Category: War & Politics
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The deluge
I lied awake all night, listened to it rain, fell asleep again and again and dreamed unfitfully. ____ I dreamed all the mourning mothers of all the wars ever fought gathered in the next world and held a wake filled with songs of grief. The walls of heaven’s mansions shook and fell to dust. They…
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Abraham’s altar
Puffy white clouds, speckled sunlight, still waters on the pond. Belly full of human cargo glides above my head. Happy friends and family await its safe arrival at airport. I live a blessed and peaceful life in a green, green world. ____ I read today that Ishmael and Isaac’s children Are re-enacting a sacrificial passion…
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A free meal is never free
barking dog welcomes daylight lone bird calls in the bush …failure to communicate a fenced animal cannot understand freedom It only wants to be set free 10-1-23
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Tanka of wet grass
clear, clean morning air last night’s rain still drips from trees yellow bus brakes grind sullen children go to school childhood stolen chained to chairs 9-13-23
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Draw Two
stray dog drags its chain, stands warily at a distance, tail wags like the metronome on Mrs. Crooks’ piano you edge close, grab the end of the chain dog barks, growls and charges you stand firm, jerk its chain it lays obediently at your feet, whimpers, the dog guides you up the street, stops at…
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Meditation on Ukraine
mud dauber searches along eaves for a place to call home unaware you watch its every move behind overcast skies a plane soars you do not care where it goes, but that tiny wasp is another matter 8-17-23
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lizard haiku for politicians
turns tan straddling fence primary colored anole red, blue, yellow, too 8-16-23
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Atalanta in spandex
What if Atalanta was born a male and her daddy didn’t leave her on a mountain to die What if she hated her father and didn’t need a man to feel empowered What if she wore Spandex to intimidate her suitors because her lady parts were bigger than tiny Greek penises on marble statues What…
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The existential Putin
Sometimes you just have to disappear off the radar …and contemplate if you friends like you or fear you 6-25-23
