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Standing at the podium
He stood so tall and proud His smile spread across his face And his voice boomed bold and loud The jets flew ‘cross the sky The rain began to pour He started to tell stories Of the Revolutionary War. But there was something new I’d never heard before History now revised Of long gone days of yore. Fort McHenry’s rockets Were from a different war And “our Army manned the air”? Oh wait, but there is more! “It took over the airports” But planes had yet to be. It seems our brilliant President Should retake History. At a recent rally, Trump began to reflect upon the Revolutionary War and how we "took over the airports" as well as referencing Fort McHenry's rockets, which were from a different war. (Revolutionary war was in 1775....airplanes invented in 1903). https://time.com/5620936/donald-trump-revolutionary-war-airports/
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Ah,
It is here We find ourselves. We are but a tiny twig On the immense tree of life And yet our minuscule branch Has been the cause of so much Invasion Pollution Demolition Annihilation Destruction Eradication Desecration Subjugation Extermination Contamination. Ignorance is dangerous.
Stupidity is septic. Idiocy illuminated From which it is reflected. Political pundit Proudly bold proclaims From his purity pulpit Barry Hovis is his name. Nothing about rape Can be consensual This oxymoron moron Is no intellectual. Recently, while discussing a bill that would ban abortions after 8 weeks, Republican Missouri state lawmaker, Barry Hovis, referred to some rapes as being "consensual rapes." https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/444351-gop-lawmaker-says-he-misspoke-when-he-talked-of-consensual-rape A billion pounds of fishing net
Abandoned in our oceans. Creating Tainted tides of trash Waves of wretched waste Entangling, Entrapping Ensnaring Endangering Life. Defenseless Destablizing Deteriorating Destroying Death. https://www.sfgate.com/news/science/article/Crew-fishes-40-tons-of-plastic-trash-out-of-14058773.php?utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwAR0sEkji4yHY8eLVCRXOIuzskdwyaal5hfswuu1QJfgC3g7FAf1IpjPqyWM “Blessed be the fruit”
That bears the joyful child. “Blessed be the fruit" Of woman meek and mild. Forced to be a mother Her choices are forsaken. “Blessed be the fruit” Morality mistaken. “Blessed be the fruit” is a phrase from the book, “The Handmaid’s Tale”. This poem plays on that phrase as a concept of the Forced Birth movement happening in the United States which views women as simply hosts for childbirth. Thousands of people
Travel thousands of miles Seeking refuge. By train By foot Across deserts And rivers Dodging death. The flashlight of freedom Shines in their eyes As they are greeted By barbed wire And guns At the border entry. Put their name On La Lista Told to wait And wait And wait In Mexico For months Years Less than 100 Allowed in Each day To request asylum. Backed up Back log Back track Back home Back. Starving Scared Stuck Between life and death. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/trump-restricted-flow-border-more-migrants-trying-sneak-through-undetected-n976356 They say he is inept
Its really rather true Ignorant of history Incompetent in spelling Incoherent in his speech Oblivious of laws Crude in his language Maladroit with the media Inferior in his knowledge He encapsulates ineptitude Correct therefore to conclude. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2019/07/07/donald-trump-uk-ambassador-inept-leaked-memos/1668952001/ Disparity in pay
To her utter dismay. Same as a man But valued less than Work that is equivalent Yet some are ambivalent To compensate us equal Really should be legal. As the U.S. Women's Soccer Team wins their 4th World Cup Title, they continue to be paid less than the U.S. Men's Soccer Team that has yet to win a World Cup Title. https://www.vox.com/2019/7/10/20686692/us-womens-soccer-team-parade-equal-pay Who knew that Ariel
Could be so adversarial? A mythological cartoon That some choose to impugn. “A mermaid can’t be black!” As they assert in their attack. Ignorance promenade Aghast of a black mermaid. Some "poor unfortunate souls" are rather upset that Disney chose to cast a a black R&B singer to play Ariel in their upcoming film. https://www.sltrib.com/news/nation-world/2019/07/09/arielis-mermaid-disney/ I run my hand
across the ripples In the bark. Feel the fuzzy moss between my fingers As I pluck a wad of gum Off its branch. A candybar wrapper At its base. Beauty betrayed. On my walk today, I came across a tall evergreen tree on the trail. I stopped and felt her wet bark, a white wad of gum stuck to her and as I looked down a 3 Musketeers bar lay near my feet. Clutched within his arms
A father holds his daughter. A family seeking help Left to drown within the water. We turn our heads, We look away, We failed both of them. We did not see Their humanity. Oh, what have we become? https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/26/politics/mexico-father-daughter-dead-rio-grande-wednesday/index.html Surreal cerulean seas
Speckled with white waves Look closer Sage stained seaweed Sways in the salty water Look closer Ivory bleached reefs Barren and abandoned Look closer Prolific profusion of plastic Litter the ocean floor Look closer Carcasses abound. Too close. |
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Poetry by: AsherahAlthough she was selectively edited out of the Bible two thousand years ago, she raises her voice for women today in hopes of a better tomorrow, as she makes waves of change, one poem at a time. Archives
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