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Tag Archives: Vietnam
In My Dream: An Ode to Dr. King
(Maybe April 4th isn’t Martin Luther King, Jr. Day but it’s the day that in 1967 he most vocally spoke out against the war in Vietnam and the day that in 1968 he was assassinated. My poem includes the majority of his … Continue reading
Posted in america, american dream, Black Lives Matter, civil rights, collateral damage, dreams, empathy, human rights, humanity, MLK, peace, poem, Poetry, poetry for peace, racism, refugees, taxes, Uncategorized, veterans, veterans for peace, Vietnam, violence, war, war tax resistance, writing
Tagged Afghanistan, Beyond Vietnam, bigotry, Black Lives Matter, capitalism, civil rights, Dr. King, fear, hatred, human rights, iraq, MLK, Peace, poverty, racism, silence is betrayal, Vietnam, violence, war
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The Poppies Are Everywhere
Marx called religion the opium of the masses but we pray to Gods of war and the poppies are everywhere and we pretend to remember (and care) and we feel so much better now and we won’t dare question the … Continue reading
Posted in addiction, Afghanistan, america, apathy, Armistice Day, death, god, government, history, Howard Zinn, humanity, Iraq, opium, poem, Poetry, poetry for peace, poppies, reflection, religion, remembrance day, Uncategorized, veterans, Veterans Day, veterans for peace, Vietnam, war, world war one, world war two, writing, WW1, yellow ribbons
Tagged 100 years, addiction, Afghanistan, America, apathy, Armistice Day, death, dope, drones, drugs, Flanders field, god, heroin, iraq, jingoism, militarism, military, nationalism, opium, Oxycontin, pain, Pakistan, poem, poetry, poppies, Propaganda, religion, remembrance day, Somalia, Syria, taxes, terrorism, trauma, Uganda, veterans, veterans day, Veterans for Peace, Vietnam, war, war tax resistance, World War One, World War Two, writing, Yemen
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The Birds Are Still Flying: Ode To Kaho’olawe
They watched as it bled blood red clouding the ocean and asked themselves how? They forgot that it’s alive dying slowly as God cries and green turns to brown. Veins are nothing without blood but tears wash away sacredness … Continue reading
Posted in hawaii, Kaho'olawe, Molokai, poem, Poetry, tanka, Uncategorized, Vieques, writing
Tagged Afghanistan, birds, environment, erosion, hawaii, heaven, hell, iraq, Kaho'olawe, Lanai, Maui, Molokai, paradise, poem, poetry, tanka, taxes, training, unexploded ordnance, Vietnam, war
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Remembering Dr. King 50 Years Later
“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death” On April 4th, 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. publicly spoke out against the war in … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, america, american dream, Black Lives Matter, civil rights, collateral damage, history, human rights, Iraq, IRS, Jesus, slavery, Standing Rock, Syria, taxes, Uncategorized, Vietnam, war, war tax resistance, Yemen
Tagged Afghanistan, America, american dream, Beyond Vietnam, Black Lives Matter, iraq, MLK, racism, Standing Rock, Syria, taxes, Vietnam, war, war tax resistance, Yemen
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And Still, We Wonder
A lot of people are angry at Trump. I’m not. I honestly have no feelings whatsoever regarding the man. America is an empire with vicious foreign policy and the Donald is but one of many Caesars to rule. There were … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, capitalism, collateral damage, death, empire, Iraq, poem, Poetry, propaganda, Syria, taxes, Uncategorized, Vietnam, violence, war, war tax resistance, writing, Yemen
Tagged Afghanistan, iraq, poem, poetry, Syria, taxes, Vietnam, violence, war, war tax resistance, Yemen
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Bellies Full of Plastic
There is no hope of a better future, stop listening to the optimistic TV newscasters. We are not going to save the world we are nothing more than a cancer making planet earth sick. There is no God, so I … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, america, american dream, capitalism, climate change, collateral damage, death, earth, fear, fire, Gaza, god, greed, hate, hell, Hiroshima, Howard Zinn, human rights, humanity, Iraq, life, love, Nagasaki, oceans, oil, peace, people, poem, Poetry, religion, taxes, terrorism, time, trash, Uncategorized, universe, Vietnam, violence, war, war tax resistance, water, writing, Yemen
Tagged Afghanistan, America, Bush, capitalism, death, environment, garbage, Gaza, greed, Hiroshima, iraq, life, money, Nagasaki, Obama, oceans, oil, Peace, plastic, poem, poetry, poison, pollution, rivers, Saudi Arabia, trash, Trump, Vietnam, violence, war, war tax resistance, WW2, Yemen
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Burning Man
The burning man runs as winds blow and flames grow war games go on and on and on without end SOS please send teardrops and fear candy and beer pay taxes and cheer and we’re left with King Lear we’re blind … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, america, american dream, Baghdad, collateral damage, democracy, drones, fire, history, human rights, humanity, Iraq, peace, poem, Poetry, Uncategorized, Vietnam, violence, war, writing
Tagged Afghanistan, burning, fire, iraq, poem, poetry, Vietnam, war, writing
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East v. West part 5
rising tide old tie dye worn out tattered and torn indie flicks hippie chicks bags of subsidized corn keep us fed on this path that we blaze in the sand here and there everywhere lets dig in take a stand … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, america, american dream, collateral damage, democracy, fire, history, human rights, Iraq, poem, Poetry, propaganda, time, Uncategorized, Vietnam, violence, war, writing
Tagged Afghanistan, fear, hate, iraq, poem, poetry, truth, Vietnam, war, writing
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East v. West part 2
our debts keep us shackled to streets paved with gold but two feet in the grave before we ever grow old we’re ice cold to our neighbors forget about looking east we pay for the burden keep feeding the beast … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, america, collateral damage, death, democracy, drones, empire, history, human rights, humanity, Iraq, palestine, poem, Poetry, propaganda, refugees, taxes, truth, Uncategorized, Vietnam, violence, war, war tax resistance, womens rights, world war one, world war two
Tagged Afghanistan, east, iraq, Native Americans, poem, poetry, religion, truth, Vietnam, war, war tax resistance, west
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