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Tag Archives: solidarity
Pali
Longing to set sail once more casualties of a war waged with germs and guns and drugs and spam and pineapples and sugarcane and chemicals and steel and my heart is numb and I cannot feel your pain the goddess … Continue reading
Posted in collateral damage, fire, hawaii, hope, human rights, humanity, life, poem, Poetry, rain, religion, solidarity, Uncategorized, violence, writing
Tagged drugs, hawaii, poem, poetry, religion, solidarity, war
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Ala Moana
Looking down at the street below from this 14th floor hotel window I see the sidewalk where my family sleeps if God is real I hope it weeps for what society has become we don’t see our sister just another … Continue reading
Posted in abuse, addiction, Ala Moana, american dream, anxiety, broken heart, capitalism, conversation, depression, domestic violence, dreams, empathy, family, hawaii, healing, homeless, humanity, imagine, jazz, life, love, people, poem, Poetry, solidarity, soul, Uncategorized, universe, womens rights, writing
Tagged addiction, Ala Moana, alcohol, anxiety, capitalism, collateral damage, depression, drugs, family, hawaii, homelessness, humanity, ohana, paradise, poem, poetry, poverty, solidarity, Waikiki
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Refuge
Seeking refuge from the storm the air’s on fire chaos the norm black and blue and shades of grey my soul is tired but I’m okay thank you for this milk and bread bless you now my child is fed … Continue reading
Posted in empathy, Europe, fire, history, human rights, humanity, hunger, poem, Poetry, rain, refugees, refugees welcome, solidarity, terrorism, Uncategorized, war, writing
Tagged collateral damage, empathy, Europe, family, fire, human rights, humanity, love, poem, poetry, rain, refugees, refugees welcome, solidarity, storms, violence, war, writing
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Break The Silence
My hands are red from blood thats shed my tongue was bitten another is dead Betrayed with silence for too many years time now to break from all the fear Slavery ended so too Jim Crow but we … Continue reading
Posted in america, bigotry, Black Lives Matter, death, dreams, Eric Garner, fear, freedom, humanity, ignorance, justice, Liberty, life, MLK, murder, Occupy, peace, poem, Poetry, police, police brutality, poverty, racism, slavery, solidarity, truth, Uncategorized, white privilege, writing
Tagged America, american dream, bigotry, Black Lives Matter, bread and circuses, death, dreams, empire, humanity, ignorance, Jim Crow, justice, liberty, love, poem, poetry, police, poverty, prison, Propaganda, racism, slavery, solidarity, truth, white privilege, writing
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Salty Tears
1/17/2015 I have yet to find a bridge and I’ve struggled to pick a poison I’ve only been able to pull the trigger on one-way tickets to the middle of the Pacific where the suicidal thoughts wash away with each … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, america, american dream, anxiety, apartheid, collateral damage, death, democracy, depression, dreams, I Can't Breathe, ignorance, Iraq, murder, One Love, palestine, peace, people, poem, Poetry, poverty, suicide, veterans for peace, war, whiskey, working class
Tagged Afghanistan, America, american dream, Apartheid, collateral damage, death, democracy, depleted uranium, depression, dreams, empire, humanity, iraq, justice, life, love, one love, palestine, Peace, people, poem, poetry, solidarity, stars, suicide, tears, truth, Veterans for Peace, war
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People’s History (an ode to Tom Joad)
The people I know are in it to win the people i know have read Howard Zinn the people I know have sights set on victory the people i know know our people’s history my people are people that fight … Continue reading
Posted in america, american dream, bible, collateral damage, death, dreams, Grapes of Wrath, homeless, Howard Zinn, hunger, people, poem, Poetry, police brutality
Tagged America, american dream, bible, democracy, dreams, Grapes of Wrath, history, homelessness, howard zinn, hunger, people, poem, poetry, police brutality, revolution, solidarity
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This World
December 2007 This world is a broken place I’m sure of it but the rest of my life I shall spend on the mending path a lost soul soldier of this human race keeping pace with the … Continue reading
Elegy for Justice
Written for Nasim August 2, 2011 Our prison is just down the road from where a manger stood two thousand years ago. Our streets scared from the tanks, our houses pockmarked from … Continue reading
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