Tag Archives: history

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

Eden

Posted on January 1, 2019 by soitgoes1984

We will erase you, all proof that you existed. This is our Eden, our canvas, blank and ready to paint our roots where yours grew. Your eyes might watch us from your prison cells and graves and tears you … Continue reading →

Posted in haiku, poem, Poetry, poetry for peace, refugees, tanka, Uncategorized, violence, writing | Tagged Bethlehem, christianity, farming, haiku, history, Jesus, justice, olive trees, palestine, Peace, poem, Poetry, poetry for peace, religion, tanka, truth

As The Tryptophan Sedates

Posted on November 22, 2018 by soitgoes1984

Turkey is bitter that’s why there’s cranberry sauce heaps and heaps of it to sweeten the taste and make history palatable so we’ll be happy as the tryptophan sedates the whole family and we cheer as a pop star … Continue reading →

Posted in america, family, haiku, history, National Day of Mourning, Native Americans, poem, Poetry, racism, tanka, thanksgiving, turkey, Uncategorized, writing | Tagged chow halls, family, haiku, history, iraq, National Day of Mourning, Native Americans, pilgrims, Plymouth, poem, Poetry, racism, reality, tanka, thanksgiving, tradition, turkey, war

For Tradition’s Sake

Posted on November 22, 2018 by soitgoes1984

From Plymouth Rock to Standing Rock, the west has rolled from sea to sea, with cultures in our wake yet we take pride in the meals we make for traditions sake on the fourth Thursday every November. As … Continue reading →

Posted in haiku, idle no more, National Day of Mourning, Native Americans, peace, poem, Poetry, poetry for peace, tanka, thanksgiving, Uncategorized, writing | Tagged America, folklore, haiku, history, National Day of Mourning, Native Americans, Plymouth, reality, Standing Rock, tanka, thanksgiving, tradition, Water is Life

Change

Posted on October 31, 2018 by soitgoes1984

We hunger for change but history keeps proving it repeats itself as we look to passersby and none of them can see us.

Posted in haiku, poem, Poetry, tanka, Uncategorized | Tagged change, haiku, history, poem, poetry, tanka

In The Sky

Posted on October 27, 2018 by soitgoes1984

I. Helicopters buzz alongside lush-green sea cliffs through sacred valleys and over farmland, cutting through peace and quiet, cutting through silence like knives chop, chop, chop, a reminder of missionaries sharpening their blades, chopping the islands like venison … Continue reading →

Posted in Afghanistan, collateral damage, farmers, farming, hawaii, helicopters, history, Iraq, Molokai, occupation, poem, Poetry, Syria, tanka, Uncategorized, war, war tax resistance, writing | Tagged Afghanistan, deer, hawaii, Hawaiian Sovereignty, helicopter tours, helicopters, history, iraq, Kaho'olawe, Maui, military, missionaries, Molokai, noise pollution, occupation, Peace, poem, poetry, religion, sacred land, sea cliffs, tanka, theft, tourism, venison, war

Let Them Hold The Pen

Posted on October 25, 2018 by soitgoes1984

Let them hold the pen children won’t lose their parents, parents their children and neither will lose their limbs neither will lose their country the land where they’re born is where they’ll die of old age no more pages … Continue reading →

Posted in Iraq, poem, Poetry, tanka, Uncategorized | Tagged America, Arabic Poetry, colonialism, history, iraq, Mesopotamia, Peace, poem, poetry, tanka, war, writing