A Contemporary Complaint for Consideration
...Annotations of mis-co-ordinations of the latest military drone strike
The fear when the children of Ukraine hear bomb raid sirens into the night
What’s near when all that you can contain is silen...
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Categories:
de escalate, deep,
Form: Rhyme
Pressure
...It’s May 18th, 2022. I’m poised, alone, heart pounding, in front of my laptop, waiting for courage, my finger hovering over the return key, like a child hoping the timing of my keystroke will bring m...
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Categories:
de escalate, fear, mom, motivation, prayer,
Form: Free verse
The Playground Peacemaker
...She knows what it means,
and must never not mean,
to work with newborn win/win children
perverted by wounding RightWing patriarchal punishments
overpowering LeftWing ecofeminist invitations
to l...
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Categories:
de escalate, appreciation, caregiving, change, conflict,
Form: Political Verse
Apple Farmers On Trump's Administration
...I was interviewing farmers
about how they see Presidential performance
in Trump's first year as CEO
of this USA,
incorporated
for a yet more perfect Union:
Well, I believe he only has one nat...
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Categories:
de escalate, betrayal, health, holocaust, humor,
Form: Political Verse