The Young Who Teach Us
Jim Zwerg left Madison Wisconsin To be part of an intensive seminar In American satyagraha In Southern viciousness In the ways power twists the human soul In the ways the human soul resists power He…
Category: No Time for Poetry but Exactly What Is
Nothing Special
I don’t aspire to the New York Times op-ed page Or The New Yorker I’d be pleased if Eileen Mosher “likes” One of the free verse mind flows I write to and for her My…
Nothing Special
I don’t aspire to the New York Times op-ed page Or The New Yorker I’d be pleased if Eileen Mosher “likes” One of the free verse mind flows I write to and for her My…
Breakdown Precedes Breakthrough
Graham earned enough to be under the taxable limit Because he didn’t want to pay for war He couldn’t say “No” when someone asked “Would you help us fight back?” He gave and gave and…
Bella Levenshteyn Engages with Her Critics/1
“Why are you people here? Why are you making this fuss?” “Sir, people are suffering, that’s why.” “But people are suffering right here, too I’ve got buddies who were sprayed Why don’t you think of…
Refuge
The budget for an already hyper-bloated Pentagon is being increased I take refuge in Henry Nagler The sneering sarcasm toward Palestinians struggling for freedom seems ubiquitous I take refuge in Safa Khalidi The people busy…
How To Generate a Draft for a Book on Walking Adventures USA
Start out on a walk, with water, digital recorder, notebook and pen Go an hour, noticing what ever catches your eye and ear and nostril and recording on digital Stop after an hour (or 42…
Gloria Emerson’s Rage, according to Cal
Dear Carla Cal keeps sending me stuff I keep sending it to you With my slight adaptations… Perry I endorse her rage I approve of it Even though the Buddhist masters say Anger is a…
American Fangs
Dear Carla Twice I read Last Night I Dreamed of Peace: The Diary of Dang Thuy Tram Because of your enthusiastic recommendation I was captivated I was crestfallen Thuy’s diary revealed her commitment Comparable to that…
American Fangs
Dear Carla Twice I read Last Night I Dreamed of Peace: The Diary of Dang Thuy Tram Because of your enthusiastic recommendation I was captivated I was crestfallen Thuy’s diary revealed her commitment Comparable to that…