Corporation for Public Broadcasting shuts down after federal funding cuts
...( L A. Times - A cogent and accurate commentary by Member - johntomas )
You recycle a common but baseless accusation that NPR and PBS have become “left-leaning,” when in re...
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Categories:
politicized, america, bible, christian, corruption,
Form: Didactic
Dawnland Testimony
...Honorable Members of the Mainiac Judiciary Committee
I hold gratitude for you, and for the Wabanaki Tribe of indigenous wisdom, on whose land we deeply listen for this opportunity to address this ...
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Categories:
politicized, addiction, america, anti bullying,
Form: Political Verse
Kill Shot
...When Freedom itself becomes politicized
that
— is the death of America
(Dreamsleep: January, 2024)
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Categories:
politicized, america, freedom,
Form: Free verse
Autobiography of a Starving Poet
...Can we just get gw to write real poetry
instead of all that over-politicized trash ...
Well frankly, my friends, 'frilly poetry's' nearly starved me to death
so, here's another piece ...
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Categories:
politicized, giggle, identity, me, poetry,
Form: Bio
Fall of the Fourth Estate
...
Where did all the journalists go,
longtime passing -
Why did objectively reporting the news end,...
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Categories:
politicized, betrayal, confusion, corruption, education,
Form: Other
Genocidal Ecocide
...If we can't stop genocide
Then what are our chances with ecocide?
If we can't disengage from competitive economic addictions
to ecocide
Then what are our chances
of giving up politicized milit...
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Categories:
politicized, culture, earth day, health,
Form: Political Verse
Anthrosupremacist Questions
...S/he wonders why
when we breathe in
our left sides
feel right mind dominant
when our rights inside
feel LeftBrain capital deviated,
Dysfunctional
disappointing
disharmonious
sad and lonely...
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Categories:
politicized, environment, health, integrity, light,
Form: Political Verse
To Be Or Not To Be Vaccinated
...TO BE OR NOT TO BE VACCINATED
Two years of pandemic and there is still no end in sight.
Almost a year since vaccines became available and only
sixty percent in the United States are fully vacc...
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Categories:
politicized, america, leadership, people, rights,
Form: Free verse
News Or Views
...Once was a time when you could believe
Things happened like you heard on the news
Now, you cannot be too sure about that
For you are hearing a commentator’s views.
Reporting events h...
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Categories:
politicized, how i feel, perspective,
Form: Quatrain
Country Green
...I drive through sultry green-leaved countryside;
so divorced from toxic urban suicide,
I notice a black and white hand-painted sign
emerging on my right side
of patriotic red resolution,
"ST...
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Categories:
politicized, health, integrity, paradise, passion,
Form: Political Verse
My Rightwing Family
...My RightWing
all white male dominant
or venus invidiously envious
family
Is way quick to remain gated
away from drug
and alcohol
and automated arms dealers
and users,
black market buyers
...
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Categories:
politicized, culture, earth, health, humor,
Form: Political Verse
Judging V Mediating
...Judging v Mediating,
like Teaching v Mentoring,
like Win/Lose Retributive Motives v Win/Win Restorative Motivators
like dogmatic Preaching v compassionately Communicating,
As felt
and apprecia...
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Categories:
politicized, community, culture, earth, environment,
Form: Political Verse
Sacred Earth Undone
...Earth feels undone.
Not only incomplete,
but now unraveling,
Undead
but not resurrecting,
not fully alive,
not healthy enough
to listen for sacred survive
whispers, ReWind
ReGenerate
ReCo...
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Categories:
politicized, culture, earth, health, humanity,
Form: Political Verse
Poets' March On the White House
...Gather round, all ye poets
and hear my plea
For by myself, I'm just a 'wannabe'
I need you here, together with me
Our sensitive hearts cannot bear much more
We're weary of endless cul...
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Categories:
politicized, hair, hyperbole, march, muse,
Form: Light Verse
Lamb To the Slaughter 1
...Lamb to the slaughter
I didn't ask for this life;
I was created in it;
The color of my skin;
It doesn't matter;
I God's vision;
Created by Him, with my mother and dad;
Bullied and mistaken;...
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Categories:
politicized, america, community, endurance, engagement,
Form: Dramatic Verse
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