In Hot Pursuit

yaskhan

She is always in hot pursuit of a poem to write
Silent words speak, thoughts take flight.

When her imagination runs riot
She loses her feelings of disquiet.

She does not seek friend, foe or gobbledygook 
She seeks only her pen and scribbled handbook.

She can sit forever by the gurgling brook
Sometimes,  she takes her place by the inglenook.

She seeks not hope, wealth or love
She cherishes nature and the warm sky above.

Poetry is the light that she can read
Splash of blue to golden to knock Em dead.

Her healing is found in these offerings 
When a verse is inked, know that her soul is flying.

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Why do Social Changes & Movements Matter? — Beyond The Lines

Source – the conversation What is social change? Sociologists characterize social change as changes in human communications and connections that change social and social establishments. These progressions happen over the long run and frequently have significant and long haul ramifications for society. It is the changes in social foundations, social practices or social relations. Source […]

Why do Social Changes & Movements Matter? — Beyond The Lines

Beauty

Lignes invisibiles

A fast poem I wrote in two minutes after starting singing alone the lyrics inside my room, out of nowhere.


What is beauty?

Everything that falls

breaks and crawls

everything, which can not be fixed

but when you look at it

you still find the trick

to enter everything in it

What is beauty?

Everything that falls

invisible airs

and things one never knows

There is no beauty

that can not be serene

and if you see something

peaceful and at ease

maybe you have found beauty

just for once

and please

do not hesitate to try and touch it

but be sure that

is hard to reach it

What is beauty?

I do not know

and the lyrics I am writing

are the result of a mind

which high on some sort of flow

/inner flow.

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16 Books To Declutter Your Home & Spring Clean Your Life – Invisibly Me

Spring cleaning isn’t just about getting rid of stuff & cleaning the house. While tidying your physical space can have a positive knock-on effect to your motivation levels and sense of mental wellbeing, you can spring clean other areas of your life too, like decluttering your mind, decluttering your emails and computer files, organising your work life and so on.

Whatever you’re tackling, the aim is to declutter, make more space, get organised and let go of what’s not used or helpful. This should make life going forward a little bit easier and more manageable, freeing up time so you can have more of it to spend on the other important things in your life.

Source: 16 Books To Declutter Your Home & Spring Clean Your Life – Invisibly Me

Face masks and vaccines: 3 reasons wearing masks indoors is still important – Vox

Experts explain where we still need to keep our masks on, and when we might be able to leave them at home.

1) Lots of people remain vulnerable to infection who can’t get a vaccine yet — including babies and kids. Some of them also can’t wear masks.

2) New variants could put us all at higher risk.

3) When the majority still isn’t vaccinated, masks help others feel safer.

(Me: don’t let deniers and fools bully you about masking up!!!

Source: Face masks and vaccines: 3 reasons wearing masks indoors is still important – Vox

Brazil rejects Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in blow to Moscow’s soft power efforts – The Washington Post

The ruling from Brazil’s Health Regulatory Agency, or Anvisa, cited a range of concerns with the vaccine’s development and production, including what it said was a lack of quality control and efficacy data, as well as little if any information on the shot’s adverse effects. Source: Brazil rejects Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in blow to Moscow’s soft power efforts – The Washington Post

Why Russia is betting on Myanmar’s military junta | East Asia Forum

Moscow’s close ties with Myanmar date back to the 1950s. Given that for most of its modern history the Southeast Asian country has been governed by the military, Russia has developed a working relationship with its uniformed rulers. Incumbent strongman general Min Aung Hlaing has visited Russia on numerous occasions, most recently in June 2020 to attend the Victory Day parade in Moscow, and is known as a champion of Myanmar–Russia ties.

Under Min Aung Hlaing, Myanmar–Russia military cooperation has received a boost. After China, Russia is the country’s second largest supplier of arms, being the source of at least 16 per cent of weaponry procured by Myanmar from 2014–2019. Myanmar’s military is now awaiting the delivery of six Su-30 fighter jets ordered in 2019, and in January 2021 the two sides signed contracts for a Russian air defence system and a suite of surveillance drones.

Source: Why Russia is betting on Myanmar’s military junta | East Asia Forum

Thousands Flee as Myanmar Junta Planes Bomb Kachin Villages

The Myanmar military has been conducting frequent airstrikes on villages in Momauk Township, Kachin State for the past several days, forcing thousands of local residents to flee their homes. The air raids follow fierce fighting between regime troops and a local ethnic armed group, the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), in the area.

Fighting has intensified near Myothit and Sihark villages in Momauk Township since the KIA attacked two police outposts and a military base at the Tarpein Bridge on April 11.

“The military has been bombing our villages for four days. Usually they carry out three or four airstrikes a day,” said a local staying near Myothit Village.

Source: Thousands Flee as Myanmar Junta Planes Bomb Kachin Villages