War Photographer Flashcards
“the only light is red and glows / as though this were a church”
“the only light is red and glows / as though this were a church”
“spools of suffering set out in ordered rows”
“spools of suffering set out in ordered rows”
“he / a priest preparing to intone mass. Belfast. Beirut. Phnom Penh. All flesh is grass”
“he / a priest preparing to intone mass. Belfast. Beirut. Phnom Penh. All flesh is grass”
“solutions slop in trays / beneath his hands, which did not tremble then”
“solutions slop in trays / beneath his hands, which did not tremble then”
“fields which don’t explode beneath the feet / of running children in a nightmare heat”
“fields which don’t explode beneath the feet / of running children in a nightmare heat”
“A stranger’s features faintly start to twise…. A half formed ghost”
“A stranger’s features faintly start to twise…. A half formed ghost”
“he sought approval / without words to do what someone must.
“he sought approval / without words to do what someone must.
“blood stained into foreign dust”
“blood stained into foreign dust”
“A hundred agonies in black and white / …. Editor will pick out five or six”
“A hundred agonies in black and white / …. Editor will pick out five or six”
“..Reader’s eyeballs prick / with tears between the bath and pre-lunch beers”
“..Reader’s eyeballs prick / with tears between the bath and pre-lunch beers”
“he stares impassively at where / he earns his living and they do not care”
“he stares impassively at where / he earns his living and they do not care”
