From Honolulu to LAX

Georgia O'Keefe clouds,
a floor of complex cotton balls
in lines as far as I could see
bumping against each other
on a pale blue field.

Wishbones and columns,
attenuated fish hooks in rows
to the glowing white horizon.
Darker blue above cut by
the sharp trailing edge of the white wing.

Further apart now in lines
like the waves below.

Taliban man Sayed Rahmatullah Hashemi at Yale

Several professors respond to Yale Dean Peter Salovey's and Yale Professor Charles Hill's defense of welcoming a Taliban spokesman as a Yale special student.