Hate Shooting Poems

I’d like to sing to you a lullaby
To make all your troubles disappear
Tell you there is no need to cry
That you will never know hate...

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Weapons of Wonder

By Mark Stucky
If humans must wage war,
let it be upon our own evils.
Let there be genocide on
violence and divisiveness,
malice and indifference,
prejudice and inequity,
foolishness...

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(In memory of the 19 children and two adults killed by gun violence in Uvalde, Texas on May 24, 2022…as well as the countless others...

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Hate Vacuuming?

By Mark Stucky
Vacuum cleaners are pneumatic nobles,
built to cleanse our offices and homes,
sucking dust from floors and crevices
to discard in trash cans
(where dirt belongs).

What...

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14,000 bodies
sprawled on the floor
bloody
dead

14,000 families 
screaming to the sky
confused
alone

14,000 bullets
laying empty on the ground
dented
stained

14,000 screams
echoing through the air
desperate
scared

How can we let this happen?
How can...

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Another senseless shooting has occurred again.
This time, it was in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Three men killed and three others injured at a bar.
The suspect was caught after...

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Sandy Hook Call to Love
by Michael R. Burch
 
Our hearts are broken today
for our children's small bodies lie broken;
let us gather them up, as we...

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This time in Jersey City
Another mass murder 
Was it a hate crime? 
At least six souls have gone to meet their Maker 
Personally, I wish...

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Another Day Another Shooting

another day in paradise
just another day in America
land of the free
Home of the brave

and guns
lots of guns
more guns for all
cries the NRA

yes...

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Another Day Another Shooting

another day in paradise
?just another day in America
?land of the free?
Home of the brave

and guns?lots
 lots of gunshots 
 ?more guns for...

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Gunpowder residue
Around my mouth
From when you shot me.

Bullets ricochet in my head
Like restless thoughts.

Who knew a false pretense of love
Would hurt so bad?

Who knew the...

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I wanted to believe you  
when you said there was no such thing as Hell.
I wanted to believe you when you 
said that pain...

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SHOOTING BLANKS


I’m shooting blanks into the day, when I
can’t have my way, and talking to myself,
Of pain, of bitter truth, and lies. I cry,
And leave...

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SHOOTING STAR

The Shot...
They killed.
Their hate... 
They willed. 
The blood...
It spread.
From heart...
To head. 

The gun...
Was pressed.
A scream...
Was stressed.
Wild eyed...
Prayer said.
and Bang... 
You're dead.

The Shot...
Their hate....
The blood.....
From...

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