nature</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but not rushing<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to change your lifestyle all at once.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #052312; font-family: inherit;"><i>(Hove)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #052312; font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ04QO3nnMCV_zUgUq_TeGluHwkX06tZ0qpvp9D7_xisSIc_enzWWZXReYgHwMeJHIpnbj1_wxmfJfIsWiYPHubcEslVWMLotlE2pZSVrjutiLXUdur5azBmyrtkF2091GNrvMMBP5UBw/s2048/20210725_193700+poss+rail+buddleia.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ04QO3nnMCV_zUgUq_TeGluHwkX06tZ0qpvp9D7_xisSIc_enzWWZXReYgHwMeJHIpnbj1_wxmfJfIsWiYPHubcEslVWMLotlE2pZSVrjutiLXUdur5azBmyrtkF2091GNrvMMBP5UBw/w640-h480/20210725_193700+poss+rail+buddleia.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Buddleia</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">seems to be a classic of the railway-side<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">even though butterflies<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">hardly ever travel by train. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>(Southampton Central)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><br /></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh-cOW89mm0qISknR3yTRUEUkC5PrC0h87R9mZg0XDXtJsVETTQm6g2z9b-eeXDoXPA5w1DktVzsuwVmAacHCPKElaTGlAZE5f3c4mHLpCeHipLTT9oAXG0iPKhqHfsdEDdpPqUdRB3m4/s1000/streetlight+HTB1ETVRa._rK1Rjy0Fcq6zEvVXar.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh-cOW89mm0qISknR3yTRUEUkC5PrC0h87R9mZg0XDXtJsVETTQm6g2z9b-eeXDoXPA5w1DktVzsuwVmAacHCPKElaTGlAZE5f3c4mHLpCeHipLTT9oAXG0iPKhqHfsdEDdpPqUdRB3m4/w640-h640/streetlight+HTB1ETVRa._rK1Rjy0Fcq6zEvVXar.webp" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="background-color: white; color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Why is there something rather than nothing?</b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">That’s the question that keeps the streetlights
up at night.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">They’re bright,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but not that bright.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY4b5vhsruDi8R-XbLpEyEjtoTMZQtsPZ9myVY5P4MAU_QBrNV9s0clKaTEwMrX8_rGiNYzDyWKvnv8tMPU0E8GJbNSzz24X5yPG45LGWGxDZf6WwjZnjFtt9Fg5VZMjxF2y0oCbiGoSw/s2048/20210726_111436+poss+line+up.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY4b5vhsruDi8R-XbLpEyEjtoTMZQtsPZ9myVY5P4MAU_QBrNV9s0clKaTEwMrX8_rGiNYzDyWKvnv8tMPU0E8GJbNSzz24X5yPG45LGWGxDZf6WwjZnjFtt9Fg5VZMjxF2y0oCbiGoSw/w640-h480/20210726_111436+poss+line+up.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘I’m the Swish Ver’<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #052312; font-family: inherit;">‘No, </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #052312; font-family: inherit;">I’m</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #052312; font-family: inherit;">
the Swish Version!’</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘Hardly. I’m so swish<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I don’t even bother to say so.’ <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr77rE4jmXkib2_uhkU47lKlFoCof_UyZeOyX2-kI2QMAkvH-uWrgOEmORyBE0jclX5-tUN9V6AMS6L6yfFHvaIFcYP2gMu_sxkLOjDCT2RyLZEa6BJcwPfZBhSayHMbUVcR4MmROWZMnsRP3o26IRD_IkuubUfsVqOBt15n5xmJYEY5yW1_fMgcxW/s4000/poem%2020220604_122544.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr77rE4jmXkib2_uhkU47lKlFoCof_UyZeOyX2-kI2QMAkvH-uWrgOEmORyBE0jclX5-tUN9V6AMS6L6yfFHvaIFcYP2gMu_sxkLOjDCT2RyLZEa6BJcwPfZBhSayHMbUVcR4MmROWZMnsRP3o26IRD_IkuubUfsVqOBt15n5xmJYEY5yW1_fMgcxW/w480-h640/poem%2020220604_122544.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Even Newlands is getting old</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">if not quite as old</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">as New College, Oxford -<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">founded 1379.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH5g8l-KFJ8jCL0DjAXYQ06oNd-C-LP3qXhuDBdZZTezzJUiqBowdbiZBD4QObr6HhyjqYq19R-FW6zwbu6otgl7wkhMHq1Yuesh4jLYcLox29am-Z34hkP0Z4R8j_tU_-FFE3iFauiiA/s2048/20210802_114750.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH5g8l-KFJ8jCL0DjAXYQ06oNd-C-LP3qXhuDBdZZTezzJUiqBowdbiZBD4QObr6HhyjqYq19R-FW6zwbu6otgl7wkhMHq1Yuesh4jLYcLox29am-Z34hkP0Z4R8j_tU_-FFE3iFauiiA/w640-h480/20210802_114750.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="background-color: white; color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Do you think they’ll make me</b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">a cup of coffee at No. 32 -</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">if I ask nicely -<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and let me use the loo?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Totton)</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZbbbslivtk6w24lTcZjfnx43Pum7iNmF1XhsoeSvnx8s519bcKhUfzsMe-scKBwvMAMasZM7brZPpGfhTA8-GsdKt3RK0gXDABA4051w6fH9ZAeRn4lj1Yf74I3LYWIg1L5X4lZz5Qx0/s2048/20210803_153731.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZbbbslivtk6w24lTcZjfnx43Pum7iNmF1XhsoeSvnx8s519bcKhUfzsMe-scKBwvMAMasZM7brZPpGfhTA8-GsdKt3RK0gXDABA4051w6fH9ZAeRn4lj1Yf74I3LYWIg1L5X4lZz5Qx0/w640-h480/20210803_153731.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><i><br /></i></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(248, 249, 250); line-height: 27pt; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><b><span lang="IT" style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Some
help here...<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(248, 249, 250); line-height: 27pt; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span lang="IT" style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I asked
the meaning <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(248, 249, 250); line-height: 27pt; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span lang="IT" style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of ‘Vaffanculo’<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(248, 249, 250); line-height: 27pt; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span lang="IT" style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and they told me to fuck off!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(248, 249, 250); line-height: 27pt; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span lang="IT" style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span><i style="background-color: transparent;">(Islington) </i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU8VdYd9E1W39RWXwVaM1SrExp5jFyec86rbg08s_tsaSzfLwruGRlLWt4kwT_D6O2TA67vEBT4WkG2rvwpHh0HF8iphaZR4IhYeM3l_FWXJn48v5JdA5srzc81j6EP9M5i_TBOSPlof0/s2048/20210818_105316+head+poem+imp.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU8VdYd9E1W39RWXwVaM1SrExp5jFyec86rbg08s_tsaSzfLwruGRlLWt4kwT_D6O2TA67vEBT4WkG2rvwpHh0HF8iphaZR4IhYeM3l_FWXJn48v5JdA5srzc81j6EP9M5i_TBOSPlof0/w640-h640/20210818_105316+head+poem+imp.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Head in mind
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I mind my head</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">hardly minding where I'm headed<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">provided the two stay close.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Islington) </i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEl7rzkcIcnnC39b9ngg2cQMfWo79P0A5j6t_CLI0-qH92GA3P3dN8Pn7Myj46DFJT1Gh1q_iCTYco5ULP7CCnUjmDc4WDi46bDz7bHvu_gl5wVZhhf9IarTAFfwWtCf4K26t_bimNgtE/s800/hydrangers+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEl7rzkcIcnnC39b9ngg2cQMfWo79P0A5j6t_CLI0-qH92GA3P3dN8Pn7Myj46DFJT1Gh1q_iCTYco5ULP7CCnUjmDc4WDi46bDz7bHvu_gl5wVZhhf9IarTAFfwWtCf4K26t_bimNgtE/w640-h426/hydrangers+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The Hydrangea
Cult</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is known to be ruthless:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">many a nasturtium has suffered<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and I’ve heard that even thistles aren’t safe...<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH2eN6wJTMZRRkwZKHmAnFE_tw-gvTNLNCCVyZiGWrOUCIVW3D7Q2XcNBE0cw8IvyWuAx0lToThXzMUU2TU9L6wqTLpRV-LuncI2Y5UCUE20O8c3ISrgZb7CfpEGo0W9TcOFTi4j7wnlo/s2048/20210803_072842+daisy+death+poem.jpg" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH2eN6wJTMZRRkwZKHmAnFE_tw-gvTNLNCCVyZiGWrOUCIVW3D7Q2XcNBE0cw8IvyWuAx0lToThXzMUU2TU9L6wqTLpRV-LuncI2Y5UCUE20O8c3ISrgZb7CfpEGo0W9TcOFTi4j7wnlo/w640-h480/20210803_072842+daisy+death+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Death to daisies!</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I'm not being
callous but realistic:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">death to all
flowers, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">all people,
all structures, all worlds… <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9zt6Kc1bCumPVwWPtmc68OgF0QmlAw6kpqw6qI8VSzHnbTQlsMWHY8TuANSoOqcriy1OQADUhQ1liuz74ngDfpB-PCZOZYXgdBDIZhkxhmCirASOvXbGHOsMy8nFd-s1h1DQ_tEJVtsU/s2048/20210803_073416+exclam+poem.jpg" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9zt6Kc1bCumPVwWPtmc68OgF0QmlAw6kpqw6qI8VSzHnbTQlsMWHY8TuANSoOqcriy1OQADUhQ1liuz74ngDfpB-PCZOZYXgdBDIZhkxhmCirASOvXbGHOsMy8nFd-s1h1DQ_tEJVtsU/w640-h640/20210803_073416+exclam+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Illiterate Ashurst?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I see that 19,
Dene Road</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">can't even
get <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">their exclamation
marks the right way up!!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfgpXOrBEl8GQwge6IXme7cFrGtA1Go4aFzRMry1hjfMt8xa8hbQF0KomA_mcnDzbTsF806WyfGwXYj8RLrpJJDdlcNY3k8JSUNL1UsJT-l5vXHmVZFA2-TNXKbKDkdBymu_3d-OQYBHI/s2048/20210803_072949+flowerpot+flower+poem+.jpg" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfgpXOrBEl8GQwge6IXme7cFrGtA1Go4aFzRMry1hjfMt8xa8hbQF0KomA_mcnDzbTsF806WyfGwXYj8RLrpJJDdlcNY3k8JSUNL1UsJT-l5vXHmVZFA2-TNXKbKDkdBymu_3d-OQYBHI/w640-h640/20210803_072949+flowerpot+flower+poem+.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The Flower Pot Flower</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">has some
potential for sustaining itself,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but I do
worry:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">how will it disseminate
its seeds?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxwpntzN5Bg-SJuGOngtcVSzbLXrCJl9ppMUtUQXh5We8fqzTdBvO8Q9B1CbdY343DEdWXifK7HMjVJGIT69sUxZohgmouYiSHbXMmRTTUvVppHP8S-DKD4DpkIPSTlsNg4PkpcMucHtg/s2048/20210807_105741+convenience+poem+.jpg" style="background-color: white; font-size: large; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxwpntzN5Bg-SJuGOngtcVSzbLXrCJl9ppMUtUQXh5We8fqzTdBvO8Q9B1CbdY343DEdWXifK7HMjVJGIT69sUxZohgmouYiSHbXMmRTTUvVppHP8S-DKD4DpkIPSTlsNg4PkpcMucHtg/w640-h480/20210807_105741+convenience+poem+.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The inconvenience</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of the absent convenience<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is nothing more than you'd expect –<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">a politer formulation of 'piss off!'<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Brokenhurst)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgstCyw7i-hBBfjNAI1Gry7Mi9eKqMj2fQTNnfjlNSYM7QSY3UyTDFMFv8UBQVIPN0rN2pVuoh8oR6fCIiAUaNG3jxu8QqAYJhWr4E_6mwp3mt1M0_umwFiIUqwRv1ihiSXoJoh8Ofnqxw/s2048/20210804_124115+turd+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgstCyw7i-hBBfjNAI1Gry7Mi9eKqMj2fQTNnfjlNSYM7QSY3UyTDFMFv8UBQVIPN0rN2pVuoh8oR6fCIiAUaNG3jxu8QqAYJhWr4E_6mwp3mt1M0_umwFiIUqwRv1ihiSXoJoh8Ofnqxw/w400-h400/20210804_124115+turd+poem.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p> <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Big for a sheep<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">small for a cow.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I’m feeling disgustingly<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">human today.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">If this seems an eccentric subject, you might wish to visit my source, @TweetYourTurd, which displays some 400 contributions from people proud of their poos.</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx_6_0K-58YRO53fYAee0DTSfhz5KcgIa1SQpwMrfvFvgSLNHRAToPUV03E_zAwHXyHu5xEg2k7nLiNX4rnGLANLlRltJtsxq5nhVARSRrEuC9xI5Xu3yb1vMe62-NXa7QLj-BTS2QyZ4/s2048/20210805_135603+hing+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2047" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx_6_0K-58YRO53fYAee0DTSfhz5KcgIa1SQpwMrfvFvgSLNHRAToPUV03E_zAwHXyHu5xEg2k7nLiNX4rnGLANLlRltJtsxq5nhVARSRrEuC9xI5Xu3yb1vMe62-NXa7QLj-BTS2QyZ4/w640-h640/20210805_135603+hing+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘I’d like a hing’</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I explained, ‘not
a standard ring or your tasteless bling,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but an ecial
hing as a special thing for my ecial one.’<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The sistant
looked otally blank. </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><i style="font-family: inherit;">(Wakefield)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHsPKRFLyFQ3rgBv_JU1gXNyvzKtmL0k85CH4w0FQtB9FtaeP5rHWYwAEDgHperIVkuR0P7lKObA2JIQSKVxeOxLVc5dHtlxNmtQSpPD4ZweYVesBunsaApA8gFBrHuM0C00bWLrR8_fs/s1939/20210808_170243+poem+wait+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1939" data-original-width="1806" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHsPKRFLyFQ3rgBv_JU1gXNyvzKtmL0k85CH4w0FQtB9FtaeP5rHWYwAEDgHperIVkuR0P7lKObA2JIQSKVxeOxLVc5dHtlxNmtQSpPD4ZweYVesBunsaApA8gFBrHuM0C00bWLrR8_fs/w596-h640/20210808_170243+poem+wait+.jpg" width="596" /></a><i><br /></i></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Six legs, two bags and a head<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">wait for a train. The legs and bags are
patient,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">knowing no better. The head, too,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">aware of how things go.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Waterloo Station, London)</span></i></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><i></i></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOuML5VIvqvYggMil2hRiJAPQ31wuUHo7uU1YA4lEqCpv3qugsjLaKlFSfaETy_ta3grdcMbKG8ZbOrEi2hiDOps5l1eE0CVJhpl-42aR05ZweM79weslQU3KpdUXyqdjtCBRa36X3eHk/s2048/20210625_190204+pave+posspoemcouncil.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOuML5VIvqvYggMil2hRiJAPQ31wuUHo7uU1YA4lEqCpv3qugsjLaKlFSfaETy_ta3grdcMbKG8ZbOrEi2hiDOps5l1eE0CVJhpl-42aR05ZweM79weslQU3KpdUXyqdjtCBRa36X3eHk/w640-h480/20210625_190204+pave+posspoemcouncil.jpg" width="640" /></a></i></div><i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></i><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">If you’re going to sue the Council<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">for falling on uneven paving,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I suggest you use this photo -<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">wherever, if at all, you may have fallen.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Mayfair, London)</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXvSPoIIFoa3HVeAt6IrgQysDOixECle7Of0Pm2H2Rscq-rt73ofFHMYAOH6iY_BMO5bdhgG0dSRmfNSwqY3pwsxSvgmNQ-yyDGv4Mi2EQpOxBpOwDLc98KbgIiaBptzjzQkEe5rOVNCk/s2048/20210804_144133+larkin+poss.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXvSPoIIFoa3HVeAt6IrgQysDOixECle7Of0Pm2H2Rscq-rt73ofFHMYAOH6iY_BMO5bdhgG0dSRmfNSwqY3pwsxSvgmNQ-yyDGv4Mi2EQpOxBpOwDLc98KbgIiaBptzjzQkEe5rOVNCk/w480-h640/20210804_144133+larkin+poss.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Shall I take a punt</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">on the slightly fenced existence<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of a local poet who had no enemies<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but whose friends disliked him?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>Philip Larkin</i></span><i style="background-color: transparent;">(1922–1985)</i><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">: ‘I have no enemies. But my friends don’t like me.’</i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Hull) </i></span></p><div><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEickKzUh4VAE2nLF2YJWsce_jROU1cRwQlCWj8LnkFCWRpt3m9RgpJ48kKLmvzrDMzO5Uctylm2-s2ElGTug8FvDMjR7dVFVtt_Nol8CPVfXxPAEJ8_jDO_gG4y_1xlIUA00hRVrsXlZ54/s2048/20210805_091436+buffers+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEickKzUh4VAE2nLF2YJWsce_jROU1cRwQlCWj8LnkFCWRpt3m9RgpJ48kKLmvzrDMzO5Uctylm2-s2ElGTug8FvDMjR7dVFVtt_Nol8CPVfXxPAEJ8_jDO_gG4y_1xlIUA00hRVrsXlZ54/w640-h480/20210805_091436+buffers+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Beyond here lies Hull<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">A fairly definitive end of the line,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">though the start for Larkin<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">late away and, since 1985, just late. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>The opening of ‘The Whitsun Weddings’ runs:<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i> ‘That Whitsun, I was
late getting away:<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i> Not till about<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>One-twenty on the sunlit Saturday<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Did my three-quarters-empty train pull out…’</i><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjgO9Z5N0zdYWd1Df-mnh5T6jgTqEUuFCgUBQMD6Gls-KzqHNsF9R1UpVwELe-90Yem5d1FyxLlodcbPcgCaIrUXGot-Sz3qsYSBrLWiZLt_PZ1ubzEaNV_v-lOf4V3Afx4_4PpqinMgg/s2048/20210805_071955+prospect+poem.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1537" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjgO9Z5N0zdYWd1Df-mnh5T6jgTqEUuFCgUBQMD6Gls-KzqHNsF9R1UpVwELe-90Yem5d1FyxLlodcbPcgCaIrUXGot-Sz3qsYSBrLWiZLt_PZ1ubzEaNV_v-lOf4V3Afx4_4PpqinMgg/w640-h480/20210805_071955+prospect+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Allow me to recommend<o:p></o:p></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the Prospect Shopping Centre.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It seems to lack just three things:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">shops, centrality and prospects.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #052312; font-family: inherit;">(Hull)</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></i></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqdoBQ5-q3tYlA6IxY-3jHCsBEcPv6MoyS8pZ809Y1L4Q4MENX39IcZsWSG5Sx1hCk1UmWhzNgfb4UrwzIgwjhrAgCuqhhZb0Vjr8uHlTMrawWxeora5iZwoBMjlomykouJzEYLz2XJJw/s2048/20210804_070145+rebel+poem+.jpg" style="background-color: white; font-size: large; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqdoBQ5-q3tYlA6IxY-3jHCsBEcPv6MoyS8pZ809Y1L4Q4MENX39IcZsWSG5Sx1hCk1UmWhzNgfb4UrwzIgwjhrAgCuqhhZb0Vjr8uHlTMrawWxeora5iZwoBMjlomykouJzEYLz2XJJw/w640-h480/20210804_070145+rebel+poem+.jpg" width="640" /></a></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Who doesn't love a
renegade?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Next up climate protest, migrant
rights</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and several legalisation campaigns.
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Or is it an unmarked police car?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Fitzrovia, London)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYcjRPmZOEepP8vE5075rpgFLCL4WuFnRbpWRTqvJV6VXOfGNw5SQ-qhDk_QOV_MxDqCx1rHtvqlFoyerVYBtpAEd2rMrX1w83dOCzkzJk15ka-53obdgmhgYr4dmysFlhHV-Uqkz8THk/s2048/20210807_110122+friends+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYcjRPmZOEepP8vE5075rpgFLCL4WuFnRbpWRTqvJV6VXOfGNw5SQ-qhDk_QOV_MxDqCx1rHtvqlFoyerVYBtpAEd2rMrX1w83dOCzkzJk15ka-53obdgmhgYr4dmysFlhHV-Uqkz8THk/w640-h480/20210807_110122+friends+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It's nice to imagine <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that flowers might be friends with me</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but I'm slightly surprised that even a geranium <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">would think to befriend a railway station. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i> </i></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Flowers provided by the Friends of Brockenhurst Railway Station)</i><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitIp5okSfE64MXlHqkepBrh9paHjaQnDzSnmtmDXv3UG3Kb2ARwPz2JwKT5IoDFKpSwCiRnuvtxHh7DjQmR1d8HNuiH-fieGvgX1QfmNAl-wqhL-IbwWCgMnw32ruj8-iOLmPaqz-LkSk/s2048/20210810_163817+poss+painted+lady+.jpg" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitIp5okSfE64MXlHqkepBrh9paHjaQnDzSnmtmDXv3UG3Kb2ARwPz2JwKT5IoDFKpSwCiRnuvtxHh7DjQmR1d8HNuiH-fieGvgX1QfmNAl-wqhL-IbwWCgMnw32ruj8-iOLmPaqz-LkSk/w480-h640/20210810_163817+poss+painted+lady+.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Painted Lady</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I wonder how many
photographers</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">have congratulated themselves on getting<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">an unusually good shot </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">of </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">a butterfly on
buddleia?</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Lyndhurst) </i></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIgKtx2LRs__vvAE4gzW0lBVVOcleHnSHWRgWgP-uM9rYec0YwKc_-rX28bIMOGQ_GytI13gx1JSXo7nUp_vEcswMfVGuILScRf89_cwITqCINmjj3mlUO-TJ6h6nV5eKnC2IZKPLxZV4/s2048/20210807_115609+sweet+pea+poss.jpg" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIgKtx2LRs__vvAE4gzW0lBVVOcleHnSHWRgWgP-uM9rYec0YwKc_-rX28bIMOGQ_GytI13gx1JSXo7nUp_vEcswMfVGuILScRf89_cwITqCINmjj3mlUO-TJ6h6nV5eKnC2IZKPLxZV4/w640-h480/20210807_115609+sweet+pea+poss.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>I've never seen a shorter journey</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">from the sweet pea to the sea... <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but I've never known a longer wait <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">for a line that took my first
thought somewhere else</span><span style="color: #222222;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i> </i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Bournemouth)</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5vpVd-5veegD7D4wQxDw4-3sGe6D2jUOI6LiuUoKBXMcWr-bw_v5l35w0bN-9-XquHKcV4MFEWVrqUgHGCtUaqjMo89ehC-EwsdEI1NWXE1liGyjDrsRqp8cqUJ4E1dIJFNtMTd0_IZ4/s2048/20210809_100318+water+poem+.jpg" style="font-size: large; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5vpVd-5veegD7D4wQxDw4-3sGe6D2jUOI6LiuUoKBXMcWr-bw_v5l35w0bN-9-XquHKcV4MFEWVrqUgHGCtUaqjMo89ehC-EwsdEI1NWXE1liGyjDrsRqp8cqUJ4E1dIJFNtMTd0_IZ4/w640-h480/20210809_100318+water+poem+.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>I’m sorry but </b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the lines were underwater, officer:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I assumed the prohibition <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">applied to the parking of boats<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Totton)</i><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRowtEYTE5L6g-eafRT5NL8iU8BWq978s0s0RKIQrK4JFUdE_IfsYcNFINtdmxOc2rmEKWoAeoBjJ-Nu2ACITXm5YPCvK5yRh_iM_KCZeng-7qramaMM3f-fVemiX7VgBZfr7j03mWg-k/s2048/20210805_140253+sweet+poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1537" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRowtEYTE5L6g-eafRT5NL8iU8BWq978s0s0RKIQrK4JFUdE_IfsYcNFINtdmxOc2rmEKWoAeoBjJ-Nu2ACITXm5YPCvK5yRh_iM_KCZeng-7qramaMM3f-fVemiX7VgBZfr7j03mWg-k/w640-h480/20210805_140253+sweet+poss.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Is she a sweet sensation?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Well, she
could be:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I’d like to
see her hairstyle rendered<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">pink and soft-ice
swirly.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><i>(Wakefield)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaHrZ8yDoh7M3S0iFjMHcoEdirnBRJ9exD0o-3ri0GpzMLGmNTSS9IRgczPBNzEUdBvQDMeW6QoiDbZjAWGFcUAdvoe9Y8we6bIsavT7mgm8dHgO_dDrXXxh8DkPCVWL2e7itt0poO5VY/s1769/20210810_170920+%25282%2529+lazy+poem+.jpg" style="background-color: white; font-size: large; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1327" data-original-width="1769" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaHrZ8yDoh7M3S0iFjMHcoEdirnBRJ9exD0o-3ri0GpzMLGmNTSS9IRgczPBNzEUdBvQDMeW6QoiDbZjAWGFcUAdvoe9Y8we6bIsavT7mgm8dHgO_dDrXXxh8DkPCVWL2e7itt0poO5VY/w640-h480/20210810_170920+%25282%2529+lazy+poem+.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The laziest horse<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I’ve ever seen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">has wheels as well as legs<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">yet still demands a lift.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Lyndhurst)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtzayQdzaZMz0JCPqKxU-IA5G2bXWqqC_OgbwiVXSfcSPyANOJYJmNq2KjHqVQN661008EIh2n0SPi-DEp_bOS67rwBh8HcpMx02PSGjIwmUyhIXCNCogBshZfKHB3_o_lGluSuhNnzQE/s861/20210812_172454_resized%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="861" data-original-width="861" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtzayQdzaZMz0JCPqKxU-IA5G2bXWqqC_OgbwiVXSfcSPyANOJYJmNq2KjHqVQN661008EIh2n0SPi-DEp_bOS67rwBh8HcpMx02PSGjIwmUyhIXCNCogBshZfKHB3_o_lGluSuhNnzQE/w640-h640/20210812_172454_resized%25281%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><i><br /></i></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">What is it about statues</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p><span style="font-family: inherit;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">that they cannot follow</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">a simple instruction<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">even when it's right beneath their nose?</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><i style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><span style="color: #222222;">(Portsmouth - the sculpture is </span><span style="background-color: #f7f7f8; color: #323248;">'Man and ball' by Giles Penny, in front of the Vulcan Building, Gunwharf Quays</span><span style="color: #222222;">)</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhANNU7AYFxyhcts6fFd98HEesf1fkAg5LueeqtkjU9x7ZANdzBuO4y0BEKyNPpogQMsVlkMIz-94UYdMKLQdsZW8LWO_cYeQlkQRpLx40y3zRKUU23Hp8l5jZNjTZMZ_cbzIKcgDWhdJY/s2048/20210813_130044+tree+poss+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2047" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhANNU7AYFxyhcts6fFd98HEesf1fkAg5LueeqtkjU9x7ZANdzBuO4y0BEKyNPpogQMsVlkMIz-94UYdMKLQdsZW8LWO_cYeQlkQRpLx40y3zRKUU23Hp8l5jZNjTZMZ_cbzIKcgDWhdJY/w640-h640/20210813_130044+tree+poss+.jpg" width="640" /></a></i></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></i></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The respectful tree<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">bows down to me.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I say no need - I liked it more<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">when you let yourself soar. </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ZGjFEXkT6lfvUxqz1b3VKG6VTFjT4X_iBP6pikJBcwSiVhIpVMW-EhzP9NOpyu5Ie1pNZo1-K_f8aUbC20JIML6k89qCPrNCbrYdOh8ok9gZB7pWnD8M2teC67aidfH1rVkVYztPW5s/s2048/20210814_114013.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1871" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ZGjFEXkT6lfvUxqz1b3VKG6VTFjT4X_iBP6pikJBcwSiVhIpVMW-EhzP9NOpyu5Ie1pNZo1-K_f8aUbC20JIML6k89qCPrNCbrYdOh8ok9gZB7pWnD8M2teC67aidfH1rVkVYztPW5s/w584-h640/20210814_114013.jpg" width="584" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Time is
all <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that time should be</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">when metal puts up enough resistance <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to make it worth the while.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><i>(Hove)</i></span><span style="background: white; color: #052312; font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-EqcyC_iJLkBYAno0SWJ_IEFdJuATMZ-z-eRRZ4YHvHV8SBFNk1vnI6MOVXBO6Lqr-bzw0BoQBmZLZvVNNCTLLSz_3Iz4aCRFzyMHC8K7e5l5YBpk0C7vnz1A0E2v7ZN8qMi0lzH9ySA/s2048/20210814_162112+chips.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1981" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-EqcyC_iJLkBYAno0SWJ_IEFdJuATMZ-z-eRRZ4YHvHV8SBFNk1vnI6MOVXBO6Lqr-bzw0BoQBmZLZvVNNCTLLSz_3Iz4aCRFzyMHC8K7e5l5YBpk0C7vnz1A0E2v7ZN8qMi0lzH9ySA/w620-h640/20210814_162112+chips.jpg" width="620" /></a></span></b></div><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><o:p></o:p></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">When chips eat chips</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">whether in Brussels or Brighton -<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">or Brentford or Brazil, if it comes to that -<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">there can only be one result.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Belgian chip shop, Brighton)</i></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCfUV_QL3s3IXW9kGFmJypD2368gbbf3n7HUh9ulXp99X7U7YrmykJHOPvh9OlrCSKCC6NZnMGJV1UaazhXqwYYCmZ1td0whh2r6GTcZqkLJ5xpeHa1zo7OUcz7lJ7L6N5R0AQ5oP9Q_o/s1435/20210816_125254+passion+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1435" data-original-width="1435" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCfUV_QL3s3IXW9kGFmJypD2368gbbf3n7HUh9ulXp99X7U7YrmykJHOPvh9OlrCSKCC6NZnMGJV1UaazhXqwYYCmZ1td0whh2r6GTcZqkLJ5xpeHa1zo7OUcz7lJ7L6N5R0AQ5oP9Q_o/w640-h640/20210816_125254+passion+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><i><br /></i></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">Ah! Wild
passion</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in amongst the brambles and the ferns.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Presumably just an escape from a neighbouring garden <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">or marriage.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="color: #202124;">Of course, the passion flower was not named for sexual attraction, but for the </span><span style="color: #202124;">suffering and death of Jesus</span><span style="color: #202124;">.</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="color: #202124;"><br /></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQHJn-4VquJVMuajsHMRBAbcKQm7HacNjT6q9XXBsCio2uJsYB6CFcwAJRTcxiQkgk4-cawSDT7EgFKI0TDqaESd9FBhoP78K2IdAxNueQnlNau3v-sHWEB4XyfDPO3uWtpbVsH1j7t2E/s2048/20210807_115744+passion+poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQHJn-4VquJVMuajsHMRBAbcKQm7HacNjT6q9XXBsCio2uJsYB6CFcwAJRTcxiQkgk4-cawSDT7EgFKI0TDqaESd9FBhoP78K2IdAxNueQnlNau3v-sHWEB4XyfDPO3uWtpbVsH1j7t2E/w480-h640/20210807_115744+passion+poss.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Passions in balance </b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">are the passions for me:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">from me to you,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">from you to me.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiikwKnX7FLDIu-bbG9vQIlzdf82yKgpSqT9P3cZRXfXFTjm2SV2nsEh35Uql96tyP9Vc_LAsWPDsUqLxNqJvvSwy-j_7N0wh0ufIJcJRYHjz2gYZwxeisP4VLo8eGnyLBpK6oqay74UJU/s2048/20210909_081410+shower+photo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiikwKnX7FLDIu-bbG9vQIlzdf82yKgpSqT9P3cZRXfXFTjm2SV2nsEh35Uql96tyP9Vc_LAsWPDsUqLxNqJvvSwy-j_7N0wh0ufIJcJRYHjz2gYZwxeisP4VLo8eGnyLBpK6oqay74UJU/w640-h480/20210909_081410+shower+photo.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Because</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">if you close the shower door <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">when you are outside the shower<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">you will not be able to enter the shower.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><i><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">(Passfield Hall, </span></span></i><i style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">student residence, </span></span></i><i><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">London)</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><i><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfd3iTV5PF-Q-LdyKH77Twyl5uuuC-Cb5kPzxKLp73rj3RZ7yc9BzdlWv3aTASVA6LsUjAt1gZQBKc9dxN3RLUYCXskYhTJ3aXAJp7JndQCcA13lt5jNCxGgsy22mHcdIroeQDyNzg-q8/s1802/20210819_121112+balls+poem.jpg" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1351" data-original-width="1802" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfd3iTV5PF-Q-LdyKH77Twyl5uuuC-Cb5kPzxKLp73rj3RZ7yc9BzdlWv3aTASVA6LsUjAt1gZQBKc9dxN3RLUYCXskYhTJ3aXAJp7JndQCcA13lt5jNCxGgsy22mHcdIroeQDyNzg-q8/w640-h480/20210819_121112+balls+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Purple balls<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Oh purple balls!</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Whatever did befall<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">your echium of cock? </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Spheres of artificial flowers for the garden seem to be on a run of popularity</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ppblFsZzKCgxy_26NIdi36PotleKgtNprN48YiZqsJifpWfiQlnI8Q-kkpc32AuyXw7J2DUR616W87Bc6fPEmcYsVad3RIpieCMto7u0JghvzVk5HgXD-fXwB_D6f_axx3_qWVMvAnc/s2048/20210902_162328+bacon+poem.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ppblFsZzKCgxy_26NIdi36PotleKgtNprN48YiZqsJifpWfiQlnI8Q-kkpc32AuyXw7J2DUR616W87Bc6fPEmcYsVad3RIpieCMto7u0JghvzVk5HgXD-fXwB_D6f_axx3_qWVMvAnc/w640-h640/20210902_162328+bacon+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #052312; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">I don’t</span></b><b><span style="color: #222222;"> do drugs and I don't eat mammals</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but there the problems end:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I don’t fuck any other class,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and can’t imagine drugs would take me there. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(The Breakfast Club, Canary Wharf, London) </i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>300</i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgefZw1bXPGWcJxaX4GSCOjXZzpE1aouk4Szmzq5BAcpxHeyBPJtaRu_XmhroJ8ShsFqfHi0vKcdediZ5Cnc3MVYYQJloFZClkfGBu-eoyrqfn1smsIr2Iudtgc3lJ9PduJfdn1okzwuNo/s2048/20210904_120131.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgefZw1bXPGWcJxaX4GSCOjXZzpE1aouk4Szmzq5BAcpxHeyBPJtaRu_XmhroJ8ShsFqfHi0vKcdediZ5Cnc3MVYYQJloFZClkfGBu-eoyrqfn1smsIr2Iudtgc3lJ9PduJfdn1okzwuNo/w480-h640/20210904_120131.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><br style="color: black;" /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">I’m not so sure </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">that what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger - </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">long covid, for example, or loss of a limb - </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">but can believe that tough conditions toughen.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjDd46dhQDR3meF3QyGiZiGkw6x1eHN14Dn1wLeaUrBtRTaER9USrLOV8v3GNp4cEvYMW-snONd4xLRXH-26EB3G3KVVviEQE2hSiC1lZkR_FwvT0uIkVEAx35cDCebFo65ecbINGilOU/s2048/ing+bin+poem+20210903_104112.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjDd46dhQDR3meF3QyGiZiGkw6x1eHN14Dn1wLeaUrBtRTaER9USrLOV8v3GNp4cEvYMW-snONd4xLRXH-26EB3G3KVVviEQE2hSiC1lZkR_FwvT0uIkVEAx35cDCebFo65ecbINGilOU/w640-h640/ing+bin+poem+20210903_104112.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I rather
think <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I tend to give a happy bin more rubbish -</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">which makes no sense: the chances are<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the happy are well fed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Bankside, London)</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCkIu3CrviDSNLerPM43b7foF5sJVy_6Oi1Rro55hsghRujXvR2OzT5sMQBlcOdihQJwsYcoQr-mHKACiXefuYiyBMR9WkC9h_1xbR5NuAYDr8viKRkHm3fWPxckGtvq6z8F4eNfCwkVQ/s2048/20210906_114656+roadworks+poem.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCkIu3CrviDSNLerPM43b7foF5sJVy_6Oi1Rro55hsghRujXvR2OzT5sMQBlcOdihQJwsYcoQr-mHKACiXefuYiyBMR9WkC9h_1xbR5NuAYDr8viKRkHm3fWPxckGtvq6z8F4eNfCwkVQ/w480-h640/20210906_114656+roadworks+poem.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">How many does it take to mend a road? <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">One to put the signs out,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">two to arrange the cones… <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">pretty soon there's no-one left to dig</span>.<span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Southampton)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbm7GnH0CHXYQaS1z__2KfpT00nbcn8FCSEolV970S8zjtijTkC-iB5hDaUzs6YVFYAMklK-YmKUlmZAqSFD7PDKkq6t-ytQRVIQQ3hs89JtYBUTRDHI-jmXSte9Q-_slu4UktHXe2hxQ/s2048/zharf+poem+20210902_174901.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbm7GnH0CHXYQaS1z__2KfpT00nbcn8FCSEolV970S8zjtijTkC-iB5hDaUzs6YVFYAMklK-YmKUlmZAqSFD7PDKkq6t-ytQRVIQQ3hs89JtYBUTRDHI-jmXSte9Q-_slu4UktHXe2hxQ/w480-h640/zharf+poem+20210902_174901.jpg" width="480" /></a><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Is there
hidden beauty here <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">or is this is no more</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">than an excuse to use the word: <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">zarf?</span><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">(Piccadilly, London)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF7MIhXnB1PTEJTloAvyUHO8Hr4dQdLWY93DiVhcj3mYhvgKPB2gnzX7EbnXo6eUG0dzD1iKB1nvoGErMK8RD1bcocazvFcDPSvgDpFkhDXuSIBSwkBavVeQKJRMipNEoNdlYUJoLXW1A/s2048/20210903_210124+exeter+poem+.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF7MIhXnB1PTEJTloAvyUHO8Hr4dQdLWY93DiVhcj3mYhvgKPB2gnzX7EbnXo6eUG0dzD1iKB1nvoGErMK8RD1bcocazvFcDPSvgDpFkhDXuSIBSwkBavVeQKJRMipNEoNdlYUJoLXW1A/w480-h640/20210903_210124+exeter+poem+.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Let Us Not Forget</span></span></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Certainly not.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">But how should we remember<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">who they were? <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Exeter College Chapel, Oxford)</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNlR6CtsVsN7lmHRn9ITCvXIHEafwuAqVZ_iSfzLhAYIoGzgvjHbg567w3SJ2t4eFnLgjI1f09QblgNlR2WzUgxQI37jxhDh7erRVbaJvpByNb-DZS8NwjJkwh93n7_pXeqhv7yjtCICA/s2048/20210901_121739+red+bull+poem+.jpg" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNlR6CtsVsN7lmHRn9ITCvXIHEafwuAqVZ_iSfzLhAYIoGzgvjHbg567w3SJ2t4eFnLgjI1f09QblgNlR2WzUgxQI37jxhDh7erRVbaJvpByNb-DZS8NwjJkwh93n7_pXeqhv7yjtCICA/w640-h480/20210901_121739+red+bull+poem+.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Whether
Red Bull speeds you up</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">must depend on the balance <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of drug versus drag <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and how well it mixes with petrol.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUHPeacigGCJASWpO7HD9IGdYXyD6tarNDPLw8stPNZvso8Z5HLyTBU9cdT77puTY-kJj4rcuLNHmnfrl1Pb5iDf-InTt7AIs3fvoCC8L7cqvfkdwhmiYMdNaRZQvd0sEcvcfVA21WD1A/s2048/20210903_055159+%25282%2529+night+poem+alt.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUHPeacigGCJASWpO7HD9IGdYXyD6tarNDPLw8stPNZvso8Z5HLyTBU9cdT77puTY-kJj4rcuLNHmnfrl1Pb5iDf-InTt7AIs3fvoCC8L7cqvfkdwhmiYMdNaRZQvd0sEcvcfVA21WD1A/w640-h640/20210903_055159+%25282%2529+night+poem+alt.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Six stars
in my sky</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is good.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I feel I could cope with astronomy, <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">could learn the constellations in a night.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Noticeboard with pins, Bankside
House student hall of residence, London)<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1woPR4t0YzeG_KUooj1f5YHvfCMnWi2xgpr5oJ5USJgv9WLa5m28mzXzP36XRya56ZgyJxNydqilF7ZkmolJc_yEUJFi1gs19g1RViZetaao-gpU_19XXteIhG9vkNv598slimR_Qjh8/s2048/20210827_183422+%25282%2529+dead+sv+poem.jpg" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1woPR4t0YzeG_KUooj1f5YHvfCMnWi2xgpr5oJ5USJgv9WLa5m28mzXzP36XRya56ZgyJxNydqilF7ZkmolJc_yEUJFi1gs19g1RViZetaao-gpU_19XXteIhG9vkNv598slimR_Qjh8/w640-h480/20210827_183422+%25282%2529+dead+sv+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">If the Stop Valve sign is dead<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">does that mean the valve itself</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">has met its fate, <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that the sign is now a tombstone, toppled? <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ16dwSHlvhQfG73Ejv0UkFid2H3jsWT9CJwVnCuzpzOJswedoDHQXM-o6k_wlDPjo0mEUoGw4XNY02mhcTMpt91TV-szI1VuujG6US6S1lekOwMWk6sLv0AHzmgOwGNKOiEx9ZPJ9KqE/s2048/20210901_182741+pansy+poem.jpg" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1893" data-original-width="2048" height="592" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ16dwSHlvhQfG73Ejv0UkFid2H3jsWT9CJwVnCuzpzOJswedoDHQXM-o6k_wlDPjo0mEUoGw4XNY02mhcTMpt91TV-szI1VuujG6US6S1lekOwMWk6sLv0AHzmgOwGNKOiEx9ZPJ9KqE/w640-h592/20210901_182741+pansy+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The pansies are friendly<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">They hope that you have a nice day.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">But their range is limited:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that’s all that they can say.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGUGITMvFqGy7HGM4VE1OidCRy_NK0d6kJ4Px-FaHdndp-GMveyS6yYE9DAa4v9YorENI5H1bw37xkIhsPIsiWhwy-M1o8rC5OjCtC1Y5xYjeqo43xDbA5iRlFrTnSgz0LMK5V58OhwL0/s2048/20210823_115104+gift+poem+.jpg" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1502" data-original-width="2048" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGUGITMvFqGy7HGM4VE1OidCRy_NK0d6kJ4Px-FaHdndp-GMveyS6yYE9DAa4v9YorENI5H1bw37xkIhsPIsiWhwy-M1o8rC5OjCtC1Y5xYjeqo43xDbA5iRlFrTnSgz0LMK5V58OhwL0/w640-h470/20210823_115104+gift+poem+.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I was going to get yo<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">something nice - and sexy too.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">B t yo birthday <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">caught me on the gift hop.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(The Adult Gift Shop, Shirley, Southampton)</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVXh10E-3hz9lG4fCB1vfhWFeBq3hL50Dc0FJvT3QVuTLYziZfO4-CCNOeG2bcMXJ3epQwmk6yza_WesI-PO9U18eaDXf7_lJ83vLDkWm5HKHlrCWXzQFy06Z9qIrDst4gpXIT4_v68ro/s2048/20210827_182811+come+down+poem+.jpg" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVXh10E-3hz9lG4fCB1vfhWFeBq3hL50Dc0FJvT3QVuTLYziZfO4-CCNOeG2bcMXJ3epQwmk6yza_WesI-PO9U18eaDXf7_lJ83vLDkWm5HKHlrCWXzQFy06Z9qIrDst4gpXIT4_v68ro/w640-h640/20210827_182811+come+down+poem+.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Come on down <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">you silly old bugger!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Or dare I hope it’s up? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I've kept this space warm long enough… <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-kj4zT6O3BsiQSVPEJBwuKl_MsKJuLMRGZOxQLfXXpG6JI6eSIjXHegwg8wimv_Upu0lvkPRVwogBFyadfqq_Jz20tNjq5poNwG9eNZFK3OdWkLj4hd4uGEztIDABSOmPnTUPjCYSnzA/s2048/20210830_125926+geranium+poem.jpg" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-kj4zT6O3BsiQSVPEJBwuKl_MsKJuLMRGZOxQLfXXpG6JI6eSIjXHegwg8wimv_Upu0lvkPRVwogBFyadfqq_Jz20tNjq5poNwG9eNZFK3OdWkLj4hd4uGEztIDABSOmPnTUPjCYSnzA/w640-h640/20210830_125926+geranium+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"></span></b></p><br /><b><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Geraniums die<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">from the inside out.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I wouldn’t like that to happen to me,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but I understand the chances are 50%.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMEQLz1GVgPtUBaaOemBL6LTPkUzFkpXZTXLe2B_yuuG3umhczr9QH2jaVqzVXZ2z1JxE4a1r7YPrKOGtN3jGTnAVaQJ3mnONjKpvCPRWvCiw3OT1XUE5dWGN8e3eOgksEHIGUSNo_xR8/s2048/20210822_123043+dand+poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMEQLz1GVgPtUBaaOemBL6LTPkUzFkpXZTXLe2B_yuuG3umhczr9QH2jaVqzVXZ2z1JxE4a1r7YPrKOGtN3jGTnAVaQJ3mnONjKpvCPRWvCiw3OT1XUE5dWGN8e3eOgksEHIGUSNo_xR8/w480-h640/20210822_123043+dand+poss.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></span></div><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Three o’clock by
dandy time<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">invites the question:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">do I get three wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">or three chances of the one wish coming true? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Many folklore superstitions are attached to
dandelions: perhaps the best known are that on blowing away the seeds, your
wish will be granted; and that if you blow until the seed is all blown away, the
dandelion clock tells you the time - an hour to a puff.</i></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglTEzWcqMICiYevggUlfgihjt2yX7Q7ivv4PMZ_QShzzXOXWkt6qAJu7TQQwO9Vm526Rbt5IV0aGWHayRpmjgCeRnu2EmEfrTX9Qm_z4bqHCsGBU-F0NBWvvWBsY-ru1WnLsj_kDHDv_A/s2048/20210904_174618+oxford+birds+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2047" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglTEzWcqMICiYevggUlfgihjt2yX7Q7ivv4PMZ_QShzzXOXWkt6qAJu7TQQwO9Vm526Rbt5IV0aGWHayRpmjgCeRnu2EmEfrTX9Qm_z4bqHCsGBU-F0NBWvvWBsY-ru1WnLsj_kDHDv_A/w400-h400/20210904_174618+oxford+birds+poem.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I'm not
sure <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">what the birds</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">eat around here <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but I hope I haven't eaten it too.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Oxford)</i></span></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgslZJ7hcfcauL5PS1xUtr5RxGJLyKUgl9tTB8Z-ZD73qu8cIB0i_DfrZYWW_ywgQKGh6Y7G3TXcNynm3ndLx9GaCJ1eNXK9cGcVvPuVmql8erdfiTLHiz0Xe36MDdqfpHOJMISGmzBcts/s719/Daisies_and_plantains_poem+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="719" data-original-width="539" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgslZJ7hcfcauL5PS1xUtr5RxGJLyKUgl9tTB8Z-ZD73qu8cIB0i_DfrZYWW_ywgQKGh6Y7G3TXcNynm3ndLx9GaCJ1eNXK9cGcVvPuVmql8erdfiTLHiz0Xe36MDdqfpHOJMISGmzBcts/w480-h640/Daisies_and_plantains_poem+.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I see you plantains!</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I won’t pretend I don’t –<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">waiting for the daisies<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to drop their skirts.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRDJsByHg_hdtHjRVJyHhOmbvNdKCicFY2MR2VNtaLedvwSvH-5DFfQhUVU_qaK5bTnkiKihbgQOMdus2X3xuXmsUyaY9jBMVU5fCL5MSZxyuqVRyZfQYhILKJJrVY65bGQkHTEwWF7hw/s2048/20210827_145535+pinks+poem.jpg" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRDJsByHg_hdtHjRVJyHhOmbvNdKCicFY2MR2VNtaLedvwSvH-5DFfQhUVU_qaK5bTnkiKihbgQOMdus2X3xuXmsUyaY9jBMVU5fCL5MSZxyuqVRyZfQYhILKJJrVY65bGQkHTEwWF7hw/w480-h640/20210827_145535+pinks+poem.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Pink kisses <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">sound a bit routine to me </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I wouldn't want brown <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but black or blue could both have their allure.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><i> </i></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>These are Dianthus caryophyllus, also known as ‘Pink Kisses’</i><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQdJea4DaVzfKCIQWp609bdSvXd5KGAwMfWMoDXhnS9yaGWjXMqY_GArjx9F-UzQAPUnIPWdlfHoiNP1rHwqB5M-OcpAB8kotGbWgRXoFN2gqU5OlXd6IulMbVg8XQejE0O-WbX3JOKjU/s390/row-prepared-long-sausages-small-260nw-1264484983.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="254" data-original-width="390" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQdJea4DaVzfKCIQWp609bdSvXd5KGAwMfWMoDXhnS9yaGWjXMqY_GArjx9F-UzQAPUnIPWdlfHoiNP1rHwqB5M-OcpAB8kotGbWgRXoFN2gqU5OlXd6IulMbVg8XQejE0O-WbX3JOKjU/w640-h416/row-prepared-long-sausages-small-260nw-1264484983.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Would the world be a better place<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Were every cock the same size,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">were worry removed<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">at the cost of surprise?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #052312; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtS69jOjclVcu4zrDb3lAoOJchyphenhyphenb01lJt6XURbF3t2x5RkIXRiNkaVh1f8UQd_15FX3qM1Y9bdQabIjkt9Y9oJNbLEogDm0q7miZ9Oak1uk18HE3l3y5JPU1oazyE-SAcEi_2G4wcjPZw/s2048/20210910_123714+cone+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtS69jOjclVcu4zrDb3lAoOJchyphenhyphenb01lJt6XURbF3t2x5RkIXRiNkaVh1f8UQd_15FX3qM1Y9bdQabIjkt9Y9oJNbLEogDm0q7miZ9Oak1uk18HE3l3y5JPU1oazyE-SAcEi_2G4wcjPZw/w640-h480/20210910_123714+cone+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">This cone is here to
say<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">NO LITTERING THE RIVER</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">NO PARKING</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> either,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">unless it's after six.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmOtz_QiUQ17jYxVRsveirWcXp0CnanxIFkaCfezXx0xdG8zyFmMT-zE7GkIJoSCEOvgCS6QELQRCbEyk5Xhkv1I71Mm_Fnvzt7ox_ytvUMUgdeHeWm0mp-YWnbMBl2HwFr0hHsRiRgXc/s2048/20210911_060515+sick+rose+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1641" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmOtz_QiUQ17jYxVRsveirWcXp0CnanxIFkaCfezXx0xdG8zyFmMT-zE7GkIJoSCEOvgCS6QELQRCbEyk5Xhkv1I71Mm_Fnvzt7ox_ytvUMUgdeHeWm0mp-YWnbMBl2HwFr0hHsRiRgXc/w512-h640/20210911_060515+sick+rose+poem.jpg" width="512" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Oh Rose</span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Thou art sick,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but ought to be happy as well as unhappy<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">for all of your vase-friends are dead.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj18I9BQ3M48GNDmyVvf_yhT6Y_1nLidTVR1pDozooo59cpjR7XmEzAMabgW3-_0gVEgzbNNJ3ONRmRYtMdaBzcZ9vWA4qrSk-mwsyQKEYBeAiaFsCMlden4ciNfxnPBH8Nsy0sEDY4rkI/s2048/20210912_114155+structure+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj18I9BQ3M48GNDmyVvf_yhT6Y_1nLidTVR1pDozooo59cpjR7XmEzAMabgW3-_0gVEgzbNNJ3ONRmRYtMdaBzcZ9vWA4qrSk-mwsyQKEYBeAiaFsCMlden4ciNfxnPBH8Nsy0sEDY4rkI/w640-h480/20210912_114155+structure+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Is it Tuesday today?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">We all need structure in our lives</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">but I'm not so sure I'd like to be <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">so utterly defined by it.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>(Totton)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0ZZQESJ5Ea1xMDGy-SQe0jfei4x0TLTNgQCklBK9NatW-Eo5Ptfrngr4gRBqYrcymol9Pxczl_zVODrTK9sBCc-pDpcbqRqJsAvme04_qmFWlGstvsrvFjn8Bwg5amFpReV_FnhQvyvs/s2047/20210914_154420+closure+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2047" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0ZZQESJ5Ea1xMDGy-SQe0jfei4x0TLTNgQCklBK9NatW-Eo5Ptfrngr4gRBqYrcymol9Pxczl_zVODrTK9sBCc-pDpcbqRqJsAvme04_qmFWlGstvsrvFjn8Bwg5amFpReV_FnhQvyvs/w640-h480/20210914_154420+closure+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">If you're driving</span></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">uʍop-ǝpısdn<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">we're
quite impressed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But you shouldn't be doing it here.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">(Dulwich, London)</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: justify;"><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKuTj8_iHY54knw0PDz2YXLp6yEM2_xSkqHhlJYcDUJvX4eGcmbOrOneE4XCME9-I8pBNLZU20mpxgEV6f3K9jJggEnWb-N2s2AJoanjIpSBc14BrjOE7dKELv-VF8d3QDAGBPplM9dko/s2048/20210912_113720+growth+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKuTj8_iHY54knw0PDz2YXLp6yEM2_xSkqHhlJYcDUJvX4eGcmbOrOneE4XCME9-I8pBNLZU20mpxgEV6f3K9jJggEnWb-N2s2AJoanjIpSBc14BrjOE7dKELv-VF8d3QDAGBPplM9dko/w480-h640/20210912_113720+growth+poem.jpg" width="480" /></a></i></div><i><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i><p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Can you throw
any light</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">on
just how much</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the
speed of growth accelerates</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">in
a hot, wet summer? </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">(Totton)</span></i></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBkMwzQz4WEV6XlvZeGlz0RkT3ZC06kWXGRFjHrPR0RXzjktsOB_6Af2NWYwKCazzJIPoDb3oUlu8h4n9CUujzCxSiN-Qgm9udXm7RWNxFgpXpxuPP2GiouVm0OLwlT7YT-74erSesFoQ/s2048/20210916_160004+lock+poem+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBkMwzQz4WEV6XlvZeGlz0RkT3ZC06kWXGRFjHrPR0RXzjktsOB_6Af2NWYwKCazzJIPoDb3oUlu8h4n9CUujzCxSiN-Qgm9udXm7RWNxFgpXpxuPP2GiouVm0OLwlT7YT-74erSesFoQ/w640-h480/20210916_160004+lock+poem+.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The gap between success and failure<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">can lie in the description.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Sticking to the former,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">this padlock has not been stolen.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Brighton)</i></span></p></div></div></div><br />
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgFu2m_EQ5lu3bbTtZ563ssGBNlgw2TXhQbBSr9yz3OdoAb1vPx_7F4prQ8EiISRcPiyX7i7y_cgvzMSIn2SgBbygdlxfoYRPYPdDYYvww-5UB6CzG7gzBbzojE50GhugkorY6L2LL6Ow/s778/firy+poem+Screenshot+2021-09-18+181113.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="511" data-original-width="778" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgFu2m_EQ5lu3bbTtZ563ssGBNlgw2TXhQbBSr9yz3OdoAb1vPx_7F4prQ8EiISRcPiyX7i7y_cgvzMSIn2SgBbygdlxfoYRPYPdDYYvww-5UB6CzG7gzBbzojE50GhugkorY6L2LL6Ow/w640-h420/firy+poem+Screenshot+2021-09-18+181113.jpg" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I didn’t believe <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in fairies</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">until the sun lit them up.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Now I don’t believe in the sun.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Brighton)</i><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAX58kXs-4UonxKfRjvAgT7K3wi5OpmiytTCgqkoSi5cdh7SU0TIvByz0X2Dv6qZ_YUIXahA4i8A6GHNvsHVNyXTH5rd7dyHU_BD8Yt1u7sQIHt8uZJvfn4u6ObuUdSfXEsH49n51gBpo/s2048/20210917_093631+gill+hill+poem+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAX58kXs-4UonxKfRjvAgT7K3wi5OpmiytTCgqkoSi5cdh7SU0TIvByz0X2Dv6qZ_YUIXahA4i8A6GHNvsHVNyXTH5rd7dyHU_BD8Yt1u7sQIHt8uZJvfn4u6ObuUdSfXEsH49n51gBpo/w480-h640/20210917_093631+gill+hill+poem+.jpg" width="480" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Running
up Gillsmans Hill <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">scourge of my teenage cycling self,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">sweet with chestnuts <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">but cruel as the years</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span><i style="color: #052312;">(St Leonards-on-Sea)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><i style="color: #052312;"><br /></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcyvX6IE3Txd934a4TqeV32Fes-utyShtlc7AuN50cpEauV4pHFTASHLuRsIYgWQuAQjfloTmICgue18pboPMzj-IYAmajjMQGVd4hgLdjg0vLwBR21v9_5eDQ-ngCeboGfP1r3V5BIJY/s2048/20210917_094200+death+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2047" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcyvX6IE3Txd934a4TqeV32Fes-utyShtlc7AuN50cpEauV4pHFTASHLuRsIYgWQuAQjfloTmICgue18pboPMzj-IYAmajjMQGVd4hgLdjg0vLwBR21v9_5eDQ-ngCeboGfP1r3V5BIJY/w640-h640/20210917_094200+death+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Death is no danger <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">more an immunity</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">against all the hazards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that can otherwise occur.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><i style="color: #052312;">(St Leonards-on-Sea)</i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5YPKWZZag7KCW8R6uzLIAVbJ8RUxSh2_tHYFt2Xj98KAJaWmoqgjJouCwj9iF__fDanLWFiv-L-fCl03wn7kT5sU7QtxSpGo33CiiaWPZU_9LB36nmzz1MQ3koapIQfNYPXQ0CFqKVQY/s2048/20210917_141052+crap+gold+poem+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2047" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5YPKWZZag7KCW8R6uzLIAVbJ8RUxSh2_tHYFt2Xj98KAJaWmoqgjJouCwj9iF__fDanLWFiv-L-fCl03wn7kT5sU7QtxSpGo33CiiaWPZU_9LB36nmzz1MQ3koapIQfNYPXQ0CFqKVQY/w640-h640/20210917_141052+crap+gold+poem+.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">‘I found these bracelets<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in the loft.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">They didn’t look good,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">so I thought I'd bring them in.’<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><i style="color: #052312; font-family: inherit;">(St Leonards-on-Sea)</i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">325</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqcw1Wc_BOUIhS0yhVIK7qCoZCDYahlACfRVdWnOQbeSnW3y_t9Wc5LpJUP1uKbhVEy1jkvMf5Jwz0tbr9jMXCQpSANh60Yjacb-jxzpsARyzFfwKc_D0PRqAhMdUdQZjaevDJ0siL2t0/s2048/20210915_133616+gladioli+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqcw1Wc_BOUIhS0yhVIK7qCoZCDYahlACfRVdWnOQbeSnW3y_t9Wc5LpJUP1uKbhVEy1jkvMf5Jwz0tbr9jMXCQpSANh60Yjacb-jxzpsARyzFfwKc_D0PRqAhMdUdQZjaevDJ0siL2t0/w480-h640/20210915_133616+gladioli+poem.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Ee aye</span></b><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">gladioli!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">So
much may be wrong with the world, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">but
ee aye these are right!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiancCD1WLEE4TxBOvA9M2UR8Mjxx6Dyu4JOpUOJgeoFuvxvyUBxvtJdkl7MZDGiCNHIiq1g_gpv2KqtTKWmhYAMPOzGo5rzgOnQ3iCYjWUxGk_bh34wLEoSD1xC0EC8AnIeFI8xq8Ml9g/s2048/20210914_132952+droplets+poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiancCD1WLEE4TxBOvA9M2UR8Mjxx6Dyu4JOpUOJgeoFuvxvyUBxvtJdkl7MZDGiCNHIiq1g_gpv2KqtTKWmhYAMPOzGo5rzgOnQ3iCYjWUxGk_bh34wLEoSD1xC0EC8AnIeFI8xq8Ml9g/w640-h480/20210914_132952+droplets+poss.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Isn’t it cute</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">how
the drips match the holes?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">All they require is a little more camber<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal">to flow into a union well beyond sex.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>(Dulwich, London)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvbqptF-_z4OMJZo5LBXeV99KOertb-u3YmNhNZJvsS8R41ZV3agigGJKXN9k_E37Ir872UGtR-3iVqcSW6RI-uzTZ69OS2eLIbH1AnJXriSz4D5sN21XsM6bcKjNrnMo9uZ4uW_OVd5g/s2048/20210920_151459+patient+poem+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvbqptF-_z4OMJZo5LBXeV99KOertb-u3YmNhNZJvsS8R41ZV3agigGJKXN9k_E37Ir872UGtR-3iVqcSW6RI-uzTZ69OS2eLIbH1AnJXriSz4D5sN21XsM6bcKjNrnMo9uZ4uW_OVd5g/w480-h640/20210920_151459+patient+poem+.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></i><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">All day it has been
waiting for me</span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">steadily, with fortitude.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Now I've come and, sad to say,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I do not need to go.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Dentist, Winchester)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVsAdvHCPjhJAPmlGi_RPK1unEtijNLhAqYbmIvTpUCEgQQ9Aw27HRSdbhDAGAdnkPpXAhe8MzECbxQqo3w5bubB-j-3OFzZOcNRy0Qd9sUEMlty8Ik_MWRhLjn6r9ZuHGhweAB0Ae5gI/s2048/20210920_150844+T+poem.jpg" style="font-style: italic; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVsAdvHCPjhJAPmlGi_RPK1unEtijNLhAqYbmIvTpUCEgQQ9Aw27HRSdbhDAGAdnkPpXAhe8MzECbxQqo3w5bubB-j-3OFzZOcNRy0Qd9sUEMlty8Ik_MWRhLjn6r9ZuHGhweAB0Ae5gI/w480-h640/20210920_150844+T+poem.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>Who is T?</i> I want to know<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">How come he hasn’t
washed today?</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">And why’s he waiting
here?<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">But T is not inclined to say.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><i>(Winchester)</i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8RAHyCUldGQs1TeERIb79sjDUTNDbHbmmf9PE5rJSc030-R0k6JpLN43kro287OelOymHo1hS5qqUeGasCZtVzm6uGfxP4HuHm46rgat6A5n9vdXFc2LEDIqI_L5OxIFQ0z4jmQ-sIEo/s2048/20210919_171021.jpg" style="font-style: italic; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8RAHyCUldGQs1TeERIb79sjDUTNDbHbmmf9PE5rJSc030-R0k6JpLN43kro287OelOymHo1hS5qqUeGasCZtVzm6uGfxP4HuHm46rgat6A5n9vdXFc2LEDIqI_L5OxIFQ0z4jmQ-sIEo/w480-h640/20210919_171021.jpg" width="480" /></a></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What's the prime role
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of this bi-functionally shaggy post?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Well, that looks more like an electric forcefield <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">than a probable path of light.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDeAndOz1nPgF77pAD_ERe3iYMBjf6YSMGht8yqR0QwsFlYcx8OfxlKdwV2oOqhtbdUntJsUG4L-x5TqXbnYjU3-VkK5563FrwVvoqvsLTBKg_Y81mbngorkxj9NG-bUQMQ-nFhZuw0gQ/s1591/20210923_181143+%25282%2529+lion+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1441" data-original-width="1591" height="580" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDeAndOz1nPgF77pAD_ERe3iYMBjf6YSMGht8yqR0QwsFlYcx8OfxlKdwV2oOqhtbdUntJsUG4L-x5TqXbnYjU3-VkK5563FrwVvoqvsLTBKg_Y81mbngorkxj9NG-bUQMQ-nFhZuw0gQ/w640-h580/20210923_181143+%25282%2529+lion+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></div><b><br /></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Lions don't need to
drink every day <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but they do need to eat.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">This one has just had a drink,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">so we’d better watch out. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Liverpool Street, London)</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
</div><p class="MsoNormal"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6lysK0QeHtEuueabs3NictO62nmnyUzxIS5KH_X6Fey98HbU9qXkTgpsbABcammxJ3t3K7re-bdk-pJ-Xu6m5uN3Lao8_Tco4Roy1IvF1QhNQ_Xka5nsRH6XP9ec6KMxUIMhoPNKMbTY/s2048/20210925_105941+flint+poem+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6lysK0QeHtEuueabs3NictO62nmnyUzxIS5KH_X6Fey98HbU9qXkTgpsbABcammxJ3t3K7re-bdk-pJ-Xu6m5uN3Lao8_Tco4Roy1IvF1QhNQ_Xka5nsRH6XP9ec6KMxUIMhoPNKMbTY/w480-h640/20210925_105941+flint+poem+.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Flint stones<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Meet the flint stones! </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">They're a page right out of<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">ecclesiastic history.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Norwich Cathedral - to the tune of the song)</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghrK0_a1aT5cfJlbqNdXR6Q-sah1RarDQcjOLw7CW8a9oxDKN-x2tqcQgGXGaBN0ZsyoOt6V1XAmRpRNhw49Sgf_pk3DZEtN57wvaveWaFMUNjmR4nh8I6KjinkUBh9XKOCdym0fnomKg/s2009/20210925_101511+prince+poem.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1929" data-original-width="2009" height="614" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghrK0_a1aT5cfJlbqNdXR6Q-sah1RarDQcjOLw7CW8a9oxDKN-x2tqcQgGXGaBN0ZsyoOt6V1XAmRpRNhw49Sgf_pk3DZEtN57wvaveWaFMUNjmR4nh8I6KjinkUBh9XKOCdym0fnomKg/w640-h614/20210925_101511+prince+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">How many <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of his faculties</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">will Charles still have<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">by the time he succeeds? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Prince of Wales pub, Norwich)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6QL8f3bZewPXpMTpZC2jyU08TVjFDK_3SDp-fRc3zYJ2tv44Se4YsnTpFefeKfKwkniS4aOMFPE3LqgFAZ-EKVE7x9Ia4Pqt2SGNq6IKsLTeW1GZLemmIu1WEdzGog45DEDoaRS07jLw/s2048/20210926_171808+eyes+poem.jpg" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6QL8f3bZewPXpMTpZC2jyU08TVjFDK_3SDp-fRc3zYJ2tv44Se4YsnTpFefeKfKwkniS4aOMFPE3LqgFAZ-EKVE7x9Ia4Pqt2SGNq6IKsLTeW1GZLemmIu1WEdzGog45DEDoaRS07jLw/w480-h640/20210926_171808+eyes+poem.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">If I were asked to play the sax<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">my eyes would probably pop</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in the manner of Alan Barnes’s -<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but should his?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Southwold - I suspect an intervention on the poster)</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCh2orkBcUTJloZyGZkKmDLdiXKTgEXi1Iz8n2QPewH8aKB8TOIm0oqg8gSt4rawvMB96dd7H3wRXfERp6gHkRW-NEMF6qHoiACoA2-ww5GN4FEA93yKfpd9p7NldQLE6BeU3yBzK8dF0/s2048/20210926_181341+long+poem.jpg" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCh2orkBcUTJloZyGZkKmDLdiXKTgEXi1Iz8n2QPewH8aKB8TOIm0oqg8gSt4rawvMB96dd7H3wRXfERp6gHkRW-NEMF6qHoiACoA2-ww5GN4FEA93yKfpd9p7NldQLE6BeU3yBzK8dF0/w480-h640/20210926_181341+long+poem.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">You have to be long<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #052312; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">longer, I suspect, than any local,</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to be too long<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to lie down in Lowestoft.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>(Oulton Broad North, Lowestoft)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7L9wuy9yhML1Rf0fsgFzyl1A7Lm3SFYUsPUulSVi04tyOIlzucTjPHfOhaEhmSRTXV8-i0bCUBFhzYhlpjuGrvOfA-v6jLuaBVOGJJaX-HpiiJDvNDxf4AdfH_U_RZvsjV8MlM5I3pHs/s2048/20210926_130426+baskets+poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7L9wuy9yhML1Rf0fsgFzyl1A7Lm3SFYUsPUulSVi04tyOIlzucTjPHfOhaEhmSRTXV8-i0bCUBFhzYhlpjuGrvOfA-v6jLuaBVOGJJaX-HpiiJDvNDxf4AdfH_U_RZvsjV8MlM5I3pHs/w640-h480/20210926_130426+baskets+poss.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><i><br /></i></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Due respect please</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">for the fully certificated silver medallists</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in the hanging basket championships<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">for all of Lowestoft, 2018!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><i>(The Wherry Hotel, Oulton Broad North, Lowestoft)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><i><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-qAhMY68765Qw8qFOu1QElrvbPZLWOwk9L4Z9jSi8CZsUwM0mYOAEnbcjTFXP99pyK7Oq9zBz0TyaAuId74C7iE_8sdskawMf3sEkE1OJiWUMvDboeNRqNzK_Y6bHEDs7fAXLw8FgDao/s2048/20210926_181138+gents+poem+.jpg" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-qAhMY68765Qw8qFOu1QElrvbPZLWOwk9L4Z9jSi8CZsUwM0mYOAEnbcjTFXP99pyK7Oq9zBz0TyaAuId74C7iE_8sdskawMf3sEkE1OJiWUMvDboeNRqNzK_Y6bHEDs7fAXLw8FgDao/w640-h480/20210926_181138+gents+poem+.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">I rushed
in w</span></b><span style="color: #222222;"><b>hen I
had no need</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">to go under thatch</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">only to find that <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the roofing made almost no difference.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><i><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><i>(Oulton Broad North, Lowestoft)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDNG9KVPHlbrvrTqfUj8Ttq5aLu4ygqDKlZBF6u0STljbBLqSKk0xiPNXvxG36Ea81xcaz2XCcOFpZXQfGMeYJlqWV-P3fft8K6a333oJizptIuIA0rqimtmuON-KMiAI9D7tID3ZnmGI/s2048/20210927_162428+dry+poem.jpg" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDNG9KVPHlbrvrTqfUj8Ttq5aLu4ygqDKlZBF6u0STljbBLqSKk0xiPNXvxG36Ea81xcaz2XCcOFpZXQfGMeYJlqWV-P3fft8K6a333oJizptIuIA0rqimtmuON-KMiAI9D7tID3ZnmGI/w640-h480/20210927_162428+dry+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I can’t decide<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Is this jetty optimistic,</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">given the lack of water?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Or pessimistic, given the need for lifebuoy?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Lowestoft)</i></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvuBrH30QXrvB59eLJ6YqUZzCnFnpReXk2wYbRHNvej76yJED-XZnoJzU489BpAvNdF1_L9g_8rMe41mhJs2DlytSHSEQuUJQrh-C3qnVXM-gVhSo8gnbjN9gEDoh1Nl9e6pZUVqzYBls/s1893/20211119_173705+op+use+alt+poem+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1253" data-original-width="1893" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvuBrH30QXrvB59eLJ6YqUZzCnFnpReXk2wYbRHNvej76yJED-XZnoJzU489BpAvNdF1_L9g_8rMe41mhJs2DlytSHSEQuUJQrh-C3qnVXM-gVhSo8gnbjN9gEDoh1Nl9e6pZUVqzYBls/w640-h424/20211119_173705+op+use+alt+poem+.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #222222;">So what
sort of use <i>is</i> it in? <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Aesthetic, obstructive,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #222222;">rhetorical, declamatory...</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #222222;">I suspect they're not uses at all.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><i>(Green Park underground station, London)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw7JlvUOMFKMnR7U5tulDf2yYkqRw8aK2DiJZNENsuFSmcTD35tA1THg4pF6rT7Lqgs8c3ich8j2-eZbQaqSOq75argLYsvDaT8t6HXw8UwdjnrorJ9obdbHWDwmdwGeF9crUbWayYVxc/s2048/20211005_124549.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw7JlvUOMFKMnR7U5tulDf2yYkqRw8aK2DiJZNENsuFSmcTD35tA1THg4pF6rT7Lqgs8c3ich8j2-eZbQaqSOq75argLYsvDaT8t6HXw8UwdjnrorJ9obdbHWDwmdwGeF9crUbWayYVxc/w640-h480/20211005_124549.jpg" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #222222;">On with
tradition</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;">I won't be the first to grasp this rail.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #222222;">Or to refuse to, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #222222;">clattering down without caution.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><i>(Regent's Park Tube Station)</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"> </span></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiisaUg7zOn4BL7Su7WX7Af2uxI-xz5twyCGdb4egTx9DT61SObIUsE9ZCDScUCZeHBI-xX3LfVHg0k7QtEJqovz4q_69IbJeF-BPK6Bk_mqPPxH0IqhpUvT9VGW1C60SFyBzt_1wf0sA/s2048/20211005_115104+foot.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiisaUg7zOn4BL7Su7WX7Af2uxI-xz5twyCGdb4egTx9DT61SObIUsE9ZCDScUCZeHBI-xX3LfVHg0k7QtEJqovz4q_69IbJeF-BPK6Bk_mqPPxH0IqhpUvT9VGW1C60SFyBzt_1wf0sA/w480-h640/20211005_115104+foot.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">This is how we pace the streets</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">by proxy <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">with an ap attached<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">to claim the steps as real.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><i>(Regent's Park, London)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><i><br /></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYrhsD_PmKCdf55Ycz5AQj1yvi1YVaUgHqh84WbgIgCApv1ugpXS-BDNMA7MjElZN4XdG-m1CXbSh5JEPl-2GF5JLbA26msWT7DOn0ussMGBf8cTgCgy5wfBI-YEHRLbjVDbvo3DHC7Eg/s2048/20211004_115525.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1537" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYrhsD_PmKCdf55Ycz5AQj1yvi1YVaUgHqh84WbgIgCApv1ugpXS-BDNMA7MjElZN4XdG-m1CXbSh5JEPl-2GF5JLbA26msWT7DOn0ussMGBf8cTgCgy5wfBI-YEHRLbjVDbvo3DHC7Eg/w480-h640/20211004_115525.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">You should see this
tree <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">when lightning strikes </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">and its pears light up <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">like a blaze of good ideas.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>(Totton)</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaOqrvRofJPTAny_I_Lc8-5iiL_qWtwouuauq6kzpgbRPESEyhgRxGToPsd0rXFzoVPRNLGWS2tEcfjOEXmsZIUv0DKFnqMHOAemoWIWuVgSRiMDbel69rrhTMKw-T2oA4_MfeB8mazFQ/s2048/20211008_133810.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaOqrvRofJPTAny_I_Lc8-5iiL_qWtwouuauq6kzpgbRPESEyhgRxGToPsd0rXFzoVPRNLGWS2tEcfjOEXmsZIUv0DKFnqMHOAemoWIWuVgSRiMDbel69rrhTMKw-T2oA4_MfeB8mazFQ/w640-h480/20211008_133810.jpg" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>I’ve been sleeping in
the garden<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The stars are both magnificent</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">and quiet. But I can’t say the same <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">of the late night passers-by.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>(Deptford)</i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #052312; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_3d2pY2gmuta7T-qE34t_2xr4RkHKDvUjxaabBPA45X5rLBCPMOfHOqRhZgT7qPAdmmJBU3WZM-0CLvgzTh1gAT5qkHzn0jJLcwXY_YhYfgqc9LnIcM8U0VLl-C9hZxR7X4eUVWa64hg/s2048/20210930_135742.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_3d2pY2gmuta7T-qE34t_2xr4RkHKDvUjxaabBPA45X5rLBCPMOfHOqRhZgT7qPAdmmJBU3WZM-0CLvgzTh1gAT5qkHzn0jJLcwXY_YhYfgqc9LnIcM8U0VLl-C9hZxR7X4eUVWa64hg/w640-h480/20210930_135742.jpg" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">What this poster says
is moot<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">other than that here’s a place</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">prominent enough to justify<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">both pasting and peeling. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><i>(New Cross, London) </i></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDYPyDt84aKjdcZVwzQQk6_QDPMpnrkPjyIQUPrjuAUYuwPKGe2axdI-qqtP7LoK-Iza4ZjVyT8JGdfDXQZo_-6EDf0VMJi-m9N-W_rz4F3JsJmqATOXC0WbjUXx0TXGFfEV8O7mJtCfw/s2048/20211002_171246.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDYPyDt84aKjdcZVwzQQk6_QDPMpnrkPjyIQUPrjuAUYuwPKGe2axdI-qqtP7LoK-Iza4ZjVyT8JGdfDXQZo_-6EDf0VMJi-m9N-W_rz4F3JsJmqATOXC0WbjUXx0TXGFfEV8O7mJtCfw/w640-h480/20211002_171246.jpg" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Proper rain requires
a gush<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">Umbrellas should be insufficient, nakedness</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">the only means to keep your clothing dry. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is proper rain.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #052312; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p><i> (Southampton)</i></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #052312; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p><i><br /></i></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #052312; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHnGssgRE8n36nYtN3rydvRzrsdQIgTHlUMmdSGKGYSIylZ6sa_a0JnWKLHS8uv7YrESuIqgF_gLFCdmNQsi3_O5ZRzteZN4axZllHNvLl7g1ptzTK3cG_QRrWMZ250mZ38EC4oPITz4g/s1616/20210930_140121.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1616" data-original-width="1616" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHnGssgRE8n36nYtN3rydvRzrsdQIgTHlUMmdSGKGYSIylZ6sa_a0JnWKLHS8uv7YrESuIqgF_gLFCdmNQsi3_O5ZRzteZN4axZllHNvLl7g1ptzTK3cG_QRrWMZ250mZ38EC4oPITz4g/w640-h640/20210930_140121.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Windows within, </span></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><b>windows without</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">windows between:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: medium; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I can't see a thing </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: medium;">but the means to see.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><i>(Hackney)</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #052312; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT_iWSR84TXA3EUGB42KIWfjZ9osa2_bgT291TU_rw2Q-7Y9t4tT5eQNU1ZHYb-507Li5ubSMK9gKQVGEV0tijpIEAtCr2YVgMgPZxCLwgzoxL7ylr8FqPpvD8kXAQt6k_uwvelz83v6g/s2048/20210929_200359+%25281%2529.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1706" data-original-width="2048" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT_iWSR84TXA3EUGB42KIWfjZ9osa2_bgT291TU_rw2Q-7Y9t4tT5eQNU1ZHYb-507Li5ubSMK9gKQVGEV0tijpIEAtCr2YVgMgPZxCLwgzoxL7ylr8FqPpvD8kXAQt6k_uwvelz83v6g/w640-h534/20210929_200359+%25281%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What I like <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">is how, </span><span style="color: #222222;">having gone to the trouble</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of making the purchase,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">he doesn't use a pillow.</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><i><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">(Jubilee Line)</span> </i></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBIqo1yoGJ86iyzIBFYBkQsSuFRuGSXbWpCXYavJ9wBk2kAxrj4HfgKFBHVnKarjHqVtLhuQ1v16KQ0XYne_5iPrRjuGFix5nP8OzZX65GfBN6uOm8WBgVK-QZwurcBsXLabqn_FtOEl0/s2048/20211010_121209.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBIqo1yoGJ86iyzIBFYBkQsSuFRuGSXbWpCXYavJ9wBk2kAxrj4HfgKFBHVnKarjHqVtLhuQ1v16KQ0XYne_5iPrRjuGFix5nP8OzZX65GfBN6uOm8WBgVK-QZwurcBsXLabqn_FtOEl0/w640-h640/20211010_121209.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><o:p><br /></o:p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">There’s always one<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">or maybe there isn’t:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">when all are the same<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">you notice none. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfiSGRjBqC3ks0CxiujyKFlEfdXgYOk1Chue0OaumaUhx1XKQZjYVZTLzGr5yh8JwMseOa6AGPbOC0imsgYiBJ7wUcT6HLFpxfivjHl9U5Eokf1tIj40F0mB9j2bszkd7GzHqh27efrco/s2048/20211016_173621+dance+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1978" data-original-width="2048" height="618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfiSGRjBqC3ks0CxiujyKFlEfdXgYOk1Chue0OaumaUhx1XKQZjYVZTLzGr5yh8JwMseOa6AGPbOC0imsgYiBJ7wUcT6HLFpxfivjHl9U5Eokf1tIj40F0mB9j2bszkd7GzHqh27efrco/w640-h618/20211016_173621+dance+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Dancing in the street</b></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">comes with the cachet <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of wild celebration <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but, now that I see it, it's stately. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Westminster)</i></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #052312; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZxR59ox1fZSez7hMANgtT1J7BCjbHEs1myUrGaOw5wpZM15mnXhb_qPbFfLmVZZtGEKBS3Rn2WgJ0hiKIxB2ubqTxX-Hi5gu0E2f_1syPLFYKgKcI-jHbkwPVvFXzsyJuuUvBAvxUpoQ/s2048/20211017_125550+%25282%2529+crime+poem+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1148" data-original-width="2048" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZxR59ox1fZSez7hMANgtT1J7BCjbHEs1myUrGaOw5wpZM15mnXhb_qPbFfLmVZZtGEKBS3Rn2WgJ0hiKIxB2ubqTxX-Hi5gu0E2f_1syPLFYKgKcI-jHbkwPVvFXzsyJuuUvBAvxUpoQ/w640-h358/20211017_125550+%25282%2529+crime+poem+.jpg" width="640" /></a><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">This is the building site
as crime scene <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Whether they break the Health & Safety rules</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">or murder the supervisor <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">all will be ready.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Totton)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJUi8faia2u1brNJlKsTpvFD1cl6xRZWNbBX5HQwMSMFMvrvmhFQbIA1PeMhhKU1NmXgfog4ujcj8FuCkOnR63XWfONu_MYS544-R0rI5W0sqEaAqmjZwfVNt7RS13SjOzPSszxdiNSqo/s652/berries+Screenshot+2021-10-19+220353.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="652" data-original-width="646" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJUi8faia2u1brNJlKsTpvFD1cl6xRZWNbBX5HQwMSMFMvrvmhFQbIA1PeMhhKU1NmXgfog4ujcj8FuCkOnR63XWfONu_MYS544-R0rI5W0sqEaAqmjZwfVNt7RS13SjOzPSszxdiNSqo/w634-h640/berries+Screenshot+2021-10-19+220353.jpg" width="634" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">As for wild berries<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I like them</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">without necessarily<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">wanting to eat them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggC7Djt1G09rsxD52MpwV52BKiyMGy7bVC4YxatY9wIRNdmiZUVqxbAag3FhMRwzYKrsmGnFY8Fh0Rx4hdn56QSPWT8UnGY1F6Uvn3LIrJyOmO2G9qp8fMpayHvgHoNhEg5JM20SiyJko/s2048/20211016_172045+poss+euston.jpg" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggC7Djt1G09rsxD52MpwV52BKiyMGy7bVC4YxatY9wIRNdmiZUVqxbAag3FhMRwzYKrsmGnFY8Fh0Rx4hdn56QSPWT8UnGY1F6Uvn3LIrJyOmO2G9qp8fMpayHvgHoNhEg5JM20SiyJko/w480-h640/20211016_172045+poss+euston.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I notice that Euston<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">has been rebuilt at vast expense</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to improve the flow of passengers…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and this is what's holding it up.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Euston Station, London)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">350</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh67SGQ3sUErjDkhM-dvyNt2VCZ_1x0WjuHvpTvNW-4u_Nlldjvuo_TYhUO96R4otPJvJItaWysU_2Tl4fb8YXTcqq4WR2iUFwfBGmAKrLfWWYfTsccVCE_gEvdlPAKi6Qbtqr0duCDlOQ/s2048/poss+car20211015_193804.jpg" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1689" data-original-width="2048" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh67SGQ3sUErjDkhM-dvyNt2VCZ_1x0WjuHvpTvNW-4u_Nlldjvuo_TYhUO96R4otPJvJItaWysU_2Tl4fb8YXTcqq4WR2iUFwfBGmAKrLfWWYfTsccVCE_gEvdlPAKi6Qbtqr0duCDlOQ/w640-h528/poss+car20211015_193804.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">We're I a maximally</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">flashy kind of chap<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">this would be my car<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">were I more than minimally flush.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(St Pancras, London)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiewuSI4Bo2O7mrMC8z6z_huS8TNpKU6wRzVJDYSZ0BdZHS9McHsgiXfDHT5j7PTgZc575eftme9EUz0tFG05te5jbfuAhMVqkMb6u7O0aIyFbEy0uhxhBgMYXP9jZlCu1gUL_P31PYEbY/s2048/20211011_141021+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1746" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiewuSI4Bo2O7mrMC8z6z_huS8TNpKU6wRzVJDYSZ0BdZHS9McHsgiXfDHT5j7PTgZc575eftme9EUz0tFG05te5jbfuAhMVqkMb6u7O0aIyFbEy0uhxhBgMYXP9jZlCu1gUL_P31PYEbY/w546-h640/20211011_141021+poem.jpg" width="546" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">How fresh is fresh</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in the case of this pasta?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I’m allowing myself sufficient doubt <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">not to enter.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #052312; font-family: inherit;"><i>(near Bond Street, London)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0xT6C-XzK8catlxkGR8LTRUasX7J-7MwYGnrcPIE66FFF22AfVBoLb_ShumxkBOz5FdGTvwSxTORk1SpKBRnKaNIk3IcVdHt_uIPYNf-vZrKzKAKbSd1QPN-nEGT1RJLBHAgbq8-rHIo/s2048/20211011_154157+poem.jpg" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0xT6C-XzK8catlxkGR8LTRUasX7J-7MwYGnrcPIE66FFF22AfVBoLb_ShumxkBOz5FdGTvwSxTORk1SpKBRnKaNIk3IcVdHt_uIPYNf-vZrKzKAKbSd1QPN-nEGT1RJLBHAgbq8-rHIo/w640-h640/20211011_154157+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><br /></span></b></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #052312;">This unlucky octopus, </span></b><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><b>I thought </b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is not only stranded,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but has dropped an eye!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Then I saw it was an incidental light…<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">(Mayfair, London)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQqE70GgzrIz7ODxWFwxqIhzgU1gGSAHBXxb-KhYOk7MI2-XEjQUvIuEVZfzqxD5FOlczjSIz8Qm-ZUfHb3gElUwajpZ8eGSWYwP38CmLbuyJpk6No2GqqrJrDnDq-c9NiFR6aj3v18WA/s2048/20211012_064621+poem.jpg" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQqE70GgzrIz7ODxWFwxqIhzgU1gGSAHBXxb-KhYOk7MI2-XEjQUvIuEVZfzqxD5FOlczjSIz8Qm-ZUfHb3gElUwajpZ8eGSWYwP38CmLbuyJpk6No2GqqrJrDnDq-c9NiFR6aj3v18WA/w480-h640/20211012_064621+poem.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Either <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">the new decoration is</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> a loving
recreation of the previous look</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">o<span style="color: #222222;">r the opportunity offered by lockdown <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">has not been fully grasped.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(County Hotel,Euston,London)</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #052312; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #052312; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXkFgd5N8TKSjDmzlTXmGeUGssRuqQV4lq2HAQggqWrJey21WT6fKMgkPmuhbWknn8Bk_46pgu_fNKbuVNeEWOy268S-MvJRg8wBruTQbmX2FmsRtjPascXXxr7DQILItRk0qNFTtmdEE/s1572/20211021_052039+foot+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1572" data-original-width="1572" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXkFgd5N8TKSjDmzlTXmGeUGssRuqQV4lq2HAQggqWrJey21WT6fKMgkPmuhbWknn8Bk_46pgu_fNKbuVNeEWOy268S-MvJRg8wBruTQbmX2FmsRtjPascXXxr7DQILItRk0qNFTtmdEE/w640-h640/20211021_052039+foot+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #052312; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"> </span><b style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #052312;">Holding my foot</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I wonder why I’m not better</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">at gripping with my toes<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and walking on my hands.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="background: white; color: #052312; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3O4oKVAllkbIAxuxn-HMXYiIK_IFXntvoF6ARN1SbFoknijqPkgvbN_eSWvIJBZRHaSzvhwx3DwFkoNzmRSqBTM4JBvBaJy5J_XD7fDNg2_9l4zx3Da8l_0f2AGkyaZhSBHXJeZASEx8/s2048/20211020_152115%25280%2529+wash+poem+.jpg" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2047" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3O4oKVAllkbIAxuxn-HMXYiIK_IFXntvoF6ARN1SbFoknijqPkgvbN_eSWvIJBZRHaSzvhwx3DwFkoNzmRSqBTM4JBvBaJy5J_XD7fDNg2_9l4zx3Da8l_0f2AGkyaZhSBHXJeZASEx8/w640-h640/20211020_152115%25280%2529+wash+poem+.jpg" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The
pavements round here<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">aren't clean enough </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to classify the washing machine<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">as anything other than litter.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(King's Cross, London)</i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtsR7hNwflkqnqeg-oWKN9ivTuMAZDpHgRXY3NnKcr981oWFjK2yd-GW97Pu5CkrAwXy0h9vT6M7OzBC8NKnvsjCUmGo7wcn5S8bqIocvuWjKQCvMDpipT9vb58iRc5uoS36lwacxNx44/s2048/20211022_102940+legs+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1626" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtsR7hNwflkqnqeg-oWKN9ivTuMAZDpHgRXY3NnKcr981oWFjK2yd-GW97Pu5CkrAwXy0h9vT6M7OzBC8NKnvsjCUmGo7wcn5S8bqIocvuWjKQCvMDpipT9vb58iRc5uoS36lwacxNx44/w508-h640/20211022_102940+legs+poem.jpg" width="508" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The
hunt is on <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">for a woman who staggered </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">- pretty much legless -<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">out of The Black Phoenix, late last night.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">(Southampton)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY894fIm1NCv1cdllgPaCr4EYTlIAUwX_XfKUHLZMNVcdOsBDqr47rWIQm9u6o1DBx9fSeQnbXKq7r9ZCHyx6gnrHuzlmw1_wZ2Bgp42ntEiyFEUnRuAv57mivqajbfAZDhZWcO2KDFBk/s2048/20211024_125147+bum+poem+.jpg" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1953" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY894fIm1NCv1cdllgPaCr4EYTlIAUwX_XfKUHLZMNVcdOsBDqr47rWIQm9u6o1DBx9fSeQnbXKq7r9ZCHyx6gnrHuzlmw1_wZ2Bgp42ntEiyFEUnRuAv57mivqajbfAZDhZWcO2KDFBk/w610-h640/20211024_125147+bum+poem+.jpg" width="610" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">A bare bum</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in
the garden!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What
will - or did - the neighbours say <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to
the classical defence?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFedrYahGrOHpykDfTKEYjhrUim9G2yFo-z3-S2hg1x5v2u5jVacYmwyAeai5v3VB9SoHp9W0yVQeAwkU8eu7QwLS23jodql9t7CQnrXQlXnHUH7ReO0ASIsW9eIUkSjCajHTTGBrovU0/s2048/20211023_121754+poem+autumn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1648" data-original-width="2048" height="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFedrYahGrOHpykDfTKEYjhrUim9G2yFo-z3-S2hg1x5v2u5jVacYmwyAeai5v3VB9SoHp9W0yVQeAwkU8eu7QwLS23jodql9t7CQnrXQlXnHUH7ReO0ASIsW9eIUkSjCajHTTGBrovU0/w640-h516/20211023_121754+poem+autumn.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">When leaf meets stone as stone meets wire<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">we start to think the year</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">will turn like the trees <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: medium;">and maybe return the better.</span></span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpb3nplz-lUalIGDYMNvZltwzvNmHhub2bf34oMmMgLsqeAAzBLb8M45x653sqneDH_J6JHnVEKv2CDCVuk1LaUBvcZKoP3_58Ng82xQd1QsVH6GclldTqhPAUV8nPPVsE1zkoz1HzafM/s2048/20211031_081356+poem+bums.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1531" data-original-width="2048" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpb3nplz-lUalIGDYMNvZltwzvNmHhub2bf34oMmMgLsqeAAzBLb8M45x653sqneDH_J6JHnVEKv2CDCVuk1LaUBvcZKoP3_58Ng82xQd1QsVH6GclldTqhPAUV8nPPVsE1zkoz1HzafM/w640-h478/20211031_081356+poem+bums.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Bare bums<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">in the garden!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">What will - or did - the neighbours say<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">to the Photoshop defence?</span></p></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2whydOEDV5Re46ENrT-aVW3R5vtSFEOOhZfxPCpyWxwO8apSibrmf1qsfoY-6E4me0BeQPyQ8jNuQaEEhAc13373ewuMkGHtgmExhAUID76hrAsnPm4JV3Mk0m7mZPW1qeMbjpUNf46k/s2048/20211024_124936+gardening+poem+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1922" data-original-width="2048" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2whydOEDV5Re46ENrT-aVW3R5vtSFEOOhZfxPCpyWxwO8apSibrmf1qsfoY-6E4me0BeQPyQ8jNuQaEEhAc13373ewuMkGHtgmExhAUID76hrAsnPm4JV3Mk0m7mZPW1qeMbjpUNf46k/w640-h600/20211024_124936+gardening+poem+.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #052312;">Tell you what</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;">‘You do the cooking,
I’ll do</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;">the gardening. You can
help me out</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-size: medium;">if it gets too much.’</span></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd4Sln7cRYozW8OQI2eNrlLJtJ9RwcD4rffQsM0l5e2gMwcsAauobB0QwOoa-9XKc0B9Bp425LrZE6ZTSUbPAaYVoCboh_DUpwUhIDww0iHwzpZhpLyPYG1TtnT9lWT-XhVzXqHAU_glA/s2048/20211024_125556+autumn+poem+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd4Sln7cRYozW8OQI2eNrlLJtJ9RwcD4rffQsM0l5e2gMwcsAauobB0QwOoa-9XKc0B9Bp425LrZE6ZTSUbPAaYVoCboh_DUpwUhIDww0iHwzpZhpLyPYG1TtnT9lWT-XhVzXqHAU_glA/w640-h640/20211024_125556+autumn+poem+.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">There’s nothing new<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">To say about the seasons.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I like them. I hope<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that they continue to exist.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtowsJB5MjCbj59Lz3VN-Kaug-3NstDUszNBFYacegSKgz4XUZxZ52IXp5tYQTViY7eNEr5qJTPX0O9Ir54hM60NQl6cPPUEBJm9SqjS0BCfEDo_L8Nzyw8HQCIt98NKL6auyY7BMFjQ8/s2048/20211028_101200+poem+theft.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtowsJB5MjCbj59Lz3VN-Kaug-3NstDUszNBFYacegSKgz4XUZxZ52IXp5tYQTViY7eNEr5qJTPX0O9Ir54hM60NQl6cPPUEBJm9SqjS0BCfEDo_L8Nzyw8HQCIt98NKL6auyY7BMFjQ8/w480-h640/20211028_101200+poem+theft.jpg" width="480" /></a><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8pt;"><b><span style="color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Noone is stealing this lamppost<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Which is as it should be,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">for ‘noone’ and ‘lamppost’ <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">are somehow related as words. </span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="color: #202122;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">(Brighton)</span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh77nf1kV9z0tOW-G-22V2NKU3KVcjpLe-0lOqft73l8H2diiQT1ilNzB3xkjnllq0v8clJZh0qWGbe66tvr7_x-M3jdjmPogYBTLCBUAn_vaHzuC5Kp3nWyBvd7m36SY6BDNjLfi5UMyM/s2048/20211017_130316+poss+cat+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh77nf1kV9z0tOW-G-22V2NKU3KVcjpLe-0lOqft73l8H2diiQT1ilNzB3xkjnllq0v8clJZh0qWGbe66tvr7_x-M3jdjmPogYBTLCBUAn_vaHzuC5Kp3nWyBvd7m36SY6BDNjLfi5UMyM/w480-h640/20211017_130316+poss+cat+.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The autumn cat</span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is self-effacing.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">He stays at home in other seasons,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">wishing for different fur.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Totton)</i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0NaubVZDkYC3PVDFmMdJql5SUjY09joEVU4qFPGB36Wel-Zd27Scl9nSVn2-dPIrhhZLt4Q6aJ3pBitoNDZdpEf808V-8h32mqlDyqi9CMzyPR2G34kUr80K3vPzKd2QVRyEiDlOUU-4/s2048/20211102_120508+horse+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0NaubVZDkYC3PVDFmMdJql5SUjY09joEVU4qFPGB36Wel-Zd27Scl9nSVn2-dPIrhhZLt4Q6aJ3pBitoNDZdpEf808V-8h32mqlDyqi9CMzyPR2G34kUr80K3vPzKd2QVRyEiDlOUU-4/w640-h480/20211102_120508+horse+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">A diet of grass?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Horses seem to relish it</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">all day long through every day,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">a lesson for us all.</span><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYAwA-VUqduuyGeVT8r4xKoaR4AWdmhiaK9iyny-eoTwTxXDYiTSxiC4lhyphenhyphenCTtZ1R3HSIuVpPEuszXhUtr9QajgcvJwhJC2NIdTl-EjcYMfHRnpcy25EAExd5zAhRYXceHeTD9SAQiYBo/s2048/20211102_120652+horse+poem+.jpg" style="background-color: white; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYAwA-VUqduuyGeVT8r4xKoaR4AWdmhiaK9iyny-eoTwTxXDYiTSxiC4lhyphenhyphenCTtZ1R3HSIuVpPEuszXhUtr9QajgcvJwhJC2NIdTl-EjcYMfHRnpcy25EAExd5zAhRYXceHeTD9SAQiYBo/w640-h480/20211102_120652+horse+poem+.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">A diet of grass?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #052312; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Horses hate it too, I think.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">But needs must,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and you don’t hear them complain.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm2pcA2929bH4LhVMhf3id-y8pV6TTEXxSOIZr1tzNFuk7mB1fymgQOfX6BFhzZ17Wlq0jjxWV82fA3ammzFFAeoLGljTq7KHoSr-xqO7InH6Wx1SUlWIA8TEiqge2Q19jnLykg-XdZps/s2048/20211101_123443+ghost+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm2pcA2929bH4LhVMhf3id-y8pV6TTEXxSOIZr1tzNFuk7mB1fymgQOfX6BFhzZ17Wlq0jjxWV82fA3ammzFFAeoLGljTq7KHoSr-xqO7InH6Wx1SUlWIA8TEiqge2Q19jnLykg-XdZps/w480-h640/20211101_123443+ghost+poem.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">November 1st<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">brings the remains of a Halloween ghost,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">evidently buffeted by overnight wind <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the way a ghost ought surely not to be.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOdY7qmPdqoQwN5pjE3yXsnECklQJKu03Dyu_NKsqyHt_fuCTS-gVxgdDLn_hTfHf4-OI1rI9qvoGTEEQIB_7b1cPmtmCDGi2yB2pCKS7EWCsgGIMDpSRkSv-oCXVtSWQ3CcL8ADkLUOU/s2048/20211107_144203+pumpkin+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOdY7qmPdqoQwN5pjE3yXsnECklQJKu03Dyu_NKsqyHt_fuCTS-gVxgdDLn_hTfHf4-OI1rI9qvoGTEEQIB_7b1cPmtmCDGi2yB2pCKS7EWCsgGIMDpSRkSv-oCXVtSWQ3CcL8ADkLUOU/w640-h640/20211107_144203+pumpkin+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What’s eating you<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">then,<b> </b>pumpkin-face? The way that Halloween<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is now American in Britain<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and yet they won’t give us a trade deal?</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitrJ1Fp-jy5uuubO8JkRoiRjINcYntbYyAVMMKOmqWOIaLoQLv7j9ZDfsJ1irXxj8VBKdQSBcbAZ6Mrm0N69K378xe1Qwrt6VS80XPTp9-pgs3OjA7fDlJ_xqDEMlo2E7LVy0x74nLZw4/s2048/20211101_123629+pizza+poem+.jpg" style="background-color: white; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitrJ1Fp-jy5uuubO8JkRoiRjINcYntbYyAVMMKOmqWOIaLoQLv7j9ZDfsJ1irXxj8VBKdQSBcbAZ6Mrm0N69K378xe1Qwrt6VS80XPTp9-pgs3OjA7fDlJ_xqDEMlo2E7LVy0x74nLZw4/w480-h640/20211101_123629+pizza+poem+.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I've taken a slice <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">of the </span><span style="background: white; color: #202124; font-family: inherit;">margherita </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">with extra
funghi -</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">so much extra<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I could
hardly taste the base. </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixZCrIB69b2caDqfqMWvJWeW6inOugYNCC9IBCL09XLH-b7TIMHz-GSHKoqH8Zf1gQb0m2pDwMb9BgC7su40IknxDRxtStmC61jrV8rsAbLx9MJbgzyECeD0ZGl3trPEya7meuUydMuwQ/s621/still+poem+Screenshot+2021-11-05+065211.jpg" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="364" data-original-width="621" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixZCrIB69b2caDqfqMWvJWeW6inOugYNCC9IBCL09XLH-b7TIMHz-GSHKoqH8Zf1gQb0m2pDwMb9BgC7su40IknxDRxtStmC61jrV8rsAbLx9MJbgzyECeD0ZGl3trPEya7meuUydMuwQ/w640-h376/still+poem+Screenshot+2021-11-05+065211.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">All of a tremble<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in evening wind<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I caught this bindweed out<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in a moment of still.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(South Bermondsey)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXMRXYLONYgC94k0zZimM-58-luLczxikFm8hacdINfKCVP42jZk3htjXEDl2Qc4DCuxQK89gLOuw64HRR48j8KFz_0-keUxYEIuH_MYUmmCSzxl6vQKDJA3XS0B0sd6atCjpHAxZGup8/s2048/20211103_163947+convenience+poem+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXMRXYLONYgC94k0zZimM-58-luLczxikFm8hacdINfKCVP42jZk3htjXEDl2Qc4DCuxQK89gLOuw64HRR48j8KFz_0-keUxYEIuH_MYUmmCSzxl6vQKDJA3XS0B0sd6atCjpHAxZGup8/w480-h640/20211103_163947+convenience+poem+.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /> </span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Should you find
you're desperate <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">and not inclined to prudishness,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">this may be rather public <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">but it is a convenience.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>(South Bermondsey)</i><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #052312; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #052312; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjptulqbYq0Tp5l99r8yiOU_hNUe0WaMn7E5DiJODFINRTbefED3wU1FqkrIhUXEaVPqUQoIVbVUNVsImqoJcA6oPC85TEfwMqD02KGJjrxPk9mG191TjIwNTd-CVjzn1ir-15Ek5YjHbA/s688/texture+poem+Screenshot+2021-11-05+065124.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="688" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjptulqbYq0Tp5l99r8yiOU_hNUe0WaMn7E5DiJODFINRTbefED3wU1FqkrIhUXEaVPqUQoIVbVUNVsImqoJcA6oPC85TEfwMqD02KGJjrxPk9mG191TjIwNTd-CVjzn1ir-15Ek5YjHbA/w640-h640/texture+poem+Screenshot+2021-11-05+065124.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Textures <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">can be anything and everything <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">with the possible exception of nothing -</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">though I'm happy to discuss...<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(South Bermondsey)</i></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxfUKMyHsns5VPt6NOif0ie2cn6sH1ibNbtG7Qi86vKPLPv_D1WfeI7Gougd4TuiVQA1vyrveo3LDas8KakhIDFfDgUAGnDrL5zX3wW9ruJ-TB-OmhTDK4xDqQ190mpYOz9i0uIiiTrYY/s2048/20211103_135612+poss+trick.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxfUKMyHsns5VPt6NOif0ie2cn6sH1ibNbtG7Qi86vKPLPv_D1WfeI7Gougd4TuiVQA1vyrveo3LDas8KakhIDFfDgUAGnDrL5zX3wW9ruJ-TB-OmhTDK4xDqQ190mpYOz9i0uIiiTrYY/w480-h640/20211103_135612+poss+trick.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"> </span></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It’s quite a trick<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">cycling down the top of a railing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">But relax!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">He’s almost made it…<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Woolwich, London)</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKi_JtDqrh3HfXeMQU_xFUcsV7gjYdlEr1XUYZEDrjIVjZlMP0OEPIJMsTn_qgn5-8XMbUUBdYEVyLTOQbSp06Z-DA3gX5ih_j4CTqfkgPezZ4LW2hSxcwLF-11BNcr8ML0wNFVEgMHfI/s2048/20211103_105200+poss+after+car.jpg" style="background-color: white; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKi_JtDqrh3HfXeMQU_xFUcsV7gjYdlEr1XUYZEDrjIVjZlMP0OEPIJMsTn_qgn5-8XMbUUBdYEVyLTOQbSp06Z-DA3gX5ih_j4CTqfkgPezZ4LW2hSxcwLF-11BNcr8ML0wNFVEgMHfI/w640-h480/20211103_105200+poss+after+car.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">After the car <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">has ended its reign<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the signs will lie down, and rest.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">But have we got there yet?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(West Bromsgrove, London)</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt7rNlWIkFoujdN2VQCHQvyeSl7SdZGETTwCrSKrNsHSU6ub9YFaTXN9heClWV97I_Wz-bk5kBbQn1TsJ6Bubxfs2KhHbo9opbc5WRJHIKM2zcRD59YYEG2LWY99-SX_Ss07leD_E9X4U/s2048/20211029_165414+poem+music+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1956" data-original-width="2048" height="612" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt7rNlWIkFoujdN2VQCHQvyeSl7SdZGETTwCrSKrNsHSU6ub9YFaTXN9heClWV97I_Wz-bk5kBbQn1TsJ6Bubxfs2KhHbo9opbc5WRJHIKM2zcRD59YYEG2LWY99-SX_Ss07leD_E9X4U/w640-h612/20211029_165414+poem+music+.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I am writing to
complain</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">about the free jazz.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">To play that in a restaurant<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">was highly irregular.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i> </i></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Bradford-on-Avon) </i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">375</span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7wzbfkTAeDPuE8MH0aFLbE2iN2lsCfF3qlHMlZHHkrX1RK7qSVdkpexW11L2jDhYa8dKItkTHpnQTPd7cOwN6n7kIv3Xbfwjk2XTDy5ij3qV2fdBYJwPLLKIsfmPg8Jjt5vfM0d4lECk/s2048/20211107_144351+snale+hose+poem+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7wzbfkTAeDPuE8MH0aFLbE2iN2lsCfF3qlHMlZHHkrX1RK7qSVdkpexW11L2jDhYa8dKItkTHpnQTPd7cOwN6n7kIv3Xbfwjk2XTDy5ij3qV2fdBYJwPLLKIsfmPg8Jjt5vfM0d4lECk/w640-h640/20211107_144351+snale+hose+poem+.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The Great British Garden Snake<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is very long: so long that in smaller gardens<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">it can only find comfort<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">by hanging up in loops. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #052312;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9scF_qy8Oe5umkGvNDRahYZea1pNApG3Jqu0olrGURoGNmoqctbuzgr81OxMdaKcS_MdnKQ-p0SdXoe0a9sf5t9m43XwRBk0QmEEN_gunWzmqQnVC9ZdLPnQtEDWPkgN-HsTv5n5iJfk/s2048/20211104_101402+warning+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1672" data-original-width="2048" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9scF_qy8Oe5umkGvNDRahYZea1pNApG3Jqu0olrGURoGNmoqctbuzgr81OxMdaKcS_MdnKQ-p0SdXoe0a9sf5t9m43XwRBk0QmEEN_gunWzmqQnVC9ZdLPnQtEDWPkgN-HsTv5n5iJfk/w640-h522/20211104_101402+warning+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So, w</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">e have </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">been </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">warned</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">so no bike <i>can</i> be removed </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">without warning,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">so maybe no bike can be removed.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><i>(Oxford - admittedly chopping language up in a parody, perhaps, of the linguistic philosophy developed there by JL Austin and co...)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV4H2IQcqEeUR5aRuilVPP_nDkMSm_SAk_oFCe-d_GgVjnMsNjiNSc_VVEmaXyNky0lJzRBCFJHUxLrw0EMuBt8e4IryVOb2IYYZ2QBxQK7kUwLpykOcTFyRJyCYjGc88VTQQGCUOF5iw/s2048/20211104_110721+pigeon+poem+.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV4H2IQcqEeUR5aRuilVPP_nDkMSm_SAk_oFCe-d_GgVjnMsNjiNSc_VVEmaXyNky0lJzRBCFJHUxLrw0EMuBt8e4IryVOb2IYYZ2QBxQK7kUwLpykOcTFyRJyCYjGc88VTQQGCUOF5iw/w640-h640/20211104_110721+pigeon+poem+.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I'm not
asking <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">whether it's dead,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but whether its soul <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">had time to fly away.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Oxford)</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCZTcdnkYP2-wAAhrJNKM1ALl-lvKzi6ns4bwQKNXFReT9ohocXCAJNqXZWTRgjPmRfSO2kOeJImsM_k77UEYVhjwQ6t5nI4tjoLoldTShj_EAujYVSmcFOwGXJ0Y0Zo8w70oVFhLRhAo/s2048/20211104_124612+trick+bike+poem+.jpg" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCZTcdnkYP2-wAAhrJNKM1ALl-lvKzi6ns4bwQKNXFReT9ohocXCAJNqXZWTRgjPmRfSO2kOeJImsM_k77UEYVhjwQ6t5nI4tjoLoldTShj_EAujYVSmcFOwGXJ0Y0Zo8w70oVFhLRhAo/w480-h640/20211104_124612+trick+bike+poem+.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>I have every respect
for trick cyclists <o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">but the owner of this bike <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">is sapping my patience <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">when is it going to be ridden away?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>(Oxford)</i></p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i></i></span><p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLiUcICVbe9x4xzO-Pm03cY15e4MHQ7B-X9bm1-_mlDMgRhtVpmt5772lDU_T-ENltpW1NFF9cC966uc1cnge1devbucyEWeNq6IKUj5eYDBSrW4U2FPacz3KuIZmZgTPDjrSnxpAoFYY/s2048/20211105_112003+bin+poem+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLiUcICVbe9x4xzO-Pm03cY15e4MHQ7B-X9bm1-_mlDMgRhtVpmt5772lDU_T-ENltpW1NFF9cC966uc1cnge1devbucyEWeNq6IKUj5eYDBSrW4U2FPacz3KuIZmZgTPDjrSnxpAoFYY/w640-h480/20211105_112003+bin+poem+.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #052312; font-size: 10.5pt; text-align: left;"> </span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">There must be a lot
of rubbish here<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">and pungent enough to need hosing down.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">And that's before </p><p class="MsoNormal">we step foot in the gallery…<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>(Saatchi Gallery, London)</i><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOziRNVN3GlOKZXDERny0oprkq9byyrq7i0Vp2SviGHruzhdoQ4wV6Zm0N91iSsK4VlcsgTXdRRTGZB4uO8rc-hJivPIzDhix7RLH9pfRaDuK6EhWepALYYrAf-Z8myuQMHOXBaSidkRs/s2048/20211109_125037+leaf+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOziRNVN3GlOKZXDERny0oprkq9byyrq7i0Vp2SviGHruzhdoQ4wV6Zm0N91iSsK4VlcsgTXdRRTGZB4uO8rc-hJivPIzDhix7RLH9pfRaDuK6EhWepALYYrAf-Z8myuQMHOXBaSidkRs/w480-h640/20211109_125037+leaf+poem.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The reds and browns and pinks are here again<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">as good and as
reliable as gold. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I’m ready for
the rustle-wade:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">you’ll have to
imagine the noise.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiSreQs4LE0ms795A2egw27vPRslr9Jqv-LktUTSOMXyqkYzJTAjowsSDipEyBxvtvP6jHzt7WhwaWQ0be9k0uQYQLVsN37m2OutEb4j5d7B7C_0Gne467Aa-FypQUmAnfq2bSfrg_pLY/s2048/20211109_124525+scarf+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2047" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiSreQs4LE0ms795A2egw27vPRslr9Jqv-LktUTSOMXyqkYzJTAjowsSDipEyBxvtvP6jHzt7WhwaWQ0be9k0uQYQLVsN37m2OutEb4j5d7B7C_0Gne467Aa-FypQUmAnfq2bSfrg_pLY/w640-h640/20211109_124525+scarf+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Do hedges get cold<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">or do the
leaves keep them warm?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Either way,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">they rarely wear
a scarf.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvf02AIZlfkx_TYsxfLJCi1WdgWCl50db1UWPhnsA4EErUGLGmUcPuiSqKq1MBcl3fwc3xtqugBFVBVRq9uuyoDn9I73Lpo5mBur9xkTbL-C8wt5HB_1tL_FZSgGQeTfriZFpewPxQESA/s2048/20211109_124315.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvf02AIZlfkx_TYsxfLJCi1WdgWCl50db1UWPhnsA4EErUGLGmUcPuiSqKq1MBcl3fwc3xtqugBFVBVRq9uuyoDn9I73Lpo5mBur9xkTbL-C8wt5HB_1tL_FZSgGQeTfriZFpewPxQESA/w480-h640/20211109_124315.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Winer of The Most Boring Street Furniture
Prize<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">2021, and many
another year I dare say,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is – drum roll
please , but keep it quiet – <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The BT Customer
Splice Point!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFgO7t9gBUOsWCL2bJou8m6tF8rS94jl7eKh6FQ18HmNpBUzfKwcNU0Zg90Tz0-tKOUrftJw8xS6av0x8CfxZIkU9IoZIdjbIonDQ3N7YUjuiYtyCBzBR3bTuAgZ8BgaYeqMdQinfiW6U/s2048/20211117_125227+mahonia+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFgO7t9gBUOsWCL2bJou8m6tF8rS94jl7eKh6FQ18HmNpBUzfKwcNU0Zg90Tz0-tKOUrftJw8xS6av0x8CfxZIkU9IoZIdjbIonDQ3N7YUjuiYtyCBzBR3bTuAgZ8BgaYeqMdQinfiW6U/w640-h480/20211117_125227+mahonia+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Ever
green <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">meets present yellow<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">like a Mahonia Wintersun<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">blooming in a back-to-front spring.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: inherit;">'Mahonia Wintersun is a striking winter </span><span style="color: #5f6368; font-family: inherit;">flowering
evergreen shrub</span><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: inherit;"> suitable for any garden. </span><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: inherit;">It has lush dark glossy green spiky
leaves and bright </span><span style="color: #5f6368; font-family: inherit;">yellow flowers</span><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: inherit;">.' This is an impersonator, not a Wintersun.</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG3lPwI4Y-_Man6cktugAy6oadMqW6lvfFfqVxa5h_0qULzdgQUHOPCh4zMNX0VljO0If6G6D-xdlfXXhx4cTl6bwvXR9MS63NdcYc4YK9ns1TLBIa0E1qpz1tQLCjUdC2lS3qhTVYIc0/s726/shoes+poem+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="726" data-original-width="718" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG3lPwI4Y-_Man6cktugAy6oadMqW6lvfFfqVxa5h_0qULzdgQUHOPCh4zMNX0VljO0If6G6D-xdlfXXhx4cTl6bwvXR9MS63NdcYc4YK9ns1TLBIa0E1qpz1tQLCjUdC2lS3qhTVYIc0/w632-h640/shoes+poem+.jpg" width="632" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>My red shoes <o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">go anywhere.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">My feet come along,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">but only for the ride.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaLp0mXWDLwqfiR-spQBOh8M4r2v36I8TfqCzDjgJ2txWbeHn8M-se25GB3vA80y_Ckgh0YEDZ6ULbIFT9GxPk6dkSdF8BpPAD-kutyHOE4ppvLnda_ZXtEXPyWpEa6TH38EdW4J-J454/s2048/20211119_102621+inspiring+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaLp0mXWDLwqfiR-spQBOh8M4r2v36I8TfqCzDjgJ2txWbeHn8M-se25GB3vA80y_Ckgh0YEDZ6ULbIFT9GxPk6dkSdF8BpPAD-kutyHOE4ppvLnda_ZXtEXPyWpEa6TH38EdW4J-J454/w640-h480/20211119_102621+inspiring+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Still
I wonder<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">how inspiring,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">even as a portrait of a changing city, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">can a building site be?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(National Portrait Gallery, London)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7kCmdWovnZYNolr9cXWYR39AN9gomL-tniXlPNToyVi29zWsPpnIGusRziw6XbdwQpXSQkGP0jn66_sqdnbLv89BOhuxAvRWnwzO3h1uAgWMitnNS529YbSBfDY3RCvixaED-h3dfcMs/s2048/20211119_100006+macadam+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1894" data-original-width="2048" height="592" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7kCmdWovnZYNolr9cXWYR39AN9gomL-tniXlPNToyVi29zWsPpnIGusRziw6XbdwQpXSQkGP0jn66_sqdnbLv89BOhuxAvRWnwzO3h1uAgWMitnNS529YbSBfDY3RCvixaED-h3dfcMs/w640-h592/20211119_100006+macadam+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">When
I said<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">'Lay the Tarmac' <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that isn’t what I meant.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Your firm is sacked.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(King's Cross, London)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihRu5QI7oGf6x86bP0z5yC1tSy3EaG9v3eKhRamYHHyVvXVkDi8p0zhsIs-oyiLt0j4oxOtMOI1FGNPWC-adTHrt1GCyqaZZhe73h5ySxUHa8imnFD2wJuB8GmnMFUUXPa0Wa8jDIObJproRzjwtz3CnBn0ks01hqru4iMLYTuPIx7tCKW_4lz810Q=s3857" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3857" data-original-width="2999" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihRu5QI7oGf6x86bP0z5yC1tSy3EaG9v3eKhRamYHHyVvXVkDi8p0zhsIs-oyiLt0j4oxOtMOI1FGNPWC-adTHrt1GCyqaZZhe73h5ySxUHa8imnFD2wJuB8GmnMFUUXPa0Wa8jDIObJproRzjwtz3CnBn0ks01hqru4iMLYTuPIx7tCKW_4lz810Q=w498-h640" width="498" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>This
exit appears to be on the way out</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Maybe it's an entrance now <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">from an other-side, like pre-existence -<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">one we'll never reach.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Waterloo, London)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Vjxtuu7CO1MZhyphenhyphenZUVUtPeFEMbjqssQqIXMW3tXLuheOYzmW36O22v49Y8CGHUXHRVnOVBXfFU_N1_oZzggt7V7kLkBsTzCUzHsCepej222BbvnUu10CD7pfDiIzlqS5KXfa7nHCusUE/s2048/20211120_071957+butter+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1561" data-original-width="2048" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Vjxtuu7CO1MZhyphenhyphenZUVUtPeFEMbjqssQqIXMW3tXLuheOYzmW36O22v49Y8CGHUXHRVnOVBXfFU_N1_oZzggt7V7kLkBsTzCUzHsCepej222BbvnUu10CD7pfDiIzlqS5KXfa7nHCusUE/w640-h488/20211120_071957+butter+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">Butter boobs</span> </b><b><span style="color: #222222;">are logical <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Why go through the whole palaver <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of calving and
grazing <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and milking and
churning?</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>(Butter portion in a </span></span><span style="color: #5f6368;">café</span><span style="color: #222222;">, King's Cross, London)</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVCBD6N7jzsG5Pv21M51mFD_6r4aiBqNRZ0F6UZxydxkpXiVTpACEV5mD1KxFqFAShPjECP8W-pGWUYxHV05pgZ3TlGq46hVcYEC0b69EpLP_SY3-uVcqeU2a5BOQ3wfKLnDqoVGsp_c0/s2048/20211118_140830+bike+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="639" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVCBD6N7jzsG5Pv21M51mFD_6r4aiBqNRZ0F6UZxydxkpXiVTpACEV5mD1KxFqFAShPjECP8W-pGWUYxHV05pgZ3TlGq46hVcYEC0b69EpLP_SY3-uVcqeU2a5BOQ3wfKLnDqoVGsp_c0/w640-h639/20211118_140830+bike+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Few bicycles</span></b></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">are stolen in Hammersmith,</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">though I wonder at the wisdom</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">of their radical solution.</span></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>(Hammersmith, London)</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgiDrLY3ZPcW-FlTyedB6c9YjKCRAtGrsqYvBcKaX_eqqNcIvSr4Jxo_uYrFpgp9tVBUmUViXikyzZpDXp4GMcOxVgWe0lTwAmiQMMC0D4ERwM9pl3kgZvdLD5abbD9y-D3hwN7D_cskLRMQSiaA-w3dcCW0ze8dlSDsNms35FPvL6IoWpu9e8yXDMu=s3395" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2547" data-original-width="3395" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgiDrLY3ZPcW-FlTyedB6c9YjKCRAtGrsqYvBcKaX_eqqNcIvSr4Jxo_uYrFpgp9tVBUmUViXikyzZpDXp4GMcOxVgWe0lTwAmiQMMC0D4ERwM9pl3kgZvdLD5abbD9y-D3hwN7D_cskLRMQSiaA-w3dcCW0ze8dlSDsNms35FPvL6IoWpu9e8yXDMu=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><i><br /></i></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">The secret zone by the railway crossing</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">behind the fence I shot over at full stretch-up,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">turns out - even by my inclusive standards -</span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to be of no evident interest. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVyeeVJ9tWtz0kZKcIQBCFmSrZAUYHEsHMixyeOM4eKxQp38CESBxKnSE1n2U67nEoyA7SlT4IXI-TL1rmyy3KVtRZlGTG0qcarwj8tL6VQ9_pgiHWctky_6HOKJn42RfjSEwPPoXjZgg/s1280/duck-in-water-2825218_1280.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVyeeVJ9tWtz0kZKcIQBCFmSrZAUYHEsHMixyeOM4eKxQp38CESBxKnSE1n2U67nEoyA7SlT4IXI-TL1rmyy3KVtRZlGTG0qcarwj8tL6VQ9_pgiHWctky_6HOKJn42RfjSEwPPoXjZgg/w640-h426/duck-in-water-2825218_1280.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;">Wouldn’t it be nice<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to see your actions <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">influencing the environment as naturally as a duck's... <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">or wouldn't it be horrid?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>(Bristol)</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicer-jTLA7fdxxZ_qH1s5hTtR_0q4mZ_KlJdD9bpZ046OUfvImX0mMTRZjl1H3I_v_yP6Sxk0WFiXGHRYULLo2CC_e6YAQeC1wt-t7tZ1QcDP7ULgID8ZoPcGGpV31Ev96LMDletj_7JE/s2048/20211125_131247+stick+poem+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicer-jTLA7fdxxZ_qH1s5hTtR_0q4mZ_KlJdD9bpZ046OUfvImX0mMTRZjl1H3I_v_yP6Sxk0WFiXGHRYULLo2CC_e6YAQeC1wt-t7tZ1QcDP7ULgID8ZoPcGGpV31Ev96LMDletj_7JE/w480-h640/20211125_131247+stick+poem+.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I expected the stake<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to hold me up, only to find<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I'm supporting the stake.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Must be some mistake! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #050505;"><i>(Edinburgh)</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #050505;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIwCDyjrtsMQxv4AN89LgIHaVNjkijV3YfE4IAELQZDOTcyvMpcpuAAT3D-_MjDgsLbvUZV8WPfD4GMl_AqcqG-zgQlbd2BBiV5szRXTp9WN2JfLM_EH5aAf2eu7ITa9vSir7F0DMA5Sc/s2048/20211125_132933+spirit+poem+.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1520" data-original-width="2048" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIwCDyjrtsMQxv4AN89LgIHaVNjkijV3YfE4IAELQZDOTcyvMpcpuAAT3D-_MjDgsLbvUZV8WPfD4GMl_AqcqG-zgQlbd2BBiV5szRXTp9WN2JfLM_EH5aAf2eu7ITa9vSir7F0DMA5Sc/w640-h476/20211125_132933+spirit+poem+.jpg" width="640" /></a></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Outside the headquarters<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of the Association of Spiritualists<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">comes a reminder that not all of life <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">can be lived in the mind.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #050505;"><i>(Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, Edinburgh)</i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2xl9Xz-FO-rWf6xrPDk2uRSYMgV4JwqkOlMBrx78zQs_Ldm3-EQyLaxxjZAE0YvAoXG7QJCjJeB73fy1DKZ2-gU3Xi5p5P_ofZ1uV74hY2AFRTCd2mnl1x-isgVPBwRIn5eREn_unpUY/s2046/20211124_161331+green+poem+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2046" data-original-width="1534" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2xl9Xz-FO-rWf6xrPDk2uRSYMgV4JwqkOlMBrx78zQs_Ldm3-EQyLaxxjZAE0YvAoXG7QJCjJeB73fy1DKZ2-gU3Xi5p5P_ofZ1uV74hY2AFRTCd2mnl1x-isgVPBwRIn5eREn_unpUY/w480-h640/20211124_161331+green+poem+.jpg" width="480" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The night is
cold <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but not that cold. The leaves are green <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but not that green. The world is bad, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">they say it's getting worse. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Edinburgh)</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjujIoG987IyFhjW0LKFPLstMfW-6urkZ6lHfywClPXJs37ALktlPFVMG7pzl9XFGiytq6oRF7s9Sp-ZSNM02pyF4EWaiU4SVnzztsaZAD_K2HzONiuhsbHB2VDbQwvgPl7577K5ntYmY/s2048/20211124_161146+poem+high+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjujIoG987IyFhjW0LKFPLstMfW-6urkZ6lHfywClPXJs37ALktlPFVMG7pzl9XFGiytq6oRF7s9Sp-ZSNM02pyF4EWaiU4SVnzztsaZAD_K2HzONiuhsbHB2VDbQwvgPl7577K5ntYmY/w480-h640/20211124_161146+poem+high+.jpg" width="480" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">No matter <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">how festive the lighting, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">no matter how matchingly purple the sky,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">you won't get me that high.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #050505;">(Edinburgh - </span>It is actually Henry
Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742 – 1811) up there, and in his case the
150 foot elevation may be wise, preventing the statue being toppled on account
of his role in delaying the abolition of the slave trade)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIn4DX5R5T-bQ2OohD_RDaPjRZ_OmCxvOdNFbpYNWxwHHol2LSHha6yYZiIzx7gUanxNd-5IcZjXAOZ51xGsqs4tsNlwpz4lrth8dM9VvHMa9Xw7-O4IScuGKblfVqAqiKcICco5JoBiA/s2048/20211126_123219poss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIn4DX5R5T-bQ2OohD_RDaPjRZ_OmCxvOdNFbpYNWxwHHol2LSHha6yYZiIzx7gUanxNd-5IcZjXAOZ51xGsqs4tsNlwpz4lrth8dM9VvHMa9Xw7-O4IScuGKblfVqAqiKcICco5JoBiA/w640-h480/20211126_123219poss.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Size</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">isn't everything.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Especially when death is involved.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Who cares how big their grave is? <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222; font-style: italic;">(</span><span style="color: #202122;">Gunnera manicata</span><span style="color: #202122; font-style: italic;">, a Brazilian plant known as </span><span style="color: #202122; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="color: #202122; font-style: italic;">giant rhubarb - though it's not actually a rhubarb - at</span><b style="color: #202122; font-style: italic;"> </b><span style="color: #202122; font-style: italic;">the </span><span style="color: #222222; font-style: italic;">Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdSNMOmesoG1EwAGUX3hyVA0WhOsh_7J55diTYMdsNzkLCIwl0eKBTVzinDjF-gtu49pjzwt2oVRA8a3l0Pj8vuE4WbWkJ81yFinM_6Ej_GmtLnIUxQrq35lv8tdl-T_Us4ybwrJwKxe4/s2048/20211203_111047+green+box+poem+.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdSNMOmesoG1EwAGUX3hyVA0WhOsh_7J55diTYMdsNzkLCIwl0eKBTVzinDjF-gtu49pjzwt2oVRA8a3l0Pj8vuE4WbWkJ81yFinM_6Ej_GmtLnIUxQrq35lv8tdl-T_Us4ybwrJwKxe4/w640-h640/20211203_111047+green+box+poem+.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>I dare say the green
box</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">feels at home in its green surrounds<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but were I that box <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I would want to be red.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlKndOTtxvGMa7V49F_EK9mJAZT_K1kvV82p6fZ4P6wR5bWbI0K-DLm4eXVXL0jIPS3MP5ZNVeCzXtQZ1GZ-f3gC-hvPKsokLsHGG5zIs2wvOENF50VVFtK97NcmDnHqa9rDWvRMd6l3E/s2048/20211202_114507.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlKndOTtxvGMa7V49F_EK9mJAZT_K1kvV82p6fZ4P6wR5bWbI0K-DLm4eXVXL0jIPS3MP5ZNVeCzXtQZ1GZ-f3gC-hvPKsokLsHGG5zIs2wvOENF50VVFtK97NcmDnHqa9rDWvRMd6l3E/w640-h480/20211202_114507.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">This is a
splendid location </span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">a quiet street, good transport links,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">well sheltered. And yet<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I'm not too tempted to bed down.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Kennington)</i><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>400</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsWreYBQpZI6AwvkmMHHftP8zOAhG7qSbzTu-SH042ApGimdoE4E5Iee3DdZqs8JuMzVgMqP1LKNk8cKd0oP9K7ob-AXhnsz1NGghSmyRLSQ9Cw174wtEf6mTNSn719OrH_Mjo-d4ME78/s2048/20211203_182326+train+plant+poem+.jpg" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1640" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsWreYBQpZI6AwvkmMHHftP8zOAhG7qSbzTu-SH042ApGimdoE4E5Iee3DdZqs8JuMzVgMqP1LKNk8cKd0oP9K7ob-AXhnsz1NGghSmyRLSQ9Cw174wtEf6mTNSn719OrH_Mjo-d4ME78/w512-h640/20211203_182326+train+plant+poem+.jpg" width="512" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The railway plant has memories<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The age of steam. The age of public ownership.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The ages of waiting, up against which<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">passengers should surely thank their luck.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Bournemouth)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></div><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_xtgpDnvLeTv7Q-kdUTdtkdJ5VvZ7awh9dk4pfb3fdTjTEX7A9kTvqtjAwKPBbacaX6wWz6nozkUYVtYCVVHEKpxki05lk8eR5dq55awpjhug2FyZefYrT70IrFlgd9toMIS8JJeXzZM/s2048/20211204_125838+pigeons+poem+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_xtgpDnvLeTv7Q-kdUTdtkdJ5VvZ7awh9dk4pfb3fdTjTEX7A9kTvqtjAwKPBbacaX6wWz6nozkUYVtYCVVHEKpxki05lk8eR5dq55awpjhug2FyZefYrT70IrFlgd9toMIS8JJeXzZM/w640-h480/20211204_125838+pigeons+poem+.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b style="background-color: transparent;">Disrespect</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">is all around. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I never saw so many pigeons <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">refuse to blur off.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>(Archway, London)</i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSuB9RAzTnxIopaR9nyPwHPcj7tVgYFe1HjIe4BrOoYqn3sjoLr4OK1_dHQbupaKWZYS5mnBu3bw24TfinxusCYtlTjgvRXDpiVaohOCkkTfAErnn1yV8LDUul9z0KNG6xdy_tnWbzyPg/s2048/20211204_125528+brick+poem.jpg" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSuB9RAzTnxIopaR9nyPwHPcj7tVgYFe1HjIe4BrOoYqn3sjoLr4OK1_dHQbupaKWZYS5mnBu3bw24TfinxusCYtlTjgvRXDpiVaohOCkkTfAErnn1yV8LDUul9z0KNG6xdy_tnWbzyPg/w640-h480/20211204_125528+brick+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>That must have been <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">an awful cough<b> </b>the
wall just had, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">but from where did it expectorate?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Somewhere out of shot, of course, but also out of sight.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>(Archway, London)</i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSwUDzuedpnCPaVSQGyaGSr_TYdhcJRIx162gtsJY2Q5MYf7HUL9KltxpiIs0LrLoKZ_OSl2IHl1XHdu79fTPRZWY0tBman6idNM9mNbU9g3Z4oOzmL-B6wkaHYvmMHmfx5Ibe41MOOjQ/s2048/20211203_111622+poss+puddle.jpg" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSwUDzuedpnCPaVSQGyaGSr_TYdhcJRIx162gtsJY2Q5MYf7HUL9KltxpiIs0LrLoKZ_OSl2IHl1XHdu79fTPRZWY0tBman6idNM9mNbU9g3Z4oOzmL-B6wkaHYvmMHmfx5Ibe41MOOjQ/w640-h480/20211203_111622+poss+puddle.jpg" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>The world of the
puddle <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">seems complicated: </p><p class="MsoNormal">synecdoche comes face to face with condensation, variably ruffled by the wind's distortions.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Then comes my heavy stamp. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(<i>It’s pronounced </i>suh-nek-duh-kee<i>, at least in this poem</i>)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></b></div><b><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmtscpQrvUSJYEv67olBULnhCDzg0RjGRVF0YCOaSsnStUVdDZCWmmV8O4Xacwr-QxGmyc22Nz4oURutMyI4RTx6B98t9tN1DX7xVzdgpa6ynDYeXICuWRYhPShbEY1odCSQ8ZfOh3oNc/s2048/20211206_155336+arrow+poem+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmtscpQrvUSJYEv67olBULnhCDzg0RjGRVF0YCOaSsnStUVdDZCWmmV8O4Xacwr-QxGmyc22Nz4oURutMyI4RTx6B98t9tN1DX7xVzdgpa6ynDYeXICuWRYhPShbEY1odCSQ8ZfOh3oNc/w480-h640/20211206_155336+arrow+poem+.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><o:p><br /></o:p></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Is it such hard work<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">being an arrow <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">that you have to lay down your point from time to time? <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If so, they ought to introduce shifts…<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSN_uA0abA-1JCGjQIS_DgxXcTiHzBVPt9b42xBo_iiYvq5yI0yH-pXQtvAXrjp395LVk7SHxbAiBtF5GUTzcE_7niMOimNNrsPDsuquxZi1maXdD70ELmqbvtQ2qhI04xDeNZZ4GYdVU/s2048/20211206_102711+tv+tape+poem.jpg" style="background-color: white; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSN_uA0abA-1JCGjQIS_DgxXcTiHzBVPt9b42xBo_iiYvq5yI0yH-pXQtvAXrjp395LVk7SHxbAiBtF5GUTzcE_7niMOimNNrsPDsuquxZi1maXdD70ELmqbvtQ2qhI04xDeNZZ4GYdVU/w640-h640/20211206_102711+tv+tape+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>When the volume kept
diminishing<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Samsung said reboot, Google said reset,</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">YouTube said point a hair dryer at the controls.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">All of which failed, but this tape-down seems to work...<b><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>(true story, though it only worked for two days!)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxvt1SEX_ByJMTkmFRIm0imGZkyHUTDvEwpQlnM-Ceo71ZhjZDEx-W5Df7MH0QYqPe3XPymERhlsUQBBth_KCdM44Rk2ofkKuqoxBqu89xyEK4lqAyAiPnZsWLYj6T5nTyK69hBv5Z9OU/s2048/20211207_105538+umb+poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1641" data-original-width="2048" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxvt1SEX_ByJMTkmFRIm0imGZkyHUTDvEwpQlnM-Ceo71ZhjZDEx-W5Df7MH0QYqPe3XPymERhlsUQBBth_KCdM44Rk2ofkKuqoxBqu89xyEK4lqAyAiPnZsWLYj6T5nTyK69hBv5Z9OU/w640-h512/20211207_105538+umb+poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Umbrella in the rain</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">So broken that –<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">even were it logically possible – <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I doubt if it could keep itself dry.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiEGqOT3fN9-dZEihR6PndeHNJJ6t0zQ8uswl4qNWxGd9dqdWIlD8jUpuxOPJydqRb6LG5jVpO_eFdqLwWKmSxcOwl9qBr_phdFrhnvMZDYtLrDncT0LfA_42dLyxd7cljpn_PJcaOWv42R9-om40R1uSw7RGD-jBGvpi76m2y1WNOwJg5QyrZ0NUJp=s2048" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1401" data-original-width="2048" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiEGqOT3fN9-dZEihR6PndeHNJJ6t0zQ8uswl4qNWxGd9dqdWIlD8jUpuxOPJydqRb6LG5jVpO_eFdqLwWKmSxcOwl9qBr_phdFrhnvMZDYtLrDncT0LfA_42dLyxd7cljpn_PJcaOWv42R9-om40R1uSw7RGD-jBGvpi76m2y1WNOwJg5QyrZ0NUJp=w640-h438" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It's embarrassing </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of course, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to have to call for more paper.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Nevertheless...<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Battersea, London)</i></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i> </i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_268uO2GL-WcRPf31V7i5bV_CTDQPRwCrtu2-Kou-Rf3pG0aj9RLsUjVNVZTN1h-Gslgb3RPTR4MvhJb7A8W1BsQCoq863bLluESCxbMTzyTfYnKWZVhOq4Si10aZ3YfaXKcghE2jGYo/s2048/20211207_190034+nightbird+poem+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_268uO2GL-WcRPf31V7i5bV_CTDQPRwCrtu2-Kou-Rf3pG0aj9RLsUjVNVZTN1h-Gslgb3RPTR4MvhJb7A8W1BsQCoq863bLluESCxbMTzyTfYnKWZVhOq4Si10aZ3YfaXKcghE2jGYo/w640-h480/20211207_190034+nightbird+poem+.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>The nightbird sleeps</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">as still as stone.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I don’t suppose he lies down much<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">before the stillest sleep of all.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></span></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></span></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></span></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh16pOo-3NjMSbbVTaAbzE65akjdWTY-3ZKe21fQXpBOlzhaeY2uYGzM1VtXWdGxnlwAxWoSrLMGDV3qVr41UBwAMMnNw3jGVlkOj4ivyrVtC9czWsIaGSKvCfgca-QZcO9y9xYcuDqQ0M/s2048/ai+wei+wei+be5ebc14676b7877720af89ebcc8ee77.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1844" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh16pOo-3NjMSbbVTaAbzE65akjdWTY-3ZKe21fQXpBOlzhaeY2uYGzM1VtXWdGxnlwAxWoSrLMGDV3qVr41UBwAMMnNw3jGVlkOj4ivyrVtC9czWsIaGSKvCfgca-QZcO9y9xYcuDqQ0M/w576-h640/ai+wei+wei+be5ebc14676b7877720af89ebcc8ee77.jpg" width="576" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>It is not dangerous</b></p><p class="MsoNormal">to fall.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">It is when you land<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">it gets dangerous.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>This is an art collage of sorts: the image is the second
panel of Ai Weiwei’s triptych ‘Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn’, 1995. The
words are from the plunging-from-a-building sector of Marina Abramović’s film
‘Seven Deaths’, 2021. </i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyi4hUJJem4TDn_SseYA3GJ_ZK_C3wndt2v3PhWhCmaVqLyi-d80OTNlJU9Sxyt1QF6o65zcCNwSEiHAQhnh3S0XpEgMdOTfYJCvOfYHxWmF-eEK_0rAZ-mye5Y7RPvPO95ckkamF2rSI/s2048/20211207_123426+fork+poem+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyi4hUJJem4TDn_SseYA3GJ_ZK_C3wndt2v3PhWhCmaVqLyi-d80OTNlJU9Sxyt1QF6o65zcCNwSEiHAQhnh3S0XpEgMdOTfYJCvOfYHxWmF-eEK_0rAZ-mye5Y7RPvPO95ckkamF2rSI/w640-h640/20211207_123426+fork+poem+.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I always said <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that picnics were dangerous. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Not so much a tiney hole as a forking great gash <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">has written off our tyre!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(East Boldre, New Forest: on-site photograph by Steph Carey-Kent)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg2nVKjU3ywA21SoQzmBPiC_QyR6KXFFUvW3tWQNBMZNbeV0GYfTu4j-3h_ttw31ydYEfgjRt5Jn6dcj1T8Q8lfFki-3tyhNxkUwc8kv1yenPzm97VOSFwvDhHuW2qdm2ifoudZ6SzkTHuthhkJrqzW9rOtMXg-XJhYVLXvWUzBKNTEspQPi_BMZ-9f=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2047" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg2nVKjU3ywA21SoQzmBPiC_QyR6KXFFUvW3tWQNBMZNbeV0GYfTu4j-3h_ttw31ydYEfgjRt5Jn6dcj1T8Q8lfFki-3tyhNxkUwc8kv1yenPzm97VOSFwvDhHuW2qdm2ifoudZ6SzkTHuthhkJrqzW9rOtMXg-XJhYVLXvWUzBKNTEspQPi_BMZ-9f=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The geometry of rain<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is much the same <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">as the geometry of sun.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It’s just that you get wet.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(</span><i>Southampton</i><span style="font-size: medium;">)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhwB6vl5ChTuMT8Exk5oJEDDeb6g74qvPQvEh2HBBtL91fflhJpMH3wrtWtd8_K0nf2DpPamLVl_yg0OsJVZB5WrHMbE4MGFCPrT6rzMg1bhf4XhzH5AqrOMK5RAT4oDeu03Y8iCK576Vp04V1-uh8zN2gXeRduY5MMa53if3DRKR3A5vxdZXs16D9u=s2048" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhwB6vl5ChTuMT8Exk5oJEDDeb6g74qvPQvEh2HBBtL91fflhJpMH3wrtWtd8_K0nf2DpPamLVl_yg0OsJVZB5WrHMbE4MGFCPrT6rzMg1bhf4XhzH5AqrOMK5RAT4oDeu03Y8iCK576Vp04V1-uh8zN2gXeRduY5MMa53if3DRKR3A5vxdZXs16D9u=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Once Omicron was in the air<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Social distancing wasn’t enough:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">even urinals had to wear masks,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">preferably full body.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>(Holborn Viaduct, London – the day after the Government announced new restrictions in light of the new Omicron variant of Covid 19, believed to be the most transmissible yet)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEij8uixUUuJoFrWnnKsCF6JyHSj8HEkSmSawX2wQFDSQaEesnBzc8CftFCU5RIn6QOKTE9zc27nI2MN4TOUGfT-tOjg6ON7lHo8j1qKw5INR2WYWJX4t0I8wlRgIZaBlWLaYXfj9YjiO7tQ_yvMC-eKvM9QxZqCUp7tXEn2i4RjDssh4bf2vuwZ5Pzq=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEij8uixUUuJoFrWnnKsCF6JyHSj8HEkSmSawX2wQFDSQaEesnBzc8CftFCU5RIn6QOKTE9zc27nI2MN4TOUGfT-tOjg6ON7lHo8j1qKw5INR2WYWJX4t0I8wlRgIZaBlWLaYXfj9YjiO7tQ_yvMC-eKvM9QxZqCUp7tXEn2i4RjDssh4bf2vuwZ5Pzq=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Car meets tree<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">in a carbon trade-off<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">that makes me wonder <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">about the relevant ratios…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>The average car in the
UK – at least, outside of lockdowns – is driven 12,000 km (7,500 miles) per
year. A typical car emits 130g CO2 per km, so 12,000 km produces emissions of 1,560
kg per year. The average net absorption of CO2 per tree is 30 kg per year, so
it takes 52 trees to compensate for the emissions of the average car. <o:p></o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>(Bayswater, London)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgkBqb1222Pgy8LCeASvg00UejpK5XeDiYltogoNqRhNZPvd9KuRf2bb4un3-vyFm7GMdY5C9ZclOo9it028VNOKSBoHxoOn51Boyv5QRnbGvvh9YOb_KUrLIa9_oKlB6UAD9lpuraBTC3HSshreoINhy8ILo-vg7XsQS9CNwIcOlNnwswjahA_zpao=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgkBqb1222Pgy8LCeASvg00UejpK5XeDiYltogoNqRhNZPvd9KuRf2bb4un3-vyFm7GMdY5C9ZclOo9it028VNOKSBoHxoOn51Boyv5QRnbGvvh9YOb_KUrLIa9_oKlB6UAD9lpuraBTC3HSshreoINhy8ILo-vg7XsQS9CNwIcOlNnwswjahA_zpao=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Seeing mushrooms<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">is the much the same <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">as seeing the flowers on trees. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Imagine if trees were invisible most of the year!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3gmdj5TOt4L6Gf-Kd6eDpoc8ofLlSDRAJjgeDQ3kqj1HFBFCFWjH--LwN4uknDZJyW01e-t0phRM4qDUrlYzuQY3a_eh29_owq7qaeEMIDtAiLzmy-CvBmt87JQyp7g2k3-Vi_9PMFiDsbubPEzFLL0WM_0ZyCCcWM2ddn2vyyhYKCt7HQtnF6vyi=s2048" style="font-size: large; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3gmdj5TOt4L6Gf-Kd6eDpoc8ofLlSDRAJjgeDQ3kqj1HFBFCFWjH--LwN4uknDZJyW01e-t0phRM4qDUrlYzuQY3a_eh29_owq7qaeEMIDtAiLzmy-CvBmt87JQyp7g2k3-Vi_9PMFiDsbubPEzFLL0WM_0ZyCCcWM2ddn2vyyhYKCt7HQtnF6vyi=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Dinner Party</span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Carrots, onions, potatoes,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">celery, leeks, rhubarb…<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">We pretty much live off our allotment.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Totton) </i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJdE4fhRdBi3p6vW3nljQBFTSV1bZ526QrinWrHnSP5BKEBO2FP_cKZdkZJYViPY2URv0EWQ9Viq4v1Ao605uDiStglaRgoF6K6SD02430xA6Mk1rlqNNm_9c2reNpasCWat50Z8CmbINxQOdXuKM5aqXT5AJq-fH0YFuiP7evavihQVhssqS4jwCi=s3369" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2552" data-original-width="3369" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJdE4fhRdBi3p6vW3nljQBFTSV1bZ526QrinWrHnSP5BKEBO2FP_cKZdkZJYViPY2URv0EWQ9Viq4v1Ao605uDiStglaRgoF6K6SD02430xA6Mk1rlqNNm_9c2reNpasCWat50Z8CmbINxQOdXuKM5aqXT5AJq-fH0YFuiP7evavihQVhssqS4jwCi=w640-h484" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">There’s
consolation<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">in the following thought</span>:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">if any shop can come to terms with closure<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">this must be the one.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><i style="color: #222222; font-size: large;"><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><i style="color: #222222; font-size: large;">(Totton) </i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgB4Ps2DaIviIhxo5dNgaLptrkBsFku73eRG3lWAtmZB9z76yd-xomXAEB9ofXek78gdQLasuUsdKPoMK8YXph4BCYgisjJB0pi3EoaGhc0h6b-6y6BdNlsbFRqURYbQ6NsbQmcgmMjsILerhRlH8lx96WGZBriSY7CI3v19Qb2ZcZu6BUvJ8o1_lXd=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgB4Ps2DaIviIhxo5dNgaLptrkBsFku73eRG3lWAtmZB9z76yd-xomXAEB9ofXek78gdQLasuUsdKPoMK8YXph4BCYgisjJB0pi3EoaGhc0h6b-6y6BdNlsbFRqURYbQ6NsbQmcgmMjsILerhRlH8lx96WGZBriSY7CI3v19Qb2ZcZu6BUvJ8o1_lXd=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></div></span></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Hat doff to
designers <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but
road signs can be rather bland. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Perhaps
we should switch <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to
abstraction’s less predictable directions. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZEeduub0twc_pzFkdkWhQ_80letV6fLg0v0jZ5Zi1jc2YFUpvNxHt27xtIIM72lDi15z-SKNzWoSHUuGLj9LxxF3lgJlid-no438hcofj1LNhm_RyeG_NMJdO_EiLhWcW1UgZdLIELtePmfcqpdeztS7gXf1rtPMZReeblVopfgkjFZvI-x45V4ZL=s2048" style="font-size: large; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZEeduub0twc_pzFkdkWhQ_80letV6fLg0v0jZ5Zi1jc2YFUpvNxHt27xtIIM72lDi15z-SKNzWoSHUuGLj9LxxF3lgJlid-no438hcofj1LNhm_RyeG_NMJdO_EiLhWcW1UgZdLIELtePmfcqpdeztS7gXf1rtPMZReeblVopfgkjFZvI-x45V4ZL=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Where will it end?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">First they cull us,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">then they build over our sets.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Now they spell us incorrectly. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Totton)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVtFe2jC_G5kirDY8A-pu_L7a0L9rOxRsLyBAgsZaEx5sgoFy5QijQPxwNCggUOZHQ7qjRCG5B6deHcqT9JdT_yARpuER8PFj03kg8ErjN-reEiiQ4qNJEJPL1Eg1Bcxz_jmto-CoPWdI6xkF05hKcen9f9p-y2V5aRWQZJXVEFK1Vr3RcIbbHvHv5=s805" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="805" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVtFe2jC_G5kirDY8A-pu_L7a0L9rOxRsLyBAgsZaEx5sgoFy5QijQPxwNCggUOZHQ7qjRCG5B6deHcqT9JdT_yARpuER8PFj03kg8ErjN-reEiiQ4qNJEJPL1Eg1Bcxz_jmto-CoPWdI6xkF05hKcen9f9p-y2V5aRWQZJXVEFK1Vr3RcIbbHvHv5=w640-h432" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><i><br /></i></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">You know you shouldn’t
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">You know that you'll regret <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the absence of any way back <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">from the temptation of poking through. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>(fence in Ashurst)<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSau-4ayD6WsXY0iQvhSy-BfEK08y_SCbj-miiXW4CZVhWXrqvEiSrPhv2rr-AjdKPf018V5Ua_JMh_BBgYt2pJu9ZHgrKH8x9Hei2TNWoeNkC17XNZvwh8wAYcee06YFKdt37Y8TIvsva-y4qmpmP1wy2U4p6uGq-e1yzPqBpYXr2grL435mY514V=s2917" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2917" data-original-width="2481" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSau-4ayD6WsXY0iQvhSy-BfEK08y_SCbj-miiXW4CZVhWXrqvEiSrPhv2rr-AjdKPf018V5Ua_JMh_BBgYt2pJu9ZHgrKH8x9Hei2TNWoeNkC17XNZvwh8wAYcee06YFKdt37Y8TIvsva-y4qmpmP1wy2U4p6uGq-e1yzPqBpYXr2grL435mY514V=w544-h640" width="544" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">I planted this tree</span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and no-one said <i>Wow!
A few billion more<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><span style="color: #222222;">and
the planet may be saved -</span></i><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">though somebody did say <i>Wow!</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhbI_nfEXPCDHLRxH3eQYhp-xYmflVxC-rA7cgIU5Qhk-raAarqfb_wwbWRB8sZvP9RhrVut_EGgKdgHmBIaZIC0fYR1Pj3d6pgeEHfYdyyRd3YqkuTVjH25bLcrrfy9_GcT-Ky_4R0HAn8jMYgk3XJjQFiDecU3M4za4HGHWBJaXu1QfHvWCOj-_Wk=s3331" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3331" data-original-width="2499" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhbI_nfEXPCDHLRxH3eQYhp-xYmflVxC-rA7cgIU5Qhk-raAarqfb_wwbWRB8sZvP9RhrVut_EGgKdgHmBIaZIC0fYR1Pj3d6pgeEHfYdyyRd3YqkuTVjH25bLcrrfy9_GcT-Ky_4R0HAn8jMYgk3XJjQFiDecU3M4za4HGHWBJaXu1QfHvWCOj-_Wk=w480-h640" width="480" /></a><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The Angel of the Telegraph Pole<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">may strike an attitude of celestial devotion <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">towards our methods of transmission<b>, <o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but actually he speaks to God direct. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Christmas decoration, Lyndhurst) </i></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh585S6ABpwujW2DCzXUUHdy802niQQiPw9zDX28T2JTuPR5QaNoovxcHMzrLx2ai5o-lD1n_qwclNZ_1JI59Z4dAUMhC_FzVv97EJfgKA418SR0Udi4qANIpuP5qizgIqjwgP6Qz8F1bAcAEHe5dDs6PPMjK83BTrfTTL79isVcQKcNW4tmsCSXnYp=s4000" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh585S6ABpwujW2DCzXUUHdy802niQQiPw9zDX28T2JTuPR5QaNoovxcHMzrLx2ai5o-lD1n_qwclNZ_1JI59Z4dAUMhC_FzVv97EJfgKA418SR0Udi4qANIpuP5qizgIqjwgP6Qz8F1bAcAEHe5dDs6PPMjK83BTrfTTL79isVcQKcNW4tmsCSXnYp=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">This is very clinical</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">as it were <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">what it actually is,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">which, I guess, it must be.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><i><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">(Fortius
Clinic, City of London)<span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><i><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><i><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjoUfr-beC9qgIBTcM-LuIztgXgXaxZwAnThNhjfAJiPlZf97fE_g873H0JN32WDS0HSXZyPv4zE9nzCFjNhILU6eTmn7Jg7XckdDNsFTnJK8Wi56iEQrnGvL6_VyQ00aQ2VZRUjZ9K1XnfpxUdyqbQTk01_sTmG2WAoAVcJqhS-flbuKuCLzFJxoQ6=s1847" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1847" data-original-width="1846" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjoUfr-beC9qgIBTcM-LuIztgXgXaxZwAnThNhjfAJiPlZf97fE_g873H0JN32WDS0HSXZyPv4zE9nzCFjNhILU6eTmn7Jg7XckdDNsFTnJK8Wi56iEQrnGvL6_VyQ00aQ2VZRUjZ9K1XnfpxUdyqbQTk01_sTmG2WAoAVcJqhS-flbuKuCLzFJxoQ6=w640-h640" style="cursor: move;" width="640" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #222222;">Even in its absence</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">the geophysics of beetroot<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">flows into a landscape<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">not easily denied.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjw9TlJ2zJwFqQg9UI9TtmIQ977vZpDZZ93rwsdr0CLODfK7xpWctetPkbPz6tS26K8kgeWbg25qxRTDXFWJotmI-jNxFZwOGNKJU2aTwCcwt2wodcmebnVQSTXyygT7QTwIVMnd4eSTu3jddTx06J0a2MgHqnlotizUWBuVL3-825sMPZgoDJilV1N=s2908" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2908" data-original-width="2181" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjw9TlJ2zJwFqQg9UI9TtmIQ977vZpDZZ93rwsdr0CLODfK7xpWctetPkbPz6tS26K8kgeWbg25qxRTDXFWJotmI-jNxFZwOGNKJU2aTwCcwt2wodcmebnVQSTXyygT7QTwIVMnd4eSTu3jddTx06J0a2MgHqnlotizUWBuVL3-825sMPZgoDJilV1N=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">How much <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">do the deatils matter -<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">whatever<i> they</i> are
- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">if you get the overall impression?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Pimlico Underground Station, London)</i><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">425</span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgIefM5EUSaquh2HkAt875u3P-SKdbWq7ZwmtMNaccdVa7LKp85WSGqqqxvyI7cpEqcjFF_8YiVXeZEwU087O0wwRMgJv7wzjfioBPYIPgeaDs2_6YbAeV1QmmUlWgmZqmA6mlhtJJL963MBCLAEy3i7zIB7HXUnwuihtHry1Ps1hXUARWqcglAJXk0=s3013" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3013" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgIefM5EUSaquh2HkAt875u3P-SKdbWq7ZwmtMNaccdVa7LKp85WSGqqqxvyI7cpEqcjFF_8YiVXeZEwU087O0wwRMgJv7wzjfioBPYIPgeaDs2_6YbAeV1QmmUlWgmZqmA6mlhtJJL963MBCLAEy3i7zIB7HXUnwuihtHry1Ps1hXUARWqcglAJXk0=w640-h424" width="640" /></a></span></b></div><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /> </span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I’ve done the decoration<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Have you finished<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">wrapping all the presents,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">apart from yours?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJvNo4eR-ygPUczVLoQ8-5JsLR-daNNNi0LQAmPmn5DGYhxkyXZ_kP-viiKXURGg_aXP-YZo9n4fWRujRu6p3jmSlAjYFjTgq7EDSTnbh5mDQqs1Dx-L0c2O55jta4pF__xQVNvZvp3KdBO_RR6FNfG1a6GgOCD2z5650MU_37BQT9JwCW9DLJ4pvO=s3897" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2985" data-original-width="3897" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJvNo4eR-ygPUczVLoQ8-5JsLR-daNNNi0LQAmPmn5DGYhxkyXZ_kP-viiKXURGg_aXP-YZo9n4fWRujRu6p3jmSlAjYFjTgq7EDSTnbh5mDQqs1Dx-L0c2O55jta4pF__xQVNvZvp3KdBO_RR6FNfG1a6GgOCD2z5650MU_37BQT9JwCW9DLJ4pvO=w640-h490" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Does modern
thinking<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">leave any wiggle-room<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">for this sort of place,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">
</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">even if the critique’s built into the title?</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>(Southampton)</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjpkuRofzhcB-UvhPU20T7Q4fcsobVbSGDkuNhQn-k0cAWdFuZ4m1rygrTxqKoRHtPHc5erSBigQ_0IhWl5KW3P-OnGigK-AU00PNYr0u-MgSyF9rabFUKt-UeEMsCWCMtd8Gup0GQsDRjIfUZ46LxAKoafBhtbwyN5qN8j-TYM4w3rxzMVaamJPNCF=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjpkuRofzhcB-UvhPU20T7Q4fcsobVbSGDkuNhQn-k0cAWdFuZ4m1rygrTxqKoRHtPHc5erSBigQ_0IhWl5KW3P-OnGigK-AU00PNYr0u-MgSyF9rabFUKt-UeEMsCWCMtd8Gup0GQsDRjIfUZ46LxAKoafBhtbwyN5qN8j-TYM4w3rxzMVaamJPNCF=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Not only
do street lamps </span></span></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><b>look better at night</b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I sometimes suspect that they can’t see at all <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">during their currently lengthening days<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">of blindly pretending to be trees. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEju0aFgjejMFF0MTL9CTcy4SkxGzeJ9D2Hbq3871vVDs7F8vDkTUv0GOZae33_A5EQhlbPZ6PIkCEv44peJPJdog-_zaAKo43YbGr2mWMA9HNxQKyFyjBYQ0pDbFnW4anaNT3GRaT7nHmMdQBOr60UeKfnkBvq0gDhwx_9QYkZu6fn9AUhMpSFfdzcY=s3030" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2272" data-original-width="3030" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEju0aFgjejMFF0MTL9CTcy4SkxGzeJ9D2Hbq3871vVDs7F8vDkTUv0GOZae33_A5EQhlbPZ6PIkCEv44peJPJdog-_zaAKo43YbGr2mWMA9HNxQKyFyjBYQ0pDbFnW4anaNT3GRaT7nHmMdQBOr60UeKfnkBvq0gDhwx_9QYkZu6fn9AUhMpSFfdzcY=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I'm dreaming of a Green Christmas</span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">with temperatures the like of which<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">we never used to know…<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">Maybe it isn't a dream</span>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjb7q5Uwc9j0YzsBvw-ryAY-oUpS_shdhy8aw9wDx38xaB8nu_zL9-fZmWc4Q-6afTo1mMBZ4oieJZRnu0QwxWF7gTOoy1TOpbipjcyMr0UeI1vjYHOHbfHVM4YsicfhaE8MCOMrd3u6g7qiiv3s_rBsLZfIB75wxuIqnfLFH-T4QrDZKIv-2fbK9Ym=s1970" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1275" data-original-width="1970" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjb7q5Uwc9j0YzsBvw-ryAY-oUpS_shdhy8aw9wDx38xaB8nu_zL9-fZmWc4Q-6afTo1mMBZ4oieJZRnu0QwxWF7gTOoy1TOpbipjcyMr0UeI1vjYHOHbfHVM4YsicfhaE8MCOMrd3u6g7qiiv3s_rBsLZfIB75wxuIqnfLFH-T4QrDZKIv-2fbK9Ym=w640-h414" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Yes we have plans</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but as for completion<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I find the vegetation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">a little discouraging.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><i style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit;">(Totton)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><i style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit;"><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgvie7Zm4-iGMlF3hBTJq32twxm31DwRhJpZyMJAC-bteVXU-98IWsrMuuICMnQuR326k4aFOoHT93rDtnuOSFJWsc6S4xgGbceFqfa7y3LKFzxW1Kk9jxDkKwAipCzFyKHWXBbEY6ShAiFkCrBFrbvLtfwbkqYa7MNL1bxjynxJ3AKXwxPJ_3YtHAV=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgvie7Zm4-iGMlF3hBTJq32twxm31DwRhJpZyMJAC-bteVXU-98IWsrMuuICMnQuR326k4aFOoHT93rDtnuOSFJWsc6S4xgGbceFqfa7y3LKFzxW1Kk9jxDkKwAipCzFyKHWXBbEY6ShAiFkCrBFrbvLtfwbkqYa7MNL1bxjynxJ3AKXwxPJ_3YtHAV=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Is this the reduction<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">of a tree to its essence,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">or to the point at which<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">it isn't a tree at all?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Totton)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvJuC7TSr_lwIsrWvkv39MsPaBN9O4Z2RgADGrWMz5Zum9J4SWwL8KxMEKh0udpW8cHiLeGXXxKZ9Y2D74WtV2TXqOaN9RpMzByrKnViI84gPQc2tU8_h19179SE6trizJGw7xDABmHx47LqGBCSUhDy0DZsWWWLxcs5p-WaaMkpYHSkPR99bIxuL-=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvJuC7TSr_lwIsrWvkv39MsPaBN9O4Z2RgADGrWMz5Zum9J4SWwL8KxMEKh0udpW8cHiLeGXXxKZ9Y2D74WtV2TXqOaN9RpMzByrKnViI84gPQc2tU8_h19179SE6trizJGw7xDABmHx47LqGBCSUhDy0DZsWWWLxcs5p-WaaMkpYHSkPR99bIxuL-=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Night is the time</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">when monstrous jungles<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">swim out of the flashlight<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">just over the height of your knee.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdzbCZQNBujVTGfWVpQ3ypglVO6q3OTrqS6JkldNMbUNveTGJ9fGfcUn9xPk3EWcKXl5N22II0epeg8mbxOtEySt2XOl-gA-xW-Wd3wGIXhicYKGyer2iQfrWtM24AgrUM9hqj63y5bjvB8ifeAJZ754ia4DhIh_sKwLfHUgomzMSWl1TMVMzPpPgz=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdzbCZQNBujVTGfWVpQ3ypglVO6q3OTrqS6JkldNMbUNveTGJ9fGfcUn9xPk3EWcKXl5N22II0epeg8mbxOtEySt2XOl-gA-xW-Wd3wGIXhicYKGyer2iQfrWtM24AgrUM9hqj63y5bjvB8ifeAJZ754ia4DhIh_sKwLfHUgomzMSWl1TMVMzPpPgz=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">Spot the
difference</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">This isn't the usual <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Engineering Leaves on line Lack of driver Fault on
train Incident at Brockenhurst…<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">This is Christmas day.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgh-LQoniuOFWxpjzcgBdoicxtqKHls-M_2PdwR8d10wKNyJhoyzMMRh7LSMK1DeR2UZtKR-C92eXUeZUKv8bIeDv_HUiGuHXF8iLntFvbRIXi8PTnkd_5i7Gnb_UbesHXB5Nlou-pZudKYAOnfb-bIr4hy7NYngvpbCY_u1zVCOE2j5kZNgVz6CzqJ=s2556" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2556" data-original-width="2555" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgh-LQoniuOFWxpjzcgBdoicxtqKHls-M_2PdwR8d10wKNyJhoyzMMRh7LSMK1DeR2UZtKR-C92eXUeZUKv8bIeDv_HUiGuHXF8iLntFvbRIXi8PTnkd_5i7Gnb_UbesHXB5Nlou-pZudKYAOnfb-bIr4hy7NYngvpbCY_u1zVCOE2j5kZNgVz6CzqJ=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">When the
star crashed<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">it took on the form of the local terrain<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to act as a link <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">to the universal.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><i style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><i style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">(Arundel)</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><i style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><br /></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrqw_FC_demZj58XbmRD22iJAkof7O1_FPTr4L6BV3Hb8-NuPXYCRVVSw9_raedTd8o1QfnqWTd-oK00RZy3QLQVNIV3Ngrf0GtSYkKQHSPal69mXrLE1X1b2COLMTXlv0arUtxRHwmDJYDV7UQiN1e3isMF7kI0OrWx0yVEbShquo92NBAsdoiI_T=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrqw_FC_demZj58XbmRD22iJAkof7O1_FPTr4L6BV3Hb8-NuPXYCRVVSw9_raedTd8o1QfnqWTd-oK00RZy3QLQVNIV3Ngrf0GtSYkKQHSPal69mXrLE1X1b2COLMTXlv0arUtxRHwmDJYDV7UQiN1e3isMF7kI0OrWx0yVEbShquo92NBAsdoiI_T=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></span></span></div><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><i><br /></i></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Road
Signs<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">are so predictable.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">That’s why the pilot scheme for shuffling them<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: medium;">has now got under way.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">(Lyndhurst)</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgAWAuDLEu83KWZVI0krG1vAnY8QvWx44XPpWBLpbUntWOzXh6MpAO8gYjLQZl0L10oe7VdUDLNWvXS1YHUEB_GdXDGzoepylFa09lwdfCkWcyb9d2YVa1Y_c-CaM6OCjIOpjy3yHsPtQ6wst_WZhiqv7ghFy0BZRzf9APXOEL6fjKKVYUHXgZvkiaP=s2557" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2556" data-original-width="2557" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgAWAuDLEu83KWZVI0krG1vAnY8QvWx44XPpWBLpbUntWOzXh6MpAO8gYjLQZl0L10oe7VdUDLNWvXS1YHUEB_GdXDGzoepylFa09lwdfCkWcyb9d2YVa1Y_c-CaM6OCjIOpjy3yHsPtQ6wst_WZhiqv7ghFy0BZRzf9APXOEL6fjKKVYUHXgZvkiaP=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">And how are
you benches?</span></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">'Same old sat-on - or worse, perhaps, not - <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">but mustn't grumble - </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">if we did </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">no notice would be taken.'</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(Totton)</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">411</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><i></i></div>Paul Carey-Kenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01842249388250530953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432330092345249234.post-34815078324197835912021-11-08T23:15:00.002-08:002021-11-08T23:15:27.504-08:00TEN CHOICES FROM THE ING DISCERNING EYE EXHIBITION 2021<p> <iframe data-google-container-id="5" data-is-safeframe="true" data-load-complete="true" frameborder="0" height="250" id="google_ads_iframe_/33556646/fad-leaderboard-article-01_0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" name="" sandbox="allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation" scrolling="no" src="https://65ef58d30e0d79e350fc611ec2f529cc.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.html" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(12, 12, 10, 0.8); font-family: Rubik, san-serif; font-size: 16px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom;" title="3rd party ad content" width="970"></iframe></p><div class="entry-content article__single" style="align-items: center; background-color: #f1f1f1; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(12, 12, 10, 0.8); display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-family: Rubik, san-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 4rem;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 725.896px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="2142" data-lbwps-width="2560" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Roxana-Halls-LAUGHING-HEAD-V-L-ex-s-scaled.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-274181 size-large" height="536" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Roxana-Halls-LAUGHING-HEAD-V-L-ex-s-1024x857.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Roxana-Halls-LAUGHING-HEAD-V-L-ex-s-1024x857.jpg 1024w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Roxana-Halls-LAUGHING-HEAD-V-L-ex-s-300x251.jpg 300w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Roxana-Halls-LAUGHING-HEAD-V-L-ex-s-768x643.jpg 768w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Roxana-Halls-LAUGHING-HEAD-V-L-ex-s-1536x1285.jpg 1536w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Roxana-Halls-LAUGHING-HEAD-V-L-ex-s-2048x1713.jpg 2048w" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 725.896px;" width="640" /></a></strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 725.896px;">The <a href="https://thediscerningeye.artopps.co.uk/" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">ING Discerning Eye Exhibition</a> is an annual show of small-scale works chosen by a panel of six prominent art world figures – two artists, two collectors and two critics. This year’s edition presents some 400 works at the Mall Galleries from 11-21 November. I was given an early sight of what will be in the show in order to select ten works to talk about. My choices don’t pretend to be representative: I just went with what interests me, which tends to be slightly unusual work combining aesthetic and conceptual appeal. Five of my choices happened to have some sort of feminist perspective, and the first two filter that through the lens of art history. If that makes them sound similar, not so…</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 725.896px;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 725.896px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"> <a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="1604" data-lbwps-width="1198" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Lottie-Cole-Interior-with-Helen-Saunders.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-274184 size-large" height="857" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Lottie-Cole-Interior-with-Helen-Saunders-765x1024.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Lottie-Cole-Interior-with-Helen-Saunders-765x1024.jpg 765w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Lottie-Cole-Interior-with-Helen-Saunders-224x300.jpg 224w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Lottie-Cole-Interior-with-Helen-Saunders-768x1028.jpg 768w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Lottie-Cole-Interior-with-Helen-Saunders-1147x1536.jpg 1147w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Lottie-Cole-Interior-with-Helen-Saunders.jpg 1198w" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 725.896px;" width="640" /></a> </strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 725.896px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Lottie Cole</strong>: <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Interior with Helen Saunders</em>, 2020 – watercolour and gouache, 50 x 40 cm (top)</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 725.896px;">A beautifully painted interior infers, slightly mournfully, the absence of an owner with a refined sense of chromatic coordination. But Lottie Cole is also framing the history of art. Go back to the time when the prominent ‘painting within the painting’ was made, and the woman’s place was commonly considered to be in the home. Yet the housewife in this case may be an exception, in the studio, making art unlikely to be taken seriously by the male-dominated establishment. That’s what Helen Saunders (1885-1963) was a doing in 1915 – the dynamic diagonals on the wall are those of the under-appreciated Vorticist’s ‘Abstract Composition in Blue and Yellow’ from that year (below). Actually, it’s in the Tate’s collection, though typically – as now – it’s not on display, even though the stock of Saunders and her sister Vorticist, Jessica Dismorr, has risen recently. As for Cole, you can typically find her work at Long & Ryle – just a couple of hundred yards from Tate Britain, but not quite in it.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 725.896px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="810" data-lbwps-width="700" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Anne-von-Freyburg-Untitled-After-Fragonard.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-274179 aligncenter" height="694" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Anne-von-Freyburg-Untitled-After-Fragonard.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Anne-von-Freyburg-Untitled-After-Fragonard.jpg 700w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Anne-von-Freyburg-Untitled-After-Fragonard-259x300.jpg 259w" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 725.896px;" width="600" /></a></strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 725.896px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Anne von Freyburg</strong>: <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Untitled (After Fragonard)</em>, 2021 – Mixed media painting: Acrylic ink, crystal-beads, various textiles, polyester wadding and hand-embroidery on canvas, 50x40x3 cm</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 725.896px;">Dutch artist Anne von Freyburg starts by distorting a historic painting on Photoshop – here Fragonard’s ‘Girl with a Dog’, c1770 (below), which has some of the famous cheek of ‘The Swing’ as the girl lies half-naked on a bed. She then paints that onto her ground, cutting out and arranging a wide variety of textiles to – mostly – cover the paint, and sewing those into place with wadding inserts to push even further into the rococo excesses of her sources. Why so? To challenge the historic dismissal of textile and decoration as more feminine and less intellectual than the serious art of oil painting by – effectively – ‘painting in materials’. Yet von Freyburg evidently enjoys fashion fabrics for their own seductive sake, even as she takes them to a place she describes as ‘wobbly, uncanny and grotesque’, contradicting the beauty-driven commercial intent behind their production. Last week von Freyburg won the The Walter Roberts UK New Artist of the Year 2021.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 725.896px;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="631" data-lbwps-width="506" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/fpostersmallwall_textureproduct750x1000.u3.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="size-medium wp-image-274178 aligncenter" height="300" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/fpostersmallwall_textureproduct750x1000.u3-241x300.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/fpostersmallwall_textureproduct750x1000.u3-241x300.jpg 241w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/fpostersmallwall_textureproduct750x1000.u3.jpg 506w" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 725.896px;" width="241" /> </a> Jean-Honoré Fragonard: <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Girl with a Dog</em>, c1770</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 725.896px;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-274189 size-large aligncenter" height="888" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/enam-2-WxgX6Xiw-738x1024.jpeg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/enam-2-WxgX6Xiw-738x1024.jpeg 738w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/enam-2-WxgX6Xiw-216x300.jpeg 216w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/enam-2-WxgX6Xiw-768x1065.jpeg 768w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/enam-2-WxgX6Xiw-1107x1536.jpeg 1107w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/enam-2-WxgX6Xiw-1477x2048.jpeg 1477w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/enam-2-WxgX6Xiw-scaled.jpeg 1846w" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 725.896px;" width="640" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Enam Gbewonyo</strong>, <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Untitled II, 2019 </em>– Burnout used nylon tights, vintage family photographs on tea stained recycled paper, cotton thread hand embroidery on photo frame, 24 x 33 cm</p><div class="mceTemp" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 725.896px;">Enam Gbewonyo is by no means the first to use tights as her medium – she’s been in a group show of 21 artists with exactly that constraint (‘Gossamer’, Carl Freeman gallery, 2019). Gbewonyo, who combines Ghanaian descent with a background in the New York fashion world, addresses the politics of hosiery. She sets up background images in a critique of voyeurism, and references the many years in which the only ‘nude’ colour available was for white flesh, so women of colour tended to wear black tights – a symbol of their marginalisation. Gbewonyo embroiders lines on the nylon to represent the veins which are the same under all skins. Those lines, together with the holes in the tights, return us to the language of abstract painting. Compare, for example, Alberto Burri’s use of burnt plastic, in which the choice of matter was equally critical to the resulting aesthetic.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 725.896px;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 725.896px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="2134" data-lbwps-width="2560" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Roxana-Halls-LAUGHING-HEAD-IV-L-ex-s-scaled.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="alignnone wp-image-274186 size-large" height="534" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Roxana-Halls-LAUGHING-HEAD-IV-L-ex-s-1024x854.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Roxana-Halls-LAUGHING-HEAD-IV-L-ex-s-1024x854.jpg 1024w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Roxana-Halls-LAUGHING-HEAD-IV-L-ex-s-300x250.jpg 300w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Roxana-Halls-LAUGHING-HEAD-IV-L-ex-s-768x640.jpg 768w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Roxana-Halls-LAUGHING-HEAD-IV-L-ex-s-1536x1281.jpg 1536w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Roxana-Halls-LAUGHING-HEAD-IV-L-ex-s-2048x1707.jpg 2048w" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 725.896px;" width="640" /></a></strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 725.896px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Roxana Halls</strong>: <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Laughing Head IV </em>and (at top) <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Laughing Head V</em>, 2021 – oil on aluminium, 25 x 30 cm</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 725.896px;">Roxana Halls smuggle a radical lesbian feminist agenda into the apparently conservative means of realist oil painting. Observing how often women subconsciously exercise self-surveillance, so deeply is female self-control embedded into cultural expectations, she likes to depict women enjoying behaving ‘badly’. That includes them laughing in situations where you wouldn’t expect it: eating salad, while smashing things up, after a plane crash… She cites Helene Cixous telling the story of the Chinese general Sun Tse, who decapitated a group of women he was trying to train as soldiers, so disconcerted was he by the persistent laughter with which they respond to his orders. Here the laughter is presented plain, but Halls is still co-opting the portrait – another establishment tradition – as a form of political resistance.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 725.896px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 725.896px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="2560" data-lbwps-width="1995" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Miriam-Austin-Gimmel_LaminarialesTools_2018-scaled.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-274185 size-large" height="821" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Miriam-Austin-Gimmel_LaminarialesTools_2018-798x1024.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Miriam-Austin-Gimmel_LaminarialesTools_2018-798x1024.jpg 798w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Miriam-Austin-Gimmel_LaminarialesTools_2018-234x300.jpg 234w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Miriam-Austin-Gimmel_LaminarialesTools_2018-768x986.jpg 768w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Miriam-Austin-Gimmel_LaminarialesTools_2018-1197x1536.jpg 1197w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Miriam-Austin-Gimmel_LaminarialesTools_2018-1596x2048.jpg 1596w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Miriam-Austin-Gimmel_LaminarialesTools_2018-scaled.jpg 1995w" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 725.896px;" width="640" /></a> </strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 725.896px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Miriam Austin:</strong> <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Gimmel: Laminariales (Tools)</em>, 2018 – aluminium, steel, thread, 44 x 9 cm</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 725.896px;">These elegantly simple forms take on multiple resonances in the context of Miriam Austin’s performative and sculptural practice, which often operates by imagining alternative societies. Consider the threefold title. The double loops suggest those of a medieval ‘gimmel ring’, comprising interlocking bands which were separated and worn by each partner prior to marriage, then joined and worn by the woman afterwards. So, intimacy is implied. As ‘tools’, says Austin, they are ‘suggestive of the forms of the human body and biomedical technologies, as well as implements used in the whaling and sealing industries – and hover ambiguously between a symbolic presence and a more threatening one’. That symbolism may be linguistic: perhaps linked to a community from an aquatic future suggested by the reference to ‘laminariales’, the kelp group of seaweeds; or to Austin’s particular interest in Laadan, the feminist language designed to liberate expression from the patriarchal forms of historic languages. The ‘tools’, she says, could operate similarly as ‘primarily symbolic forms that speak of embodied experience’.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 725.896px;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 725.896px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="1930" data-lbwps-width="2560" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Ben-Deakin-Riser_CO-scaled.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="alignnone wp-image-274188 size-large" height="483" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Ben-Deakin-Riser_CO-1024x772.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Ben-Deakin-Riser_CO-1024x772.jpg 1024w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Ben-Deakin-Riser_CO-300x226.jpg 300w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Ben-Deakin-Riser_CO-768x579.jpg 768w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Ben-Deakin-Riser_CO-1536x1158.jpg 1536w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Ben-Deakin-Riser_CO-2048x1544.jpg 2048w" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 725.896px;" width="640" /></a> </strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 725.896px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Benjamin Deakin</strong>: <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Riser,</em> 2021 – oil on panel, 30 x 45 cm</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 725.896px;">Benjamin Deakin has travelled the world widely – including cycling through the Andes and undertaking residencies in Lisbon, Iceland, Canada and Nepal – and channels that experience into depicting imaginary places. A retro sci-fi feeling emerges from combinations of the real. ‘Riser’ is from a series that uses an architectural template of common shapes, but oriented differently to match the various functions and characteristics implied by the titles: this structure spreads out upwards, whereas similar components in ‘Congregator’ look set to facilitate meetings, while ‘Slider’ adds a downward-sloping chute for swift egress. That may serve to emphasise the empiricist point, already evident in Deakin’s work, that all imagination can necessarily be traced back to contact with the real. Formally, the approach enables Deakin to make the most of the license it gives him to allow abstract considerations to lead decisions about colour and form.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 725.896px;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 725.896px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-lbwps-caption="Kelvin &#8211; Ear" data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="2237" data-lbwps-width="2560" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Kelvin-Okafor-scaled.jpeg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-274187 size-large aligncenter" height="559" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Kelvin-Okafor-1024x895.jpeg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Kelvin-Okafor-1024x895.jpeg 1024w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Kelvin-Okafor-300x262.jpeg 300w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Kelvin-Okafor-768x671.jpeg 768w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Kelvin-Okafor-1536x1342.jpeg 1536w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Kelvin-Okafor-2048x1789.jpeg 2048w" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 725.896px;" width="640" /></a> </strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 725.896px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Kelvin Okafor</strong>: <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Untitled, </em>2020 – charcoal and graphite on paper, 8 x 9 cm</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 725.896px;">One of the smallest works in the show depicts – life size, I suppose – an ear. It’s beautifully and hyper-realistically realised, but in splendid isolation: there are no signs, such as nearby hair, of the head to which it should be attached. That could place it in the tradition of the life class sketch, but it looks too finished for that, leading me in two other directions. On the one hand the purity of focus draws attention to the abstract sculptural merits of the form: I thought of the sculptures of Hans Arp. On the other hand, it could signal a traumatic detachment: I thought of the opening scene of David Lynch’s ‘Blue Velvet’, which zooms in on just such an ear in the grass. Moreover – to declare a bias – I like the slight paradox of concentrating visually on the site of hearing, and have even curated a show on the theme (‘Ears for the Eyes’, Transition Gallery, 2017).</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 725.896px;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="873" data-lbwps-width="651" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/selma-Screenshot-2021-11-09-050401.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-274190 size-full" height="873" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/selma-Screenshot-2021-11-09-050401.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/selma-Screenshot-2021-11-09-050401.jpg 651w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/selma-Screenshot-2021-11-09-050401-224x300.jpg 224w" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 725.896px;" width="651" /></a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 725.896px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Selma Parlour</strong>, <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Smack Dab XV</em>, 2020, oil on linen, 41×31 cm</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 725.896px;">Selma Parlour layers her colours semi-translucently over a white ground, which provides a hint of backlighting and accounts for a fair chunk of the distinctive allure of this, one of the few abstract works to be shortlisted. Although you don’t have to look at it that way. Like many of Parlour’s works, this can be read as a painting of a room: an eccentrically-shaped abstract painting hangs – Smack Dab! – on a wall, with a second form which might be a sculpture if the lower section is a floor rather than a transition in wall colour. That ambiguates the space nicely, and teases us with the question: which is the referent and which the art? The game of decoding can also be tied into art history: Parlour’s 180 page PhD thesis referencing her work is called ‘Depicting Limits: Syntax, Abstraction and Space in Contemporary Painting’.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 725.896px;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 725.896px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="571" data-lbwps-width="723" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/eaton-.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="alignnone wp-image-274182 size-full" height="571" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/eaton-.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/eaton-.jpg 723w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/eaton--300x237.jpg 300w" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 725.896px;" width="723" /></a></strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 725.896px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Callum Eaton<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">: </em></strong><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Cucumber,</em> 2021 – Oil on Canvas, 30 x 30 cm</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 725.896px;">Callum Eaton lavishes considerable time and technical expertise on photo-realistic depictions of mundane items from everyday life. That’s an established way of elevating the commonplace for revaluation, but Eaton’s choices are surely a tongue in cheek deconstruction of that tradition. In the show, a cluster of plugs and a calculator showing a number that appears to spell ‘BOOBIES’ complement this cucumber. All three could be seen as smuttily sexual, the cucumber ramping up the phallic symbolism by the condom-like retention of its shrink-wrapping. That also makes for a comical – yet realistic – updating of the still life tradition. Moreover, the tricky matter of transparency is expertly handled. Could it even, to be more serious, be taken as a critique of the prevalence of plastic wrapping, a problem that supermarkets have only recently started to address?</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 725.896px;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 725.896px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="529" data-lbwps-width="640" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Tony-Anderson-Vaccination-Centre.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-274183 size-full" height="529" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Tony-Anderson-Vaccination-Centre.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Tony-Anderson-Vaccination-Centre.jpg 640w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Tony-Anderson-Vaccination-Centre-300x248.jpg 300w" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 725.896px;" width="640" /></a></strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 725.896px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Tony Anderson</strong>, <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Vaccination Centre</em>, 2021 – linocut, 37 x 40 cm</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 725.896px;">This is obviously topical, but Tony Anderson’s medium and aesthetic take us back to the interwar years, when Claude Flight and his famous students Cyril Power and Sybil Andrews developed the colour linocut as a means to explore the energy of the then-modern age. That led to World War II, and I think Anderson is making a comparison with the war time spirit and our response to the pandemic, as well as pointing to the limitations of progress. How far should be push the comparison? It’s sobering to think that, though 5m have died from Covid-19, there were 75m victims in the war. That aside, Anderson varies the degree of detail tellingly across the image, and unexpectedly includes an owl, perhaps alluding to the increased visibility of wildlife during lockdown as well as the symbolic strigiform connection with not just wisdom but also transition and time.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 725.896px;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 725.896px;">If I’d had another ten, incidentally, they might have been by Simone Brewster, Nicole Farhi, Marguerite Horner, Florence Hutchings, Debbie Lee, Hywel Livingstone, James Lloyd, Enzo Marra, Lee Maelzer, Simon Neville and John Walmsley.</p></div>Paul Carey-Kenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01842249388250530953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432330092345249234.post-28766902406099194162021-07-27T21:46:00.002-07:002021-08-31T03:09:40.178-07:00ART STUFF: WEEKLY COLUMNS FROM FAD 401-450<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><header class="entry-header article__single" style="align-items: center; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column;"><header class="entry-header article__single" style="align-items: center; background-color: #f1f1f1; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(12, 12, 10, 0.8); display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-family: Rubik, san-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 4vmax; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase;">416: THE ART ON THE T-SHIRT</h1></header><div class="entry-meta" style="background-color: #f1f1f1; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(12, 12, 10, 0.8); font-family: Rubik, san-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: var(--gap); width: 1073px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box;">By <a href="https://fadmagazine.com/author/paul/" rel="author" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Posts by Paul Carey-Kent">Paul Carey-Kent</a> • 1 September 2021<a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="2048" data-lbwps-width="2048" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/VONK_FLOOR_RAINBOW_CHER_B_2048_TWEAK.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.7rem; text-align: start; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-271828 size-large" height="640" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/VONK_FLOOR_RAINBOW_CHER_B_2048_TWEAK-1024x1024.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/VONK_FLOOR_RAINBOW_CHER_B_2048_TWEAK-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/VONK_FLOOR_RAINBOW_CHER_B_2048_TWEAK-300x300.jpg 300w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/VONK_FLOOR_RAINBOW_CHER_B_2048_TWEAK-150x150.jpg 150w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/VONK_FLOOR_RAINBOW_CHER_B_2048_TWEAK-768x768.jpg 768w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/VONK_FLOOR_RAINBOW_CHER_B_2048_TWEAK-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/VONK_FLOOR_RAINBOW_CHER_B_2048_TWEAK.jpg 2048w" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; max-width: 100%; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></p></div><div class="entry-content article__single" style="align-items: center; background-color: #f1f1f1; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(12, 12, 10, 0.8); display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-family: Rubik, san-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 4rem; text-align: start;"><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-271828" class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_271828" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-size: 0.7rem; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 640px;"><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-271828" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.8rem; margin-top: 1rem;">Jock Mooney: Rainbow Hair Cher</figcaption></figure><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 751.094px;"></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 751.094px;">There’s a logic to putting art on a T-shirt: comparatively cheap, no need to find wall or floor space, avoids the business of installation (unless you count getting dressed) and allows you to show your collection out and about… I have a few examples which are fun to wear. Here are some which quite often get asked about: sometimes, I’m stopped in the street…</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 751.094px;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="2560" data-lbwps-width="2560" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210831_075731-scaled.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-271827 size-large" height="640" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210831_075731-1024x1024.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210831_075731-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210831_075731-300x300.jpg 300w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210831_075731-150x150.jpg 150w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210831_075731-768x768.jpg 768w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210831_075731-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210831_075731-2048x2048.jpg 2048w" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 751.094px;" width="640" /></a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 751.094px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Adriano Costa</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 751.094px;">I have one of a wide range of T-shirts designed by the Brazilian artist Adrian Costa which wittily insert Ayahuasca into the typographic layout of famous consumer brands. I have to admit, though, that my experience of dimethyltryptamine, the chemical in the plants with which indigenous Amazonians make the famous psychoactive brew, is limited to the shirt.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 751.094px;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 751.094px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="2560" data-lbwps-width="2560" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210831_072430-scaled.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-271823 size-large" height="640" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210831_072430-1024x1024.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210831_072430-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210831_072430-300x300.jpg 300w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210831_072430-150x150.jpg 150w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210831_072430-768x768.jpg 768w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210831_072430-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210831_072430-2048x2048.jpg 2048w" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 751.094px;" width="640" /></a></strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 751.094px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Pedro Reyes</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 751.094px;">This, from the Lisson Gallery, has a motif which splits the generations: those for whom the telephone dial is a matter of nostalgia from those who only recall it from films or maybe even wonder what it is… The Mexican artist’s wife, Carla Fernández, is a celebrated fashion designer, so he may have picked up some tips…</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 751.094px;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="2560" data-lbwps-width="2560" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210831_072531-scaled.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-271824 size-large" height="640" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210831_072531-1024x1024.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210831_072531-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210831_072531-300x300.jpg 300w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210831_072531-150x150.jpg 150w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210831_072531-768x768.jpg 768w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210831_072531-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210831_072531-2048x2048.jpg 2048w" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 751.094px;" width="640" /></a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 751.094px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Emma Cousin</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 751.094px;">This arpeggio of interlocking figures was made for an exhibition I curated: ‘Ridiculous!’ at Elephant West in January 2020. They come from Emma Cousin’s site-specific wall pieces made in four locations as part of the ‘Survey’ show of upcoming artists the during 2018-19. Just what are the people doing, I tend to be asked, typically by those wondering whether it’s rude. I reckon we’re surveying them surveying each other…</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 751.094px;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 751.094px;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="2560" data-lbwps-width="2560" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210831_075529-scaled.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-271825 size-large" height="640" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210831_075529-1024x1024.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210831_075529-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210831_075529-300x300.jpg 300w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210831_075529-150x150.jpg 150w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210831_075529-768x768.jpg 768w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210831_075529-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210831_075529-2048x2048.jpg 2048w" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 751.094px;" width="640" /></a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 751.094px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Jock Mooney</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 751.094px;">Jock Mooney does a huge range of T-shirts at <a href="http://www.hellovonk.com/" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">www.helloVONK.com</a>. They tend towards retro Americana in psychedelic colours and with a twist – as in ‘My Little Ciccone’, a combination of Madonna in her Gaultier kit c. 1990 with My Little Pony and the classical reference to a centaur. Or should I say a centauride – the female version of the human-horse, much less frequently encountered in Greek legend?</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 751.094px;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 751.094px;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="2429" data-lbwps-width="2429" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210831_075608.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-271826 size-large" height="640" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210831_075608-1024x1024.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210831_075608-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210831_075608-300x300.jpg 300w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210831_075608-150x150.jpg 150w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210831_075608-768x768.jpg 768w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210831_075608-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210831_075608-2048x2048.jpg 2048w" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 751.094px;" width="640" /></a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 751.094px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Raymond Pettibon</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 751.094px;">The most famous image, being the cover design for Sonic Youth’s 6th album, 1990’s ‘Goo’. Pettibon’s source was a photograph of two British mods, their cool counteracted – surely not enhanced – by a tale of parricide. Almost all artists, I’ve found, like Sonic Youth.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 751.094px;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 751.094px;">Art writer and curator Paul Carey-Kent sees a lot of shows: we asked him to jot down whatever came into his head</p><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Categories</h3></div><header class="entry-header article__single" style="align-items: center; background-color: #f1f1f1; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(12, 12, 10, 0.8); display: flex; flex-direction: column; text-align: start;"><header class="entry-header article__single" style="align-items: center; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-family: Rubik, san-serif;"><header class="entry-header article__single" style="align-items: center; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="font-size: large;">415: THE STORM BEHIND THE CALM: </span></h1><h1 class="entry-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="font-size: large;">JOHN NASH AT </span><span style="font-size: large;">EASTBOURNE</span></h1></header><div class="entry-meta" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: var(--gap); text-align: center; width: 1073px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box;">By <a href="https://fadmagazine.com/author/paul/" rel="author" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Posts by Paul Carey-Kent">Paul Carey-Kent</a> • 25 August 2021<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Share — <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https://fadmagazine.com/2021/08/25/the-storm-behind-the-calm-john-nash-at-eastbourne/&text=The%20Storm%20behind%20the%20Calm:%20John%20Nash%20at%20Eastbourne&via=" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); 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box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-271567" height="763" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/nash-quarry-27591_w_900.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/nash-quarry-27591_w_900.jpg 657w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/nash-quarry-27591_w_900-219x300.jpg 219w" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 560.417px;" width="557" /></a></h4><p class="pad-bottom" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 751.094px;">John Nash: <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">The DeLank Quarry, Cornwall</em>, 1963</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 751.094px;">John Nash (1893-1977) tends to be remembered as the less radical younger brother of Paul, a first rank illustrator as well as a longstanding Royal Academician adept at the subtle transfiguration of landscapes, particularly in watercolour. He was also an artist in both World Wars, albeit both less famous for that than Paul and less favoured by circumstances: for example, as a private rather than an officer in World War I, he wasn’t allowed to make any drawings while at the front. Those impressions are confirmed by the comprehensive retrospective you can now see at the <a href="https://www.townereastbourne.org.uk/" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Towner Art Gallery</a> in Eastbourne (to 26 Sept). It’s an enjoyable show, with small surprises in his early cartoon work, and in just how good his botanical engravings were. One wall label, however, mentions that he and his wife were on holiday ‘with their lovers’. The exhibition says no more, but a recent biography by Andy Friend reveals that Nash’s private life was much less conservative than his art.</p><h4 class="pad-bottom" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="1440" data-lbwps-width="2560" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/John-Nash_article-image_1-scaled.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="alignnone wp-image-271566 size-large" height="360" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/John-Nash_article-image_1-1024x576.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/John-Nash_article-image_1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/John-Nash_article-image_1-300x169.jpg 300w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/John-Nash_article-image_1-768x432.jpg 768w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/John-Nash_article-image_1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/John-Nash_article-image_1-2048x1152.jpg 2048w" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></h4><p class="m0 h2 col-9 line-height-2" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 751.094px;">John Nash with Christine Kuhlenthal, 1918</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 751.094px;">When he and Christine Kuhlenthal (1895-1976) married in 1918, they both had interests in other women, and agreed that theirs would be an open marriage. They seemed to have maintained that principle energetically over most of the following 58 years together: Christine with lovers of both sexes, John with women who seem to split into two types – mostly the wives of other artist colleagues, whom she accepted as ‘old steadies’, but also occasional dalliances with younger ‘Dolls’, as Christine termed them. It would be nice to report that this all went swimmingly, but Friend reports that Christine suffered a good deal of pain and jealousy, particularly when a ‘Doll’ was involved, both for herself and because she felt that those affairs made John miserable. ‘An odd thing, this sexual attraction’, she’s recorded as saying of one affair: ‘The only comfort is that it passes and when it goes there won’t be much left’. We don’t hear what John thought, presumably because there are no records of that. But we do also read about the tragedy which struck the couple in 1935, when their only child William, then four, died when he fell out of the door of the car Christine was driving. Add the wars and a mother who was committed to a mental hospital for most of his childhood, and it may not be a surprise that Nash suffered from depression. All in all, then, there’s a good deal going on behind the well-ordered surfaces of Nash’s paintings.</p><h4 class="pad-bottom" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="1033" data-lbwps-width="1500" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/John-Nash-The-Cornfield.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="alignnone wp-image-271568 size-large" height="441" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/John-Nash-The-Cornfield-1024x705.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/John-Nash-The-Cornfield-1024x705.jpg 1024w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/John-Nash-The-Cornfield-300x207.jpg 300w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/John-Nash-The-Cornfield-768x529.jpg 768w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/John-Nash-The-Cornfield.jpg 1500w" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></h4><p class="pad-bottom" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 751.094px;">John Nash: <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Cornfield</em>, 1918</p></div><h1 class="entry-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase;">* Andy Friend: <em style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(12, 12, 10, 0.8); font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">John Nash: The Landscape of Love and Solace</em><span color="rgba(12, 12, 10, 0.8)" style="font-size: 16px; text-align: start;"> </span><span color="rgba(12, 12, 10, 0.8)" style="font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">(Towner Gallery / Thames & Hudson, 2020 – 352 pages)</span></h1><h1 class="entry-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="font-size: large;">414: ART DECENTRED – BOURNEMOUTH AND SHEFFIELD</span></h1></header><div class="entry-meta" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; max-width: 100%; width: 540px;" width="540" /></a><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-270990" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.8rem; margin-top: 1rem;">Jake and Dinos Chapman: from ‘Monuments to Immortality’, 2021</figcaption></figure><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; width: 751.094px;"></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; width: 751.094px;">Lockdown reduced the tendency to travel to London, and it looks as if some of that decentralising shift may be permanent. That fits with an increasingly wide spread of art initiatives. The Turner Prize is in Coventry this year – following on from Hull (2018) and Margate (2019). Last week I was in Bournemouth and Sheffield for two admirably selfless initiatives which promise to become ongoing models of how to bring interesting contemporary art to non-London publics.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; width: 751.094px;">In <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Bournemouth</strong>, artist <a href="http://stuartsemple.com/" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Stuart Semple</a> not only has a huge studio and team in the upper two floors of The Avenue shopping centre, he has just taken over a floor of the former Debenhams as an exhibition space, having persuaded the new owner to give the support of free rent. The scale and location should be a winner, and <a href="https://www.giant.space/" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">GIANT</a> has made a good start with plenty of big names and big works in the initial show. ‘Big Medicine’, curated by Semple himself, issues a somewhat tongue in cheek rallying call for art to heal cultural wounds through shared experience – with plenty of drug-related works. And the Project Space has another interesting show: Lee Cavalier’s curation of ‘Why We Shout – The Art of Protest’.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; width: 751.094px;"></p><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-270989" class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_270989" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-size: 0.7rem; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 540px;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="2441" data-lbwps-width="2215" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210807_153410-chapman.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-270989" height="595" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210807_153410-chapman-929x1024.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210807_153410-chapman-929x1024.jpg 929w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210807_153410-chapman-272x300.jpg 272w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210807_153410-chapman-768x846.jpg 768w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210807_153410-chapman-1394x1536.jpg 1394w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210807_153410-chapman-1858x2048.jpg 1858w" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; max-width: 100%; width: 540px;" width="540" /></a><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-270989" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.8rem; margin-top: 1rem;">Jake and Dinos Chapman: from ‘Monuments to Immortality’, 2021</figcaption></figure><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; width: 751.094px;"></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; width: 751.094px;">Jake and Dinos Chapman could have fitted in either show with their new series of bronze-cast suicide vests, copied from youtube clips of suicide bombers but rendered as useless as Jeff Koons’ 1985 casts of aqualungs in bronze, which the brothers cite as an inspiration. Some are art bombs, with paint and brushes where one would expect explosives. ‘The risk and danger of being an artist’, says Semple in one of his informative labels, ‘is pitched against the power of the artist’s conviction to fight for belief’. Regular new shows and performance events are planned.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; width: 751.094px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Sheffield</strong> has a quite different collaboration: <a href="https://www.museums-sheffield.org.uk/museums/millennium-gallery/exhibitions/earthbound-contemporary-landscape-from-the-roberts-institute-of-art" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">‘Earthbound: Contemporary Landscape’</a> is a curation by the <a href="https://www.therobertsinstituteofart.com/" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Roberts Institute of Art</a> of selections from both the David and Indre Roberts’s and Sheffield museum collections. The former moved from a physical gallery base in London to a more fluid model, emphasising performance, in 2017, and this approach is a logical way to extend public access to the collection. A second such collaboration is already lined up for the Hunterian in Glasgow. The timing exploits the temporary closure of Sheffield’s Graves Gallery for refurbishment to incorporate some works normally shown there in the Millennium Gallery.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; width: 751.094px;"></p><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-270988" class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_270988" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 800px;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="733" data-lbwps-width="1000" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Miroslaw_Balka_Zoo_T.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.7rem; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-270988" height="586" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Miroslaw_Balka_Zoo_T.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Miroslaw_Balka_Zoo_T.jpg 1000w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Miroslaw_Balka_Zoo_T-300x220.jpg 300w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Miroslaw_Balka_Zoo_T-768x563.jpg 768w" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; max-width: 100%; width: 800px;" width="800" /></a><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-270988" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.8rem; margin-top: 1rem;">Miroslaw Balka: ‘250 x 700 x 455, ø 41 x 41 / Zoo / T’ 2007/08.</figcaption><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-270988" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.8rem; margin-top: 1rem;"><br /></figcaption><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-270988" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 1rem;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 0.8rem;">The larges</span><span style="font-size: medium;">t and darkest work in the show is this peculiar
and disturbing reproduction – scaled down to mimic Balka’s own measurements so
he can just reach the top at full stretch – of a zoo built-in 1943 in the Treblinka
extermination camp. Commissioned by the commander of the SS as entertainment
for his family and other officers, the top part hosted a dovecote, while foxes
and other animals were kept beneath. Inside it, red wine bubbles and circulates
in a vat, adding catholic themes to the reflections on what humans can do.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 0.8rem;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 4vmax; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 0.8rem;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 4vmax; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase;">413: ALEXANDER JAMES HAMILTON: ART INTO ACTION INTO ART</span></p></figcaption></figure></div></header><div class="entry-meta" style="background-color: #f1f1f1; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(12, 12, 10, 0.8); font-family: Rubik, san-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: var(--gap); width: 1073px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box;">By <a href="https://fadmagazine.com/author/paul/" rel="author" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Posts by Paul Carey-Kent">Paul Carey-Kent</a> • 4 August 2021<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https://fadmagazine.com/2021/08/04/alexander-james-hamilton-art-into-action-into-art/&text=Alexander%20James%20Hamilton:%20Art%20into%20Action%20into%20Art&via=" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); 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box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-270645" height="760" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Rastvoyrennaya-Pechal-Red-October-Studio-0034-862x1024.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Rastvoyrennaya-Pechal-Red-October-Studio-0034-862x1024.jpg 862w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Rastvoyrennaya-Pechal-Red-October-Studio-0034-252x300.jpg 252w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Rastvoyrennaya-Pechal-Red-October-Studio-0034-768x913.jpg 768w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Rastvoyrennaya-Pechal-Red-October-Studio-0034-1292x1536.jpg 1292w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Rastvoyrennaya-Pechal-Red-October-Studio-0034-1723x2048.jpg 1723w" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 751.094px;" width="640" /></a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 751.094px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">‘Untitled’, 2014 – courtesy <a href="http://www.distilennui.com/" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">www.DistilEnnui.com</a></em></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 751.094px;">There’s no shortage of art addressing environmental themes, and many of the artists involved are deeply engaged with the causes their work reflects on. Nonetheless, Alexander James Hamilton is exceptional in the depth of his commitment. ‘I have made it my life’s work’, he says, ‘to explore and protect global waters through artistic interventions and creating explorative bodies of work using the signature of water at the core of my practice in locations all around the world’. You can trace three decades years of that activity on his website <a href="http://www.distilennui.com/" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">www.DistilEnnui.com</a> , including his compelling core practice of making underwater photographs with analogue equipment, the water operating both symbolically and as the means of generating painterly effects in his revisiting of flowers, butterflies, vanitas subjects and figures. Hamilton, as much an activist as an artist, is currently living in the Maldives, where he has a long history of working to stimulate recycling – any purchases from his site help to support that effort. As Hamilton explains, fish populations have fallen drastically as plastic pollution has entered the food chain at every level from the microscopic to the top predators, as over 90% of the aluminium and plastic from the drinks industry is either buried in landfill sites, burned or dumped in the ocean. Yet it takes less than 5% of the energy to recycle an aluminium drinks can or plastic bottle rather than make a new one. The Maldives is 1,600 km from the nearest landfall, and other than what Hamilton has initiated, there have been no facilities for recycling plastic or aluminium, or indeed creating fresh water on the local islands, with everything brought across by boat in plastic bottles. In response, Hamilton has designed and funded the building of recycling facilities– you can read the technical details <a href="https://www.distilennui.com/journal/carbon-neutral-recycling-studio-tackling-plastic-aluminium-pollution-and-global-warming-from-carbon-emissions.html" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">here</a> – and is also using that capacity to make art: each of the bottle sculptures in his ‘Drink Less’ series ‘is made from 1,000 aluminium coke cans brought to the Maldives and sold with no regard for responsible recycling’. Hamilton says he is ‘trying to create a satisfying ‘end of life’ for these waste materials with a meaningful message for the youth of tomorrow to consider before they make further unconsidered purchases’.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 751.094px;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 751.094px;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="500" data-lbwps-width="800" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/drink-less-group-shot_DSC2705800px.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-270644" height="500" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/drink-less-group-shot_DSC2705800px.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/drink-less-group-shot_DSC2705800px.jpg 800w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/drink-less-group-shot_DSC2705800px-300x188.jpg 300w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/drink-less-group-shot_DSC2705800px-768x480.jpg 768w" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 751.094px;" width="800" /></a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 751.094px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">‘Drink Less’, 2021 courtesy <a href="http://www.distilennui.com/" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">www.DistilEnnui.com</a></em></p></div><h1 class="entry-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Rubik, san-serif; font-size: 4vmax; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-transform: uppercase;"><br /></h1><h1 class="entry-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Rubik, san-serif; font-size: 4vmax; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-transform: uppercase;">412: ART MEETS POETRY</h1></header><div class="entry-meta" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: var(--gap); width: 1073px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box;">By <a href="https://fadmagazine.com/author/paul/" rel="author" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Posts by Paul Carey-Kent">Paul Carey-Kent</a> • 28 July 2021<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br /></p></div><div class="advert advert__in-section" style="align-items: center; box-sizing: border-box; display: grid; grid-column: 1 / -1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 5vmax; margin-top: 5vmax; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 3vmax; padding-top: 2vmax;"><div class="content_block" id="custom_post_widget-264872" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div data-google-query-id="CJrMyLypg_ICFTO7UQodshwHZA" id="div-gpt-ad-1621804551248-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></div></div></div><div class="entry-content article__single" style="align-items: center; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin-bottom: 4rem;"><p style="background-color: #f1f1f1; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(12, 12, 10, 0.8); font-family: Rubik, san-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; width: 751.094px;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="707" data-lbwps-width="500" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/yellowpoem-no7-pete-smith-tentacular.jpeg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-270555" height="400" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/yellowpoem-no7-pete-smith-tentacular.jpeg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/yellowpoem-no7-pete-smith-tentacular.jpeg 500w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/yellowpoem-no7-pete-smith-tentacular-212x300.jpeg 212w" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 751.094px;" width="283" /></a>Poetry was good in lockdown, being better suited to the screen than most literature or art. That makes it timely that two ambitious London shows currently combine art with poetry, even if they were necessarily in planning well before we learned the language of covid. They have prominent local partners: Shoreditch Library with PEER, The Poetry School with Southwark Park Galleries. Both <a href="https://www.peeruk.org/swirl-of-words" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">PEER’s <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Swirl of Words / Swirl of Worlds</em></a> and <a href="https://southwarkparkgalleries.org/a-fine-day-for-seeing/" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Southwark Park Galleries’ <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">A Fine Day for Seeing</em></a> combine an exhibition, a programme of events and workshops, and a publication. And both strike me as excellent in all three respects – though as I curated the latter with the poet Tamar Yoseloff, half of that assessment may be biased!</p><p style="background-color: #f1f1f1; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(12, 12, 10, 0.8); font-family: Rubik, san-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; width: 751.094px;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="736" data-lbwps-width="1033" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/beattie-Screenshot-2021-07-27-134243.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-270554" height="456" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/beattie-Screenshot-2021-07-27-134243-1024x730.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/beattie-Screenshot-2021-07-27-134243-1024x730.jpg 1024w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/beattie-Screenshot-2021-07-27-134243-300x214.jpg 300w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/beattie-Screenshot-2021-07-27-134243-768x547.jpg 768w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/beattie-Screenshot-2021-07-27-134243.jpg 1033w" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 751.094px;" width="640" /></a></p><p style="background-color: #f1f1f1; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(12, 12, 10, 0.8); font-family: Rubik, san-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; width: 751.094px;">At Southwark Park Galleries (to 29 Aug), the focus is on partnerships between poets and artists: ten poets respond to ten artists, allowing the visitor to read or listen to each through the catalogue, online or via QR code in the gallery. The relationships vary greatly, from mother and daughter to long term collaborators to newly-mets. Perhaps the most unusual dialogue is between Basil Beattie and Maitreyabandhu. The former taught the latter at Goldsmiths Art College in the 1980s, but they hadn’t met since – the pupil is now a Buddhist, ordained into the Triratna Buddhist Order in 1990 – and has swapped painting for poetry, publishing three collections with Bloodaxe Books. He chose the huge and hugely impressive ‘Cause & Effect’ from 1980, and wrote about the time when he was an art student before he stepped across…</p><p style="background-color: #f1f1f1; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(12, 12, 10, 0.8); font-family: Rubik, san-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; width: 751.094px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">the threshold into the present tense: Thatcher</em></p><p style="background-color: #f1f1f1; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(12, 12, 10, 0.8); font-family: Rubik, san-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; width: 751.094px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">gives way to Grindr, Brexit and XR</em></p><p style="background-color: #f1f1f1; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(12, 12, 10, 0.8); font-family: Rubik, san-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; width: 751.094px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">as Basil, who has hardly changed, makes tea.</em></p><p style="background-color: #f1f1f1; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(12, 12, 10, 0.8); font-family: Rubik, san-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; width: 751.094px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">We prop his pictures up against the wall</em></p><p style="background-color: #f1f1f1; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(12, 12, 10, 0.8); font-family: Rubik, san-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; width: 751.094px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">and talk about the dead – Hoyland gone</em></p><p style="background-color: #f1f1f1; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(12, 12, 10, 0.8); font-family: Rubik, san-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; width: 751.094px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">and Albert Irvin “a new joke everyday”</em></p><p style="background-color: #f1f1f1; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(12, 12, 10, 0.8); font-family: Rubik, san-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; width: 751.094px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">dying at the average age, in the average way,</em></p><p style="background-color: #f1f1f1; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(12, 12, 10, 0.8); font-family: Rubik, san-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; width: 751.094px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">as if that made a difference. The paintings stand</em></p><p style="background-color: #f1f1f1; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(12, 12, 10, 0.8); font-family: Rubik, san-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; width: 751.094px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">in working studio light and measured calm</em></p><p style="background-color: #f1f1f1; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(12, 12, 10, 0.8); font-family: Rubik, san-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; width: 751.094px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">as tribute to the eye and heart and hand,</em></p><p style="background-color: #f1f1f1; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(12, 12, 10, 0.8); font-family: Rubik, san-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; width: 751.094px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">mute surfaces of know-how, marking time.</em></p><p style="background-color: #f1f1f1; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(12, 12, 10, 0.8); font-family: Rubik, san-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; width: 751.094px;">PEER’s show (to 14 Aug) considers the relationship between language and cultural identity, notably represented by publication of a free book containing 94 poems in each of 94 languages identified as being spoken in Hackney, all with English translations. The poet Stephen Watts selected these, and while you might suspect the quality of the work would be subsidiary to its concept, it turns out to be a consistently strong collection. Watts will reads his own poems at the closing event. Meanwhile the extensive exhibition brings together classic fusions of art and language (by, for example, Kurt Schwitters, Susan Hiller and John Smith) with less-known but equally fascinating works. I was taken with half a dozen of Pete Smith’s ‘National Geographic Yellow Collages’ from a series ongoing since 2009. They consist of words and phrases removed from National Geographic magazine and pasted onto a magazine-sized background of horizontal yellow or gold strips themselves cut from the publication’s iconic front-cover border. That makes them visually striking, but they also operate wonderfully as semi-found poems of surreal conjunction.</p><p style="background-color: #f1f1f1; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(12, 12, 10, 0.8); font-family: Rubik, san-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; width: 751.094px;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="1951" data-lbwps-width="1411" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210626_130856-pete-smith-10-.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-270557" height="636" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210626_130856-pete-smith-10--741x1024.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210626_130856-pete-smith-10--741x1024.jpg 741w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210626_130856-pete-smith-10--217x300.jpg 217w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210626_130856-pete-smith-10--768x1062.jpg 768w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210626_130856-pete-smith-10--1111x1536.jpg 1111w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210626_130856-pete-smith-10-.jpg 1411w" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 751.094px;" width="460" /></a></p><p style="background-color: #f1f1f1; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(12, 12, 10, 0.8); font-family: Rubik, san-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; width: 751.094px;"> </p><p style="background-color: #f1f1f1; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(12, 12, 10, 0.8); font-family: Rubik, san-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; width: 751.094px;">Art writer and curator Paul Carey-Kent sees a lot of shows: we asked him to jot down whatever came into his head</p><div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">411: </span></b><span face="Rubik, san-serif" style="background-color: #f1f1f1; font-size: 4vmax; text-transform: uppercase;">BANKSY VERSUS THE CLASSICS</span></div></div></div><div class="entry-meta" style="background-color: #f1f1f1; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(12, 12, 10, 0.8); font-family: Rubik, san-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: var(--gap); text-align: center; width: 1073px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box;">By <a href="https://fadmagazine.com/author/paul/" rel="author" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Posts by Paul Carey-Kent">Paul Carey-Kent</a> • 21 July 2021<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br /></p></div><div class="advert advert__in-section" style="align-items: center; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(12, 12, 10, 0.8); display: grid; font-family: Rubik, san-serif; font-size: 16px; grid-column: 1 / -1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 5vmax; margin-top: 5vmax; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 3vmax; padding-top: 2vmax;"><div class="content_block" id="custom_post_widget-264872" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div data-google-query-id="CNedxM6qg_ICFcAJBgAdQXAENQ" id="div-gpt-ad-1621804551248-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/33556646/fad-leaderboard-article-01_0__container__" style="border: 0pt none; box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="886" data-lbwps-width="738" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/FL-OE.jpg" style="background-color: #f1f1f1; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.7rem; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-270335" height="646" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 538px) 100vw, 538px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/FL-OE.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/FL-OE.jpg 738w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/FL-OE-250x300.jpg 250w" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; max-width: 100%; width: 538px;" width="538" /></a></div></div></div></div><div class="entry-content article__single" style="align-items: center; background-color: #f1f1f1; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(12, 12, 10, 0.8); display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-family: Rubik, san-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 4rem;"><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-270335" class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_270335" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-size: 0.7rem; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 538px;"><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-270335" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.8rem; margin-top: 1rem;">HENRI FANTIN-LATOUR (1836-1904) Œillets, 1887 signed and dated ‘Fantin. 87’ (lower right) oil on canvas, 44.5 x 37 cm</figcaption></figure><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 751.094px;"></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 751.094px;">Walking round an auction house the realities of market prices never cease to amaze me. At Christies recently, for example, you could bid on various works on paper. If you like paintings of flowers, then there happened to be a highly attractive group of five unique works, expected to realise some £150,000 in total. I’d take any of those – by Alex von Jawlensky, Hannah Höch, Maurice de Vlaminck, Giorgio De Chirico and Henri Fantin-Latour – at their average £30,000 value over a screenprint by <a href="https://fadmagazine.com/tag/banksy/" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Banksy</a> on a similar scale. Whatever its merits, the Banksy is already a secondary work, made after an original wall stencil, and comes from an edition of 416 plus an extraordinary 66 Artist’s Proofs (just how many APs can you plausibly need?). So call it effectively an edition of 500. Yet the Banksy was estimated at £200-300,000! Apparently, every pop star wants one. So I had it the wrong way around: not several Banksy huge-edition prints per Fantin-Latour painting, but several Fantin-Latour paintings per Banksy print! More of a headline lot was Banksy’s painting ‘Subject to Availability’, 2009-10, which was available subject to you having an estimated £3-5m to spend on it (it sold for £4.5m)… I’d like to say that the actual prices achieved made more sense to me, and there was a slight shift: the Banksy print made £218,750, so low end, while the Fantin-Latour was the star of the cheaper works, fetching £62,500 against its £30-50,000 estimate. Still, getting on for four Fantin-Latour originals per Banksy print.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 751.094px;"></p><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-270334" class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_270334" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-size: 0.7rem; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 490px;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="682" data-lbwps-width="490" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/banksy-Screenshot-2021-06-25-105118.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-270334 size-full" height="682" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/banksy-Screenshot-2021-06-25-105118.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/banksy-Screenshot-2021-06-25-105118.jpg 490w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/banksy-Screenshot-2021-06-25-105118-216x300.jpg 216w" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; max-width: 100%; width: 490px;" width="490" /></a><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-270334" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.8rem; margin-top: 1rem;">BANKSY: Nola AP (Green to Blue Rain), 2008 screenprint on paper, image: 64 x 44cm.</figcaption></figure><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 751.094px;"></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 751.094px;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 751.094px;">Art writer and curator Paul Carey-Kent sees a lot of shows: we asked him to jot down whatever came into his head</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">410: Virtually Venice</span></b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhqIRzQtkXx9ryBqAPHsjISVfwFKTRLkJ1Us_Y41rasjyrX6bd6zVPcUUrj7sFmXrhSE4PBaUe78hyGPlY0PqNo2oAzSb-50RqCZWR59TMbho6ak8IzHafFrPJeWhQ83yeOZ6Zhwxvwas/s1600/McGill_Red-Regatta-Preview_5.11.19_5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="707" data-original-width="1600" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhqIRzQtkXx9ryBqAPHsjISVfwFKTRLkJ1Us_Y41rasjyrX6bd6zVPcUUrj7sFmXrhSE4PBaUe78hyGPlY0PqNo2oAzSb-50RqCZWR59TMbho6ak8IzHafFrPJeWhQ83yeOZ6Zhwxvwas/w640-h282/McGill_Red-Regatta-Preview_5.11.19_5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Bad news: things may change fairly soon, but it’s not a simple matter to get to Venice at the moment. Good news: <a href="https://mazzoleniart.com/elenco_espositori/melissa-mcgill-in-venice/">Mazzoleni</a>’s current show (to 18 Sept) provides a convenient and cost-free evocation of La Serenissima. Melissa McGill, an American artist who lived there in the 1990’s, has returned to make two entrancing bodies of work.<p></p><p><a href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/v-Screenshot-2021-07-11-090243.jpg"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-270084" height="1" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/v-Screenshot-2021-07-11-090243.jpg" width="1" /></a></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4RlCwYnnQp-h1sq_d6XV5iFqtno5kUs0_hlCywzIt12JOSyj6oXMRhlFapuNMyHEzCy2IGO6o2FVYwzjHGhMGtsfN7mnABa9l8Ye3lkolMhIGu6q6abeWGjoO_9vSM-uNkZgf5l07XMg/s2048/7+McGill%252C+Campo+Box++Santa+Maria+Nova+open.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1696" data-original-width="2048" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4RlCwYnnQp-h1sq_d6XV5iFqtno5kUs0_hlCywzIt12JOSyj6oXMRhlFapuNMyHEzCy2IGO6o2FVYwzjHGhMGtsfN7mnABa9l8Ye3lkolMhIGu6q6abeWGjoO_9vSM-uNkZgf5l07XMg/w400-h331/7+McGill%252C+Campo+Box++Santa+Maria+Nova+open.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />The ‘Campo Boxes’ (2017) are black lacquered sculptural sound boxes which take the ‘negative shape’ defined by the irregular buildings surrounding the public squares – or <em>campi</em> – at the historic heart of every Venetian neighbourhood. Open the boxes, and you hear, in the gallery’s words, ‘the subtle nuances of daily Venetian life – the snippets of conversation between neighbours, calls from passing boats and gondoliers, children playing and footsteps in a pedestrian city where sound bounces off from stone to stone free of the din of traffic’ - sounds which are threatened by the depopulation of the city as well as by climate change.<p></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb08DTgFmD4vS5CIvEnXx13IaRUufdRNMRKbzBqr96LbQTp1Xiusmk32pvo4IXNmL1rwktxehIfZp8aQdhLm9laOeEsx4xX-g2pHmo6QwcSlVN8v9uTMqcOpUCkzwV_u7Txoa2hTwzhIE/s920/20190328_Magazzino_024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="627" data-original-width="920" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb08DTgFmD4vS5CIvEnXx13IaRUufdRNMRKbzBqr96LbQTp1Xiusmk32pvo4IXNmL1rwktxehIfZp8aQdhLm9laOeEsx4xX-g2pHmo6QwcSlVN8v9uTMqcOpUCkzwV_u7Txoa2hTwzhIE/w640-h436/20190328_Magazzino_024.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p>In 2019 McGill organised ‘Red Regatta’, for which 52 traditional <em>vela al terzo</em> boats sailed in choreographed regattas, all with red sails. The colour has many Venetian associations - from its bricks and terracotta rooftops, to its flag and history of trade in red pigment, to the paintings of Titian and Tintoretto – but here stands most pertinently for danger and alarm at the city’s environmental imperilment. The red sails were made the more striking by subtle differences, hand-painted in 52 different shades from a hundred that McGill identified in her project research – she shows her colour studies alongside preparatory works, film of the regatta and photographs of the sails as reflected in the lagoon.</p><p><a href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20190328_Magazzino_024.jpg"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-270085" height="1" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20190328_Magazzino_024.jpg" width="1" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr8Bf2sT8NC4nDcds3pi81kMLmincaGApxFq3xHaxfYiJ1k95QSiQAM94kZ2ntQiWDbHzGcQOrCGPIFZNgDZO6kUI335wsdAm-j_VWVvqJZ7pOIT1zaSYVq6RkFMiSFifuFxQ0DGMrWBY/s1797/mcGill+Screenshot+2021-07-12+092416.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="847" data-original-width="1797" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr8Bf2sT8NC4nDcds3pi81kMLmincaGApxFq3xHaxfYiJ1k95QSiQAM94kZ2ntQiWDbHzGcQOrCGPIFZNgDZO6kUI335wsdAm-j_VWVvqJZ7pOIT1zaSYVq6RkFMiSFifuFxQ0DGMrWBY/w640-h302/mcGill+Screenshot+2021-07-12+092416.jpg" width="640" /></a><a href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/7-McGill-Campo-Box-Santa-Maria-Nova-open.jpg"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-270086" height="1" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/7-McGill-Campo-Box-Santa-Maria-Nova-open.jpg" width="1" /></a></p><p>An accompanying book demonstrates that the regatta wasn’t just a spectacle, but also a social project: it contains interviews with each of the boat owners, building up an account of the Venetian sailing community. Some are following family tradition, others fell for the boats by happenstance. One owner recalls ‘a baptism of water’ when he first sailed in storm, another explains that not only is the name Mitieleo an acronym encoding his family, but ‘the boat’s nameplate is in the shape of our dachshund, Peggy, who completes our crew’. In a story that might stand in for the wider malaise, one of the few female captains recalls that when she started sailing ‘nine years ago’, recalls of her start in sailing, motorboats looked at her with respect ‘and slowed down as they passed’, but now ‘nobody cares, they pass at full speed without caring if their waves jolt me. Our traditional boats are every unstable and fragile because they have a flat bottom so they can navigate in shallow waters. Last year the bottom of my boat cracked and I almost sank.’</p><p> </p><header class="entry-header article__single" style="align-items: center; background-color: #f1f1f1; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(12, 12, 10, 0.8); display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-family: Rubik, san-serif; font-size: 16px;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 4vmax; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase;">409: OUTPOSTS OF ART</h1></header><div class="entry-meta" style="background-color: #f1f1f1; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(12, 12, 10, 0.8); font-family: Rubik, san-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: var(--gap); text-align: center; width: 1073px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box;">By <a href="https://fadmagazine.com/author/paul/" rel="author" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Posts by Paul Carey-Kent">Paul Carey-Kent</a> • 7 July 2021</p></div><div class="entry-content article__single" style="align-items: center; background-color: #f1f1f1; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(12, 12, 10, 0.8); display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-family: Rubik, san-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 4rem;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 751.094px;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="2020" data-lbwps-width="2502" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/haq-3.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-269779" height="517" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/haq-3-1024x827.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/haq-3-1024x827.jpg 1024w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/haq-3-300x242.jpg 300w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/haq-3-768x620.jpg 768w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/haq-3-1536x1240.jpg 1536w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/haq-3-2048x1653.jpg 2048w" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 751.094px;" width="640" /></a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 751.094px;">I visited three places not so typically associated with art last weekend: Beckenham, Penge and Reading. But all had their points:</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 751.094px;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="1838" data-lbwps-width="2237" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/haq-20210625_151705-1.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-269780" height="329" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/haq-20210625_151705-1-1024x841.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/haq-20210625_151705-1-1024x841.jpg 1024w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/haq-20210625_151705-1-300x246.jpg 300w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/haq-20210625_151705-1-768x631.jpg 768w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/haq-20210625_151705-1-1536x1262.jpg 1536w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/haq-20210625_151705-1-2048x1683.jpg 2048w" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 751.094px;" width="400" /></a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 751.094px;">First to the grounds of The Bethlem Royal Hospital in Beckenham, where you can find not just the Bethlem Museum of the Mind – well worth exploring – but also <a href="https://bethlemgallery.com/" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">The Bethlem Gallery</a>, which aims to provide a supportive environment for artists with mental health problems. That by no means restricts it to ‘outsider art’: much of the current exhibition by former resident Sara Haq was previously shown in the 2018 Berlin Biennale. ‘Things I did that that nobody noticed (but that changed everything)’ is a set of 35 small works in oil pastel and pencil which Haq regarded as a healing practice – ‘more happenings than drawings’ at a time of time of trauma. Bright colours carry evocations of underlying disturbance in a cycle which I see as pathways through brains, but in which others have plausibly found rockpools and birds among the possibilities for apophenia.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 751.094px;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="2560" data-lbwps-width="1920" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210626_153922-hale-scaled.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-269776" height="853" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210626_153922-hale-768x1024.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210626_153922-hale-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210626_153922-hale-225x300.jpg 225w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210626_153922-hale-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210626_153922-hale-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210626_153922-hale-scaled.jpg 1920w" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 751.094px;" width="640" /></a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 751.094px;"><a href="https://www.tensionfineart.co.uk/current-exhibition/" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Tension Fine Arts</a> is in Penge – easy enough to reach on the London Overground. In ‘True-Fictive Nature’, Matt Hale presents arboreal specimens. They seems to have resulting from tracking down trees which – though heavily polluted, often right to the core – are not without an aesthetic side-effect which somewhat ameliorates their message of environmental doom. He presents his full collection in Penge, even though spatial constraints force him to leave a high proportion of them boxed up on the floor in bespoke storage with impressively scientific labelling. Or maybe he faked it all: I didn’t get the chance to ask…</p><div class="mceTemp" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 751.094px;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="2446" data-lbwps-width="1980" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210627_154343-streatfield.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-269774" height="717" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210627_154343-streatfield-829x1024.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210627_154343-streatfield-829x1024.jpg 829w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210627_154343-streatfield-243x300.jpg 243w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210627_154343-streatfield-768x949.jpg 768w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210627_154343-streatfield-1243x1536.jpg 1243w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210627_154343-streatfield-1658x2048.jpg 1658w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210627_154343-streatfield.jpg 1980w" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; max-width: 100%; width: 751.094px;" width="580" /></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Caroline Streatfield: ‘Little Dreamer’, 2021</em></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 751.094px;">Finally to <a href="https://571oxfordroad.com/" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">571 Oxford Road Gallery</a>, which lies in a studio complex at the heart of Reading’s liveliest and most diverse area. Caroline Streatfield’s ‘Hidden Ancestors’ explores her Slovak inheritance from the perspective of someone who didn’t visit her homeland until she was 21. The John Moores prize recently featured one of the series depicting her daughter in national costume, and more from that strikingly coloured set were among the 32 paintings spread across the surprisingly spacious exhibition space. Paintings of Branston Pickle provided a counterpointing reference to British identity. The building was once part of the adjoining barracks: some paintings were in a cell in which drunken squaddies were once likely to be confined until sober.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 751.094px;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="1417" data-lbwps-width="2560" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210627_150320-streatfield-scaled.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-269775 size-large" height="355" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210627_150320-streatfield-1024x567.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210627_150320-streatfield-1024x567.jpg 1024w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210627_150320-streatfield-300x166.jpg 300w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210627_150320-streatfield-768x425.jpg 768w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210627_150320-streatfield-1536x850.jpg 1536w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210627_150320-streatfield-2048x1134.jpg 2048w" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; max-width: 100%; width: 751.094px;" width="640" /></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Caroline Streatfield: ‘Branston 1’ and ‘Branston 2’, 2020</em></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 751.094px;">Art writer and curator Paul Carey-Kent sees a lot of shows: we asked him to jot down whatever came into his head</p></div><p>Art writer and curator Paul Carey-Kent sees a lot of shows: we asked him to jot down whatever came into his head</p><header class="entry-header article__single" style="align-items: center; background-color: #f1f1f1; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(12, 12, 10, 0.8); display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-family: Rubik, san-serif; font-size: 16px;"><header class="entry-header article__single" style="align-items: center; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 4vmax; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase;">408: SPOT THE DIFFERENCE</h1></header><div class="entry-meta" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: var(--gap); text-align: center; width: 1046px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box;">By <a href="https://fadmagazine.com/author/paul/" rel="author" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Posts by Paul Carey-Kent">Paul Carey-Kent</a> • 30 June 2021<a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="1600" data-lbwps-width="1600" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/bridget_riley-45.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.7rem; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-269464" height="550" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/bridget_riley-45-1024x1024.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/bridget_riley-45-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/bridget_riley-45-300x300.jpg 300w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/bridget_riley-45-150x150.jpg 150w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/bridget_riley-45-768x768.jpg 768w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/bridget_riley-45-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/bridget_riley-45.jpg 1600w" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; max-width: 100%; width: 550px;" width="550" /></a></p></div><div class="entry-content article__single" style="align-items: center; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin-bottom: 4rem;"><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-269464" class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_269464" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-size: 0.7rem; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 550px;"><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-269464" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.8rem; margin-top: 1rem;"><br /></figcaption></figure><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 732.198px;"></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 732.198px;">Repetition provokes us into considering what’s changed – or what hasn’t – and why that might be. Here are three examples from current London shows:</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 732.198px;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="1920" data-lbwps-width="2560" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210615_124042-varejao-insta-scaled.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-269465" height="480" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210615_124042-varejao-insta-1024x768.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210615_124042-varejao-insta-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210615_124042-varejao-insta-300x225.jpg 300w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210615_124042-varejao-insta-768x576.jpg 768w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210615_124042-varejao-insta-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210615_124042-varejao-insta-2048x1536.jpg 2048w" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 732.198px;" width="640" /></a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 732.198px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Adriana Varejão</strong>: ‘Polvo Portraits I (Seascape Series)’, 2014, at <a href="https://www.lehmannmaupin.com/exhibitions/body-topographies" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Lehmann Maupin</a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 732.198px;">This tryptic is part of Varejão’s exploration of the social and historical function of race in Brazil: self-portraits with varied skin tones inspired by the idiosyncratic results of the 1976 Brazilian racial census that asked citizens to describe their skin colour. @ selected 33 of the 136 tones to paint, and these are three of the most poetic-sounding self-identifications?Sapecada (Flirting with Freckles), Burro quando Foge (Faded Fawn), and Queimada de Sol (Sun Kissed) – the shades also appear in colour bars and wheels. The academic portrait format comes from casta painting, prevalent in colonial Mexico as a documentation of the varieties of interracial mixing in the New World in an attempt to systematically classify and frame racial diversity and hybridity – with ‘pure races’ preferred.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 732.198px;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="333" data-lbwps-width="928" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/riley-Screenshot-2021-06-20-080841.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-269462" height="333" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 928px) 100vw, 928px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/riley-Screenshot-2021-06-20-080841.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/riley-Screenshot-2021-06-20-080841.jpg 928w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/riley-Screenshot-2021-06-20-080841-300x108.jpg 300w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/riley-Screenshot-2021-06-20-080841-768x276.jpg 768w" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 732.198px;" width="928" /></a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 732.198px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Bridget Riley</strong>: ‘Measure for Measure’ series at <a href="https://www.davidzwirner.com/exhibitions/2021/bridget-riley-past-into-present?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=BRDZLSHOW2021&gclid=CjwKCAjwzruGBhBAEiwAUqMR8KCSwyjVXLcjPb_VVnNGb_9_VvO0MZdxd-p4EC3BXnoYcEeZ-43x6RoCwJUQAvD_BwE" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">David Zwirner</a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 732.198px;">In Riley’s ongoing series coloured discs are arranged in a diagonal grid, their palette inspired by Seurat’s pointillism, with the aim of making the colours oscillate depending on how their position on the grid places them against neighbouring hues; and you also get some popping up of white discs. The new 2020 series of these adds a fourth colour – turquoise – to the greyed off-green, off-violet and off-orange used, for example, in the National Gallery’s staircase installation. Anyway, David Zwirner has four in this particular format and colour range – No.s 45, 46, 49 and 51 in the series. Two of them use – so far as I can see – the same colour combinations. So – spot the difference…</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 732.198px;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 732.198px;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="1586" data-lbwps-width="2400" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Byars-2.jpeg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-269461" height="423" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Byars-2-1024x677.jpeg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Byars-2-1024x677.jpeg 1024w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Byars-2-300x198.jpeg 300w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Byars-2-768x508.jpeg 768w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Byars-2-1536x1015.jpeg 1536w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Byars-2-2048x1353.jpeg 2048w" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 732.198px;" width="640" /></a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 732.198px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">James Lee Byars</strong>: ‘The Milky Way’, 1993, at <a href="https://www.michaelwerner.com/exhibitions/james-lee-byars17" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Michael Werner Gallery</a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 732.198px;">James Lee Byars elegantly reduces de Vinci’s Vitruvian Man to a five-pointed star, then takes the human into the cosmos through an installation of around 100 using black paper. Just one has gold paint: ‘Eros’, inscribed in gold and hidden beneath the artist’s stylized writing, is the genesis of The Milky Way. For Byars, according to the gallery ‘Eros is a universal force to be harnessed and lead towards purity, beauty, truth and perfection’.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 732.198px;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 732.198px;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="1600" data-lbwps-width="2400" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/byars-3.jpeg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-269460" height="427" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/byars-3-1024x683.jpeg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/byars-3-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/byars-3-300x200.jpeg 300w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/byars-3-768x512.jpeg 768w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/byars-3-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/byars-3-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 732.198px;" width="640" /></a></p></div><h1 class="entry-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 4vmax; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase;"><span color="rgba(12, 12, 10, 0.8)" style="font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> </span>407: ART, LIFE AND EVERYTHING</h1></header><div class="entry-meta" style="background-color: #f1f1f1; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(12, 12, 10, 0.8); font-family: Rubik, san-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: var(--gap); text-align: center; width: 1052.59px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box;">By <a href="https://fadmagazine.com/author/paul/" rel="author" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Posts by Paul Carey-Kent">Paul Carey-Kent</a> • 23 June 2021<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br /></p></div><div class="advert advert__in-section" style="align-items: center; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(12, 12, 10, 0.8); display: grid; font-family: Rubik, san-serif; font-size: 16px; grid-column: 1 / -1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 5vmax; margin-top: 5vmax; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 3vmax; padding-top: 2vmax;"><div class="content_block" id="custom_post_widget-264872" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div data-google-query-id="COigvenRm_ECFVTF1QodjbEDMw" id="div-gpt-ad-1621804551248-0" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></div></div></div><div class="entry-content article__single" style="align-items: center; background-color: #f1f1f1; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(12, 12, 10, 0.8); display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-family: Rubik, san-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 4rem;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 736.812px;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="733" data-lbwps-width="882" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/umerle-Screenshot-2021-06-01-061510.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-268839" height="416" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/umerle-Screenshot-2021-06-01-061510.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/umerle-Screenshot-2021-06-01-061510.jpg 882w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/umerle-Screenshot-2021-06-01-061510-300x249.jpg 300w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/umerle-Screenshot-2021-06-01-061510-768x638.jpg 768w" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 736.812px;" width="500" /></a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 736.812px;">In ‘Art, Life and Everything’, Julie Umerle chronicles her life as an artist from 1978-2010. She hasn’t had an easy ride – for example, she’s never been represented by a mainstream gallery – but has kept at it for over forty years now, clocking up enough shows and sales to keep going with the help of part-time jobs, grants and residencies. The book took her a decade to write, in line with the persistence she demonstrates throughout it, and was published in 2019. It’s a curiously even-toned account of her art education; studio time; frequent changes of studio, with all the hassle that involves, as she moves back and forth between London and New York; shows in galleries which disappeared in short order; medical traumas; meeting the inspirational Robert Ryman; her responses to world events; the odd romance and a brief marriage (page 133 ‘for some reason I agreed to marry him’… page 145: ‘not one of my better decisions ’); the impact of economic cycles; applications for funds (I wouldn’t be surprised if Umerle’s five to date is the record for successful Arts Council grant applications by an individual artist).</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 736.812px;"></p><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-268833" class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_268833" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-size: 0.7rem; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 500px;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="712" data-lbwps-width="720" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Polygon-Red-2020-Umerle-3.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-268833" height="494" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Polygon-Red-2020-Umerle-3.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Polygon-Red-2020-Umerle-3.jpg 720w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Polygon-Red-2020-Umerle-3-300x297.jpg 300w" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; max-width: 100%; width: 500px;" width="500" /></a><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-268833" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.8rem; margin-top: 1rem;">‘Polygon II (Red)’, 2020 - Acrylic on linen, 55 x 55cm</figcaption></figure><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 736.812px;"></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 736.812px;">If you think that sounds somewhat undiscriminating, that is how it reads, but the style suits: you feel you’re getting a full account of the day to day effort it takes to keep going as a relatively unknown artist. That is, of course, what almost all artists are, and there’s a heroism to that which you rarely see set out. And it’s the legions of struggling artists from which the small minority of financially successful artists emerge: there’s an inter-dependency. Moreover, Umerle has persisted despite health issues which would have led many to give up: she required major spinal surgery in 1984 and 2004, both times hospitalising her for months and in the latter case nearly killing her: she recounts the details of conditions on the ward, morphine levels, rehabilitative regimes, learning how to use her wheelchair again – all faced with matter of fact courage. Yet nothing can get in the way of her desire to make art, and the book ends happily: ‘I continue to paint and make new work. Life is good.’</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 736.812px;"></p><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-268834" class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_268834" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-size: 0.7rem; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 600px;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="721" data-lbwps-width="996" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Resonance-VII-2020-Umerle-1-2.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-268834" height="434" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Resonance-VII-2020-Umerle-1-2.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Resonance-VII-2020-Umerle-1-2.jpg 996w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Resonance-VII-2020-Umerle-1-2-300x217.jpg 300w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Resonance-VII-2020-Umerle-1-2-768x556.jpg 768w" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; max-width: 100%; width: 600px;" width="600" /></a><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-268834" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.8rem; margin-top: 1rem;">‘Resonance VII’, 2020 - Acrylic on 350 gsm watercolour paper, 15 x 21cm</figcaption></figure><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 736.812px;"></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 736.812px;">Umerle has just held a solo show – as ever, of abstract paintings – at the Bermondsey Project Space. For a flavour of her work, look at that online or her own <a href="https://www.julieumerle.com/" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">website</a> together with Anna McNay’s <a href="https://project-space.london/julie-umerle-recent-paintings" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">accompanying essay</a>. Most recently, says McNay, ‘Umerle, instead of painting stable, concrete forms, splatters white acrylic paint on to optimistically spring-coloured grounds. This looser, much less controlled technique reflects the growing sense of uncertainty and anxiety felt both by Umerle herself and by the nation – and global population – at large.’</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 736.812px;"></p><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-268838" class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_268838" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-size: 0.7rem; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 799px;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="532" data-lbwps-width="799" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/umerle-Screenshot-2021-06-01-061628.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-268838 size-full" height="532" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/umerle-Screenshot-2021-06-01-061628.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/umerle-Screenshot-2021-06-01-061628.jpg 799w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/umerle-Screenshot-2021-06-01-061628-300x200.jpg 300w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/umerle-Screenshot-2021-06-01-061628-768x511.jpg 768w" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; max-width: 100%; width: 799px;" width="799" /></a><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-268838" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.8rem; margin-top: 1rem;">Installation view at Bermondsey Art Projects, May 2021</figcaption></figure><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 736.812px;"></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 736.812px;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 736.812px;">For a further perspective on Umerle’s book, see <a href="https://fadmagazine.com/2021/01/07/art-life-and-everything-julie-umerles-memoir-makes-for-perfect-lockdown-reading/" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Meike Brunkhorst’s account</a>, also on FAD.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 736.812px;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 736.812px;">Art writer and curator Paul Carey-Kent sees a lot of shows: we asked him to jot down whatever came into his head</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 736.812px;"><br /></p></div><header class="entry-header article__single" style="align-items: center; background-color: #f1f1f1; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(12, 12, 10, 0.8); display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-family: Rubik, san-serif; font-size: 16px;"><header class="entry-header article__single" style="align-items: center; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 4vmax; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase;">406: BEYOND THE UNCANNY</h1></header><div class="entry-meta" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: var(--gap); text-align: center; width: 1052.59px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box;">By <a href="https://fadmagazine.com/author/paul/" rel="author" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Posts by Paul Carey-Kent">Paul Carey-Kent</a> • 16 June 2021<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br /></p></div><div class="advert advert__in-section" style="align-items: center; 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clear: both; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 736.812px;" width="500" /></a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 736.812px;">Shannon Cartier Lucy: <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Woman with Cake</em>, 2021</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 736.812px;">Plenty of shows bring together paintings of figures and objects in unusual contexts or brought into unexpected conjunctions: the words ‘uncanny’ and ‘enigmatic’, ‘disturbing’ and ‘surreal’ are likely to be invoked. But, even if the paintings are good, you need a more to turn such a display into a compelling whole. Two current exhibitions demonstrate how:</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 736.812px;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="1825" data-lbwps-width="1719" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210606_114002-lucy.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-269140" height="531" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210606_114002-lucy-965x1024.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210606_114002-lucy-965x1024.jpg 965w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210606_114002-lucy-283x300.jpg 283w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210606_114002-lucy-768x815.jpg 768w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210606_114002-lucy-1447x1536.jpg 1447w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210606_114002-lucy.jpg 1719w" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 736.812px;" width="500" /></a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 736.812px;">Shannon Cartier Lucy: <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Woman in Meringue</em>, 2021</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 736.812px;">Nashville-based Shannon Cartier Lucy’s ‘Cake on the Floor’ at <a href="https://www.softopening.london/" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Soft Opening</a> sets eleven paintings into a loose narrative of what looks like a perversely dysfunctional party. Some guests strike the poses of classical nudes, but dressed in multi-hued anoraks. A cake fork and scissors are brandished with apparent intent. Others interact oddly with cake and party ribbon, culminating in a woman becoming totally slathered in meringue. All of which lockdown production also feels rebellious at a time when no actual partying is allowed. The images aren’t derived from Internet searches, but the press release does mention that ‘cake on the floor’ generates 257m results on Google (that must have been written a while ago: I got 307m results and I guess you’ll get more…)</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 736.812px;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 736.812px;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="1577" data-lbwps-width="2297" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210606_103255-yaeger.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-269141" height="439" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210606_103255-yaeger-1024x703.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210606_103255-yaeger-1024x703.jpg 1024w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210606_103255-yaeger-300x206.jpg 300w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210606_103255-yaeger-768x527.jpg 768w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210606_103255-yaeger-1536x1055.jpg 1536w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210606_103255-yaeger-2048x1406.jpg 2048w" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 736.812px;" width="640" /></a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 736.812px;">Joseph Yaeger: <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Conversation 1</em> and <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Conversation II</em>, 2021</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 736.812px;">The paintings in Joseph Yaeger’s ‘Doublespeak’ at <a href="https://projectnativeinformant.com/" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Project Native Informant</a> are accompanied by a publication: a stream of consciousness-come-poem-come-philosophical musing by the artist. Yanger explores the limitations of language for giving access to the inner states of other people, and wonders whether it might be possible to solve the conundrum through images. The paintings feature ways in which what we see or hear might be distorted: several use refraction in glass or reflection in mirrors, others depict constraints on speech. Thus, for example, the titles of ‘Conversation 1’ and ‘Conversation II’ suggest talking, but the closeness of the tongues is such that linguistic communication must give way to non-verbal means. And the paintings have a slightly odd lushness, generated through the unusual medium of watercolour on gessoed canvas.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 736.812px;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="786" data-lbwps-width="1118" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/yaeger-screenshot-2021-06-04-at-122821.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-269138" height="450" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/yaeger-screenshot-2021-06-04-at-122821-1024x720.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/yaeger-screenshot-2021-06-04-at-122821-1024x720.jpg 1024w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/yaeger-screenshot-2021-06-04-at-122821-300x211.jpg 300w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/yaeger-screenshot-2021-06-04-at-122821-768x540.jpg 768w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/yaeger-screenshot-2021-06-04-at-122821.jpg 1118w" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 736.812px;" width="640" /></a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 736.812px;">Joseph Yaeger: <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Only the dead are eloquent</em>, 2021</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 736.812px;"> </p></div><h1 class="entry-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 4vmax; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase;"><br /></h1><h1 class="entry-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 4vmax; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase;">405: LONDON GALLERY WEEKEND</h1></header><div class="entry-meta" style="background-color: #f1f1f1; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(12, 12, 10, 0.8); font-family: Rubik, san-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: var(--gap); text-align: center; width: 1058px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box;">By <a href="https://fadmagazine.com/author/paul/" rel="author" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); 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height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; max-width: 100%; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-269119" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.8rem; margin-top: 1rem;">Vinca Petersen: ‘Riot Cop Kiss’, 1997</figcaption></figure><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 740.594px;"></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 740.594px;">The first <a href="https://londongalleryweekend.art/home/" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">London Gallery Weekend</a> (4-6 June) felt a very positive initiative, conveniently revealing the scale of London’s commercial art scene to less regular gallery-goers, and encouraging attendance through the sense of participation in an event. 130 commercial galleries took part, probably more than half of those which could plausibly be described as showing contemporary art, in a simple model open to all if they met the geographical requirements – galleries had to be in the zones defined as ‘Central’ ‘South’ and ‘East’. There was no printed map – just online listings – and no requirement to put on a new show. Indeed, quite a few galleries took the chance to turn the weekend into a closing event. That’s a different model from the more exclusive one applied in Berlin: fifty galleries only, all opening new shows. There won’t have been many international visitors this year, but perhaps this will act as a rehearsal for next year, when that should be more feasible. Here’s something ongoing I liked from each of the regions:</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 740.594px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">CENTRAL: Vinca Petersen </strong>at <a href="https://edelassanti.com/exhibitions/current/" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Edel Assanti</a> (top image)</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 740.594px;">Edel Assanti played a leading role in making the Gallery Weekend happen. Their own show resurfaced Vina Petersen’s experiences from-the-inside of raves and riots from 1990-2004. They’re not all serious: as she says ‘My way of dealing with the world is to make fun, to play. So I would always dress up to go to demos, I’d pinch policeman’s bums, and have fun in those situations… So I’m trying to capture a sense of joy in these pictures. It’s about making life fun despite its hardships. It’s about subversive joy.’</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 740.594px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">EAST: Alvaro Barrington </strong>at <a href="https://emalin.co.uk/exhibitions/" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Emalin</a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 740.594px;"></p><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-269123" class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_269123" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-size: 0.7rem; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 640px;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="2560" data-lbwps-width="1920" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210606_123830-blog-alvaro-scaled.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-269123 size-large" height="853" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210606_123830-blog-alvaro-768x1024.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210606_123830-blog-alvaro-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210606_123830-blog-alvaro-225x300.jpg 225w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210606_123830-blog-alvaro-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210606_123830-blog-alvaro-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210606_123830-blog-alvaro-scaled.jpg 1920w" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; max-width: 100%; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-269123" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.8rem; margin-top: 1rem;">Alvaro Barrington: Street dreams are made of basketball, 2021 yarn and cables on hessian, basketball, concrete, plastic basket, steel chain, wood 260 x 183 x 71 cm</figcaption></figure><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 740.594px;"></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 740.594px;">Alvaro Barrington has two shows at Emalin, one in their new building, one in their old. The first is of what might be taken as self-portraits: ‘Street dreams are made of basketball’ incorporates a milk crate as hoop and makes artful nods to Koons, Hammons and Salcedo. The other is a more direct tribute to rapper DMX, who died recently. He’s pictured surrounded by his lyrics – given weight by how they’re scratched into a grotesquely disproportionate concrete framing devices.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 740.594px;"></p><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-269122" class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_269122" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-size: 0.7rem; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 640px;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="2043" data-lbwps-width="2560" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210606_124739-blog-alvaro--scaled.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-269122 size-large" height="511" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210606_124739-blog-alvaro--1024x817.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210606_124739-blog-alvaro--1024x817.jpg 1024w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210606_124739-blog-alvaro--300x239.jpg 300w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210606_124739-blog-alvaro--768x613.jpg 768w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210606_124739-blog-alvaro--1536x1226.jpg 1536w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210606_124739-blog-alvaro--2048x1634.jpg 2048w" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; max-width: 100%; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-269122" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.8rem; margin-top: 1rem;">Alvaro Barrington: Wanna Try, 2021 – oil and acrylic on paper on silk in a frame of concrete, spraypaint and wood</figcaption></figure><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 740.594px;"></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 740.594px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">SOUTH: ‘The Women’s Century : Female Perspectives in Brazilian Art’ </strong>at <a href="https://www.ceciliabrunsonprojects.com/exhibitions/73/" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Cecelia Brunson Projects</a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 740.594px;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="2188" data-lbwps-width="1732" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210605_104339-blog-mil.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-269120" height="808" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210605_104339-blog-mil-811x1024.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210605_104339-blog-mil-811x1024.jpg 811w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210605_104339-blog-mil-237x300.jpg 237w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210605_104339-blog-mil-768x970.jpg 768w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210605_104339-blog-mil-1216x1536.jpg 1216w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210605_104339-blog-mil-1621x2048.jpg 1621w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210605_104339-blog-mil.jpg 1732w" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 740.594px;" width="640" /></a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 740.594px;">Beatrice Milhazes: <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Casa da Maria</em>, 1992</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 740.594px;">Cecilia Brunson brings a concentrated and intense selection of works by Brazilian women to Bermondsey. This early Beatrice Milhazes has some of the the markers of her later style, but rather jokingly incorporates a collaged Mary – whose house seems to be set in a golden baroque more suggestive of El Dorado than of heaven.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 740.594px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="2560" data-lbwps-width="1972" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210605_104344-blog-mil-scaled.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-269121" height="831" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210605_104344-blog-mil-789x1024.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210605_104344-blog-mil-789x1024.jpg 789w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210605_104344-blog-mil-231x300.jpg 231w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210605_104344-blog-mil-768x997.jpg 768w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210605_104344-blog-mil-1183x1536.jpg 1183w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210605_104344-blog-mil-1578x2048.jpg 1578w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210605_104344-blog-mil-scaled.jpg 1972w" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 740.594px;" width="640" /></a></em></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 740.594px;">Beatrice Milhazes: <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Casa da Maria</em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">, </em>1992 (detail)</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 740.594px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </em></p></div><header class="entry-header article__single" style="align-items: center; background-color: #f1f1f1; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(12, 12, 10, 0.8); display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-family: Rubik, san-serif;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="font-size: large;">404: FROM THE MARGINS</span></h1></header><div class="entry-meta" style="background-color: #f1f1f1; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(12, 12, 10, 0.8); font-family: Rubik, san-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: var(--gap); text-align: center; width: 1058.59px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box;">By <a href="https://fadmagazine.com/author/paul/" rel="author" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Posts by Paul Carey-Kent">Paul Carey-Kent</a> • 2 June 2021</p></div><div class="entry-content article__single" style="align-items: center; background-color: #f1f1f1; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(12, 12, 10, 0.8); display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-family: Rubik, san-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 4rem;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 741.01px;"></p><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-268828" class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_268828" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.7rem; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 640px;"><a data-lbwps-caption="Video Still from the virtual reality experienve &#8220;Ghost Weight Experience&#8221; by Andrea G Artz; (with Isa Suarez Music composition and sound design, Alejandro Escobar VR development, Veronica B script and text); Coleman Project Space, London, 2021" data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="1707" data-lbwps-width="2560" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/GhostWeightExperience-videostill.AndreaGArtz-scaled.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-268828 size-large" height="427" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/GhostWeightExperience-videostill.AndreaGArtz-1024x683.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/GhostWeightExperience-videostill.AndreaGArtz-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/GhostWeightExperience-videostill.AndreaGArtz-300x200.jpg 300w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/GhostWeightExperience-videostill.AndreaGArtz-768x512.jpg 768w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/GhostWeightExperience-videostill.AndreaGArtz-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/GhostWeightExperience-videostill.AndreaGArtz-2048x1365.jpg 2048w" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; max-width: 100%; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-268828" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.8rem; margin-top: 0.5rem;">Andrea G Artz: video still from ‘Ghost Weight Experience’, 2021 (with Isa Suarez Music composition and sound design, Alejandro Escobar VR development, Veronica B script and text)</figcaption></figure><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 741.01px;"></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 741.01px;">It would be easy to assume that the major institutions, the big galleries in Mayfair and Fitzrovia, and the secondary hub of the East End would account for the best shows. Yet last Saturday I toured six galleries at the comparative margins – Leytonstone, Woolwich, north Bermondsey (as opposed to trendy Bermondsey Street), Camberwell and Kennington – and the standard was excellent. Nor did it prove hard to get around by bus and tube…</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 741.01px;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="961" data-lbwps-width="926" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/MamaSunshineHB.jpeg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-268827" height="623" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/MamaSunshineHB.jpeg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/MamaSunshineHB.jpeg 926w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/MamaSunshineHB-289x300.jpeg 289w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/MamaSunshineHB-768x797.jpeg 768w" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 741.01px;" width="600" /></a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 741.01px;">Helen Barff: ‘Mama Sunshine’, 2021<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Helen Barff</strong>: <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Many and many a day like</em> <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">this</em> at <a href="http://stonespace.gallery/#current" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">The Stone Space</a>, Leytonstone</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 741.01px;">HHelen Barff casts the memories and lightness and traces of the colour from old clothes into jesmonite to entrancing effect. She describes ‘Mama Sunshine’ as exploring 'the joyfulness, but also the burden, the weighing down - literally tugging on your skirts! - of motherhood'. It combines casts of her children's clothes with the real thing, as found in a charity shop. Hence, I suppose, the suggestion of breasts as well as legs emerging from a co-nurturing sun...</p><div class="mceTemp" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 741.01px;"></p><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-268812" class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_268812" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-size: 0.7rem; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 451px;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="2560" data-lbwps-width="2242" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210529_121439-scaled.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-268812" height="515" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210529_121439-897x1024.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210529_121439-897x1024.jpg 897w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210529_121439-263x300.jpg 263w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210529_121439-768x877.jpg 768w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210529_121439-1345x1536.jpg 1345w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210529_121439-1794x2048.jpg 1794w" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; max-width: 100%; width: 451px;" width="451" /></a><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-268812" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.8rem; margin-top: 1rem;">Rosie Gibbens: ‘The Human Centipede’, 2021</figcaption></figure><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 741.01px;"></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 741.01px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Recreational Grounds</em></strong> at <a href="https://www.thames-sidestudios.co.uk/exhibitions" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Thames-Side Studios Gallery</a>, Woolwich.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 741.01px;">A stimulating 16-strong group show which carries on the spirit of the six previous 72 hour shows arranged by the artist-curator team of Fiona Grady, Anna Lytridou and Tim Ralston in a brutalist carpark in Elephant and Castle, but in the spacious gallery attached to the country’s largest grouping of artists’ studios. The show ranges from octopi to minimalism, from found hoardings to bedsheets, and taught me two new words – ‘dolos’ and ‘carabiner’, which was a bonus. And it’s always hard to resist Rosie Gibbens…</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 741.01px;"></p><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-268814" class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_268814" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-size: 0.7rem; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 500px;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="564" data-lbwps-width="567" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/capaldi-Screenshot-2021-05-30-103736.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-268814" height="497" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/capaldi-Screenshot-2021-05-30-103736.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/capaldi-Screenshot-2021-05-30-103736.jpg 567w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/capaldi-Screenshot-2021-05-30-103736-300x298.jpg 300w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/capaldi-Screenshot-2021-05-30-103736-150x150.jpg 150w" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; max-width: 100%; width: 500px;" width="500" /></a><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-268814" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.8rem; margin-top: 1rem;">Still from the live feed of Leah Capaldi’s ‘Slit’ 2021</figcaption></figure><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 741.01px;"></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 741.01px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Leah Capaldi</strong>: <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Big Slit</em> at <a href="https://www.mattsgallery.org/artists/capaldi/exhibition-2.php" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Matt’s Gallery</a> and <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Andrea G Artz</strong>: <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Ghost Weight Experience</em> at <a href="https://colemanprojects.org.uk/" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Coleman Project Space</a> – Bermondsey</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 741.01px;">Handily next door to each other are two shows probing the alternative realities of physical presence. Leah Capaldi presents just a glimpse of her apparent performer lying down doing nothing much, but the viewers trying to puzzle out why are also relayed live online, so maybe we’re the ones performing and the work isn’t in the gallery at all. Andrea G Artz folds antique found portrait photographs into three dimensionality, then uses those characters to populate an absorbing VR experience that draws a three-way analogy between memory, virtuality and ghostliness (image at top).</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 741.01px;"></p><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-268825" class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_268825" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-size: 0.7rem; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 640px;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="1200" data-lbwps-width="1800" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/C0034-The-Gargantuan-Shoe_Luca-Bosani_San-Mei-Gallery_29.05.2021-5.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-268825 size-large" height="427" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/C0034-The-Gargantuan-Shoe_Luca-Bosani_San-Mei-Gallery_29.05.2021-5-1024x683.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/C0034-The-Gargantuan-Shoe_Luca-Bosani_San-Mei-Gallery_29.05.2021-5-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/C0034-The-Gargantuan-Shoe_Luca-Bosani_San-Mei-Gallery_29.05.2021-5-300x200.jpg 300w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/C0034-The-Gargantuan-Shoe_Luca-Bosani_San-Mei-Gallery_29.05.2021-5-768x512.jpg 768w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/C0034-The-Gargantuan-Shoe_Luca-Bosani_San-Mei-Gallery_29.05.2021-5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/C0034-The-Gargantuan-Shoe_Luca-Bosani_San-Mei-Gallery_29.05.2021-5.jpg 1800w" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; max-width: 100%; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-268825" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.8rem; margin-top: 1rem;">Scene from ‘The Gargantuan Shoe’ – photograph by Brando Prizzon</figcaption></figure><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 741.01px;"></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 741.01px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Luca Bosani</strong>: <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Gargantuan Shoe</em> at <a href="https://www.sanmeigallery.co.uk/" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">San Mei Gallery</a>, Camberwell.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 741.01px;">This four hour one-off durational performance scored highly on innovative features: one performer was hidden in the titular gargantuan shoe, which was big enough to enable them to play piano unseen; the other two, one with saxophone, sported ludicrously horny headwear and boots, Bosani’s own prongs being directable so that he could point out the audience member next up to receive a scrap of paper containing a tantalising fragment of the show’s narrative arc. So far, so striking, and deconstructing all sorts of expectations in the process.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 741.01px;"></p><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-268810" class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_268810" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-size: 0.7rem; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 670px;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="337" data-lbwps-width="1201" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/fry-Screenshot-2021-05-30-072349.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-268810" height="188" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/fry-Screenshot-2021-05-30-072349-1024x287.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/fry-Screenshot-2021-05-30-072349-1024x287.jpg 1024w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/fry-Screenshot-2021-05-30-072349-300x84.jpg 300w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/fry-Screenshot-2021-05-30-072349-768x216.jpg 768w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/fry-Screenshot-2021-05-30-072349.jpg 1201w" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; max-width: 100%; width: 670px;" width="670" /></a><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-268810" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.8rem; margin-top: 1rem;">Katherine Fry: still from ‘Tablemouth’, 2016</figcaption></figure><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 741.01px;"></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 741.01px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Katherine Fry</strong>: <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Please call me home</em> at <a href="http://www.daniellearnaud.com/" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Danielle Arnaud Gallery</a>, Kennington.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 741.01px;">A museum-standard installation of seven videos in a domestic environment – plus tea and cakes in the garden! – made for a satisfying conclusion. Katherine Fry’s earlier films feature hypnotic not-quite-repetitions of her actions in domestic settings with Freudian themes fully drawn out in an accompanying text by Maria Walsh: in the two screen ‘Tablemouth’, for example, the actions and number of legs on the tables vary cyclically across its 21 minutes. Even better, perhaps, is a new departure: the 39 minute film <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Her glass flower house</em>, in which Fry animates a doll through stop motion to a voiceover of compellingly skewed observations.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 741.01px;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 741.01px;">Art writer and curator Paul Carey-Kent sees a lot of shows: we asked him to jot down whatever came into his head</p></div><header class="entry-header article__single" style="align-items: center; background-color: #f1f1f1; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(12, 12, 10, 0.8); display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-family: Rubik, san-serif;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase;"><br /></h1></header><header class="entry-header article__single" style="align-items: center; background-color: #f1f1f1; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(12, 12, 10, 0.8); 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font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 4rem;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 742.271px;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="849" data-lbwps-width="1186" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Shara-creenshot-2021-05-24-054245.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-268509" height="458" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Shara-creenshot-2021-05-24-054245-1024x733.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Shara-creenshot-2021-05-24-054245-1024x733.jpg 1024w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Shara-creenshot-2021-05-24-054245-300x215.jpg 300w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Shara-creenshot-2021-05-24-054245-768x550.jpg 768w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Shara-creenshot-2021-05-24-054245.jpg 1186w" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 742.271px;" width="640" /></a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 742.271px;">I wait years for a really good dandelion painting to come along, then – on the same day – see two artists triumph with the subject!</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 742.271px;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="820" data-lbwps-width="1129" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Shara-creenshot-2021-05-16-103053.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-268506" height="1" loading="lazy" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Shara-creenshot-2021-05-16-103053.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 742.271px;" width="1" /></a> <a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="2560" data-lbwps-width="1966" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/the-artspace-art-for-life-interview-with-pilar-corrias-ORIG-scaled.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-268508" height="651" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/the-artspace-art-for-life-interview-with-pilar-corrias-ORIG-786x1024.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/the-artspace-art-for-life-interview-with-pilar-corrias-ORIG-786x1024.jpg 786w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/the-artspace-art-for-life-interview-with-pilar-corrias-ORIG-230x300.jpg 230w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/the-artspace-art-for-life-interview-with-pilar-corrias-ORIG-768x1000.jpg 768w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/the-artspace-art-for-life-interview-with-pilar-corrias-ORIG-1179x1536.jpg 1179w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/the-artspace-art-for-life-interview-with-pilar-corrias-ORIG-1573x2048.jpg 1573w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/the-artspace-art-for-life-interview-with-pilar-corrias-ORIG-scaled.jpg 1966w" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 742.271px;" width="500" /></a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 742.271px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Shara Hughes</strong>: <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Soft and Strong</em>, 2021 (above and top) from the <a href="https://www.pilarcorrias.com/" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Pilar Corrias</a> installation at the <a href="https://gardenmuseum.org.uk/exhibitions/shara-hughes/" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Garden Museum</a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 742.271px;">Entering the nave of The Garden Museum’s former church in Lambeth, you come face-to-face with four eight foot high paintings of flowers: perhaps you can get spiritual guidance from plants at such a human and iconic scale? The dandelion, says Hughes, is the closest to self-portrait. It is ‘sharp and daggered, warning us to stay away, but there are soft elements too – and it was painted at a time when parts of me were getting broken but I felt new growth was possible’.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 742.271px;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="654" data-lbwps-width="1285" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/drury.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-268501" height="326" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/drury-1024x521.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/drury-1024x521.jpg 1024w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/drury-300x153.jpg 300w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/drury-768x391.jpg 768w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/drury.jpg 1285w" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 742.271px;" width="640" /></a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 742.271px;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 742.271px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Dickon Drury</strong>: from the <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Dandelion Clock</em> series, 2020-21 (above and below)</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 742.271px;">Drury’s roughly plant-sized series of ‘Dandelion Clocks’ use an ‘above-and-below’ device – of which he is fond – to intoxicating effect. That generates extra colour options and ambiguates between roots, shadow and reflection. From his solo show at Glasgow’s <a href="https://kendallkoppe.gallery/" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Kendall Koppe</a>, which also includes examples if his wonderfully excessive still lives, and can be favourably experienced online through a five minute pan to the voice-over of a short story by Amelia Barratt.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 742.271px;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="667" data-lbwps-width="523" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Screenshot-2021-05-19-052224.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-268505" height="578" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 453px) 100vw, 453px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Screenshot-2021-05-19-052224.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Screenshot-2021-05-19-052224.jpg 523w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Screenshot-2021-05-19-052224-235x300.jpg 235w" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 742.271px;" width="453" /></a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 742.271px;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 742.271px;">When I said I’d been waiting for dandelion paintings, I had in mind that other contemporary examples of <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Taraxacum officinale</em> art I’ve liked tend to have been in other media:</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 742.271px;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 742.271px;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 742.271px;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="804" data-lbwps-width="1013" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/jenny-boot.png" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-268502" height="476" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/jenny-boot.png" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/jenny-boot.png 1013w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/jenny-boot-300x238.png 300w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/jenny-boot-768x610.png 768w" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 742.271px;" width="600" /></a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 742.271px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Jenny Boot</strong>: <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Dandelion</em>, 2019</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 742.271px;">One of various twists through which the Dutch photographer has restaged classic Golden Age portraits as alternative fashions.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 742.271px;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="490" data-lbwps-width="369" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/mericarp-2008-2.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-268515" height="400" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 369px) 100vw, 369px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/mericarp-2008-2.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/mericarp-2008-2.jpg 369w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/mericarp-2008-2-226x300.jpg 226w" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 742.271px;" width="301" /></a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 742.271px;">Paul Morrison: <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Mericarp</em>, 2008</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 742.271px;">This powder-coated steel and aluminium form treads Morrison’s typical line between the real and the represented, between illustration and plant. At over 3m high, it’s even bigger than Hughes dandelion. Mericarp? Yes, an individual carpel of a schizocarp.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 742.271px;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 742.271px;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="880" data-lbwps-width="585" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/goldsworthy.png" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-268503" height="677" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/goldsworthy.png" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/goldsworthy.png 585w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/goldsworthy-199x300.png 199w" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 742.271px;" width="450" /></a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 742.271px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Andy Goldsworthy</strong>: <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Dandelion fence. Bogg Farm, 27 April, 2020</em></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 742.271px;">Typical of Goldsworthy’s ephemeral infusion of landscapes with delicate geometries of natural materials to make the most empathetic of human interferences – here near his studio in Dumfriesshire.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 742.271px;">Art writer and curator Paul Carey-Kent sees a lot of shows: we asked him to jot down whatever came into his head</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 742.271px;"><br /></p><header class="entry-header article__single" style="align-items: center; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Rubik, san-serif; font-size: 4vmax; font-weight: 700; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase;">402: SERIOUSLY FUNNY</h1><h1 class="entry-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 4vmax; overflow-wrap: break-word; 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height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; max-width: 100%; width: 742.271px;" width="600" /></a><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Julie Curtiss: ‘Marilyn Sushi’, 2021</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(12, 12, 10, 0.8); font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; text-transform: none; width: 742.271px;">It’s perfectly possible for artists to be funny, yet tackle serious issues. And who doesn’t enjoy humour? Just now, there are plenty of shows up to illustrate just that. The following, between them, tackle inequality, sexual conventions, religion, the nature of binary systems, and cultural mores.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(12, 12, 10, 0.8); font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; text-transform: none; width: 742.271px;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="766" data-lbwps-width="808" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/ashcroft-seats-Screenshot-2021-05-18-160355.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-268324" height="607" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/ashcroft-seats-Screenshot-2021-05-18-160355.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/ashcroft-seats-Screenshot-2021-05-18-160355.jpg 808w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/ashcroft-seats-Screenshot-2021-05-18-160355-300x284.jpg 300w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/ashcroft-seats-Screenshot-2021-05-18-160355-768x728.jpg 768w" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 742.271px;" width="640" /></a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(12, 12, 10, 0.8); font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; text-transform: none; width: 742.271px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Louise Ashcroft</strong> at <a href="https://bbnrgallery.com/BBNRpage.php?Id=12" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Bobinska Brownlee</a>: you sit on drain covers (as above) to watch <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Uplands: Utopia I.O.U.</em> a 20 minute animation composed by sequential rearrangements of digitally collaged fragments found on an industrial estate tells of the traumas, love lives and day to day crises of a cast conjured from trash and asphalt – with enough one-liners to make it no surprise that Ashcroft is also a stand-up comedian.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(12, 12, 10, 0.8); font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; text-transform: none; width: 742.271px;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="667" data-lbwps-width="795" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Screenshot-2021-05-16-074042.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-268322" height="537" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Screenshot-2021-05-16-074042.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Screenshot-2021-05-16-074042.jpg 795w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Screenshot-2021-05-16-074042-300x252.jpg 300w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Screenshot-2021-05-16-074042-768x644.jpg 768w" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 742.271px;" width="640" /></a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(12, 12, 10, 0.8); font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; text-transform: none; width: 742.271px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Glen Pudvine</strong> at <a href="https://www.jhammondprojects.com/" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">J Hammond Projects</a>: <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Slugulus the White and the Penance of Saint Glen</em> – a cycle of twelve large paintings, dramatically spot lit in a darkened, chapel-like space – provides a morality tale of sorts: an implausibly large penis consumes its owner whole. Here’s the point at which dick eats head.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(12, 12, 10, 0.8); font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; text-transform: none; width: 742.271px;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="1428" data-lbwps-width="1035" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/julie-curtiss-coldroom-1-2020-1.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-268325" height="745" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/julie-curtiss-coldroom-1-2020-1-742x1024.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/julie-curtiss-coldroom-1-2020-1-742x1024.jpg 742w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/julie-curtiss-coldroom-1-2020-1-217x300.jpg 217w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/julie-curtiss-coldroom-1-2020-1-768x1060.jpg 768w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/julie-curtiss-coldroom-1-2020-1.jpg 1035w" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 742.271px;" width="540" /></a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(12, 12, 10, 0.8); font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; text-transform: none; width: 742.271px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Julie Curtiss</strong> at <a href="https://whitecube.com/exhibitions/exhibition/julie_curtiss_masons_yard_2021" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">White Cube</a>, Mason’s Yard. Crisp renditions of the banal rendered absurdly bizarre. Curtiss’s singular paintings seem able to make pretty much anything look convincing even though it is made out of hair – as are meat and shoes in this show: above is <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Coldroom 1</em>, 2020 . Recent sculptures include the concept of ‘Marilyn sushi’, as in the top image.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(12, 12, 10, 0.8); font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; text-transform: none; width: 742.271px;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="2031" data-lbwps-width="2116" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210514_141815-bedwyr.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-268321" height="614" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210514_141815-bedwyr-1024x983.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210514_141815-bedwyr-1024x983.jpg 1024w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210514_141815-bedwyr-300x288.jpg 300w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210514_141815-bedwyr-768x737.jpg 768w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210514_141815-bedwyr-1536x1474.jpg 1536w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20210514_141815-bedwyr-2048x1966.jpg 2048w" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 742.271px;" width="640" /></a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(12, 12, 10, 0.8); font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; text-transform: none; width: 742.271px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Bedwyr Williams</strong> at <a href="https://southwarkparkgalleries.org/" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Southwark Park Galleries</a>. A fest of witty satire, not without affection for such targets as typical art world characters (standing in for any sub-culture) and institutional architecture. Includes hundreds of Williams’ rather addictive ‘Instagram drawings’ (selection above), made daily in bed.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(12, 12, 10, 0.8); font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; text-transform: none; width: 742.271px;">Art writer and curator Paul Carey-Kent sees a lot of shows: we asked him to jot down whatever came into his head</p><div><br /></div></div></h1><h1 class="entry-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 4vmax; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase;">401: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?</h1></header><div class="entry-meta" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: var(--gap); text-align: center; width: 1060.4px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box;">By <a href="https://fadmagazine.com/author/paul/" rel="author" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Posts by Paul Carey-Kent">Paul Carey-Kent</a> • 12 May 2021<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br /></p></div><div class="entry-content article__single" style="align-items: center; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin-bottom: 4rem;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 742.271px;"><a data-lbwps-caption="Installation views of Penny Goring" data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="335" data-lbwps-width="860" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Arcadia-Missa_Penny-Goring_No-Escape-from-Blood-Castle_installation-view-8-2x-1536x1024-1.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-267978" height="335" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Arcadia-Missa_Penny-Goring_No-Escape-from-Blood-Castle_installation-view-8-2x-1536x1024-1.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Arcadia-Missa_Penny-Goring_No-Escape-from-Blood-Castle_installation-view-8-2x-1536x1024-1.jpg 860w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Arcadia-Missa_Penny-Goring_No-Escape-from-Blood-Castle_installation-view-8-2x-1536x1024-1-300x117.jpg 300w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Arcadia-Missa_Penny-Goring_No-Escape-from-Blood-Castle_installation-view-8-2x-1536x1024-1-768x299.jpg 768w" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; max-width: 100%; width: 742.271px;" width="860" /></a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 742.271px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Installation views of Penny Goring paintings at <a href="http://arcadiamissa.com/penny-goring-no-escape-from-blood-castle/" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Arcadia Missa</a>. </em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">‘CAPS LOCK / DARKER MATTER / DEEPER LOTION/ TOXIC CIRCUS / DEATH TOLL’, to quote Goring’s own accompanying text </em></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 742.271px;">I had thought some of London’s galleries might close for good at the end of lockdown, but there’s no sign of any such trend. Rather, several have made good use of the last year’s hiatuses to relocate, typically to superior spaces.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />For example:</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 742.271px;">Arcadia Missa: from a rather tucked-away first-floor abode in Soho to a bigger and better-lit street-level space near the Wallace Collection</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 742.271px;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="1601" data-lbwps-width="2400" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/19.Apr2021_Temples_GRAND_Emalin_London_LR.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-268003" height="374" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/19.Apr2021_Temples_GRAND_Emalin_London_LR-1024x683.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/19.Apr2021_Temples_GRAND_Emalin_London_LR-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/19.Apr2021_Temples_GRAND_Emalin_London_LR-300x200.jpg 300w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/19.Apr2021_Temples_GRAND_Emalin_London_LR-768x512.jpg 768w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/19.Apr2021_Temples_GRAND_Emalin_London_LR-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/19.Apr2021_Temples_GRAND_Emalin_London_LR-2048x1366.jpg 2048w" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 742.271px;" width="560" /></a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 742.271px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Daiga Grantina’s ‘kweie’, 2020, at <a href="https://emalin.co.uk/exhibitions/daiga-grantina-temples/" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Emalin</a>: a grid at rest, softened by its realisation in – as I expect you can tell – Latvian chicken feathers.</em></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 742.271px;">Emalin: just a few yards from the Huntingdon Industrial Estate opposite Shoreditch Overground to a large first floor room with lots of natural light.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 742.271px;">Mimosa House: two impressively fitted-out storeys near Holborn replace their more central but less visible premises near Oxford Circus.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 742.271px;">Annka Kultys to a superior unit within the same Business Centre near Cambridge Heath station.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 742.271px;">The Maas Gallery: after 60 years just off Cork Street to Duke Street, near Christies.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 742.271px;">Two with plans afoot are Pace – will be moving out of the Royal Academy and into the former Blain | Southern premises near Oxford Circus – and Lungley who, after a residency in Seventeen’s office on Kingsland Road, will open their own space in Soho in June.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 742.271px;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 742.271px;"><a data-lbwps-handler="1" data-lbwps-height="1675" data-lbwps-width="1339" href="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/31e966b7-e66f-4fd6-9910-1715699d07b5_LYNN_Mindfield1_2007_SR-LYNN3704_2.jpg" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-268002" height="676" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px" src="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/31e966b7-e66f-4fd6-9910-1715699d07b5_LYNN_Mindfield1_2007_SR-LYNN3704_2-819x1024.jpg" srcset="https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/31e966b7-e66f-4fd6-9910-1715699d07b5_LYNN_Mindfield1_2007_SR-LYNN3704_2-819x1024.jpg 819w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/31e966b7-e66f-4fd6-9910-1715699d07b5_LYNN_Mindfield1_2007_SR-LYNN3704_2-240x300.jpg 240w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/31e966b7-e66f-4fd6-9910-1715699d07b5_LYNN_Mindfield1_2007_SR-LYNN3704_2-768x961.jpg 768w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/31e966b7-e66f-4fd6-9910-1715699d07b5_LYNN_Mindfield1_2007_SR-LYNN3704_2-1228x1536.jpg 1228w, https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/31e966b7-e66f-4fd6-9910-1715699d07b5_LYNN_Mindfield1_2007_SR-LYNN3704_2.jpg 1339w" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 1rem; max-width: 100%; width: 742.271px;" width="540" /></a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 742.271px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Vivian Lynn – ‘Mind field: framework to integrate things seen across different fields I’, 2007 from an impressive first UK show of the late New Zealand artist (1931-2018) at <a href="https://www.southardreid.com/exhibitions/vivianlynnexh" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-5); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Southard Reid</a></em></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 742.271px;">Others have relocated temporarily pending a permanent move: Charlie Smith: from over the Reliance pub in Shoreditch round the corner in Charlotte Road, Southard Reid from Royalty Mews just a few Soho yards for one show in Rodeo’s former space on Charing Cross Road, Alice Black from Soho to Covent Garden, with a plan to move back into Soho.</p></div></div>Paul Carey-Kenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01842249388250530953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432330092345249234.post-39971353382489709932021-06-20T06:28:00.000-07:002021-06-20T06:28:59.342-07:00FROM THE WORLD OF INTERIORS - NOW WITH GUSTAV METZGER<div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">It ought, I believe, to be better known that </span><b><span style="background-color: white;">The </span><span class="il" style="background-color: white;">World</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span class="il" style="background-color: white;">of</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></b><span class="il" style="background-color: white;"><b>Interiors</b> has excellent visual arts coverage, with a mixture of book reviews, exhibition previews and</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;">well-informed gallery recommendations</span><span class="il" style="background-color: white;">. So I'd thought I'd gather up my own contributions here (all are </span><span style="background-color: white;">exhibition previews, </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">© The </span><span class="il" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">World</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span><span class="il" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">of</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span><span class="il" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Interiors </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">/ Condé Nast Publications) </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: x-large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Gustav Metzger</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: x-large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">at Ben Uri Museum (16 June - 17 Sept 2021) and Hauser & Wirth, Somerset (26 June - 12 Sept 2021) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background: rgb(242, 242, 242); font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The posthumo</span>us fame of Gustav Metzger (1926-2017) rests primarily on his idea of
‘Auto-destructive art’ and the way in which he himself proved a seemingly
indestructible and radical force well into his eighties: in 2015, for example,
his project <i>Remember Nature</i> exhorted
arts practitioners to participate in a Day of Action against climate change. Two new shows provide a chance to flesh out those headlines
by exploring a wider range of Metzger’s activist art.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-size: x-large; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg3sE3U7yDgYtemwelJZrMQtkYGv7lF-t4iDOBpS-lHn2KEuWIfOnKND3AmauHVrmYZzU9oGVJf8GYaCa3fohEWNZerVlM06OWIq5K6TYek2UpcLRiONV3tSF2ZVkafRpHd2f_k9FbSLM/s676/metzger+1958+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="676" data-original-width="568" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg3sE3U7yDgYtemwelJZrMQtkYGv7lF-t4iDOBpS-lHn2KEuWIfOnKND3AmauHVrmYZzU9oGVJf8GYaCa3fohEWNZerVlM06OWIq5K6TYek2UpcLRiONV3tSF2ZVkafRpHd2f_k9FbSLM/w538-h640/metzger+1958+.jpg" width="538" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />Painting on Cardboard, 1958</td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: x-large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: x-large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Ben Uri Gallery concentrates on the contribution of
immigrant artists to British visual culture, and Metzger - born in Nuremberg to Polish-Jewish parents - was just 12
when he arrived in Britain on the Kindertransport. Most of his
family were killed in the Holocaust. After the war, he studied art – notably with David Bomberg, whom he
always acknowledged as his main teacher, despite a sudden split in 1953. ‘Becoming Gustav Metzger’ will feature early paintings in which
rebelliousness is visible in the speed with which he attacks not canvas but
cardboard, steel or plastic; and with knife rather than brush. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: x-large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZe-CWCz9l2QLjwFunflWJymebTr6Yp165sc7nDOhmy-Z5r_ZEHWqUysLQ5gKHo4fI_evpPrWNVS9xUDGJMTphTZnBfqrVUXioG6icSI9WV3gaQqKBAPqI3hG0CvxmIiLWv1ZEilKA3Cw/s634/metzger+Screenshot+2021-06-20+141455.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="634" data-original-width="631" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZe-CWCz9l2QLjwFunflWJymebTr6Yp165sc7nDOhmy-Z5r_ZEHWqUysLQ5gKHo4fI_evpPrWNVS9xUDGJMTphTZnBfqrVUXioG6icSI9WV3gaQqKBAPqI3hG0CvxmIiLWv1ZEilKA3Cw/w636-h640/metzger+Screenshot+2021-06-20+141455.jpg" width="636" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In the studio, 1960's</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: x-large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Metzger returned to drawing and painting this century, as the Somerset
exhibition shows, but first it takes the story through to the confrontational
step of <span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">spraying acid onto sheets of nylon,
making rapidly changing shapes in the dissolving material. The acid paintings
met the definition of ‘Auto-destructive art’ that Metzger published in 1962:
the </span>creative process must happen in public, and should continue
independently once the artist has set it off; and the work must return to its
original state of nothingness within at most 20 years. Metzger’s aggressive
public action was of a piece with his activism in protest movements against
capitalism, consumerism and nuclear armament: he meant it to represent how society was heading towards its own doom.
Auto-destruction proved influential. Pete
Townsend of The Who attended a 1962 talk by Metzger before he started to smash
his guitars in concert; and Metzger organised Destruction in Art symposia in
London and New York – at which John Latham set fire to towers of books to
suggest that the cultural base on which knowledge rests was burnt out. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: x-large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBu9ZYbbBwHwEgOUKdkaT37BW8sGvL_gaIEYEyOgDN1_tLyG2xTMik1maGEIcV2QNPRkRT-lxNAIB-EajBpPQub5UPURUIElV-WOxJy-jFNPh2Tskh9lcgWriFvP0vigmEFydNGf-kgAw/s819/metzger+Screenshot+2021-06-20+141334.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="819" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBu9ZYbbBwHwEgOUKdkaT37BW8sGvL_gaIEYEyOgDN1_tLyG2xTMik1maGEIcV2QNPRkRT-lxNAIB-EajBpPQub5UPURUIElV-WOxJy-jFNPh2Tskh9lcgWriFvP0vigmEFydNGf-kgAw/w640-h440/metzger+Screenshot+2021-06-20+141334.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Liquid Crystal Environment, 1965</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: x-large; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Metzger emphasised that Auto-destruction went with Auto-creation, as
when he called the found arrangements of rubbish in a clear bin bag ‘our folk
art’; or pointed out that an acid-burned sheet opened up a view of its
location. The immersive <i>Liquid Crystal
Environment</i> (1965) arrives at
a permanent auto-genesis by shining light through liquid crystals as they are
heated and cooled, projecting mutating colour patterns into the viewers’ space.
According to Metzger ‘We are desperately in need of
warmth as a fundamental element in human interactions. With Liquid Crystal it
is physically based on warmth, it is based on the transformation of one level
of warmth to another. This dialectic is central to the experience.’ Dialectic
is also key to Metzger’s art as a whole: he opposes and yet synthesises the
fundamental forces of creation and destruction as a means of raging against the
overriding threat to both - extinction.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white;"><b>Jean Dubuffet: <i>Brutal Beauty</i><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white;">Barbican Art Gallery, London - 17 May – 22 Aug 2021<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; text-align: start;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: AtlasGrotesk; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDouktvfiwXy__2i-VGgWyR1C5z3-0i8JHRM9oDa7FITyeYuSmnrBS5DIdCAOXuvolQST6k_IvODVAc_IUzzgitw4c_BdNj8_IUV4M-NB6QX9x_Ile5q0TXDpimUujKfS4BjS3xaC0-xI/s2048/2020_PAR_19655_0013_001%2528jean_dubuffet_pourleche_fiston043356%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1614" data-original-width="2048" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDouktvfiwXy__2i-VGgWyR1C5z3-0i8JHRM9oDa7FITyeYuSmnrBS5DIdCAOXuvolQST6k_IvODVAc_IUzzgitw4c_BdNj8_IUV4M-NB6QX9x_Ile5q0TXDpimUujKfS4BjS3xaC0-xI/w640-h504/2020_PAR_19655_0013_001%2528jean_dubuffet_pourleche_fiston043356%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><i>Pourlèche Fiston</i>, 1963</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"> </span><p style="background-color: white;"></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Jean
Dubuffet’s adult life was unusually split: two decades during which he
subjugated the attraction of art to a career in the family wine business in Le
Havre, Algiers and Paris; then four decades of intense artistic activity from
1942 - not just painting and sculpting but theorising prolifically on his
approach, provoking the establishment, and promoting and collecting the
outsider <i>Art Brut</i> which inspired
him. The Barbican shows 150 works split
across 15 different strands, linked by how Dubuffet found strangeness in the
real – through various techniques he
characterised as ‘putting more and more obstacles in the way of conjuring up
objects, with a view to making their appearance all the more dynamic when it
happens’.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1fRlt6dLqHyjLXGUbV9EByetp-cvUYBVI9sjSPT3W6DJs7rxXnDVSyQR39nq-hA_ilQu08FXuM5k929rI_JYre2bVcGDJ_Z-m_1J4d4CO8-LObpAaa5VjN272HE1GDFj9-oAfRYsHhdw/s772/limbour+jd.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="772" data-original-width="592" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1fRlt6dLqHyjLXGUbV9EByetp-cvUYBVI9sjSPT3W6DJs7rxXnDVSyQR39nq-hA_ilQu08FXuM5k929rI_JYre2bVcGDJ_Z-m_1J4d4CO8-LObpAaa5VjN272HE1GDFj9-oAfRYsHhdw/w306-h400/limbour+jd.jpg" width="306" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="text-align: justify;"><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="text-align: justify;">Limbour
as a Crustacean</i><span style="text-align: justify;">, 1946</span></span></div><p style="background-color: white;"></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">For
example, the earthy, naively-styled portraits from 1945-47 come from
recollecting people’s characters more than their appearances (‘partly true to
life, with a likeness cooked and preserved in the memory of Mr Jean Dubuffet,
painter’). They use a mixture of paint, sand, gravel, coal dust, asphalt,
frayed string and shards of mirror to make a thick paste, giving body to the
subjects while hinting how their flesh will be reduced in time to mere matter.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></p>
<div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV6CN_knngnLleg9x_s0tNTag1_gg5xHYxoGQdQJD7Fa8pa4sK548rCjIL4fQO13LB9cH4nUcAlzzQ9X0OSzH5GHrPIK39j0Rd2Si2ii-OwtXo6Qt1f935OasCtS6tv_L-2IPROvQrv1U/s586/but+wings+JD.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="586" data-original-width="418" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV6CN_knngnLleg9x_s0tNTag1_gg5xHYxoGQdQJD7Fa8pa4sK548rCjIL4fQO13LB9cH4nUcAlzzQ9X0OSzH5GHrPIK39j0Rd2Si2ii-OwtXo6Qt1f935OasCtS6tv_L-2IPROvQrv1U/w456-h640/but+wings+JD.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p> </o:p></span><i style="font-family: inherit;"> Character in
Butterfly Wings</i><span style="font-family: inherit;">, 1953</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The
animation of matter becomes more literal in the mid-fifties when Dubuffet,
anticipating</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Hirst by forty years,
incorporates butterfly wings into collages - some abstract or
landscape-oriented, some forming jaunty characters. He explained that he wanted
his different elements to ‘meld into everything around them like a sort of
continuous, universal soup with an intense flavour of life.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit;">’</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><i style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p> </o:p></i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYfiOheLgQyEFJILVi6AJYG4kVgDpwAsQUwHKe4jb2bw6p3UaCE4KERAy_dyrdtKRuyS3ZPFpS4pLtabph5aAy4DiScqpUiZy-lKE5MG2X5p7K9bS7rbeiGHlVTpdrUAaebuPj4wsC-KA/s630/text+jd.jpg" style="font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="517" data-original-width="630" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYfiOheLgQyEFJILVi6AJYG4kVgDpwAsQUwHKe4jb2bw6p3UaCE4KERAy_dyrdtKRuyS3ZPFpS4pLtabph5aAy4DiScqpUiZy-lKE5MG2X5p7K9bS7rbeiGHlVTpdrUAaebuPj4wsC-KA/w640-h526/text+jd.jpg" width="640" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i> Texturology
XXXVII (grave)</i>, 1958<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">For
the ‘Texturology’ paintings (1957-59) Dubuffet, an admirer of Jackson Pollock,
shook a loaded paintbrush over the canvas to cover it in delicate speckles
which pivot between the micro and macro: they could be pieces of ground teeming
with action beneath the surface, or galaxies and nebulae.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6tvIJz-uYpb2lh2IYmx96ZA8ypMfoInKpttxhyCGMbZxPQiv68UAg1KyuXqqAZ-e6fdp9cLbv5D_KHl4bQccbVQ9eog1e76WkLroCf7HbLUvs2M2qz5Qh2jYXkE74fHGd7Seeapd1aqM/s1536/spinning+round+jd+61.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1150" data-original-width="1536" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6tvIJz-uYpb2lh2IYmx96ZA8ypMfoInKpttxhyCGMbZxPQiv68UAg1KyuXqqAZ-e6fdp9cLbv5D_KHl4bQccbVQ9eog1e76WkLroCf7HbLUvs2M2qz5Qh2jYXkE74fHGd7Seeapd1aqM/w640-h480/spinning+round+jd+61.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="text-align: justify;">Spinning Round,</i><span style="text-align: justify;">
1961</span></div></span><p style="background-color: white;"></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In
1961 Dubuffet announced his intention to ‘start all over again’ by capturing
life in the capital. The ‘Paris Circus’ works are colourful, frenetic, skewed visions of the developing consumer society –
often hinting at its contradictions but also revelling in its <i>joie de vivre</i>. ‘I want’, he said, ‘my
shops and buildings to join in a crazy dance.’</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><o:p style="font-family: inherit;"> </o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4-RR5VYs8HdRUKY64moZ0F_v9Pld0HFKBUuTA1_T_BYchYvhyphenhyphencJfSVbRVW0SdKlft8WqxONKjqump0zV83h_F4UUq6vc-t8-Y7F7B-1u2iZcDBDOx-URqUtLpKCecEOvA2dUkQFgHl7U/s631/rifle+jd.jpg" style="font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="406" data-original-width="631" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4-RR5VYs8HdRUKY64moZ0F_v9Pld0HFKBUuTA1_T_BYchYvhyphenhyphencJfSVbRVW0SdKlft8WqxONKjqump0zV83h_F4UUq6vc-t8-Y7F7B-1u2iZcDBDOx-URqUtLpKCecEOvA2dUkQFgHl7U/w640-h412/rifle+jd.jpg" width="640" /></a></p>
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Domestic Site (Swordfish Rifle) with Head of Inca and Small Armchair on the Right</i>, 1966</span></p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The long-running
‘Hourloupe’ series (1962-74) arose from colourful striped doodles Dubuffet made
while on the phone, which he then applied to everything so that a graphic
surface swallowed the world and blurred the distinctions between objects and people.
He saw this philosophically, as introducing a doubt about the true materiality
of the everyday: is it just a mental construct?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dubuffet,
then, achieved something akin to Surrealism’s way of estranging the quotidian –
but he had no need to plug into the subconscious. It was enough, Dubuffet
explained, to ‘let the artist’s mind, his moods and impressions be offered raw,
with their smells still vivid, just as you eat a herring without cooking it,
but right after pulling it from the sea, when it’s still dripping.’</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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from Cuba in 1979, the clean, repetitive geometric language of 60’s minimalism
had been inflected by, for example, the tremulous presence of the hand in Agnes
Martin’s paintings and the organic variability of Eva Hesse’s serial
forms. Gonzalez-Torres's multi-media
works from his last decade added an emotional pull to the aesthetic. Take one of his ‘candy spills’ – endlessly
renewable individually-wrapped sweets piled into gallery corners. </span><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“</span></i><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Untitled”</span></i><i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> (Portrait of Ross in L.A.)</span></i><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">, 1990 </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">derives i</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ts
poignancy from starting with an ‘ideal weight’ equivalent to that of </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Gonzales-Torres’s
</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">partner,
Ross Laycock, before he fell ill with AIDS. It </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">has</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> three typical ch</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">a</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">racteristics</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">First,</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> it draws attention to the gallery space,</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> and allows
that to influence the form it takes. The Felix Gonzales-Torres Foundation’s new
site will emphasise that aspect by documenting numerous examples of how the
same piece has been installed differently. Gonzales-Torres invited such
adaptations – most explicitly, perhaps, with the beaded curtains and strings of
bulbs which he left curators to deploy as they wished – and now, in a special
global initiative organised by the Andrea Rosen and David Zwirner galleries, a
thousand people have installed “<em><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;">Untitled” (Fortune Cookie Corner)</span></em>, 1990, in locations
of their choosing. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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viewer into participation – through the pleasurable and illicitly-tinged act of
eating the art</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">.
‘Without the public’, said the artist, ‘these works are nothing. I need the
public to complete the work. I ask the public to help me, to take
responsibility, to become part of my work, to join in’.<span style="background: rgb(247, 247, 247);"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;">“</span><i style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: x-large; text-align: justify;">Untitled" (Perfect Lovers),</i><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"> 1987-1990</span></td></tr>
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The</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> consumption enacts the loss of weight associated with AIDS </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">– and hints
at how those in power ignored AIDS, hoping the problem would disappear like the
sweets… were the supply not ongoing. In 1992, the year after Laycock died, <span style="background: white;">Gonzales-Torres used billboards to display a
photograph of two indented pillows on an unmade bed, implying the absence of
lovers and subtly but pointedly bringing gay sex into the public realm. The </span>pairing of identical
battery-operated clocks – in “<i>Untitled" (Perfect Lovers),</i> 1987-1990
– similarly finds a romantic and elegiac place for queer subjectivity: the
clocks are synchronised in the knowledge that they will in time diverge. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;">Formally, the clocks are echoed in “</span><em style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: x-large; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;">Untitled”
(Double Portrait), 1991, one of </span></em><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;">the ‘stack’ works in which hundreds
of sheets of renewable paper make up a minimalist block which viewers can
remove: each sheet features </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: large; text-align: justify;">an image of two
circles printed in lustrous gold. Other ‘anti-monuments’, as Gonzales-Torres
termed the mutable stacks, </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;">carry charged messages – such as the details
of 464 people killed by firearms during just one week in </span><i style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: x-large; text-align: justify;">"Untitled"
(Death by Gun)</i><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;">, 1990. Gonzales-Torres explained that he liked using newspaper
snippets ‘because you read it twice and you see these ideological constructions
unravel right in front of your eyes’. Look twice at Gonzales-Torres’s
beautifully condensed and affecting works, and what you’ll see unravel is how
white heterosexual norms represent just one way to construct reality.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222a35;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Many female artists are now being re-evaluated, often after male
partners overshadowed them: take this year’s London exhibitions of Dorothea
Tanning, Lee Krasner and Dora Maar. Something more complicated has occurred
with the reputations of Roy Oxlade (1929-2014) and his wife of 57 years, Rose
Wylie. Go back to 1970’s and Rose was little known – indeed, she had stopped
painting while she concentrated on bringing up their three children – but Roy
was an influential writer and teacher whose paintings were highly regarded.
By the time he died, Roy had slipped from view somewhat – whereas Rose had leaped
to prominence with shows at the Jerwood in Hastings, Tate Britain and the Serpentine
Gallery. Roy’s obituaries spoke of the danger that he would be remembered
primarily for his role in the partnership endearingly documented by the
award-winning film ‘Rose & Roy’ (2015).
Just recently, though, Oxlade has also had a widely admired solo
exhibition at what is now Hastings Contemporary. And perhaps we shouldn’t be
surprised that – having shared a studio in Sittingbourne, Kent for decades – the
couple’s virtues are similar: a wittily primitive way of painting which
crackles with spontaneity. Rose is the story teller, typically through memory,
film and the news. Roy applies his painterly language to the here and now:
what’s in the house and studio – including Rose herself. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222a35;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Oxlade’s second show in quick succession with Alison Jacques presents
paintings and works on paper from 1978 to 2006. Roy had a serious career: he studied
– like his contemporaries Leon Kossoff and Frank Auerbach – with David Bomberg,
and was himself an outstanding teacher and prolific writer. His paintings,
however, emerge playfully out of looking around the studio without
preconceptions and – in Rose’s description – ‘pushing the paint and then
finding the focus’. Oxlade said his paintings ‘start as a rectangle in a jumble
of art history I relate to’ into which he ‘puts some other stuff, some
characters, some actors - tables, pots, colours, easels, lamps, scribbles,
figures and faces to interact with each other’.
That often leads to cheerfully absurd irruptions. The ostensible subject
of ‘Black Saucepan and Dish’ is subsidiary to colour shapes which could be
food-related but may just be paint. Most of ‘Yellow Profile’ pushes similarly
towards abstraction behind the eponymous, but exceptionally summary, face of
Rose. In other works the figure of Roy’s
muse – sometimes upside-down, sometimes naked – dominates the objects named by
the title. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222a35; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Oxlade’s true subject is the process of representation, how that can
reveal the world anew as it simultaneously generates abstract pleasure and
balances of form. That method of discovery is rooted in drawing, which Oxlade
believed should be ‘unknown to the artist until it emerges, comes out as a
controlled wildness’. That’s consistent with Oxlade’s critical rejection of
most modern art – Matisse was one exception, praised germanely for his
‘synthesis of innocence with awareness’.
Oxlade, then, reaches an unusually well-informed brand of
unsophistication through the actions of drawing and painting. Let the
rediscovery of husbands proceed!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; text-align: justify;">Conceptual art can seem esoteric.
Will it consist of instructions rather than visible works, or foreground theoretical
constructs? It may – but Duchamp is the starting point, and his work tends to
be firmly rooted in the everyday:</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; text-align: justify;">a
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</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; text-align: justify;">Song Dong, the most euphoniously named of the Chinese artists who came
to world attention in the 1990’s, is a conceptual artist of that type. He doesn’t
separate art from life, he merges them. Song - who still lives in the hutongs
of Beijing where he was born in 1966 - has, for example, shown 10,000 items
hoarded by his mother. ‘Waste Not’ laid out a whole life reduced to poverty by
the Cultural Revolution.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Song’s show of old and new work
at Pace will turn on such mundanities as food, water and shelter. His 1999
self-portrait photographs have the frankly quotidian title ‘Eating Drinking
Shitting Pissing Sleeping’. A new version of ‘Eating the City’ is an urban
panorama made of sweets and biscuits, which visitors will be invited to consume
over the first week. ‘The smell and taste is really delicious’, says Song, ‘but
it’s bad for you… It is an illusion. It is not really food. People use desire
to build up the city, but they also use desire to destroy the city’. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The real life destruction
involved in development will be the focus of the ‘Usefulness of Uselessness -
Varied Window’ series, which gives fresh life to windows rendered useless by
their buildings' demolition. Song arranges them with coloured mirror inserts to
make striking abstractions. The wistfulness will be amplified in
‘Different Dreams on the Same Bed No. 3’ (2018), in which household objects are
presented behind salvaged window panels. We are invited to look into the pasts
of those displaced by a vision of the future. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The flux of existence is evoked
by the ‘Mandala’ series (2015), in which intricate patterns are made from
pulses, seeds and spices. Song refers to
the Tibetan Buddhist ritual of constructing such circular images from tiny
pieces of crushed stone, only to sweep them up once complete. That’s in tune
with his own practice: ‘Writing diary with water’ relates to his having written
in water daily on the same stone since 1995. The stone may – Song says – be
‘thicker by the day’ with his thoughts, but there’s nothing to see. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Song’s conceptual play makes us
aware of how we are constrained. We might be reminded of the feminist slogan
‘the personal is political’ – which holds that individual experiences can be
traced to one’s location within a system of power relationships. We can see
Song Dong’s varied and prolific practice as showing, not how male power plays
systematically into women’s lives, but how state power runs through the day to
day in the context of China’s fraught political history and sudden
modernisation. Taken that way, ‘Waste Not’ critiques Mao; the water diary is a
cautious medium, as it cannot fall into the wrong hands; and ‘Eating the City’
and the window constructions call attention to what is lost in the current
leaps forward.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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There’s a touch of humour, too, in <i>100 Billion Suns</i>, 2011: the 3,126 known gamma-ray bursts in the Universe (which can burn 100 billion times brighter than our sun) are reduced to 3,216 pieces of appropriately coloured paper to be fired from a confetti cannon. </div>
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The Turner Contemporary retrospective will provide the best chance yet to assess what difference it makes not just to read about Paterson’s investigations of our place in the universe, but to experience them physically. And it comes with two extras: Katie will choose some 20 of Turner’s watercolours to intersperse with her work – expect some of the late near-abstractions which share her taste for the ethereal; and Margate will be one of 25 coastal locations for a project which picks up on the connection of sand with time. </div>
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For <i>First There is a Mountain</i>, participants will sculpt beaches into thousands of sandcastles using buckets in the shape of mountain ranges, evoking geological erosion and showing, in Paterson’s words ‘the extraordinary existing in ordinary things, everywhere’. That might be the underlying theme of her monumental yet understated practice, along with how we are part – an insignificant part in cosmic terms - of something bigger, and ignore that at our peril.</div>
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Korean artist Lee Bul has shown little in the UK, despite a 30-year
international career during which, as the Hayward’s </span>retrospective
will reveal, her work has developed with impressive logic. Bul, born in 1962,
had a traumatic childhood. Her parents, intellectual dissidents in the Korean
dictatorship, were constantly harassed and forced to move house. This led Bul
to feel a disconnection from society, which fed into her confrontational early
performances in which she used her body as a battlefield where political and
social issues – including expectations of women – collided. She hung
upside-down, bound and naked, to talk about the experience of abortion; and
made unannounced street appearances dressed in freakish fabric outfits that
appeared to be sprouting body organs (<i>Cravings</i>,
1989). </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sorry for suffering–You think I’m a puppy on a picnic? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">If such work was
about Bul herself being rendered half-human by the constraints of society, then
the sculptures which followed were of half-human forms. Her surreally inspired
series of <i>Monsters</i> (1998-2011) could
have emerged from a metamorphosis gone wrong. The female <i>Cyborgs</i> (1997-2011) posit humans
reaching perfection by merging with machines – yet their missing limbs and
heads suggest that the ideal is far from achievable, even before they mutate
into deviant hybrids of flora, insects and machines (<i>Anagram</i>,
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">In 2005 Bul’s
focus moved on from inventing fictive bodies to realising imagined
architectures. The larger environments expand Bul’s interest in spaces for the
body to inhabit to encompass the whole of society. They’re built with liquidly
baroque exuberance, but are ruins, consistent with a further failure of utopian
aspiration. Instead of sculpting half-humans, Bul now pulls the actual bodies
of viewers into the labyrinthine mirrored structure of <i>Via Negativa II</i> (2014) and fragments them into otherness through
multiple reflections. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">There are echoes
of Modernist buildings in these works, which will set up resonances with the <span class="color-03">cleanly restored Brutalism</span> of the Hayward<span class="color-03">, the exterior of which Bul’s work will </span>partially
envelop. Bul is interested in ‘how people in the past envisioned their utopian
future’, albeit from the French philosopher Jean-François Lyotard’s point of
view that grand narratives of progress and liberation are no longer possible. <i>Stenbau No. 2</i> (2007), for example, is
directly based on Bruno Taut drawings of implausible glass cities in the Alps;
and the metallised zeppelin balloon of <i>Willing
To Be Vulnerable </i>(2015-16) points up the failure of that particular fantasy
of travel. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">We might also think of JG Ballard’s vision of achieving completeness
by being subsumed into technology, as in his 1973 novel <i>Crash</i>, which is driven by how flesh meets metal in car accidents. Perhaps
that’s why Bul has characterised her way of synthesising ideas as achieving
‘Crashness’. Bul’s paintings, too, are semi-organic, for she uses hair, leather
and other animal materials: velvet manufactured from the excrescence of
silkworms, the mother-of-pearl which shellfish secrete. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Though Bul’s themes are serious, indeed rather
melancholic, they give rise to complex and rich combinations of shinily seductive
materials. The public may be perplexed as they ponder the
half-human, the concept of the self in the modern era, and our attitude towards
the future – but they will also be wowed. </span></span></div>
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CRASHING runs 30 May-19 Aug, Mon, Wed, Fri-Sun 11-7, Thurs 11-9 $ PAUL
CAREY-KENT is an art writer and curator based in Southampton – you can follow
him on Instagram at www.instagram.com/paulcareykent</i></span></span></div>
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interested in architecture, even if they didn’t train that way – like, for
example, Francis Alÿs, Pedro Reyes and Tomás Saraceno. </span>. There’s the character of building materials, for a start;
think of Carl Andre’s emphasis
on the qualities of brick. Then there are the aesthetic crossovers
between two parallel streams of modernist practice – the frequent
starting point of Ellsworth Kelly’s intense simplifications. Other
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corridor, for example) or its echoes in history or society (Cyprien
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Leckey). The Polish artist Monika <span class="il">Sosnowska</span> engages with all five of these strands.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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studying abroad, Sosnowska criss-crossed Warsaw, photographing the architectural
impact of the upheavals following on from 1989: hasty, and largely cosmetic
renovation alongside neglect, dereliction and – sometimes regrettable –
demolition. Those images formed the
source for a sculptural practice which plunged viewers into changed spaces
alluding to the dramatic post-Communist reshapings of city and society. For <i>1:1</i>, at the Venice Biennale in 2007, she
bent and buckled an enormous and awkward black-steel frame, based on models for
postwar estate housing, to jam it into the classical structure of the Polish
Pavilion. It should look, she said ‘as if two buildings have been constructed
in the same space and have to live in symbiosis, or rather to parasite on each
other.’ Such a potentially uncomfortable
cohabitation suggests how the present cannot entirely escape its past. </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="line-height: 107%;">In other whole-room installations, <span class="il">Sosnowska</span>’s distortions can appear unconstrained by gravity, as if to mock the aspirations of soaring towers.
Recently, she has mixed these large-scale interventions with groups of smaller works. That throws more emphasis on the
construction materials used – concrete, steel beams, reinforcing rods – and how
they are warped and misplaced (by, incidentally, fabricators who normally make
the same objects ‘straight’). Sosnowska subverts the functional logic and
underlying geometric aesthetics of market vendor’s stands, which seem to have
been kicked in for <i>Untitled,</i> 2012, or <i>Stairway</i>, 2010, which bristles insectoidally
while leading nowhere. <i>Untitled</i>,
2015, works the other way round: a plant seems to be overtaken by built
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emerge from fabric of the gallery – exploiting a particular advantage of
architectural art: it can be integrated seamlessly into its setting, turning
site specificity into a natural state. Sosnowska’s surreal and edgily comical
parasites will be like larvae burrowing out from within, threatening the very
stability of the building and, by extension, society. ‘Architecture arranges,
introduces order, reflects political and social systems’, Sosnowska has said,
‘My works are about introducing chaos and uncertainty.’ That purpose acts as an
analogy for the personal and social impacts of where we live and have lived,
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Sander (1876 – 1964) and Otto Dix (1891
– 1969) contrasts a painter and a photographer to generate a richly varied
overview of Germany’s glamorous yet troubled
Weimar period, forever set in position by the tragedies which came
before and after. Both sought to depict
its people objectively, but there is another contrast here between Sander
operating ‘from outside in’, and Dix working ‘from inside out’.</span></span></div>
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discovered his passion when asked to guide a visiting photographer, operated
commercially before embarking on his life project ‘People of the Twentieth Century’
from 1910 onwards. He cycled round Germany seeking archetypes which he
classified into seven sections, such as farmers, skilled tradesmen, and women. </span></span></div>
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for physiognomy, the belief that character and circumstance could be read into
people’s faces. Sander recorded his subjects, typically with direct eye
contact, against whatever background was convenient. He believed truthfulness
depended on rapport, and seemed able to put people sufficiently at ease for
private individuality to break through their public facades. Not everyone looks
good - but, said Sander, ‘I never made a person look bad. They do that
themselves’.</span></span></div>
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Salesman’ (1926) illustrates the dignity afforded the lowly. He is poised yet
seems fearful, drawing us into dark eyes behind which it is easy to imagine a
troubled life as we speculate from outside in.</span></span></div>
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somewhat stiff in the jacket and tie indicating his relatively high status in a
rural community, but his dog – ready to bound into the woods – has a potential
energy we might read across to his master, even if we don’t ask: is he a future
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and Crafts in Dresden, then volunteered and spent the war fighting on several
fronts. That, together with reading Nietzsche, reinforced his bleak view of
humanity. Nor did lack of money help: ‘I
have no need of recognition from the narrow minded middle class’, he asserted,
‘but I do need the narrow-minded money’.
Marriage to the wealthy Martha Koch helped, as may be suggested by how
he looks to her in Sander’s photograph of the couple.</span></span></div>
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Objectivity’ artists seeking to depict the decadence and hypocrisy of post-war
society, relished the chance ‘to shock those with weak nerves’ by focusing on
social extremes. His paintings of prostitutes, for example, can be seen as
exposing the base instincts behind the conventional ideal of love, with that
standing in turn for the realities behind all aspects of life - and death.</span></span></div>
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claimed that ‘The essence of every human being is expressed in his ‘exterior’… In
other words, exterior and interior are identical.’ Yet when his most iconic images pin down a
character for inspection, he purposively distorts that exterior. A woman on a leopard skin rug, unhealthily
pallid yet muscular and devilishly keen-eyed, stares brazenly, perhaps
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but as his concentrated assessment of her being. Where Sander communicates the
humanity in the humble, Dix celebrates, even as he critiques, the grotesque. Putting the two together draws attention to
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<b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">JOHN MINTON</span><span style="font-size: large; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">John Minton (1917-57) is known – though he’s hardly famous nowadays –
for his troubled, abbreviated life and as a leading neo-romantic, one of a
loose group (often taken to include</span><span style="font-size: xx-small; mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Sutherland, Piper and Nash) who sought to return to symbolic and
visionary evocations of the English landscape tradition. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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sweetly, into the work – even though he was born into comfortable
circumstances, and at 26 his grandfather, director of DH Evans, left enough for
Minton to act as the ebulliently generous funder of his friends’ entertainment (when
passing the department store in a taxi he’d yell out of the window: ‘We’re
spending your money, darlings!’). After being denied conscientious objector
status, Minton had a quiet war – but his brother was a fatality, which affected
him deeply, the more so as his father and elder brother had already died young.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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with many of his circle of artists – but he never found a lasting relationship.
His liaisons included six years living fractiously with Keith Vaughan, and two
with the East End wrestler Ricky Stride, the latter indicative of taste for
transgressing the class as well as sexual norms of the time. Despite commercial
success and the admiration of his students, Minton seemed unable to settle,
travelling almost obsessively around the Mediterranean and Caribbean when term
was out. He was alarmed by the nuclear threat and out of sympathy with the
emerging agenda of abstract expressionism. He drifted into alcoholism and
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quintessentially English, and is more uneasy and libidinous than nostalgic and
romantic. True, Minton admired Blake and Palmer, and used ruins as a favoured
trope even before the war made them omnipresent. Yet he spent most of 1939 in
Paris, and<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>more enduring influences
proved to be de Chirico, early Picasso and three French-based artists, also
known as neo-romantic: Christian Bérard and the Russian-born Eugène Berman and
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br />Minton was highly productive and wide ranging. He was a particularly fluent draughtsman with a natural sense of design which made him an influential illustrator. There are surrealist aspects to the peopled landscapes of the 40’s. His precise and somewhat angular portrait style was different again. A late move towards history paintings saw him take on increased complexity and scale. He wasn’t notable, despite that range, for formal innovation. Minton believed that the choice of subject was ‘paramount’, calling for ‘a love of certain things’ that was ‘no souvenir, no memory, but the thing itself made again in paint’. </span><br />
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slowed by the sudden death of his father in 1927, which forced him to earn a
living as a civil servant rather than attending art school. Nonetheless, by the
time war broke out in 1939, he had established himself on an amateur basis as a
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of abstract patterning within representation to become a figure equivalent to,
say, Sutherland or Piper. But in 1948, he discovered a painting made up only of
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Tate looks to put all that aside in favour of the question that matters: how good a painter was she? That hardly any of O’Keeffe’s pictures are normally in Europe underlines what an exceptional chance this 125-work retrospective provides for Britons to make a broad judgment. O’Keeffe had a long and productive life: 1887-1986, covering 17 US presidents. Yet she remains famous mainly for a small minority of her 800-odd canvases: flowers and animal skulls, with their surreal aspects open to erotic or existentialist interpretations. Those, though, are just two among many subjects that resonated with her, and which she abstracted in order to isolate their essence. Indeed, she pushed that agenda much further with her less familiar motifs: desert landscapes, the pelvis, views from an aeroplane (e.g. Sky with Flat White Cloud, 1962) and 20 versions of a wall with a door in it and paving stones in front (such as My Last Door, 1952-4).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large; line-height: 107%;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">O’Keeffe said that she actually
bought her rambling home in Abiquiú, New Mexico ‘because it had that door in
the patio, the one I’ve painted so often. I had no peace until I bought the
house’. That suggests the critical importance to her of an observational starting
point, of working from the outside in – as opposed to her fellow New Mexican isolate
Agnes Martin, who worked from inside out to distil the feeling of a place. The
catalogue makes much of the anticipations in O’Keeffe of Abstract Expressionist
and Colour Field painters, but one can see why Clement Greenberg didn’t buy into
what he called her ‘pseudo-modern art’: O’Keeffe was coming from a different
place. The same place, pretty much, as Ellsworth Kelly, as she herself
acknowledged. But where Kelly dispensed with surface effects to investigate the
painting as sculptural object, and pushed on to a point at which his works’
origins in the world became fully hidden, the mature O’Keeffe retained both painterly
inflexions and explicit and eponymous subjects. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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lend themselves to is the projection of infinity, and the effect is reinforced
by the way in which O’Keeffe moves directly from foreground (the bone of the
pelvis, say, in </span><i style="line-height: 107%;">Pelvis 1</i><span style="line-height: 107%;">, 1944) to
distance (the sky seen through the gap in the bone) with no middle ground. Where
the flowers pitch us into a vortex, the more abstract works open out our
perceptions. For all their differences in approach, much of O’Keeffe’s best work
turns out to arrive somewhere not so very far from Rothko and Martin.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">There’s something of a paradox at the heart of Dan Flavin’s
work. He’s famous for arrangements of commercially available fluorescent light
units in four standard lengths and ten standard colours - pretty much all he produced from 1963 to his
death in 1996, and all you’ll see at Birmingham’s Ikon Gallery (13 April – 26
June). Flavin insisted on his work’s literalness, saying – as cited by the
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to generate once liberated – as it seems – by self-imposed constraints. For
example, <i>Pink out of a corner (to Jasper
Johns)</i>, 1963 uses just one unit to disrupt our perception of space by
eliminating the darkness from a corner. That contrasts with the chromatic
riches of <i>untitled (in honor of Harold
Joachim) 3</i>, 1977, for which the corner placement gives Flavin the room to
mount six vertical fixtures facing back onto six horizontal fixtures facing
forward, so that hot pink and yellow stands against a cool penumbral glow of
blue and green – while both colour zones bleed to the side. Differently again, the
comparatively austere series dedicated to the utopian revolutionary spirit of
Vladimir Tatlin explores the many possible configurations of seven white units
to build architectural effects. </span></span></div>
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looking at. Is it sculpture, drawing, painting in light, installation or just
the functional means of illuminating the surrounding space? The primary aspect
varies: <i>untitled (in honor of Harold
Joachim) 3</i> has many of the qualities sought by colour field painting,
whereas <i>Untitled (to Dorothy and Roy
Lichtenstein on not seeing anyone in the room)</i>, 1968, shows Flavin as one
of the first artists to think in terms of whole room installation: it illuminates
a space from which we are barred, deflecting our attention to the architecture,
and to the play on Lichtenstein’s 1961 painting <i>I can see the whole room! ….and there’s nobody in it! </i>The voyeurism
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titles, which alternately refer us to possible parallels, suggest meanings
personal to Flavin, or make dedications to other artists which hover between
homage and dry self-awareness of the potential for overblown comparisons. After
all, Flavin’s style of “monument” – hence the quotation marks round those to
Tatlin – has inbuilt impermanence: they can be turned off at any time and their
parts need regular replacement. Is there also a spiritual aspect to Flavin’s
eloquence? Light has a central symbolic role in the history of art, and even if
he hadn’t trained as a priest before taking against religion, one can read Flavin
as evoking ecstatic or transcendental states, whether divine, meditative, trippy,
or even – as <i>Pink out of a corner</i> may
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350 colour illustrations, five contributors, 3 kg) provides a comprehensive
overview of the painting and sculpture of the late Ellsworth Kelly (1923-2016),
known for a 70 year production of rigorously colourful forms which brought him
fame without ever quite placing him centrally in the story of art. Lead author
Tricia Paik, assisted by Kelly’s collaboration and the availability of his
archive, lucidly explains his development and critical reception over four
chronological periods (leaving a quartet of renowned writers to focus on
themes). Her account of 1923-48 sets out Kelly’s background as a shy,
stuttering boy from New Jersey, keen on bird-watching and drawing, who spent
1944-45 in the ‘Ghost Army’ of camouflage experts which deflected the German
intelligence through such ruses as inflatable tanks. 1948-54 saw Kelly remain
in France just as the New York art scene was taking off, facilitating the
development of an independent style which came to maturity in New York City,
1954-70. Recognition was slow, but substantial by the time – in tune with his
love of nature – he then moved upstate.</span></span></div>
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minimalist. Yet Grünewald,
Audubon and Picasso meant more to him. With none of Mondrian’s spiritual bent,
the wellspring of Kelly’s art was always the world from which he abstracted
shapes with the aim of catching the essence of an ‘already-made’. “My paintings
don’t represent objects,” he said, meaning that he avoided graphic depictions
of what he saw, “They are objects themselves and fragmented perceptions of
things.” That’s the logic of multi or joined panel works, such as <i>Yellow with Red Triangle</i>, 1973; and fits
how , for example, the relationships of form and colour in Kelly’s snapshot of
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while avoiding the expression of the artist’s own hand which one might expect
to go with that, is Kelly’s own. Second, he has a way with clarion colours.
There isn’t a system (“I don’t know what I want”, he said, “ my eye does”) but
as Richard Shiff points out in his essay, Kelly seems unusually able to ensure
that his colours reach uniform saturation within such works as the <i>Spectrum</i> series or <i>Yellow with Red Triangle</i>, with its equal
colour values. Third, as Gary Garrels explains, Kelly took masterful account of
how his paintings engaged with the wall which formed their ground, and with
their setting as a whole. That led him increasingly into sculpture and
majestically-scaled intersections of art and architecture.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;">Ailanthus Leaves I</span> </b></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">from Suite of Plant Lithographs, 1966</span>
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to make Kelly’s paintings look more like the minimalist works they aren’t. The
spatial encounter with Kelly can’t be fully captured on the page, of course, though
a higher proportion of installation views might have helped, plus perhaps a
section on the plant drawings. Those, which Kelly made for over 60 years, provide
a parallel history of how looking fed his simplifications. This book, then, is
no substitute for the work - but if you want to make the most of experiencing that,
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">The Brass Family, 1929 </span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Calder was born – in Pennsylvania – into a lineage of sculptors, but delayed following in his father’s and grandfather’s footsteps, training as a mechanical engineer before something of an epiphany on a naval voyage to Guatemala in 1922: the sight of the sun and moon rising and setting simultaneously on opposite sides of the ship started him painting, and he enrolled in art college in New York. That awakening stayed with him; the basis of his work, he said, remained ‘the system of the Universe’, in that ‘the idea of detached bodies floating in space… some at rest, while others move in peculiar manners, seems to me the ideal source of form’. </span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Calder’s second source of fascination, arising from a journalistic sketching assignment in 1925, was the spectacle and choreographed action of the circus. He re-enacted its sequences through the 70 models of <i>Le Cirque</i>, 1926-30, which he housed in a suitcase to facilitate travelling performances. Calder had begun using wire to bring his drawings of animals into space: <i>Le Cirque</i> uses this technique within its mixed media, and separate, larger works employ just wire. <i>The Brass Family</i>, 1929, is typical of those, both for wittily exploring the analogies between the balance of acrobats and the balance of sculptural weight, and for an erotic edge which led Calder to describe himself as ‘more ‘Sewer-realist’ than Surrealist’.</span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Those two inspirations meshed with the influence of the artists he met in 1920s Paris: Miró and Arp played a part, and Duchamp proposed the term ‘Mobile’ – but it was a visit to Mondrian’s studio in 1930 which led Calder to turn his love of motion and play towards abstraction. Now, too, his feeling for the interaction of the skies returns to temper those ludic instincts with an intimation of elemental energies. There is a long tradition of sculpture in movement – in religious processions, for a start – but Calder was the first to make sculptures perform by themselves. The restless mutability of his mobiles might stand for the experimental approach driving his art as a whole, which varies immensely across an oeuvre of 16,000. The most celebrated mobiles are delicate metal structures suspended from the ceiling, painted in primary colours and designed to move gently with the airflow like clouds drifting by (as there are no fans, the curators have taken pains to ensure that visitor movements will be sufficient to create the right degree of draught*). Other mobiles, though, are fixed to the wall or mounted on bases – such as <i>Red and Yellow Vane</i>, 1934, which is also simpler than most. The Tate’s show, then, is a chance to assess afresh the variety of spatial and kinetic effects Calder achieves through his universal circus of orchestrated movement over and around us.</span><br />
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Paul Carey-Kenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01842249388250530953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432330092345249234.post-5432853512965837642021-06-20T04:15:00.001-07:002022-01-02T04:25:28.464-08:00FROM COMEDY TO OPTIMISM: THE COMPLETE ELEPHANT THEMES<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span><span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;">During 2017-20 I wrote 13 visual essays for <a href="https://elephant.art/">ELEPHANT</a> magazine on the principal theme of each issue. The magazine oved from quarterly with themes to twice-yearly without themes from 2021 onwards, so that proved the full set.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span>These were, in reverse order of publication, as below: </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>FASHION</b> written 2020 but only published online (Spring 2021) following the revamp of the magazine<span style="font-family: inherit;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span><b>OPTIMISM</b> in Issue 44 </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span><b>COMEDY</b> in Issue 33</span></span><span> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">FASHION</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><b style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: inherit;">Where Do the Catwalk and the Gallery Intersect?</b></div></b><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">Art meets fashion? You mean artists who also work in the fashion industry, like Juergen Teller and Julie Verhoeven? Or artists who depict some version of fashion in their work, like Paulina Olowska or Hassan Hajjaj? Artists who have collaborated with fashion houses, such as Takashi Murakami with Louis Vuitton? Artists who dress with a particularly distinctive personal style, like Frida Kahlo and Grayson Perry? Or who design their own ranges of clothes, like Sterling Ruby and Andrea Zittel? Or fashion designers who’ve also exhibited as artists, like Helmut Lang and Karl Lagerfeld? Not really: I just mean artists you might call on to make yourself over and kit yourself out, from skin to face to hair to feet to body to accessories…</span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><img height="511" src="https://elephant.art/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Sylvie-Fleury-fash.jpg" style="font-family: inherit;" width="640" /></div></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sylvie Fleury: </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">Solar Gold and Moonlight Shimmers</i><span style="font-family: inherit;">, 2018</span></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sylvie Fleury used to say that she was a painter—but only on her own face. In 2018, though, the Swiss artist debuted a series of acrylic on canvas on wood versions of make-up palettes. Blown up to gigantic scale, they are seductive as minimalist abstractions through which we might travel from fashion to art, and wonder about the differences in objects of desire. She’s explained them as a feminist counterpoint to the paradigm defined by the all-male exhibition The Shaped Canvas, held at the Guggenheim Museum, New York in 1964.</span></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><img height="458" src="https://elephant.art/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/BUN2-fash.jpg" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;" width="640" /></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Julie Curtiss: Bun, 2018</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A red-hot painter in the market with her precisely obsessive psycho-sexual dramas, Julie Curtiss is visibly inspired by the Chicago Imagists, a 1960s tendency who themselves have become more prominent recently. Some of them were also known as The Hairy Who, and hair is a sufficiently obsessive motif in Curtiss’ paintings that this sculpture, made by fully covering a hat with synthetic strands, is a logical extension of her language. It has an uncanny yet comedic presence which makes you long to see it being worn.</span></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> <img height="640" src="https://elephant.art/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/JAFE_CHLOE072-fash-scaled.jpg" width="427" /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">Yumi san in the Japanese traditional bath (onsen), Chiba, 2018. Courtesy the artist - from </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">Chloé Jafé, </span><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">I Give You My Life, 2014-2017</i></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The skin is more of a fashion site now than it’s ever been, and much of that picks up on older cultural traditions in which tattoos were used as signals of belonging. French photographer Chloé Jafé lives in Tokyo and met a Yakuza boss who agreed to let her document the women associated with the organised crime syndicates. The women allowed Jafé to photograph their ‘irezumi’ tattoos: made painfully by hand over years using a wooden handle and a needle, they represent a strong statement of commitment to their partners within the organisation.</span></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><img height="428" src="https://elephant.art/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/walk_a_mile-fash.jpg" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;" width="640" /></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Bedwyr Williams: </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">Walk a Mile in My Shoes</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">At the Saatchi Gallery, Bedwyr Williams recently presented an impressive choice of 45 pairs of shoes to try on in this installation. Any thieving thoughts of making off with his footwear were tempered, though, by the fact that Williams takes a whopping size 13. Walking a mile in those would definitely be a challenge. Not only that, but he bought them all second hand as a way of demonstrating that he’s not alone in having big feet, even if only 0.5 percent of adults share the size.</span></div></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><img height="480" src="https://elephant.art/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/2016_Karina-Bisch_La-Grande-Diagonale-and-La-Robe-Diagonale-fash.jpg" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;" width="640" /></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">Karina Bisch: </span><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">La Grande Diagonale and La Robe Diagonale</i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">, 2016</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">French artist Karina Bisch’s painting practice feeds into performance, sculpture and clothing to make, in her words, ‘a protean activity that merrily defies categories, mediums, styles and genres’. Typically, as here, fresh, forward-looking combinations of motifs derived from research into the historical avant-garde move beyond her colourful canvasses and into the world of ‘peinture-à-porter’. Is she wearing a painting in these two works always shown together, or is the painting really a giant pattern for a dress?</span></div></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><img height="471" src="https://elephant.art/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/160427-Genillard-10.jpg" style="font-family: inherit;" width="640" /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Lisa Milroy: </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">Installation with White Dress</i><span style="font-family: inherit;">, 2011</span></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Often intersecting with fashion, shoes are a favourite subject in Lisa Milroy’s work, and she has made many ‘interactive’ paintings on dresses designed to be worn. Milroy has also woven canvas into reversible paintings, sometimes presented as handbags. The distinctions between object and painting, art and fashion, patterned design and painterly abstraction are collapsed, all of which performance can alternatively be categorised rather traditionally as still life.</span></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">OPTIMISM</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span><div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">THUMBS UP FOR OPTIMISM?</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 25.68px;">'I've always been an optimist' Francis Bacon liked to declare, somewhat implausibly, before the wicked clarification 'an optimist about nothing!' And there are, indeed, many shades of optimism. Dr Pangloss may have preached that all is for the best in this best of all possible worlds - but he was a parody of Leibniz, invented by Voltaire to allow Candide to discover otherwise. You can even argue that if you believe matters are going to get worse, you’re an optimist: a pessimist would be someone who believes things are going to end. There’s a possible echo of that in Guy Allott’s painting below, one of six works which effect optimism in different ways and to varying degrees… It does make sense, though, to gives the Emma Hart thumbs up to optimism itself: optimists are more likely to be grateful for their lives than pessimists, and gra</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a;">titude leads to a happier life. </span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK6LfBeuf-DL7jNIqxSRylSbshzjSW4m5QW35_T5cdvBuVwCLh-Qvcd-1tVvvjXddGGChDoq61giCTGdrR9lkD5iLJI6ZrGeKzAkxC5EhnL9MgZOx77cKLi1rB1KChiLb4tE2S_5CA96g/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2886" data-original-width="2304" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK6LfBeuf-DL7jNIqxSRylSbshzjSW4m5QW35_T5cdvBuVwCLh-Qvcd-1tVvvjXddGGChDoq61giCTGdrR9lkD5iLJI6ZrGeKzAkxC5EhnL9MgZOx77cKLi1rB1KChiLb4tE2S_5CA96g/w509-h640/Alien_One++reverse+vignette+.jpg" width="509" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 16.96px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 25.68px;">Guy Allott</span></b><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 25.68px;">: <i>Alien I</i>, 2016 – oil on linen, 23 x 20cm </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 16.96px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: large; line-height: 25.68px;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: large; line-height: 25.68px;">Courtesy of the artist and MOUNTAINS, Berlin<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: large; line-height: 25.68px;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: large; line-height: 25.68px;">You could argue that to speculate on the future is inherently optimistic, as even a dystopic vision assumes that there will be a future for people to be unhappy in. Guy Allott has often painted spaceships which apparently come from the distant future, yet embrace a retro-design aesthetic. His series of imagined aliens, who might perhaps have arrived by that means, are doubly optimistic – as not only do we get to see them, but they look decidedly friendly….<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: large; line-height: 25.68px;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjehl8C547jPXbIeL0R-fATcHg1LVbgogpClJgajF3UXxxqwzg520q-OJSj_v0X1EhJDjcSvB8cskhjkfCJshDdMnDovg23v5ug94xmpCRFWMURMqaUp4lC_IrKb6E5lQvYEtIFCiXBy-E/s1600/Altmejd+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="904" data-original-width="862" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjehl8C547jPXbIeL0R-fATcHg1LVbgogpClJgajF3UXxxqwzg520q-OJSj_v0X1EhJDjcSvB8cskhjkfCJshDdMnDovg23v5ug94xmpCRFWMURMqaUp4lC_IrKb6E5lQvYEtIFCiXBy-E/w610-h640/Altmejd+.jpg" width="610" /></span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: large; line-height: 25.68px;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: large; line-height: 25.68px;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>David Altmejd</b>: <i>Crystal System</i>, 2019 - Expanded polyurethane foam, cement, resin, epoxy clay, epoxy gel, synthetic hair, acrylic paint, quartz, steel, coconut shell, glass eyes, paper, graphite, pearl mica flake and glass gemstone (Overall: 72 x 45 x 43 cm)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">© the artist. Photo © Lance Brewer. Courtesy White Cube<span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: large; line-height: 25.68px;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #303030; letter-spacing: 0.4pt;">Canadian artist David Altmejd’s sci-fi-meets-gothic aesthetic combines physical disintegration with limitless possibility, here through double smoking and a surfeit of facial features but a paucity of limbs. Altmejd acknowledges that his figures often resemble our image of Jesus, so summoning the optimism integral to religious belief. He associates the exquisite grotesquery of Crystal System with the</span><span style="color: #303030; letter-spacing: 0.4pt;"> body experiencing ‘a detachment from physicality’ – so the hope of resurrection might be in there, too. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: large; line-height: 25.68px;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 25.68px;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6h8z46IhftxTHGi8kCE7BQRvZAu4_IlkP79_Ofv3cHQp32ZjUfqg_Vs6LgfZJmzMXchJsQI77o358302GSoLUQlB7WOv8LRr_MyO1QxTT-G3LCoUj79Xb9AWlTWh2UslLUfYwdQYTPWs/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3537" data-original-width="2513" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6h8z46IhftxTHGi8kCE7BQRvZAu4_IlkP79_Ofv3cHQp32ZjUfqg_Vs6LgfZJmzMXchJsQI77o358302GSoLUQlB7WOv8LRr_MyO1QxTT-G3LCoUj79Xb9AWlTWh2UslLUfYwdQYTPWs/w453-h640/Dieter+mammel+Into+Light+Opt.jpg" width="453" /></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: large; line-height: 25.68px;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 25.68px;">Dieter Mammel</span></b><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 25.68px;">: <i>Into the Light</i>, 2013 – acrylic and ink on canvas 40 x 30 cm<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: large; line-height: 25.68px;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 16.96px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: large; line-height: 25.44px;">Courtesy of the artist and the Kunstmuseum Reutlingen, Germany <o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">German painter Dieter Mammel has mastered an unusual way of mixing black ink and a colour on a drenched canvas placed on the floor so that they pool into chance-freighted contrasts of shadow and incandescence. From 2013-17 Mammel worked with yellow, allowing his characters to appear hypnotized by sunlight of an almost religious intensity. The optimism is ambiguous: there’s something foreboding about the towering door through which a boy moves into a future which we suspect is implausibly bright.</span></div></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihJpzFn1fK5Np1hyj0VbOYdo9geUolcoLqH3pkf6meLKkI-SdMTA20_XoorIsqY3uvKqwihGnmfJwCV3vUTmVD7Wn839pbHbqVT0hF100SYwbNrR2GwmKbWNV4N_L20DRQmgamAOr4GAw/s697/annie+m+small+ultramarine+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="697" data-original-width="526" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihJpzFn1fK5Np1hyj0VbOYdo9geUolcoLqH3pkf6meLKkI-SdMTA20_XoorIsqY3uvKqwihGnmfJwCV3vUTmVD7Wn839pbHbqVT0hF100SYwbNrR2GwmKbWNV4N_L20DRQmgamAOr4GAw/w482-h640/annie+m+small+ultramarine+.jpg" width="482" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #222222; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 25.68px;">Annie Morris</span></b><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 25.68px;">: <i>Stack 8, Ultramarine Blue</i>, 2019 - </span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 25.68px;">Foam core, pigment, concrete, steel, plaster, sand</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">- height: 230 cm. </span></div></span><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Courtesy of the artist and Timothy Taylor, London / New York</span></div></span><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Annie Morris’s ‘stacks’ of improbably balanced boulder-like forms are essentially paintings in which the key is the interaction of colours and textures - right down to sourcing two sizes of sand grains to vary the surfaces. They might seem straightforwardly cheerful, yet the stacks originate from a dark place: Morris began the series a dozen years ago when she and her husband suffered a stillbirth. Their component shape references the womb, and they were a way of asserting optimism at a difficult time - which proved pleasingly well founded as the couple are now parents. <span style="color: blue;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span style="color: #222222; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiFvGhpY8BkGs0tTKYkt_yEmueBPyS6lCFJ9wmdlBsuJJZOoIt3lm4zVHzmyIJfnIkBQ6PGVzg8t3pnVUv0FFqULghLePCKDzXiQYzKRbj_rsPmuKFC0AKcXAucx6HROemZlFuEXsD1Z8/" style="font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4819" data-original-width="3515" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiFvGhpY8BkGs0tTKYkt_yEmueBPyS6lCFJ9wmdlBsuJJZOoIt3lm4zVHzmyIJfnIkBQ6PGVzg8t3pnVUv0FFqULghLePCKDzXiQYzKRbj_rsPmuKFC0AKcXAucx6HROemZlFuEXsD1Z8/w466-h640/firstcar-Markus-Vater++opt.jpg" width="466" /></a></div></span><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: inherit;">Markus Vater</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">:</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">The first car powered by love</i><span style="font-family: inherit;">, 2011 – ink on paper, 30 x 21 cm</span></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Courtesy of the artist</span></div></span></span><div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span></span></span><div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span>The power most often cited for overcoming adversity must be that of love. After all, it’s all you need. Yet one problem it is hard to see love solving is climate change. Step forward the witty German artist Markus Vater, who proposes a touching means of reducing the impact of cars on the atmosphere. The key is that it also works visually: there is something about the size, shape and interlinked complexity of a paired of curled-up lovers which could be the engine of more than their intimacy.</span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span></span></span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf-pbotnVd8mlgBv0daSJF4HKiDixpaPQtgFEJLAWrSVRzjvXyNyfzeLOuuYM8mSw-6zBYvpKftnous-RWmoTdlvnlSeNPpF4IfJufgRp-jsbiWAYx_we5INMr8nbPZqgd5NPZjyAoYPc/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3946" data-original-width="3543" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf-pbotnVd8mlgBv0daSJF4HKiDixpaPQtgFEJLAWrSVRzjvXyNyfzeLOuuYM8mSw-6zBYvpKftnous-RWmoTdlvnlSeNPpF4IfJufgRp-jsbiWAYx_we5INMr8nbPZqgd5NPZjyAoYPc/w573-h640/E+Hart+Thumbs+Up+for+Swans+new+opt.jpg" width="573" /></span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Emma Hart</b>: <i>Thumbs Up For Swans</i>, 2019 – digital print, dimensions variable<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Courtesy of the artist and The Sunday Painter, London</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">This nifty transformative tessellation sees swans become optimistic thumbs, complete with fingernail beaks, while the spaces between emerge as blue flowers. Escher or Dali would have been impressed! Emma Hart explains that this is her stab ‘at thinking about how elements in life fit together and how a repeated hand gesture accumulates in the mind to become a mode of thinking’. She’s ‘a big thumbs upperer’, and now gives one to every swan she sees! </span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">COMMUNITY</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The Art of Combination</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span>What makes a community? And how does it maintain the right positive, mutually reinforcing spirit? Philosophers have tackled those questions, from Plato to Hobbes to Rawls. The answers are likely to involve common values such as respect for difference, avoidance of gross inequality, and a sustainable lifestyle. Artists often present and advocate for the issues involved - as do Rosa Loy, Prem Sahib, <span style="background-color: white;">Ch</span><span style="background-color: white;">a</span><span style="background-color: white;">d <span class="il">McCail and Rena </span></span>Effendi, from the perspectives of gender, sexual orientation, wealth and rurality respectively. Art may assist </span>directly in setting up the right conditions, like Julian Opie's in a hospital setting. Artists may also seek to live and work in an appropriate manner, or even set up a community to do so, as has Andrea Zittel. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe4lm7da0PXX0nvkvci3429biFPVUjVYu9NDKX5QC8Cc46MMFGHNUjHYMi54Y2wPinfihMxVWKYvyhffahj185lRA2h1h7Gy0xuXFu-YaW84UNiPaAXJgy4YJryeC5OcozUy3YppyJcFw/s1600/In-dieser-Welt%252C-2019%252C-Kasein-auf-Leinwand%252C-120x100cm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1015" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe4lm7da0PXX0nvkvci3429biFPVUjVYu9NDKX5QC8Cc46MMFGHNUjHYMi54Y2wPinfihMxVWKYvyhffahj185lRA2h1h7Gy0xuXFu-YaW84UNiPaAXJgy4YJryeC5OcozUy3YppyJcFw/s640/In-dieser-Welt%252C-2019%252C-Kasein-auf-Leinwand%252C-120x100cm.jpg" width="540" /></span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>Rosa Loy</b>: <i>In This World</i>, 2019 - casein on linen, 120 x 100 cm</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">© Rosa Loy, VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, Photo: Uwe Walter Berlin</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">courtesy Galerie Kleindienst Leipzig</span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">Rosa Loy’s dreamily allegorical images have the atmosphere of an alternative world, some of which may be down to them featuring many women but no men. Loy sees that as part of a vision for strengthening the role of women in society. </span> Her pictures echo myths and fairy tales as they search for a new mode of living which feeds on traditional female knowledge - and its associated mysteries. How do you speak like a tree? Why does the fairy have asymmetrical wings? 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Photo credit, Lewis Ronald. </span></div><div style="background: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; margin: 0cm 0cm 18pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Prem Sahib explores how the spaces we inhabit help to make us who we are – in particular those which helped form his own gay identity. That has often amounted to a memorialisation, as venues close: this work combines the classical style of décor taken from the Chariots Roman Spa in Shoreditch – knocked down in 2016 to make way for a luxury hotel development - with the minimalist language contingently inscribed in sex toys. Does the death of such spaces and their associated communities, asks Sahib, threaten their associated identities? </span></div><div style="background: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; margin: 0cm 0cm 18pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMx0ApnDLB7uzqwJhkPI-Q3f4PyMD-BhDVkKqwOY6CPz_WSFQYpR14PAKvxNwka1RIB2vHaT_TGRbXDX-7fjsbKzbaVxowmyjhneJ0MVszhV-ykxr3PViH2HaX2Zjq8dKfmJgCpSzTvzw/s1600/man+of+men+1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1068" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMx0ApnDLB7uzqwJhkPI-Q3f4PyMD-BhDVkKqwOY6CPz_WSFQYpR14PAKvxNwka1RIB2vHaT_TGRbXDX-7fjsbKzbaVxowmyjhneJ0MVszhV-ykxr3PViH2HaX2Zjq8dKfmJgCpSzTvzw/s640/man+of+men+1.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>Chad </b><span class="il"><b>McCail</b>: </span><i>Toy</i>, 2017-20</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Installation at Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, mixed media</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Photograph: Colin Davison</span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chad </span><span class="il" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;">McCail</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;"> has just spent two years developing a monumental </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;">new work in which the world is a plaything, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;">complete with the institutions we have to negotiate: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;">school, hospital, workplaces, housing,</span><span style="font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;"> an airport... On set, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;">a battle is being fought with gigantic capitalists who tower over the ordinary people swarming on them, as indeed they would if measured by wealth, when the richest 1% would be hundreds of feet tall. This satirical representation of an unbalanced macro-community was itself - a hopeful sign, perhaps - made by a micro-community of </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">a dozen people learning art skills in lowland Scotland, where McCail lives.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu3ow5_jRWejjAjt6VWYbgRdYUYwCOaLSSqPpyQXoX3zwRkfBRlxllOM4GTr5QlXpHyig5_iQwYNig-959O1rv_0eGKy1_HnLMVZ0ChUEj_QfQ1eWMIfR3UqHZE9Owm0xK-D9V4Y5DSIQ/s1600/Effendi+Transylvania+1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1593" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu3ow5_jRWejjAjt6VWYbgRdYUYwCOaLSSqPpyQXoX3zwRkfBRlxllOM4GTr5QlXpHyig5_iQwYNig-959O1rv_0eGKy1_HnLMVZ0ChUEj_QfQ1eWMIfR3UqHZE9Owm0xK-D9V4Y5DSIQ/s640/Effendi+Transylvania+1.jpeg" width="636" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; text-align: start;">Rena Effendi</b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; text-align: start;">:</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; text-align: start;"> </span><i style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; text-align: start;">The whole Borca family, Romania,</i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; text-align: start;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; text-align: start;">2012 </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Courtesy of the artist</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: start;">Rena Effendi's series </span><span style="text-align: start;"> 'Transylvania: Built on Grass' documents the survival of traditional ways of life in the Carpathian Mountains in the centre of Romania - all shot luminously on film. </span><span style="text-align: start;">The small villages, hundreds of miles from the nearest city, have a highly sustainable lifestyle. They've raked hay with the same type of wooden fork for 500 years, build houses from materials nearby, use water as their primary source of power - including for weaving and to distil considerable quantities of brandy. But the lure of the city threatens village life, and they are 'too small for EU subsidy, too large for government help'. Such communities of the past, then, have much of what we need for the future, if only that can be retained. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYBXiRg00N2lsjHYP1wZv38v5hPBbiibcrQ9gLAwiFKGXBbIkY1sl77nFw_EycpMXkFHYv_cGSG7jjH8Ls9I8CxwU75_Kdf9d5fm9YO1KgmMV9RndAy9Rva0PnJ5eT1rIJHR3i1QKldgo/s1600/Julian+Opie.+Hospital+Rooms.+Jasmine+Lodge%252C+Exeter.+2019_2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYBXiRg00N2lsjHYP1wZv38v5hPBbiibcrQ9gLAwiFKGXBbIkY1sl77nFw_EycpMXkFHYv_cGSG7jjH8Ls9I8CxwU75_Kdf9d5fm9YO1KgmMV9RndAy9Rva0PnJ5eT1rIJHR3i1QKldgo/s640/Julian+Opie.+Hospital+Rooms.+Jasmine+Lodge%252C+Exeter.+2019_2.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="background: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; margin: 0cm 0cm 18pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>Julian Opie: </b><i>Running 2</i>, 2019</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Courtesy of the artist and Hospital Rooms</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">This busy and colourful application of Julian Opie's distinctive figural style has an admirable community purpose. It was commissioned by Hospital Rooms, which - in conjunction with local NHS Trusts - seeks to counter the tendency for mental health facilities to be <span style="letter-spacing: 1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">cold and clinical, when the opposite is needed for people at their most vulnerable. </span>Opie is one of several leading artists commissioned for the <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Junipers Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit and Jasmine Lodge Mother and Baby Unit in Exeter. S</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">taff and service users were involved throughout the project, and interacted with the artists through creative workshops. </span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJiXFYtBqKAmL6UMkXlrYLNb5RIvYSGC9PfgmZU9VOascSXiTXKu_EhttKwMDWwQZPad4lhULKFOjuRZNNTX5DKYbuFthJmuhx-KlG-x3Tsq55C5-oEr7TFfS6q7UPrlQKt8BI_SoaMcc/s1600/21_AZ_WEST_2015_SUMMER_PHOTO_LANCE_BREWER_canonical.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJiXFYtBqKAmL6UMkXlrYLNb5RIvYSGC9PfgmZU9VOascSXiTXKu_EhttKwMDWwQZPad4lhULKFOjuRZNNTX5DKYbuFthJmuhx-KlG-x3Tsq55C5-oEr7TFfS6q7UPrlQKt8BI_SoaMcc/s640/21_AZ_WEST_2015_SUMMER_PHOTO_LANCE_BREWER_canonical.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>Andrea Zittel</b>: <i>A-Z WAGON STATIONS: SECOND GENERATION AT A-Z </i></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><i>WEST</i>, 2012-present, Joshua Tree, CA, USA</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">© Andrea Zittel, courtesy Andrea Zittel and Sadie Coles HQ, London. Photo: Lance Brewer</span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Andrea Zittel, based in the California high desert for 20 years, describes her art-life practice on the 70 acres of A-Z West as creating 'a place in which spaces, objects, and acts of living all intertwine into a single ongoing investigation into what it means to exist and participate in our culture today'. Weavings, ceramics and textiles are made collectively and sold to support it. A</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">rtists and writers </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">can rent the sleeping pods shown - </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">alongside communal kitchen, </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">open-air showers and composting toilets</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> - at the</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> Wagon Station Encampment, where they recall the </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">horse-drawn wagons of the Wild West</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">. Zittel explains that she is '</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">drawn to the frontier mentality, and having to figure everything out from scratch'. </span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; text-align: left;"></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; text-align: left;"></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"></span></span><br style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;" /></span></div></div></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><b style="color: red; font-family: inherit;">AGE</b></div>
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<span>As everyone knows, life expectancy is rising: the UK average was 42 in 1850, 52 in 1900, 69 in 1950, and is now over 80. There are some 15,000 centenarians - an increase of 85% this century - and by 2030 there are expected to be 21,000 (ONS statistics). That is often presented as a problem, given the costs of pensions and care, and old people are not accorded the respect in Britain that some other cultures give them. But surely the trend should be seen as triumph, compared with the alternative for us as individuals. In line with that, here are some positive aspects of age in art, whether that be in production, aesthetic, self-valuation or activity.</span></div>
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<span>Various distinctive worlds - such as the fairground, the Edwardian, the cyclist's and the history of art - come together to make Ryan Mosley's own distinctive world of literally and figuratively colourful characters. It's no surprise, then, that the full beard typically indicative of advanced years is re-purposed as a chance to revisit how the face can contribute to the formal design of a painting. How not to relish the bushiness of this mountaineer, who seems to have dipped his beard into the sky - maybe that's how far off track he's got...</span></div>
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<span>David Hume famously remarked that he could detect no continuous self, only a bundle of perceptions. Fiona Tan leaves room for doubt, but her imposing two-screen installation, Rise and Fall, moves between simultaneous views of an older and younger woman – implying that they may be the same person – and images of moving bodies of water. That seems to suggest how the flows of time and memory can act as unifying means of living reflectively in the present.</span></div>
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<span><b>Aleah Chapin</b>: <i>Our Voices are Still Singing on the Margins</i>, 2019</span></div>
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<span>The American painter Aleah Chapin celebrates bodily diversity - and age variations in particular - in her unified depictions of the human body and the natural environment. She sees her recent work as describing a world concerned with ‘in-betweenness and edges’ - from the juxtaposition of soft human flesh and landscape, to the symbolic representation of emotional edges and extremes. At any rate, and in spite of the lowering sky, it looks like fun on the margins. </span></div>
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<span>Baselitz's recent portraits of himself with his wife, Elke, invert the subject in the renowned octogenarian's long-running means of - as he has said - 'emptying the content out of what he paints' to emphasise abstract qualities. Yet the couple emerge as ghostly yet monumental presences. The series began darkly, but this recent 3m high example puts the 'old style' in 'old' by suggesting traditional gilding by the use of painter’s gold varnish to bring warmth to a double celebration of the value of age.</span></div>
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<span><b>Regina Hügli</b>: <span style="background-color: white;"><i>Portraits of Herbert G., Drifting Identity</i>, 2016</span></span></div>
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<span>Increasing life spans and improving medical technologies mean that the number of people living with dementia is expected to triple from 50m now to150m by 2050. These portraits are from 'Drifting Identity', a series exploring how identity is affected by Alzheimer’s disease. In her notably empathetic portrayal of expressions of delight, confusion, bemusement and vacancy, Vienna-based photographer Regina Hügli connects us to them as ongoing - if altered - human presences.</span></div>
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<span>Royal Academician Anthony Eyton may be able, at 96, to lay claim to being the oldest artist currently showing regularly. Eyton's case makes a piquant contrast with his mother, who was herself a talented painter but died in a riding accident aged 29. His own work remains vigorous and chromatically adventurous, even when he takes on subjects - such as this rocking chair - compatible with advanced years, and contrasting with the many earlier works which drew directly on international travel, particularly to India.</span></div>
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<span><b>Samuel Zealey </b>with <i>Inverter Wing</i><i>,</i> 2017</span></div>
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<span>This is from a series for which the starting point is a folded piece of A4 paper turned to steel, as if Samuel Zealey has manipulated a flat plane of metal with his super-sculptor powers. Here the jet, an unusual model with forward-swept wings, is blown up to impressive - if not quite life-sized - scale. The chemical rusting of the surface suggests that this is how aeroplanes need to end up: as monuments to what could not be sustained - as an ageing which is a positive for the environment. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">What's the role of the artist in dealing with what we're doing to the environment? They might evoke the consequences subtly, like Hannah Maybank, or call direct attention to the issues - as have John Akomfrah with memorable scope over six channels of video, and Simon Faithfull in an appropriately futuristic setting. In doing so, they might use recycled materials, as in Evan Holloway's re-purposing of spent batteries, or reduce their own carbon footprint: Peter Matthews make a good start on that by dispensing with the energy impacts of a studio in favour of living in the open with his work. As for possible solutions, Anna Reivilä and Laure Prouvost's pseudo-proposals call attention to their inadequacies to date rather than coming up with practical answers. That last might be too big an ask, but it's fair to say that any answer is bound to require an interface between the technical and the natural: something which Bettina von Armin has been exploring for many years. That heading,</span><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"> by the way,</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> is from PJ Harvey: 'And I have seen / The sunrise / Over the river / The freeway / Reminding / Of this mess we're in'.</span></div></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>Hannah Maybank</b>: <i>Sarah - 13th November,</i> 2018, 76 x 52cm Watercolour on Stained paper. Courtesy of the artist.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">British painter Hannah Maybank captures the dangerous beauty in blight through a floral image which could stand in for the attraction we find in lifestyles which corrupt nature. These flowers, though, carry a personal story as well as metaphorical potential. Sarah Bernhardt peonies are a staple of the cut flower industry, accounting for almost half the 50m annual Dutch peony sales, but these particular blooms originate from a clump which has been in the Maybank family since the 1920s. That makes them, says Hannah, 'a living heirloom'. She adds that the peonies start off in small, tight buds before opening out more and more - and then falling apart in a particularly dramatic slow-motion destruction. </span></span></div>
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<span>English multi-media artist Simon Faithfull’s projects typically see him roam the world to performatively test and report back on its extremes - often collaborating with scientists, often engaging with environmental issues. His newest films 're-enact' possible future scenarios by extrapolating from recent trends. Here he probes how our boundaries will shift, exploring the ruins of a futuristic beach house off the coast of Florida. The Cape Romano domes were built on dry land in 1972 before hurricanes and erosion left</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"> them stranded in open water</span><span>. The sea, ominously, ruled most of </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black;">'Fathom', </span><span>Faithfull's recent retrospective in Penzance.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">'Ideally' as one of the 2013 Turner Prize winner's characteristic notices might say 'this work would save the world' . Laure Prouvost's bunch of balloons turn out to be individually blown glass, as well as squirting breasts. They provide a quirkily absurd means of mothering the world through global cooling, though the immediate beneficiaries in this case are the goldfish swimming happily around a reef of two sunken smartphones. Come the time when there's more plastic than coral in the sea, the world will need millions of Prouvost's systems to be installed... Good maternal intentions, we might conclude, won't be enough to deal - but what else have we got, so far?</span></span></div>
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<span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">There’s no shortage of advice on the keys to good self-care. My choices touch on the following, which a surfing session showed to be popular online: s<span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">tay balanced (Shana Moulton); ge</span>t a good night’s sleep (Paul Maria Schneggenburger); s<span style="background: white;">pend time outdoors (Juergen Teller); eat well for your body and the planet (Chloe Wise); consider the benefits of having a pet (Martin Eder) and, in all that, u</span>nderstand yourself (Nell Sully). A<span style="background: white;">rt itself might be a helpful component of self-care. But is it a mental activity and source of stimulation that improves life balance and reduces the chances of dementia, or an obsessive activity which tortures its creators with a fear of failure? I’m not sure we can expect the artists themselves to answer that question, but Clare Price has found a way for her practice to assist. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">How much sleep should you have? That’s a topic of much advice. But is the quality of sleep – as well as the potential for other healthy intimacies - better if you share your bed? The go-to artist for that question might be the Austrian photographer Paul Maria Schneggenburger. He has a bed in his studio, where he has made 120 photographs to date of lovers and families overnight, capturing the dance of their mutual rest with a single six-hour exposure lit only by candlelight. The series is ongoing - indeed, you can take part by contacting him at <u><a href="http://www.paulmariaschneggenburger.com/" target="_blank"><span color="windowtext">www.paulmariaschneggenburger.com</span></a></u>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Much of the Kardashian brand is about self-care of one sort or another, and marketing its ramifications for make-up, diet and lifestyle. The benefits of fresh air in the countryside are not what springs to mind among her endorsements, but that’s what Juergen Teller captured in his typically madcap shots taken in France, achieving the impressive feat of showing the mega-photographed couple afresh. Here Kim demonstrates how to let plenty of fresh air reach the body while ensuring that long socks protect against prickles and stings...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Pets are widely seen as beneficial for mental health and - in the case of dogs – physical health, too, as they encourage exercise. Likewise, practical interests like playing an instrument. Here German painter Martin Eder takes the former to excess and adds the latter as a bonus. Indeed, one might wonder whether it’s the ridiculous and walk-problematising scale of the pooch which triggers the need for a diversionary tune. Typically with Eder, a ludicrous subject triggers luridly bravura painting as he satirises through exaggeration such trends as the fashionable lapdog.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">A pre-requisite of optimal self-care is self-understanding. Nell Sully has made a series of drawings that focus on the three main instincts identified in the Enneagram, a widely-used framework for distinguishing personality types. Sully believes, in accordance with the associated teachings, that ‘to become ‘well’ we need to understand our instinctual energy drive, how we hold it and how to shift it’. Moreover, she is convinced that there is geometric form to these emotional energies. Hence this drawing, which imagines a structural shape which might, in her words, ‘twist / avoid / shake off anything that threatens’. A lively abstract drawing becomes the potential starting point for a theoretically grounded discussion of self-care.</span></div>
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It is important to ‘say yes’ to your own self-care, recognising it as a priority. Perhaps art can contribute. Clare Price makes rapid gestural paintings scaled to her body, and often adds to their performative aspect by photographing herself remotely as she strikes dance-like poses in front of the works. That suggests an autobiographical angle, confirmed by the photographs’ original publication on a private Instagram account alongside hashtags indicating emotional states: '#needs', for example, '#fragile'. As suggested in the title above, Price sees the process - which has become part of her publicly exhibited practice – as having had ‘a healing quality from experiences of trauma and oppression, a reclaiming of the self in safe spaces, both physical and online’.</div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">It's natural to see food is a good thing. <span style="background-color: white;">Eating is enjoyable and </span> keeps you alive. But we have increasing doubts: well yes, but how well, for how long, at what cost to the world? That leaves plenty for artists to pick up on. <span style="background-color: white; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-align: center;">How sweet, asks Will Cotton, is too sweet? </span>Is there poison in the system? (Mai-Thu Perret) Insofar as food made me, did it do a good job (Roxana Halls)? Could meat be healthier if it were different? (Broughton & Birnie) Might agriculture itself be a mistake? (Alastair Mackie). Perhaps it's better to concentrate on food as ritual (Gareth Cadwallader), or on its form and history (<span style="background-color: white; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Paulette Tavormina)</span>. That's not exactly gourmet relish but maybe it's the more nourishing path...</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The still life of fruit is the most resonant image of food in classical art. So here is one - or, rather, not - for the one-time food and prop stylist Paulette Tavormina expertly recreates arrangements typical of the genre in her New York studio, then captures them as photographs in a sort of reversal of photorealist painting. These plums are arranged in the manner of Giovanna Garzoni (1600–1670), an Italian famed for the meticulous realism of her botanical compositions, which typically featured a single insect. She's of additional interest as one of the few women able to prioritise an art career at the time.</span></div>
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<span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Masculinity isn't what it used to be: a valued assertion of physical power and a fixed role as provider for and protector of wife and children. In many ways, of course, it never was. But the loss of apparent certainties, together with the reducing economic importance of manual labour roles traditionally filled by men, has arguably led to such well-reported effects as girls doing better academically than boys and 75% of UK suicides being male. Artists haven't been slow to reflect the new uncertainties and the positive changes which go with a more flexible approach to gender roles and, indeed, gender itself. Here Hayv Kahraman, Paul Pfeiffer, Jean-Baptiste Ganne and Tala Madani and call attention to the nature of stereotypes and the need to undermine them; while Erez Israeli, Brian Dawn Chalkley and Hassan Hajjij assert the new freedoms.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Having fled Iraq with her family during the Gulf War aged 11, US-based Hayv Kahraman combines the modern experience of living between Western and Middle Eastern cultures with the historic aesthetics of the Renaissance, Persian miniatures and Japanese prints. All that feeds into the graceful, female figures who recur as her painted proxy. They float like spirits over the plan of a traditional Baghdadi house in the series 'Let the Guest be the Master', centred on the courtyard as the place where men meet while women must remain inside. There is consolation in the domestic domain, but also a critique of the male assumption of power. </span></div>
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<span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="color: purple;">If the essence if the old-fashioned ideal of masculinity is seen as power and conquest, then the most primeval sporting arena in which to demonstrate that is in boxing, a subject to which Paul Pfeiffer's video manipulations have returned regularly. In the ongoing series </span><span style="color: purple;"><i>Caryatids</i>, started in 2003, he selects sequences in which a fighter receives unrelenting heavy blows from his opponent, but with the dominating boxer erased. We are left with the suffering of the body crumpling and recoiling under the blows and the question of what sort of victory it is when the victor is erased from the scene. A hollow way of being? </span></span></span></div>
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<span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="color: magenta;"><br /></span><span style="color: magenta;">Continuing with sport as a traditional arena for the assertion of masculine values, maximum bragging rights come with the lifting of a trophy. But the phallic triumphalism of that act is undermined by the French multi-media artist Jean-Baptiste Ganne’s ‘Détumescences’, in which the winners' cups have been tellingly melted. Maybe there's something in there about the rise of women's sport as well as the wilting of male pride.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Iranian-American artist Tala Madani came to attention for darkly comic paintings and animations in which the trope of the male gaze was reversed through her examination of hairy but bald-headed figures who caricature hyper-masculinity: revolting, infantile, often humiliated yet seemingly content. Are men stupid? In recent years she has expanded her range considerably, but this new work is on that continuum: the positivity of progress towards the sun is undermined by its being a black one, and spewing out the world's shit. Yet the aspiring man - shown in sequence - seems unfazed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: purple;">For over two decades, South African artist Steven Cohen, a</span><span style="color: purple;">head of the curve in positing sexual identity as unfixed, </span><span style="color: purple;">has performed in exaggerated drag. He often chooses non-art contexts the better to shock and provoke the audience into recognising their prejudiced views of what a man should be - most famously at a Rugby Cup Final in Pretoria in 1998. Exposing his penis asserts his gender clearly and incongruously, though it got him arrested when - having moved </span><span style="color: purple;">to France </span><span style="color: purple;">for a while - he danced in an outlandish costume with his cock attached to a cockerel, punning on the national symbol in front of its most phallic source of pride, the Eiffel Tower. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">There's a bit more to it than the date which will feature in your
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birth certificate (McArthur Binion) followed by the birthdays which punctuate
growing up (Wayne Thiebaud provides the cake) before the emergence as an artist
giving birth to creations (Elina Brotherus). And if that doesn't work out,
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facial blankness of her characters makes it easy for the viewer to project
themselves into her world. Talbot often builds up multiple images, patterns and
texts, with remembered experiences alongside a ragbag of references from
popular and literary culture. Unsurprisingly, love scenarios - as in this
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shouldn't they be the natural model of the super-hero? That seems to be the
thinking of Oskar Dawicki, a Polish artist best known as a practitioner of what
he terms 'total performance'. He built a whole exhibition in Warsaw around a
vision of such a pregnant woman, for whom he had this refreshingly
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<span>The Indian photographer Gauri Gill has been documenting marginalized communities in rural Rajastan since 1999. In the eight-image Birth Series, made in a remote village in Ghafan in 2005, the great dai Kasumbi delivers the baby of a veiled mother-to-be. A close relative presses her feet against the soles of the expectant mother's feet, and grasps her hands to create resistance. Gill told me she was asked to help by boiling water and so on - engaging her fully in being there, as well as in presenting the dramas of life with the same matter-of-factness as applies in the region's daily existence.</span></div>
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American McArthur Binion (born 1946) presents variations on the modernist grid
which disguise - until you get close - his use of such private documents
as his birth certificate. His personal archives are subsumed into the authority
of canonical art, so reflecting on his own identity as a black artist in the
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><b>Wayne Thiebaud</b></span></span></span></span></span><span>: Wayne Thiebaud, One and a Half Cakes, 1981</span><span><span><span><span><span style="background-color: #222222; color: #888888; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span>Wayne Thiebaud is still painting at 97 – including the cakes for which he is best known. Fired by his memories of bakeries, diners and plenty </span><span>of birthdays, they are exercises in the formal possibilities of geometry, colour, sharp shadows and thickly creamy textures through which the paint takes on some of the appetising quality of its subject. They also tap in to a collective American nostalgia: Thiebaud says he saw the same meringue pies ‘in every restaurant from Sacramento to New York. So it began to make a lot of sense to paint them.’</span></span></div>
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<span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" style="color: black;">For an artist, the birth of creation is critical. What if you have
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Koons is the ultimate 'art as luxury' producer, often depicting very
cheap items - balloons, kitschy toys, plastic flowers - in high end
materials and taking years to achieve an obsessive finish which asserts
both its literal value and its value as art.The grotesquely large
stainless steel diamonds from the 'Celebration' series are rare in being
worth less as a Koons than the original would be, if it could exist at
that scale. Such a diamond, especially given Koons' frequent focus on
sex and procreation, also suggests an absurdly inflated pledging of
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artist Lalla Essaydi - now based in the USA - gives voice to women in
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lavish 17-19th century ceremonial textiles further positions women as
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match the seat colours, are sewn onto classic Marcel Breur chairs. Is this a
high-end version of towels reserving sun loungers, or a break in some
convention of the glamorous rich? The contrast of sculptural materials is
striking, and the exclusivity implied by the reservation of space is magnified
by the value of the possessions employed. Moreover, the wall holds ceramic
versions of those tear-off flyers through which to obtain the phone number of a
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<span><span><span><span>In 2015, Juno Calpyso created something of a sensation with her staged self-portraits taken in the would-be-luxurious and odd-for-one location of the American ‘love hotel’. Her new series does likewise in an even more surreal - and genuinely luxurious - setting. ‘What To Do With A Million Years’ is finds Calypso's alter ego in an underground house built in the 1960’s by Avon cosmetics founder Jerry Henderson. Hyper-pink bedroom, gold and crystal taps, swimming pool and waterfall are present, correct - and untouched for decades. The lighting imitates natural cycles, and murals at the windows give the impression of outdoor scenes. The current owners, Calpyso discovered, are cryonics enthusiasts – rather creepy seekers of immortality, the one luxury you cannot buy. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span><span><br /><br /><b>Michael Craig-Martin</b>: <i>Credit card</i> from Objects of our time, 2014<br /><br /><br />What can’t be yours if you wave the right plastic? Michael Craig-Martin has an uninfected yet distinctive way of finding beauty in quotidian objects through colours brought to their maximum intensity. This credit card is an extreme example of how, as he puts it, “there’s very little information in these works, the information is in the viewer” - for we can fill in the cultural and social connotations. Craig-Martin’s 2015 Serpentine retrospective ‘Transience’ positioned him as an archaeologist of items now in the past, like VHS tapes and traditional light bulbs. Perhaps, though, his is the future of credit cards: coolly reduced to abstraction, all data invisibly encrypted. </span></span></div>
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<span><span><span><span>Decoration is by definition functionally redundant, and so luxurious. For 30 years the Dutch artist Harmen Brethouwer has been channeling the history of decoration and the skills which made it into repetitive forms, one being the cone. He commissions experts in such dying crafts as filigree and fake marbling to apply their skills. The recent Exquisite Corpse project tweaks this by using as its source The Grammar of Ornament (Owen Jones, 1856) which presents patterns of many cultures and materials in a common format. That suggests the potential for interchange which Brethouwer then applies by combining traditions on the layered sections of each cone: here colours and characteristics of four materials - Gold, Cardboard, Strawberry and Jellyfish - were combined with the patters of four styles: Indian, Moresque, Chinese and Egyptian. </span></span></span></span><br />
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its purest, angst is due to ‘the human condition’, rather than a
specific cause. That’s central to the existentialist tradition developed
from Kiekegaard’s liberating yet horrifying realisation that he had
the ‘dizzying’ freedom to control his own fate (The Concept of Anxiety,
1844) to Roquentin’s sickening estrangement from the world in Sartre’s
Nausea (1938). Munch tapped into that sense with The Scream, and it was
prominent in post-war art, most powerfully through Francis Bacon. Yet
there are reasons for anxiety, and just as the threat of nuclear war
loomed in the 1950’s, we have plenty of potential triggers for our
anxieties - from data overload to terrorism to being watched to global
warming to failed ideals – as well as the unavoidable fact that life is a
process of dying. Contemporary artists speak to all of those
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artist Thomas Lerooy is visibly inspired by the macabre humour of James
Ensor. Here the absurd conjunction of a collosal head with a body it is
bound to immobilise undercuts the seriousness of the public scultures
from which both elements could plausibly have come. The other
implication seems to be that there's more to survival than the mere size
of your brain, it's how you use it that counts. And surely that's our
present condition: all the technological advances and understanding of
the world combined with the angst of knowing that's no help in saving
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<span><span><span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Pieter Hugo</b>: Portrait #9, Rwanda from the series '1994', 2014</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span><span><span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">South African Pieter Hugo has spent two decades photographing marginalized
and unusual communities, most famously Nigerians with hyenas in 2007.
His recent series '1994' has a far more restrained power: images of
children in bucolic settings but posed in adult clothes ask the
question: being born after the end of apartheid and the Rwandan genocide
20 years previously, can they escape the past to bring new hope and
innocence, or will what went on in these very landscapes infect their
lives with residual angst? Moreover, how much can their parents do - and
Hugo includes his own in the series - to steer the next generation away
from the burden of the past? </span></span></span></span><br />
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of angst can attach, of course, to the production of art. So it is for
Robbert Weide (born Amsterdam, 1975), who relieves the stress by chewing
on straws - which he then found himself poking into holes in chipboard.
The title ‘Breather Holes’ adds the suggestion, however, that we could
breathe through the straws if only he hadn’t chewed them up, or through
the holes if only he hadn’t blocked them with straws. Time to get
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Oursler is known for talking portraits, the mesmerising whispers from
which often reflect anguish or panick. A recent series, with videos of
eyes and mouths playing creepily in the gaps designed for those
features, incorporates the diviions used by facial recognition
technology. With that, says Oursler, "the computer that we created is
now making a portrait of us
for the first time in history, maybe. And it’s an intelligent machine -
it’s not a passive machine like a camera. It’s making us, it’s rendering
us, the cold eye of the computer is looking back at us.” The uses may
be helpful, but like many matters linked to security, it's rather
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fallacy or not, it's easy to read moods into landscapes. Here I find
the branches, not really recorded but defined by the snow on them and
and some sort of black rain effect, trigger a troubled mood heightened
by the title - from what threat does the rider have to escape? The
particularly unnatural luridity of his outfit is worthy of a chemical
spill. That said, the American painter may well see this as an upbeat
vision of how wonderful it is to get out in the fresh air in the latest
cycling kit. But that's the thing about angst, once it gets a grip...</span></span></span></span></div>
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have recently spent time in the Congo researching how chimpanzee
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film of ants. Their witty intervention is to give each an identifying
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suspect the contemporary equivalent of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">la
nauseé</i> is feeling overwhelmed by the constant stream of information by
which we’re bombarded. Eindhoven-based French artist Théophile Blandet laboriously
paints over the results of his own internet searches, so that the images are
radically frozen on the screen just as we become frozen in the surfeit. Here
his searches for Siemens engineering and on an Internet shopping site leave
only residual room for technology. You might as well have a fish tank in the room:
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Sosnowka's practice originated from photographing the architectural
impact of the upheavals following on from the 1989 revolution in her
native Poland: hasty, and largely cosmetic, renovation alongside
neglect, dereliction and demolition. She uses the original fabricators
to make precise copies - here the steel frame of a shopping pavilion in
Lublin - then twist and squeeze the idealism out of them, just as
history did in their functional lives, to leave a slumped, animalistic
form to do battle with the gallery's clean new space. The results </span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">are tortured, for sure, yet oddly graceful.</span></span></span><br />
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<span><span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Pietro Mattioli captures the lorries of a wholesale butcher's firm founded in Zurich 75 years ago by <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Heiri Angst, and combines eight images into a perspectival play. That might seem no cause for anxiety -</span> unless you're a cow - </span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">but
the resulting 3D form echoes the distinctive roof of an artists' studio
complex built by Ernst Gisel. That features in other work by Mattioli
as a surrogate self-portrait, for the Swiss photographer has chaired the
managing committee since 2002. Is he suggesting that the role has its
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there’s nothing wrong with being attracted to an image for sexual
reasons, the possibility makes for a potentially awkward interplay when
considering art which takes sex as its subject. Wherein lies the
interest? I suspect, for example, that it's the sex, not the art, which
generates the strong reactions to Allen Jones' work, which falls
somewhat flat when his art plays the lead role. To make satisfying art
about sex typically requires an indirect approach, a leavening of
humour, the introduction of a wider agenda, or a foregrounded engagement
with aesthetics beyond those of the body. None of which need stop us
starting off, as a Cockney might say, with a bottle and glass, a stick
of rock and Sir Anthony Blunt. </span></span></span></span></div>
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2017 -<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> </span></span></span></span><span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">pastel on paper, 49 x 46 in</span></span></span></span></div>
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witty scenarios in order to make a point. For
example, a southern girl finds her dress straps make a negative union cross out
of her sun tan. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The sleek pastel ‘Golden
Asshat’ is closer to straight comedy, as it emphasises </span><span style="color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; margin: 0px;">at double life-size</span> the cleavage of an
attractively androgynous bum through a ridiculous – yet persuasive - visual
pun. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Yet there’s a dark side, too, as
the possible implication is that this body ends at waist level - in which case a
critique of objectification is implied. </span></span></span><br />
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just, she's said, because she hasn't got one, but for reasons of
'voodoo, economics and totemism'. The simplest squash two beer cans
together to construct a near-tautological male package through a
stereotypical symbol of the male. Here Lucas builds on that suggestion
of an old-fashioned evening down the pub using her more recent and
differently double-edged signature material of cigarettes. Given that
they form wings, conjuring and poking fun at the classical sacred
phallus and the tradition of the unsexed angel, her bawdiness gets quite
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to the typical double-page spread featuring a
work of art to one side and its accompanying description on the other,
he pairs faithful reproductions of the illustrations of one work with
the catalogue entry for another in order to undermine artistic identity
and set up ricochets of meaning and value. Here Graff points up the
sexual interpretation of the incisions which Fontana made in his cuts
series by choosing a fleshily pink example, and by matching it with
Courbet's famous 'Origin of the World', much the most famous artistic
depiction of a pubic region. </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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Manuel Alvarez Bravo, deals sensually and often surreally with the body
and with organic items such as fruit and flowers. They come together in her
most famous images, of nudes with giant leaves. Here chirimoyas, also
known as custard apples from their creamy texture, carry a hint of the exotic
which, say, the banana can no longer claim. Add the implied temptations of taste and touch and the
interplay of inner and outer form, and plenty of passion seethes beneath this still life. </span></span></span></span><br />
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love with porcelain - putting its seductive qualities through its
baroque paces - and with love: this is from a series which relish the
pleasures of actual or imagined lesbian interaction, shamelessly taking
over the prototypically male
interest in comically exaggerated bodies and mysterious masking. Is all
about
sex? She says not, for the act is raised on a pedestal of veneration,
the
concrete of which provides a strong foundation for a relationship, and
the bed is
on a scaffold, offering further support - though some doubt is surely
allowed,
if your scaffold is of porcelain. </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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way of fetishising modernist tropes. Here woven tape sets up a grid which is
disturbed by the bumps of hazelnuts over and under it. They’re set into painted
fig - rather than hazel – leaves: the art historical cover for
nudity. Given Sinsel’s stated aim of realising a ‘universal and
suggestive, dormant eroticism’, the nuts can be read as testicular, the salmon
spot as a nipple, and the weaving as a summoning of actions in and out. The
whole is also a chance to explore spatial tensions which have a frisson of
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spaces in which processes take place: a pink-lit greenhouse, an
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sexual services to be provided more safely in cars. The set-up, he
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in case she is threatened, whereas it is almost impossible for the
driver to open his door. An emergency button is also located in almost
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are many means of censorship, but Dale Lewis comes up with the most
logical: hide the cocks in the orifices. The resultant chain of
connections just add to the all-over energy typical of
the upcoming Lewis’ enormous multi-figure widescreen format compositions
- this is four metres wide. They’re planned in some detail, with compositions derived from Renaissance masterpieces, but the
daringly rapid paint handling comes while the paint can be moved around best - often over one day's frenzied
sixteen hour session. As for the title, is that sexual slang, or does
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Odorifera Wood, Resin, Brass, Pearlescent paint, Wood Wax, Cable,
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pastiche comes into its own in the baroque flourish of improbably leaping
ejaculate. His series of detailed blue biro portraits at the point of orgasm concentrates on faces
partially obscured by abstract expressionist splurges, most memorably when
Popeye’s self-decoration is revealed as spinach green. Lately Kwok has played
the knowing excess into would-be architectural designs, complete with priapic
fountains and - as here - internal decor. The lamp rather suits semen's origin
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span style="font-family: inherit;">The – scientifically controversial - principle of homeopathy
is that vanishingly small amounts of a diluted substance can trigger a
reaction. Sue Williams might be seen as testing a parallel art theory. In the
1990’s, the explicitly sexual content of her paintings critiqued patriarchal
society. Those morphed into all-over semi-abstract swirls of body parts,
orifices, and betokened organs. Her latest work goes further: not much looks
bodily, but you can still spot the odd hint. Sex has been swallowed up in
everyday life – from which it may emerge at any moment, as we know… </span></span></span></span></div>
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(Xavier Hufkens) set the scene with couplings born out of angst. Tom of
Finland’s explicit, celebratory and increasingly celebrated drawings
(David Kordansky) now represent the prelapsarian world before Aids. Los
Carpinteros’s film Skin (Peter Kilchmann) connects sex and death with
ingenious directness by showing what seems to be one couple ageing
progressively during ten minutes of making love. Here are some works in
which the sex is <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">more than a little complicated</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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Spotlight section is dedicated to solo artist presentations of work
made in the twentieth century, with an emphasis on rediscovery. Mira
Schor’s Dick paintings from 1988-93 have never been exhibited before,
but in the gallery’s words “with a self-professed groper in the White
House, Schor’s paintings of limp members and receptive ears feel
searingly relevant”. So much so, perhaps, that Schor (born in New York
in 1950) has returned to the theme in new work made after Trump’s
election. This huge work (ten feet high) is built up of twenty-one small
canvases, suggesting both diminution of phallic pretension and the
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the treatment of his crisp images, collages made from painted paper
which is cut and assembled with the intricate precision of parquetry.
Iacono uses the technique to make observations about sexual mores,
balancing a sort of detachment, which could be read as boredom, with a
sense of fascination, which could be seen as desire. Here I am reminded
that roses have thorns, even as I recall Morrissey’s predilection for
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painter Armin Boehm’s complex painting shows politicians alongside tech
world leaders such as Sundar Pichai of Google, Sheryl Sandberg and Mark
Zuckerberg. I take it to critique how technology alters the way in
which people see themselves and what they might become. A woman
seemingly obsessed with self-presentation is melting like a
semi-mechanical figure into a table, under which the floor is torn apart
to reveal a glimpse into another world where a cyborg is being
constructed. It, in turn, holds a tablet displaying a pornographic
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Zilia Sánchez, now ninety-two, lived in Havana, New York and Madrid
before settling in Puerto Rico in the early 1970s. Her work, though
formally abstract, has a bodily sensuality, especially in the undulating
shaped canvases she’s been stretching over hand-molded wooden armatures
for over fifty years. That undercurrent is emphasized by the title of
“erotic topography”, but the typically dark and muted tonality and a
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newest signing, 2013 Turner Prize winner Laure Prouvost comes up with a
typically quirky and sexually provocative answer to global warming. The
individually blown breasts—glass, not balloons—provide a means of
mothering the world through cooling. Temperatures soared unseasonably
high during the fair, which was too much for the air conditioning, and
rather made me wish Prouvost’s proposal had reached the stage of a
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not align with a specific gender. Their use of embroidery links
clothing accessories, books and found objects in complex scenarios,
which often explore the performance of gender. This beautifully sewn
black on black example literalizes the darkness in drawings by Jean
Cocteau which depict sex in prisons, so applying a tradition often seen
as feminine to male relationships, in circumstances in which power and
violence are in play.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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Firman's elephant balancing on its trunk was a bit too obvious for the
comedy article, though the horizontal wall-sucking version is less
well-know<span>n... (</span></span><span class="st"><span><span><i>Nasutamanus</i>, various versions since 2008)</span></span></span></span></span></td></tr>
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rules, it wouldn’t work, but the key may be that surprise or incongruity leads
to a recognition that there are deeper issues to dig into under the surface of
the joke. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>That may, of course, bring in disturbing
or melancholy or aspects: Richard Prince rubs the punchline in just too hard; Bruce
Nauman is one of many artists to edgily play out the cliché of the sadness
behind the clown’s mask. Here are six recent examples which lure us with humour
only to reverberate with psychological, environmental, economic or social
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directly with live animals, putting ostriches, zebras and donkeys in
surprising, yet unphotoshopped, situations. Her full size bears surprise
differently: they act in a far from ursine manner, and are made of feathers,
absurdly parodying the possibility of flight and, perhaps, idealists who talk
up how ‘you can be whatever you want to be’. Recent examples take the surreal
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Canadian photographer Sarah Anne Johnson: what seems at first like an immature
– if still amusing – fallen letter gag turns out to incorporate a protest
against immature thinking which betrumps nature. The addition of real glitter
ties Uck into her series Field Trip, in which she alters her images with paint
and digitally to revisit the in psychedelic colours the idealistic hedonism of
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avoid the stress of taking decisions in his art - not even whether to turn the
lights on or off. As something of a hoarder (presumably he can’t decide what to
throw away) Creed has recently been evading choosing his art materials by
using stuff that’s piled up incidentally in his house – plastic bags, for
example. We’ve all seen the odd bag tangled in branches, but multiplying them
into synthetic blossom plays on the language of abstract painting while
making for an ominously absurd vision of the dangers of waste displacing
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China’s leading new media artist, Cao Fei, set domestic vacuum cleaning robots
free to roam a building site on the fringes of Beijing on which – as is the
Chinese rule - the structure of the past was being pulled down. The bots come
across as alien and threatening yet friendly and comical. Sometimes chickens
stand on them to hitch a ride. Evidently, and metaphorically, their ‘cleaning’
task is hopeless: there’s no reversing the rolling cycles of urbanisation. In
front of the film, to stress the point, three bots acted out their
edge-sensitive dance on top of the traditional form of plinths.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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decomposition as they attempt the absurd, such as eating their own faces.
They’re funny, yes, but troubling. Here she wittily rhymes all sorts of
circles, including the head of a bubble-headed lederhosen lad, and sets them
against the angularities of the Alps. Is that a smile or just a concentrating
tongue as he anticipates popping the bubble? Does art, we might wonder, transform
the surroundings or merely reflect its creator? And either way, how long will
it - or we - last?</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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Smith – that’s <i>the</i> John Smith, of course – has subversively exploited misunderstandings
since his seminal </span><i><span style="color: #222222;">The Girl Chewing Gum</span></i><span style="color: #222222;">, 1972. In </span><i><span style="color: black;">Steve Hates Fish</span></i><span style="color: black;">
he scans signs with a translator app – but having set his phone to convert
French into English, causing the programme to thrash around hopelessly
when faced by a London street. ‘Fruit & Vegetables’ becomes ‘Profit
Venerable’ and ‘Current’ rentals become ‘Surreal’, parodying the verbal clutter
of the cityscape and challenging our instinct to make sense of it. And what
could it mean, in the Brexit context, to see a Briton self-defeatingly misapply
what comes from Europe?</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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as part of his wider strategy of playing people outside the art world into his
multimedia productions. For Heavy Weight History, he challenged powerlifters to
raise the great and the bad, a light-hearted way of engaging with such burdens
on history as Stalin and Reagan. Now, he has recruited masseurs to optimise the
wellbeing – and, who knows, maybe in consequence the communicative effect - of
stone figures around the streets of Yokahama. When he screened his film of the
event, viewers in turn received massages, surely rather wasted on flesh.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<b>James Hopkins</b>: <i>Scaled Ladder</i>, 2014 - Wood and Stone </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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</span></b><span style="color: #222222;">James Hopkins presents an implausible object, its
spindly wooden slats bearing heavy rock to no apparent purpose. We’re tempted
to seek a logic. Have the small rocks risen because they weigh less? It can’t
be that, their density’s the same. Is it that the relative mass of a mountain
as you climb it is echoed by the stones’ sizes as we imagine ascending the
ladder? Meantime, the title puns on 'scale' as the act of climbing a summit, a
fundamental concept of sculpture, and a reference to the diminishing size of
the stones – and that brings out the resemblance to an abacus. </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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sexual and scatological are perfectly unrespectable zones for art humour, and
Gelitin are often found there. That said, their series of Golems seem innocent
enough – until you see the film of them being made in what the Austrian
collective term ‘an oneiric ritual to unhinge their primordial spirits’ for
which, in their gallery's deadpan words, 'they immerse themselves in clay and
model it using their own bodies as a medium'. Never mind the macho male artist
metaphorically ‘painting with his penis’, or Henry Moore’s spatial use of
holes, the film shows the four men literally fucking the forms into
being. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<i>Reality Plural</i>, 2017 – three drain covers, cement, asphalt, preserved leaves</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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but Birmingham-raised Swede </span><span style="color: #2e2e2e; margin: 0px;">Sofia Hultén</span><span style="color: #222222; margin: 0px;"> draws you in to what looks like three ‘slices of reality’, perhaps in
the style of the Boyle Family’s casts of the earth’s surface. Has she
pulverised them and recast the material tautologically into a new version of
itself, as in her ‘Partical Boredom’ series? No, there’s something else amiss:
the tarmac underlay, paving surface and fallen leaves are presented in three
different orders, as if the world could easily be differently scrambled. Maybe
it could… </span><span style="color: #2e2e2e; margin: 0px;">Hultén has made films documenting
such comparable actions as eating an apple before removing it from the plastic
bag.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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