A Certain Kind of Holy Men

Not every wino is a Holy Man.

Oh, but some of them are.

I love those who’ve learned

to sit comfortably

for long periods with their hams

pressed against their calves,

outdoors,

with a wall for a back-rest,

contentedly saying nothing.

These move about only when

necessary,

on foot, and almost always

in pairs.

I think of them as oblates.

Christ’s blood is in their veins

or they thirst for it.

They have looked into the eyes

of God,

unprotected by smoked glass.

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Poems in English 

• A Consolation to Cuckholds by William Wycherley poems by William Wycherley
• A Soft Day by Winifred Mary Letts by Winifred Mary Letts
• What Reward? by Winifred Mary Letts by Winifred Mary Letts
• To A Soldier In Hospital by Winifred Mary Letts by Winifred Mary Letts
• To A May Baby by Winifred Mary Letts by Winifred Mary Letts
• Tim, An Irish Terrier by Winifred Mary Letts by Winifred Mary Letts
• The Spires Of Oxford by Winifred Mary Letts by Winifred Mary Letts
• The Kerry Cow by Winifred Mary Letts by Winifred Mary Letts
• The Harbour by Winifred Mary Letts by Winifred Mary Letts
• The Deserter by Winifred Mary Letts by Winifred Mary Letts
• The Connaught Rangers by Winifred Mary Letts by Winifred Mary Letts
• The Call To Arms In Our Street by Winifred Mary Letts by Winifred Mary Letts
• Synge’s Grave by Winifred Mary Letts by Winifred Mary Letts
• Screens (In a Hospital) by Winifred Mary Letts by Winifred Mary Letts
• Easter Snow by Winifred Mary Letts by Winifred Mary Letts
• Chaplain To The Forces by Winifred Mary Letts by Winifred Mary Letts
• Casualty by Winifred Mary Letts by Winifred Mary Letts
• And She is Spoke by Winifred Mary Letts by Winifred Mary Letts
• A Dog’s Grave by Winifred Mary Letts by Winifred Mary Letts
• Love Sonnet XXV poem – Zora Bernice May Cross poems by Zora Bernice May Cross

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Russian Commerce Agency

Dealing Monster

Doska or the Board – write anything

Search engines:

Yandex – the best search engine for searches in Russian (and the best overall image search engine, in any language, anywhere)

Qwant – the best search engine for searches in French, German as well as Romance and Germanic languages.

Ecosia – a search engine that supposedly… plants trees

Duckduckgo – the real alternative and a search engine that actually works. Without much censorship or partisan politics.

Yahoo– yes, it’s still around, amazingly, miraculously, incredibly, but now it seems to be powered by Bing.

 

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