Tag Archives: America

Medicine Not Bombs

Posted on March 25, 2020 by soitgoes1984

They say we are at war but if this were a war we have left our soldiers without bullets and combat boots if this were a war we have left our airmen without bombs and jet fuel if this were … Continue reading →

Posted in Afghanistan, america, american dream, covid19, human rights, humanity, Iraq, life, MLK, poem, Poetry, poetry for peace, taxes, Trump, Uncategorized, veterans for peace, war, war tax resistance, writing | Tagged America, Bush, capitalism, covid19, death, disaster capitalism, farmers for peace, greed, health care, life, medicine, medicine not bombs, Obama, Peace, poem, Poetry, poverty, science, Trump, Veterans for Peace, Wall Street, war, war is a racket, war tax resistance, writing

Manifesto, A Poem

Posted on August 10, 2019 by soitgoes1984

Some people believe so strongly in the ideologies they were either raised with, or found in some other way but they believe so strongly that they’re willing to lay down their life for their ideology even if they can start to … Continue reading →

Posted in america, I Can't Breathe, ICE, Iraq, poem, Poetry, poetry for peace, refugees, Trump, Uncategorized, Vietnam, violence, war, war tax resistance, white privilege, white supremacy, writing | Tagged America, poem, Poetry, Trump, war, white supremacy

Bulletproof Backpacks

Posted on August 1, 2019 by soitgoes1984

Bulletproof backpacks on sale now at Office Max because your taxes do absolutely nothing to keep your kids safe. Buy one and if someone brings a gun to your kids high school at least they’ll look cool as they’re laying … Continue reading →

Posted in america, capitalism, collateral damage, death, guns, haiku, mass shootings, NRA, poem, Poetry, tanka, trauma, Uncategorized, violence | Tagged America, backpacks, capitalism, gun violence, guns, haiku, mass shootings, NRA, poem, Poetry, school shootings, tanka, violence

Crying For The Mountain

Posted on July 17, 2019 by soitgoes1984

History repeats itself again and again we do nothing but obey we do nothing but mumble “well, this is what the law has to say” we do nothing but look the other way we do nothing but pay for the … Continue reading →

Posted in hawaii, Uncategorized | Tagged America, capitalism, colonialism, hawaii, Kaho'olawe, Mauna Kea, poem, Poetry, space

A few bad apples

Posted on June 15, 2019 by soitgoes1984

The people who say, “There’s just a few bad apples” refuse to look at the roots of the trees, refuse to believe the soil tests refuse to believe that those apples aren’t rotten, refuse to believe that all the apples … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged America, apples, Black Lives Matter, death, history, life, poem, Poetry, police, police brutality, systemic racism, truth, white supremacy

Squealing For More

Posted on June 14, 2019 by soitgoes1984

If you curse the name Donald Trump but have never heard the names William Kristol or Robert Kagan I suggest you begin to read what was written by these men and signed by the who’s who of DC’s neoconservative crew, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged America, capitalism, haiku, militarism, poem, Poetry, tanka, Wall Street, Words, writing

Our Currency

Posted on May 17, 2019 by soitgoes1984

If you try to use our currency, we’ll do our best to help you see the error of your ways, to see that violence only pays if you have the biggest banks and you buy the biggest tanks and you … Continue reading →

Posted in haiku, poem, Poetry, poetry for peace, tanka, taxes, Uncategorized | Tagged America, haiku, poem, Poetry, tanka, violence, war