Archive - Crossroad Vertigo

THE BRUTE HYPOCRISY OF EMPIRE

In October, Texas cities from Dallas to Houston, voiced condemnation of Hamas’ brutal attack on Israel that killed around 1,100. City councils in…

Feb 21 •

November 2023

THE QUALITY OF MERCY IS BROUGHT LOW

else lasker-schüler A SINGLE MAN A single man can be a whole nation Yet he becomes an earth With its own heaven when He nurtures the old and noble…

Nov 21, 2023 •

Copeland Morris

July 2023

THE WHITE GOOSE

When my heart hangs low, how the white goose rises; And brings to a hush, the careless, languishing sky. In the shimmer of time that buoyant body is…

Jul 12, 2023 •

Copeland Morris

February 2023

TROUBLED HOUSES ARE FULL OF SECRETS

Pompeii and Herculaneum slept under the indifferent spell of moonlight after Vesuvius and its apocalyptic eruptions subsided; but below the inferno…

Feb 19, 2023 •

Copeland Morris

January 2023

THE MOUNTAIN OVERTURNED

inspired by a Bulgarian folk song

Jan 24, 2023 •

Copeland Morris

October 2022

SNAKE AT THE RAIN BARREL

a curious sonnet

Oct 30, 2022 •

Copeland Morris

July 2022

THE FALL AND RISE OF JULIAN ASSANGE

...the slow motion crucifixion of a journalist and publisher.

Jul 28, 2022 •

Copeland Morris

February 2022

BLUES FOR A NARWHAL

a sonnet--for my sisters, Jan and Jill

Feb 8, 2022 •

Copeland Morris

September 2021

Informed Consent Is Not For Lightweights

Unprincipled power is blind in the matter of its own overreach. It too often exposes our country to the sins of excess, and can even threaten ethical…

Sep 11, 2021 •

Copeland Morris

August 2021

"Hiroshima Mon Amour"

Hiroshima Mon Amour, a film by Alain Resnais, is filled with a remarkable atmosphere created by lovers who are deeply attracted to one another and who…

Aug 7, 2021 •

Copeland Morris

May 2021

Welcome to Crossroad Vertigo...

May 30, 2021 •

Copeland Morris

April 2021

APRIL ARRIVES BY NIGHT

--Fukushima Daiichi 2011-20??

Apr 11, 2021 •

Copeland Morris

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