Sheep Haiku, by Martin Espada
A lone sheep cries out:
There are more of us than them!
The flock keeps grazing.
Cycle Hikes
Mindful of the Tide
Buy Nothing Day Bike Ride
Train Stopped
Molten Sulphur Tank Car
Union Pacific Boxcar
Puppetista
Favorite Ginko
November appears with a lemony stream along this stretch of Prince Avenue.
Muscadinal Tints and Shades
Power in Suches
…such as it is.
5 Minute Harvest
A five minute stroll around veggie beds at school fills a small sack with figs, okra, peppers, and tomatoes. Fruits and vegetables planted by kids just taste better.
Anonymous Sage Advice
Moss and Homelessness
The fuzzy log above points to an abandoned homeless camp just off Old Jefferson Road.
Unique construction includes a large section of drainage pipe connected to a tent-sized bamboo structure with a brick oven/fireplace. The drainage pipe has linens and pillows inside.
The roof is a sagging bag of rainwater and pine straw.
Out of 159 counties in Georgia, Clarke has the 8th highest poverty rate.
Ten yards away, country club members tee off.
White Dam and Eastern Bloc Blues
Remnants of incapacitated industry bring to mind contemporary interpretations of Eastern Bloc sounds. This first sample, produced by the Polish nu jazz duo Skalpel, offers hip hop beats occupied by Polish jazz samples scrubbed from the archives.
“Sculpture”
Igor Boxx, 1/2 of Skalpel, recently went solo with the debut album Breslau. Compared to the lush, polished sound of Skalpel, his tracks have a colder resonance.
“Russian Percussian”
“Fear of a Red Planet”
Aaron Funk is a Canadian electronic artist known as Venetian Snares. During a 2005 trip to Hungary, he produced the album Rossz Csillag Alatt Született.
The concept of the album came when Aaron Funk imagined himself as a pigeon on Budapest’s Királyi Palota (Royal Palace). Its third track, “Öngyilkos vasárnap” is a cover of the song “Szomorú vasárnap” (“Gloomy Sunday”) by Hungarian composer Rezső Seress, which has been referred to as the Hungarian suicide song. According to urban legend, Seress’s song has inspired the suicide of multiple persons, including his fiancée. The song was reportedly banned in Hungary. It has also been covered by many artists. Billie Holiday’s vocals are sampled in this track.
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“Öngyilkos Vasárnap”
Sea Grape Leaves and Sunken Ships
Hedge False Bindweed, Calystegia sepium
These milky petals belong to a tenacious vine some states list as a noxious weed.
Globose Mysterysnail, Viviparus goodrichi
During warmer months, alligators share Lake Dora’s shore with these mysterious gastropods.
Orbweavers, Oranges, Epiphytes, and Espada
The colorful spinybacked orbweaver only lives a few months. The photogenic Lake County resident above found a sunny spot in an orange grove.
The Florida Citrus Growers Association Responds to a Proposed Law Requiring Handwashing Facilities in the Fields
by Martin Espada
An orange,
squeezed on the hands,
is an adequate substitute
for soap and water.
Moss, Feathers and Ruins
The downy evidence suggests a struggle near the historical McIntosh Sugar Mill.
A Chance Encounter With Blacksmiths
The usual trek down Milledge includes a loop around the UGA Livestock Arena. The first ride in two days (flat front tire) included a chance encounter with a dying craft. Duallies tethered to small, anvil-adorned trailers filled the parking lot.
Pedagogy of the Plants 
