Arborcide

Caroline Giles Banks - Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Mother maples, and their promised seedlings and saplings, filter pollutants from the air.…

Three Haiku by Caroline Giles Banks

Caroline Giles Banks - Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA sun and windunfundedwhat on earth? tsuri-doro #27 (May/June 2025) lilacs re-bloomspringdiscombobulates bottle rockets #52 (February…

The Eye of the Beholder

Caroline Giles Banks - Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA The Eye of the BeholderIn the Company of Burtynsky and Basho Edward Burtynsy’s…

Silent Waters

By Caroline Giles Banks - Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Silent Waters An Installation by Pritika Chowdhry, 2023 Chowdhry’s 101 larger-than-life ceramic feet…

Tick-Tock

By Caroline Giles BanksMinneapolis, Minnesota, USA In 1947, when time was kept in a pocket or worn on the wrist,…

Sticks and Stones

Caroline Giles BanksMinneapolis, Minnesota, USA In its March 2025 quarterly update theOxford English Dictionary added 42 new words from other languages.…

The Man of the Hole

By Caroline Giles BanksMinneapolis, Minnesota, USA His hut hidden in the rainforest from outsiders, the last known member of an…

Clarion Call

Caroline Giles BanksMinneapolis, Minnesota, USA Hagia Sophia, the magnificent complex in Istanbul, was built in the 6th century as a…

d’Esperanto

Caroline Giles BanksMinneapolis, Minnesota, USA August 2024. Afghan women must veil their bodies completely in public—faces included. The Taliban muzzles…

Wakes and Wails

Caroline Giles BanksMinneapolis, Minnesota, USA She knows how to swim. She does not want to swim.Her hesitation is more than…

Words Beyond Wars

Caroline Giles BanksMinneapolis, Minnesota, USA  War tramples Kyiv culture.The art museum’s windows are blown out.The concert hall is shrouded in…