Life Is Like Moon
For Mahsa Amini and the Woman, Life, Freedom movement in Iran
Life is Jina
Jina is Mahsa —
the full circle of light
witness to struggle
Say her name—
The … Read more
Politics
Senator Sanders in Detroit (aspiration)
We won’t see 7-cent gas again
so, no floor sweeper is going to sit
in the catbird seat of a spanking … Read more
Remembering the Day
Howard Stern was on the radio then, obscenity
for everyone – or was it just reality
in language we could understand? Until a plane
broke through the punchline
to a … Read more
Shocking News Latest Revelations
We can’t of course see what’s
going on in the courtroom but
our sources inside the room are
relaying everything they see.
The most-indicted ex-president
in American history has been… Read more
Determined to Survive
So long
and determined
they had chiseled
at the tree,
which despite their best efforts
to stymie her growth,
had grown both
tall and strong.
But,
they stood determined
year … Read more
#ask_me_anything
no limb
this animal
whisker not
burdened by
one mammoth
sensible
ornament
gains
independence
without
inconvenient
bayonet
morph into
Pegasus
be picturesque
surprise
will be
the flavor
not the
fact… Read more
Diana eavesdrops on the Coronation
There were three of us in this carriage
and I tip my head to hear
what might remain unspoken.
It’s not the rain, the looming clouds,
bedraggled fans, heads bowed,… Read more
Missouri Compromise
I have never owned a gun but I stockpile
books which I will lend to anyone who wants
one. The right to reading is the right
to a good defense. … Read more
The Presidency
José Mujica ascended to the presidency
and kept his three-bedroom bungalow
a stone’s throw from Rio De La Plata
in Montevideo gave nearly his entire
presidential salary to charity spent … Read more
Another End of the World Type Scenario
Red tide washing on a red state.
Red tide every year getting bigger.
Jump in, say the couple from Kansas.
Jump in, say the kids on spring break.
Not so … Read more
It’s My Birthday!
“It’s my birthday!”
I sing out to everyone.
From the lady decorating my cake,
To the man who’s slicing the meat.
“It’s a very special day,” they all echo back.… Read more
“DEMAND DEMAND DEMAND”
Economists create charts
“SUPPLY and DEMAND”
to appease the vultures who peck at the carcasses of girlhood,
suckling on their milk and honey
until the well runs dry,
smirking at … Read more