Tuesday, July 07, 2020

UNTITLED FOURTH OF JULY POEM

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by Roberta Santlofer Full "Buck" Moon and penumbral eclipse July 4-5, 2020. It is after midnight But I wouldn’t know it ...

WHAT IS THE AIR?

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by Ralph James Savarese Source: The New York Times archive An elderly person said, “What is the air?” gasping as much      with ...

COMMONIST PUSSIES

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by Mark Williams Hateboards photo via Campaign “Hello, Mrs. Baumgart. Is Kyle at home? It’s me Austin Baggerly on the phone.     N...
Monday, July 06, 2020

SYNCHRONICITY

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by Elinor Ann Walker The 2020 Synchronous Firefly Viewing has been canceled due to COVID-19. — smokymountains.com It is finally Jul...

HE WOULD LIKE TO BE A CONFEDERATE GENERAL

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by Howard Winn but was born in the wrong era even though he tries to assume the role in modern times and dreams those flabby wattl...

WALKING DEAD

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by Jeremy Nathan Marks The Lakota people  consider the Black Hills to be sacred ground; it was originally included in the Great Sioux ...
Sunday, July 05, 2020

HE GETS IT

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by Wayne Scheer My neighbor wanted his five year-old to understand why so many people, including himself, were demonstrating for ...

DEEP SOUTH

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by Sari Grandstaff "I'm concerned about voter registration in Mississippi. The blacks are having lots (of) events for voter...

DARNELLA'S DUTY

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by Laurie Kuntz Darnella Frazier is the brave young woman who filmed the murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020. The artwork is from t...
Saturday, July 04, 2020

VOICES FROM THE PAST

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by Gil Hoy Their homes, cone-shaped poles of wood covered with buffalo hides. Set up to break down quickly to move to a safer plac...
Friday, July 03, 2020

RED FLAG DAY

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by Buff Whitman-Bradley With the first wail of the siren A seismic gasp Shudders up and down the streets Of our little town Here ...
Thursday, July 02, 2020

TO THOSE WHO REFUSE TO WEAR A FACE MASK WHEN ADVISED TO DO SO

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A WARNING by Brooke Herter James Last week I was strolling the banks of a creek in Montana when, out of seemingly nowhere, a ...

MASK WORK

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by Alejandro Escudé Why Aren’t You Wearing a Mask? by Jen Sorensen at The Nib T***p “sprays a mask on his face every day for vanity...

BREATHING IN FLORIDA

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by Mickey J. Corrigan Fort Myers resident Wilson Cardenas tosses a cast net during sunset at Bunche Beach Preserve on Tuesday, June 30,...