This is what happens when promises are made that cannot be delivered. I gave you weapons. I gave you training. I gave you a plan of governance. I never gave you peace and stability in your own country. I put your sons and daughters on a plane as refugees. Your wife went too and now in desperation you cling to the fuselage.
current event
Judge and Jury
Liberty
and justice for all
on the street
George Floyd dies
jury sees the evidence
now they must decide
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NaPoWriMo Day 7 prompt to write a shadorma.
On Edge
When the earth quakes, it could take half of a day to hear the news that people are buried in rubble of collapsed buildings. Others are more fortunate and come out at 4am trying to escape the 35 seconds of earth plates moving. Expecting more to follow, they wait in the streets of Tirana.
Back home we wait for the big one. Engineer stronger buildings, take down viaducts and go underground. The last one swayed trees and road as I drove towards Gazzam Lake. An hour later, the water in a huge tank off the trail was still sloshing.
somewhere a rogue wave
or volcanic eruption
thankful not today
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a haibun following the Albanian earthquake
Sonnet for Modern Day Current Event
Jan 19, 2019 at Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool
Black Hebrew Israelites on the mall
speak loud in zealous religious tenor
hear the old testament not throw it away
raise their voice louder on a winter day
Covington High School students respond
while standing on the steps of Lincoln Hall
break the tension with a school sports cheer
with a smile a shout or was it a sneer
Indigenous elder beats on his drum
approaches the youth with his movement song
God the Creator will answer my call
media or a troll will send it to all
And in that moment was on display
freedom to assemble speak out and pray
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Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is the site of many historic events –
Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech Aug 28.1963 Civil Rights Rally
Vietnam War Protest Oct 21. 1967
March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and BI Equal Rights Oct 11, 1987
Million Man March Oct 16,1995
Iraq War Protest Oct 26,2002
Women’s March Jan 19.2019
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dVerse prompt to write a sonnet
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