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Revolt – ing
Don’t turn your head and dab your eyes. Face square the scene, then raise your cries. Such treachery we must defy, prosecute and rectify. The People’s House they desecrate. Within its halls they defecate. Seditious cowards’ acts of hate true … Continue reading
Posted in humanity, poetry, serious stuff
Tagged dVerse poets, January 6, patriot, quadrille, sedition
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capitol
tear gas, shattered glass; bloodshed, no shred of honor. Winter in my soul.
Poetic Injustice
Justice is blind, though inherently judgmental. My verdict awaits. COVID culls with dispassion guilty and guileless alike. dVerse MTB: Jisei (Japanese Death Poems)
Sweet Bella
Bella went to heaven today. Now her worry wrinkles will unfold. She will take well-earned peaceful naps and wake the angels with her snoring. She will bow down and wiggle her butt in the universal “let’s play” gesture, And other … Continue reading
Are You Registered to Vote?
Today is National Voter Registration Day in the US. Are you registered? To check your voter registration, go to https://www.usa.gov/register-to-vote . There you can “learn if you’re eligible to vote, how to register, check, or change your information,” and find … Continue reading
Posted in humanity, serious stuff
Tagged elections, National Voter Registration Day, voter registration
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Weekend Wildcard (Flashback #4: Breaking the Barrier)
[Flashback #4 is my re-posting from a blog I wrote several years ago about my struggles with depression. My purpose in revisiting the “old” me is to remind myself and any others who care to read, to “claim the positive energy … Continue reading
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Tagged depression, hope, Roger Bannister, Weekend Wildcard
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Meditation on Dispassion
Day 29 of NaPoWriMo. The prompt, edited for succinctness: For poet William Wordsworth, a poem was the calm after the storm – an opportunity to remember and summon up emotion, but at a time and place that allowed the poet … Continue reading
Posted in daily prompt, humanity, poetry, serious stuff
Tagged belonging, dispassion, NaPoWriMo 2019
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Weekend Wildcard (Flashback #3: Doing it Anyway)
Flashback #3 in my re-posting from a blog I wrote several years ago about my struggles with depression. My purpose in revisiting the “old” me is to remind myself and any others who care to read, to: claim the positive … Continue reading
Posted in humanity, prose, serious stuff, Weekend Wildcard
Tagged depression, inertia, overcoming
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Tax Day
April Fifteen, Tax Day. Doesn’t much matter to me, mine are pretty simple. No investments, no dependents, one job. On the job that day, as a matter of fact. Working the southbound toll booth where traffic comes off the bridge … Continue reading
The Way of the Whale
NaPoWriMo, Day 23. The prompt: Write a poem about an animal. Tell me again about the whales, Great-gran; did you ever see one? Yes, child, I have seen them, but only from afar. Even at a great distance, it must … Continue reading
Posted in Animalia, nature, poetry, serious stuff
Tagged endangered species, extinction, NaPoWriMo 2019, whales
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