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beautiful moon</div> <div> what schmuck would dare think</div> <div> to blow you up?!</div> <div> ©barbaraataylordecember2012</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> a sigh of relief</div> <div> big bird takes off</div> <div> back to the same</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylornovember2012</div> <div> first published New Verse News</div> <bR> <div>                                                        </div> <div>                                                           on the nose</div> <div>                                                           disappointment</div> <div>                                                           at the races  </div> <bR> <div>                                                           <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#990033" FACE="Times New Roman" >©barbaraataylornovember2012</FONT></div> <bR> <div> a cup of joe</div> <div> and a donut</div> <div> for your vote</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylornovember2012</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>frankenstorm</b></div> <div> <B>swells, surges,</b></div> <div> <B>under the boardwalk</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>©barbaraatayloroctober2012</b><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0099CC" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > </FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>from the edge</b></div> <div> <B>a fearless sonic dive </b></div> <div> <B>breaks all records</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>©barbaraatayloroctober2012</b><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#009900" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > </FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>                                                                           where Paddy's Bar was    </b></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>the revelers stop</b></div> <div> <B>to remember</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>©barbaraatayloroctober2012</b><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#3300FF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300FF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >   </FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div>   </div> <div> but for that dingo</div> <div> she would now be</div> <div> age thirty-two</div> <bR> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylorjune2012</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> the slaughter</div> <div> in Syrian streets</div> <div> continues</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylorjune2012</div> <div> progress in Tunisia</div> <div> the torture department</div> <div> is now abolished</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylormay2012   <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >                                 </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF3366" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >white foam bubbles</FONT></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> trailed by a large shadow</div> <div> in bloody waters</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylorjanuary2012</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> new beginnings</div> <div> a spinning rainbow</div> <div> on the harbour bridge</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylorjanuary2012</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> the Silly Season   </div> <div> cricket, cricket</div> <div> and crickets</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylordecember2011</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> at day's end       </div> <div> the art of stillness</div> <div> and deep rest</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylormarch2011</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> how dapper</div> <div> that buffoon who walks</div> <div> away</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylornovember2011</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> workers' rights...</div> <div> the flying kangaroo</div> <div> is grounded</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraatayloroctober2011</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> wolf, monkey, bear </div> <div> playing on the banks</div> <div> of the Ohio</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraatayloroctober2011</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>ten years on</b></div> <div> <B>still, poppies take over</b></div> <div> <B>the valley</b></div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraatayloroctober2011</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Aunty Sam</div> <div> over the moon</div> <div> with the US open!</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylorseptember2011</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> ripples in the pool</div> <div> three thousand souls speak</div> <div> but no-one hears</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylorseptember2011</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>summer storm</b></div> <div> <B>the martyrs' square</b></div> <div> <B>turns green</b></div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraatayloraugust2011</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> polar fleece nights           </div> <div> it's brass monkey time</div> <div> in the granite belt</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylorjuly2011</div> <bR> <div> RED$!</div> <div> RED$!</div> <div> RED$!</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraatayloraugust2011</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Hurrah! the return</div> <div> of Happy Feet</div> <div> to the Pole</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraatayloraugust2011</div> <div> freer now</div> <div> there's no more</div> <div> news of the world</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylorjuly2011</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> tornado season         </div> <div> … home after home</div> <div> become pancakes</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylorjune2011</div> <bR> <div> Obama seeks out</div> <div> an apostrophe</div> <div> in shamrock lands</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylormay2011</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> defended by his wife</div> <div> the purveyor of hate</div> <div> is slain</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylormay2011</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>onto rich red soil</b></div> <div> <B>hibiscus petals fall</b></div> <div> <B>on a loyal friend</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>©barbaraataylor2011</b></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Friday jitters                      </div> <div> our earth wobbles</div> <div> on a rocky road</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylormarch2011</div> <div> 100 years on</div> <div> for women still</div> <div> a looooooooooong way to go</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylormarch82011</div> <bR> <div> - IWD 2011</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>heading for the stars</b></div> <div> <B>Discovery's final journey</b></div> <div> <B>takes off</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>©barbaraataylorfebruary2011</b></div> <div> crumbling earth</div> <div> the pancaked buildings</div> <div> obliterate bodies</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylorfebruary2011<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Times New Roman" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >                        </FONT></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> what does the Sphinx</div> <div> say about the</div> <div> facebook revolution?</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylorfebruary2011</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>        </b></div> <bR> <div> meow, yur honur</div> <div> poor pussy is told</div> <div> she's out of order</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylorjanuary2011</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>                                                                                              a tinny</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> tied to its pontoon</div> <div> smashes the bridge</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylorjanuary2011</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> a city sinks</div> <div> into swollen brown waters</div> <div> summer rains </div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylorjanuary2011</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Kitty Hawk</div> <div> hits the bottom</div> <div> of a cold sea</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylorjanuary2011</div> <bR> <bR> <div> smoker’s plan</div> <div> preparing for cessation</div> <div> ruled by the moon...</div> <div> only once more full before</div> <div> the year of the rabbit!</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylordecember2010</div> <div> first published in Eucalypt e-challenge #9 Year of the Rabbit</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Rejoice! Rejoice!</div> <div> Chinese New Year</div> <div> the mining forecast</div> <div> a very good year</div> <div> for metal bunnies</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylordecember2010</div> <div> first published in Eucalypt e-challenge #9 Year of the Rabbit’</div> <bR> <bR> <div> tinny leaks</div> <div> Tasho's drips splash</div> <div> onto the tiles</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylordecember2010</div> <div> human rights...</div> <div> his empty chair</div> <div> says it all</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylordecember2010</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> four upturned legs        </div> <div> caught between rocks</div> <div> in the swollen river</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylordecember2010</div> <bR> <div> koalas beware</div> <div> Oprah and her tribe</div> <div> invade downunder</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylordecember2010</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> imagine...   </div> <div> it's 30 years </div> <div> still no peace</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylordecember2010</div> <bR> <bR> <div> World Aids Day...</div> <div> orphans raise the flag</div> <div> outside the township</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylor2010</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> waning moon     </div> <div> all hopes dashed</div> <div> at Pike River</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylor2010</div> <div> the celtic tiger</div> <div> can only purr</div> <div> in the corner</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylor2010</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> free at last</div> <div> but can she speak</div> <div> her mind?</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylor2010</div> <bR> <div> left heaving</div> <div> ash-covered oxen</div> <div> under Merapi</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylor2010</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> tideswell</div> <div> between palm branches</div> <div> a splintered surfboard</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylor2010</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="257c5bf0.jpg" border=0 width="453" height="447" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> en route to Vermont, 2007</div> <bR> <bR> <div> sixty nine days down…</div> <div> now fresh Chilean air</div> <div> restores faith</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylor2010</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> the principal says</div> <div> a kookaburra's life</div> <div> cannot be gay!</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylor2010</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.latimes.com/features/odd-news/la-odd-kookaburra,0,4133687.story" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.latimes.com/features/odd-news"><U>http://www.latimes.com/features/odd-news/la-odd-kookaburra,0,4133687.story</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> democratic sin          </div> <div> aggrieved pollie advises</div> <div> make a blank vote</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraatayloraugust2010</div> <div>                                                                              operation freedom? -    </div> <div>                                                                          after seven deadly years</div> <div>                                                                               the US exits death</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> ©barbaraatayloraugust2010</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> coming to life</div> <div> in gold treasures      </div> <div> the dark ages</div> <bR> <div> ©<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" >barbaraataylor2010 </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >                     </FONT></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Die!</b></div> <div> <B>in Zimbabwe</b></div> <div> <B>or die in ZA...</b></div> <div> <B>what choice?</b></div> <bR> <div> barbaraataylorjuly2010</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Out!</b></div> <div> <B>damned spies...</b></div> <div> <B>a new cold war</b></div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylorjuly2010</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>under fire</b></div> <div> <B>between the street stalls</b></div> <div> <B>crushed red shirts</b></div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylormay2010</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> a new home</div> <div> Little Orphan Annie</div> <div> goes digital     </div> <div>                        </div> <div> ©barbaraataylormay2010</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> absolution</div> <div> der Rottweiler condemns</div> <div> sexual abuse</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylormay2010</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>the difference</b></div> <div> <B>between b and m</b></div> <div> <B>is a slump!</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>©barbaraataylormay2010</b></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>in marsh lands</b></div> <div> <B>a slippery sludge</b></div> <div> <B>sheens on wings</b></div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylormayl2010</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>our on-line affair   </b></div> <div> <B>zapped</b></div> <div> <B>by a storm</b></div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylorfebruary2010</div> <div> first published Sketchbook Valentinethread 2010</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>  </div> <div> Obama Say<I>:</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>"...been there, done that..." </I></div> <div> hallelujah! the moon saved</div> <div> from golden arches</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylorapril2010</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>heritage-protected the leprechauns smile...</b><B>toadstools for all</b></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>                                     ©barbaraataylormarch2010</div> <bR> <bR> <div> under concrete slabs</div> <div> a wriggling finger</div> <div> offers hope</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylormarch2010</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> sorry tiger</div> <div> licks his</div> <div> wounds</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylorfebruary2010</div> <bR> <bR> <div> after 27 years </div> <div> Mandela's first steps                </div> <div> freedom at last…</div> <div> two decades later</div> <div> the townships' struggles live on</div> <bR> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylorfebruary2010</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>                        </div> <bR> <div> <B>over the valley</b></div> <div> <B>the kookaburra calls</b></div> <div> <B>new year greetings</b></div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylorjanuary2010</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>climate change</b></div> <div> <B>number one</b></div> <div> <B>on the agenda</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>©barbaraataylordecember2009</b></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> in limbo</div> <div> the Oceanic Viking</div> <div> on rocky waves</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylornovember2009</div> <div> red dust</div> <div> swallows the sky -</div> <div> spring equinox</div> <bR> <div>  <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#990080" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >©barbaraataylorseptember2009</FONT></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> liberation -</div> <div> emancipated women</div> <div>  in bloomers</div> <div> ©barbaraatayloraugust2009</div> <div> bloody riots</div> <div> freedom of speech</div> <div> on Teheran's streets</div> <bR> <div>  <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#990080" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >©barbaraataylorjune2009</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> twenty years on</div> <div> Tiananmen heroes</div> <div> not forgotten</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylorjune2009</div> <bR> <bR> <div>                                                                hibernation a coiled python chills out</div> <bR> <div>                                                                                     <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >©barbaraataylormay2009</FONT></div> <bR> <div> columbine</div> <div> ten years on</div> <div> what did you learn?</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylorapril2009</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>                                                    in disgrace</div> <div>                                                    he madoff</div> <div>                                                    to jail</div> <bR> <div>                                                <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" >  ©barbaraataylormarch2009</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> to Geraldine …</div> <div> her poetic voice</div> <div> is still heard </div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylorfebruary2009</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> creationists</div> <div> don't recognise</div> <div> his birthday</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylorfebruary2009</div> <bR> <div> red orb rising-         </div> <div> sweet scents of frangipani </div> <div> through the smoky air        </div> <div> a warning</div> <div> it's too late to depart</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraatayloraugust2007</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" >hugs all round</FONT></div> <div> finding neighbours</div> <div> alive</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylorfebruary2009</div> <bR> <div> Australia Day</div> <div> On the Chinese New Year</div> <div> Fireworks</div> <div> Welcome to new migrants</div> <div> Becoming Dinky Di</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylorjanuary262009</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> must be</div> <div> his Irish ancestry</div> <div> O'bama's sworn in twice</div> <div> to be sure</div> <div> to be sure</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylorjanuary2009</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>                             </b><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>on King's platform </b></FONT></div> <div> <B>                                in Lincoln's steps</b></div> <div> <B>                                   Obama recalls dreams </b></div> <bR> <div> <B>                                </b><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" > ©barbaraataylorjanuary2009</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>                                                                 “It's not my fault”          </div> <div>                                                                  ducking for cover</div> <div>                                                                  the dodgy bush                </div> <div>                                                                  a living legend </div> <div>                                                                  leaves in disgrace</div> <div>                                                       </div> <div>                                                                  <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" >©barbaraataylordecember2009</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>ready with her axe</b></div> <div> <B>as strong as an ox</b></div> <div> <B>thanks to vitamins</b></div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylordecember2008</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>90 years on</b></div> <div> <B>9 million dead soldiers</b></div> <div> <B>we remember them</b></div> <div> <B>the scarlet poppies still grow</b></div> <div> <B>the battlefields continue</b></div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylornovember2008</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> sharing the sun</div> <div> my longest</div> <div> your shortest</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylordecember2008</div> <div> <I>first published IHT Asahi Shimbun Haikuist Asahi Network, 2009</I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> in zimbabwe</div> <div> only grave-diggers</div> <div>                                                                                           have jobs</div> <bR> <div>                                                                                                                         ©barbaraataylordecember2008</div> <div>                                                                                                                           <I>first published Moonset Literary Newspaper  spring/summer 2009 </I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> a decade of excess</div> <div> by greedy bankers</div> <div> c for collapse</div> <bR> <div> ©<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#990099" FACE="Times New Roman" >barbaraataylordecember2008</FONT></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> transformation</div> <div> change has come</div> <div> to america!</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylornovember2008</div> <div> take chances</div> <div> in swinging states</div> <div> be proud</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylornovember2008</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> socializing losses</div> <div> toxic corporate debts</div> <div> for Main Street</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylorseptember2008</div> <bR> <div> the ninth lunar month </div> <div> sighting the crescent moon </div> <div> fast from dawn to dusk...</div> <div> now, quieter celebrations </div> <div> forty less bombings</div> <bR> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylorseptember2008</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>                                                                         </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> vote for me </div> <div> mugabe's final offer,</div> <div> or starve </div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylorjune2008</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Go, Jiang Xiaojuan!</div> <div> her village devastated</div> <div> breastfeeds nine babies</div> <div> this madonna of China</div> <div> Mother of the Year </div> <bR> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylormay2008</div> <bR> <bR> <div> kids stolen at night</div> <div> turned into slaves</div> <div> or killing machines</div> <bR> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylormay2008</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> in paddy fields</div> <div> the splintered hulls</div> <div> of capsized boats</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylormay2008</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> made in China                                                                        <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" >carbon offsets                </FONT></div> <div> the Snow Lion flag<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" >                                                                 increasing emissions        </FONT></div> <div> banned in China<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" >                                                                     trading agronomy  </FONT></div> <div>                                                                                                       </div> <div> ©barbaraataylorapril2008                                                                                   <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" >©barbaraataylorapril2008</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>                      </b><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#990033" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>female advancement making women  without the y</b></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>                                                              </b> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#990033" FACE="Times New Roman" >©barbaraataylormay2008</FONT></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>                                 <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" >  </FONT></div> <div>                                                                                                              <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Times New Roman" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Times New Roman" >this six-ring circus</FONT></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> a journey of harmony behind steel fences</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylorapril2008</div> <bR> <div> blessed be!</div> <div> a million dollars per day</div> <div> the rottweiler's trip</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylorapril2008</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> shock and awe</div> <div> still counting the dead</div> <div> five years on</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylormarch2008</div> <bR> <bR> <div> outside the temple</div> <div> stinging eyes                                           </div> <div> Tibet</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylormarch2008</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> healing</div> <div> in a message stick</div> <div> of sorry</div> <bR> <div> <I>Sorry Day,  Australia, 13 February 2008</I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> untouchables</div> <div> becoming human</div> <div> after conversion                                     </div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylormay2007</div> <bR> <div>                                                                           no energy left</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> to light up our world--</div> <div> the tipping point</div> <bR> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylorjuly2007</div> <div>                                  </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Five years on</div> <div> Frightened World</div> <div> Lamentations</div> <bR> <div> Lamentations</div> <div> Five Years On</div> <div> Frightened World</div> <bR> <div>  September 11 2006                                                                                </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I>                                                  white flags wave</I></div> <div> <I>                                         a choice is made</I></div> <div> <I>                               my mother or my child?</I></div> <bR> <div>                                     ©barbaraatayloruly2006</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I>RU486</I></div> <div> <I>life giving</I></div> <div> <I>taking for some</I></div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylor2006</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I>woman on top-                                 </I></div> <div> <I>tall poppies                          </I></div> <div> <I>falling</I></div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylor2005</div> <div> first published Folly 2006</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I>slippery</I></div> <div> <I>footseteps</I></div> <div> <I>seeking snow shelter</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>©barbaraataylorjanuary2006</I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="id87.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Remembering Katrina"><U>K A T R I N A</U></A></div> <div> <I>29 August 2005</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Kill to have fresh water, food</I></div> <div> <I>Abandoned like rats in a sinking ship</I></div> <div> <I>Tricked into moving to more danger</I></div> <div> <I>Rescued six disastrous days later</I></div> <div> <I>Interred by bursting dikes</I></div> <div> <I>Nature is the greatest force</I></div> <div> <I>America cannot control</I></div> <bR> <div> ~~~</div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylorseptember2005</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> ~~~~~</div> <div>    ~~~~~~~</div> <div>       ~~~~~~~~~</div> <bR> <div> <I>our world wobbled</I></div> <div> <I>great waves swamped</I></div> <div> <I>swallowed shores in paradise</I></div> <bR> <div> ©barbaraataylordecember2004</div> <div> <I>~~~~~~~~~~  ~~~~~~   ~~~~`~~~~~~~~  ~~~</I></div> <div> <I>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</I></div> <div> <I>  ~~~~   ~~~~~   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~</I></div> <div> <I>~~~  ~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~</I></div> <div> <I>Lines of Constant Pressure</I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>R</b></I><I>estless</I></div> <div> <I>  </I><I><B> I</b></I><I>sobars</I></div> <div> <I>      </I><I><B>T</b></I><I>ell</I></div> <div> <I>           </I><I><B>A</b></I><I>ll</I></div> <bR> <div> ~ ~~ ~ ~~</div> <div> ©barbaraataylorseptember2005</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Downtown Darfur           </div> <bR> <div> Overburdened</div> <div> Bony stallion 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