Wouldn’t do it
Couldn’t take
Knee or gun
To anyone
How to make
Policing
into
Peacing
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NaPoWriMo Day 22— “…and that’s all I have to say about that.” Forrest Gump
politics
Tumbling Hydra
No justice No peace
No bacon No grease
No money No police
No food No obese
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NaPoWriMo prompt for the tumbling rhyme. Current events manifesting a
November
November pulls the daylight shorter
crisp long shadows
a cool moon
hallways of justice écho
will there be unfaithful electors
in this month of political aspiration
migrating birds begin their journey
when there is snow on the ground
they will come to the feeder
Today the hawk came
perched on the fence
I do not want to witness
hawk swooping
to squirrel or bird
or my small dog
the hawk
ready
with talons
and hunger
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dVerse prompt on November combined with prompt on witnessing
Election Day
Election Day brings happiness
when your favorite candidate wins
you watch the results roll in
glued to the tube or your cellphone screen
too late to rally or sway a voter
polls are closed and the counting started
my vote one in the millions
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dVerse prompt on a quadrille of happiness- today is Election Day. I have no idea who will win.
Scare Tactics
Do not call for Wrinkles the Clown
he might just burn your house down
not a prank or urban myth
if you make that call
you will lose some sleep
His clown eyes are empty sockets
red dot on his nose
lips set in a clown frown
you won’t forget
& of course the wrinkles
What benefit is there
in giving people such a scare
What Season is This?
What season is this
wear a mask for groceries
or you will get sick
What season is this
watch lawlessness on tv
in the name of change
What season is this
where travel is restricted
all over the world
What season is this
when people defy rule
to loot for big screen
What season is this
who saw Jesus statue fall
in mobocracy
What season is this
without fear of authority
that a way be made
What season is this
we stay away from people
end humanity
What season is this
worried for our liberties
while some hold rifle
What season is this
wayward disobedience
taunting the police
What season is this
welcome truthful dialogue
no taking of sides
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dVerse prompt to write a series of haiku — I am baffled by what is going on in the USA
Homicide
How did George Floyd kill Aunt Jemima after he was already dead?
Aunt Jemima served delicious pancakes
RIP George
RIP Quaker Oats Aunt Jemima
Here comes Uncle Ben
with a pot of fluffy rice
soon to be snuffed out
another white on black
homicide
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Birds of Prey
SHOCKING to see the cardinal eat a gecko
thick beak designed to crack seeds & nuts
one would expect it from a blue jay
not this red bird with its sweet song
now a gecko hangs from songbird beak
lifeless & being shaken
its head consumed then tail
legs gnawed away
it looks like a small fish
yet too big for the throat
of such a now ravenous bird
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I looked out the window today and saw this cardinal with a gecko. Unexpected metaphor to the current events.
Wonder Uterus
Sunny gardenia
gothic drink in the morn
gecko or fox in a hole
this penny & tulips
wonderful uterus
lover of countries
democracy & t-shirts
a tornado of Hemingway’s
sunshine
Dear Jane
Kim is dead
turtle & Goodnight Moon
rebar into birds singing
of governments & ferries
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NaPoWriMo prompt to take the quiz presented and make it a poem. The Wonder Uterus graffiti was found in Lisbon, the land of graffiti.
Fill the Day
Fill the day
with discernment
new language
& the Spirit
create a spa
for the mind
& the skin
purification
of the pores
& receptors
of the brain
take in the sun rays
& maniacal rains
stand under heavens
& weepingly smile
My God
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deVerse quadrille on the word fill
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