James Brownsell

@jamesbrownsell.bsky.social

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Journalist, editor, consultant, occasional DJ Formerly of @the_newarab, @AlJazeera RTs≠endorsement brownsellj@gmail.com PGP key: http://bit.ly/2epcjnk

Cover of Lemn Sissay's book, "let the light pour in"
War (Rhyfel) by Hedd Wyn Bitter to live in times like these. While God declines beyond the seas; Instead, man, king or peasantry, Raises his gross authority. When he thinks God has gone away Man takes up his sword to slay His brother; we can hear death’s roar. It shadows the hovels of the poor. Like the old songs they left behind, We hung our harps in the willows again. Ballads of boys blow on the wind, Their blood is mingled with the rain.