So glad you have signed up to receive the For Random Learning Comes Newsletter! This is the forty-eighth edition. Previous editions can be found on the blog's Newsletter page. I send it out weekly, so if you don't get my email on Saturday morning, please let me know! (Check your junk and spam folders too.) My five latest posts are at the end of this newsletter, latest first. My first poem for the week is again about Ukraine. It is called Summer Playground. You hear a lot of talk on the news about oligarchs and their yachts and properties in various places. In cold Russia, a warm port has its attractions, I'm sure. Mariupol provides such a desirable seaside haven. It's a shame they had to obliterate the city, in their attempt to lay claim to it. My second poem is called Grateful and it, too, comments on Ukraine. It takes the imagined point of view of the President of the Ukraine, supposedly receiving so much from the West (at least the West likes to point out, how much it is already doing for Ukraine!) And yet he is still unable to protect his people from bombs, hurtling down from the sky. In such a situation, should he be grateful? My third poem is called Birdsong, and has nothing whatsoever to do with Ukraine (Whew! I hear your sigh of relief!:) Instead, it deals with the agony of insomnia, and the relief you feel when the night is finally over and you no longer need to pretend to be asleep. When not busy with the endless clear-out of my house, I am watching Servant of the People, starring the President of Ukraine, Volodomyr Zelenskyy. It was filmed long before he took office, when he was but a humble comedian. I understand the show catapulted him to the fame that allowed him to run and win, much like the character in the show. Funny and touching and strangely prophetic. On a Netflix near you. If you haven't signed up for my newsletter yet, I hope you will consider doing so. And tell your friends! There's a blue signup form on every page. Thanks again for your continued readership and support. It means a lot to me. Have a great week! Andrea The links below will take you to the five most recent posts. The blue logo takes you to the homepage. The section on English Majors has the most recent stuff.

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