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The Freedom Flotilla

This is no pleasure trip, no voyage for the weak-hearted. 
The activists singing, holding arms, like birds in the trees, 
those in awe of morning’s glory, in a dolphin-crowded sea,
mantle of intellect, a true heroic affair.
They have a ship load of food and medicine, a holy mission
to the chagrin of warmongers and their media culprits.

To the shores of Gaza they sail, 
Where flesh is burnt like used tires,
monuments of barbarism.
Bewilder them till they die!
At night the stars come out into 
this artifice of humanity, caught in the web of
an unspeakable tragedy. 
Alas, the flotilla is interdicted, freedom is not,
sailing past the deceits, the barricades, the barb wires,
And the AI-guided bombs.   
Freedom is never negotiated on high seas, commands
all the waves to safety.*

Dedicated to Greta and her comrades

The power of being black

She was the rain 
He was the thunder 
And together they were an unstoppable storm
Both activists in their own form
Both doing what they were made for 

A duo who held a power that could destroy A system 
Meant only to break them
Built to control them

Her voice was fire 
Loud and unforgiving 
His mind was like ice
Cold and calculated 
She was outspoken
She lead the protests
Whilst he wrote the speeches 
This was their dynamic
This made the racist world panic
And that's exactly what they wanted

They knew their power 
They knew what triggered their envy
They knew the secret to unlock their weakness
And that was their blackness

So together they openly loved themselves
They knew it would cause them to become overwhelmed 
Something they couldn't take
So instead they decide to hate 
To mask their envy 
To repress their inferiority 
And replace it with false superiority 
To hide their insecurities 

For as long as we love our blackness
It will forever be our shield To protect us 
From the darkness that lurks within the racists 
Who will forever burn in their hatred 
And scarred By jealousy

Summer Reruns

    activists lash out

    reactionaries glower

      ~  tectonic plate shift

What is the karma of Humanity

What is the future of  the Human race
The USA’ is no leader today 
Wrecking the natural world -a disgrace

Netanyahu is a war thug forevermore
The mid east war -total insanity 
Humans act horrible I do deplore
What is the karma  of Humanity ?

Two polar fates for Humans I embrace 
Green party politics can save the day 
Non Green politics we are dead -I say
What is the future of  the Human race ?

Biden listens not to peace activists
Biden’s Vietnam -college protests I relay
The peace activists are not anarchists 
The USA’ is no leader today 

Humans greed will destroy us I decry
We  ruin old  growth woods without a trace
Read Bucky Fullers writings I reply
Wrecking the natural world -a disgrace

I Have A Dream

I have a dream, that one day we will all be well 
free from worries, free from sickness, free from fear

Conceiving such a world brings hope, one day 
we will all be believers and activists of beauty  
in a world that so badly needs the loving hand  
of a healer...

I have a dream, that you and I are friends 
we mirror each other in perfect harmony 
receiving and giving, like incense and gold  

We always have more than we need  
in a world free of greed, we plant seeds  
of goodness, then watch them grow  
in our family garden ....

I have a dream, that one day we will hold hands 
you and I forming a chain of life, we will stand 
unbroken, until the end of time..

Deceiving each other will not be in our future plan 
for honesty and transparency will be the venue 
we abide by...

I have a dream that our dreams can come true, 
if you and I believe, then we can begin anew.

My Personal Opinion

My Personal Opinion
Miracle Man
8/18/2023

Some radical activists
financed by foreign wealth,
Spread socialistic values
destroying America’s health.
First infiltrate local government
then invade our schools,
Knowing that young minds
 are any country’s crown jewels.
Our children are being indoctrinated 
at much too early an age,
It continues to happen
despite parental outrage.
They’re being schooled on matters
that should come much later.
Things that shouldn’t be taught 
to any eager third grader.

Rightmindfulness Activities

I wonder...

If RightWing Activists
are, thereby,
actively against
Allies of a healthy
cooperative
co-invested
compassionate democracy.

If RightMind disempowered pessimists
lack Win/Win enlightened grace
to feel unconditional warm economies
of politically organic love
in sacred time and space.

If RightHand monotheistic powers
could ever learn
from divine experience
to become more bicamerally
GreenLiberal/RedConservational
co-ecstatic

If Left/Right circling spectral lights
of win/win thriving Egos 
worshipping our sacred shared 
sexual EcoSystems
become, thereby,
compassionate peace-thriving 
intrapersonal repairs
supporting resilient interpersonal partnerships,
resonant teams,
and 7-regeneration sustainable,
multisensory health and safety
communions
unions,
transcendently co-empathic

As when GreenNoise Wonder
grows in nonverbal compassion,
integrity of sacred 
Red Holesome 
inviting robust Awe.

Flag March - Dangerous Game

Teenage yeshiva students from America
    'Big Heroes' - 'Land of Israel Nationalists' 
  All yell 'Death to the Arabs' as they smile for the cameras
    A 'real good look' for 'Parents'-skins'-in-the-game activists' 

  Another year come and gone; another Flag March survived
    Its sole achievement, stoking ultra-nationalistic pride
  Next to the sea of blue-and-white flags burns white-hot terror
    Ready to avenge insults directed at ~
                                       Palestinian flag standard-bearers  



  ____________________________________________________
  The Flag March was originally meant to commemorate the capture
  of East Jerusalem and the reunification of Jerusalem during the 
  1967 ('Six-Day') War. What it's become now is, in my opinion, a 
  gross perversion of its original message of 'Unification.'

Art Form

Artistic expressions are not always appreciated
 Such is the case with graffiti
 Which can often be seen on public transportation
 Causing frowns of consternation
 
 It can be seen on buses and trains
 Even on bridges, graffiti remains
 It's sprayed on buildings and walls
 A way for the artist to leave his calling card

 But is it vandalism or art?
 Or a way for gangs with a message to impart
 Political activists use this art form too
 To cleary state their point of view

 4-18-2023

The Dream

In 1963, Martin Luther King gave his “I Have a Dream” speech. 
What he asked for should not have been a far reach. 
Dr. King was rather unique 
And boy did he like to speak
He spoke on equality and racism
And spread his message through activism
He was one of the most prominent activists during the Civil Rights Movement. 
He was hoping for enlightenment 
He led nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience
Based on his years of experience 
Dr. King was against discrimination and Jim Crow laws
They didn’t align with his cause
For this, the FBI deemed him a radical 
That just wasn’t practical 
He won a Nobel Peace Prize for combatting racial inequality 
A major step for civil rights in American polity
In 1968, Martin Luther King met his demise
His assassination led some to theorize 
Would he be surprised to how little we have come 
Or would he be thankful for improving equality some

Breeds of Late Legends

BREEDS OF LATE LEGENDS

The soul of Bob Marley - 
Tap it from the Caribbean reggae. 
The ambition of Tupac Shakur - 
Immortalize a generational legacy. 
The mind of Malcom X - 
A monument for all world's activists.
The dream of Martin Luther King - 
Still holds the world's ear ransom. 
The heroics of Nelson Mandela - 
Voyage from apartheid to multiracial democracy. 
The greatness of Muhammad Ali - 
"Floats like a butterfly & Sting like a bee".

The world need not these monstrous men mountains
But most needing of a breed of our late legends. 

Vick Manuel Poetry {VMP} 
Copyright©November2022.

Thankful For Biden

President Joseph Biden signing Juneteenth Bill
*
I
want to
wish you a
Happy Birthday
In less than two years
you ended the war in Afghanistan.
Substantial military aid for Ukraine,
Stimulus Package American Rescue Act,
Funding the Police—The Investment to Protect
and Reform Act-budget plan increases cementing
his party’s turn away from the anti-police rhetoric and policies
lawmakers and activists embraced after the murder of George Floyd
two years ago.  Biden’s first two years, among the most productive
of any president in the past half
century.
Thank 
you!

Climate Change Activists Getting It Wrong

Hearts in the right place with heads in the mist, 
shouting your message to those shaking fists, 
thinking you’re right so no wrongdoing exists, 
behaviour that’s found in ignorant bliss. 

Forcing on yourselves a reaction of hatred,  
growing the anger in those left frustrated, 
taking the focus from the message that’s stated, 
when you’re right but do wrong you’ll be left isolated 

Don’t ruin artwork, don’t sit on the roads, 
the darkness never enlightens or glows, 
you won’t be excused by what you expose,  
wanting support but creating the woes. 

Climate change activists nobody hears, 
thinking you’re wise beyond your own years, 
but you’re not very nice the way it appears, 
you can be right and still fall on deaf ears. 

What you say doesn’t justify the things you do, 
the more you disrupt the more will hate you, 
knowledge you have cancelled as you’ve no clue, 
that doing it wrong stops right coming true.

All of your knowledge came from my generation, 
so here’s some more knowledge from my generation, 
no good will come when you cause devastation, 
show some respect in your next demonstration!

Jesse Duarte - Not the Usual Activist

Jesse Duarte
Muslim South African
Dead just before age 68
Best known as antiracism fighter
Along with Mandela
That generation is dead, it's over
Self-serving "ANC activists & comrades" remain
To steal and blame (minorities)

II
Jesse was eloquent; loyal leader & 'spokesman'
"Diminutive woman;" Dedicated warrior
Never about herself
She died today
Will be buried today
Now, her religion shows

On the Boat

On the boat
Swaying and tossing
Waves and ripples
Hands together
Hearts together
Land in sight
Yet miles away.
Paddles broken
Yet flapping
No stopping
At slapping
The silvery surface.
A course chartered for rough waters
The boat image
Divine inspiration
Fires the activists
A tedious delve
Into life and teachings
Of the Master.

Billows of prayerful reflection
The journey is on
A sturdy boat
In mixed weather
Knees to knees
Legs to legs
Notoriously unpredictable.
A head-wind approaches
The boat sways
Bales of water
Swept out
Leaky but unsinkable.
Our choice unchanged
To remain on the boat
We take our chances
An inexhaustible mystery of faith

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