Sunday surprise: petals, faces, cities
[ by Charles Cameron — so come on, be honest — which do you prefer, Washington 2015 or Paris 1913? ]
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Admittedly, the text in the upper panel came from a report on yesterday’s suicide on the Capitol west front..
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I’m not sure whether the most interesting comparison here is between prose and poetry, Washington and Paris, the seat of power and the underground — or the present day and a century or so ago. No matter, text for text and language for language, I’ll take the Pound.
Sources:
Politico: Capitol lockdown – shooting – cherry-blossoms festival Poetry magazine: Ezra Pound, In a Station of the Metro
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Until next time..
Tonight's sunset from the Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, DC @weatherchannel @capitalweather @spann pic.twitter.com/6Z8elYyboG
— Chris Duncan (@AD4G) April 11, 2015
