The Little Folk

Pixies in the basement Delving by day and night Burrowing new labyrinths Free from the bane of light. CIA – NSC – Alphabetic codes galore, Buzzing hives of acronyms Below the main street floor. Furtive gnomes in Zurich, Shadow fronts for Iran, Disclaim the veriest, tiniest clue Where their caching role began. Gremlins in Honduras, Riding contraband, Peeking at anti-aircraft puffs, Seeking a spot to land. Leprechauns in Eire, Elves guised as wizened old men, Fretting for an expatriate, Cobbling beyond their ken. Pixies, gremlins, lubricans, A capricious, cabalic crew, Flirting extravagant changes, Brewing an Irish stew.

— Murray Wilton

Recent Posts

See All

SfP Bulletin archive

SfP Bulletin February 2017 The President’s Corner: Science for Peace as a Foreign Language Metta Spencer Report of the Working Group on Global Governance Helmut Burkhardt Report of the Working Group o

The President’s Corner: Science for Peace as a Foreign Language

by Metta Spencer If you join a group such as Science for Peace, you have to learn its culture, which is mostly a matter of learning its language. For most of us, as when we acquired our first language

Report of the Working Group on Global Governance

(2016-09-17) Members: Helmut Burkhardt (chair), Norman Dyson, Rose Dyson, Brydon Gombay, Julia Morton-Marr, Tom Simunovic, Peter Venton, Adnan Zuberi Mandate: We believe good global governance is mean