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Category Archives: Social Justice
It Was Legal – Topical Poetry
Topical Poetry published my poem on the Kyle Rittenhouse and Ahmaud Arbery trials. They publish poems on current events that happened in the previous two weeks along with a link to a news article that provides context.
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Playing for Change | Song Around the World
Playing for Change is a channel on YouTube. There is a core band based in the USA that is on some songs. Most, especially those with the Song Around The World subtitle, are assembled from recordings made around the world. … Continue reading
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Sundown published in Voices de la Luna
Voices de la Luna has published “Sundown” in the February 2021 issue. It’s not accessible through their Website. I’ve included the text below. I read where you receiveda soccer scholarshipto Katherine Branson.It was a girls’ schoolin my day. My fatherliked … Continue reading
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Reimagining democracy as a work of love
I’ve tried in poems, prose, essays, and action to articulate a way of moving beyond the over-partisanized politics in Texas and the United States (see my Social Justice category). Reimagining democracy as a work of love by Luke Roberts does … Continue reading
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Tale of Two Cities
Laurence Musgrove’s newest project is Texas Poetry Assignments. He previously published my poem, The Work of Inauguration. Today he published Tale of Two Cities on the Capitol Riots of January 6, 2020. Reading it in light of subsequent news (stolen … Continue reading
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The Work of Inauguration
My poem, The Work of Inauguration, was published January 4, 2021 on Laurence Musgrove’s newest project, Texas Poetry Assignment. It plays off Howard Thurman’s “The Work of Christmas”. Laurence’s previous two projects, Tejascovido (now gone) and Texas Poetry Ballots were … Continue reading
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It takes guts to be in Taiwan Parliment
Protests against allowing US pork imports into Taiwan lead to Taiwan lawmakers throw pig guts and punches. I especially like the woman center screen with hand full of intestines standing her ground. The story lead me to check whether my … Continue reading
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One Fine Day
“I complete my tasks, one by one. I remove my masks, when I am done..” David Byrne and Brian Eno One Fine Day: David Byrne Performs His Hymn of Optimism and Countercultural Anthem of Resistance and Resilience with the Brooklyn … Continue reading
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