The A1 Verse: How many the fictitious shores

Every so often, a story published on the front page of the New York Times is so well written, meaningful, and appropriate to the Bulletin’s concerns that small snippets of it, properly chosen and arranged, produce something more than journalism, something that approaches … poetry. That blessed coincidence occurred January 10, 2022.

We suspect it’ll occur again.

Ukraine Quietly Tries Its Own Talks With Russia

(from the original by Andrew E. Kramer)

Peace negotiations are
the latest war
scheduled for
the United States, Russia, Ukraine
with Ukraine