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haiku for those who stand strong in the face of tribulation

May 31, 2020

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in balance, determination, haiku, history, trauma, trees, War & Politics

green weeping willow bright Hibaku Jumoku deep roots withstand fire 5-31-20 Hibakujumoku is a Japanese term for a tree that survived the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.~~ wikipedia

Welcome Back

May 13, 2020

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cfblack

in history, Racial & Social justice, sexism, TV/movies/tech, War & Politics

Kylie Jenner Showed Off the Stretch Marks on Her Breasts and Fans Loved It Howard Stern Tells Trump Voters What The President Really Thinks Of Them GOP Group Exposes ‘King’ Trump’s Legal Shell Game In Blistering New Fox News Ad As Trump and Willam Barr Try to Undo His Work, It’s Robert Mueller Time Twitter…

Folklore 101

May 6, 2020

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cfblack

in childhood, Family, history, Racial & Social justice, the South, War & Politics

Grandpa said varmints nest in wood piles He made mom move the wood pile every week A snake or rat was never seen in their wood pile Something about southern cockroaches on steroids evokes Screams and thrown shoes from my wife and makes me laugh I moved our wood pile and palmetto bugs did not…

When Bottom Feeders Try to Troll the Shoreline

May 4, 2020

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cfblack

in covid, history, humbleness, ignorance, Racial & Social justice, War & Politics

Because I’m old and white and if you’re old and white some hateful unAmerican miscreant has sent you a private message about ungrateful angry lazy black people who act like America owes them something _____ I replied because they’re black in America they were cheated again and again and again and if you’re black in…

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haiku for those who stand strong in the face of tribulation

Welcome Back

Folklore 101

When Bottom Feeders Try to Troll the Shoreline