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Tag Archives: Iran
John McCain Once Said
John McCain once said “Bomb bomb Iran”, but he was a war criminal
Posted in haiku, Uncategorized
Tagged haiku, Iran, John McCain, poem, Poetry, violence, war, war crimes
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Haiku For Mossadegh
Get your hand out of your piggy bank or we’ll crush you with your own tank
Posted in haiku, Iran, poem, Poetry, poetry for peace, Uncategorized, violence, war, war tax resistance
Tagged haiku, Iran, Peace, poem, Poetry, war
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Let’s Go Read Rumi (Ode to Spring)
Before the vultures dine on another ancient civilization and cities become rubble lets break bread instead of bones lets cleanse our palate and feast on the food of kings and queens, lets walk through smoke screens, and sit on … Continue reading
Posted in america, Chaharshanbe Suri, fear, fire, Hafez, haiku, humanity, ignorance, Iran, life, love, mysticism, Parts Unknown, peace, Persian food, poem, Poetry, propaganda, Rumi, sufism, tanka, travel, Uncategorized, veterans, writing
Tagged Anthony Bourdain, Bahar, Chaharshanbe Suri, chemical weapons, civilization, culture, food, Hafez, haiku, Iran, Iran Iraq War, life, love, Media, mystics, New Year, news, Nowruz, Parts Unknown, Persia, Persian food, Persian rugs, poem, Poetry, Propaganda, Rumi, Spring, springtime, sufism, tanka, tea, Travel, truth, war, war tax resistance
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The Call It Blowback
We all wonder why there’s chaos around the world. They call it blowback. This chaos we see today, is thanks to the CIA. From the Middle East and all the Americas to South East Asia we’re reaping what we … Continue reading
Origins
An Ancestry.com DNA test tells me that these are my origins: Ireland/Scotland/Wales, Europe East, Europe West, Iberian Peninsula, Europe South, European Jewish, Great Britain, Native American, Scandinavia, Finland/Northwest Russia but the only thing that connects me to my ancestors is … Continue reading
Life, Death, & Food
Anthony Bourdain used food as a way of introducing America to people around the world, their history and culture. He let food speak for itself, and importantly, let people speak for themselves. Bourdain’s Hawaii episode was the first time many … Continue reading
Posted in addiction, america, american dream, Anthony Bourdain, capitalism, collateral damage, death, depression, education, empathy, farming, food, Gaza, hawaii, history, human rights, humanity, Iran, Jerusalem, Libya, love, Massachusetts, palestine, Parts Unknown, poverty, refugees, suicide, travel, truth, Uncategorized, violence, war, West Bank, writing
Tagged Anthony Bourdain, death, empathy, food, Gaza, hawaii, Iran, life, palestine, Parts Unknown, suicide, Travel, truth, writing
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Speculation
The news stations hovered around the front lawn of the White House. Even the days sporting events were interrupted as every tv station showed footage of a lone wolf laying motionless on the lawn. The likely intended target, the president, … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, america, american dream, collateral damage, Gaza, human rights, Iran, Iraq, Olive trees, palestine, Palestinians, peace, propaganda, short story, Syria, taxes, terrorism, Uncategorized, violence, war, war tax resistance, West Bank, writing, Yemen
Tagged Afghanistan, America, fear, Gaza, hope, Iran, iraq, ISIS, Libya, love, Media, news, North Korea, palestine, Peace, Propaganda, russia, short story, Somalia, Syria, terrorism, Trump, truth, tv, war, West Bank, writing, Yemen
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Collateral Death
if you kill me and my family and friends and neighbors I won’t care if you do it with chemical weapons, or if you do it with biological weapons, or if you do it with nuclear weapons, I won’t care … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, america, Baghdad, collateral damage, death, democracy, drones, empire, Gaza, human rights, Iran, Iraq, Israel, life, Mosul, palestine, poem, Poetry, Saudi Arabia, Standing Rock, Syria, terrorism, Uncategorized, Vietnam, violence, war, West Bank
Tagged Afghanistan, collateral damage, death, drones, Iran, iraq, Palesine, Peace, poem, poetry, Syria, war, Yemen
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Spring
Flowers need the spring plants need the spring trees need the spring and the farmer needs the spring after a cold, harsh winter so the snow can melt the earth can thaw and the birds can sing once again. … Continue reading
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