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Sunday, September 08, 2024

POWER OF THE VOTE

by Paul Brassard


Public Domain Photo by Simone D'andrea altered by the poet using GIMP image manipulation software.


Paul Brassard is a retired teacher of high school students with behavioral challenges. He has been writing poetry and fiction since he wrote his first short story Honolulu Calling at the age of twelve. Paul has been writing a personal haiku, senyru or haiga every day for the past several years as a method of self-reflection or in response to current events. He writes his short stories and poetry at his home in South Portland, Maine, which he shares with Patti, his wife of 50 years. His writing has appeared in The New Verse News.